December 24, 2007
Check out all our lists for BuddyTV's Top 7 of '07 to relive the best and the worst of the year in television.
John Kubicek ranked Damages 2nd. He says...
No one is more surprised than I that when I put together my top shows of 2007 list, the FX drama Damages not only made it, but came in as the second best show of the year. When I first saw the pilot, I was instantly in love with the complex tale of a ruthless corporate lawyer named Patty Hewes (Glenn Close) trying to take down rich CEO Arthur Frobisher (Ted Danson). From the start, the two were engaged in combat, a real life chess match in which their friends, families and associates are all merely pawns.
December 13, 2007
The nominations for the 65th annual Golden Globe Awards were announced this morning, and in the television categories, there's a good chance you haven't seen most of the nominees unless you have cable. But unlike other awards shows where HBO is the cable giant, this year's nominees come from a wide variety of cable networks.
FX's Damages led all TV shows with a total of four nominations, while shows like AMC's Mad Men about ad executives in the 1960s and Showtime's Californication about a struggling, self-destructive writer and The Tudors about Henry VIII, all received multiple nominations. Meanwhile, established network hits like Heroes, Lost, Desperate Housewives and 24 were completely shut out. Continue reading for the full list of TV series nominees.
November 12, 2007
Good news for people who like quality television: FX has renewed its legal thriller Damages for not one but two additional seasons. The news comes nearly three weeks after season 1 ended, and those interested in more adventures of unscrupulous lawyer Patty Hewes and Associates will be in store for at least 26 more intense episodes.
The critically acclaimed series never had the same ratings success as fellow FX dramas Nip/Tuck or Rescue Me, but that hasn't stopped the network for giving it the greenlight. While cable channels like HBO are in a state of flux without marquee programs like The Sopranos, FX has built an arsenal of some of the finest television you're likely to see.
October 23, 2007
Tonight at 10pm, FX will air the first season finale of what is easily the best show from the last three months. When Damages, the Glenn Close legal thriller, first premiered, I sang its praises because the pilot was near perfect, brilliantly setting up the labyrinthine plots that played out over the first season. Though the subsequent episodes lagged a bit, around mid-season the show hit its stride, delivering powerful performances and top-notch storytelling.
October 15, 2007
Most people know Glenn Close as a movie star, but fans of FX know her as a great TV actress as well. After a season-long stint on The Shield, Close graduated to becoming the star of FX's new legal thriller Damages, which airs its penultimate episode tomorrow night at 10pm on FX. Close plays Patty Hewes, a hard-nosed lawyer whose firm is prosecuting corporate CEO Arthur Frobisher (Ted Danson). Along the way, there's plenty of betrayal and murder.
Glenn Close held a conference call this morning to discuss her initial decision to star on Damages and what the inspiration is for her ruthless character Patty Hewes..
October 12, 2007
The FX drama Damages may not be setting ratings records, but the intriguing cat-and-mouse game between corporate lawyer Patty Hewes (Glenn Close) and her team against corrupt businessman Arthur Frobisher (Ted Danson) is coming to a boil. With only two episodes left, the mysteries are coming to a close, and star Tate Donovan, who plays Hewes' associate Tom Shayes, help a conference call to discuss the show.
Donovan brought up several key issues, and though he didn't confirm yet that a second season will happen, he assures viewers that the Frobisher case and the murder of David Connor will all be settled by the end of the final episode. However, he also promises an amazing set-up for a possible season 2. Read on to find out Donovan's thoughts on co-stars Glenn Close and Rose Byrne, as well as his take on why The O.C. plummeted in the ratings after his character, Jimmy Cooper, was written off the show.