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Here's what has been happening with thirtysomething lately: Nothing! It's been off the air for years! But I have compiled for you a few of the things that the people on thirtysomething have been doing recently:
Ah, the joy of the steady job: he was on The West Wing on NBC. Before that, he was on the short-lived 1996 ABC show Champs with Kevin Nealon. He also directed an episode of a TV show that aired on 17 May 2004, but for the life of me I can't remember the show! Right now he's a co-executive producer of the TV show Without A Trace. He also directs it from time to time, and plays the lawyer of one of the characters. I'm so glad this show is on the air. It airs opposite NBC's ER, which was good many years ago, but now pretty much stinks. So now not only do I have the pleasure of not watching ER, but I have the pleasure of watching something else that's on at the same time as ER, double-snubbing that snow. He's also been directing episodes of a number of TV shows. So it's true, you really can go from acting to directing--who knew? Aside from Ken Olin, also listed below. And Peter Horton.
Died 31 October 1995 in Los Angeles, of cancer.
He's was in another Herskovitz/Zwick production, Once And Again. Fortunately he played Miles Drentell, not another person, so we all now can be facinated in our dislike and love of Miles Drentell even more. In the last episodes of Once And Again last season, Miles said that he was on his death bed (not to mention the fact that he said this while actually on a bed), so maybe we'll never see him again. Then again, it could all be a scam to avoid prison time. The he went on to act on The Agency on CBS, a show about the CIA. He has one of those stupid beards, but the acting is the same and so it was great fun to watch him. It's a shame this show was cancelled, it had an eclectic cast and good stories.
Before O&A, he was co-starring in the CBS half-hour comedy Almost Perfect. He played a TV script writer who always wore black. The show aired Wednesdays at 8:30pm Eastern, and stared Nancy Travis. I loved this show, both because David Clennon has some great one-liners, and because Nancy Travis is just TOO cute. This show was the only new CBS show from that season to survive, but it was cancelled during its second season in mid-November, after airing only 3 or 4 episodes. More recently, he was in Mad City, a movie with John Travolta, Dustin Hoffman, Alan Alda and--catch this--Larry King.
Was starring in a half-hour comedy series on NBC called Something So Right. Three teenaged children were involved in this show that featured Harris as Carly Davis, a thrice-married woman just beginning her most recent marriage. This show was on NBC Tuesdays, 8:30pm Eastern, during the 1996-1997 season. NBC decided not to pick it up for a second season, so then the show moved to ABC. Turns 45 on 12 July 2002. She's in a new show that's just been picked up on NBC I believe, I'll check into that some more later.
He and Ed Zwick coproduced Once And Again, which was on ABC. A few years ago, he and Ed Zwick were coproducing "Relativity" on ABC. Somehow, they managed to get the very experienced Kimberly Williams to star in this show. Also, from MY so-called LIFE, another Herskovitz production, Devon Gummersall starred. The familiar Jason Katmis lorded over this Herskovitz/Zwick production. Saturdays, 10:00pm Eastern, 1996-1997 season.
Directed the movie "The Cure" and more recently, he played a documentary director on the Tom Hanks/HBO mini-series "From the Earth to the Moon." He had the misfortune to appear on an hour-long drama on FOX, which means it was cancelled after one season. The show was named Brimstone, and had two other misfortunes as well: some of the episodes were shown out of order (VERY confusing), and you actually had to pay attention to the show to follow it.
Sisters has finished its run on NBC, so she's free to do whatever she wants to. I saw her on a commercial for some sort of pain reliever, and she played quite the nasty person on an episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Strangely enough, the woman Elliott had an affair with on thirtysomething ended up playing Kalember's half-sister Dr. Charlotte Bennett during the last season of Sisters. Remember: every TV show ever made has some connection to thirtysomething. Or Sisters.
Directed an episode or two of the Fox hour-long detective show New York Undercover before moving on to be in the Wesley Snipes film Drop Zone. Scary.
Had the misfortune to appear on an hour-long drama on CBS, which means it was cancelled after one season. The drama was named L.A. Docs, and Ken Olin was "a doctor who opens a practice in Southern California," 10 P.M. eastern. In the last few episodes of the show he brought in his real-life wife, Patricia Wettig. Hey what's the worst they could do, cancel the show again?
Right now he's serving as an executive co-producer of the ABC television show Alias, which sometimes has his wife Patricia Wettig as a guest star. He also directs an episode from time to time. I'm amazed every time this show is renewed. I just can't believe that ABC would be interested in a show that requires the viewer to have some level of intelligence. Of course, in this case I'm talking about the Alias that existed before it aried right after the Superbowl a few years ago, not the current Alias.
Previously, he also appeared on CBS in the short-lived show "EZ Streets" as a one of a pair of "fiercely independent men living parallel lives on opposite sides of the law. Detective Cameron Quinn (Olin) is determined to prove that his dead partner wasn't corrupt." This was a really dark show, and it was a really good show, so CBS, naturally, cancelled it early in the season. Olin was also a co-producer of the failed pilot "Kansas," which starred his wife Patricia Wetting, who was also a co-producer of the show. The interior of the house on Kansas was the same set used on thirtysomething, with a few changes here and there. Wednesdays, 10pm Eastern, 1996-1997 season.
See the information above about her husband and about Kansas. She starred as Presiding Judge Justine Parkes on the short-lived CBS program "Courthouse." She decided to leave the show after the fourth episode, and it was cancelled immediately thereafter.
See the Herskovitz information above.
Sun Mar 12 23:07:58 EST 2006