Claire Forlani, Kathleen Rose Perkins and Stephen Mangan have been tapped to co-star opposite Matt LeBlanc on Showtime/BBC’s comedy series “Episodes.”

The project, which has a seven-episode order, revolves around a successful British husband-and-wife comedy team (Forlani, Mangan) thrilled by the prospect of producing an U.S. version of their hit series. But they soon are forced to replace the erudite British lead in the original with the quintessential U.S. comedy star, Matt LeBlanc, who is playing a version of himself. They begin to sink deeper into the quicksand that is the Hollywood TV business, ruled by a legion of network and studio executives, including the smart head of programming (Perkins). Read the rest of this entry »

Like many fans, I am happy to be lost in Lost. Savoring it, in fact. Locke as the Smoke Monster? Bring him/it/whoever on! A ”flash-sideways”? I like coming in on that new angle! As the final pieces of TV’s trickiest jigsaw puzzle are being wedged into place, the burden is on the guys who run the show — Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof — to have the sixth and final season not end up looking like…one big jigsaw puzzle.

How to do that? So far, they’ve got the right idea in finally establishing that Lost isn’t just a mind game: The Island has always been a metaphor for the heart — the center, the life force. Now many of the mysteries of the heart are being revealed, along with alternative glimpses of how the lives of so many did or may or could have turned out. Read the rest of this entry »