FX Networks Big Risk With Sheen

First Published: January 15, 2012 3:03 PM EST Credit: Getty Images PASADENA, Calif. -- Caption Charlie Sheen is seen at Foxs All-Star Party at Castle Green in Pasadena, Calif. on January 8, 2012 The head of the FX network said Sunday he still hasnt seen a script for Charlie Sheens new sitcom Anger Management, which is due to premiere in June. Thats a little late, conceded John Landgraf, FX president and general manager. It illustrates the grand gamble made by the cable network, one with a potentially big payoff. FX usually produces its own series, and Landgraf said hes never ordered one without seeing a pilot episode, much less a script. Anger Management, loosely based on the 2003 movie about a troubled therapist who disrupts his patients lives, is produced by Debmar-Mercury, a subsidiary of the Lionsgate production company. Landgraf said he has faith in Bruce Helford, former producer of The Drew Carey Show and the creative force behind the new series. The executive said hes met with Sheen, and is confident the actor is trying to pull his life together following the drug-fueled meltdown that led to his firing from CBS Two and a Half Men. Charlie has 30 years of incredible professionalism under his belt, Landgraf said. He was respected by the crew of Two and a Half Men. Then he had probably the most epic meltdown in the history of television. But he really cares about the quality of his work. Successful television executives need to bet successfully on the right people to go into business with, and also the right time to go into business with them, he said. Sheen wants to do a show where he is navigating a complicated relationship with his daughter, much like he is doing in real life, Landgraf said. He said he wouldnt be interested in the show if Sheen did not exhibit some self-awareness of what hes gone through in life. I believe in redemption, he said. FX has ordered 10 episodes of Anger Management, and will pair it on the schedule with reruns of Two and a Half Men. It expects a strong debut for curiosity reasons. If it does well after that, FX will consider ordering 90 more, which would put FX in the lucrative business of being able to sell repeats of the show in syndication to other networks. Its all a bet, Landgraf said. Could I be spectacularly wrong about this bet? he asked. Yes. Copyright 2012 by The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

How Did One Existence to reside Finish? Watch the ultimate Scene!

One Existence To Reside Audiences stated goodbye to Llanview Friday when One Existence to reside ended after 44 years. Affirmed, the longtime ABC soap's final hour provided lots of drama - including several romantic family reunions along with a resurrection in the dead! Within the episode's final moments, Vicki (Erika Slezak) and Clint (Jerry verDorn) reunited permanently after Vicki found that Clint was the daddy of Jessica. In another a part of Llanview, Todd (Roger Howarth) and Blair (Kassie DePaiva ) finally joined together, only to obtain their romantic reunion rudely interrupted by John McBain, who had been there to arrest Todd for that murder of Victor The almighty Junior. But wait! Victor The almighty Junior. was revealed to become greatly alive and being held captive by resident villain Allison Perkins (Barbara Garrick). One Existence to reside alums to reprise figures on General Hospital Fortunately for fans, this is not the finish for Todd and Blair. Howarth and DePaiva are a couple of four stars who'll reprise their One Existence to reside roles on General Hospital, a move which was just introduced the 2009 week. Watch the ultimate scene here: ABC introduced that certain Existence to reside and all sorts of The Kids could be ending their network runs in April 2011. My Children covered with September and was changed through the daytime talk series The Chew. Another talk series, The Revolution, will require more than one Existence to Live's timeslot beginning Jan. 16. Exactly what do you think about One Existence to Live's closing scene?

Watercooler: Dance Moms-ster

Dance Moms My God, how is this lady still yelling? After remaining from a lot of the entire first season - the abrasive screaming lady inside the promotions scared the garbage from us in the Watercooler - we made a decision to appear in round the second-season premiere of Lifetime's Dance Moms last evening to find out the thing that was up. Calculates, a number of things you just can't unsee. Seconds to the episode, it increased being apparent the abrasive screaming lady, Abby Lee Burns, does only bellow near the top of her surely exhausted bronchi. Anybody unlucky enough to use her realm, kids, moms, probably drive-through clerks, is uncovered to her singular volume setting: Awful. Why any mother want this lady to choreograph their daughter, a more compact amount maintain the identical room together, is beyond us. This is not "tough love." It's borderline child abuse. But apparently winning Excellent (what they have to are) and creating "employable ballroom ballroom dancers" from overstressed 9-year-olds comprises for Abby Lee's wholesale inadequate human kindness. So let's all bow our heads and states a quick prayer for Kendall, the most recent part of the Abby Lee Dance and Future Trauma-Children Troupe. Because she's looking for a whole lot of woe making the crazypants chaos of Young children & Tiaras appear just like a tea party. For all of us? Please, we're ripping up our Dance card permanently. Perhaps you have watch last evening? How perhaps you have survive it? Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine now!

Castle: Will Ryan's Wedding Inspire a Castle-Beckett Coupling?

Castle For ABC's Castle, nothing comprises a marriage more memorable than murder. As Detective Kevin Ryan (Seamus Dever) prepares to got married along with his girlfriend Jennie (Dever's real-existence bride, Juliana) on Monday's episode (10/9c, ABC), the dying of the well-known Lothario derails the wedding planning. And things only worsen when Beckett (Stana Katic) and Castle (Nathan Fillion) learn that Jenny features a link to the womanizing victim. Convey more scoop inside your favorite shows inside our Winter TV preview "It's type of an amazing wrinkle," Dever notifies TVGuide.com. "What eventually eventually ends up happening is always that everyone else worries relating to this a little a lot more than Ryan does. Beckett and Castle are trying to guard good info from striking me, and ultimately, they type of underestimate my ability to handle that information." Do not expect that demonstrate give Ryan cold foot. "It's nice to find out among [the figures] in the stable relationship," Dever states. "In my opinion it's awesome because everyone else reaches consider what Ryan has. I believe that it is something which my character has, the nice little space we've produced out for Kevin Ryan." Indeed, creator Andrew W. Marlowe states that around the demonstrate that so heavily is dependent on its leads' will-they-won't-they sexual tension, it's helpful to experience a couple that will. "It is necessary, not just for your audience, along with the figures inside the show to experience a touchstone from the products they could goal for," Marlowe states. "They need to see something that's functional and happy." See the relaxation in the news on TVGuide.com So, will watching Ryan's wedded bliss help push Castle and Beckett closer toward their unique functional, happy relationship? "They're thinking about how it's want to be at another wedding and be single," Dever states. "There's that, 'Why can't we just surrender to those feelings that everybody knows each of them have?' ... Or even they'll no less than admit a number of things. Something's arrived at happen." Adds Marlowe: "We're searching at figures that are trying to find their other halves around. And they have found each other to some degree, nonetheless they haven't fully dedicated to it. Causeing this to be part of the journey." Castle airs Mondays at 10/9c on ABC.

Pan Am Exclusive Sneak Peek: Look Who's Back!

Karine Vanasse and Mike Vogel, Pan Am After months of will-they-or-won't-they tension on Pan Am, Dean (Mike Vogel) and Colette (Karine Vanasse) finally seem to be on the same page. After all, she even met his parents last month. What could possibly go wrong? Um, well, his ex-girlfriend Bridget (Annabelle Wallis) -- who went MIA after he proposed to her -- could resurface. Hopefully she's taken these last few months to think of a quasi-good explanation for standing him up. Watch full episodes of Pan Am Check out this exclusive clip: Why is Bridget back? Hit the comments with your theories! Pan Am airs Sundays at 10/9c on ABC.

Friday Night Lights' Michael B. Jordan Lands Guest Spot on House

Michael B. Jordan Friday Night Lights star Michael B. Jordan has landed a guest role on Fox's House, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Jordan, who recently recurred on Parenthood, will play a patient at Princeton-Plainsboro. Check out the rest of today's news The 24-year-old actor initially tweeted about his new job on Tuesday: "on my way to @FoxBraodcasting... time to put in work #House." However, he quickly unpublished the breaking news tweet after he apparently got scolded by the network. Jordan later tweeted: "My bad @foxbroadcasting... Now I know never to tweet before the studio approves." House returns Monday, Jan. 9 at 9/8c on Fox.

Rachel McAdams Romance Tip: Only Date Former Co-Stars

First Published: January 3, 2012 4:29 PM EST Credit: Glamour LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Caption Rachel McAdams on the February 2012 cover of Glamour magazineRachel McAdams might be known for heating up the big screen with some of Hollywoods hottest leading men, but the actress doesnt date her co-stars at least, not until theyve finished working together. A set may seem like a good place for romance, but I dont think its very conducive, the 33-year-old star told Glamour magazines February issue. Rachel is currently dating British actor Michael Sheen, who she co-starred with in Midnight in Paris. Its too distracting. Every relationship Ive had with a coworker has come after the fact, because you wind up actually spending a lot of time with those people promoting the movie, she explained. The actress next project, The Vow, where she plays a married woman suffering from amnesia alongside Channing Tatum, initially concerned the star. I was worried we might not [have chemistry,] because we were more like brother and sister, like buds, she told the mag. Channing is very outgoing, very kind and a lot of fun to work with. As for Rachels crushes on fellow actors, the big screen beautys heart beats for a few men from her youth. I loved soap operas when I was young, so Antonio Sabato Jr. and Maurice Benard from General Hospital. And who could forget Josh Brolin in The Goonies? The Vow hits theaters on February 10. Copyright 2012 by NBC Universal, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.