Showtime’s best online extra EVER: Pam Adlon’s video diary from Californication
October 28, 2009 by Jillian Cohan
OMG. Californication fans, you must watch these videos. Showtime’s PR department had the genius decision to set actress Pamela Adlon up with a videophone and send her out to film behind-the-scenes footage on set.
As Adlon tools around the studio, she’ll introduce you to the props department, the rubber band guy, the head of the costume department and other key personnel. Adlon is quite funny in her scripted role as long-suffering wife Marcy Runkle, but her improv skills are in fine form for the video diary. Take a look at Video No. 1:
Video No. 2, in which Adlon and the …read more
Top excerpts from the Dexter Comic-Con panel
July 25, 2009 by Jillian Cohan
Hey Dexter fans, if you couldn’t make it to San Diego this weekend, no worries: Showtime made the best of the cast’s Comic-Con panel available on YouTube. We’ve got the best clips here, including John Lithgow’s revealing comments about playing the Trinity Killer.
Check out that video now, then spool up the others after the jump to learn which other characters the cast would like to play, what it’s like working in different genres and what the stars consider their most challenging scenes.
Nurse Jackie’s Peter Facinelli analyzes Rob D’s dance performance after their Twitter bet
July 4, 2009 by Jillian Cohan
After their Twitter bet culminated in a bikini-clad Rob DeFranco dancing down Hollywood Boulevard to Beyonce’s “All the Single Ladies,” Peter Facinelli sat down with Rob to debrief.
The Nurse Jackie star and bet winner chided his friend for almost hitting a spectator and gave him a good amount of grief for wearing Spanx under his suit. Here’s a video of the interview, conducted while the friends sat on an abandoned couch set out by the curb:
Nurse Jackie’s Peter Facinelli collects on his Twitter bet
July 1, 2009 by Jillian Cohan
Peter Facinelli sure knows how to win a bet. Here’s the dance of shame footage the Nurse Jackie star posted after his buddy, the defeated Ron DeFranco, shook his booty down Hollywood Boulevard:
DeFranco had bet Facinelli that he couldn’t get to 500,000 Twitter followers in a week.
Facinelli trounced his friend, despite glitches in Twitter’s system, so Peter’s earned a few bragging rights.
Still, was the encore really necessary? That’s a lot of man meat shaking around. Just sayin’.
Watch Nurse Jackie’s Peter Facinelli prepare for victory
June 30, 2009 by Jillian Cohan
Peter Facinell’s Twitter bet with Rob DeFranco culminates one hour from now in the much ballyhooed bikini dance down Hollywood Boulevard.
Wanna see what Rob’s wearing for the show? Check out Peter’s video of the two shopping for the suit yesterday at Affliction on Melrose. (it’s NSFW, just so ya know). The Nurse Jackie star doesn’t gloat too much about winning the bet, but he’s clearly enjoying himself.
Stay tuned for the video of Rob’s booty dance to Beyonce’s “All the Single Ladies,” which Peter promises to post ASAP.
Twitter declares Peter Facinelli victorious!
June 20, 2009 by Jillian Cohan
Thanks to screenshots and support from fans/followers like you, Nurse Jackie star Peter Facinelli won his Twitter bet against Rob DeFranco! Peter has way more than 500,000 followers, Twitter officials said, even though the counter on @peterfacinelli still says he’s in the high 200,000s.
Here’s Peter’s victory speech. Mark June 30 on your calendars, ’cause that’s when Rob will do his dance of shame down Hollywood Boulevard in a bikini.
Congratulations, Peter! Thanks to all the Showtime Fan readers who helped make his win possible, and don’t forget — you’re now in the running to win the back of his Twilight director’s …read more
Dexter stars re-up for Comic Con 2009
June 18, 2009 by Jillian Cohan
Dexter’s Michael C. Hall and Julie Benz will make a repeat appearance at Comic Con this year, Showtime insiders say. The pair, who play newlyweds Dexter Morgan and Rita Bennett Morgan, were a huge hit at last year’s event.
When Benz and Hall showed up at Comic Con last July, they took the opportunity to schmooze with fans, as Julie is in this video, and they dropped lots of hints about the upcoming season.
We’re hoping for another stellar appearance from the stars next month in San Diego, with tons of spoilers for Season 4! One thing we know that’s on the …read more


