June 2016 Archives - Channel Guide Magazine

Luke Wilson Talks Showtime’s Roadies and Working with Cameron Crowe

June 23, 2016 Kellie Freeze Comments Off

When the weather turns warm, concert season arrives. Showtime’s Roadies takes viewers into the world of live music, to the traveling circus that is the backstage crew of the fictitious Staton-House Band. Series star Luke Wilson imagines them as a Pearl Jam-like group — no longer the new kids on the music scene, but still enjoying the longevity and fan base that fills arenas around the world. The series focuses on the strange, silly, wonderful, poignant behind-the-scenes world of this band, and Wilson and Carla Gugino play their tour manager and production manager — the de facto parents of this […]

Tori Spelling Returns to the Scene of Mother, May I Sleep With Danger?

June 15, 2016 Ryan Berenz 1

Lifetime (who else?) premieres a new version of Mother, May I Sleep With Danger?, this time executive produced by and starring James Franco (who else?). Spelling is back, now as the titular mother who must prevent her college-age daughter from, well … you know. […]

We Bugged Out With ‘BrainDead’s Mary Elizabeth Winstead

June 13, 2016 Ryan Berenz Comments Off

Alien bugs have infested politicos’ brains. Just as you suspected. At some point during this bizarre year in politics, you’ve probably asked yourself, “What on earth are these people thinking?” Maybe the answer doesn’t lie on Earth at all. Robert and Michelle King (The Good Wife) are the minds behind the CBS summer series BrainDead (premiering Monday, June 13, at 10pm ET/PT), a comic sci-fi thriller about a wide-eyed Capitol Hill staffer (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) from a political family who discovers that the government no longer functions, and that many of her colleagues and members of Congress are under the […]

Wrecked — Lost Meets Laughs in New TBS Comedy

June 9, 2016 Lori Acken Comments Off

Wrecked premieres with back-to-back episodes Tuesday, June 14, at 10/9CT on TBS. Sure, Lost was some seriously iconic television, but it was also just so … earnest. For their new TBS comedy Wrecked, creators Jordan and Justin Shipley also bring down a plane on a deserted isle, but swap out the supernatural navel-gazing for a whole bunch of funny. In the half-hour laugher, which filmed in Puerto Rico, a goofy batch of Thailand-bound travelers must learn to live with one another — and without modern comforts — post-plane crash. Among your companions on this ill-fated trip: • About A Boy‘s Zach Cregger […]

UnREAL Lifetime’s Firebrand Dramedy Tackles Race and Men’s Rights in Season 2

June 6, 2016 Lori Acken 1

When Lifetime’s UnREAL premiered last summer, critics and audiences fell hard for the bold, Peabody-winning dramedy’s willingness to grab Bachelor-esque style programming by the you-know-whats and guide it not-so-gently to a good long look in the mirror. Equal parts social commentary and whip-smart entertainment, Season 1 took on matters of mental health, body image, feminism, fidelity and sexuality — and what people will do to one another for the sake of a buck — with searing style. • MORE: What you need to know about UnREAL Season 2 For Season 2, UnREAL creators Marti Noxon and Sarah Gertrude Shapiro opted to steer […]

Devious Maids — James Denton Joins The Cast In Season 4!

June 6, 2016 Channel Guide Staff Comments Off

Lifetime’s telenovela Devious Maids returns for Season 4 tonight and fans hoping to see executive producer Eva Longoria in front of the cameras get their wish in the premiere. Longoria’s former Desperate Housewives costar James Denton also joins the cast as Peter, a movie studio chief. More good news, Devious Army: fan favorite Nathan Owens returns as Jesse, who finds himself in a love triangle with Marisol (and possibly Denton’s Peter?). Meanwhile, now that Spence (Grant Show) has lost his memory, he thinks he’s still married to his ex-wife Peri (Mariana Klaveno) and believes Peri’s lies that Rosie (Dania Ramirez) is just the […]

Angie Harmon Reveals What to Expect in Final Season of Rizzoli & Isles

June 1, 2016 Kellie Freeze 67

When Season 7 of TNT’s buddy dramedy Rizzoli & Isles premieres on June 6, it will mark the beginning of the end for the fan favorite, as this season will be its last. We chatted with star Angie Harmon about her memorable moments, what she’s taking from the set and what she’s really taking away from her time as Detective Jane Rizzoli. How will this season be different from the other ones? Angie Harmon: Well, obviously, there’s a conclusion. I think that’s going to be a fun thing for everyone to see and just sort of bring a little closure […]

Animal Kingdom: Ellen Barkin is One Bad Mother in TNT’s Sexy New Drama

May 26, 2016 Lori Acken 5

Ellen Barkin is 62. Sixty. Two. Trust me, you’re going to need to remind yourself of that mere moments into Animal Kingdom, TNT’s scorching, action-packed new drama based on the critically acclaimed 2010 Australian film starring Guy Pearce, Jacki Weaver and Blindspot’s Sullivan Stapleton. Barkin — all tousled locks, burnished skin and plump pout — also rocks skyscraper heels, skinny jeans and plunging tanks like a boss as Janine “Smurf” Cody, matriarch of a crime family that is literally family. Though Smurf sits out the actual heists that have made her crew filthy rich, she rules her grown sons — […]

An amicable split: The Good Wife ends on good terms

May 6, 2016 Ryan Berenz Comments Off

For the critically adored CBS legal drama The Good Wife, there will be a conclusion that is advantageous to all parties. Executive producers and co-creators Robert and Michelle King announced early this year that they were leaving the series after the current Season 7. The cast, studio and CBS agreed that it was an opportune time to end the show on top and on its own terms. The series finale, simply titled “End,” airs Sunday, May 8, at 9pm ET/PT. “We felt very fortunate and flattered that we’re being allowed to end the show with the other writers and the […]