Poor Annie! She went on a trip to Stockholm in December but wound-up in a crazy shoot-out, had to finally tell her sister that she worked for the CIA, had a thing for someone at work who's blind, and now, her new boss at the CIA is a smart and savvy IU grad? (Sarah Clarke) Annie Walker's life only gets more complicated tonight on the season premiere of USA's Covert Affairs at 10 p.m. Eastern; #PiperPerabo, #CovertAffairs

Christopher Gorham on WhoSay
Christopher Gorham on WhoSay



CovertAffairsOnUSA video: Covert Affairs - Season 2 Recap and Season 3 Sneak Peek. June 21, 2012. http://youtu.be/VINgJImISFg

So our favorite CIA operative, adorable and moxie-filled Annie, went on a combination business trip/vacation to Stockholm in December with her sister Danielle, but no sooner was she out of the terminal at Arlanda when she gets a phone call from Langley saying that there'd been change in plans.


After all sorts of adventures in Stockholm and the archipelago, with some excellent shots of the scenery, Annie winds-up in a crazy shoot-out with an assassin and finally has to tell her sister that she works for the CIA as an operative, had a thing for someone at work who's blind... 


Watch that full episode, 216, Letter Never Sent at: http://www.usanetwork.com/videos/Covert%20Affairs/vid:17546537


And now her new boss at the CIA is a smart and savvy IU grad? (Sarah Clarke)

Annie Walker's life only gets more complicated tonight on the season premiere of USA's Covert Affairs at 10 p.m. Eastern. Yes, after the season premiere of White Collar, also another favorite of ours, as tonight starts this summer's heated White Collar vs. Rizzoli & Isles battle. 


CovertAffairsOnUSA video: Covert Affairs, Season 3 Premiere - Hang On To Yourself, June 27, 2012. http://youtu.be/9CZsVVqUwJQ


Lena Smith (Sarah Clarke) makes her pitch to Annie (Piper Perabo)


CovertAffairsOnUSA video: Covert Affairs, Season 3 - Hang On To Yourself, Clip 3. July 2, 2012. http://youtu.be/WOcVAU63ANw



CovertAffairsOnUSA video: Piper Perabo interview about Season Three. 


http://www.usanetwork.com/series/covertaffairs/


http://www.youtube.com/user/CovertAffairsOnUSA

Sasha Alexander & Angie Harmon, America's savviest, sexiest and most-likable TV crime fighters, return Tuesday night as Rizzoli & Isles returns to TNT for Season 3 at 9 pm Eastern. Love #rizzoliandisles

KTTV FOX 11 Los Angeles' Good Day LA: Sasha Alexander of TNT's Rizzoli & Isles, June 4, 2012. http://youtu.be/nC9FCsVvgYY



Sasha Alexander & Angie Harmon, America's savviest, sexiest and most-likable TV crime fighters, return Tuesday night as Rizzoli & Isles returns to TNT for Season 3 at 9 pm Eastern, the first of 15 new episodes.


On Tuesday afternoon, TNT is re-running six episodes from Season 2 from 3 p.m. until the Season 3 premiere at 9 p.m. Eastern. The encore is at 11 p.m. 





ABC-TV's The View: Angie Harmon of TNT's Rizzoli & Isles, June 4, 2012.
http://youtu.be/H5aVeodTfH0

 

TNT video: Rizzoli & Isles, Season Two Rewind
http://www.tntdrama.com/video/?oid=312570&eref=sharethisUrl

http://www.tntdrama.com/series/rizzoliandisles/


http://www.youtube.com/user/RizzoliIslesTNT


http://twitter.com/#!/tessgerritsen


http://twitter.com/#!/JaneRizzoli  @JaneRizzoli


We all know from all the TNT promos and teasers that Jane and Maura are on the outs after Jane changed her mind and might've shot Maura's criminal father, Paddy in the Season 2 finale, leading Maura to get all primal on Jane.


My own intuition -and knowledge of how TV dramas like to resolve things- tells me that as the first few episodes develop and the facts emerge, it'll become clear that that it wasn't bullets from Jane's gun that did the deed but rather bullets from the gun of Jane's love-interest on the DL, FBI Agent Dean. 
Which will be how and why the Internal Affairs folks come into the picture and "out" their relationship.








Did I mention yet that a few months ago, I was part of TNT's focus group that -theoretically at least - helped shape the  direction of the print ads for Rizzoli & Isles this season? 
There were some really good ones and some ones that seemed, well, not quite so inspired.
In any case, when they start showing-up in the usual media sources, I'll comment here from time-to-time on the news ones, since I kept notes on what I originally thought of the various renderings we were given to examine, and how they ranked among the ones I graded.

I nixed almost all of the more egregiously gun or handcuff-oriented ones -like what Kanal 9 uses in Sweden- just because they seemed to remind me of silly Grade B film ads from the 1960's and '70's, or seemed designed to appeal to people who aren't already watching the show.


While every show always likes to add viewers, at this point, since they have a winning formula and are getting very good ratings and have advertisers very interested in being associated with  the show, I think their priority ought to stay on making the show more consistent and on keeping their present viewers happy and properly motivated, not expending energy trying to get new viewers by portraying the show as something it's not.

Meanwhile, Angie Harmon has been making great use of that killer smile and killer body while 

production was dark on the Rizzoli & Isles set...

Craig Morgan- This Ole Boy (Official music video) features Angie Harmon. January 9, 2012. http://youtu.be/59q432IKIpI


Given what I've written here in the past about how much I like the stars and the show, it probably won't surprise you to learn that I'd watch this even if it were a silent film...

Above, beautiful and talented -and like me, Texas-born- Angie on the cover of the September 2000 Texas Monthly, which I bought when I still lived in Arlington County, VA -and was flying pretty frequently. The particulars are that I bought it in August of 2000 while I was at a Walmart located on the drive from DFW Airport to Sulphur Spings, halfway between Dallas and Texarkana on I-30, for a fabulous-but-hot weekend that featured the wedding of my dear friend, Shannon.

That weekend, when the Cowboys lost to the Eagles, it averaged between 110 and 115 degrees.

Read the Angie article at: http://www.texasmonthly.com/preview/2000-09-01/feature2

When TNT's 'Lady Law' knocks, open the door! HBB faves The Closer and Rizzoli & Isles return tonight to amuse and delight us -and boy do we need it!

When TNT's 'Lady Law' knocks, open the door! HBB faves The Closer and Rizzoli & Isles return tonight to amuse and delight us -and boy do we need it!

The Closer's 7th season continues tonight with the first of the five last episodes in the series on TNT tonight at 9 p.m., as we begin to suffer premature Kyra Sedgwick withdrawal.

"Thank you."

The repeat is at 11 p.m.

As most of you who follow the show probably know by now, TNT intends to spin-off Mary McDonnell's character of Capt. Sharon Raydor in their upcoming new series "Major Crimes."

As of now, I'm not quite sure when that will air, as they may wish to put it on right before the London 2012 Olympics airs late next summer on NBC's myriad outlets, and then come back in the fall. That's what I'd do if I was programming the network.

Season 2 of Rizzoli & Isles – returns tonight at 10 p.m. as "basic cable’s most-watched drama" with longtime Hallandale Beach Blog favorites Angie Harmon and Sasha Alexander as crime-solving sleuths for the Boston Police Department, with lovely Sasha as the drop-dead gorgeous and brainy forensics genius, below, to Angie's "Old School" moxie-filled detective.

Screen grab of Sasha Alexander by South Beach Hoosier.

To quote myself, "Love, Love, Love them!"

Their rapport is spot-on fabulous!

The show repeats at Midnight and then on Tuesday at 11 p.m.

FYI: Angie Harmon and Sasha Alexander will be tweeting during tonight's new episode! See http://twitter.com/#!/RizzoliIslesTNT for more details, or ask a question directly to them @Angie_Harmon & @SashaAlexander1.

Need to catch up, see the Rizzoli & Isles - Season 2 Mid-Season Rewind

http://youtu.be/NAbqO02-ofU

If you haven't already heard, TNT is already hard at work producing a drama for next summer called "Perception,"starring Eric McCormack, Rachael Leigh Cook, Arjay Smith and Hallandale Beach Blog fave Kelly Rowan, who so famously played Kirsten, USA's Covert Affairs' Peter Gallagher's on-screen wife in The O.C., a show I loved and never missed because of the clever and knowing dialogue.

And seriously, Rachel Bilson dressed-up as Wonder Woman to surprise Seth?

Both brilliant AND priceless!

Rachel Bilson as Wonder Woman in Fox-TV's "The O.C."

http://youtu.be/SnZ70Q4SN2g

According to TNT's official press release -I'm on their mailing list and a member of their Inner Circle- Perception centers on McCormack as "an eccentric neuroscientist who helps solve complex criminal cases."

In Perception, McCormack plays Dr. Daniel Pierce, a neuroscientist and professor recruited to help the federal government crack difficult cases. His intimate knowledge of human behavior and masterful understanding of the mind give him an extraordinary ability to read people, but his eccentric view of the world and less-than-stellar social skills can often interfere with his work.

When I last saw McCormack on TV it was in one of the all-time classic episodes of USA's Monk, "Mr. Monk's 100th Case," as a TV host profiling Adrian's eccentric method of crime-solving. That episode was on IOn TV recently.

Hmm-m.. eccentric? Sounds familiar, no?

My last two post on these two shows were:

1.) July 12, 2010, Sasha Alexander fans rejoice! Sasha and Angie Harmon in Rizzoli & Isles finally premieres tonight on TNT at 10 pm and 12:05 a.m. Eastern, http://hallandalebeachblog.blogspot.com/2010/07/sasha-alexander-fans-rejoice-sasha-and.html

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2.) JULY 11, 2011, Oh, how I've missed you! Sasha Alexander & Angie Harmon's Rizzoli & Isles, and Kyra Sedgwick & Co.'s The Closer are back to delight us again tonight!

http://hallandalebeachblog.blogspot.com/2011/07/oh-how-ive-missed-you-sasha-alexander.html

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TNT's YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/tntweknowdrama

TNT webspage for The Closer:

http://www.tnt.tv/series/closer/

The Closer YouTube Channel:

http://www.youtube.com/show/thecloser

TNT's webpage for Rizzoli & Isles

http://www.tnt.tv/series/rizzoliandisles/

Rizzoli & Isles YouTube Channel:

http://www.youtube.com/show/rizzoliandisles

TNT's YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/tntweknowdrama

http://twitter.com/#!/Angie_Harmon

http://twitter.com/#!/SashaAlexander1

Oh, how I've missed you! Sasha Alexander & Angie Harmon's Rizzoli & Isles, and Kyra Sedgwick & Co.'s The Closer are back to delight us again tonight!

TV Guide magazine video: Rizzoli & Isles secrets! Angie Harmon and Sasha Alexander tell all!

http://youtu.be/hFVAgigLbzo

Two of my favorite TV shows, TNT's Rizzoli & Isles and The Closer are FINALLY back tonight after what seems like forever. Or years.

Well, that is, it would seem like years if I didn't habitually watch the repeats, with Rizzoli & Isles having been run on TNT the past few weeks late night to remind people why it was the second-highest ranking cable TV show debut ever when it aired last year.

Watching Sasha Alexander & Angie Harmon's smart and knowing banter and sarcasm, and Kyra Sedgwick's spot-on quirky-meets-savvy-genius leading a team of LAPD detectives to solve an inexplicable mystery is always a treat for me.

They are two of the few TV shows that I never miss or watch while on the computer, since so much of what is conveyed on them is thru facial cues, not unlike some of the best moments of MASH.

You completely miss that element of familiarity if you're on the computer.

Above, a screenshot I took of Season One's finale which was repeated last week on TNT, where Maura (Sasha Alexander, right) has come over to the apt. of Jane (Angie Harmon) to help watch over her, after a perilous situation at the police station where they were held hostage. A few seconds after this scene, where Jane tried to tell Maura how to shoot after Maura has gone over the specs, the following dialogue occurs:

Laura (to Jane) while pointing the gun towards an imaginary miscreant: "Jane, do I look like a bad ass?"

Jane (responding and chuckling while walking to the kitchen):

"Yeah, you look like a bad ass."

How can you not love a show where they say that?

TNT video: Sasha Alexander gives us a tour of the new Season Two sets geared around her character, Maura Isles

http://www.tnt.tv/dramavision/index.jsp?oid=104709&eref=sharethisUrl

TNT video:Go behind the scenes of an intense sequence on the set of Rizzoli & Isles and see how the cast train to make the action as realistic as possible.

http://www.tnt.tv/dramavision/index.jsp?oid=104711&eref=sharethisUrl

See more interesting videos at the official homepage as Season Two begins tonight at 10 p.m.:

http://www.tnt.tv/series/rizzoliandisles/

The season premiere of Rizzoli & Isles repeats Tuesday night at 8 p.m.

The seventh year of The Closer begins tonight at 9 p.m. and like everyone else, I'm eager to see what the repercussions are of Brenda's deliberate decision to drop-off a murdering gang-banger back in the 'hood where everyone knows that he robbed and killed someone at a neighborhood store that was off-limits for the warring gangs.
Earlier, he had conned Brenda and her Major Case Squad of detectives back at the station in a case involving three dead soldiers back from the war outside a night club, including his twin brother.
He got a plea deal for his cooperation, but afterwards, he revealed that he was the one who pulled the trigger at the store.

TNT video: Watch an exclusive overview of Season 7 of The Closer featuring interviews with cast and crew.

http://www.tnt.tv/dramavision/index.jsp?oid=104416&eref=sharethisUrl

More behind-the-scenes videos at The Closer homepage:

http://www.tnt.tv/series/closer/

Sasha Alexander fans rejoice! Sasha and Angie Harmon in Rizzoli & Isles finally premieres tonight on TNT at 10 pm and 12:05 a.m. Eastern

Above, Angie Harmon as Jane Rizzoli and Sasha Alexander as Maura Isles in TNT's Boston-set drama series Rizzoli & Isles, based on Tess Gerritsen's best-selling novels. Rizzoli & Isles premieres tonight at 10 pm and 12:05 a.m. Eastern, after the season premiere of The Closer.
I've been a fan of Sasha ever since she popped-up on my radar on Dawson's Creek.

http://www.tnt.tv/title/display/?oid=56370

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1551632/

http://www.tessgerritsen.com/blog/

Below, the beautiful and talented Texas-born actress Angie Harmon on the cover of Texas Monthly, September 2000, back when I still lived in Arlington County, VA and was flying pretty frequently.
I bought it in August of 2000 at a Wal-Mart that was located on the drive from DFW Airport to distant Sulphur Spings, halfway between Dallas and Texarkana on I-30, for a fabulous-but-hot weekend that featured the wedding of a dear friend.
That weekend, it averaged between 110 and 115 degrees.


See the article at http://www.texasmonthly.com/preview/2000-09-01/feature2

When I tell you that every fifth woman in that Wal-Mart looked like a future Miss Texas, I do not lie.
My friend and I were positively mesmerized!

Don't Mess With Texas! U.S.P.S.'s 1995 Texas Statehood Sesquicentennial Stamp