In article <13ti86tkf6qr8f8@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, "Sharon Too"
<askformyaddy@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> 'ER' to court former stars for final season
> Mar 12, 2008, 06:29 AM | by Lynette Rice
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> 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'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," says Zabel,
laughing.
> That's a little tricky, but there are ways to do it that we've thought
> about. Even if it were like a lost episode from 1996 featuring him and
> Wyle."
>
> 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, a devil you can't
resist,"
> explains Zabel, adding, "A dynamic new character has the ability to
motivate
> everybody, though it's easy to get excited about next season considering
it
> will be the last."
At the moment there's only one "old character" that is definitely
returning (according to Entertainment Tonight anyway)
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Carter (Noah Wyle) is signed up for a few episodes, which may or may
not include the very last one.
Maybe he finally marries Abby and they all live happily ever after. ;-)
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