On Thu, 13 Mar 2008 08:41:00 -0400, "Sharon Too"
<askformyaddy@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>'ER' to court former stars for final season
>Mar 12, 2008, 06:29 AM | by Lynette Rice
>
>http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2008/03/will-clooney-an.html
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>
>We might just have the writers' strike to thank for bringing George
Clooney
>back to the ER! Yep, you read that right; NBC, facing a shortened
>development season brought on by the 100-day labor dispute, is in the
final
>stages of renewing ER for a 15th season next fall. The reprieve has
prompted
>executive producers John Wells and David Zabel to make ambitious plans
for
>what (finally) appears to be the drama's last season. "We want to revisit
>characters that have existed on the show over the years and say where
they
>are now," says Zabel of stars like Clooney (Doug) and Julianna Margulies
>(Carol).
We already know where Carol is. She got fed up with medicine and
became a lawyer.
And we know where Doug is. He is following in the footsteps of the
governor of New York.
"We'd love to get them all back in some way, but that doesn't mean
>we're going to. But we're gonna try."
>He's already guaranteed a visit by at least one alumnus: Noah Wyle will
>reprise his role as Dr. Carter for four episodes next season. Goran
Visnjic
>(Kovac) is also expected to make a return engagement. "The toughest will
be
>getting Tony Edwards because his character is dead,"
"That shouldn't be a problem, right Mr. Spock?"
"That shouldn't be a problem, right Buffy?"
Or they bring in the ghost of his character.
Or maybe Alison Dubois drops in for a visit.
Or maybe John Edwards visits the ER.
>In the meantime, Zabel will keep the ER buzzing for the remaining six
>outings this season by bringing on Aida Turturro (The Sopranos) for a
>three-week stint as a patient and adding a hot new doc (possibly an
unknown
>actor from Australia) who's supposed to make Dr. Gates (John Stamos) look
>like a plain white-coat. "He'll be a ***y rake,
As someone who has spent many an hour raking leaves in the fall I have
to ask how in the world can a rake be ***y?
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