Ally McBeal (tv program)

As half of the most famous gay couple in the country, Portia de Rossi is still working to decipher the mixed messages American culture is sending her way right now. On the one hand, the actress' marriage to talk-show queen Ellen DeGeneres has won...

Loretta Devine could be starring in a legal drama next fall -- just not the one she starred in this fall. Devine, who's coming off "Eli Stone" at ABC, has joined the cast of David E. Kelley's pilot "Legally Mad" at NBC, according to The Hollywood...

If eloping isn't in your future, "The Wedding Bells" may have a welcome ring. Much-honored television uber-producer David E. Kelley is turning from law shows ("Boston Legal," "The Practice," "Ally McBeal") to the world of wedding planners with his latest...

Lucy Liu and Bonnie Somerville have signed onto ABC's pilot "Cashmere Mafia," completing the quartet of lead roles in the Darren Star project. The two actresses join Miranda Otto and Frances O'Connor in the show, which is about the friendship between...

"You should have gone to law school." Those were the wise, if condescending, words of our parental units upon seeing our paycheck from this gig. And though we're hesitant to listen to anyone who thinks microwaveable popcorn is an acceptable...

We all know I'm totally and completely in love with TV. And sometimes TV loves me right back And last week was one of those times. How else do you explain that both Ian Ziering and Joey Fatone are going to be on "Dancing with the Stars." It has to be...

Former "Ally McBeal" star Jane Krakowski is getting back into the TV-series game, courtesy of Lorne Michaels, Tina Fey and "30 Rock." Krakowski has joined the cast of the new NBC comedy, playing the star of a fictional variety show run by writer Liz...

THE E! reality series that follows a group of blond, scantily clad tanning bed operators, "Sunset Tan," has inspired a clothing line. That's right, come September, salons in the Sunset Tan chain will begin selling premium jeans, velour sweatsuits and...

In these last few days before Emmy eligibility ends May 31, TV networks have differing play strategies. Some air new programs right up until the cutoff -- some even afterward, like shrewd HBO and Showtime wrapping up the seasons of "The Sopranos" and...

A host of familiar names, including former "Dawson's Creek" star James Van Der Beek, Heather Locklear, Joe Pantoliano and Ron Livingston, are among the latest actors signing up for pilot duty. Former "Desperate Housewives" regular Steven Culp and Peter...

"Everwood" creator Greg Berlanti is stepping in, at least informally, to the showrunner void on ABC's new drama "Brothers & Sisters." Berlanti, who signed a development deal with ABC and sister studio Touchstone TV earlier this month, has been working...

Cary Elwes, recently seen as the young Pope John Paul II on CBS, is angling for his first regular role on a TV series with the NBC pilot "Sky." Elsewhere on the casting front, former "Ally McBeal" star Greg Germann and Kelly Hu ("X2") have signed onto...