The Remote Island : Eli Stone

More On ABC Cancelling "Pushing Daisies" And "Dirty Sexy Money"

Olivia Purnell — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:20:00 GMT

Well, a couple hours have gone by, and the facts are still these: according to Entertainment Weekly and about a billion other places, ABC will not order additional episodes of Eli Stone, Pushing Daisies, or Dirty Sexy Money. Wow.

But there’s a silver lining . . .

We can hope for full season arcs from each of the doomed shows. Ew.com reports:

The ratings-challenged trio will complete production on their 13-episode orders (Daisies already has, while Eli and DSM have an episode or two to go). Of course, completing the episodes and actually airing them are two totally different things.

We're keeping our fingers crossed. Everybody can use a little closure, don't you think?

Either way, lets have a little gratuitous Lee Pace (Pushing Daisies). You know, for mourning purposes.

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ABC Breaks Our Heart, Destroys Our Wednesdays
Is It Worth Losing "Pushing Daisies" To Save "Heroes"?

ABC Breaks Our Heart, Destroys Our Wednesdays

Bryan Christian — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:48:00 GMT

Sorry, we kind of need a minute here. Talk amongst yourselves.

ABC Cancels 'Pushing Daisies,' 'Dirty Sexy Money' and 'Eli Stone' [BuddyTV]

Watch Katie Holmes Go All Jessica Rabbit on "Eli Stone"

Ben Kallen — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:20:00 GMT

Want to see a preview of the musical number Katie Holmes does on an upcoming episode of Eli Stone? It's online now, so let's take a look.

According to EOnline.com, Katie plays a crusading lawyer who gets involved with vision-experiencing legal eagle Jonny Lee Miller. In one of the show's many fantasy sequences, she does a slinky Broadway-style number that's highly reminiscent of Roger Rabbit's girlfriend.

Our thoughts? Not bad, although "sultry" may not be the best style for Katie -- she comes off kind of like a little girl playing dress-up. Check it out here, along with a more normal clip from the show.

Previously:
Wake Up and Smile

Wake Up And Smile: Katie Holmes Finally Discovers The Nadir Of Her Career

Bryan Christian — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 13:25:00 GMT

Yes, that's Joey Potter up there. What crummy hour-long drama got her to dress up like, um, what... Gwen Verdon playing Ava Gardner? Playing a drag queen? Click through for the answer -- plus news on How I Met Your Mother, Chuck, Meet The Press, Friday Night Lights' Gaius Charles, and that wicked "vampire Bush" picture that was behind the bar on True Blood Sunday.

-- Eli Stone, everyone! Eli Stone has dressed up Katie Holmes as some sort of ridiculous glamourjoke and undoubtedly given her something embarassing to say. Hooray for everyone! Would you like a stress test?

-- Tom Brokaw will still leave Meet The Press sometime following the election, which we knew, leaving Tim Russert's chair to be filled permanently by NBC's Political Director Chuck Todd and White House reporter David Gregory, which we basically also knew. What we couldn't have guessed is how silver-tongued Brokaw could be in talking around the many embarrassments that Keith Olbermann caused NBC/MSNBC this election year. Work that liquid L, Tommy.

-- Monday night was a ratings wash, with How I Met Your Mother, Terminator, Life, and Worst Week all suffering declines from last week or last year. Not even Josh Schwartz, whose creation Gossip Girl actually gained viewers, can claim a victory for the night; he also created Chuck, which is currently scheduled at the same time, and whichsaw its second season premiere fall 27% from its pilot.

-- Hey, a link to that excellent Village Voice cover that turned up in True Blood's Fangtasia last Sunday

-- Friday Night Lights star Gaius Charles (adorably) covers the Austin City Limits festival for Entertainment Weekly and fails to engineer a meeting between himself and Erykah Badu. We like how he just kinda "ran into" Minka Kelly, something we never seem able to do when we are back in the River City.

One More Way To Kill Off Izzie (This Time, Maybe, for Real)

Ben Kallen — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:24:00 GMT

Earlier this week, we helpfully suggested 10 ways in which Grey's Anatomy could kill off troublesome actress Katherine Heigl's character Dr. Isobel Stevens. The beautiful star of Knocked Up and 27 Dresses annoyed the show's staff by withdrawing from Emmy consideration last month, later saying she hadn't been given the "material" to warrant a nomination. And while the show's producers denied it, there were whispers that Izzie's end might soon be near.

Of course, we were kind of joking about the whole thing. But now there's word that creator Shonda Rhimes may have actually decided on a method of (possibly) getting rid of the perky underwear model-turned-surgeon. And it's... a brain tumor. (We know -- that's nowhere near as funny as our suggestions.)

According to US Weekly, the show may write the illness into next season's plot line, leaving it up in the air whether or not Izzie survives. "Shonda and the writers are pissed at her,” the source tells US. “It’s their way of screwing with her. She won’t know whether she’s going to live or die.”

Best of all, this will allow the show to bring back actor Jeffrey Dean Morgan in the role of Denny Duquette, the heart patient Izzie fell for -- and whose demise she may have hastened in an attempt to move him up on the transplant list, making her the worst doctor in the world. Izzie will interact with Denny in tumor-induced visions, kind of the same way the guy on Eli Stone keeps running into George Michael. The magazine says that ABC has confirmed that Morgan will be returning to the show.

We did get one thing right.... Another source tells the magazine that if this storyline happens, Heigl will finally have some Emmy-worthy material. Hope she remembers to submit her name this time around!

Photo: ABC

Previously:
Top 10 Ways Grey's Anatomy Should Kill Off Izzie

Rumor Mill: Katie Holmes to Guest Star on “Eli Stone”

Nicole Ankowski — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:29:00 GMT

Rumor has it that Katie Holmes has filmed an episode for Eli Stone’s second season. She was seen on-set Tuesday, along with hubby Tom Cruise and that adorable lil’ Suri. ”Katie was seen wearing black gloves the whole time and carrying around a Starbucks cup.” Mysterious!

Eli Stone is about a greedy lawyer who, after a series of odd visions (George Michael singing!) “finds himself at a crossroads between the man he has become and the man he wants to be.” Think it resonates with Katie? Come back to us, Joey Potter!

Katie Holmes To Guest Star On ‘Eli Stone’? [Just Jared]