July 8, 2008
On the heels of the death of Stanley Kamel, who played the cranky yet incredibly patient shrink Dr. Charles Kroger on Monk, the Emmy Award-winning police procedural dramedy will be enlisting a new therapist for Tony Shalhoub's obsessive compulsive character.
Joining Monk for season 7, which kicks off on July 18, is none other than Emmy-winning and Golden Globe-nominated Hector Elizondo. The 71-year-old actor has participated in over 80 movies, including Pretty Woman, The Princess Diaries and The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement, where he played the head of the queen's security service and eventual love interest to Julie Andrews's character. On TV, he is credited for his roles as Dr. Phillip Watters on Chicago Hope, and most recently as Pancho Duque on Cane.
May 27, 2008
Brad Garrett has become a household name as one of the stars of the long-running sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond and his most recent show 'Til Death. Now, the 48-year-old actor will be branching out to yet another comedy series. This time, however, it comes with a touch of police procedural drama.
The ‘Til Death actor has just sign on to appear on Monk's upcoming seventh season, which is expected to premiere on July 18. According to TV Guide, Garrett is set to play a handyman who helps Monk lead star Tony Shalhoub with his home renovations.
May 7, 2008
NBC has decided to pull out Sunday night repeats of Monk and Psych, television shows that are originally broadcast on the USA Network. According to an updated schedule released by the network, the two shows will be replaced by a two-hour block of The Office, at least for the next two weekends.
The switch, which isn't that surprising given that both Monk and Psych didn't post good numbers, brings to a close NBC Universal's strike-era programming stunt of giving USA Network's top-rated series a shot on the broadcast network.
April 9, 2008
Actor Stanley Kamel, whose most prominent role was as Adrian Monk's psychiatrist on the USA comedy Monk, passed away yesterday at the age of 65. According to Access Hollywood, his agents found him in his California home, dead from a likely heart attack.
Though never a huge star, Kamel found steady work in Tv and movies for five decades. In all that time, it was his recent role as Monk's cranky yet incredibly patient shrink that gained him the most fame. Appearing in more than 40 episodes, starting with the shows pilot, Kamel's Dr. Charles Kroger was a staple of the show.
January 11, 2008
Tonight, Monk's sixth season resumes with an episode called "Mr. Monk Joins a Cult," and who better to guest star in a series about an obsessive-compulsive private investigator than Deal or No Deal host Howie Mandel, who, funnily enough, suffers from OCD in real life.
For those who want to find out more about Monk's midseason premiere, read on for a preview and some mild spoilers.
December 18, 2007
NBC, the network in the worst shape going into the writers in regards to quantity of available original content, are bringing two of their cable series up to the big leagues. USA, a member of the ever-expanding NBC Universal clan, will see both Monk and Psych move from the relative anonymity of basic cable to network television in March 2008. The series will air on NBC Sunday nights. Both Monk and Psych will be airing original episodes on USA beginning this January. Those new episodes will the be re-purposed for NBC and re-aired on the mother network beginning in March.
December 7, 2007
USA's Monk may be on hiatus until January but that doesn't mean that the network can't give its fans a treat this holiday season. Tonight, the Emmy Award-winning comedy drama will be airing a brand new episode entitled “Mr. Monk and the Man Who Shot Santa,” which is expected to deliver its usual brand of silly humor with a Christmas twist.
In “Mr. Monk and the Man Who Shot Santa,” Monk becomes a social pariah when he finds himself in a showdown with Santa Claus. Comedy ensues as he attempts to foil for a larger criminal plot just in time for Christmas.
September 14, 2007
Tony Shalhoub as Adrian Monk, the defective detective, suffers from insomnia on tonight's season finale entitled “Mr. Monk Is Up All Night.” In typical Monk fashion, the REM-deprived Adrian manages to dive into another mystery as he struggles to regain his ability to slumber.
When Monk collides with an unfamiliar woman on the street, his nocturnal habits are thrown into chaos and the obsessive-compulsive sleuth is unable to sleep for days. Short of driving even a home shopping network host insane, Monk visits his shrink, Dr. Charles Kroger, played by Stanley Kamel.