“O, Brother Where Art Thou?”

Jordan searches for evidence to vindicate her father in conclusion to season finale cliffhangfer — In the conclusion of the second season ending cliff-hanger, Jordan (Jill Hennessy) searches for evidence to clear her father, Max (Ken Howard), who stands accused of murdering the chief of police. Hindered by Max’ disappearancer, Jordan relies on a suspended Woody (Jerry O’Connell), working with detective Annie Capra (guest star Arija Bareikis), to help her track down missing brother James (guest star Michael T. Weiss, “The Pretender”) who she believes to be the key to solving this homicide. Meanwhile, Garret (Miguel Ferrer) butts heads with former romantic partner D.A. Walcott (guest star Susan Gibney) who, in the wake of the chief’s murder, has commandeered the morgue staff as part of the investigation. Kathryn Hahn, Steve Valentine, Ravi Kapoor and Ivan Sergei also star.

Although this episode according to NBC’s website is currently scheduled for Sunday, June 6 (with part two of “Pandora’s Trunk”, last season’s finale on Sunday, May 30), with Smarty Jones having won the Preakness on May 15, there is now a possibility that NBC might move up the cliffhanger resolution to Saturday, June 5. If so, it would be to take advantage of what will be the biggest TV rating for any horse race in at least 15 years for the Belmont Stakes, where Smarty Jones will attempt to become the first Triple Crown winner since Affirmed in 1978, possibly with both parts of “Pandora’s Trunk” ahead of this episode to make for a three-hour “event” following The Belmont Stakes, provided NBC can get the Belmont Stakes telecast moved back to 6:30-8:00 PM Eastern Time.

“Pandora’s Trunk Part II” Repeat
Back on the hunt, Jordan investigates new leads in her mother’s murder in second season finale with guest star MICHAEL T. WEISS — In the conclusion of the season-ending two-parter, Jordan’s (Jill Hennessy) quest for her mother’s killer leads her to the trunk of an abandoned Ford and the 23-year-old skeleton of a murdered Boston detective. When the firestorm created by this discovery prompts Garret (Miguel Ferrer) to remove the vigilant M.E. from the case, she pushes forward on her own in the search for answers –and discovers more of her father’s (Ken Howard) demons in the process. Meanwhile, Woody (Jerry O’Connell) takes over the search for the cop-killer and gains an unlikely partner in the chief of police (guest star Edward Hermann “The Emperor’s Club”). Michael T. Weiss (“The Pretender”) also guest stars as Jordan’s brother. Kathryn Hahn, Steve Valentine, Ravi Kapoor and Ivan Sergei also star.

In a very confusing order of episodes, Crossing Jordan will end it’s very short third season with “O Brother Where Art Thou?” Michael T. Weiss will guest star. On May 30th NBC will air the second season finale cliffhanger in which Jordan finds her brother. On June 6th, NBC will air the conclusion to this story with Jordan’s hunt for her brother.

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USA opts to to relocate its freshman drama series Touching Evil.

The midseason drama is currently set to wrap its first season on Friday, June 11 at 10:00/9:00c according to published schedules.

Peter Wingfield (Krakauer) of Touching Evil moves to CBS’s Cooking Lessons. Check it out.

The PHQ have made a special place for Touching Evil called The Organized & Serial Crime Unit or The OSC for short (of course). Check it out.

2004 Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race Field Announced: Top Stars from Film, TV, Music and Sports to Participate – Click to read more.

While there is no official word on the cancellation of Threat Matrix, it appears to be in the cards. ABC cut back the shows episodes from a full season to 16 episode and stopped short of this goal. According to ABC, the last two episodes are to air in March. Jamie Denton and other cast members of the show have been added to other shows, suggesting Threat Matrix will not have a season two. Go to Jamie’s Official Page to read more.

3.4 million viewers tuned into the two-hour opener to USA’s latest original series, including a 1.5 rating/4 share in adults 25-54 and a 1.1/3 in adults 18-49. Those scores represent a more-than-100% increase over the previous year’s time period average. “Evil” also built on lead-in “Law & Order: S.V.U.” (1.1/3 in 25-54, 0.9/3 in 18-49, 3.1 million overall) in all categories. Nevertheless, “Evil’s” audience was well behind the premieres of such recent originals as “The Dead Zone” (6.4 million on 6/16/02), “Peacemakers” (5.2 million on 7/30/03) and “Monk” (4.8 million on 7/12/02) however said debuts came during the broadcast networks’ off-season. Overall, “Evil” was the most-watched program in adults 25-54 and adults 18-49 among all cable networks in its second hour, but fell short of TNT’s broadcast premiere of “Men in Black” for its opening hour. In terms of overall audience, the two-hour premiere was the second most-watched program on cable on Friday, behind only the network premiere of “Toy Story 2” on the Disney Channel (4.1 million).

According to the Futon Critic, Less Then Perfect will be replaced by the Relatives for a short time. LTP will return to its time slot April 27th to finish out its extended season.

Less Than Perfect is one of four ABC comedies to get an extended season this year. LTP which normally has 22 episode will have 24.

Jamie Denton has joined the cast of the drama pilot, Desperate Housewives. Does this mean no more Threat Matrix?

Jamie Denton has joined the cast of the drama pilot, Desperate Housewives. Does this mean no more Threat Matrix?

According to the Futon Critic and TV Guide Crossing Jordan will return on March 7th to kick off its third season. There is no word on whether or not Michael T. Weiss will reprise his role as Jordan’s older brother James Horton.

FYI: Apparently, Jeffrey Donovan’s Touching Evil is a spin off of an old British ‘hit series’. The original Touching Evil had three seasons consisting of six episodes. Robson Green protrayed Dave Creegan in the British series. The show premise seems a bit different in the regard that Jeffrey’s Creegan has survived a near death experience after being shot in the head, leaving him a bit different than he was before.

Touching Evil Kick Off
Touching Evil Original Season 2
Touching Evil Original Season 3

I was watching the January 22nd episode of Threat Matrix (Stochastic Variables) and it became immediately apparent that I knew who the actress playing the mother, whose child was taken by its terrorist father, was. I yelled out “Jarod’s Mom!” Yep, that was her. The actress who played Margaret (Jarod’s mother) also played the mother in Stochastic Variables. Kim Meyers did a wonderful job as the worried mother and as Jarod’s mom. Kim has recently been seen on JAG. If you have any other information regarding Kim or any other ex-pretender cast members, please let me know.

And great work Kim! I give you Five Pez’s. [][][][][]

“ABC has rolled back its commitment to ‘Threat Matrix,’ as the network revealed over the weekend that production will halt on the series after its 16th episode.’Matrix’ joins fellow freshman drama ’10-8′ and midseason comedy ‘The Big House’ as series on the Alphabet’s roster to have their episode orders trimmed. ABC cut ’10-8’s’ run from 22 to 15 instalmesnts and ‘Big House’s’ from 13 to 6 back in Decemeber….As for ‘Martix,’ ABC reps insist the series remains under consideration for its fall 2004 schedule. Daniel Voll, Fred Gerber, Emile Levisetti, Keith Addis, Micahel Edelstein, Jim Parriott, and John Shiban are the executive producers of the series, a co-production of Touchstone Television and Industry Television.”

USA is hoping to add a third tent pole to its original series lineup as the cable channel has scheduled the premiere of “Touching Evil” for Friday, March 12th.The drama will kick off with a two-hour premiere beginning at 9/8c that night before settling into the 10/9c hour the following week. USA has committed to 11 episodes of the series in addition to its two-hour pilot. “Evil” takes the place of “Monk,” which wraps its second season on March 5.Here’s how USA describes “Touching Evil” (via press release):Allen and Albery Hughes (Menace II Society, From Hell) make their television debut as executive producers of Touching Evil, a USA Network original series based on the hit series by British Granada Television. Cheyenne Enterprise principals Arnold Rifkin (Tears of the Sun. Crocodile Hunter) and Bruce Willis (Armageddon, Die Hard) also executive produce the series. The series pilot is directed by Allen Hughes and penned by Bruno Heller (The Expendables, The Huntress).Jeffrey Donovan (Storyteller, Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2, The Pretender) stars as Detective David Creegan, who after surviving a near fatal gunshot wound to the head, takes a 12-month psychological leave of absence. He returns to work for the FBI’s new Organization and Serial Crime Unit, a rapid-response, elite crime squad. His brush with death renders him fearless in his relentless pursuit of justice as he and his partner Vera Farminga (UC: Undercover) specialize in solving shocking, high profile crimes.PHQ: Apparently Det. Creegan also has no shame and was dead for 10-minutes. Can’t wait to see the pilot.

Recent questions asked of 20th Century Fox’s senior vice president of marketing discussed the possibliity of shows coming to DVD. On the subject of Pretender, no word yet if it is coming.

Touching Evil will be produced by actor Bruce Willis. There was a mention that Bruce might make a guest appearance on the series, which is set to air on March 12th.