When CBS announced its Matlock reboot in February of 2023, the casting news generated almost as much excitement as the revelation that one of TV's most beloved lawyers would be returning to the small screen.
One year later, Kathy Bates is still on board as the titular attorney, and Jason Ritter will portray her colleague Julian -- but a well-known newcomer will be taking over the role of Ritter's dad.
The network announced today that Beau Bridges will be joining the show as a powerful lawyer with the apt name of Senior.
According to a press release, Senior is "the managing partner of New York’s most prestigious law firm with an indomitable presence that immediately alters the temperature of any room.
"The man’s influence reaches far and wide, and although he loves his son, Julian (Jason Ritter), he might respect his daughter-in-law, Olympia (Skye P. Marshall), more," the announcement continues.
One year later, Kathy Bates is still on board as the titular attorney, and Jason Ritter will portray her colleague Julian -- but a well-known newcomer will be taking over the role of Ritter's dad.
The network announced today that Beau Bridges will be joining the show as a powerful lawyer with the apt name of Senior.
According to a press release, Senior is "the managing partner of New York’s most prestigious law firm with an indomitable presence that immediately alters the temperature of any room.
"The man’s influence reaches far and wide, and although he loves his son, Julian (Jason Ritter), he might respect his daughter-in-law, Olympia (Skye P. Marshall), more," the announcement continues.
- 2/8/2024
- by Tyler Johnson
- TVfanatic
Truman Capote is America’s Princess Diana. There, someone had to say it. In both instances, we remain obsessed not with the good work done but with the scandal-plagued, tragedy-tinted endings to two beloved figures. More than 40 years after Captote’s death by slow suicide (though officially it was liver failure), pop culture can’t get enough of his final years. Almost 20 years after the back-to-back film looks at his life, Jon Robin Baitz (“Brothers and Sisters”) brings Capote to TV with the second season of Ryan Murphy’s anthology series “Feud,” “Capote vs. The Swans.”
While the two movies about Capote’s life focused on the research and writing of his masterpiece “In Cold Blood,” “Feud: Capote vs. The Swans” zeroes in on the work he published in the aftermath of that global success. Notably, a chapter from his work-in-progress “Answered Prayers” in which the novel’s narrator, P.B. Jones,...
While the two movies about Capote’s life focused on the research and writing of his masterpiece “In Cold Blood,” “Feud: Capote vs. The Swans” zeroes in on the work he published in the aftermath of that global success. Notably, a chapter from his work-in-progress “Answered Prayers” in which the novel’s narrator, P.B. Jones,...
- 1/30/2024
- by Mark Peikert
- Indiewire
Hallmark has canceled Ride, its Yellowstone-like drama about a bucolic but cash-strapped ranch that’s operated by a widowed parent who loses a beloved family member.
The drama starred Nancy Travis as matriarch Isabel Murray and Beau Mirchoff (Good Trouble), Jake Foy (Designated Survivor) and Marcus Rosner (Arrow) as her sons Cash, Tuff and Austin. Tiera Skovbye plays Austin’s wife, Missy. The first season launched in March.
Sherri Cooper-Landsman served as showrunner on the new drama about a rodeo dynasty with Rebecca Boss and Chris Masi (Our Kind of People). It was shot in Canada.
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Deadline asked Cooper-Landsman about the drama’s inevitable comparisons to Yellowstone.
“Honestly, I never even thought about it,” she told us. “All I knew when I read it was that I could be a good contributor because this was just a great family.
The drama starred Nancy Travis as matriarch Isabel Murray and Beau Mirchoff (Good Trouble), Jake Foy (Designated Survivor) and Marcus Rosner (Arrow) as her sons Cash, Tuff and Austin. Tiera Skovbye plays Austin’s wife, Missy. The first season launched in March.
Sherri Cooper-Landsman served as showrunner on the new drama about a rodeo dynasty with Rebecca Boss and Chris Masi (Our Kind of People). It was shot in Canada.
Related: Saturday Night Live Season 49 Cast Members: Photo Gallery
Deadline asked Cooper-Landsman about the drama’s inevitable comparisons to Yellowstone.
“Honestly, I never even thought about it,” she told us. “All I knew when I read it was that I could be a good contributor because this was just a great family.
- 11/17/2023
- by Lynette Rice
- Deadline Film + TV
Of all the questions Oprah Winfrey has asked over the years while sitting down with celebrities, one remains a “cringe” moment. Ahead, the question Winfrey once posed to Sally Field about Burt Reynolds, why it remains a “big mistake,” and the reaction Oprah “deserved.”
What question Oprah asked Sally Field: ‘Does Burt sleep with his toupée on?’ Oprah Winfrey | Roy Rochlin/Getty Images
Speaking with actor Rob Lowe on a May 2021 episode of his Literally! podcast, Oprah opened up about the “big mistake” she once made interviewing Field.
“This is when I was younger, and I was not living from the point of view of the surrogate,” Oprah told Lowe. “But I did feel a responsibility to have to ask the questions that the viewer wanted. Sally Field was on, my big mistake, I asked her, ‘Does Burt sleep with his toupée on?'”
“I cringe to even think that I asked that question,...
What question Oprah asked Sally Field: ‘Does Burt sleep with his toupée on?’ Oprah Winfrey | Roy Rochlin/Getty Images
Speaking with actor Rob Lowe on a May 2021 episode of his Literally! podcast, Oprah opened up about the “big mistake” she once made interviewing Field.
“This is when I was younger, and I was not living from the point of view of the surrogate,” Oprah told Lowe. “But I did feel a responsibility to have to ask the questions that the viewer wanted. Sally Field was on, my big mistake, I asked her, ‘Does Burt sleep with his toupée on?'”
“I cringe to even think that I asked that question,...
- 10/1/2023
- by Mandi Kerr
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Exclusive: Emmy Award-winning actor Matthew Rhys has signed with CAA.
Rhys is best known for his leading role in FX’s The Americans, created by Joseph Weisberg and Joel Fields. He earned an Emmy and two Golden Globe nominations for playing Kbg Agent Philip Jennings.
He most recently played the title role in HBO’s Perry Mason. He garnered an Emmy nomination for the role in 2021.
HBO last week opted not to renew the prequel for a third season. The news came a month and a half after the Season 2 finale debuted April 24.
Previous television credits for Rhys include his series regular stint on ABC’s Brothers and Sisters.
In film, Rhys starred opposite Tom Hanks in A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, and in Steven Spielberg’s The Post opposite Hanks and Meryl Streep.
On stage, he has performed as Benjamin Braddock in The Graduate and Edmund in King Lear on the West End.
Rhys is best known for his leading role in FX’s The Americans, created by Joseph Weisberg and Joel Fields. He earned an Emmy and two Golden Globe nominations for playing Kbg Agent Philip Jennings.
He most recently played the title role in HBO’s Perry Mason. He garnered an Emmy nomination for the role in 2021.
HBO last week opted not to renew the prequel for a third season. The news came a month and a half after the Season 2 finale debuted April 24.
Previous television credits for Rhys include his series regular stint on ABC’s Brothers and Sisters.
In film, Rhys starred opposite Tom Hanks in A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, and in Steven Spielberg’s The Post opposite Hanks and Meryl Streep.
On stage, he has performed as Benjamin Braddock in The Graduate and Edmund in King Lear on the West End.
- 6/16/2023
- by Lynette Rice
- Deadline Film + TV
Matthew Rhys has added his name to the long list of British actors who, despite their best endeavours, would not be Bond.
The star of Perry Mason and The Americans told The Times of London that he managed to royally mess up his meeting with 007’s producers, back when they were looking for a replacement for Pierce Brosnan.
Rhys told the paper he was invited to their offices in the centre of London – “Very intimidating. We were just told to wear a dark suit and read Casino Royale.”
The producers asked him what he would do differently with the legendary screen character.
Rhys told The Times: “I just remember going, ‘Ah.’ I was so not anticipating that question. And then I was like, is it a trick question? Are they waiting for people to go, ‘I wouldn’t do anything. He’s perfect’?”
And he didn’t think he should say,...
The star of Perry Mason and The Americans told The Times of London that he managed to royally mess up his meeting with 007’s producers, back when they were looking for a replacement for Pierce Brosnan.
Rhys told the paper he was invited to their offices in the centre of London – “Very intimidating. We were just told to wear a dark suit and read Casino Royale.”
The producers asked him what he would do differently with the legendary screen character.
Rhys told The Times: “I just remember going, ‘Ah.’ I was so not anticipating that question. And then I was like, is it a trick question? Are they waiting for people to go, ‘I wouldn’t do anything. He’s perfect’?”
And he didn’t think he should say,...
- 4/22/2023
- by Caroline Frost
- Deadline Film + TV
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