TV Squad

• 20 questions with Mary Lynn Rajskub
  

  Filed under: Other Drama Shows, FOX, 24, Interviews, Celebrities

  She plays a computer specialist and sometime-action hero on one of the most successful television shows of all time. She occasionally acts in off-beat films like Punch Drunk Love and Little Miss Sunshine and in indie movies like Gregg Araki's Mysterious Skin, a 2004 film so dark it barely graced theater marquees before heading to DVD and quasi-cult status. She counts stand-up comedy among her creative outlets. And Mary Lynn Rajskub, a.k.a Chloe on FOX's 24, says she is equally at home in any and all of those seemingly incompatible worlds.

  1.Where were you...
  




• More pilot and casting news from the major networks
  

  Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Other Comedy Shows, ABC, FOX, Celebrities, The CW, Documentary

  Courtesy of The HollywoodReporter, here's some pilot and casting news from the major networks:

  First of all, the FOX drama pilot NSA Innocent is now Company Man, and has cast Jason Behr in the lead as a man hired by the NSA to spy on his own company. Annie Wersching of General Hospital will play his wife.

  Heather Locklear has been cast in the title role for the ABC comedy pilot See Jayne Run, about a tough career woman trying to balance work and motherhood. ...
  




• No big surprise: Menefee to replace Buck on Fox NFL pre-game
  

  Filed under: Sports, FOX, Industry, OpEd, TV Sports, Celebrities

  Last year, when FOX announced that Joe Buck (right) would add pre-game hosting to his play-by-play duties on the network's NFL broadcasts, the words "one-year experiment" kept popping into my head. I mean, think about how impractical having Buck pull double duty was going to be: every week, FOX NFL Sunday would have to go on the road, broadcasting from the stadium of whatever game Buck and booth partner Troy Aikman were working that week. By the last few weeks of the season, which found the show originating from its Los Angeles...
  



• Idol conspiracy: Was Chris Sligh booted for shout-out to Vote for the Worst?
  

  Filed under: FOX, American Idol, Web, Contestants, News and Gossip

  Last night on American Idol, we all said "Bye Bye Curly." Did curly-haired Chris Sligh deserve to go home so soon? Or was there some vast conspiracy to oust Sligh for his on-air shout-out last week to Vote for the Worst?
  
  At the end of last week's performance, Chris reportedly said, "Hi Dave." David Della Terza is the man behind VFTW, a snarky website he founded in 2004. Dave was thrilled by Sligh's on-air acknowledgement. But the Idol producers were not amused. According to Dave, the producers edited out...
  



• Chris Sligh: "I almost dropped out" of Idol
  

  Filed under: Other Reality Shows, FOX, American Idol, Contestants, Predictions and Trends

  In his day-after exit interview, former 'American Idol' contestant Chris Sligh revealed he almost dropped out of the competition two weeks ago because of artistic differences.

  "I never came into this wanting to win it. I come from an indie / alternative rock kind of background," Sligh told TV reporters during a conference call. "For me, I think winning would hurt what I was really going for."

  After the judges criticized his arrangement of the Diana Ross classic "Endless Love," said Sligh: "I went to the guy from 19 [Entertainment] and said, 'If I...
  




• On Idol, there's no shame in being No. 10
  

  Filed under: Other Reality Shows, FOX, OpEd, American Idol, Celebrity Commentary

  I said Chris R. and some of you said Chris S. You were right and I was wrong. I guess "denial" ain't just a river in Egypt. (Sorry, I couldn't help it. I'm a sucker for bad puns) What I mean is that I was hoping Hurley would stick around a little longer, and I've been unwilling to admit his declining performance quality. He still may have done enough to have Hasselhoff shed some tears of joy, though.

  The good news is that he's number ten. That means he's been getting at...
  




• 24's Rajskub on cover of Geek Monthly
  

  Filed under: Other Drama Shows, FOX, 24

  Though she plays 24's scowling computer whiz Chloe O'Brian -- who has a penchant for Tasering men who approach her in bars while she's working -- actress Mary Lynn Rajskub, in real life, is not a tech geek.

  That didn't stop the folks at Geek Monthly from putting 24's fan favorite on its cover.

  The Q&A is quite amusing. When Rajskub couldn't really provide answers to the techie-oriented questions (like, "What's your favorite Linux distro?"), they resorted to asking if she knows what a mouse is.

  They also asked whether her on-screen character is autistic. Her response? "I've heard about...
  




• Bones: The Priest in the Churchyard
  

  Filed under: Other Drama Shows, FOX, OpEd, Bones

  (S02E17) It was forced. The tension that Booth and Bones exhibited during the episode didn't seem natural at all. Yes, it was explained that their differences had increased since Sully hopped a yacht down to the warm oceans of the Caribbean, but it just didn't seem convincing to me. Especially when Booth kept saying to Temperance that they should go talk to Seely's shrink about this all. It was like he was stirring the pot just to get Bones to come along with him.

  With that being said, there were some...
  




• American Idol: Live Results Show #6
  

  Filed under: Other Reality Shows, FOX, American Idol, Music and Variety, Reviewcaps, Episode Reviews

  (S06E25) Two important questions will be answered tonight, Ryan says. "Who's going home, and how will Sanjaya wear his hair?"
  
  Blake is safe. LaKisha is safe. Phil IS in the bottom three. Melinda is safe. Chris R rebounds from last week's bottom two and IS safe. Sanjaya (yawn) is safe AGAIN. Haley IS in the bottom three. And Jordin, of course, is safe. Which means, either Chris Sligh or Gina is in the bottom three, but we won't know who until...
  



• 4 from 24: More on hour 15
  

  Filed under: Other Drama Shows, FOX, OpEd, 24

  *If you haven't watched the new episode of 24 yet, don't read any more, unless you want to find out what happened.*

  Viewers are getting restless. And they're grumbling. Across the blogosphere. Among TV critics. And the buzz isn't good. People are hoping that things turn around for 24 and their boy Jack Bauer soon. 'Cause the most recent episode . . . well, 'twas disappointing.

  Nonetheless, I'll try to be positive (and snarky) as I recap four select moments from this week's episode:

  Quote of note: It's a Chloe O'Brian "quote of note" victory....