Serialized storylines are, naturally, tricky for shows that are, by design, inherently episodic. When "House" devoted a large chunk of its third season to the relentless Detective Michael Tritter (David Morse) trying to get back at Hugh Laurie's misanthropic diagnostician for humiliating him, the series' writers were banking on viewers not losing interest before the pair's conflict had concluded. As one of those viewers, let me tell you: It's a good thing they didn't push their luck any further than they did, even if pitting House against a cop was about as effective a way as any to get us to overlook the former's many, many blatantly unethical indiscretions and root for him to outwit this wannabe Moriarty to his Sherlock.
"Bones," like "House," was primarily episodic, with its namesake, Dr. Temperance Brennan (Emily Deschanel), and her other half, FBI agent Seeley Booth (David Boreanaz), typically wrapping up a...
"Bones," like "House," was primarily episodic, with its namesake, Dr. Temperance Brennan (Emily Deschanel), and her other half, FBI agent Seeley Booth (David Boreanaz), typically wrapping up a...
- 5/12/2024
- by Sandy Schaefer
- Slash Film
The post-event TV lead-out is a delicate thing. Whenever major television telecasts – like, say, the Super Bowl, the Olympics, or the premiere or finale of a super-high-rated reality show – end, something has to come on afterward, and most shows chosen for the coveted slot take the responsibility very seriously. Lead-out programming usually catches hundreds of thousands if not millions of extra eyes since watch parties all over the country get caught up chatting or celebrating and fail to change the channel. Or, better yet, they get hooked on the first few minutes of whatever show's in front of them.
This is how people who weren't even "Grey's Anatomy" fans saw Meredith Grey stick her hand on a bomb in a body cavity, how "New Girl" scored a Prince guest appearance, and how "Stress Relief" was the first episode of "The Office" I ever saw (all three of these episodes aired...
This is how people who weren't even "Grey's Anatomy" fans saw Meredith Grey stick her hand on a bomb in a body cavity, how "New Girl" scored a Prince guest appearance, and how "Stress Relief" was the first episode of "The Office" I ever saw (all three of these episodes aired...
- 5/1/2024
- by Valerie Ettenhofer
- Slash Film
Watch just about any media from the mid-20th century and you'll quickly notice something: people smoked a lot more onscreen back then -- like, a lot more. Those born in the current century would no doubt be shocked to learn that even beloved cartoon icons like Donald Duck would light up a pipe or puff away on a stogie when the occasion merited (and that's to say nothing of commercials like the jaw-dropping marketing campaign where Fred Flinstone gets his buddy Barney and his wife Wilma hooked on Winston cigarettes).
Smoking was a useful visual shorthand for a variety of things. When Cruella De Vil spewed a wreath of putrid yellow smoke from her infamous cigarette holder in Disney's animated "101 Dalmatians," you just knew she was trouble, even before dog-napping entered the equation. Alternatively, when Cary Grant carefully lit Eva Marie Saint's cigarette in perhaps the ultimate Alfred Hitchcock picture,...
Smoking was a useful visual shorthand for a variety of things. When Cruella De Vil spewed a wreath of putrid yellow smoke from her infamous cigarette holder in Disney's animated "101 Dalmatians," you just knew she was trouble, even before dog-napping entered the equation. Alternatively, when Cary Grant carefully lit Eva Marie Saint's cigarette in perhaps the ultimate Alfred Hitchcock picture,...
- 4/28/2024
- by Sandy Schaefer
- Slash Film
The thing with playing a fictional character is that certain things from one's real life are going to impact that character. This came into play for Emily Deschanel during her long run as Temperance Brennan on "Bones." During the show's seventh season, Deschanel was pregnant, which impacted the production. Part of that was solved by her character also being pregnant, even though half of the season's planned episodes still had to be scrapped. But other problems were solved simply by Deschanel being unwilling to surrender parts of her job, including stunts.
Executive producers Hart Hanson and Stephen Nathan discussed "Bones" season 7 ahead of its premiere back in 2011 with TV Tango. The duo explained that they hired a stunt double for the actor, figuring somewhat reasonably that she would need it given that she was toward the end of her pregnancy. But as Nathan revealed, even though she was literally days away from giving birth,...
Executive producers Hart Hanson and Stephen Nathan discussed "Bones" season 7 ahead of its premiere back in 2011 with TV Tango. The duo explained that they hired a stunt double for the actor, figuring somewhat reasonably that she would need it given that she was toward the end of her pregnancy. But as Nathan revealed, even though she was literally days away from giving birth,...
- 4/13/2024
- by Ryan Scott
- Slash Film
Somewhere, as "Euphoria" struggles to reassemble its cast of former no-names-turned-movie-stars for season 3, the team behind "Bones" is wistfully inquiring, "First time?" Hart Hanson's nearly-unstoppable procedural dramedy not only transformed Emily Deschanel and David Boreanaz into household names over its 12 seasons, but it also took many of its supporting players to the next level. The only downside was, this meant it was sometimes necessary for the show's creatives to kill off a fan-favorite member of the Jeffersonian's staff once the actors behind them had filled up their workload with outside projects.
Most infamously, "Bones" took Booth's honorary little brother Lance Sweets out back behind the shed after John Francis Daley's directing career made it impossible for him to continue playing the cherished FBI psychologist on a regular basis. It wasn't fun for anyone (least of all Daley), although he was far from the only cast member whose character got Old Yeller-ed.
Most infamously, "Bones" took Booth's honorary little brother Lance Sweets out back behind the shed after John Francis Daley's directing career made it impossible for him to continue playing the cherished FBI psychologist on a regular basis. It wasn't fun for anyone (least of all Daley), although he was far from the only cast member whose character got Old Yeller-ed.
- 4/8/2024
- by Sandy Schaefer
- Slash Film
When David Boreanaz read for FBI agent Seeley Booth in the "Bones" pilot, he instantly thought of "Harry and the Hendersons." It's not hard to see why. The character's relationship with his then newfound partner, the forensic anthropologist Dr. Temperance "Bones" Brennan (Emily Deschanel), readily evokes that between the open-hearted Bigfoot Harry and John Lithgow's uptight, disapproving patriarch George Henderson Jr. in William Dear's Oscar-winning 1987 fantasy comedy film. Much like Harry and George, however, Bones gradually opens up to Booth in spite of his shenanigans and even bids him a teary farewell when he rejoins his fellow federal investigators living in the wilderness.
Alright, alright, fine, Boreanaz actually thought of "Romancing the Stone." Even in the pilot, long before they became a romantic item, Booth and Bones' repartee recalled Robert Zemeckis' 1984 hit action-rom-com, itself a throwback to Golden Age Hollywood screwball comedy and action-adventure classics like "It Happened One Night" and "The African Queen,...
Alright, alright, fine, Boreanaz actually thought of "Romancing the Stone." Even in the pilot, long before they became a romantic item, Booth and Bones' repartee recalled Robert Zemeckis' 1984 hit action-rom-com, itself a throwback to Golden Age Hollywood screwball comedy and action-adventure classics like "It Happened One Night" and "The African Queen,...
- 4/7/2024
- by Sandy Schaefer
- Slash Film
A crime procedural called "Bones" was always going to involve some pretty grisly scenes. While the hit Fox series often kept things light, that didn't mean it held back when it came to depicting some truly gruesome and upsetting crime scenes. As John Francis Daley, who played Sweets, put it in a 2012 interview:
"Every episode there's something that makes me want to gag. But that's, I think, part of what makes the show successful is there's a morbid curiosity that everyone has, and to be able to combine horrific deaths and body parts with humor and light subjects is brilliant."
Throughout its 12-season run, "Bones" presented some surprisingly graphic scenes, particularly when it came to the dead bodies. One body, in particular, had Eric Millegan, who played Zack Addy, extra grossed out, while another gross bathtub scene had to be cut completely. Much of this was down to brothers Kevin and Chris Yagher,...
"Every episode there's something that makes me want to gag. But that's, I think, part of what makes the show successful is there's a morbid curiosity that everyone has, and to be able to combine horrific deaths and body parts with humor and light subjects is brilliant."
Throughout its 12-season run, "Bones" presented some surprisingly graphic scenes, particularly when it came to the dead bodies. One body, in particular, had Eric Millegan, who played Zack Addy, extra grossed out, while another gross bathtub scene had to be cut completely. Much of this was down to brothers Kevin and Chris Yagher,...
- 3/25/2024
- by Joe Roberts
- Slash Film
Cancer subplots are an extremely tough needle to thread on television. When you're dealing with a disease that causes millions of new cases each year, the line between handling the subject sensitively and crossing the line into exploitation is thinner and blurrier than it might be with other topics. "Bones" may have done a poor job handling cannibalistic serial killers with its Gormogon arc -- a storyline that even Booth himself, David Boreanaz, has admitted was "bad television" -- but for the vast majority of people watching at home, cannibalistic serial killers, unlike cancer, aren't something they'll ever have to worry about in their real lives.
This was absolutely on creator Hart Hanson and his writing staff's minds when they decided to tackle The Big C. "Bones," unlike a lot of other crime procedurals, was equally invested in the home lives of the Jeffersonian Institute's employees as when they were...
This was absolutely on creator Hart Hanson and his writing staff's minds when they decided to tackle The Big C. "Bones," unlike a lot of other crime procedurals, was equally invested in the home lives of the Jeffersonian Institute's employees as when they were...
- 3/24/2024
- by Sandy Schaefer
- Slash Film
John Francis Daley and his writing/directing partner Jonathan Goldstein are not exactly what you might call household names just yet, although they've assuredly achieved "Oh neato, it's those two!" status. With writing credits on "Horrible Bosses" and "Spider-Man: Homecoming," plus their efforts as directors on "Game Night" and "Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves," Daley and Goldstein have cemented themselves as aficionados at merging cheeky humor with well-crafted action and wholehearted drama -- so much so that it's easy to forget Daley had a full-blooded acting career before he turned to filmmaking.
Fans of Paul Feig's "Freaks and Geeks" will recall that Daley played series lead Sam Weir on the cult classic teen dramedy series, kicking off his run as a television actor in the process. He would go on to have recurring roles on "The Geena Davis Show" and "Kitchen Confidential" before signing up to play Lance Sweets,...
Fans of Paul Feig's "Freaks and Geeks" will recall that Daley played series lead Sam Weir on the cult classic teen dramedy series, kicking off his run as a television actor in the process. He would go on to have recurring roles on "The Geena Davis Show" and "Kitchen Confidential" before signing up to play Lance Sweets,...
- 2/10/2024
- by Sandy Schaefer
- Slash Film
It may be funnier and more spiritual than "NCIS," but "Bones" is a police procedural at the end of the day — and procedural television implies a formula. With "Bones," that formula centered around a team of investigators led by forensic antropologist Dr. Temperance "Bones" Brennan (Emily Deschanel) and FBI agent Seeley Booth (David Boreanaz), who solve murder cases by finding clues in human remains. That said, the show was willing to experiment within the confines of this procedure — when a show runs for 12 seasons, it has to. For the 200th episode, "The 200th in the 10th," "Bones" threw its characters into a 1950s-set homage to Alfred Hitchcock films.
The show broke the formula even earlier for its 150th episode — "The Ghost in the Machine." In this episode, the team finds the skeleton of teenage boy Colin Gibson (Cameron DeFaria), which has been decomposing for two years, and solves his murder.
The show broke the formula even earlier for its 150th episode — "The Ghost in the Machine." In this episode, the team finds the skeleton of teenage boy Colin Gibson (Cameron DeFaria), which has been decomposing for two years, and solves his murder.
- 1/20/2024
- by Devin Meenan
- Slash Film
You probably know the premise of "Bones." Set in Washington DC, forensic anthropologist Dr. Temperance "Bones" Brennan (Emily Deschanel) and FBI agent Seeley Booth (David Boreanaz) solve murders by studying the mortal remains of the victims. Or do they?
For the show's 200th episode, "The 200th in the 10th", the team decided to do something totally different (and non-canon). In this episode, the show moves to 1950s Los Angeles, where Brennan is an LAPD detective pursuing Booth, a jewel thief. At his latest robbery, Booth finds a burnt skeleton while safecracking and is immediately labeled as suspect No. 1 of the murder. Brennan, knowing it's not Booth's Mo, recruits her quarry to solve this new case together. Hey, after 10 seasons, a show has earned the right to swing for the fences!
"The 200th in the 10th" is made in the style of Old Hollywood thrillers, especially Alfred Hitchcock's 1950s technicolor noir films.
For the show's 200th episode, "The 200th in the 10th", the team decided to do something totally different (and non-canon). In this episode, the show moves to 1950s Los Angeles, where Brennan is an LAPD detective pursuing Booth, a jewel thief. At his latest robbery, Booth finds a burnt skeleton while safecracking and is immediately labeled as suspect No. 1 of the murder. Brennan, knowing it's not Booth's Mo, recruits her quarry to solve this new case together. Hey, after 10 seasons, a show has earned the right to swing for the fences!
"The 200th in the 10th" is made in the style of Old Hollywood thrillers, especially Alfred Hitchcock's 1950s technicolor noir films.
- 1/6/2024
- by Devin Meenan
- Slash Film
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In the second-season "Bones" episode "The Truth in the Lye," Bones and Booth (Emily Deschanel and David Boreanaz) examine a dead body that ... well, it isn't really a body anymore. Arriving at a construction site, they find a bathtub full of squishy human remains, half-melted in a soup of chemicals. Although "Bones" was a network TV series, the camera lingers on the human soup for a few disgusting moments so audiences can see the skin, blood, and organs in their viscous state. Booth is completely grossed out, while Bones, in her usual idiom, calmly begins reciting forensic details into her tape recorder.
It will eventually be revealed that the soup man was once a cad who was living a double life, splitting time between two families that didn't (at least until recently) know about each other. He was melted with a combination of household chemicals.
In the second-season "Bones" episode "The Truth in the Lye," Bones and Booth (Emily Deschanel and David Boreanaz) examine a dead body that ... well, it isn't really a body anymore. Arriving at a construction site, they find a bathtub full of squishy human remains, half-melted in a soup of chemicals. Although "Bones" was a network TV series, the camera lingers on the human soup for a few disgusting moments so audiences can see the skin, blood, and organs in their viscous state. Booth is completely grossed out, while Bones, in her usual idiom, calmly begins reciting forensic details into her tape recorder.
It will eventually be revealed that the soup man was once a cad who was living a double life, splitting time between two families that didn't (at least until recently) know about each other. He was melted with a combination of household chemicals.
- 12/9/2023
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
Bryan Fuller's "Hannibal" is a series about serial killers who, much like the titular cannibal famously featured in "The Silence of the Lambs," approach their grisly crimes as a sick, twisted form of personal creative expression. One killer, for example, arranges their victims into a totem pole on a beach, while another turns a person into a human cello. You would think the show's gorgeously grotesque crime scenes would be the thing that got it into trouble with censors ... but you'd be wrong.
The show's fifth episode, "Coquilles," features what might be the most head-scratching example of censorship in a series full of them. As the episode begins, a couple is discovered murdered in a motel room. Their corpses have been beheaded and positioned so that they appear to be kneeling in prayer in front of a bed, the skin on their backs having been torn away to form...
The show's fifth episode, "Coquilles," features what might be the most head-scratching example of censorship in a series full of them. As the episode begins, a couple is discovered murdered in a motel room. Their corpses have been beheaded and positioned so that they appear to be kneeling in prayer in front of a bed, the skin on their backs having been torn away to form...
- 12/9/2023
- by Sandy Schaefer
- Slash Film
“Bones” ran for 12 seasons and over 240 episodes on Fox, an accomplishment in procedural broadcast television that now seems to be an apex in retrospect. But with a streaming era that has made reboots and revivals more popular than ever, could “Bones” ever come back?
According to the show’s creator, there is hope.
“We are in contact with each other,” Hart Hanson, who created “Bones,” tells Variety. “Everybody on ‘Bones’ is in contact with each other. At separate times, it’s like, ‘What are you doing? What’s the availability?’”
Speaking to Variety at the “Bones” reunion WGA picket, Hanson spoke about the realities of reviving the show, noting the very different media landscape today compared to when “Bones” aired on Fox from 2005 to 2017.
“It’s complicated now because Fox broadcast ‘Bones,’ but Disney now bought 20th, so they own [the show]. It would take a million agents and lawyers to figure...
According to the show’s creator, there is hope.
“We are in contact with each other,” Hart Hanson, who created “Bones,” tells Variety. “Everybody on ‘Bones’ is in contact with each other. At separate times, it’s like, ‘What are you doing? What’s the availability?’”
Speaking to Variety at the “Bones” reunion WGA picket, Hanson spoke about the realities of reviving the show, noting the very different media landscape today compared to when “Bones” aired on Fox from 2005 to 2017.
“It’s complicated now because Fox broadcast ‘Bones,’ but Disney now bought 20th, so they own [the show]. It would take a million agents and lawyers to figure...
- 7/8/2023
- by Elizabeth Wagmeister
- Variety Film + TV
Renowned alumni of the Jeffersonian Institute pulled out their security badges and patches to assemble Friday morning for a lively “Bones” writers strike reunion picket outside Fox Studios.
The gathering of writers, actors, directors and crew members from the Fox drama series proved once again that “Bones” was one of TV’s happiest sets during its 12-season run from 2005-2017. Star Emily Deschanel, who played forensic anthropologist Temperance “Bones” Brennan on the procedural, was in attendance at the picket held on Day 67 of Writers Guild of America strike. So were series showrunners Hart Hanson, Stephen Nathan, Jonathan Collier and Michael Peterson and writer-producers including Liz Benjamin, Dean Lopata, Janet Lin and Karine Rosenthal.
“All the truisms of why a show is a happy, non-toxic place is why ‘Bones’ was such a happy place,” Hanson told Variety. “Who is No. 1 on the call sheet? What is that person like? What is No.
The gathering of writers, actors, directors and crew members from the Fox drama series proved once again that “Bones” was one of TV’s happiest sets during its 12-season run from 2005-2017. Star Emily Deschanel, who played forensic anthropologist Temperance “Bones” Brennan on the procedural, was in attendance at the picket held on Day 67 of Writers Guild of America strike. So were series showrunners Hart Hanson, Stephen Nathan, Jonathan Collier and Michael Peterson and writer-producers including Liz Benjamin, Dean Lopata, Janet Lin and Karine Rosenthal.
“All the truisms of why a show is a happy, non-toxic place is why ‘Bones’ was such a happy place,” Hanson told Variety. “Who is No. 1 on the call sheet? What is that person like? What is No.
- 7/7/2023
- by Cynthia Littleton
- Variety Film + TV
Sometimes the seemingly most dire situations can actually become a blessing in disguise, especially for people who are forced into extreme business deals they feel can quickly become disastrous. That’s certainly the case for actor Stephen Nathan’s character of Harry Schechter in the 1976 musical comedy, ‘The First Nudie Musical.’ The cult classic is being […]
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- 2/24/2022
- by Karen Benardello
- ShockYa
"They said it couldn't be done, but they were wrong!" Quiver has debuted a new trailer for the re-release of a cult comedy from the 70s called The First Nudie Musical, made by filmmakers Mark Haggard & Bruce Kimmel. This first opened in 1976 and is getting a VOD / Blu-ray re-release this February in the US. The movie is a comedy starring Cindy Williams, Stephen Nathan, and Bruce Kimmel. Nathan plays Harry Schechter, heir to a Hollywood studio who's forced to make a musical comedy porno in order to stave off bankruptcy. The movie features a series of farcical lewd musical numbers in the style of classical Hollywood musical comedies including: "Orgasm", "Lesbian Butch Dyke", and "Dancing Dildos." The movie has a low-budget feel, with a "musical-within-a-movie" theme in the tradition of Singin' in the Rain, but with satirical sexual humor. If you're curious, don't worry there's no nudity in this trailer,...
- 2/17/2022
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
The First Nudie Musical, will be available for the first time on VOD/Digital on February 25th from Quiver Distribution. Written by Bruce Kimmel and starring Cindy Williams (American Graffiti, Laverne & Shirley), Stephen Nathan (Bones), Diana Canova (Soap), and Susan Buckner (Grease),
Here’s a vintage trailer:
The son of a famous studio owner is forced to make porno films to keep the bankrupt studio from being made into a shopping center. In an attempt to get back on the high ground he makes a nudie musical. He makes a bet with the debtors who wish to take ownership of the studio, that if they finance the musical and he can’t complete it within two weeks, they can foreclose.
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Here’s a vintage trailer:
The son of a famous studio owner is forced to make porno films to keep the bankrupt studio from being made into a shopping center. In an attempt to get back on the high ground he makes a nudie musical. He makes a bet with the debtors who wish to take ownership of the studio, that if they finance the musical and he can’t complete it within two weeks, they can foreclose.
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- 2/14/2022
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
In this episode, Ben and Daniel discuss the 1982 concert 'Showstoppers The Best of Broadway.' The evening is hosted by Tom Bosley and features Broadway favorites such as Ethel Merman, Barry Bostwick, Susan Browning, Len Cariou, Nell Carter, Diahann Carroll, Carole Demas, David Haskell, Glynis Johns, Donna McKechnie, Robert Morse, Pamela Myers, Stephen Nathan, Jerry Orbach, Anthony Perkins, Debbie Reynolds, Alexis Smith, and Ray Walston.
- 4/13/2020
- by Ben Rimalower
- BroadwayWorld.com
In this episode, Ben and Daniel discuss the 1982 concert 'Showstoppers The Best of Broadway.' The evening is hosted by Tom Bosley and features Broadway favorites such as Ethel Merman, Barry Bostwick, Susan Browning, Len Cariou, Nell Carter, Diahann Carroll, Carole Demas, David Haskell, Glynis Johns, Donna McKechnie, Robert Morse, Pamela Myers, Stephen Nathan, Jerry Orbach, Anthony Perkins, Debbie Reynolds, Alexis Smith, and Ray Walston.
- 4/6/2020
- by Ben Rimalower
- BroadwayWorld.com
When Bones signs off on Tuesday night, after 12 seasons on Fox, it will do so as the network’s longest-running scripted drama, having solved -- according to finale promos -- 275 cases in 246 episodes. And that prolific conviction rate may not even be the most impressive thing that the series accomplished.
Because Bones -- which was based on the life and works of real-life forensic anthropologist Kathy Reichs -- did more than just stay on the air, leapfrogging more than 20 different time slots in its 12-year run. In a television landscape populated with morose antiheroes and sarcastic protagonists that often poke fun at the earnestness of cops-and-science procedurals like Bones, sometimes directly by name (see: American Dad, Bojack Horseman, Bob’s Burgers and more), the show was a champion of justice and evidence, science and guts, “brains and heart.” It told new stories every week, while at the same time unfolding its central characters little by little, making...
Because Bones -- which was based on the life and works of real-life forensic anthropologist Kathy Reichs -- did more than just stay on the air, leapfrogging more than 20 different time slots in its 12-year run. In a television landscape populated with morose antiheroes and sarcastic protagonists that often poke fun at the earnestness of cops-and-science procedurals like Bones, sometimes directly by name (see: American Dad, Bojack Horseman, Bob’s Burgers and more), the show was a champion of justice and evidence, science and guts, “brains and heart.” It told new stories every week, while at the same time unfolding its central characters little by little, making...
- 3/28/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
We're going back to the lab. In advance of the Bones season 12 and TV series finale, Fox has released a new video, "Back to the Lab: A Bones Retrospective." Check it out, as well as the episode descriptions for Bones 12.11, "The Final Chapter: The Day in the Life," and the Bones series finale, episode 12.12 "The Final Chapter: The End in The End."The Bones TV show retrospective includes some never before seen footage and explores the Fox series from beginning. It also includes new interviews with Emily Deschanel, David Boreanaz, Michaela Conlin, T. J. Thyne, Tamara Taylor, John Boyd, Hart Hanson, Stephen Nathan, Kathy Reichs, Barry Josephson, Michael Peterson, Jonathan Collier, and Karine Rosenthal. Read More…...
- 3/20/2017
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
If you’ve been jonesing for some Bones reminiscing in advance of the long-running drama’s upcoming finale, your prayers have been answered.
On Thursday, Fox released the video above, featuring members of the cast and production staff talking about the show’s 12-season evolution. Leads David Boreanaz and Emily Deschanel are there, as well as stars Michaela Conlin, T.J. Thyne, Tamara Taylor and John Boyd and EPs Hart Hanson, Stephen Nathan, Michael Peterson, Jonathan Collier and Barry Josephson.
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Shot in December 2016, the video...
On Thursday, Fox released the video above, featuring members of the cast and production staff talking about the show’s 12-season evolution. Leads David Boreanaz and Emily Deschanel are there, as well as stars Michaela Conlin, T.J. Thyne, Tamara Taylor and John Boyd and EPs Hart Hanson, Stephen Nathan, Michael Peterson, Jonathan Collier and Barry Josephson.
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Shot in December 2016, the video...
- 3/17/2017
- TVLine.com
In an alternate universe, Bones could have been very different. Series creator Hart Hanson joined the cast and current executive producers of the series on a panel in front of the TV Critics' Association on Wednesday and revealed that had he not stepped down as showrunner in 2013, a few things on the show would be very different. First of all, one beloved character would still be alive. "When I first stopped running the show so that Stephen Nathan was running it, one of the first things he did was completely and utterly defy me and killed Sweets," Hanson said. "I would never have killed Sweets, but Stephen was running the show, and it obviously was a good idea." For those who...
- 1/12/2017
- E! Online
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Question: Any word on what Laurel made Oliver promise her right before she died on Arrow? Was it something for him to do or not do? —Kia
Ausiello: Look at Kia kicking off the first new AA in more than a month with a sensational Q! Here’s your answer, straight from showrunner Wendy Mericle. “It is both actually, and you’ll find out what it was in [the Oct. 5 premiere],” teases the Ep, who adds that the reveal will “inform...
Question: Any word on what Laurel made Oliver promise her right before she died on Arrow? Was it something for him to do or not do? —Kia
Ausiello: Look at Kia kicking off the first new AA in more than a month with a sensational Q! Here’s your answer, straight from showrunner Wendy Mericle. “It is both actually, and you’ll find out what it was in [the Oct. 5 premiere],” teases the Ep, who adds that the reveal will “inform...
- 8/16/2016
- TVLine.com
Ben Rappaport (Mr. Robot) has been cast as a series regular in Zoobiquity, Fox's light medical procedural pilot written by Bones executive producers Stephen Nathan and Jon Collier and directed by Kevin Bray. Based on the best-selling book by Dr. Barbara Natterson-Horowitz and Kathryn Bowers, Zoobiquity follows the unlikely pairing of Dr. Kara Martins (Marsha Thomason), a successful, driven cardiologist as she risks career suicide by teaming with Dr. Lucas Cort (Peter…...
- 3/18/2016
- Deadline TV
Peter Facinelli (Nurse Jackie) and Kim Raver (24) have joined Zoobiquity, Fox’s unconventional medical procedural pilot, TVLine has learned.
The potential series, based on the book of the same name, follows Dr. Kara Martins (played by White Collar‘s Marsha Thomason), a successful cardiologist at a Boston hospital who decides to partner with a socially challenged veterinarian to pioneer cross-species medicine.
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Facinelli, who is currently recurring on CBS’ Supergirl, will play the vet, Dr. Lucas Court, whose bond with his animal patients verges on the uncanny.
The potential series, based on the book of the same name, follows Dr. Kara Martins (played by White Collar‘s Marsha Thomason), a successful cardiologist at a Boston hospital who decides to partner with a socially challenged veterinarian to pioneer cross-species medicine.
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Facinelli, who is currently recurring on CBS’ Supergirl, will play the vet, Dr. Lucas Court, whose bond with his animal patients verges on the uncanny.
- 3/2/2016
- TVLine.com
Peter Facinelli has been tapped as the male lead opposite Marsha Thomason in Zoobiquity, Fox's light medical procedural pilot written by Bones executive producers Stephen Nathan and Jon Collier and directed by Kevin Bray. Also set for a lead role in the project is 24 alumna Kim Raver, who has just signed with Gersh. Based on the best-selling book by Dr. Barbara Natterson-Horowitz and Kathryn Bowers, Zoobiquity follows the unlikely pairing of Dr. Kara Martins (Thomason), a…...
- 3/2/2016
- Deadline TV
Marsha Thomason is ignoring half of showbiz’s conventional “never work with children or animals” wisdom.
The White Collar alum has been cast as the female lead in Zoobiquity, an unconventional medical procedural pilot at Fox, our sister site Deadline reports.
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The potential series, based on the book of the same name, follows Thomason’s Dr. Kara Martins, a successful cardiologist at a Boston hospital who decides to partner with a socially challenged veterinarian to pioneer cross-species medicine.
The project is written and executive-produced by Bones‘ Stephen Nathan and Jonathan Collier.
The White Collar alum has been cast as the female lead in Zoobiquity, an unconventional medical procedural pilot at Fox, our sister site Deadline reports.
RelatedPost Mortem: White Collar Boss on Neal’s Last Con, Alternate Ending
The potential series, based on the book of the same name, follows Thomason’s Dr. Kara Martins, a successful cardiologist at a Boston hospital who decides to partner with a socially challenged veterinarian to pioneer cross-species medicine.
The project is written and executive-produced by Bones‘ Stephen Nathan and Jonathan Collier.
- 2/25/2016
- TVLine.com
White Collar alumna Marsha Thomason will play the female lead in Zoobiquity, Fox’s light medical procedural pilot based on the best-selling book of the same name by Dr. Barbara Natterson-Horowitz and Kathryn Bowers. Also cast in the project is Antonia Bernath (Downton Abbey, The Astronaut Wives Club). Written by Bones executive producers Stephen Nathan and Jon Collier, the project follows the unlikely pairing of Dr. Kara Martins (Thomason), a successful, driven…...
- 2/25/2016
- Deadline TV
Fox has ordered a TV show pilot for Zoobiquity, from Bones showrunners past and present, Stephen Nathan and Jon Collier. A medical procedural, Zoobiquity is an adaptation of the Barbara Natterson-Horowitz and Kathryn Bowers book of the same name.
Previously, we reported Fox was retooling this animal and human health drama. Looks like they selected the sharpest tools in the shed. Writers Collier and Nathan will executive produce, with Spencer Medof. Natterson-Horowitz and Bowers are producing.
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Previously, we reported Fox was retooling this animal and human health drama. Looks like they selected the sharpest tools in the shed. Writers Collier and Nathan will executive produce, with Spencer Medof. Natterson-Horowitz and Bowers are producing.
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- 1/27/2016
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Fox has handed out a pilot order for a series adaptation of Barbara Natterson-Horowitz's best-selling book "Zoobiquity," just days after rival CBS greenlit the similar sounding medical drama "Bunker Hill".
"Zoobiquity" is an unconventional medical procedural follows the pairing of a successful cardiologist risking career suicide teaming with a socially challenged veterinarian who relates better to animals than people. Putting aside their competitive natures, the pair try to cure the incurable using a unique blend of cross-species medicine that's never been tried before.
This marks the third attempt at developing the project following Jon Collier and Stephen Nathan ("Bones") coming up with the first take, being replaced by "Satisfaction" creator Sean Jablonski for the second, and then Collier and Nathan returning for this third version which they will pen the script for and will executive produce alongside Spencer Medof.
Fox has numerous procedurals in the works for next season including "Recon,...
"Zoobiquity" is an unconventional medical procedural follows the pairing of a successful cardiologist risking career suicide teaming with a socially challenged veterinarian who relates better to animals than people. Putting aside their competitive natures, the pair try to cure the incurable using a unique blend of cross-species medicine that's never been tried before.
This marks the third attempt at developing the project following Jon Collier and Stephen Nathan ("Bones") coming up with the first take, being replaced by "Satisfaction" creator Sean Jablonski for the second, and then Collier and Nathan returning for this third version which they will pen the script for and will executive produce alongside Spencer Medof.
Fox has numerous procedurals in the works for next season including "Recon,...
- 1/27/2016
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Updated: Fox has given a pilot order to Zoobiquity, a light medical procedural based on the best-selling book of the same name by Dr. Barbara Natterson-Horowitz and Kathryn Bowers. Written by Bones executive producers Stephen Nathan and Jon Collier, the project follows the unlikely pairing of a successful, driven cardiologist as she risks career suicide by teaming with a socially-challenged veterinarian who relates better to animals than people. They try to put aside…...
- 1/27/2016
- Deadline TV
If Bones returns for a 12th season next fall, it may be down a showrunner.
Fox has placed a pilot order for Zoobiquity, a “light and unconventional” one-hour medical procedural written and and Ep’d by Bones showrunners past (Stephen Nathan) and present (Jonathan Collier).
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Based on the book of the same name, Zoobiquity follows the unlikely pairing of a successful, driven cardiologist as she risks career suicide by teaming with a socially-challenged veterinarian who relates better to animals than people. They try to put...
Fox has placed a pilot order for Zoobiquity, a “light and unconventional” one-hour medical procedural written and and Ep’d by Bones showrunners past (Stephen Nathan) and present (Jonathan Collier).
RelatedPilot Season ’16: Scoop on This Fall’s (Possible) New Shows, Who’s In Them
Based on the book of the same name, Zoobiquity follows the unlikely pairing of a successful, driven cardiologist as she risks career suicide by teaming with a socially-challenged veterinarian who relates better to animals than people. They try to put...
- 1/27/2016
- TVLine.com
Fox is set to re-develop the procedural drama "Zoobiquity" based on the best-selling book by Barbara Natterson-Horowitz and Kathryn Bowers.
The series follows a group of doctors as they look to the animal kingdom for help treating a variety of human aliments. The new version will have a different story and pairs a physician and a vet in a fast-paced and emotional workplace where they have to work together to save human and animal lives.
Jon Collier and Stephen Nathan ("Bones") along with Spencer Medof ("Cooties") will produce and Sean Jablonski ("Satisfaction") will pen the script.
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The series follows a group of doctors as they look to the animal kingdom for help treating a variety of human aliments. The new version will have a different story and pairs a physician and a vet in a fast-paced and emotional workplace where they have to work together to save human and animal lives.
Jon Collier and Stephen Nathan ("Bones") along with Spencer Medof ("Cooties") will produce and Sean Jablonski ("Satisfaction") will pen the script.
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- 11/5/2015
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
How will new faces affect The Flash? What tragic time will Teen Wolf revisit? Who will help battle The Strain? Who’s (finally) back on Bones? Is Castle‘s Kate Mia?! Read on for answers to those questions plus teases from other shows.
Any Westallen scoop to help us survive The Flash‘s hiatus? –Kaz
As we all surmised when I wrote this not-at-all-controversial bit, Barry is getting his own “Felicity” because it’s simply too soon for Iris to move on from Eddie — especially since Season 2 picks up right where we left off, with The Flash fighting the wormhole.
Any Westallen scoop to help us survive The Flash‘s hiatus? –Kaz
As we all surmised when I wrote this not-at-all-controversial bit, Barry is getting his own “Felicity” because it’s simply too soon for Iris to move on from Eddie — especially since Season 2 picks up right where we left off, with The Flash fighting the wormhole.
- 6/29/2015
- TVLine.com
Recently, TV Line served up their newest spoiler chat session, and dished out new teaser spoilers for the upcoming "Bones" season 11, via executive producer, Stephen Nathan. It turns out that Hodgin's brother, Jeffrey, is most likely returning for action at some point during the season. In their spoiler chat session, they stated: "What you can expect is a likely revisiting of Hodgins’ brother Jeffrey. “We were dying to see his brother in Season 10, but there was an availability issue with the actor Jonno Roberts,” Ep Stephen Nathan told us. “But we will definitely see him again. It’s a wonderful storyline, one that we definitely want to go back and explore much more.”...
- 6/29/2015
- by Andre Braddox
- OnTheFlix
Who’s hanging with the Castle newcomer? Is Arrow downloading a new computer whiz? Who’s heading back to Bones? Will Rookie Blue have baby blues? Read on for answers to those questions plus teases from other shows.
Any scoop about Castle Season 8? –Fred
There’s no good way to say this, Fred, so let’s just rip the Band-Aid off and let the Internet take it from there: As Season 8 gets underway, Rick will be spending a lot of time with Hayley. #JustTheMessenger
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Any fresh scoop on Defiance?...
Any scoop about Castle Season 8? –Fred
There’s no good way to say this, Fred, so let’s just rip the Band-Aid off and let the Internet take it from there: As Season 8 gets underway, Rick will be spending a lot of time with Hayley. #JustTheMessenger
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- 6/22/2015
- TVLine.com
Recently, TV Line got to talk with Bones executive producer, Stephen Nathan, and he dished out a couple of new season 11 spoiler scoops. It turns out that the season 11 premiere will feature who is replacing Brennan, and more! Stephen started his spoiler tease by telling them that we'll see who replaced Brennan when season 11 starts back up. However, the question still looms as to who Brennan's replacement will be. Finally, he revealed that any of the squinterns could be replaced at anytime, stating: "We have to be ready to move at the drop of a hat with the interns because they are so popular and rightfully so. Often times during the season, we have to write somebody out, somebody in, because they’re doing other things. So there’s always the potential for new people coming [in]. And also from looking at our locations a little bit differently and adding people.
- 6/13/2015
- by Andre Braddox
- OnTheFlix
Warning: The following contains spoilers from Thursday’s season finale of Bones.
In a season finale that felt like the show was bidding adieu for good, Bones on Thursday night found Booth and Brennan saying goodbye to their colleagues as they prepared for a fresh start somewhere else — even as a videotape featuring an old foe surfaced.
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“Pelant is in the past,” Brennan declared. “I won’t have him steal the new life Booth and I are going to live.”
Meanwhile, Hodgins declared that he and Angela didn’t need the $4 billion(!) Pelant stole, which his wife recovered,...
In a season finale that felt like the show was bidding adieu for good, Bones on Thursday night found Booth and Brennan saying goodbye to their colleagues as they prepared for a fresh start somewhere else — even as a videotape featuring an old foe surfaced.
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“Pelant is in the past,” Brennan declared. “I won’t have him steal the new life Booth and I are going to live.”
Meanwhile, Hodgins declared that he and Angela didn’t need the $4 billion(!) Pelant stole, which his wife recovered,...
- 6/12/2015
- TVLine.com
Hey, "Bones" peeps. It is with great pleasure that we can officially inform you that Fox greenlit your favorite show for a brand new season 11, so new spoilers, photos,videos, castings and all that great stuff will be coming in the future weeks and months, so definitely keep your eyes peeled for that. The renewal announcement actually happened back in early May 2015 after the show was able to finally close a deal with the two main stars: David Boreanaz and Emily Deschanel, according to TV Line. They also report that showrunner ,Stephen Nathan, will be briefly leaving Bones to work on his other Fox projects. However, he's set to come back in the latter part of the season. Showrunners ,Jonathan Collier and Michael Peterson,will be filling in for him. The new season 11 is set to start in the Fall 2015.
- 6/11/2015
- by Andre Braddox
- OnTheFlix
Angela Montenegro she is most definitely not.
On Thursday night’s episode, Bones finally unmasked Angie’s birth name when Hodgins happened upon her passport and discovered that his wife is actually… Pookie Noodlin!
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Although Angela described it as something you’d name a pet, she never had it legally changed because it meant something important to her dad.
Behind-the-scenes, the unusual moniker was the combined creation of executive producers Hart Hanson and Stephen Nathan. “[Hart] had a name in the file that he had thought of,...
On Thursday night’s episode, Bones finally unmasked Angie’s birth name when Hodgins happened upon her passport and discovered that his wife is actually… Pookie Noodlin!
RelatedBones Boss Explains Booth and Brennan’s ‘Upsetting’ Arc, Previews Angela and Hodgins’ Parisian Future
Although Angela described it as something you’d name a pet, she never had it legally changed because it meant something important to her dad.
Behind-the-scenes, the unusual moniker was the combined creation of executive producers Hart Hanson and Stephen Nathan. “[Hart] had a name in the file that he had thought of,...
- 6/5/2015
- TVLine.com
Bones fans, your cries of distress over Brennan and Booth’s recent marital struggles have been heard. But executive producer Stephen Nathan describes the current challenges posed to the couple as a necessary plot device.
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“We certainly don’t want [the show] to be predictable all the time,” Nathan tells TVLine. “[The fans would] get bored, and they’d just go watch another show.”
To thwart that scenario, “it’s incumbent upon us to shake it up,” he continues. “We started to do that at the end of Season 10, and it’ll continue into Season 11.”
Below, the...
VideosBones Sneak Peek: Who Needs a Hug?
“We certainly don’t want [the show] to be predictable all the time,” Nathan tells TVLine. “[The fans would] get bored, and they’d just go watch another show.”
To thwart that scenario, “it’s incumbent upon us to shake it up,” he continues. “We started to do that at the end of Season 10, and it’ll continue into Season 11.”
Below, the...
- 6/4/2015
- TVLine.com
It came down to the wire, but Fox’s comedic crime procedural Bones is set to return for an 11th season after series producer 20th Century Fox TV closed new deals with stars Emily Deschanel and David Boreanaz, whose contracts were up at the end of this season. There will be a behind-the-scenes change on the show, with executive producer Jonathan Collier and co-ep Michael Peterson named new showrunners. Bones’ most recent showrunner, Stephen Nathan, is taking a temporary…...
- 5/8/2015
- Deadline TV
Breaking Bones news: Fox has renewed the long-running procedural for Season 11 after closing new deals with series leads David Boreanaz and Emily Deschanel.
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Showrunner Stephen Nathan will take a brief step back from his Bones duties to work on his other Fox projects, but per the network, he hopes to rejoin the show later in the season. Showrunners Jonathan Collier and Michael Peterson will remain on board for the duration.
Bones will wrap its 10th season on Monday, June 11 (8/7c).
TVLine’s 2015 Renewal Scorecard...
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Showrunner Stephen Nathan will take a brief step back from his Bones duties to work on his other Fox projects, but per the network, he hopes to rejoin the show later in the season. Showrunners Jonathan Collier and Michael Peterson will remain on board for the duration.
Bones will wrap its 10th season on Monday, June 11 (8/7c).
TVLine’s 2015 Renewal Scorecard...
- 5/8/2015
- TVLine.com
Fox's veteran procedural Bones will return — but there's a catch. The David Boreanaz and Emily Deschanel drama will return for an 11th season after its two stars — as well as Michaela Conlin, T.J. Thyne, John Boyd and Tamara Taylor — inked new deals with studio 20th Century Fox Television, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. Additionally, showrunner Stephen Nathan will step down as showrunner, with John Collier and Michael Peterson taking on oversight of the series. Nathan is taking a temporary step back to work on other projects for Fox but hopes to rejoin the series later in season
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- 5/8/2015
- by Lesley Goldberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Often buried in seemingly random and unpredictable corners of Fox's schedule, "Bones" continues to be exhumed every spring. Fox announced on Friday (May 8) that "Bones" has officially been renewed for an 11th season. The renewal, which was expected but also still long-in-coming, came the morning after "Bones" drew just over 4.5 million viewers and a 1.1 rating among adults 18-49 for a two-hour airing, both numbers up from last week. Fox's renewal lists regulars Emily Deschanel, David Boreanaz, Tj Thyne, Michaela Conlin, Tamara Taylor and John Boyd all locked down for next season. There is, however, a change at the top. Jonathan Collier and Michael Peterson will be taking over as showrunners, with Stephen Nathan taking "a temporary step back to work on other projects for Fox," though the network homes to have him back at some point during the season. Fox didn't mention an episode count. The 10th season finale for "Bones,...
- 5/8/2015
- by Daniel Fienberg
- Hitfix
As Booth loves to say, "We're back, baby!" Putting a frenzied fandom of an estimated 6 million viewers out of their collective misery, Fox announced today the renewal of Bones, their longest running primetime hour-long drama. Fox announced completed negotiations with David Boreanaz (Booth) and Emily Deschanel's (Brennan) expired contracts via Deadline.
Changes going into season 11 include some new names at the ultimate helm. Showrunner Stephen Nathan, who took over for Creator Hart Hansen at the beginning of season 9, will be passing the baton to work on other Fox projects, planning to return toward the end of season 11.
Changes going into season 11 include some new names at the ultimate helm. Showrunner Stephen Nathan, who took over for Creator Hart Hansen at the beginning of season 9, will be passing the baton to work on other Fox projects, planning to return toward the end of season 11.
- 5/8/2015
- by editor@buddytv.com
- buddytv.com
As Bones‘ main couple begins to face a major challenge that threatens to tear their marriage apart in this Thursday’s episode (Fox, 8/7c), their friends/colleagues Angela and Hodgins will be looking towards the next step for their own clan.
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“Like a yawn spreads, it will be an examination that rubs off on Booth and Brennan,” executive producer Stephen Nathan tells TVLine. “They also have to look at the life they’ve been leading and how it affects their family and how it might affect their family in the future.
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“Like a yawn spreads, it will be an examination that rubs off on Booth and Brennan,” executive producer Stephen Nathan tells TVLine. “They also have to look at the life they’ve been leading and how it affects their family and how it might affect their family in the future.
- 4/23/2015
- TVLine.com
Got a scoop request? An anonymous tip you’re dying to share? Send any/all of the above to askausiello@tvline.com
Question: Any scoop about Castle? —Fred
Ausiello: The finale — which is supposed to delve into both Castle and Beckett mythology — will feature a “distinguished, highly intelligent” psychiatrist. What say you, Mitovich? “Perhaps the shrink is a means to pull out of Rick any repressed memories about his ‘missing’ months?'” Yep, that sounds about right.
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Question: Got any scoop on Season 2 of The Leftovers?...
Question: Any scoop about Castle? —Fred
Ausiello: The finale — which is supposed to delve into both Castle and Beckett mythology — will feature a “distinguished, highly intelligent” psychiatrist. What say you, Mitovich? “Perhaps the shrink is a means to pull out of Rick any repressed memories about his ‘missing’ months?'” Yep, that sounds about right.
Related2015 Renewal Scorecard: What’s Coming Back? What’s Getting Cancelled? What’s on the Bubble?
Question: Got any scoop on Season 2 of The Leftovers?...
- 4/1/2015
- TVLine.com
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