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One of television’s most familiar faces is returning to primetime, and she’s ditching her hospital scrubs for a judge’s robe. Kate Walsh teams up with Will Ferrell’s producing partner-in-crime, Adam McKay, to star in NBC’s Bad Judge airing Thursdays at 9/8c beginning Oct. 2. As the title suggests, Kate’s character, the honorable Rebecca Wright, isn’t exactly a girl scout, but she’s very effective at what she does, and the results are tailor-made for some laughs. Here’s a slightly condensed version of what the down-to-earth Walsh had to share. Many viewers who primarily know you from dramatic roles in Grey’s Anatomy […]

By Ryan NBC has announced it will air the Winter Olympic men’s ice hockey semifinal game between the USA and Finland live in all time zones on Friday, Feb. 26. The game will air at 3pm ET, 2pm CT, 1pm MT and 12pm PT on NBC. NBC has been under criticism for not airing enough events live, and “demoting” big live events like hockey to its cable channels. Team USA’s victory over Canada on Sunday aired live on MSNBC, with NBC cutting to live action only in the final minute after the USA scored an empty-net goal to secure the […]

“From what I understand,” Jason Beghe tells me, “that when the character of Voight was introduced [on Chicago Fire], the ratings had a bump.” Beghe is talking about how his character of police officer Sgt. Hank Voight in Chicago PD (Jan. 8 on NBC), a spinoff from the popular Chicago Fire, came to be the star of another series after beginning as a recurring character on Fire. When fans met Voight on Chicago Fire, he was a man of seeming moral ambiguity, which turned out to be part of his cover. But it may also be part of Voight himself, […]