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August 23rd, 2008

After playing Dexter badass Doakes, Erik King signs on to play … a drag queen!

Perhaps fearing he’ll be typecast as the tough-as-nails cop in the future, actor Erik King has taken a a role in an off-Broadway show that’s about 180-degrees from Sgt. Doakes, who he portrayed with such verve on the first two seasons of Dexter.
King recently joined the cast of Wig Out!, a drama about two competing […]

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August 21st, 2008

Dexter’s Lauren Velez reveals details about Season 3

Now that we’re only about five weeks away from the premiere of Dexter Season 3, the stars are out promoting the show. The lovely Lauren Velez, who plays Lt. Maria Laguerta, stopped by the studio at TV Guide’s Hollywood 411 to spill some of the deets. She stayed fairly general, so no big spoilers […]

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August 9th, 2008

Michael C. Hall video and audio interviews about Dexter

The marvelous Michael C. Hall sat for an interview with Amazon.com staffer Jordan Thompson this week. As always, Hall is thoughtful and well spoken as he muses about Dexter in the 9-minute chat:
• Moral ambiguity attracted him to the serial-killer-with-a-code role: “We’re used to characters on television, or otherwise, wearing a black hat or […]

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August 5th, 2008

Details from Dexter session at Comic-Con

So, Showtime Fan’s one potential hook-up for the Dexter panel at San Diego Comic-Con bailed when she saw how freaking long the line was to get in. We forgive her, though we’re a little bummed.
In any case, we’ve got this hot video tease to Season 3, which looks fantastic.

And thankfully, a few other bloggers were […]

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July 27th, 2008

TCA party red carpet: Dexter

The red carpet footage from the TV critics association party shows Jaime Murray schmoozing like crazy. She’s easy to spot in the hot red number she’s wearing (much classier looking than the ragged cutoffs the costume department gave her as Lila last season).
Among other Hollywood personalities, Murray chatted up The O.C.’s Autumn Reeser, Lost’s Marsha […]

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July 21st, 2008

Showtime stars and creators dish details about new seasons of Weeds, Californication and Dexter!

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In the final days of the TV critics association press extravaganza in Beverly Hills, Showtime invited the creators and stars of some of its hottest series for a little Q&A with reporters and bloggers. Sadly, the Showtime Fan staff couldn’t get time off from our day jobs to attend. But we’ve still got […]

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July 17th, 2008

Emmy nominations: Weeds, Dexter, This American Life and more

Dexter may be Showtime’s best shot at primetime Emmy glory this year, though several other original series got the nod when the awards nominations were announced today. Dexter scored noms for best drama series and best actor for Michael C. Hall’s portrayal of Dexter Morgan.
Weeds‘ Mary-Louise Parker is up for best actress in a comedy […]

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July 14th, 2008

Dexter momentum builds as Comic-Con appearance approaches

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Dexter’s third season is still a ways off, but attention for the series has ticked up recently as fan-boys and fan-girls prepare for San Diego’s Comic-Con.
The cast and creators will be on hand July 24 at the entertainment bonanza. According to the Comic-Con […]

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July 10th, 2008

Dexter exec producer to bring Exterminators from comic book page to Showtime screen

Sara Colleton, one of the exec producers behind uber-successful Showtime series Dexter, is slated to bring the network a screen adaptation of the comic The Exterminators.
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The Hollywood Reporter has it that Colleton, pictured at left with fellow execs Bob Greenblatt and Clyde Phillips […]

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July 4th, 2008

Emmy update: Mary-Kate Olsen doesn’t make the short list, Elizabeth Perkins, David Duchovny & others do

Thanks to Tom O’Neil over at Gold Derby keeping one step ahead of the TV academy in reporting the Emmy contenders, we’re feeling pretty good about Showtime’s presence in this year’s Emmy race.

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Mary-Kate Olsen may not have made […]

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