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The shows that we cover in the evening, i.e. Primetime.

SEASON ONE
| 1 | 1-01 | March 27, 2005 | “A Hard Day’s Night” |
| 2 | 1-02 | April 03, 2005 | “The First Cut Is the Deepest” |
| 3 | 1-03 | April 10, 2005 | “Winning a Battle, Losing the War” |
| 4 | 1-04 | April 17, 2005 | “No Man’s Land” |
| 5 | 1-05 | April 24, 2005 | “Shake Your Groove Thing” |
| 6 | 1-06 | May 01, 2005 | “If Tomorrow Never Comes” |
| 7 | 1-07 | May 08, 2005 | “The Self-Destruct Button” |
| 8 | 1-08 | May 15, 2005 | “Save Me” |
| 9 | 1-09 | May 22, 2005 | “Who’s Zoomin’ Who?” |
SEASON TWO
| 10 | 2-01 | September 25, 2005 | “Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head” |
| 11 | 2-02 | October 2, 2005 | “Enough Is Enough (No More Tears)” |
| 12 | 2-03 | October 9, 2005 | “Make Me Lose Control” |
| 13 | 2-04 | October 16, 2005 | “Deny, Deny, Deny” |
| 14 | 2-05 | October 23, 2005 | “Bring the Pain” |
| 15 | 2-06 | October 30, 2005 | “Into You Like a Train” |
| 16 | 2-07 | November 6, 2005 | “Something to Talk About” |
| 17 | 2-08 | November 13, 2005 | “Let It Be” |
| 18 | 2-09 | November 20, 2005 | “Thanks for the Memories” |
| 19 | 2-10 | November 27, 2005 | “Much Too Much” |
| 20 | 2-11 | December 4, 2005 | “Owner of a Lonely Heart” |
| 21 | 2-12 | December 11, 2005 | “Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer” |
| 22 | 2-13 | January 15, 2006 | “Begin the Begin” |
| 23 | 2-14 | January 22, 2006 | “Tell Me Sweet Little Lies” |
| 24 | 2-15 | January 29, 2006 | “Break on Through” |
| 25 | 2-16 | Febrary 5, 2006 | “It’s the End of the World” |
| 26 | 2-17 | Febrary 12, 2006 | “As We Know it” |
| 27 | 2-18 | Febrary 19, 2006 | “Yesterday” |
| 28 | 2-19 | Febrary 26, 2006 | “What Have I Done to Deserve This?” |
| 29 | 2-20 | March 12, 2006 | “Band-Aid Covers the Bullet Hole” |
| 30 | 2-21 | March 19, 2006 | “Superstition” |
| 31 | 2-22 | April 2, 2006 | “The Name of the Game” |
| 32 | 2-23 | April 30, 2006 | “Blues for Sister Someone” |
| 33 | 2-24 | May 7, 2006 | “Blues for Sister Someone” |
| 34 | 2-25 | May 14, 2006 | “17 Seconds” |
| 35 | 2-26 | May 15, 2006 | “Deterioration of the Fight or Flight Response” |
| 36 | 2-27 | May 15, 2006 | “Losing My Religion” |
SEASON THREE
| 37 | 3-01 | September 21, 2006 | “Time Has Come Today” |
| 38 | 3-02 | September 28, 2006 | “I Am a Tree” |
| 39 | 3-03 | October 5, 2006 | “Sometimes a Fantasy” |
| 40 | 3-04 | October 12, 2006 | “What I Am” |
| 41 | 3-05 | October 19, 2006 | “Oh, the Guilt” |
| 42 | 3-06 | November 2, 2006 | “Let the Angels Commit” |
| 43 | 3-07 | November 9, 2006 | “Where the Boys Are” |
| 44 | 3-08 | November 16, 2006 | “Staring at the Sun” |
| 45 | 3-09 | November 23, 2006 | “From a Whisper to a Scream” |
| 46 | 3-10 | November 30, 2006 | “Don’t Stand So Close to Me” |
| 47 | 3-11 | January 11, 2007 | “Six Days (1)” |
| 48 | 3-12 | January 18, 2007 | “Six Days (2)” |
| 49 | 3-13 | January 25, 2007 | “Great Expectations” |
| 50 | 3-14 | February 1, 2007 | “Wishin’ and Hopin'” |
| 51 | 3-15 | Febrary 8, 2007 | “Walk on Water” |
| 52 | 3-16 | Febrary 15, 2007 | “Drowning on Dry Land” |
| 53 | 3-17 | Febrary 22, 2007 | “Some Kind of Miracle” |
| 54 | 3-18 | March 15, 2007 | “Scars and Souvenirs” |
| 55 | 3-19 | March 22, 2007 | “My Favorite Mistake” |
| 56 | 3-20 | April 19, 2007 | “Time After Time” |
| 57 | 3-21 | April 26, 2007 | “Desire” |
| 58 | 3-22 | May 3, 2007 | “The Other Side of This Life (1)” |
| 59 | 3-23 | May 3, 2007 | “The Other Side of This Life (2)” |
| 60 | 3-24 | May 10, 2007 | “Testing 1-2-3” |
| 61 | 3-25 | May 17, 2007 | “Didn’t We Almost Have It All” |
SEASON FOUR
| 62 | 4-01 | September 27, 2007 | “A Change Is Gonna Come” |
| 63 | 4-02 | October 4, 2007 | “Love/Addiction” |
| 64 | 4-03 | October 11, 2007 | “Let the Truth Sting” |
| 65 | 4-04 | October 18, 2007 | “The Heart of the Matter” |
| 66 | 4-05 | October 25, 2007 | “Haunt You Every Day” |
| 67 | 4-06 | November 1, 2007 | “Kung Fu Fighting” |
| 68 | 4-07 | November 8, 2007 | “Physical Attraction… Chemical Reaction” |
| 69 | 4-08 | November 15, 2007 | “Forever Young” |
| 70 | 4-09 | November 22, 2007 | “Crash Into Me (1)” |
| 71 | 4-10 | December 6, 2007 | “Crash Into Me (2)” |
| 72 | 4-11 | January 10, 2008 | “Lay Your Hands on Me” |
| 73 | 4-12 | April 24, 2008 | “Where the Wild Things Are” |
| 74 | 4-13 | May 1, 2008 | “Piece of My Heart” |
| 75 | 4-14 | May 8, 2008 | “The Becoming” |
| 76 | 4-15 | May 15, 2008 | “Losing My Mind” |
| 77 | 4-16 | May 22, 2008 | “Freedom (1)” |
| 78 | 4-17 | May 22, 2008 | “Freedom (2)” |
SEASON FIVE
| 79 | 5-01 | September 25, 2008 | “Dream a Little Dream of Me (1)” |
| 80 | 5-02 | September 25, 2008 | “Dream a Little Dream of Me (1)” |
| 81 | 5-03 | October 9, 2008 | “Here Comes the Flood” |
| 82 | 5-04 | October 16, 2008 | “Brave New World” |
| 83 | 5-05 | October 23, 2008 | “There’s No ‘I’ in Team” |
| 84 | 5-06 | October 30, 2008 | “Life During Wartime” |
| 85 | 5-07 | November 6, 2008 | “Rise Up” |
| 86 | 5-08 | November 13, 2008 | “These Ties That Bind” |
| 87 | 5-09 | November 20, 2008 | “In the Midnight Hour” |
| 88 | 5-10 | December 4, 2008 | “All by Myself” |
| 89 | 5-11 | January 8, 2009 | “Wish You Were Here” |
| 90 | 5-12 | January 15, 2009 | “Sympathy for the Devil” |
| 91 | 5-13 | January 22, 2009 | “Stairway to Heaven” |
| 92 | 5-14 | February 5, 2009 | “Beat Your Heart Out” |
| 93 | 5-15 | Febrary 12, 2009 | “Before and After” |
| 94 | 5-16 | Febrary 19, 2009 | “An Honest Mistake” |
| 95 | 5-17 | March 12, 2009 | “I Will Follow You Into the Dark” |
| 96 | 5-18 | March 19, 2009 | “Stand by Me” |
| 97 | 5-19 | March 26, 2009 | “Elevator Love Letter” |
| 98 | 5-20 | April 23, 2009 | “Sweet Surrender” |
| 99 | 5-21 | April 30, 2009 | “No Good at Saying Sorry” |
| 100 | 5-22 | May 7, 2009 | “What a Difference a Day Makes” |
| 101 | 5-23 | May 14, 2009 | “Here’s to the Future” |
| 102 | 5-24 | May 14, 2009 | “Now or Never” |
SEASON SIX
| 103 | 6-01 | September 24, 2009 | “Good Mourning” |
| 104 | 6-02 | September 24, 2009 | “Goodbye” |
| 105 | 6-03 | October 1, 2009 | “I Always Feel Like Somebody’s Watchin’ Me” |
| 106 | 6-04 | October 8, 2009 | “Tainted Obligation” |
| 107 | 6-05 | October 15, 2009 | “Invasion” |
| 108 | 6-06 | October 22, 2009 | “I Saw What I Saw” |
| 109 | 6-07 | October 29, 2009 | “Give Peace a Chance” |
| 110 | 6-08 | November 5, 2009 | “Invest in Love” |
| 111 | 6-09 | November 12, 2009 | “New History” |
| 112 | 6-10 | November 19, 2009 | “Holidaze” |
| 113 | 6-11 | January 14, 2010 | “Blink” |
| 114 | 6-12 | January 21, 2010 | “I Like You So Much Better When You’re Naked” |
| 115 | 6-13 | February 4, 2010 | “State of Love and Trust” |
| 116 | 6-14 | Febrary 11, 2010 | “Valentine’s Day Massacre” |
| 117 | 6-15 | Febrary 18, 2010 | “The Time Warp” |
| 118 | 6-16 | March 4, 2010 | “Perfect Little Accident” |
| 119 | 6-17 | March 11, 2010 | “Push” |
| 120 | 6-18 | March 25, 2010 | “Suicide Is Painless” |
| 121 | 6-19 | April 1, 2010 | “Sympathy for the Parents” |
| 122 | 6-20 | April 29, 2010 | “Hook, Line, and Sinner” |
| 123 | 6-21 | May 6, 2010 | “How Insensitive” |
| 124 | 6-22 | May 13, 2010 | “Shiny Happy People” |
| 125 | 6-23 | May 20, 2010 | “Sanctuary” |
| 126 | 6-23 | May 20, 2010 | “Death and All His Friends” |
SEASON SEVEN
| 127 | 7-01 | September 23, 2010 | “With You I’m Born Again” |
| 128 | 7-02 | September 30, 2010 | “Shock to the System” |
| 129 | 7-03 | October 7, 2010 | “Superfreak” |
| 130 | 7-04 | October 14, 2010 | “Can’t Fight Biology” |
| 131 | 7-05 | October 21, 2010 | “Almost Grown” |
| 132 | 7-06 | October 28, 2010 | “These Arms of Mine” |
| 133 | 7-07 | November 4, 2010 | “That’s Me Trying” |
| 134 | 7-08 | November 11, 2010 | “Something’s Gotta Give” |
| 135 | 7-09 | November 18, 2010 | “Slow Night, So Long” |
| 136 | 7-10 | December 2, 2010 | “Adrift and at Peace” |
| 137 | 7-11 | January 6, 2011 | “Disarm” |
| 138 | 7-12 | January 13, 2011 | “Start Me Up” |
| 139 | 7-13 | Febrary 3, 2011 | “Don’t Deceive Me” |
| 140 | 7-14 | Febrary 10, 2011 | “P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)” |
| 141 | 7-15 | Febrary 17, 2011 | “Golden Hour” |
| 142 | 7-16 | Febrary 24, 2011 | “Not Responsible” |
| 143 | 7-17 | March 24, 2011 | “This Is How We Do It” |
| 144 | 7-18 | March 31, 2011 | “Song Beneath the Song” |
| 145 | 7-19 | April 28, 2011 | “It’s a Long Way Back” |
| 146 | 7-20 | May 5, 2011 | “White Wedding” |
| 147 | 7-21 | May 12, 2011 | “I Will Survive” |
| 148 | 7-22 | May 19, 2011 | “Unaccompanied Minor” |
SEASON EIGHT
| 149 | 8-01 | September 22, 2011 | “Free Falling” |
| 150 | 8-02 | September 22, 2011 | “She’s Gone” |
| 151 | 8-03 | September 29, 2011 | “Take the Lead” |
| 152 | 8-04 | October 6, 2011 | “What Is It About Men” |
| 153 | 8-05 | October 13, 2011 | “Love, Loss and Legacy” |
| 154 | 8-06 | October 20, 2011 | “Poker Face” |
| 155 | 8-07 | October 27, 2011 | “Put Me In, Coach” |
| 156 | 8-08 | November 3, 2011 | “Heart-Shaped Box” |
| 157 | 8-09 | November 10, 2011 | “Dark Was the Night” |
| 158 | 8-10 | January 5, 2012 | “Suddenly” |
| 159 | 8-11 | January 12, 2012 | “This Magic Moment” |
| 160 | 8-12 | January 19, 2012 | “Hope for the Hopeless” |
| 161 | 8-13 | Febrary 2, 2012 | “If/then” |
| 162 | 8-14 | Febrary 9, 2012 | “All You Need Is Love” |
| 163 | 8-15 | Febrary 16, 2012 | “Have You Seen Me Lately?” |
| 164 | 8-16 | Febrary 23, 2012 | “If Only You Were Lonely” |
| 165 | 8-17 | March 15, 2012 | “One Step Too Far” |
| 166 | 8-18 | April 5, 2012 | “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” |
| 167 | 8-19 | April 12, 2012 | “Support System” |
| 168 | 8-20 | April 19, 2012 | “The Girl with No Name” |
| 169 | 8-21 | April 26, 2012 | “Moment of Truth” |
| 170 | 8-22 | May 3, 2012 | “Let the Bad Times Roll” |
| 171 | 8-23 | May 10, 2012 | “Migration” |
| 172 | 8-24 | May 17, 2012 | “Flight” |
SEASON NINE
| 173 | 9-01 | September 27, 2012 | “Going, Going, Gone” |
| 174 | 9-02 | October 4, 2012 | “Remember the Time” |
| 175 | 9-03 | October 18, 2012 | “Love the One You’re With” |
| 176 | 9-04 | October 25, 2012 | “I Saw Her Standing There” |
| 177 | 9-05 | November 8, 2012 | “Beautiful Doom” |
| 178 | 9-06 | November 15, 2012 | “Second Opinion” |
| 179 | 9-07 | November 29, 2012 | “I Was Made for Lovin’ You” |
| 180 | 9-08 | December 6, 2012 | “Love Turns You Upside Down” |
| 181 | 9-09 | December 13, 2012 | “Run, Baby, Run” |
| 182 | 9-10 | January 10, 2013 | “Things We Said Today” |
| 183 | 9-11 | January 17, 2013 | “The End Is the Beginning Is the End” |
| 184 | 9-12 | January 24, 2013 | “Walking on a Dream” |
| 185 | 9-13 | January 31, 2013 | “Bad Blood” |
| 186 | 9-14 | Febrary 7, 2013 | “The Face of Change” |
| 187 | 9-15 | Febrary 14, 2013 | “Hard Bargain” |
| 188 | 9-16 | Febrary 21, 2013 | “This Is Why We Fight” |
| 189 | 9-17 | March 14, 2013 | “Transplant Wasteland” |
| 190 | 9-18 | March 21, 2013 | “Idle Hands” |
| 191 | 9-19 | March 28, 2013 | “Can’t Fight This Feeling” |
| 192 | 9-20 | April 4, 2013 | “She’s Killing Me” |
| 193 | 9-21 | April 25, 2013 | “Sleeping Monster” |
| 194 | 9-22 | May 9, 2013 | “Do You Believe in Magic” |
| 195 | 9-23 | May 9, 2013 | “Readiness Is All” |
| 196 | 9-24 | May 16, 2013 | “Perfect Storm” |
SEASON TEN
| 197 | 10-01 | September 26, 2013 | “Seal Our Fate” |
| 198 | 10-02 | September 26, 2013 | “I Want You with Me” |
| 199 | 10-03 | October 3, 2013 | “Everybody’s Crying Mercy” |
| 200 | 10-04 | October 10, 2013 | “Puttin’ on the Ritz” |
| 201 | 10-05 | October 17, 2013 | “I Bet It Stung” |
| 202 | 10-06 | October 24, 2013 | “Map of You” |
| 203 | 10-07 | October 31, 2013 | “Thriller” |
| 204 | 10-08 | November 7, 2013 | “Two Against One” |
| 205 | 10-09 | November 14, 2013 | “Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word” |
| 206 | 10-10 | November 21, 2013 | “Somebody That I Used to Know” |
| 207 | 10-11 | December 5, 2013 | “Man on the Moon” |
| 208 | 10-12 | December 12, 2013 | “Get Up, Stand Up” |
| 209 | 10-13 | Febrary 27, 2014 | “Take It Back” |
| 210 | 10-14 | March 6, 2014 | “You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away” |
| 211 | 10-15 | March 13, 2014 | “Throwing It All Away” |
| 212 | 10-16 | March 20, 2014 | “We Gotta Get Out of This Place” |
| 213 | 10-17 | March 27, 2014 | “Do You Know?” |
| 214 | 10-18 | April 3, 2014 | “You Be Illin'” |
| 215 | 10-19 | April 10, 2014 | “I’m Winning” |
| 216 | 10-20 | April 17, 2014 | “Go It Alone” |
| 217 | 10-21 | April 24, 2014 | “Change of Heart” |
| 218 | 10-22 | May 1, 2014 | “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together” |
| 219 | 10-23 | May 8, 2014 | “Everything I Try to Do, Nothing Seems to Turn Out Right” |
| 220 | 10-24 | May 15, 2014 | “Feat (of the Unknown)” |
SEASON ELEVEN
| 221 | 11-01 | September 25, 2014 | “I Must Have Lost It on the Wind” |
| 222 | 11-02 | October 2, 2014 | “Puzzle with a Piece Missing” |
| 223 | 11-03 | October 9, 2014 | “Got to Be Real” |
| 224 | 11-04 | October 16, 2014 | “Only Mama Knows” |
| 225 | 11-05 | October 23, 2014 | “Bend and Break” |
| 226 | 11-06 | November 6, 2014 | “Don’t Let’s Start” |
| 227 | 11-07 | November 13, 2014 | “Could We Start Again, Please?” |
| 228 | 11-08 | November 20, 2014 | “Risk” |
| 229 | 11-09 | January 29, 2015 | “Where Do We Go from Here” |
| 230 | 11-10 | Febrary 5, 2015 | “The Bed’s Too Big Without You” |
| 231 | 11-11 | Febrary 12, 2015 | “All I Could Do Was Cry” |
| 232 | 11-12 | Febrary 19, 2015 | “The Great Pretender” |
| 233 | 11-13 | Febrary 26, 2015 | “Staring at the End” |
| 234 | 11-14 | March 5, 2015 | “The Distance” |
| 235 | 11-15 | March 12, 2015 | “I Feel the Earth Move” |
| 236 | 11-16 | March 19, 2015 | “Don’t Dream It’s Over” |
| 237 | 11-17 | March 26, 2015 | “With or Without You” |
| 238 | 11-18 | April 2, 2015 | “When I Grow Up” |
| 239 | 11-19 | April 9, 2015 | “Crazy Love” |
| 240 | 11-20 | April 16, 2015 | “One Flight Down” |
| 241 | 11-21 | April 23, 2015 | “How to Save a Life” |
| 242 | 11-22 | April 30, 2015 | “She’s Leaving Home” |
| 243 | 11-23 | May 7, 2015 | “Time Stops” |
| 244 | 11-24 | May 14, 2015 | “You’re My Home” |
SEASON TWELVE
| 245 | 12-01 | September 24, 2015 | “Sledgehammer” |
| 246 | 12-02 | October 1, 2015 | “Walking Tall” |
| 247 | 12-03 | October 8, 2015 | “I Choose You” |
| 248 | 12-04 | October 15, 2015 | “Old Time Rock and Roll” |
| 249 | 12-05 | October 22, 2015 | “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner” |
| 250 | 12-06 | November 5, 2015 | “The Me Nobody Knows” |
| 251 | 12-07 | November 12, 2015 | “Something Against You” |
| 252 | 12-08 | November 19, 2015 | “Things We Lost in the Fire” |
| 253 | 12-09 | Febrary 11, 2016 | “The Sound of Silence” |
| 254 | 12-10 | Febrary 18, 2016 | “All I Want Is You” |
| 255 | 12-11 | Febrary 25, 2016 | “Unbreak My Heart” |
| 256 | 12-12 | March 3, 2016 | “My Next Life” |
| 257 | 12-13 | March 10, 2016 | “All Eyez on Me” |
| 258 | 12-14 | March 17, 2016 | “Odd Man Out” |
| 259 | 12-15 | March 24, 2016 | “I Am Not Waiting Anymore” |
| 260 | 12-16 | March 31, 2016 | “When It Hurts So Bad” |
| 261 | 12-17 | April 7, 2016 | “I Wear the Face” |
| 262 | 12-18 | April 14, 2016 | “There’s a Fine, Fine Line” |
| 263 | 12-19 | April 14, 2016 | “It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding)” |
| 264 | 12-20 | April 21, 2016 | “Triger Happy” |
| 265 | 12-21 | April 28, 2016 | “You’re Gonna Need Someone on Your Side” |
| 266 | 12-22 | May 5, 2016 | “Mama Tried” |
| 267 | 12-23 | May 12, 2016 | “At Last” |
| 268 | 12-24 | May 19, 2016 | “Family Affair” |
SEASON THIRTEEN
| 269 | 13-01 | September 2, 2016 | “Undo” |
| 270 | 13-02 | September 29, 2016 | “Catastrophe and the Cure” |
| 271 | 13-03 | October 6, 2016 | “I Ain’t No Miracle Worker” |
| 272 | 13-04 | October 13, 2016 | “Falling Slowly” |
| 273 | 13-05 | October 20, 2016 | “Both Sides Now” |
| 274 | 13-06 | October 27, 2016 | “Roar” |
| 275 | 13-07 | November 3, 2016 | “Why Try to Change Me Now” |
| 276 | 13-08 | November 10, 2016 | “The Room Where It Happens” |
| 277 | 13-09 | November 17, 2016 | “You Haven’t Done Nothin'” |
| 278 | 13-10 | January 26, 2017 | “You Can Look (But You’d Better Not Touch)” |
| 279 | 13-11 | Febrary 2, 2017 | “Jukebox Hero” |
| 280 | 13-12 | Febrary 9, 2017 | “None of Your Business” |
| 281 | 13-13 | Febrary 16, 2017 | “It Only Gets Much Worse” |
| 282 | 13-14 | Febrary 23, 2017 | “Back Where You Belong” |
| 283 | 13-15 | March 9, 2017 | “Civil War” |
| 284 | 13-16 | March 16, 2017 | “Who is He (And What is He to You)?” |
| 285 | 13-17 | March 23, 2017 | “Till I Hear It from You” |
| 286 | 13-18 | March 30, 2017 | “Be Still, My Soul” |
| 287 | 13-19 | April 6, 2017 | “What’s Inside” |
| 288 | 13-20 | April 13, 2017 | “In the Air Tonight” |
| 289 | 13-21 | April 27, 2017 | “Don’t Stop Me Now” |
| 290 | 13-22 | May 4, 2017 | “Leave It Inside” |
| 291 | 13-23 | May 11, 2017 | “True Colors” |
| 292 | 13-24 | May 18, 2017 | “Ring of Fire” |
SEASON FOURTEEN
| 293 | 14-01 | September 28, 2017 | “Break Down the House” |
| 294 | 14-02 | September 28, 2017 | “Get Off on the Pain” |
| 295 | 14-03 | October 5, 2017 | “Go Big or Go Home” |
| 296 | 14-04 | October 12, 2017 | “Ain’t That a Kick in the Head” |
| 297 | 14-05 | October 26, 2017 | “Danger Zone” |
| 298 | 14-06 | November 2, 2017 | “Come on Down to My Boat, Baby” |
| 299 | 14-07 | November 9, 2017 | “Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story” |
| 300 | 14-08 | November 16, 2017 | “Out of Nowhere” |
| 301 | 14-09 | January 18, 2018 | “1-800-799-7233” |
| 302 | 14-10 | January 25, 2018 | “Personal Jesus” |
| 303 | 14-11 | Febrary 1, 2018 | “(Don’t Fear) the Reaper” |
| 304 | 14-12 | Febrary 8, 2018 | “Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger” |
| 305 | 14-13 | March 1, 2018 | “You Really Got a Hold on Me” |
| 306 | 14-14 | March 8, 2018 | “Games People Play” |
| 307 | 14-15 | March 15, 2018 | “Old Scars, Future Hearts” |
| 308 | 14-16 | March 22, 2018 | “Caught Somewhere in Time” |
| 309 | 14-17 | March 29, 2018 | “One Day Like This” |
| 310 | 14-18 | April 5, 2018 | “Hold Back the River” |
| 311 | 14-19 | April 12, 2018 | “Beautiful Dreamer” |
| 312 | 14-20 | April 19, 2018 | “Judgment Day” |
| 313 | 14-21 | April 26, 2018 | “Bad Reputation” |
| 314 | 14-22 | May 3, 2018 | “Fight for Your Mind” |
| 315 | 14-23 | May 10, 2018 | “Cold as Ice” |
| 316 | 14-24 | May 17, 2018 | “All of Me” |
SEASON FIFTEEN
| 317 | 15-01 | September 27, 2018 | “With a Wonder and a Wild Desire” |
| 318 | 15-02 | September 27, 2018 | “Broken Together” |
| 319 | 15-03 | October 4, 2018 | “Gut Feeling” |
| 320 | 15-04 | October 11, 2018 | “Momma Knows Best” |
| 321 | 15-05 | October 25, 2018 | “Everyday Angel” |
| 322 | 15-06 | November 1, 2018 | “Flowers Grow Out of My Grave” |
| 323 | 15-07 | November 8, 2018 | “Anybody Have a Map?” |
| 324 | 15-08 | November 15, 2018 | “Blowin’ in the Wind” |
| 325 | 15-09 | January 17, 2019 | “Shelter from the Storm” |
| 326 | 15-10 | January 24, 2019 | “Help, I’m Alive” |
| 327 | 15-11 | January 31, 2019 | “The Winner Takes It All” |
| 328 | 15-12 | Febrary 7, 2019 | “Girlfriend in a Coma” |
| 329 | 15-13 | Febrary 14, 2019 | “I Walk the Line” |
| 330 | 15-14 | Febrary 21, 2019 | “I Want a New Drug” |
| 331 | 15-15 | Febrary 28, 2019 | “We Didn’t Start the Fire” |
| 332 | 15-16 | March 7, 2019 | “Blood and Water” |
| 333 | 15-17 | March 14, 2019 | “And Dream of Sheep” |
| 334 | 15-18 | March 21, 2019 | “Add It Up” |
| 335 | 15-19 | March 28, 2019 | “Silent All These Years” |
| 336 | 15-20 | April 4, 2019 | “The Whole Package” |
| 337 | 15-21 | April 11, 2019 | “Good Shepherd” |
| 338 | 15-22 | April 18, 2019 | “Head Over High Heels” |
| 339 | 15-23 | May 2, 2019 | “What I Did for Love” |
| 340 | 15-24 | May 9, 2019 | “Drawn to the Blood” |
| 341 | 15-25 | May 16, 2019 | “Jump Into the Fog” |
SEASON SIXTEEN
| 342 | 16-01 | September 26, 2019 | “Nothing Left to Cling To” |
| 343 | 16-02 | October 3, 2019 | “Back in the Saddle” |
| 344 | 16-03 | October 10, 2019 | “Runited” |
| 345 | 16-04 | October 17, 2019 | “It’s Raining Men” |
| 346 | 16-05 | October 24, 2019 | “Breathe Again” |
| 347 | 16-06 | October 31, 2019 | “Whistlin’ Past the Graveyard” |
| 348 | 16-07 | November 7, 2019 | “Papa Don’t Preach” |
| 349 | 16-08 | November 14, 2019 | “My Shot” |
| 350 | 16-09 | November 21, 2019 | “Let’s All Go to the Bar” |
| 351 | 16-10 | January 23, 2020 | “Help Me Through the Night” |
| 352 | 16-11 | January 30, 2020 | “A Hard Pill to Swallow” |
| 353 | 16-12 | Febrary 6, 2020 | “The Last Supper” |
| 354 | 16-13 | Febrary 13, 2020 | “Save the Last Dance for Me” |
| 355 | 16-14 | Febrary 20, 2020 | “A Diagnosis” |
| 356 | 16-15 | Febrary 27, 2020 | “Snowblind” |
| 357 | 16-16 | March 5, 2020 | “Leave a Light On” |
| 358 | 16-17 | March 12, 2020 | “Life on Mars?” |
| 359 | 16-18 | March 19, 2020 | “Give a Little Bit” |
| 360 | 16-19 | March 26, 2020 | “Love of My Life” |
| 361 | 16-20 | April 2, 2020 | “Sing It Again” |
| 362 | 16-21 | April 9, 2020 | “Put on a Happy Face” |
SEASON SEVENTEEN
| 363 | 17-01 | November 12, 2020 | “All Tomorrow’s Parties” |
| 364 | 17-02 | November 12, 2020 | “The Center Won’t Hold” |
| 365 | 17-03 | November 19, 2020 | “My Happy Ending” |
| 366 | 17-04 | December 3, 2020 | “You’ll Never Walk Alone” |
| 367 | 17-05 | December 10, 2020 | “Fight the Power” |
| 368 | 17-06 | December 17, 2020 | “No Time for Despair” |
| 369 | 17-07 | March 11, 2021 | “Helplessly Hoping” |
| 370 | 17-08 | March 18, 2021 | “It’s All Too Much” |
| 371 | 17-09 | March 25, 2021 | “In My Life” |
| 372 | 17-10 | April 1, 2021 | “Breathe” |
| 373 | 17-11 | April 8, 2021 | “Sorry Doesn’t Always Make It Right” |
| 374 | 17-12 | April 15, 2021 | “Sign o’ the Times” |
| 375 | 17-13 | April 22, 2021 | “Good as Hell” |
| 376 | 17-14 | May 6, 2021 | “Look Up Child” |
| 377 | 17-15 | May 20, 2021 | “Tradition” |
| 378 | 17-16 | May 27, 2021 | “I’m Still Standing” |
| 379 | 17-17 | June 3, 2021 | “Someone Saved My Life” |
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What is everyone like?

Meredith Grey (Ellen Pompeo) Meredith is the central character and narrates most of the shows. She began as an intern and is now a resident. She has had an off and on romance with Derek Shepherd, and they finally got married by post-it note. She calls herself “dark and stormy,” mostly due to issues with her alcoholic absent father who she feels abandoned her many years ago. She also had difficulty reconciling her mother’s long-term affair with Chief of surgery Richard Webber. She is best friends with Cristina Yang and they refer to each other as “my person.” She has a half sister named Lexie and she had difficulty accepting her when she first came to Seattle Grace Hospital, but they have slowly grown closer.
Cristina Yang (Sandra Oh) Cristina is a cardiothoracic surgery resident who is an overachiever. Her life revolves around surgery and she has been known to put surgery before the relationships in her life. She is best friends with Meredith Grey. For some time, she had a serious relationship with Preston Burke but he left her on their wedding day. She is currently in a relationship with Owen Hunt. He had a relationship with Teddy Altman in Iraq and there is a bit of a love triangle between the three. Cristina offers to give Owen to Teddy in order to scrub in on surgery with Altman as her teacher. She later works through this with Owen.
Derek Shepherd (Patrick Dempsey) – He was originally the head of neurosurgery but took over as chief of surgery when Dr. Webber was “demoted” due to his alcohol issues. He was nicknamed “McDreamy” by the girls. He came to Seattle Grace to get away from his ex-wife Addison, who cheated on him with his best friend Mark Sloan. He began an on-and-off-again relationship with Meredith and they recently ended up marrying by post it note. He has been having issues with Webber since he went to the hospital board about Webber’s drinking problem, resulting in his demotion. They have been able to come to a truce and appear to be helping each other through their trials in their new positions.
Alex Karev (Justin Chambers) – Alex grew up in an unstable home. He continuously had to protect his mother from his father, who was abusive. He had numerous flings with different women at Seattle Grace Hospital until he met a patient named Ava. She came in with amnesia and he took care of her, eventually falling in love. Ava left and later spent some time in a mental hospital and they end up going their separate ways. He later begins to date Izzie and they got married while she was in the hospital with cancer. After she was let go from Seattle Grace for performing an incorrect procedure on a renal patient, causing her to code and almost die. She then disappeared and left him floundering. He started sleeping with Lexie.
Miranda Bailey (Chandra Wilson) – She is the attending general surgeon at Seattle Grace Hospital. She was always supportive to Chief Webber especially because she wasn’t afraid to tell him like it is. She is well-known for her tough and domineering attitude and earned the nickname The Nazi. She comes across as tough but has softened toward the residents as she has formed relationships with them. The long hours spent at work caused problems between her and her husband and they ended up divorcing. Recently she has started to date Ben Warren (Jason George).
Richard Webber (James Pickens, Jr.) – He was the original Chief of Surgery at Seattle Grace Hospital. Years ago, he had an affair with Meredith’s mom (Ellis Grey), and the affair contributes to the tension between him and Meredith at work. He struggled with alcoholism in the past and when Seattle Grace and Mercy West merged, it caused him much stress and he ended up falling off the wagon. Derek Shepherd reported him to the hospital board, and he was subsequently demoted back to surgeon and told to get help for his alcoholism. Shepherd took over as acting chief in his absence and there has been a lot of tension between the two because Webber does not like the way Shepherd has been running the hospital. Being back in the OR reminds him of his love for surgery and he and Shepherd have come to a truce of sorts. Webber has been offering advice on how to deal with the administrative end of the job.
Mark Sloan (Eric Dane) – Mark is the head of plastic surgery. His character ways was a playboy and he even had an affair with Addison Montgomery Shepherd (Derek’s wife), which ruined his friendship with Shepherd for quite some time. The femlales at Seattle Grace nicknamed “McSteamy.”. He started to date Lexie Grey and the relationship turned serious when they decided to move in together. He found out he had an 18 year old pregnant daughter when she showed up on his doorstep, and Lexie had a difficult time adjusting to the thought of “playing mom.” His daughter’s name is Sloan as well and he is excited about being a granddad but Sloan wants to give the baby up for adoption. She ends up leaving without telling him and he really feels the loss. He starts dating Teddy Altman but explains that he doesn’t want a fling, he wants a family, which is opposite of everything he has been up to this point.
Alexandra ‘Lexie” Grey (Chyler Leigh) – She is resident and half-sister to Meredith (same father). She is known for her photographic memory. Initially, she and Meredith did not get along but have slowly grown closer. She dated Mark Sloan for quite some time but it ended when his 18 year old daughter showed up at his door pregnant and moved in with them. He was excited about being a grandfather and began to envision a whole family that Lexie was not ready for. She bolted and took solace in sleeping with Alex Karev, neither of which is looking for anything serious. She found out that Sloan moved on with Teddy Altman and she was upset.
Teddy Altman (Kim Raver) – She is the head of cardiothoracic surgery at Seattle Grace. She knows Owen Hunt from the past because they served together in Iraq. They were in love and she is still in love with him although he is dating Cristina Yang. She is tough on Yang in surgery and has different teaching methods than what we are used to, but Yang wants to scrub in on as many surgeries with her that she can. Yang offered to trade Owen if she would allow her to scrub in on surgery. Teddy told Owen this, causing issues between him and Yang. Currently she is dating Mark Sloan and they are taking it slowly.
Owen Hunt (Kevin McKidd) – He is the head of trauma surgery and Yang’s current boyfriend. He suffers from PTSD (posttraumatic stress disorder) from his time in Iraq and because of this he almost kills Yang when he chokes her in his sleep. Yang becomes afraid of him so he seeks therapy and they are able repair their relationship. He struggles with memories of Iraq and his time with Altman and their relationship. He and Yang have a stormy relationship and it almost ends when she offers to give him to Altman in trade for more surgery opportunities.
Arizona Robbins (Jessica Capshaw) – She is the head of pediatric surgery. She appears calm and able to counsel others through highly emotional situations. She is currently dating Callie Torres and has helped her with ‘coming out’ to her dad, although it doesn’t go well at all. Callie wants kids and she adamantly does not, so this is a point of contention for their relationship.
Calliope “Callie” Torres (Sara Ramirez) – She is an attending orthopaedic surgeon. She got married to George O’Malley but they divorced because he realized he was in love with Izzie. Callie started a relationship with Erica Hahn but it was cut short when Hahn left the hospital over the lack of punishment for Izzie. She has since met Arizona Robbins and they are dating. She “came out” to her dad, who was not happy, but after cutting her off from his money and not speaking to her, he has begun to come around. She and Arizona have discussed children and Arizona vehemently does not want them. Callie is upset and ready to end the relationship because she realizes that she absolutely does want children.
Addison Montgomery Shepherd (Kate Walsh) – Former head of OB/GYN and Neonatal Surgery. She was married to Derek Shepherd but they got divorced due to her infidelity with his best friend Mark Sloan. She transferred to Seattle Grace and attempted to get back together with Derek, but she finally realized he was in love with Meredith and ended up leaving Seattle Grace (she is currently on the spinoff show Private Practice). She occasionally makes guest appearances on Grey’s Anatomy.
Isobel “Izzie” Stevens (Katherine Heigl) – Izzie grew up poor and gave a daughter up for adoption when she was 16. She started as an intern at Seattle Grace where she met Denny Duquette, a patient she fell in love with. He needed a heart transplant and he was not going to get one in time, so she purposely cut his LVAD wires, causing him to die. She almost lost her job over this and spiraled into a deep depression. She began dating Alex Karev and their relationship had its ups and downs. She was diagnosed with metastatic melanoma and had to undergo rigorous treatment. They ended up marrying in the hospital and she underwent surgery, surviving the treatment. Once back to work, she accidentally induced hyperkalaemia in a patient slated for renal transplant and therefore lost her job. She left Seattle Grace without a word to anyone, especially her husband Alex and has reappeared occasionally. She and Karev have since separated and she is working at another hospital.
George O’Malley (T. R. Knight) – George is an intern who was originally infatuated with Meredith. They ended up sleeping together and she cried, humiliating him. They were able to get past that and remain close friends. He was always close friends with Izzie as well. He began to date Callie Torres, and they ended up getting married. He began to develop feelings for Izzie, and therefore broke it off with Callie. They attempted a relationship but realized they were better off as friends. He died when he tried to save a girl from being hit by a bus and ended up getting hit instead.

Who Plays whom?

Dr. Meredith Grey…Ellen Pompeo
Dr. Alex Karev…Justin Chambers
Dr. Miranda Bailey…Chandra Wilson
Dr. Richard Webber…James Pickens Jr.
Dr. Owen Hunt…Kevin McKidd
Dr. Jackson Avery…Jesse Williams
Dr. April Kepner…Sarah Drew
Dr. Amelia Shepherd…Caterina Scorsone
Dr. Maggie Pierce…Kelly McCreary
Dr. Andrew DeLuca…Giacomo Gianniotti
Dr. Jo Wilson…Camilla Luddington
Dr. Teddy Altman…Kim Raver
Dr. Ben Warren…Jason Winston George
Dr. Leah Murphy…Tessa Ferrer
Dr. Catherine Avery…Debbie Allen
Past or Recurring Cast
Dr. Ellis Grey…Kate Burton
Dr. Sam Bennett…Taye Diggs
Dr. Nicole Herman…Geena Davis
Dr. Heather Brooks…Tina Majorino
Dr. William Thorpe…Scott Elrod
Dr. Finn Dandridge…Chris O’Donnell
Dr. Eliza Minnick…Marika Domińczyk
Dr. Shane Ross…Gaius Charles
Dr. Jason Myers…Charles Michael Davis
Dr. Stephanie Edwards…Jerrika Hinton
Dr. Nathan Riggs…Martin Henderson
Dr. Arizona Robbins…Jessica Capshaw
Dr. Derek Shepherd…Patrick Dempsey
Dr. Cristina Yang…Sandra Oh
Dr. Izzie Stevens…Katherine Heigl
Dr. Callie Torres…Sara Ramirez
Dr. Mark Sloan…Eric Dane
Dr. Lexie Grey…Chyler Leigh
Dr. George O’Malley…T.R. Knight
Dr. Preston Burke…Isaiah Washington
Dr. Addison Montgomery-Shepherd…Kate Walsh
Dr. Steve Mostow…Mark Saul
Dr. Megan Nowland…Molly Kidder
Dr. Erica Hahn…Brooke Smith
Dr. Arizona Robbins…Jessica Capshaw
Intern Graciella…Gloria Garayua
Intern Laura…Candice Afia
Intern Leo…Winston Story
Nurse Olivia Harper…Sarah Utterback
Intern Dani…Amrapali Ambegaokar
Denny Duquette…Jeffrey Dean Morgan
Nurse Tyler Christian…Moe Irvin
Intern Pierce…Joseph Williamson
Joe…Steven W. Bailey
Sloan Riley…Leven Rambin
Sadie Harris…Melissa George
Mary Portman…Mandy Moore
Adele Webber…Loretta Devine
Louise O’Malley…Debra Monk
Susan Grey…Mare Winningham

Remember your favorite stars’ birthdays!

| Steven W. Bailey | July 1 |
| Jessica Capshaw | August 9 |
| Justin Chambers | July 11 |
| Eric Dane | November 9 |
| Patrick Dempsey | January 3 |
| Katherine Heigl | November 24 |
| T.R. Knight | March 26 |
| Chyler Leigh | April 10 |
| Kevin McKidd | August 9 |
| Jeffrey Dean Morgan | Arpil 22 |
| Sandra Oh | July 20 |
| James Pickens Jr. | October 26 |
| Ellen Pompeo | November 10 |
| Sara Ramirez | August 31 |
| Mark Saul | June 20 |
| Brooke Smith | May 22 |
| Kate Walsh | October 13 |
| Isaiah Washington | August 3 |
| Chandra Wilson | August 27 |
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Where you can see your favorite actors!

Here is where we’ll put any upcoming appearances we hear about the Grey’s Anatomy and Private Practice actors on talk shows, live appearances, other shows, movies, etc.
Frankie Faison (ex-William Bailey) is part of the cast of “The Rookie: Feds” on ABC Tuesdays.
Jesse Williams has 3 movies coming out.
Kim Raver (Teddy) appears Tuesday, 6/28 on “Live with Kelly and Ryan”.
Chandra Wilson appears Thursday, 9/29 on “The Jennifer Hudson Show.”
Tim Griffin (ex-Ronny) has a few movies coming out
Abigail Spencer (ex-Megan) stars in an upcoming movie, “One Heart.” She has a recurring role on “Rebel” Thursdays on ABC.
Katherine Heigl stars in a new series “Firefly Lane” on Netflix and in the new miniseries “Woodhull.”
Mitch Pileggi (Larry) appears in the new CW series “Walker” Thursdays.
Isaiah Washington (Preston) appears in “Tales” Tuesday, June 21 on BET.
Taye Diggs (ex-Sam) stars in the series “All American” Wednesdays on The CW and has many new movies coming out this year.
Sandra Oh (ex-Cristina) does the voice of Deborah Grayson on “Invincible” on Amazon and has 3 movies coming out this year.
James Pickens Jr. has a recurring role on the new “Roseanne” revival on ABC (now called “The Connors”). He also has a new series in production called “Kick”.
Patrick Dempsey stars in the series “Devils” on The CW. He appears Thursday, 11/17 on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” on ABC and stars in the movie “Enchanted” airing Thursday, 11/17 on ABC. He appears on “Good Morning America” Friday, Nov. 18 on ABC and also stars in the new sequel, “Disenchanted,” which airs Friday, 11/18 on Disney+.
Jason George stars in “Station 19” on ABC.
The “Grey’s Anatomy” spin-off “Station 19” airs Thursdays after “Grey’s” on ABC, and they have many cross-overs from the “Grey’s” actors.
T.R. Knight (ex-George) appears in “The Comey Rule” on Showtime and in “The Flight Attendant” on HBO Max.
Martin Henderson (Nathan) has 3 new movies coming out.
Tessa Ferrer (ex-Leah) has a lot of new films coming out in the next two years.
Grant Show (ex-Archer) stars in the CW show “Dynasty” on Wednesdays.
Leven Rambin (ex-Sloane) appears in the new WGN series “Gone.” More Info We don’t know if or when the series is returning because of changes in the network. It hasn’t yet been official canceled, though. She has 2 new movies coming out.
Jeffrey Dean Morgan stars in “The Walking Dead” Sundays on AMC and in many movies.
Jesse Williams and many other celebrities star in this campaign ad. He appears Tuesday, March 29 on “The Today Show” on NBC.
Stephen Amell (ex-Scott) stars in the new wrestling drama “Heel” on Starz.
Eric Dane appears in “Euphoria” on HBO and has movies coming out.
Kate Walsh (ex-Addison) stars in “Emily in Paris” on Netflix and also has a recurring role in “The Umbrella Academy” this season on Netflix.
Hector Elizondo (ex-Carlos) has some new movies coming out and a recurring role on “B Positive” on Thursdays on CBS.
Audra McDonald (ex-Naomi) stars in “The Good Fight” on CBS All Access.

Writing about the show!

Interview with Sylvia Kwan (Mabel) 9/14/21
Leverage Actors – Who plays whom?

Sophie Devereaux – Gina Bellman
Alec Hardison – Aldis Hodge
Eliot Spencer – Christian Kane
Parker – Beth Riesgraf
Breanna Casey – Aleyse Shannon
Harry Wilson – Noah Wyle
Older or recurring characters:
Nathan Ford – Timothy Hutton
Jim Sterling – Mark Sheppard
Tara Cole – Jeri Ryan
FBI Agent McSweeten – Gerald Downey
Bligh – Lucy Taylor
Detective Captain Bonanno – Robert Blanche
The Italian – Elisabetta Canalis
Jack Latimer – Leon Rippy
Maggie Collins – Kari Matchett
Zachary – Matt Barnett
Colin Mason – Wil Wheaton
Taggert – Rick Overton

What Will Happen!

Aleyse Shannon plays Brianna, Hardison’s foster sister, who is also a computer geek.
Nathan’s absence will be explained in the first episode – he’s passed away and Sophie is a widow. It’s been one year since his death.
Noah Wyle takes Timothy Hutton’s place as the new lead of the show (but not of the team). He will play Harry, a lawyer who wants to turn the tables on his boss – Fletcher Maxwell, a millionaire who made his money on the opioid crisis.
Maxwell is played by Reed Diamond, who’s made quite a career playing weasels and miscreants in many great roles.
Harry joins the Leverage gang to make up for his shady past as a fixer.
Sophie is the new leader of the group, taking over for Nate.
More Spoilers from TVInsider and More
Episodes: Airdate: Jul 9, 2021
“The Too Many Rembrandts Job” Season 1, Episode 1
When the team comes together to help Sophie, they intercept guilt-ridden corporate fixer Harry and decide to help him take down an evil billionaire making money on the back of an opioid crisis.
“The Panamanian Monkeys Job” Season 1, Episode 2
With a new team member on board plus the arrival of Hardison’s genius foster sister, the team heads to Panama to pull an elaborate heist before an evil billionaire can get his money and flee to a non-extradition country.
“The Rollin’ on the River Job” Season 1, Episode 3
The Leverage team takes on a greedy riverboat casino owner, before he can bulldoze the homes of longtime New Orleans natives for his planned expansion.
“The Tower Job” Season 1, Episode 4
One member of the team seeks redemption and justice by convincing Leverage to con a developer out of an entire luxury apartment building.
“The Paranormal Hacktivity Job” Season 1, Episode 5
When a woman believes she is being haunted and runs from her home in terror, Sophie leads Breanna and Parker through a con to convince the two real estate scammers responsible to target Leverage HQ.
“The Card Game Job” Season 1, Episode 6
The Leverage team dives into the world of a high fantasy collectible card game with a devoted following to take down a pharmaceutical bad boy who is price-gouging drugs to fund his own house of cards.
“The Double-Edged Sword Job” Season 1, Episode 7
The team takes on a brilliant software developer who is selling a groundbreaking facial recognition system that threatens everyone’s privacy except his own.
“The Mastermind Job” Season 1, Episode 8
Sophie must keep her feelings in check when she discovers that someone has written a memoir of the team, casting himself as Nate – which leads an exiled criminal to kidnap Harry and “Fake Nate,” forcing the Leverage team to pull a heist.

Leverage Web Site Links

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“Leverage: Redemption” Links:
Actors:
Christian Kane Official Site, Twitter, and Instagram
Beth Riefgraf on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram
Aldis Hodge on Twitter and Instagram
Gina Bellman on Twitter
Noah Wyle on Instagram
Aleyse Shannon on Instagram
Christiane Kane Music Facebook
Beth Riesgraf/Parker European Facebook Fan Page
Original Show Links:
Midwest Leverage Series Fan Group
The Unofficial, Original Timothy Hutton & “Beautiful Girls” Homepage
Watch clips on YouTube, watch the original series on IMDb TV, Amazon, and more!

Interviews and Writing about the show!

Interview with Christian Kane 6/28/23
Interview with Noah Wyle, Gina Bellman, Beth Reisgraf and Aleyse Shannon 11/2/22
Interview with Christian Kane and Beth Riesgraf 9/30/21
Interview with Gina Bellman (Sophie) and Aleyse Shannon (Brenna) 9/30/21
Interview with Executive Producers Dean Devlin and Kate Rorick 9/29/21
Interview with Dean Devlin and Christian Kane about “Almost Paradise” 4/2/20
Review 11/10/2012
Interview with Beth Riesgraf and Aldis Hodge 11/7/12
Review 11/29/11
Interview with Aldis Hodge 6/9/11
Interview with Timothy Hutton and Beth Riesgraf 12/1/10
Review 6/10/10
Interview with Timothy Hutton 5/24/10
Interview with Dean Devlin 2/11/10
Review 12/29/09
Interview with Aldis Hodge 8/14/09
Interview with Aldis Hodge 1/10/09

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CULVER CITY, California – February 24, 2025 – The Leverage Crew is back to fight for the little guy. Today, Prime Video revealed the premiere date and first look for Season 3 of Leverage: Redemption. The third installment of the fan-favorite drama will consist of 10 episodes with the first three episodes premiering April 17, and new episodes releasing every Thursday. The fan-favorite first and second seasons of Leverage: Redemption as well all seasons of Leverage are available on demand and as a Fast Channel on Prime Video.
In Season 3 the team pits themselves against a power broker stealing the clean water under people’s feet and turning into dirty money, fight against a mayor who’s literally the judge and jury of his small town, outrun a mark who’s finally caught up with them mid-con, outhustle a pool hustler with a side business in international extortion, and bring down an industrialist exploiting child labor. All this while dodging an intricate plan of vengeance from a past enemy and working through the fallout of their new personal relationships. But no matter what, when someone needs help, they provide … Leverage.
Leverage: Redemption stars Gina Bellman as Sophie Deveraux, Christian Kane as Eliot Spencer, Beth Riesgraf as Parker, Aleyse Shannon as Breanna Casey, Noah Wyle as Harry Wilson, and Aldis Hodge as Alec Hardison. Guest stars for Season 3 include Jack Coleman, Drew Powell, Alex Boniello, Cedric Yarbrough, Mary Hollis Inboden, Sam Witwer, Rachael Harris, and more.
The series is created and executive produced by Electric Entertainment’s Dean Devlin, alongside Marc Roskin and Rachel Olschan-Wilson. John Rogers serves as showrunner and executive producer and Chris Downey as executive producer.
About Electric Entertainment
Headquartered in Los Angeles, California, Electric Entertainment is an independent studio headed by veteran producer Dean Devlin along with his partners Marc Roskin and Rachel Olschan-Wilson. Electric Entertainment also houses acquisitions and sales divisions, with domestic sales headed up by Steve Saltman and the international division headed by Sonia Mehandjiyska. Electric also has a satellite office located in Vancouver, Canada.
Among Electric’s hit television series are “Leverage: Redemption” the spin-off continuation of “Leverage,” which ran for five seasons on TNT. Both series are currently streaming in the U.S. and U.K. on Amazon Prime Video. Season 3 of “Leverage: Redemption” is set to premiere April 17, 2025 on Amazon Prime Video. “Almost Paradise” Season 1 is currently streaming on Amazon Prime Video after having premiered on WGN America. Season 2 of “Almost Paradise” premiered in July 2023 on Amazon Freevee in the U.S and U.K. and is now streaming on Amazon Prime Video. Electric’s new series “The Ark” premiered in February 2023 on SYFY. Season 2 of “The Ark” premiered in July 2024. Other Electric series include “The Librarians” which ran for four seasons on TNT. A new spin-off series, entitled “The Librarians: The Next Chapter,” is currently in post-production for TNT. “The Outpost,” which premiered its 4th season on The CW in 2021, is now streaming on Amazon Prime Video.
Electric’s Feature Films have included “Bad Samaritan” starring David Tennant and Robert Sheehan, and most recently “The Deal” starring Sumalee Montano and Emma Fischer. Electric also acquires, distributes and sells worldwide rights to Electric’s produced and acquired content, as well as theatrical films from around the world, including “Blood On The Crown,” starring Harvey Keitel and Malcolm McDowell, and Rob Reiner’s historical biopic “LBJ,” starring Woody Harrelson.
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Prime Video is a first-stop entertainment destination offering customers a vast collection of premium programming in one app available across thousands of devices. On Prime Video, customers can customize their viewing experience and find their favorite movies, series, documentaries, and live sports – including Amazon MGM Studios-produced series and movies Red One, Road House, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, Fallout, Reacher, The Boys, Cross, and The Idea of You; licensed fan favorites; Prime member exclusive access to coverage of live sports including Thursday Night Football, WNBA, and NWSL, and acclaimed sports documentaries including Bye Bye Barry and Kelce; and programming from partners such as Apple TV+, Max, Crunchyroll and MGM+ via Prime Video add-on subscriptions, as well as more than 500 free ad-supported (FAST) Channels. Prime members in the U.S. can share a variety of benefits, including Prime Video, by using Amazon Household. Prime Video is one benefit among many that provides savings, convenience, and entertainment as part of the Prime membership. All customers, regardless of whether they have a Prime membership or not, can rent or buy titles via the Prime Video Store, and can enjoy even more content for free with ads. Customers can also go behind the scenes of their favorite movies and series with exclusive X-Ray access. For more info visit www.amazon.com/primevideo.
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Where to see your favorite “Leverage” stars!

Aldis Hodge (Alec) stars in “City on a Hill” Sundays on Showtime and has many new movies coming out, including playing Hawkman in the DC Comics movie “Black Adam,” in 2022. He appears Monday, 11/7 on “The Jennifer Hudson Show.”
Christian Kane (Eliot) has 3 new movies coming out soon. You can see his musical events here. He will star in season 2 of “Almost Paradise,” now on IMDB TV.
Noah Wyle (Harry) is working on a movie, “A Dolphin In Our Lake.”
Aleyse Shannon (Brianna) has a new movie coming out, “Beauty.”
Jeri Ryan (Tara) appears in “Picard” on Paramount+.
Richard Kind (ex-Brad) does voices in “American Dad” on TBS, appears in “THe Goldbergs” Wednesdays on ABC, and in “Everything’s Going to Be Okay” on HULU. He has several movies coming out.
Kari Matchett (Maggie) guest-stars on “Supergirl” Tuesday, 9/7 on The CW.
Mark Sheppard (Jim) appears in the new CW series “Walker: Independence” Wednesdays.
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Interview with actor/manager Chi Muoi Lo by Suzanne 5/25/21
This was a very interesting call! It went on for quite a while…unfortunately, I had to end the call for another interview.
Here is the audio version of it.
Suzanne: Why did you decide to make a video series about acting?
Chi: …I’ve been frustrated for 20 years. You know, I own a company called Element Management. I bought the company. So, you know, every year used to be nine schools they consider the Ivy League school for actors. I went to one of them called ATT – Yale, Julliard, NYU, Temple University, Carnegie Mellon, but the problem of those most pseudo schools is, every year they would have a showcase in New York and Los Angeles, and the power to be would go there to watch the show, and that’s how you’d get discovered if you got the goods and all that. But the frustrating thing is that I started realizing that even the school that I went to, I was at the right age to go to it, but everybody else wasn’t. I was like, 18 when I went, but it was a master program. So, suddenly a school like Temple University, NYU, Juilliard, no, actually, Yale, ACT. So, those schools are master programs. So, your career is over before it begins when you graduate from these schools, because it’s a young business, and if you’re going to start out your career, it should be around 21, and hopefully, you get the maturity and the training there, that would be ideal. So, it’s very frustrating.
And then, the reality is, they don’t talk about the business. You spend – you know, you talk about USC, the last time I checked it’s $268,000 to get your four year degree, and when you come out, it’s an undergraduate program, which is good, but when you come out, kind of your career is over. I mean, when you come out, you don’t know anything about the business, how to break in, how to get your SAG card, how to do anything about it.
And the reason you know nothing about it has to do with the people who are teaching can’t teach the business, because they never made it, or they’re not in it. So, you can’t teach something you don’t know. Like, say for example, I use as an example so you can understand what I’m talking about – death. We all kind of know what death is. We see it on TV; we read it. We know somebody who it has happened to; we see it in films and all that, but do we really know what death is or the grieving of death or the nuance that death comes with? No, not until somebody who is close to us [dies]. Like my mom died two years ago. And then, you realize what death means, the five stages. Do you grieve? How long is the grieving? You realize, you know, it never ends. You miss the person, and somewhere along the line, you have to have acceptance and all of that. So, sort of same thing with the acting business. You cannot teach something if you never experienced it. If you don’t do it, if you’re not out there doing it, or you never succeeded, or you don’t know –
The changing environment of show business is drastic sometimes. Like 2008 with the crash, but they were in the process of changing the industry. We changed to digital; it used to be hardcopy, like people who submitted picture resume hardcopy but never tried to change into digital to submit everything online. And the guy who owned a breakdown service literally monopolized the entire industry. He’s sitting on a cash cow, I would call it.
But anyway, there were 30% of actors that [were] dropped. I mean, they just couldn’t understand how to change over work, because when they were 35 or 40, they didn’t know how to deal with internet or how to transfer a resume to that thing. And the agency business and the manager business does not work either, because you have so many clients, and they couldn’t take care of them. So there’re tons of working actor who just got dropped and had no representation. And it took them a while if [they] applied for representation. So, those are the changes like that, and they are so drastic and so dramatic, that if you don’t teach these things, then people don’t know, and that’s the problem with the schools.
So, I wanted to do this six years ago, and I taught like the classes three times only, and I’m not a teacher. Really, I did it for my clients, and then, literally, I just got bored talking about it over and over. And then somebody gave me an idea. They said, “Why don’t you put it on tape? Then, you never have to talk about it.” And I said, “Good idea,” and then suddenly, once I started the process, it just got bigger and bigger and bigger. It became seven episodes, and over 12 hours of everything about the business, nothing about the craft. You know, I think the craft is being taken care of. So, nothing about the craft. So, you can get this thing at masteringthebusinessofacting.com. And I didn’t want to charge that much money either, because I think the kids already have been – I’m going to use a slang word – screwed over, in this education already. I just did not want to charge more than $199 or whatever to get this seven, episodes, twelve hours of information all about the business on every aspect of business. And it covers three different kinds of actors: the one who want to break into the business, the working actors, and the rising stars.
Suzanne: How many people have bought into your program so far? If you can say?
Chi: A lot. We actually did [better] than we imagined. What’s fascinating about marketing in the what we call [unintelligible] ecommerce, I guess…Yeah. So, it’s fascinating how you use Facebook, Instagram, Google, you know, they only target the people who have interest in this business. So, imagine, in the old days, if you are advertising something, you pay millions of dollars on TV, and half your audience are never reached; they don’t need it. But this is specific. It’s not going to target somebody who’s interested in nursing, interested in skiing or anything. You have to be interested in show business or have somewhere along line…[They use an algorithm] I guess, so they can know who you are. So, when you go to Google, or you go to your Facebook or whatever and that, those ads will pop up.
Suzanne: It’s the same on my site, we have that kind of Google Ads with targeted advertising.
Chi: Right. So, we did really, really well for just basically three months. We launched like February 23. But my intention is I think we could make a deal with this school that’s very interested in it already. And I want to start in high school, because I went to high school performing arts, and also then definitely undergraduate, because you cannot teach the craft and not talk about the business. The business is 60%, but you can take a bad actor who knows about the business and understands the business, who will have a better chance of succeeding than a great actor who doesn’t understanding anything about the business.
Suzanne: Right. Now you used to be an actor, and then you became a manager, so what prompted you to make that move?
Chi: Well, I am I’m still an actor. I just love to act. Acting is my favorite talent of them all. I’m an actor, writer, director, producer and [have] my own management company. So, I’m about to produce a TV series. It’s seven seasons, 13 episodes, called Life in Threes. It’s inspired by a true story, really, really great. I’m very excited about it.
But being an actor, the change over has a lot to do with I just [understood] the business really [quickly], because I’ve been into acting since I was 10. So, there’re a lot at of mistakes I made as an actor, but I succeeded at a very young age. I worked a lot.
[Like,] I just graduated on a Saturday, came down here on a Sunday. There was a writer strike. After three months it was over, and I worked like like crazy. I think it only took four years, and I got my own TV show, but I was guest starring all over the place. I think I was tired of it, and then my show came along.
But I’ve worked a lot, and the mistakes I made, and I think, again, I talk about it, and mastering the business of acting, I wish I had guidance. I managed a few, I only managed five people. I personally only managed five people, but my other people manage other people. But I personally have managed five people and these people made a lot of money. [I could] just sit on my ass and make tons of money right now because they’re all working. But I wish I had someone like me, guiding me, and I look back and I say well, “Would you be able to find somebody like you?” And the answer is probably no, because – let me be clear here, so that people don’t think I’m a pompous ass here. I don’t know anything about how to change a tire. I don’t know how to do oil change, and if you ask me to clean my house, I don’t know how to do that. I don’t know anything about how to operate my computer without my assistant. I don’t know how to fax [anything] if it’s new equipment. If it’s equipment I’ve used before, sure I would know how to do it, but I’m a terrible driver. I’m a walking stereotype. So, you can name all that, but this is one area that I can say that I really know what I’m talking about, which is the acting business and the acting stuff.
So, when I was starting out, I wish I had met someone who I really could trust and believed that they could guide me, and could gladly say, “Chi, what the hell are you doing? You’re 27 years old. You don’t need to direct a movie right now; wait until you’re 40!” So, that was a mistake I made, as an actor. There was no reason for me to direct a movie when my career as an actor was on the rise. You know, “Finish the series, make big budget movies and all that, you know…wait for the right project to come along.”
This discrimination – being an Asian actor in Hollywood is not easy [for] someone like me, how I look, my height, and all that. I usually get jobs that are really tough to get, and they’re strong acting jobs. So, visually, I don’t look like your typical, whatever you want that to be, because I’m almost like a leading man trapped in a character body.
So, in a way, when I directed the movie, it took me five years out of the game. And when you’re five years out of the game, some people think you’re just dead. So, in two of those years I had to promote the movie and get it into the theaters. Now we made money [on the movie] called Catfish and Black Bean Sauce; we made money and all that, but the problem comes – then I decided, to answer your question about why it matters, I bought the management company, because I wanted to control half the information, but then I discovered that I’m actually good at what I do as a manager. I could understand the business and all that. And when you have success, and you know what you’re talking about, it’s how you make things happen. People will listen to you.
So, that’s what I wish I had, but I don’t think anyone at that time would be that aggressive. And you have to understand, the agency business and the management business is a bunch of crap, in a way. So let me tell you – do you mind if I tell you about the agency business?
Suzanne: A little bit. Yeah, go ahead.
Chi: It’s a scam. It’s an illusion. So, let’s let’s break it down to two tiers. Okay, the first tier [is] CA, ICM, William Morris, and Endeavour. Second tier is Giersh, Innovative, APA, Abrams, or now they call themselves Eight Threes, whatever. So, at the first tier, CA, you have 5000 clients, and you have 100 agents. 100 agents cannot take care of 5000 clients. They can’t. It’s impossible. So, the people who make money are being taken care of. So, you can literally take care of 1/3 of your clients; the rest you really can’t. So, you bullshit around until people figure it out. You know, it is what it is. That’s why they say you will get lost in these places. Then you should go to second tiers. Like you take Giersh. You cannot have 22 agents to take care of 3000 clients, so, the same thing, and sometimes they make fake auditions.
Suzanne: What do you mean, fake auditions?
Chi: They make fake auditions and give them to their clients and pretend like it’s a real audition.
Suzanne: Really? Wow.
Chi: Yeah! I know…I mean, last year, even including this year on forward, it’s all self tape. Self tape has been around for seven, eight years. Last year and this year, it’s all self [taping].
So, a client can [unintelligible] “Oh, you got one?” “We got you one. Here’s your audition,” this and all that.
And then, you get all excited and the role looks so right for you, and you put your energy and time into it. You get your coach. You put it on tape and all that, and you send it in, and you give it to your agent. They say, “Great. Let’s see where it goes.” It [goes] nowhere. They pretend to download it, so you don’t know where it went.
And the reality, so what’s the problem? Okay, so let’s just say you are an actress in your 30s and the role was so right for you, and you’re so excited and all that, and you let’s say you’re a white actress, but what you don’t realize is the break that I sent you only had [unintelligible] they could get the listing enough to produce it and casting, and the storyline, what the story is about. But what you realize, if you look deeper into the breakdown of what they sent you, is the age is missing, and the ethnicity is missing. So, you’re 30 something, but they’re really looking for a 20 something year old character, and you’re white, but the role is for a black girl.
Suzanne: So, they faked it. Yeah, I see what you’re saying.
Chi: So, even if it’s real, they didn’t know and call you in for it. Even if it’s a white role and the character [unintelligible], they didn’t call you in. So a lot of people, like I have kids that I manage who are saying, “Gee, my friend Michael got a lot of auditions. I don’t know how he gets so many auditions.” I say, “Really? Okay.” But you know, I get suspicious. Even the watermark doesn’t even say his name, because it’s a fake audition. The watermark doesn’t say your name? If you’re name’s not on there, then it’s a fake audition. But they have to do it, because, like what I said, you cannot cater to 3000 clients when you have 22 agents. You can’t!
Suzanne: Well, you answered a question before I even asked [you], so that’s good.
Chi: The manager problem is this. Managers these days, you’ve got to be very careful, because the old school managers are a dying breed. We consider ourselves old school managers, and we charge 15%. But…there’re more managers than agents now, and each company pops up out of nowhere, and then you look deeper into it and you realize, “Oh, there’re a bunch of agents who got fired or decided to quit their jobs and form a management company.” So, here’s the problem with it. You cannot be a mommy; you cannot be a daddy until you become a mommy. So, what I call an agent is a “daddy,” and a manager’s a “mommy.” And so if you’ve been a daddy for 15 years, your personalities are set, and you can’t switch to be a mommy or think you can be a mommy. You don’t know how to be a mommy. You bring every skill set that you had as a daddy into a mommy’s job, and it doesn’t work, because what is called managing, managing the actors for a job, you are not just sending them out on auditions. So, these people are [unintelligible] clients only like 10 minutes or whatever and all that, because they don’t know how to operate as a manager, because, what did they do? They bring these skills; they have like 60 clients. You can’t be a manager and have 60 clients. You’re an agent. And of course you charge 10%, but then you get all the perks of being a manager. You can produce; some people can get 15%. You get residuals, which an agent can’t get. If any manager has over 30 clients, I say they’re not real good managers. You can’t.
Suzanne: So, you were talking before about, you’re not a teacher, and you put this video series together. So, did you ever foresee that maybe you would ever, like tour around the country giving talks about acting and getting people to sign up? Or is that not something that you were interested in?
Chi: I tend to do two Q&As a year. They have two packages. One is for the seven episode 13 webinar, and every year, there will still be changes, you know, like I talk about COVID now. Then, there’s going to be new stuff and all that. So, I would add on. I would tape a day to talk about seven to ten segments and then add on two Q&As every six months. So, then it’s a three hour thing. And then we will add onto that every year. So, people can opt in to the lifetime which is $100 more, or $299, and that will be a lifetime for life. And then every year you get new information from mastering the business of acting. And it should be that, because things change all the time.
Suzanne: So, that’s on all online?
Chi: It’s online, all online, and yeah, I think I can promote this thing for two more months, and then after this, I think I’m ready to go to my next project. I just can’t. I’m not a teacher nor am I one of those people. You know, I think a teacher is somebody who is very nurturing and has a lot of patience. That’s not me. And I think it’s a wonderful thing when people can teach.
Suzanne: Okay, what is your next project? You have an idea yet?
Chi: Oh, no, no, I have it. It’s called Life in Threes.
Suzanne: Your series that you’re talking about?
Chi: Yeah, it tells a story about an 85 year old Chinese woman with early stage dementia, who moves into a nursing home in Philadelphia in order to take care of one last piece of unfinished business before the disease gets the best of her. It’s there that she [becomes] friends with a young Caucasian orderly and a African American nurse. She helps them to make sense of their lives as she recounts the story of her life’s journey that begins in China, moves on to Vietnam, and ends in contemporary America.
Suzanne: And are you basing this on a relative of yours?
Chi: My mom.
Suzanne: Your mom. Okay.
Chi: Yeah, it’s a true story about my mother [unintelligible] especially an epic story that spans seven decades, while three lives unravel in the present. So, it’s a story about three characters, and each season is a decade. So it [starts] in the 20s.
Suzanne: That sounds interesting.
Chi: Oh, it’s the four years that…I was able to write it better when she passed away. It’s something I’d been wanting to do for a long time. I didn’t know how to. It’s basically Joy Luck Club meets This is Us.
Suzanne: Yeah, okay, I can see that. I have two more short questions for you before I have to go on to another call I have. So, I saw that Tyler Christopher is one of your clients. I’m a longtime fan of his from watching the soaps. So, what’s he doing now?
Chi: He’s in Indiana, and he’s waiting for a role right for him. [He] have to come back out. And you know, this year is really tough if you’re not in town. It’s just really, really tough to be able to do what you need to do, but he’s doing well. And he told me he’s ready to come back, so get him a role. I said, when everything’s calmed down, we’ll definitely do that.
Suzanne: Okay. Well, I’m looking forward to seeing him on my TV again.
Chi: Yeah, it’s crazy how he made a lot of money on the soap. It’s very rare that people can make the kind of money on a soap.
Suzanne: Yeah, and now I have a slightly more serious question. It’s seems like Hollywood is hiring more people of color, including Asians, for not only acting roles, but writers, directors and so forth. Do you think they’re making real changes? Or do you think it’s kind of a passing fad, and they’ll try to revert back to their old ways.
Chi: I think the change will stay. Here’s the reason why. Not only the pressure and the reality of the world is changing and all that, it has to do with with – and it’s good news and bad news for American minorities. It’s a global market. So, if you look at, let’s just say film is an easy way to talk about it. So, if you look at it, it’s a global market, and you’re going to need to represent everything globally. So, if you watch a movie, like Wonder Woman or anything like that, you’ll see they will cast people from different countries. Like, have you seen The Martian?
Suzanne: No, I haven’t.
Chi: [For] The Martian just somebody just came up with the idea, you know, we need to connect the Chinese into this movie, how do we do that? So, they add just one little storyline that they are going to need a Chinese rocket booster into the storyline, that the Chinese are going to help them out. By adding that storyline, before they even shoot a frame, they will guarantee themselves $150 million that will pay the bills [unintelligible] the budget. So, right there, you can understand why the global market is forcing the change. So, is the [unintelligible] true? Yes, it is. And it’s a little harsh right now.
First of all, Caucasian actors – and usually, like I remember, I have to take one of my clients, the kid that I’d nurtured for 10 years, and I want him to hear it. Because, you know, I’m busy with the mommy, and you know, he’s your child, sometimes they don’t listen to you after you’ve been with them for a long time. So, I forced him to listen to an agent that we were signing, a big agent. I said, “Tell him what’s going on with the market and understand what’s going on.” So, he said, “[unintelligible] really simple.” I said, “Okay.”
Five years ago or whatever, you have a cast. Let’s just say, this is your cast on a TV show. You have maybe four Caucasian actors, and then you add one black and one Hispanic. That’d be your cast. Now the cast is going to be forced to change. Your cast can be maybe two Caucasians, you know, one African American, one Asian, and one Latino. So, literally, half the jobs of Caucasian actors are gone. So, is that something that’s going to stay? I believe so. I think once you start in that direction, it’s hard to change back. It’s the same thing about about gays in America. If you if you look at what happened in the 90s, with with Will & Grace and other shows, Glee, and on and on, I mean, did the writer purposely start changing things little by little? And before you know it, now, the gays are not an issue. But right now, [transgender] is. You know, people have a discrimination towards transgenders. But as a gay man, or whatever, and all that, you know, it’s not that big of an issue anymore, not for the kids. If I’m a high school kid [unintelligible] it’s no big deal.
So, how do you reverse that? You can’t. You don’t. You don’t want to reverse that.
So, I think the #metoo movement did a wonderful thing for women and for minorities and all of that, that it forced the industry to not allow to ask for your quote, that’s by law now. So, by not [being] able to ask about your quote, then they cannot. In the old days, there’s no way a woman could match the money. You know, if you look at like the show called – the Kevin Spacey show – what was that show?
Suzanne: Oh, I know the one you’re talking about. I can’t think of the name either.
Chi: Yeah. So, it took her four years or three years, actually. She was not getting paid what he was getting. He was getting 450 and back in and all that. So, finally the #metoo movement – before the #metoo movement came along, her manager was smart enough to do a TV [unintelligible] on her, and her TV [unintelligible] was much bigger than his, and then pointed out that she’s bigger than he is. And it’s true. Who the hell would like Kevin Spacey? Nobody likes Kevin Spacey. So, she got the same money as he did…So now they put this thing in that you cannot ask about people’s quote. Then you have to pay everybody the same way. Depends on what roles, what position they’re in, in the cast ranking.
Interview Transcribed by Jamie of http://www.scifivision.com
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Actor turned Hollywood Manager, Chi Muoi Lo, has taken his 30 years of experience in the entertainment industry and created a 7-episode online subscription series, Mastering the Business of Acting. Hearing thousands of stories of how young actors have been exploited in the entertainment industry, he felt that he needed to share his knowledge in a way that set him apart from other programs offering similar advice. Mastering the Business of Acting primarily focuses on those trying to break into the business, it also includes information necessary for the working actors and rising stars. He has also included insight from industry professionals such as John Frank Levy (4X Emmy Award-Winning Casting Director), Todd Eisner (Talent Agent at 3Arts),Karen Molina White (Actress, “Proud Family”) and Nancy Hower (Director of Startrek Voyager).
Chi covers a variety of topics ranging from:
Born in Phan Rang, Vietnam, to Chinese parents Chi moved to the U.S. at the age of two after the fall of Saigon. Upon their arrival, Chi and his family were placed in the Indian Town Gap Refugee Camp where they became sponsored by the Jewish League of America and moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was there that Chi was raised with his nine brothers and three sisters. He caught the acting bug at age 10 and when he finally decided to make the move to Los Angeles to pursue his dream of acting, Chi had the luck he hoped for, booking roles and working continuously. He left his mark with his outstanding performance starring in the critically acclaimed and highly rated Vanishing Son mini-series and starred in MOW Faith of My Father, Sucker Free City and Shannon’s Deal. He has also appeared as Guest Lead on numerous shows such as on “Nip Tuck,” “Cold Case,” “Murder in The First,” “CSI,” “NYPD Blue,” “Malcolm in the Middle,” “Smallville,” “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and many more.
Chi is the owner of the production company, Black Hawk Entertainment and the CEO of the talent management company Allen Edelman Management. His clients include Karen Malina White (Disney’s “I Didn’t Do It”), Steven Krueger (CW’s “Roswell: New Mexico”), Tyler Christopher (“Days of Our Lives”), and many more. Chi’s debut as an actor-writer-director was with the feature film Catfish In Black Bean Sauce and was met with great success and made Variety’s “Top 50 of 2001 Limited-Release Winner At The Box Office.” As a manager, he nurtured the careers of countless clients over the years. Through this nurturing, he has heard countless experiences that actors have shared with him about their auditions, and he has done it all for his clients – pitching, dealing with talent agents and casting agents, negotiating series deals and film deals with studios.
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Interview with Richard Brooks and Victoria Rowell of “The Ruth and the Ruthless” on BET+ by Suzanne 5/25/21
This was such a fun interview! You probably know Victoria from “The Young and the Restless” or “Diagnosis Murder” years ago. You may know Richard from “Law & Order,” “Good Trouble,” “The Haves and the Have Nots” or many other shows. Between the two of them, they have an impressive list of credits. Victoria not only stars in the show but also created, produced and directed it. With her history at Y&R, and all of her friends and colleagues in the daytime soap industry, she has a lot of rich material to spoof.
Here is the video of our interview!
Suzanne: I’m glad I got to talk to both of you. Victoria…I interviewed you in 2014 over the phone for, I think, it was one of your Chandler family Christmas movies.
Victoria: Oh, sure. Sure. With Melinda Williams. Yes.
Suzanne: Those are great.
Victoria: Thank you.
Suzanne: And Richard, you’ve been some of my favorite shows like Bosch – I love that show – and Law & Order, of course, I mean, my gosh.
Richard: Oh, yeah. Bosch was fun too.
Victoria: Yeah, now he’s doing Shameless.

Suzanne: He’s everywhere.
…So, the trailer for Season Four looks hilarious. I like how you’re making fun of the soap actors having to use mannequins and things like that. That was really brilliant. That’s not a question; that’s just a compliment, but if you want to expand on that, feel free.
Victoria: Well, with COVID, obviously, different productions, we’re resorting to different ways of getting the scenes in the can, whether it was actually using the spouses or significant others of the actual actors, so they could be close, and they were in their own bubble. I don’t know if you know that. So, the kissing scenes are actually done with husbands and/or wives in soap opera. And certainly mannequins were being used, and I just thought, “God, I’ve gotta put it in the show.” I mean, this is fantastic. So, that was it, and the actors were amenable to it. We had a lot of fun with it, at the same time, including COVID as a character.
Suzanne: All right, and a lot of masks and jokes about masks and that kind of thing.
Victoria: Right, and not really making fun of actors. I never want to say that. I’m not making fun of daytime, but the situations that we find ourselves in in daytime, because the reality is that we are producing 64 pages a day, and anything that is producing a movie in one day, the wheels are going to come off the rails, but I defer to Richard, who’s also a producer on the show.
Richard: Well, I didn’t get to work with a mannequin, but it was fun. It was fun. It was definitely fun. A lot of the cast had fun with that.
Suzanne: I think they used it most on The Bold and the Beautiful, and then they later made fun of themselves with it by having a character (Thomas) who was obsessed with the mannequin who looked like the woman (Hope) he was obsessed with, and then he had a brain tumor, a head injury or something, and her husband (Liam) walked in on him making out with the mannequin and flew off the handle. So, they’re good at making fun of [it] too.
Richard: Oh, that’s funny, yeah.
Victoria: Right, right.
Suzanne: It was ridiculous. It was ridiculous.
Victoria: So, we’re happy to be on BET+, our new home. It is an opportunity for our viewers, our fans, to watch all four seasons; they can binge watch. There’s a hashtag binge-watch weekend on BET+, and, of course, Richard was nominated for an Emmy. We’ve won Best Ensemble Cast, and our audience is growing with this bigger platform.
Suzanne: Yeah, that’s really great. I have to sign up. I haven’t signed up yet.
Victoria: Oh, yes, you must, and there’s a seven day free trial. Go for it. $9.99 a month.
Suzanne: Yeah, I belong to all the others. It adds up, doesn’t it?
Victoria: It does.
Suzanne: So, seasons one through three had six episodes each, and I was looking on Amazon; it said that there’s five episodes this season. Is there any particular reason for that?
Victoria: COVID. You know, just we were so fortunate to be able to shoot; this is a SAG-AFRTA production, but we were able to produce a really cogent, soapalicious, scintillating season of five episodes.
Richard, what did you think about the pace at [which] we were going and what we were able to produce?
Richard: Well, I mean, it’s always such a smooth pace. I mean, you’re such a great director and create such a good environment for all the cast and the actors. So, I think we all just have fun, and it’s always fun whenever we get to come back and do the show and do another season and all get together. You’ve created such a great family environment for everyone. So, I know the pace didn’t seem hectic or anything. I felt we went really smooth, and it was really organized and tight, and it was just great that we were able to get another season together.
Victoria: Thank you, Richard. And that’s how it went.
Of course, we’re held to the same standards. If you’re new media production or ultra low budget, you’re still held to the same COVID safety standards. So, we had our COVID safety officer on set; we had a nurse. We had to do testing, [have] individually packaged meals, I mean, all the COVID safety protocols are in place. Of course, SAG rep visits [the] set, and I always want my actors, as would any producer or producers on a show – You don’t want to get shut down, and you certainly want the environment to be safe but happy, and we achieve that each season.
Suzanne: And do you know yet whether they’ll be a season five?
Victoria: We don’t know yet, but I always write on speculation that I will get picked up, and so I just finished working on Richards courtroom scene. You know, he’s involved in the art forgery business. So, I continue to write, and I work with a wonderful writing consultant, Victoria Christopher Murray, and I just keep going. You know, it has momentum, and we’re really privileged to be able to work, certainly during a global pandemic, and we enjoy working together. Richard and I have been working together for like, 25 years. We started on Diagnosis Murder working together.
Richard: I like when you said you’re gonna try to get Dick Van Dyke to come in. That’d be so great.
Suzanne: Wouldn’t that be great?
Richard: Yeah, he was so amazing to work with.
Suzanne: Yeah, he’s still working.
Richard: He’s the nicest man. He was the nicest man on the show when we did that.
Suzanne: Yeah, I watched all of that show.
Richard: Having his family there with him, that was just so cool. I really loved that, you know?
Victoria: Yeah, yeah, he’s really –
Richard: You were doing two shows. I remember when we met, she just blew me away, because she was running two shows at the same time, like full time cast member on that and on on your soap, but it was crazy.
Victoria: The Young & the Restless, yeah.
Richard: The Young & the Restless, yeah. It was just so energized, and they just made it all work. I was like, “Wow, anything is possible in Hollywood.”
Victoria: Anything is possible.
Richard: You know what I mean?
Victoria: That was Viacom CBS, and by the way, Bryton James, who plays the rapper, Traque, on The Rich & the Ruthless, Suzanne, he played my foster son, then my adoptive son, on The Young & the Restless, Devon. So, he came on and did a guest star role. So, people have to tune in to watch that, but he just was nominated today for Best Supporting Actor on The Young & the Restless. So, we hope he’ll win an Emmy for us on The Rich & the Ruthless.
Suzanne: Oh, that’d be nice.
Richard: Oh, wow, that’s great.
Suzanne: Yeah, I will say, what you said about anything is possible, if you have as much talent and drive and energy as she has –
Richard: Really, exactly. It’s incredible. It’s incredible, and these are based on her novels, too. So, she’s a novelist also.
Suzanne: Yeah, I was going to say…
Richard: So, [she’s] just prolific. Fiction and non-fiction.Suzanne: …When I interviewed you in 2014, you were talking about [how] you were writing, I think, you called it at the time, The Rich & the Restless, and I remember thinking, “Restless,” they might think that’s too close to The Young & the Restless, and then you made a TV series out of it. So, that’s amazing.
Victoria: It really is a testament to putting, you know, the power of the pen and carrying it all the way through. And, you know, it started with an artist residence [at] the Hambidge, in Georgia. I got a fellowship, if you will, artist residency, and I was able to finish one of the two books. And it starts with just the discipline. As you know, Suzanne, and certainly Richard knows, [it’s] just staying in the chair and finishing the manuscript and just having a passion for your project.
I have a great cast. We have Alesha Renee, who’s now recurring on Kenan. We’ve got Robert R’ichard, who plays our son. Richard plays my husband, and I play, obviously, his wife. Robert R’ichard is going to be starring on Harlem, the series Harlem. And then, we have Akilah Releford. We have Vivian Lamolli, who’s starring in All the Queen’s Men along with Chrystale Wilson. I mean, the list goes on. Our actors are working actors. So, I’m so fortunate to have this incredible cast. Michael Colyar.
Suzanne: I was looking at your cast list last night, and I had seen in the previews that you have Shadoe Stevens, and I remember him from the early 80s when he was doing the Federated commercials. Did you ever see those?
Victoria: I didn’t see those.
Suzanne: You should go on YouTube and look. There’s a compilation of all of his hilarious commercials for this electronics store in California.
Victoria: He’s great. He’s great. He’s very supportive, and he’s an integral part of the cast…
Richard: I was going to say, “He’s so funny, too.” He’s just so funny on the show.
Victoria: He’s hilarious.
Suzanne: Even in the promo I saw he was really funny. I went back and watched the promos for the other seasons too, so I could sort of get a sense for them. I think your promos are getting better too.
Victoria: Yeah. Oh, yeah. Yeah, we’re really happy with BET+. BET+ has really come on board and pushed the series and into another dimension, and looking forward, obviously, to what the consensus will be after the summer, and hopefully we’ll have a pickup.
And I have a second soap opera, as well. So, we’ll see what happens.
Suzanne: Do you have a title for that one?
Victoria: I do. I do, but I won’t say it yet.
Suzanne: Okay. What else can you tell us? For those who haven’t watched it yet, what can you tell us about season four?
Victoria: Well, I’ll start, and Richard, if you want to chime in anywhere, but season four, we pick up with the devastating fan club cruise for The Rich & the Ruthless, Destination Nowhere, and the boat is faulty, because the Barringers, well, Max Berenger (R’ichard), our son, is trying to cut corners and save money. So, he leases a faulty boat, which takes on water. So, that was our cliffhanger for the fan club cruise. Season five picks up with who survived out there in the treacherous waters off the coast, and we see some of our cast stranded. We see some of our cast and the Barringers who have survived, and some of them have not really been able to maintain all of their faculties. Some people are seeing ghosts. Richard chime in anywhere.
Richard: Yeah, and then, our son, Max, is trying to take advantage of our misfortune and our predicament to seize control of the of the soap opera. So, we’re fighting with him. It’s good; it’s a lot of fun. It’s a lot of fun. We’re still trying to maintain the show and keep the show going.
Victoria: Yeah, he’s always trying to prove himself. He’s like – you know, his parents are iconic in the business, right? [It’s] the only black-owned broadcast soap opera in Hollywood, and Max wants to be a movie producer. He wants to be a rap producer. He’s trying to do everything and anything to get out from under the shadow of his parents. So, he makes mistakes.
I do want to say that we have fabulous soap opera vets on the show. We have Brenda Epperson, who played Ashley Abbott on The Young & the Restless. We have Kimberlin Brown [who] played…a major villain on The Young & the Restless. I think she just went over to General Hospital. So, we want to encourage soap fans and film and primetime fans, because we covered the gamut in terms of talent. There’s something for everybody, and it is a dram-com.
Richard: And it does all happened during COVID. So, it’s funny that we’re persisting to do the show in the series with all the COVID protocols and complications that come from doing it with masks on and stuff like that. So, it’s really funny.
Suzanne: Are Brenda and Kimberlin in season four, as well?
Victoria: Brenda’s is in season four, and she has a very prominent role in season four as network exec head of daytime, Edith Norman, and she plays a part that she hasn’t been given the opportunity to play in her career. She’s just so treacherous. She grabs her chest when she sees her performances. I mean, she takes your breath away, but it’s fun for her to play.
We also have fabulous comedians. We have Gabi Sanalitro, we have Elaine Ballace, and we have newcomers to the show. We have Guerin Berry.
Richard: Michael Colyar.
Victoria: Michael Colyar, who was mentioned. So, we’re fortunate to have this incredible cast. Kristen Mako, who’s a newcomer. Yeah.
Suzanne: So Richard, you’ve never been in a daytime soap opera before, right?
Richard: No, no, I haven’t, no.
Suzanne: In real life, I mean.
Richard: Yeah.
Suzanne: So, Victoria, of course, spent many years on The Young & the Restless, and she wisely used her knowledge and experience from that show to satirize in The Rich & the Ruthless. Was there anything in the script that surprised you to learn about soaps?
Richard: Well, I mean, you know, whenever I speak with Victoria, she tells me some of the stories. I mean, what really surprised me the most is that this is based on some real experiences, all the things that happen on the show and all throughout the seasons and stuff. The pace of it is crazy, you know, that they that they’re able to produce the shows in a day, which is amazing to me, and just the level that the actors bring to it, just the work ethic. I think people miss that a lot of times. They don’t realize [it]; they see it as fun or sort of easy, whatever. I don’t think they really realize how challenging that is as an actor, to stay on top of it, to try to go home and learn your lines, and then still be there on the set and just stay focused and give a turnout, great performance. So, it was fun. You know, this one is great, though, to me, because I love the comedy level to it. I just love that we get to have fun and put a little bit of a spoof spin on it, and then, just the freedom that we have. Also, this one is funny, because this is one of the larger casts I think that I’ve been on with the show this consistent. And the fact that she’s able to put together this amazing cast, such a large cast, that adds to it, all these things add to how much fun it is. So, yeah, but I mean, I’ve had a few opportunities, I guess, to be on soaps, but it never panned out. I wasn’t available, but, yeah, I like it. I think it would be funny.
Suzanne: Yeah, you probably have a larger cast than like actual soaps, daytime broadcast soaps. General Hospital has a huge cast; you probably have a bigger one, looking at the list.
Richard: Yeah, exactly.
Victoria: You know, soaps have about 30 cast members. So, we’re right about there; we’re like, 27.
Suzanne: I think one of the things that they do now, because they can’t afford to pay as much as they used to; they can’t afford to pay as many regular actors, is they do this – I know at least two of them do this constant revolving door of characters, or they’ll have like two or three that are always on, and then everybody else, they go out of town, and then they come back. They do that, and it drives the fans crazy. I’m sure the actors aren’t too happy about it. But what are you gonna do when the costs and the ratings and everything – I don’t know if you ever touched on that in the show or not, because…you’re characters are on a shoestring [budget].
Victoria: Well, in season one, Richard does address it. He calls Willie Turner (Colyar), who plays the judge, the gardener, the butler; he plays this black character, plays multiple characters on the show. He calls him into his office – and Richard, do you want to expound on [that]? [unintelligible]
Richard: Yeah, I tell him I have to cut his salary in half with cutbacks. He goes, “Half?!” He thinks he’s coming in to get a raise. So, it’s really funny. He comes in all confident and like, “Yeah, I know you called me in, and I’m gonna get a promotion. I’m gonna get a thing.” And I’m like, “No, I cut you in half. Sorry Willie.”
Suzanne: Yeah, now they don’t have those big splashy weddings anymore. They’ll have like, five people and and some guy who’s always the minister, even though he’s not really. He’s like, “Oh, I did the online minister thing.” Like, there’s this guy Carter on The Bold and the Beautiful, and they’re finally giving him an actual story. Before he would just be the guy who married everybody, and he was a lawyer. So, they don’t unfortunately have those big splashy weddings that they used to have with all the whole cast.
Richard: Oh, yeah.
Victoria: Yeah. So, we do address it, is the point. We’re constantly addressing. Every season we address cuts. We’re constantly arguing. Like in season four, Edith Norman, played by Brenda Epperson, along with Robert R’ichard tell the wardrobe mistress, played by consummate actress Dawnn Lewis, that she has to identify and put used wardrobe on different actors. And she’s like, “What wardrobe? You make a return everything that has a price tag on it.” We’re constantly [addressing] . It’s always in the script.
Suzanne: That is funny.
So, let’s see. Victoria, what have you learned most about writing, directing, and producing since you first started working on this show?…
Victoria: Well, I’ve been producing live shows for like 20 years for fundraisers, big shows, like with Patti Austin, and Yolanda Adams, and Sharon Stone, and Sheila E. I’ve been doing that for a long time. I stopped doing it, because it requires a lot of work to do a live show with big talent like that, but I include that as part of my experience, of course, and coming from theater and ballet. So, all of that has informed what I do today, as a producer, for sure.
And in terms of writing, of course, Viacom CBS gave me my first – Dick Van Dyke gave me my first [script] writing opportunity, and I really – I guess, in summary, it’s the sum of all of my experiences that inform running a tight ship that is malleable at the same time and fun to work in. as Richard described. So, I’m as good as my team. My first ADs, my second ADs, my DP, you know, my team, all my hair and make-up [team], right down to the food. And my SAG-AFRTRA rep, of course, my cast led by Richard. So, I’ve learned through people I’ve worked with, being on the set with a Dick Van Dyke; it starts at the top down, the tone of the set. It starts with the top down on the other side of the camera, so I’ve just learned to be sensitive to that.
Suzanne: Are you still going to be writing books, or you’re focusing just on the TV shows right now?
Victoria: I may do another book. I have another book that I want to write, but my scripts – I’m working on a Christmas movie right now, and I have a Christmas movie coming out on BET that I directed this December starring Bill Bellamy, titled A Rich Christmas.
Richard, what are you working on right now?
Richard: Well, I’m writing also a little bit. Yeah, I have a new screenplay I’m working on. And yeah, I’m just working on The Rich & the Ruthless.
Victoria: I have a question for Richard. How was it working on Shameless recently?
Richard: Shameless was really, really fun. You know, Bill [Macy] was just a great, great character. And, again, it was a little bit more comedy. So, that was just really – I got to play Big Liam. It was like a future Liam, the little son on the show, with all his attitude and his his language and a way to, like, talk to his his father and cut them down. So it’s just, it is really shameless. I mean, that show is really funny. They push it; they push the envelope so far that it’s incredible. And I think this is their last season or the last season coming up. So, it was great to just get to talk to Bill a little bit behind the scenes too and just see what that experience has been like, what he’s looking forward to, in the future. And we go back, too. We started with Law & Order. He was on the show…
Victoria: Wow.
Richard: In one of the first seasons, I think, actually, when we first started it. And his wife, we graduated high school together; we went to art school, Interlochen Arts Academy. So, it’s a small world. You know, it’s great. With Hollywood, I think you get a lot of years and in the game. You’ve connected with people, and then when you get to reconnect, like with Victoria and I, it’s always like you just pick up right from where you left off. That kind of thing about being an actor is one of the things I really love. A lot of times it’s just one of those those great fortunate things to have a long career.
Suzanne: I’m trying to remember. I remember you playing Paul Robinette. Was it only on Law & Order? Were you an SVU as well? Did you cross over?
Richard: The only one I crossed over was when they had Chicago Justice. Robinette came in for that season of that show, but, yeah, I’ve recurred a lot as a defense attorney now from leaving the practice and to join. And now I think they’re going to come up with a Law & Order for the defense. I think that’s in development. I think that was picked up.
Victoria: Nice.
Richard: Hopefully Robinette will get to reappear there.
Suzanne: That would be great. I couldn’t remember if they’d killed off your character or not, because there’s so many characters on Law & Order.
Richard: Yeah, no, it’s a great universe. It’s so good.
Victoria: I played a judge on SVU, a recurring judge. So, that was cool, but, yeah, Richard’s right. It’s full circle, and I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention we also have a number of wonderful – Davetta Sherwood, also from Y&R, has guest starred. Dorien Wilson, who plays Pastor Bell. Starletta DuPois. I mean, you can see we have a big cast. They don’t play every season, but we’re so fortunate.
Suzanne: And Richard, I heard you singing on YouTube. You have quite a voice.
Richard: Thank you. Yeah, I’m trying to get I’m trying to get Victoria to write me in to sing a little bit and serenade her sometime on the set.
Victoria: It’s coming. It’s coming.
Suzanne: I listened to your Bill Wither’s song, and that was good.
Richard: Thank you. Yeah, I love that. Yes, you know, social media now is a great opportunity to kind of express a little, you know, talents that you don’t really get to do a lot with. So, I want to do more with the music, but that’ll be fun.
Suzanne: Okay, so any anything else you’d like to tell your fans?
Victoria: Well, I just like to remind folks to get their BET+ subscription, #TheRichAndTheRuthless. You can reach me on instagram and twitter @VictoriaRowell. Richard?
Richard: Yeah, same thing. Yes. Support the show. We appreciate all the fans who have supported all these seasons and crossed over from BET+, and you can follow me also. @RichardBrooksJr on Twitter, @RichardLeeBrooks on IG, or Richard Brooks on Facebook. That way just continue to support us; we really appreciate everybody, and we really love that we have this opportunity to do this show.
Interview Transcribed by Jamie of http://www.scifivision.com
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Interview with Max Talisman of the movie “Things Like This” by Suzanne 4/13/21
It was so nice to speak with Max. He has a lot of energy and enthusiasm. I think he’ll do great things!
Suzanne: So, what’s your film about?
Max: So, the film is about two guys with the same name, who fall in love. Basically, what I’ve noticed is that every movie that has to do with gay characters is all about the coming out part of a gay life, but there’s so much that happens after that. So, that’s literally just the beginning of a gay person’s life as someone in the community. I just noticed that there were no movies like that, so I was like, “I have to write this. This is what I have to write. I have to write a movie about two men who fall in love where coming out just isn’t part of the story. It’s already happened.”
Suzanne: So, they’re in their twenties, basically?
Max: Yeah, they’re in their mid-twenties, and they’re just experiencing love and all the fears that come with falling in love.
Suzanne: Okay, actually, that makes me think of another question. Had there been any movies about gay people in college?
Max: I don’t think there have been. I think there have been a lot of – I mean, not a lot. There’s still not a lot of content for, you know, queer people. There’ve been movies about high school, with people coming out in high school. I can’t think of any gay people in college, especially not ones that have to do with post coming out.
Suzanne: Right. Well, there’s your next movie.
Max: Exactly.
Suzanne: So, what made you want to become a writer and director?
Max: I think it was just the past led me here. I’ve been a performer since I was very, very young, and a few years back I noticed that there weren’t a lot of roles for someone with my body type – I’m a plus size actor – and especially not the type of roles that I felt like I should be playing or I should be auditioning for. So, I decided that I should be writing them. I’m lucky that I have the ability to write, and I just decided to start writing the roles that I wanted to be playing.
Suzanne: Okay. And had you done any shorter films before this or been been involved in film class? Anything like that?
Max: No. I mean, I’ve been an actor, obviously, on multiple sets, TV and film, and I’ve learned while I’ve been there. Basically, the truth is that this movie is about telling the story of these two people falling in love. It’s not a technical film. It’s really about the story and the connection between these two people. So, I just I felt, after interviewing multiple directors and going through that, I just didn’t find someone who was able to tell the story in the same way that I knew I could.
Suzanne: Okay, so you did interview other directors. Did you shadow anyone or anything like that?
Max: No, I didn’t shadow anyone. I did interview other directors, but just like I said, at the end of the day, it felt like I needed to be the person to tell the story.
Suzanne: Okay. And did did you learn a lot about directing while you were actually doing your movie?
Max: So we haven’t – we’re filming in the fall.
Suzanne: Oh, you’re not filming yet?
Max: We’re filming this fall. We’re filming in September and October. So, I haven’t learned that much about filming yet through the film, because we haven’t done it yet, but I’m I’m ready to learn, and I’m open to everything.
Suzanne: Okay, and so what was your preparation for writing the film? Did you just sit down and write? Did you have an outline? What did you do?
Max: I’m someone who very much lets the story lead me wherever it feels like it needs to go. So, I didn’t have an outline. I just sat down, and it led me where it needed to. So, I wrote the first draft within a week, and the plot has stayed the same. Obviously, it’s been through hundreds and hundreds of edits since then, but the plot has remained the same since the first draft, and, yeah, I wrote the first draft within a week, and from there, it’s just became the film that it is now.
Suzanne: Wow, that’s great. That’s working fast too.
Max: One hundred percent.
Suzanne: And had you done a lot of writing before, like, in school or just for fun or –
Max: So, I’d written a television show, and I filmed a pilot. This was the first feature that I ever wrote, and just like I said, it kind of just, you know, flowed out of me. So, as soon as I started writing, it just felt unstoppable that I had to get it down.
Suzanne: You have some great veteran TV and movie actors. Tell us about all the casting that you went through.
Max: We have an insane cast. It’s pretty amazing. It’s pretty unreal. I mean, we have multiple Academy Award nominee Ryan Kinnon. She’s the first female to be nominated both in front and behind the camera. She’s an icon in every sense of the word, and Eric Roberts, who’s an Academy Award nominee, and is an icon himself. We have T-Boz, who’s one of the most famous musical artists of all time. I mean, it’s just, this cast is unbelievable, and it’s so exciting to get to work with these absolute supernovas. So, I’m just beside myself. We really just got lucky during COVID, because people were able to read things, which is, you know, a side part of this horrible, horrible thing that we’ve been going through, but we have been able to get scripts to people, and they’ve been able to take a look at it in a way that they weren’t before. So, that’s definitely changed. It’s made us able to cast this movie with people like Jasmin Savoy Brown, who’s been a friend of mine for a while, but because of her having time to read the script, now she’s a part of this feature. And she’s so excited to make it, and I’m so excited to meet with her. And Charlie Tahan, who’s from Ozark, he was in Super Dark Times with me, and we’ve been friends since, and he was the first person I went to with the script, and he’s so excited to make this film. So, it’s just been a journey. I’m creating this incredible cast, like, with Terry Moore, who’s one of the last living stars of a Hollywood Golden Age. And Willem, who’s one of the most famous [unintelligible] in this entire world, like we are just beside ourselves with this cast. It’s unreal.
Suzanne: Yeah, it’s a really great cast. So, what else was involved in getting your film made? I mean, I know you haven’t shot it yet, but tell us about how you got started and all that. Financing and whatever else you had to do?
Max: Yeah, well, actually it’s been extremely intense. Definitely getting it to the right people has been a journey. Getting it to people who believe in making a queer film, it’s intense. And it hasn’t been the easiest process, but it’s also been a process that now we’re working with the people we trust to make this film, and to make it right, and that’s definitely been lucky in the end. You know that what you want is to make the movie with the people who want to make it for exactly the kind of feature it is, but it’s definitely been a journey of getting in front of a lot of different people, and editing it and getting it in front of more people, but that’s kind of what it’s been like.
Suzanne: That’s great. So, your shooting in the fall, and how long do you think shooting will take?
Max: Yeah, so we’re planning for a twenty-eight day shoot. We’re planning for a twenty-eight day shoot, and we’re just really excited. We’ll be shooting in up in Canada, and we’re thrilled with everything that’s going on. So, yeah.
Suzanne: And is there anything else you want to tell us about the film?
Max: Just that I’m so excited to get it to everyone. It’s been a journey, like I said, to get this thing made, but now that we’re here ready to film, in pre-production, I’m just so thrilled, and I’m so happy. I think this is exactly the movie that people will want to see and need to see, just because love is universal, and the people falling in love are universal. And I’m just so thrilled to be able to tell this story with the cast and the team that we’ve built.
Suzanne: Okay, and who would you say are your influences as far as writing and directing?
Max: I mean, I think I take influence from a lot of different things I watched, definitely. I mean, I’ve been hugely influenced by the comedy of Tina Fey in 30 Rock, for sure. I mean, I watched that show so many times, and I definitely, in a lot of ways, write with her comedic beats. I read once that someone said, like, “It isn’t cliche,” I think it was Mindy Kaling said that it isn’t cliche to say that Tina Fey’s the influence for everyone, because there’s a reason that she is, and I agree with that. She’s so talented. She’s so gifted in comedy, and I’ve definitely been taking from her, like not taking from her, but being influenced by her and her writing. Then, there’re so many other filmmakers who I definitely have been influenced by, and I’ve been allowing myself through the last few years to be more influenced by it. Definitely Judd Apatow’s done a lot of work that has influenced me, especially Trainwreck by Amy Schumer, that has had a huge impact on me, and Bridesmaids, Kristen Wigg, that’s definitely influenced me. So, yeah, I’ve definitely been watching things, and I’ve been soaking them up as much as possible.
Suzanne: Great, and so you mentioned mostly comedy people, so would you say that your movie is funny?
Max: Oh, yeah. It’s a romantic comedy with a big emphasis on the comedy part. Yeah, definitely. I hope it’s funny, and yes it is, but, I mean, that’s for other people to decide, but it was written as a comedy.
Suzanne: Great. And what about directing? Are there particular directors that you admire that you think you should be like, besides Judd Apatow?
Max: Yeah, you know, it’s tough to like, rattle people off right away. I’m trying to think of specific people, but it’s just I watch a lot of romantic comedies these days, especially my favorite ones. I mean, obviously, Rob Reiner is a huge one, and I mean, I’m getting to work with his children. Jake Reiner, and Robby Reiner are both in this feature, and Jake is executive producing it as well. So, that’s a huge thing to be, you know, he’s really the father of modern romantic comedy, Rob Reiner. Obviously, he’s influenced me. When Harry Met Sally, Princess Bride, and now to be able to work with his kids and be able to create something for the new generation with them, I mean, that’s thrilling.
Suzanne: Cool. I didn’t mean to put you on the spot trying to find names.
Max: No worries.
Suzanne: So, it’s probably a little early to ask you this, but do you have other projects that you’re thinking about for the future that you’re working on?
Max: Yeah, so, actually, already we’re working through my my next feature, which is called Don’t Kiss a Werewolf Boy, and it’s an LGBTQI horror comedy, and I’m really, really excited to dive into that one, [unintelligible] because it’s very different from things like this. Obviously, it’s a horror comedy, but it’s genre bending. It has a lot of different influences, too, but that one’s super, super exciting.
Suzanne: Is there gonna like some spoofing of things like Teen Wolf and I Was a Teenage Werewolf and things like that?
Max: It’s not a spoof at all. It takes influences, but it’s really its own story. It doesn’t have to do with those.
Suzanne: Okay, anything else?
Max: No, with Werewolf, we’re in the very beginnings of casting it, getting it ready, and I’ll be filming it once we wrap things like this.
Suzanne: Cool. So, you’ve already written it.
Max: Oh, yeah. Yeah, it’s been written years ago.
Suzanne: Okay. Who would you cast if you had had your pick of people?
Max: I’m not sure I can say that, because we’re literally in the process of casting people right now. So, I don’t want to jump the gun, but definitely we are talking to some people who I’m very excited about.
Suzanne: Cool. Cool. I think the first – I don’t know if you’ve ever seen it. Did you ever see the old An American Werewolf in London?
Max: I have seen it. Yes.
Suzanne: Yeah, I think that was the first werewolf movie that was actually, you know, good and had good special effects and makeup and that kind of thing.
Max: One hundred percent.
Suzanne: Yeah. Well, cool. I look forward to seeing both of them.
Max: Thank you. Thank you so much.
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Interview with Lauren Lee Smith, Marc Blucas, Linda Purl and Patrick Duffy in “Doomsday Mom: The Lori Vallow Story” on Lifetime by Suzanne 5/19/21
I’ll admit I did gush a little talking to these fine actors. I’m familiar with them all from their previous TV roles. I literally grew up watching Linda Purl and Patrick Duffy in the 70’s, and I saw Marc Blucas and Lauren Lee Smith in their great scifi/fantasy roles later on. It was hard not to tell them how much I enjoyed their work. They were very kind and even made some fun jokes during the interview. This was a press call that was part of a series of calls we did all on that same day for Lifetime movies this summer.
DOOMSDAY MOM PANEL
Moderator: Hi all, our next panel is Doomsday Mom, The Lori Vallow Story. I’d like to introduce our cast Lauren Lee Smith, Marc Blucas, Linda Purl and Patrick Duffy.
Hi everyone. Question is for Lauren, how familiar were you with the Lori Vallow case before taking on this role? And what was the most surprising thing you learned about the case that you wanted to make sure it was portrayed on screen and the same to you, Marc?
Lauren Lee Smith: Wow, no, I actually wasn’t. It was at a time where I think we were all in full blown, lockdown covid craziness and I was up here in Toronto with my young daughter just trying to sort of keep sane and there was no TV around. So I had no idea about this story. It first was brought to my attention through our director, actually Bradley Walsh. He had reached out to me a couple of weeks before shooting and we were just sort of catching up and he was asking me like what I would like to do next and then I was like yeah I’m really looking for something you know to sort of sink my teeth into and challenge me in a new, exciting way. And yeah, it’s sort of it all, one thing led to another and and then yeah, I found out that that I would be coming to do this with him. And I think what surprised me the most was, you know, just the initial sort of the initial reaction of finding out the story in general and finding out exactly who this this woman is and what had happened. I think the initial shock.
Moderator: How about you Marc?
Marc Blucas: You know, for me you know I had known about it and it’s I guess in the in a very peripheral kind of way and it had been a year since everything had happened. So you know, the first thing I did as we probably all do, is you get on the Internet. Boom, you type these two in and the first thing that came up was the mug shot and to me two things came to my right mind right away when I saw them that really attracted me to the project and taking on the role of Chad which was when I saw that I saw two people, and this is going to sound very shallow at first, but you kind of look at Lori on the surface and in a very just first glance way, it’s like, oh, there’s a you know,very attractive, you know woman there and then you see Chad and I was like, oh, maybe not so much, and I was like oh what was the initial draw? And the other thing I thought about that about that mug shot was that in his face I saw remorse an in hers I didn’t and from what I had recalled the story and what I just started the research of it, It was kind of like it really felt like and again we have a lot here, we don’t have all the answers to just yet, but that Chad really started going, taking Lori down a very committed path and at some point in their journey, it’s almost like she leapfrog him in in the in the power dynamics or in the commitment of their beliefs. And I just thought that was a fascinating study, not only is as an actor, but as a singular character, but seeing how we could make that relationship evolve because what the public know, we already know that the public knows so much. So what Lauren and I and Bradley had all talked about is like, what we don’t know is what happened behind closed doors between these two people and exploring that to see this journey and how they get to make these decisions that they made, I thought, was an interesting study.
Moderator: Thanks so much. Our next question is from Jamie.
Jamie Ruby (SciFi Vision): Sorry, forgot to unmute there for a second. Thanks for talking to us guys. So obviously these characters are based on real life people but what I want to know is what part of yourselves did you bring into the roles?
Lauren Lee Smith: Well. That’s a tough one, but.
Marc Blucas: Well, I’m a passionate person. That there.

Jamie Ruby (SciFi Vision): You know, maybe there’s a better way to say it, how did you connect to them as people? Maybe that was a better way to phrase it.
Marc Blucas: Uh, I again, I, it was kind of said in jest, but you know…look, I mean at the end of the day, these are not great people and it’s our jobs as actors to kind of find how we can like them ourselves and portray something that’s three dimensional and real. And at the end of the day, I just said it in a way, it’s just like hey look I’m a very committed and passionate person and I’m about different things that I think that Chad was committed and passionate about and what he tried to do or what he tried to bring people together as a leader, I guess in this. But there’s no, you can’t question the fact that they had a conviction of what they believed, and I may not be in the same category in what they believed, but having that kind of conviction I could relate to and start there from.
Lauren Lee Smith: Yeah, exactly like that’s really sort of all you can do. You know with these characters is find exactly that and then you know just trying to come and find the little moments you can of sort of humanity, you know, I’m a mother, so trying to sort of find those moments where you know you could see her love for JJ and for Tylee and sort of really infused that as much as possible. But yeah, other than that it was that wasn’t the easiest part of this job.
Jamie Ruby (SciFi Vision): Patrick, Linda anything to add?
Patrick Duffy: Well, we have the easier track of these characters. We had to be the sort of calming, and rational side of looking at all of these horrific things that were happening. So, you know, we were grandparents in and of itself and as a grandparent myself I know what that feels like and I could then was able to completely support what Linda was doing as really the fire brand of the two characters that we played. She was the relentless one that was in pursuit of justice in an ongoing situation, which is even more difficult in making this film. And I credit everybody from Karen and Ann and the actors Marc and Lauren and Bradley and everybody with being able to thread that fine line of fiction that we are doing based on a real story but keep these, especially those two characters, you know keeping them in a humanity arena so that it does not become,
I mean it in this way, it does not become cartoonish, in its evilness that it that everybody has to recognize a bit of humanity that contains that devilish nature and we are in control of it most of the time. And that, to me, is the interesting part about the script, and let the two lead actors were you know, really tasked with doing which is amazing and plus the fact we never except for
one little Christmas dinner scene, we never shared the camera with either of those two characters, so we had our own little movie going that you guys didn’t even know about.
Marc Blucas: That’s why you said yes to the job we know.
Lauren Lee Smith: We get it.
Linda Purl: I think the you know as Lauren said and Mark two that we’re all parents, and so it ignites certainly the Mama bear in me and I mean it. It’s actually unimaginable. Thank God, you know, the horror that this that this tale unfolds. But I think that that you know unbelievable journey of not knowing where your loved ones are, was interesting to visit.
Moderator: Thanks Jamie. Jay, You’re up next.
Jay Bobbin (Gracenote): Hello everyone, thank you for doing this. Actually my question is for Patrick and Linda is nice to see you together, since we know you’re together and I hope that doesn’t sound too and ingracious. But were the two of you cast a package deal in this? Or was one of you cast 1st and super suggested the other person?
Patrick Duffy: Well, we were driving to Colorado from California when the phone rang and we almost made a U turn but we said no we gotta, we gotta get back to change our underwear and then go back to work so. But I actually I think you know, in deference, I think Linda’s name might have been mentioned first in terms of this when I look at the chronology and the phone messages, and then you know the conversations that all of your people have when you’re doing these things, so you know, I think the sequence was Linda and Patrick, not Patrick and Linda.
Linda Purl: I think it was Patrick and Linda.
Patrick Duffy: But it doesn’t matter. It was our first chance to work together. Yeah, you know, first chance to actually play a husband and wife, which was even more, and the other thing that Linda keeps saying, and so I’m stealing all of her good lines, that it’s the first time as actors we’ve ever walked to the set holding hands with the person you’re with.
Linda Purl: It felt weird but yeah, I guess it’s OK. At the end of a scene, I guess, Patrick patted me on the bottom and said nice job honey and I thought, well, that’s the first time that’s ever happened. It was fun.
Patrick Duffy: It was wonderful and yeah, and it was a great thing for us because you never know.
Linda Purl: It could have been a disaster.
Patrick Duffy: We could have completely polar opposite ways.
Linda Purl: That’s how you’re gonna do the scene?
Patrick Duffy: Yeah, well, I usually have a drink before every scene.
Marc Blucas: It was at least reassuring. I was so glad to see you were still together. Are they flying together? Or independently?
Linda Purl: Quarantine was the challenge. It was like are we gonna make it through 14 days of quarantine? But we did. Yeah it was fun.
Jay Bobbin (Gracenote): Thank you both.
Moderator: Thank you so much. Suzanne. You’re up next.
Suzanne Lanoue (TVMeg): Hi, thanks for the call, I’m so familiar with all your guys’ work. I grew up in the 70s, and so I love Patrick and Linda from so many different things, especially “Dallas”, of course– One of my favorite shows growing up… and Marc from “Buffy” and other projects, and Lauren from “Mutant X” and so many great things. So I’m just honored to talk to you all.. but I was wondering, Linda and Patrick, if you could give us any background as to what you think your characters were like before the movie started, and then how they progressed. Some of us haven’t actually seen the movie because it wasn’t on the screener site, so…
Linda Purl: We don’t know that much really. I mean just what’s available on the on the Internet and what the script gave us, but they seem to be very hardworking, family-oriented people, smart, successful in their careers and then suddenly this. You know, they were a very closely knit family, we would say, right?
Patrick Duffy: And if you’re– if you’re asking the question personally, what happens to us after doing something like this? Although we weren’t in the depths that Lauren and Marc were, but you, you are affected by it, especially when you have children. And now that I have four grandchildren, and, it is inconceivable, first of all, to right-minded people that these things actually occur… and you enter, going into this, reading the script, I’m doing it but in the– in the heat of the scenes — of which we were together as a couple. It builds, and your fascination and repulsion build at the same time as to what these human beings have to go through and what they will carry with them for the rest of their lives. And you get just a smattering of it by having occupied their space for a moment, and you look at your children differently because you know what the potential is, and it does affect you, and it affected me, not deeply, in the sense that I’m tormented by it, but I am aware of it in different depth now of what the potential is in the human being. And it’s frightening and encouraging in terms of who you look at as your characters in this film.
Suzanne Lanoue (TVMeg): And Linda, did you have anything to add to that?
Linda Purl: oh thank you, well…
Patrick Duffy: I don’t see how she could.
Linda Purl: I thought it was brilliant. It was, really. I was in the Grand Canyon with my son, who was then about 8 years old, and I lost him for the ten longest minutes of my life, and it’s an out-of-body electric shock experience that I wouldn’t wish on anyone. So I was able to, you know, sort of conjure that up when we’re looking for justice, when we’re looking for the grandkids, or were when we know my brother’s been killed. And so, but I think you know, as Patrick says, you just drop to your knees grateful that your family is safe, and it tends to highlight that gratitude in our lives when you walk down, even for a few minutes, the road of these people who have lost so much. I have no idea how you recover from that.
Suzanne Lanoue (TVMeg): And Lauren, what do you think? How do you think the character or the real person… however you like to interpret it… how she went from two loving parents to becoming this person who ends up killing her own children?
Lauren Lee Smith: Yeah, I mean, that’s definitely something that I had to sort of, I think, play around with in my own sort of interpretation of this character, even though, you know, it’s…. she’s very much alive and we, you know, know certain facts about her. I think for me, just on a personal level, to sort of dig into this, this character and sort of not, justified, but… give you know some sort of back-story and create this sort of, you know, back-story in my own head for her, so, you know… it’s very strange. I don’t know, I don’t… I don’t. It’s unimaginable to me how someone can go from, you know, having this sort of… being brought up in this loving family, which is is what we’ve been, you know, told to believe to, you know, becoming this person who would do these absolutely heinous things. So, yeah, I guess the only way that that I was able to sort of come to terms with it is to sort of… yeah, to really come up with my own back-story that perhaps, you know her, her past and her childhood, and her personal life, and whatever is maybe… not exactly, what we evolved, you know, read or seen or believed up until this point, that there perhaps is some major trauma or some major incidents or some… whatever it could possibly be to bring her to the point that she, you know, is at, and was at in her life. I answered it, took it upon myself to do that.
Marc Blucas: You’re being very sweet for not throwing me under the bus. Suzanne, the reality is, is that when we both got there, we were freaking out, and I had called Lauren immediately, and I said, alright, ’cause that’s the big question, right? How did they go from everyday people that, we assume, think and decide and have a moral compass in a certain direction… suddenly getting to the point where they’re going to kill their kids and then walk around in Hawaii, and think that, like, as if nothing has happened, and we literally sat there and got Karen and Bradley on the phone after we made our, you know,4 gigabyte list of questions that we had. This is real, and how do we tackle this? Because this is it, and it goes back to what I had said before, a little bit, about that kind of, like, commitment and passion for something that you suddenly get so– the blinders get on so much that everything — all the collateral damage that happens — you, end up not seeing. And so, it was almost– I give Lauren a lot of credit because it was, it was kind of a two-part process of creating Chad for me. Like, I– we really, kind of, had to approach these characters together, in a sense, as one, because, I was in the process of gaining weight, so I kept saying, can we meet back at the croissant place? We kind of kept going to anywhere I could eat massive amounts of food to keep gaining weight for the role and trying to tackle and make sense of that question, and going through beat-by-beat of saying, “OK, here’s the arc of this, when does this moment happen?” Where they decide to go beyond the point of no return, almost.
Suzanne Lanoue (TVMeg): Alright, thank you, guys, great answers.
Moderator: Thank you so much. We have time for one more, and if there was anyone who had a question and wants it answered, feel free to email us, and we’re happy to get answers for you. So Rick, you will be our last question.
Rick Bentley (Tribune): Thank you. Hey Patrick and Linda, you play characters that are one generation of removed from the central story here. I’m just wondering when you go into those characters when you start thinking about them, did you think of them as people who should have felt guilty should have felt some responsibility, should have would have been in complete denial, I mean, how do you know where you start from on a point with parents of people who are parents of people who are involved with something like this?
Linda Purl: Well, I don’t think denial, although maybe we missed that, maybe we should have. No, I think that you know their merit in this in this story is that they. Is that they fearlessly sort of faced this possibility and became the champions for truth and protection. And I think that’s sort of a cautionary tale maybe to take away from the film, in that in these kinds of situations don’t fail to act. These people did not fail to act and all their actions and seeking of truth and pushing the police and the detectives it was. Too late, but in another instance it might not have been, and so you know in these kinds of horrid situations any one of us you know, God forbid we’re in it, but you, have to, you have to be vigilant and you have to be forceful.
Patrick Duffy: Yeah, I think there is an element of self-reflection when this happens. Maybe not regret or denial, but you know, as a parent, now my children are in their 40s but, you know when there would be rough patches in their upbringing where they might do things outside of the box that I thought was appropriate behavior, here is an element in me that says should I have foreseen this? Should I have forestalled this? Was there something I should have or could have or might have said that just would have deflected it enough? So for my character in this, although Linda’s character was much more doggedly active, my character was written as somewhat more passive and quiet, and I think part of that was that self-reflection of he was the, you know, quote, unquote, chauvinistically sounding, but the bread earner, the man of the family. And yet all of this happened, how could that happen on his watch had to be part of his processing, so that was the only thing that I could say where I might have felt a bit responsible as a character for the outcome, not that I thought I the character did anything wrong, but what could he have done, I think was the divergent point for me of accepting responsibility partially for what happened.
Linda Purl: And that’s probably human nature too. In any disaster, there’s that lovely phrase, magical thinking, and that we all know what on earth, no matter how irrational, what could I have done? How could I have changed things? How could I have missed the signs? I mean, I think we all go through these kinds of thoughts.
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Doomsday Mom is produced by Lighthouse Pictures for Lifetime, with Sony Pictures Television distributing. Karen Glass and Tom Mazza of Everywhere Studios and Judith Verno of Peace Out Productions serve as executive producers. Stephen Tolkin wrote the script and Bradley Walsh directs.
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“Drunk History: The Complete Series” Review by Suzanne 6/20/21
This is not my kind of show. I’ve never found it funny. I know someone must have, though, because it was on Comedy Central for 6 seasons!
Hosted by comedian Derek waters, the basic premise is that celebrities pretend to be drunk and re-tell some event from history (and they act it out as well). Now, they do claim that they’re really drinking, but how much are they drinking, and how drunk are they, really? I can’t imagine most celebrities really wanting to let the public see them in a very drunken state. My guess is that they actually drink very little.
The actors are given information packets with research about a particular historic topic beforehand. Some of the parts are pre-recorded and rehearsed. Basically, the whole thing is fake in order to produce “comedy.” Which is fine if it’s funny, but it’s not. I’m sorry, but to me it’s never funny, and it’s very lame. Maybe it’s because I grew up with an alcoholic father (who took me to bars), but I just don’t find drunk people all that funny. People THINK they’re very funny when they’re drunk, but they’re not.
If you’re a fan of the show, then this set is really for you. Seasons 5 and 6 have never been released on DVD before. There are a few extras on the set as well, such as extended and deleted scenes, outtakes and sober reveals.
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From Comedy Central and Paramount Home Entertainment, Drunk History: The Complete Series will be arriving on DVD on June 29th.
Prepare yourself for an unconventional history lesson with Comedy Central’s comedic television series, Drunk History: The Complete Series, arriving on DVD featuring the entire six seasons, including the previous unreleased seasons five and six! Cast includes host Derek Waters and ever-changing guest stars including Octavia Spencer (Hidden Figures), Laura Dern (“Twin Peaks”), Ryan Gosling (La La Land), Maya Rudolph (Bridesmaids), and Lin Manuel Miranda (Hamilton), and many more.
Drunk History : The Complete Series
Street Date: June 29th
Format: DVD
Description: The comedic series, first airing in 2013, follows host Derek Waters and his group of inebriated guest stars as they travel through different U.S. cities while attempting to tell stories and re-enacting famous events in history. The series is based on the award-winning web series: Funny or Die.
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“Batman: The Long Halloween Part One” (Blu-ray+Digital) Review by Suzanne 6/20/20
It’s always great to see a new DC animated movie, but this one is pretty slow moving. I’m sure it was very difficult to take the very long comic book series and adapt it to a movie (or even two movies as they’ve done here). Still, there seems to be too many characters, and the pacing is a bit slow.
The movie had Batman, Alfred, Commissioner Gordon ahd his family, Harvey Dent and his wife, Selina Kyle/Catwoman, The Joker, Solomon Grundy, and a bunch of mobsters and other Batman villains. It’s just too much. They should have made it into a series instead.
Still, if you’re a Batman fan, you’ll probably love it. Just make sure you pay careful attention, and sit back and enjoy. Even though it’s a little slow, it’s still definitely worth watching. I just wish they had put the whole thing together in one DVD, rather than making us wait for the second part. However, it’s smart marketing to bring out the second part later on, near Halloween, I’m sure… since it’s a calendar-based story that goes from Halloween to Halloween. The way they’ve laid it out in two parts makes good sense to the story, but it does leave you hanging a bit.
Jensen Ackles (“Supernatural“) voices Batman; Josh Duhamel (“Jupiter’s Legacy”) voices Harvey Dent; the late Naya Rivera (“Glee”); Titus Welliver (“Bosch”) voices Falcone; and Billy Burke (“Revolution”) voices Gordon. The other actors are not familiar to me, but they’re all outstanding. Troy Baker’s Joker brings to mind both Mark Hamill’s and the late Cesar Romero’s versions. The artwork is also top-notch, of course. It’s so close to reality that you almost forget you’re watching a cartoon.
Unfortunately, there are few extras. Most of them are trailers or special features that are about other upcoming DC animated movies, or they’re previous cartoons from other Batman series that are similar to this one. The only relevant one is the features that talks about “Batman: The Long Halloween Part Two.” It’s very interesting. It looks like we’ll be seeing Poison Ivy, Scarecrow and other familiar Batman villains that we didn’t see in Part One.
I’m sure that if you read the original comic, this is all very familiar to you. I read it, but it was at least a decade ago, so I don’t remember it very well. I just remember that it was very good.
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BURBANK, CA (April 8, 2021) – Atrocious serial killings on holidays in Gotham send The World’s Greatest Detective into action – confronting both organized crime and a mysterious murderer – in Batman: The Long Halloween, Part One, the next entry in the popular series of the DC Universe Movies. Produced by Warner Bros. Animation, DC and Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, the feature-length animated film – which will be accompanied by the latest DC Showcase animated short, The Losers – is set for release on Digital and Blu-ray on June 22, 2021.
Batman: The Long Halloween, Part One will be available on Blu-ray (USA $29.98 SRP; Canada $39.99 SRP) as well as on Digital. The Blu-ray features a Blu-ray disc with the film in hi-definition and a digital version of the movie. Batman: The Long Halloween, Part One will be available on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Combo Pack at a later date in 2022 as a combined presentation of the film with Batman: The Long Halloween, Part Two.
Inspired by the iconic mid-1990s DC story from Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale, Batman: The Long Halloween, Part One begins as a brutal murder on Halloween prompts Gotham’s young vigilante, the Batman, to form a pact with the city’s only two uncorrupt lawmen (Police Captain James Gordan and District Attorney Harvey Dent) in order to take down The Roman, head of the notorious and powerful Falcone Crime Family. But when more deaths occur on Thanksgiving and Christmas, it becomes clear that, instead of ordinary gang violence, they’re also dealing with a serial killer – the identity of whom, with each conflicting clue, grows harder to discern. Few cases have ever tested the wits of the World’s Greatest Detective like the mystery behind the Holiday Killer.
Lauded for his performance as Red Hood/Jason Todd in 2010’s Batman Under the Red Hood, Jensen Ackles (Supernatural, Smallville) returns to the DC Universe Movies as the title character of Batman/Bruce Wayne. The late Naya Rivera (Glee), who passed away in 2020, gives one of her final performances as Catwoman/Selina Kyle. The all-star cast includes Josh Duhamel (Transformers, Las Vegas) as Harvey Dent, Billy Burke (Twilight, Revolution, Zoo) as James Gordon, Titus Welliver (Bosch, Deadwood, The Town) as Carmine Falcone, David Dastmalchian (The Suicide Squad, Ant-Man, Dune, The Dark Knight) as Calendar Man, Troy Baker (The Last of Us, Batman: Arkham Knight) as Joker, Amy Landecker (Your Honor, Transparent) as Barbara Gordon, Julie Nathanson (Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War, Suicide Squad: Hell To Pay) as Gilda Dent, Jack Quaid (The Boys, The Hunger Games) as Alberto, Fred Tatasciore (American Dad!, Family Guy) as Solomon Grundy and Alastair Duncan (The Batman, Batman Unlimited franchise) as Alfred. Additional voices provided by Frances Callier, Greg Chun, Gary Leroi Gray and Jim Pirri.
Chris Palmer (Superman: Man of Tomorrow) directs Batman: The Long Halloween, Part One from a screenplay by Tim Sheridan (Reign of the Supermen, Superman: Man of Tomorrow). Producers are Jim Krieg (Batman: Gotham by Gaslight) and Kimberly S. Moreau (Batman vs. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles). Butch Lukic (Justice Society: World War II, Superman: Man of Tomorrow) is Supervising Producer. Executive Producer is Michael Uslan. Sam Register is Executive Producer.
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DC Showcase – The Losers (New Animated Short) – The legendary rag-tag team of World War II outcasts – Captain Storm, Johnny Cloud, “Mile-a Minute” Jones, rookie Gunner and Sarge – find themselves marooned on an uncharted island in the South Pacific that is completely overrun with dinosaurs! Their would-be ally on this deadly mission, the mysterious and beautiful Fan Long of the Chinese Security Agency, tells them their job is to rescue the scientists that have been sent to study the time/space anomaly. Perhaps… but what is her mission?
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Blu-ray $29.98 USA, $39.99 Canada
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Blu-ray Subtitles: English, Spanish, French, German, Swedish, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian
Running Time: 85 minutes
Rated PG-13 for violence, bloody images, language and some smoking
About Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, Inc.:
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (WBHE) brings together Warner Bros. Entertainment’s physical and digital distribution businesses in order to maximize current and next-generation distribution scenarios. An industry leader since its inception, WBHE oversees the global distribution of content through packaged goods (Blu-ray Disc™ and DVD) and digital media in the form of electronic sell-through and video-on-demand via cable, satellite, online and mobile channels. WBHE distributes its product through third party retail partners and licensees.
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About Warner Bros. Animation
Warner Bros. Animation (WBA) is one of the leading producers of animation in the entertainment industry, producing and developing projects for multiple platforms, both domestically and internationally. WBA’s current series include Animaniacs for Hulu, Green Eggs and Ham for Netflix, Aquaman: King of Atlantis, Batwheels, Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai, Harley Quinn, Jellystone!, Little Ellen, Looney Tunes Cartoons, Tiny Toons Looniversity, Velma and Young Justice for HBO Max, DC Super Hero Girls, Teen Titans Go!, ThunderCats Roar for Cartoon Network, Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz, Scooby-Doo! and Guess Who?, The Tom and Jerry Show and Yabba-Dabba Dinosaurs! for Boomerang. WBA’s full-length theatrical film, Teen Titans GO! to the Movies, was released in summer 2018. As home to the iconic animated characters from the DC, Hanna-Barbera, MGM and Looney Tunes libraries, WBA also produces highly successful animated films — including the DC Universe Movies — for DVD, Blu-ray® and digital media. One of the most-honored animation studios in history, WBA has won six Academy Awards®, 35 Emmy® Awards, the George Foster Peabody Award, a BAFTA Children’s Award, an Environmental Media Award, a Parents’ Choice Award, the HUMANITAS Prize, two Prism Awards and 20 Annie Awards (honoring excellence in animation).
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Interview with actors Sadie Calvano, Evan Roderick, and Tom Stevens, and executive producer Judith Verno in “Secrets of a Marine’s Wife” on Lifetime by Suzanne 5/19/21
This movie was very interesting and had a great cast. I was glad to speak with them. I’d interviewed Tom Stevens before about his role in “Deadly Class” on Syfy, so it was great to see him again. I hope you enjoyed the movie! It was an interesting mystery and romance story, but tragic.
SECRETS OF A MARINE’S WIFE
Moderator: Hi everyone, thank you for joining us. I am very pleased to welcome our panelists from Secrets of a Marine’s Wife, including Sadie Calvano, who plays Erin Corwin, Evan Roderick who plays her husband John Corwin, Tom Stevens, who plays Chris Lee, joined by executive producer Judith Verno.
Just a quick reminder if you’d like to ask a question, at the bottom of your screen please hit the raise your hand button at the bottom of the screen. Depending on what version of zoom you have, it might be under the reactions button or the participants button. I will be answering questions as they come in an I wanted to start with one pre-submitted question that’s for everybody. And that question is Erin Corwin’s Story is very tragic. What do you hope viewers will take away from this movie?
Sadie Calvano: I’ll start. Hi everyone, I’m Sadie. I would really like viewers to take away from this movie is that this isn’t a story that questions Erin’s sexual choices. This isn’t a story that talks about how because she had an affair, she got murdered. This is a story that is about complex relationships about a young girl who was looking for love and connection and who was going through a really tough time in her life and looking for support and fell in the hands of someone who brutally murdered her. And I really hope that people are able to see the story of love and seeking and are able to fall in love with her and wonder.
Tom Stevens: Yeah, and I like..Evan.
Evan Roderick: Yeah. You know, and like speaking from Jon’s perspective too, it’s a story
about forgiveness as well ,and you know, because these characters are so young that you know they hold such a, I guess, there is such an expectation on this relationship to work too, so you know, I think it was important to keep Erin in a light you know, and she was a really good person and we had to honor her story. I hope people can see that when they see the movie.
Tom Stevens: Yeah, I gotta say that like jumping off of what Sadie was saying is they had a relationship that was kind of…It was too young.
People got married very early and well. What we were telling the story of is what Chris and Aaron found was almost like an intimacy that they hadn’t really experienced before. It just so happened that she chose to go with somebody that had some serious mental issues.
Judith Verno (Executive Producer): Yeah, I mean, I think that what’s important is nobody should pay for their mistake with their life. And that’s the message here. And to find stories that are relatable at their core but can also serve as a cautionary tale, especially for a younger generation. I think that’s important to tap into for Lifetime.
Moderator: Thank you all. The next question is from Suzanne from TVMeg.
Suzanne Lanoue (TVMeg): Hi, good morning. Let me ask, Tom, what do you think? What did you do to prepare for this very complex role?
Tom Stevens: Yeah, Chris, is uh, he kind of travels through a lot of different emotional realms throughout the film. The guy is dealing with suicide. He’s dealing with an unhappy marriage. Finding this new experience with his neighbor Erin and also everything that he’s kind of dealing with, with his experience with going over to Afghanistan.
And I just kind of took it day by day…I’ve done a lot of military research myself. I knew the story. I knew the case very well, so I listened to the book and I used the chapters about Chris and I just I tried to find as much that I could use out of that book as possible to add color to him every day.
Suzanne Lanoue (TVMeg): Great, and Evan – your role is almost saint-like.
I know actors like to do… usually they like to play the bad guy because there’s so many different layers, and you get to vent your emotions and all that kind of thing. Well, what did you do to make your role speak to you and have fun with it?
Evan Roderick: As much as I think the center of it is he’s just a guy that loves this person so much you know. And I mean, personally, I know. I know what that feels like to love someone so much that you do anything for them. So I think that kind of was the center of Jon.
But I’ve never shot a gun before this movie. I’m so Canadian, I know. But you know I spent some time at the gun range in the gym. I watched all the Dateline stuff to prepare as well so but yeah, at the center of it he’s just a guy that’s just so in love with this woman. So that was kind of what I always hung onto.
Suzanne Lanoue (TVMeg): Great. And Sadie, when they were doing the scenes… where they were showing him strangling your character, did you, uh..Can you tell us how you did that? How it was done? Sort of physically and special effects wise? Was there a stunt person?
Sadie Calvano: Sure, yeah, there was some people involved. However, Tom I also participated. They had me in this like strapped suit and that clipped on to Tom’s back. I wore a necklace that was made out of like elastic that looked like what would have been choking her but it wasn’t connected to anything so that I stayed completely safe and then on the back of my suit there was a clip that the poles attached to for Tom. And we had some staff people help us out with different positions. Each shot kind of varied what the arrangement was, whether it was me with a stunt person or Tom with a staff person or me with Tom. But we had really amazing stunt people that kept us very safe and were so sensitive to the nature of that scene and made sure that we stayed protected emotionally and physically in what was a very strenuous scene.
Suzanne Lanoue (TVMeg): Alright, well, thank you. I really enjoyed it. I love the movie. It was sad in the end, but it was good.
Sadie Calvano: Thank you.
Modderator: Thank you Suzanne. Ok, this next question is from Lisa Steinberg.
Lisa Steinberg (Starry Magazine): Hi thank you guys so much for talking with us today. Evan. you’re playing a marine in this and you touched on a bit about the physical aspect of it and getting into shape.
Was there something different you did to prepare for the role of a marine? Or you know, just you stay fit and it was just more upping your time at the gym.?
Evan Roderick: Good question. Well, I think you know when you’re an actor, you kind of have to try to stay in shape all year round anyway. But I think mainly it was about learning about the culture of being a Marine. Like these people are, they’re living in these complexes a lot of the time, you know, like in our movie and they’re like it’s just like this big tight knit family, you know. So I think the biggest learning curve for me was just kind of learning the culture and how they spend their time. And like I said, you know, just trying to get the mechanics of being able to work a gun and hold a gun properly without looking like a fool. I think that was pretty important as well. So just yeah, a couple of those kind of things, but it was very, it was a lot of fun. I had a lot of fun doing it so yeah.
Moderator: Thank you Evan. And the next question is from Jamie Ruby.
Jamie Ruby (SciFi Vision): So do you guys have a favorite scene that you could tease?
Tom Stevens: I’d say the pool scene. The pool scene was really fun to shoot, we were just in the pool all day, just swimming. It was great.
Evan Roderick: I think I agree.
Tom Stevens: Anything in the complex.

Sadie Calvano: I actually think that I would say that one of my favorite scenes is the scene that we shot in the diner. I feel like it is really different from the rest of the film. And I think that there is a moment in that where we see the cracks really starting to appear.
And I think that we’re able to see that end of the day, like these are just two young kids that don’t really know what they’re doing, that are struggling to make decisions and doing the best they can. Umm and I like I think that’s a scene where we’re really able to see their humanity in a way that is different from the rest of the film. So that was one of my favorites to shoot
Evan Roderick: I loved shooting that scene too. It was fun.
Moderator: Thank you guys. The next question is from Jay Bobbin.
Jay Bobbin (Gracenote): Hello everyone, thanks for doing this. Sadie my question is for you. For Mom fans like my mom, who are such devotees of that show and know you so well as Violet and maybe haven’t seen you doing much else, what would you say to them before they watch you in this?
Sadie Calvano: I’d say thank you so much for watching Mom. Mom was such a huge part of my
life and of my personhood. I was kid when I started on Mom. You know I was 15 and so it shaped such a big part of my life and obviously of my career. So first I would say thank you so much and that I hope you like the finale because it just aired.
Umm and secondly, I would say that this is a really exciting project for you to get to watch because it’s not like Violet at all. You know, I think the thing that was so exciting about this was that next to Why Women Kill this is one of the first roles where I really got to play a woman, a person who’s not just like an angry bratty teenager. You know she has these like romantic complex relationships and I think you really get to see a different side of me in this project and I hope you enjoy it.
Jay Bobbin (Gracenote): Thank you.
Moderator: Thank you Jay. I think we have time for one more question, maybe two. The next question is from Steve Gidlow of Media Village
Steve Gidlow (Media Village): My question is actually for Sadie. I was just wondering how familiar were you with this story before joining the project. Had you heard about it before? Or was it all sort of news to you?
Sadie Calvano: That’s a great question. I must confess in my day to day life I am a bit of a crime junkie. I really love watching murder shows probably an unhealthy amount. But I did know about this story before I got offered this job. I grew up in LA. My boyfriend’s mom lives in Palm Springs, and this was a huge story in that area particularly, so I was familiar with the case I remembered reading about it when it happened and, yeah, I definitely was familiar.
Steve Gidlow (Media Village): And quickly. Is there a chance you’re going back to Why Women Kill?
Sadie Calvano: Oh, I would love that. I would love that so much. I guess time will tell. I know that with Season 2 they were planning on doing all new cast and all new stories, but the door is, you know always a sliver open and we’ll see what the future brings. I would love to work with Mark Cherry again in the future, so I don’t know, fingers crossed
Steve Gidlow (Media Village): Awesome. Thanks so much.
Sadie Calvano: Of course
Moderator: Thanks so much, Steve. Thank you Sadie. The last question is for Judith.
As an executive producer for this movie, what interested you in Erin’s story.
Judith Verno: Well, I really do like doing stories that start with something where you feel it’s relatable and I do like doing stories that focus on a younger generation. It’s an area that I’ve worked on before and I welcome it.
I think that as Sadie and Tom and Evan alluded to, you know Erin is a really good person. And to be able to message that you can have flaws, make mistakes, be young and not wind up dead is important to me and so I love the true crime genre, I love the setting of this. I don’t think there’s been a lot of true crime that’s in a military environment, but most of all, I really love working with young people. We had an amazing cast and to be able to pay tribute to Erin who is a victim in the truest sense, and have a teachable moment for viewers, but also be entertaining, is you know it’s a great kind of story to be able to have the privilege to tell.
Moderator: That’s great. Well listen, thank you guys for participating.
We really appreciate it. And just a quick reminder to everyone that Secrets of a Marine’s Wife will premieres on Saturday, June 19th on Lifetime. So check it out, and thank you to all of our panelists and hold tight for our next panel.
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