TV Guide: Boston Legal

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TV Guide — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 09:02:00 -0400

Senior editors Matt Webb Mitovich and Mickey O'Connor answer your questions. E-mail us your spoilery needs.Any idea on when Lost will air its premiere in 2009? — JennyMickey: ABC usually releases the date in late October, so we'll keep you posted. (DarkUFO, FWIW, hears the show might be returning to Wednesdays, starting Feb. 4.) In the meantime, I have some scoop to tide you over. When I spoke with Michael Emerson at the Emmys, he told me, "Ben's mission has changed, time has passed, he has different resources... and he moves around a lot." He also hinted that he might have a scene with Desmond coming up, which begs the question: Desmond's back?Do you have any info on what is coming up for Smallville's Clark/Chloe? — NaomiMatt: I almost hesitate to toy with this four-letter word again, but here goes: KISS! (Mind you, it's an Episode 8 flashback to a Young Chloe macking on a Young Clark in the farmhouse hayloft.) "I saw them shooting that scene the other day, and it was ado...

Boston Legal Books Bowen and Bertinelli

TV Guide — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 15:39:00 -0400

Boston Legal's grand flourish of guest-casting for its final season continues. In addition to the return of Julie Bowen as Denise, this season's 10th episode will also feature a guest-starring turn by Valerie Bertinelli. Details on Val's role have yet to be revealed, even though her episode films this week. A onetime Boston Legal series regular, Bowen last appeared as Denise in May 2007, at which time she embarked on an on-/off-screen maternity leave (as well as made the occasional Lost visit). Her upcoming encore was first reported by EW's Ausiello.Bertinelli recently was cast as the lead in a TNT sitcom pilot, enjoying a bit of a career rebirth following the release of her candid memoir Losing It: And Gaining My Life Back One Pound at a Time, in which she copped to (among other things) cheating on hubby Eddie Van Halen. — Matt MitovichCrave scoop? E-mail Matt and Mickey at mega_scoop@tvguide.com.

I just thought I'd let you ...

TV Guide — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Question: I just thought I'd let you know, in case you don't already, that of everybody they could have quoted, Fox has quoted your good self on the back of the Boston Legal Season 4 DVD set. The quote: "an emotional blockbuster." It's perhaps a bit disingenuous, considering that quote was aimed at one specific episode. Then again, when have marketing departments ever let a little thing like context get in the way of sales?
Answer: Believe me, the irony is not lost on me, but the way I tend to look at these things is: If I wrote it (which in this case, I guess I did), it's fair game. And while it does seem a bit iffy to use a rave over a scene in a single above-par episode to characterize an entire season, which it's pretty obvious to most regular readers I was not a champion of, it's probably best not to take it very seriously, because I certainly don't take Boston Legal seriously. Except during those moments when it's an "emotional blockbuster," I suppose ...

Exclusive: Cheri Oteri Surfaces in Boston

TV Guide — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 15:21:00 -0400

Live, from Boston, it's Cheri Oteri!OK, everyone simmah down now....Saturday Night Live alumna Cheri Oteri, who has been somewhat MIA from the smaller screen as of late (but delivered well as the voice of Shrek the Third's dopey Sleeping Beauty), will turn up on Boston Legal during the ABC series' final season, TVGuide.com has learned.Oteri is lensing this week a guest-starring role as a woman who seeks Alan's counsel when she is (allegedly) wrongly fired from her job. Boston Legal's 13-episode swan song kicks off Monday, Sept. 22, at 10 pm/ET. — Matt Mitovich