November 28, 2007
Michael Vartan has been in the entertainment industry for almost two decades, but surprisingly, the 39-year-old actor claims he never dreamed of becoming an actor.
“I never wanted to act. To this day… it's the hardest thing I've ever done,” Vartan, who now stars on ABC's Big Shots, told Herald Sun. “It's very hard to be on screen with 30 people staring at you, a camera in your face, a boom up your rear end and another actor who half the time is fast asleep off camera and to pretend none of that's happening and cry and act like your mother's dying. That's a very hard thing to do.”
November 21, 2007
Fans of ABC's Big Shots will be relieved to know that dramedy has not been cancelled. Word comes from show star Christopher Titus himself, who told Hollyscoop TV that “the rumors of our demise are greatly exaggerated.”
Reports that Big Shots was canceled spread when the network pulled off the show last week and placed the new Angie Harmon-led drama, Women's Murder Club, in its post-Grey's Anatomy timeslot. This week, a sneak preview episode of October Road will be airing during Big Shots' hour, which means that the show will not return until next Thursday, November 29.
For the meantime, fans can tide themselves over with some spoilers for the upcoming episode of Big Shots.
November 8, 2007
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Working on a television series can make an actor overly ratings-conscious. Just ask Christopher Titus, one of the stars of ABC's drama, Big Shots. The 41-year-old actor-comedian told Access Hollywood last month that his costars Dylan McDermott and Joshua Malina are always on top of things when it comes to analyzing the show's ratings.
“The funniest thing is to watch on Friday morning when [McDermott and Malina] have their PDAs out and they're just going at it. They're trying to analyze the ratings,” Titus said. “Malina is such a nerd. Malina will come in, literally, everyday with a new article.”
October 25, 2007
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The scorching trail of blazes ravaging California since the weekend has claimed many victims in various ways. Some lives have been lost and properties have gone up in smoke, with damages now estimated to possibly go as high as a billion dollars. Aside from death and destruction, the raging inferno has also disrupted many businesses including the world of entertainment, where several television shows have been forced to cease production.
Shows like Cold Case, 24 and ABC's Big Shots have temporarily had to pack up due to the wildfire situation.
October 18, 2007
Michael Vartan, Dylan McDermott, Joshua Malina and Christopher Titus play dysfunctional executives who are the best of buddies on the new ABC series, Big Shots. It would have been a challenge to create the on-screen camaraderie their characters are supposed to share if the actors themselves didn't get on in a fashion. Fortunately for the freshman show, that is not a problem they have to tackle.
Off-screen, the four experienced actors actually do share a good chemistry that is not lacking in good-natured fun and humor.
October 12, 2007
Big Shots is not looking good. The ABC man drama, the Sex and the City clone, is having a hell of a time in the ratings. On the surface, the numbers may not seem too terrible. However, once you delve deep into what Big Shots did last night, things get ugly fast. Big Shots averaged around 10 million viewers, but from half-hour to half-hour the show lost an astonishing three million viewers. That means people were watching, gave the show a chance, and were then so disgusted that they had to turn their TV off. Of course, any show in the 10pm hour is going to lose viewers to sleep and whatnot, but losing almost a third of your audience does not bode well for your future. I watched the pilot of Big Shots (or tried to), and did the same thing: I stopped watching after a half hour. Besides that, the usual Thursday things went down last night. CSI, Grey's Anatomy, etcetera, etcetera.
October 11, 2007
Nia Long plays Katie Graham on ABC's new series, Big Shots. The Brooklyn-born, Iowa-raised actress was on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson Tuesday, where the Scottish talk show host grilled her on her personal life, dating rules and preferences.
Prior to joining Big Shots, Long was a regular on the police drama, Third Watch, as well as a guest on a few episodes on Boston Legal.
October 4, 2007
On ABC's new series, Big Shots, which debuted last Thursday, former Practice star, Dylan McDermott, plays a newly divorced corporate executive. Nowadays, the actor may be experiencing a case of life imitating art, as his 12-year marriage to actress Shiva Rose appears headed towards splitsville.
The 44-year old McDermott and the 38-year old Rose wed on November 19, 1995 and have two daughters, 11-year old Collette and two-year old Charlotte. McDermott's representative confirmed to People last Thursday that the pair have decided to call it quits.