Big Picture
Kim & Kourt Take Bev Hills Plus, Daniel Radcliffe works his magic and Bruce Jenner blasts to the past. Get the latest pics!
MORE PHOTOS +Most Commented
- TV's Top Couples Tournament: Vote in the Final Round! (2036)
- TV's Top Couples Tournament: This Round Is Closed, Please Stand By (698)
- Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart Photos Galore! New Pics From Their Post-Twilight Flicks! (606)
- Afternoon Mail! Are Gleeks Having More Sex Than Vamps? (586)
- TV's Top Couple Tournament: And the Winner Is... (504)
- Beyoncé and Jay-Z Share First Photos of Baby Blue Ivy! (398)
- Whitney Houston Dead at 48 (396)
- Life After Breaking Dawn?! Maybe, Says Studio Head! (226)
- Morning Mail! Céline Dion Talks Whitney Houston's Tragic Death (222)
- Blind Vice! Nevis Divine's Sad Past (214)
Top 10 Stories
- Kevin Costner? Aretha Franklin? Bobby Brown? Latest Details on Whitney Houston's Funeral
- Diddy Remembers Whitney Houston: "She Was So Full of Life"
- Royal Feud Shocker! Sean Penn Slams Prince William's "Unthinkable" Deployment
- Real Housewives' Michaele Salahi & Journey's Neal Schon: Tareq Salahi Is the One Tormenting Us!
- Angelina Jolie Tears Up—Watch Her Get Emotional
- Josh Duhamel Not Coming Back for Transformers 4: Is Anyone?!
- Spoiler Chat Daily: A New Girl Baby on the Way?! Plus, Scoop on Vampire Diaries, Glee and More
- Jersey Shore Sneak Peek: Pauly D Pulls a Fast (and Dirty) One on Deena
- American Idol: Did Tent Girl Get Better? Who Passed Out Onstage? And Who's Headed to Vegas?!
- Survivor: One World Insider: Chivalry Is Dead, Y'All
Fashion Police
Leighton's Valentine's Look Plus, Ashlee Simpson and Cate Blanchett. Rate the highs and lows!
MORE PHOTOS +
Our Partners
Showtime for Edie Falco
If Showtime keeps at it, HBO won't be the only "not TV" TV network for long.
The other premium cable channel announced Thursday that Edie Falco has been tapped to star in an as-yet untitled dark comedy in which she'll play a streetwise New York nurse.
À la Weeds' Nancy Botwin, although with a more kosher career, Falco's character will have to juggle the demands of her job with her tumultuous, made-for-cable personal life.
A pilot penned by Linda Wallem (The Comeback), Liz Brixius and Evan Dunsky is heading into preproduction immediately, Showtime said, meaning Falco, who just picked up her third SAG Award honoring her final season of work as a mob boss' embattled wife on The Sopranos, isn't one to sit back and rest on her dramatic laurels.
"My time on The Sopranos was so rich and so full; the challenge has been finding something else that would excite me," the Brooklyn-born Falco said.
The 44-year-old actress, also a three-time Emmy winner for her role as the feisty yet loyal Carmela Soprano, displayed a keen flair for the comedic recently in a guest arc on 30 Rock, playing the liberal oil to Jack Donaghy's conservative water, Democratic congresswoman Celeste "C.C." Cunningham.
Falco's half-hour offering will presumably add to Showtime's increasingly impressive roster of intelligent and provocative programming, which in addition to Weeds includes the critically acclaimed Dexter, Brotherhood, The Tudors and Californication.
"The opportunity to explore the human fallout from out broken medical system in this compelling single-camera comedy for Showtime was an incredibly exciting proposition," said Kevin Beggs, president of Production and Programming for Lionsgate Television, which will coproduce along with Showtime.
"That we will be doing so with the peerless Edie Falco as our heroine elevated the opportunity exponentially. It is our privilege to be working with Edie and the talented creative team that will bring this to life."
"Bada bing is all I can think of to say," added Showtime Entertainment president Robert Greenblatt.
0 Comments
Now loading...