Noah Wyle is jumping back into the TV pool, signing on to star in a sci-fi pilot for TNT that Steven Spielberg is executive producing.
The project will star Wyle as the leader of a group of soldiers and civilians who mount a resistance against an alien invasion force. Spielberg — who also executive produced ER, [...]

NBC’s spring schedule underwent a pretty sizable makeover Thursday with the official announcement of a new drama from producer John Wells, a new night for Kings and a premiere date for Amy Poehler’s comedy.
The Wells show, Southland, will debut at 10 p.m. ET Thursday, April 9, taking over for ER after that series ends its [...]

Last month another TV season ended. It was another interesting one. But who exactly came out on top? Which shows climbed to the top of the mountain and looked down at all of its fallen foes in “TV Rerun Hell”? Which shows got cut too soon and which shows surprised us all? What [...]

The O.C. – Episode 4-16 – “The End’s Not Near, It’s Here (SERIES FINALE)”
We finish things off 6 months after the earthquake ROCKED Newport Beach. The Cohens have moved into Julie’s house with Kaitlin. It’s like the new version of Full House. Thankfully that doesn’t last long. Unfortunately, or fortunately depending on how you look [...]

Episode 4.16: The End is Not Near, It’s Here (Series Finale)
Airdate: February 22, 2007

**Note about series finale spoilers: For the past 3 season finales, producers have made sure that spoilers/tv gossip sources were given foilers about the finales instead of spoilers. Is the series finale any different? So take all spoilers below with a grain [...]

The O.C. – Episode 4-15 – “The Night Moves”
We pick up where we left off last time. The earthquake has hit and now it’s time to see the aftermath of it. First things first. Ryan is covering up Taylor as a big china cabinet comes crashing down on his back. Ryan’s back is all bloody, [...]

The O.C. – Episode 4-14 – “The Shake Up”
It’s earthquake time baby! We open up this episode with a little ground shakin’, glass breakin’, water wavin’, baby makin’..err..maybe not that last one, but all of the others apply. An earthquake has hit The O.C.. BUT first we have to go back 72 hours, to when [...]

The O.C. – Episode 4-13 – “The Case of the Franks”
Ryan doesn’t want to do anything for Valentine’s Day with Taylor. Taylor wonders what’s wrong. We find out, after see snoops around and goes to a mystery address, that it is issues with his father. Taylor brings Frank and Ryan together at a surprise dinner. [...]

The O.C. – Episode 4-12 – “The Groundhog Day”
It’s Kirsten’s 40th birthday and Sandy wants to throw her a big surprise party. The Cohens are known for their parties. But Kirsten might have a surprise of her own that could trump whatever Sandy has planned. Yes, their world is about to change.
Ryan and Taylor have [...]

The O.C. – Episode 4-11 – “The Dream Lover”
Ryan battles to tell Taylor how he really feels about her. Does he L-O-V-E her or not? Taylor wants to be with someone that can tell her how he really feels about. So Ryan may lose Taylor to Henri-Michel, since Henri tells Taylor how much he loves [...]

The O.C. – Episode 4-10 – “The French Connection”
Seth is off to Seattle to visit Dr. Roberts and ask for his permission to marry Summer. Of course, Seth knows that Dr. Roberts is going to say no, so it will give him an easy way to “get off the hook”. He won’t have to marry [...]

The O.C. – Episode 4-9 – “The My Two Dads”
Summer and Seth both don’t want to get married right now. The beauty of this whole thing is that neither will tell the other person how they feel. Seth tells Ryan that he doesn’t want to get married right now and really only did because he [...]

The O.C. – Episode 4-8 – “The Earth Girls Are Easy”
We start off this episode with a little idea from Seinfeld. The show opens up with a image of Summer and Taylor in a gas station bathroom. Ryan and Seth are outside waiting for them. Summer and Taylor are stressing about the amount of pee [...]

The O.C. – Episode 4-7 – “The Chrismukk-huh?”
Welcome to the annual “Chrismukkah” episode. This one was a little different, but it was still a great one. We have a twist. They decided to go the “Back to the Future II” route. You know what if something happened that changed the world around you. The “alternate [...]

Since The O.C. is ending a week from this Thursday, I decided to countdown the final episodes and give you my thoughts on them. I recapped the entire season three last year and now I’m back to finish out the series. I already have blogs up for the first five episodes of season [...]

Episode 4.14: The Shake Up
Airdate: February 8, 2007

Everyone is at Taylor’s birthday party. The birthday girl will be rather surprised by Ryan’s gift to her. Ryan and Taylor share some special words, but did they really mean them?
Meanwhile, Kaitlin decides to sabotage Frank and Julie’s relationship, until her Mom finally notices and makes [...]

Episode 4.13: The Case of the Franks
Airdate: February 1, 2007

Expect a trip down memory lane when The O.C. goes back in time and show us what Sandy at 21; Julie, Jimmy, Kirsten, and Taryn around 18; and Ryan, Seth, Summer, Taylor, Luke, and Holly at 10 years old were like.
The kids flashbacks are set in [...]

Episode 4.12: The Groundhog Day
Airdate: January 25, 2007

Josh Schwartz reveals that there will be a pregnancy. There’s going to be some surprises for the Cohen family, and some really big decisions for everybody to make. Taylor’s going to have to deal directly with some of her hang-ups to make it work with Ryan. Their world [...]

Episode 4.06: The Summer Bummer
Airdate: December 7, 2006

When Seth visits Summer at Brown, he finds an empty dorm room. Seth and Summer iron out a new wrinkle in their long-distance relationship.
Sandy and Kirsten find an opportunity to bond with Ryan, who is in a Taylor-induced haze.
Kaitlin meets the mean girl of Harbor School and [...]

Ryan can’t sleep. Taylor wants to help. That requires her to “sleep” with him. Not in a sexual way, though. Too bad that even “sleeping” with Taylor wasn’t good enough for Ryan to fall asleep. I do like Taylor trying to help Ryan and I think she is right on track with the Volchok stuff. [...]