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September 12 2006
TV Guide for Sept. 18 - 24th
Question and answer section with executive producer,
Jon Cowan & Jill
WHERE WE LEFT OFF:
"When last we saw Jordan, she was in D.C. with a gun in
her pocket." Says star Jill Hennessy. She was on the
lamb after waking up with the weapon in her hand and a
dead ex in her bed. We hate it when that happens.
WHAT'S NEXT: To no
one's surprise; Jordan didn't do it. "We solve the
cliff-hanger in the first episode, but a lot of rules
were broken and there are consequences, "says executive
producer Jon Cowan." The embattled Jordan will revert to
the brash rule-breaker of the shows early seasons.
"We're getting back to what drew me to the character in
the first place", Hennessy says. "She's this messy,
off-the-hook person who's always flying by the seat of
her pants."
WHO'S NEW: Grey's
Anatomy vet, Brooke Smith joins the show as a medical
examiner (A character Cowan says "we'll love to hate"),
while Touching Evil's Jeffrey Donovan guests as a
special prosecutor.
CROSSING OVER: Early
on, a regular character will die. "IT'S GOING TO BE A
GREAT EPISODE, BUT IT REALLY DEPRESSES ME," Hennessy
says. "I'M REALLY GOING TO MISS HANGING OUT WITH THIS
PERSON, & I'M NOT SURE WHY IT HAD TO HAPPEN."
September 7 2006
*SPOILER* Little tidbit on the third episode of season 6
from Buddy TV
August 9 2006
Ask Ausiello posts some tidbits about new cast members
joining CJ this season.
Question: I
heard there's a new character joining Crossing Jordan in
Season 6. Got the scoop? — Nalex
Ausiello:
Jordan's actually adding a few new characters this
season. In the Oct. 20 season premiere, you'll meet the
new medical examiner in the morgue, Dr. Kate Switzer,
played by Grey's Anatomy's Brooke Smith. In the second
episode, Jeffrey Donovan (Touching Evil) joins the cast
as a special prosecutor investigating alleged
improprieties in the Boston Medical Examiner's Office.
Finally, a new and yet-to-be-cast rogue cop will be
introduced later in the season.
July 21 2006
NBC releases October 20th as tentative start
date for Crossing Jordan.
Or read
it
HERE
July 16 2006
YouTube has some CJ videos posted (made by
fans)
1) Don't Leave Me this Way
2) Jordan & Woody
3) The Rest of My Life
July 12 2006
Celebrating Women in Entertainment: "She Made It"
:
Museum of Television and
Radio Kicks Off Bi-Coastal Initiative Celebrating Women
in Entertainment: "She Made It"
Article.
Features Jill Hennessy as part of the panel of debaters.
Or read
it
HERE
May 25 2006
NBC makes changes to its schedule. Crossing Jordan
will air in the Fall on Friday Nights at 8pm.
May 19th 2006
From TVGuide.com - A about
where CJ will be placed in next Fall's schedule.
Question: I was looking
over the fall schedule for NBC and I happened to notice
there is no time slot for Crossing Jordan. Am I to
assume the worst? The season finale left us all hanging,
and I certainly would like some answers. Is that going
to happen, or should I just get ready for the
disappointment now? — Tiffani
Matt Roush: Relax.
Crossing Jordan will return with a full season's worth
of episodes. Just not right away. It's being held in
reserve and will be back on the schedule when a slot
opens up. NBC regards Jordan as a "utility player,"
which will draw its loyal audience to any night or time
period, and the network is probably right on that count.
May 9th 2006
Cliffhangers
- Article, where Kring talks about CJ.
Or read
it
HERE
May 6 2006
Video:
Click on this link
and type in Crossing Jordan: Crossing Jordan -
Interview with Ravi Kapoor & Kathryn Hahn
Jamb Show Biz Article
- article on Crossing Jordan.
Or read
it
HERE
The Clothing Show
- article on Jill Hennessy.
Or read
it
HERE
The Chronicle Herald
- article on Crossing Jordan.
Or read it
HERE
May 5 2006
Hollywood Reporter
- article on Crossing Jordan and 100th episode.
Or read it
HERE
Article
with Jill Hennessy - TV Guide.
Or read it
HERE
May 2 2006
Article with Tim Kring.
Or read it
HERE
April 28 2006
Crossing
Jordan has been
OFFICIALLY renewed for a 6th season.
BURBANK – April 28,
2006 – NBC has picked up three of its hit dramas in
"Medium," "Crossing Jordan" and "Las Vegas" for the
2006-07 season, it was announced today by Kevin Reilly,
President, NBC Entertainment. "These three shows have
A+ creative auspices and some of the most loyal
audiences on television," said Reilly. "I'm thrilled
that we can count on them again next season."
"Crossing Jordan"
(Sundays, 10-11 p.m. ET) is averaging a 3.3 rating, 8
share in adults 18-49 and 11.0 million viewers overall
so far this season. "Crossing Jordan" is improving by 6
percent on its 18-49 lead-in in the Sunday (10 p.m. ET)
hour.
Currently in its fifth
season, "Crossing Jordan" will be celebrating its 100th
episode on May 7 and looks forward to a sixth with its
popular cadre of coroners. Jill Hennessy ("Law & Order")
stars as Jordan Cavanaugh, the beautiful, smart and
fearless Boston medical examiner who investigates
disturbing topical crimes and offenses. In the
morgue, Jordan works under the guidance of Dr. Garrett
Macy (Miguel Ferrer, "Traffic") along with criminalist
Nigel (Steve Valentine, "The Muse"), forensic
entomologist "Bug" (Ravi Kapoor, "Gideon's Crossing")
and grief counselor Lily Lebowski (Kathryn Hahn, "How to
Lose a Guy in 10 Days"). Jerry O'Connell ("Jerry
Maguire") and Leslie Bibb also star as detectives, who
the coroners rely upon to put in the legwork to hunt
down perpetrators of these crimes. "Crossing Jordan"
is from Tailwind Productions in association with NBC
Universal Television Studio. Tim Kring ("Providence") is
creator and executive producer. Dennis Hammer ("The
David Cassidy Story") and Allan Arkush ("St.
Elsewhere"), who directs many of the episodes, are also
executive producers.
April 19 2006
Ask the Televisionary,
published 4/19, at TVGuide.com
Question: Any scoop on
the season finale of Crossing Jordan? — Alexis
Ausiello: The death
that Jordan gets framed for occurs very early on in the
episode. And things are going to start looking really
good for one of your favorite couples — and no, I'm not
referring to Jordan and Woody, although he does put his
job on the line in order to clear her name. If that's
not love, I don't know what is.
April 14 2006
News
article on CJ and
Jill Hennessy.
Or read it
HERE
April 10 2006
Article on Jill Hennessy
from the
Online Magazine 'He'.
Or read it
HERE
March 30 2006
Ask the Televisionary,
published 3/30, at TVGuide.com
Question: On the
show Crossing Jordan, there is a character whose name is
so long that everyone calls him "Bug." Does he have a
real name, and if so what is it? — Jo, Conway, Ark.
Televisionary: I'll
tell you, Jo, but I just want you to know that the name
is so darned long our tech people had to install a
larger hard drive on our server just to hold the page.
Prepare your eyes for the strain whilst I limber up my
typing fingers...
Ready? On the NBC crime drama, forensic entomologist
"Bug" is blessed with the birth name Mahesh
Vijayaraghavensatyanaryanamurthy. But given his job — as
regular viewers know, he uses his knowledge of insects
to help solve crimes — it's a heck of a lot easier to
call him "Bug," since by the time a colleague finished
wrestling with that moniker, any perp would have long
ago skipped town.
And for all you skeptics out there, the name's
authentic, according to actor Ravi Kapoor (Gideon's
Crossing), who plays the good doctor. “The producers had
seen a long South Indian name and liked the idea,” he
explained. "My wife is South Indian, so I was able to
help them find a real name to use."
March 29 2006
News Release on 100th
episode. VERY SPOILERISH--careful before reading.
BURBANK, Calif. --
March 29, 2006 -- Currently in its fifth season, the
procedural drama "Crossing Jordan" will air its 100th
episode as the season finale on NBC, Sunday, May 7
(10-11 p.m. ET). The cast and crew celebrated this
important milestone with an event on set with network
and studio executives, during the filming of the finale
episode.
In this episode titled "It Had To Be You," which will be
directed by Executive Producer Allan Arkush, Jordan
(Jill Hennessy) will find herself in an unexpected
situation that will challenge her both professionally
and personally. After celebrating Lily's (Kathryn Hahn)
engagement, Jordan wakes up the next morning with a gun
in her hand lying next to the body of her former beau
J.D. Pollack (guest star Charles Mesure), who has a
bullet in his chest. With little recollection of the
previous night's events and no explanation for what
transpired, a shell-shocked Jordan becomes the number
one suspect.
Determined to clear Jordan's name, Macy (Miguel Ferrer)
and the rest of the team begin investigating the series
of events leading up to Pollack's death. However, Woody
(Jerry O'Connell) and Lu (Leslie Bibb), who have
recently become romantically linked, take opposing sides
on the case, creating a wedge between them. With the
evidence stacking up against Jordan, she is faced with
the challenge of persuading her friends and colleagues
that she is innocent. Or is she? Ravi Kapoor and Steve
Valentine also star.
The same night as the season finale, viewers will also
be able to tune in to the concluding webcast of the
show's interactive web site www.nigelblog.com. Launched
March 12, Nigel's blog allows fans to play Cupid in the
love triangle between Lily, her longtime friend and
co-worker Bug (Ravi Kapoor), and her new love interest
Brandau (Ethan Sandler). Looming questions will be
answered, and all will know whether she walks down the
aisle with Brandau or whether she finds love with Bug.
March 19 2006
Brief
news bit with
Jill Hennessy commenting on the Digger Episode.
Jill Hennessey Recalls Filming Terrifying Coffin
Scene for 'Crossing Jordan'
Claustrophobic
Crossing Jordan star
Jill Hennessy was left terrified when
she was briefly buried alive in a coffin during
a night shoot for the show. The actress had
nightmares about the scene, in which she lies in
wait for a killer, before the coffin shots were
filmed. The actor playing the killer
accidentally slammed the lid to the coffin shut
at the end of the scene, and the crew were so
keen to move on to the next shot, they left the
screaming Hennessy inside the box, contemplating
a slow death.
She reveals,
"We were shooting at Griffith Park in Los
Angeles one night and it was a full night shoot
and I had to get inside a coffin. It was a real
coffin and it was supposed to be left open
because I am extremely claustrophobic. We had a
gentleman who played the killer and he was
supposed to jump into the grave, and I was
inside the coffin. They yelled 'Action,' and he
jumped in and pushed the coffin lid shut.
Somehow it locked and he jumped on top of the
lid to get out of the grave and they kept
rolling the camera and yelled 'Cut' and nobody
knew that I was locked inside."
She added,
"After a while I'm in there screaming and I'm
thinking, 'OK this is the end of my life.'
Eventually, they were like, 'Where's Jill? We
need her for the next shot,' and then they
realized the gentleman had shut the lid on me
and they came and got me out. I was a little
upset."
March 1 2006
-
Reader's Digest
interview with Jill Hennessy.
Or read it
HERE
-
Ask Ausiello posted a
few responses to questions on the season finale.
Question: Crossing
Jordan will be celebrating its 100th episode this
season. Any scoop on what will take place? — Yvonne
Ausiello: Not only is
the May 7 episode the show's 100th, but it's also the
season finale. You know what that means: big doings!
"Someone the audience has gotten to know pretty well
this year ends up dead, and Jordan is accused of the
murder," teases exec producer Tim Kring. "We leave that
as the cliff-hanger. She basically has to flee to prove
her innocence."
Question: Will Ken
Howard ever come back to Crossing Jordan? — Kim
Ausiello: That's a
negative. "We will not see Ken Howard again," states Tim
Kring. "The one occasion that we've had in the last two
years to bring him back was not a successful enough
episode for us to make that case to the network."
Question: Anything
new happening on Crossing Jordan? — Beth K.
Ausiello: Did I mention
that the 100th episode also features a wedding? 'Cause
it does. And there will be a new development in the
ongoing Jordan-Woody romantic saga. "That gets closer,"
Kring hints. "But, obviously, that's put on hold by the
fact that [Jordan] has become a fugitive."
February
22 2006
-
Nigel's Blog Returns
Or read it
HERE
Nigel's blog
address:
www.nigelblog.com
- blog will start after
the March 12th episode.
-
Ausiello Report
in March TV GUIDE.
February,
22 2006
-
Ask Ausiello posted a tit
bit about Woody and Lu.
Question: You never
mention one of my favorite shows: Crossing Jordan. I
need some gossip on it. I know there are other Jordan
fans out there! — Mandy
Ausiello: Don't get
too accustomed to the idea of Woody and Lu as a couple.
Their romance will crash soon after takeoff, freeing
Woody up to (possibly) rekindle things with Jordan. But
don't say goodbye to Lu just yet: I hear Leslie Bibb is
currently in talks to return next season.
February
14 2006
- New
Brief with
Steve Valentine.
Or read it here:
News Brief
January
25 2006
- New
Article with Jill
Hennessy.
Or read it here:
Article
- Link for
JOC article.
 Los
Angeles, Jan. 21-22, 2006 – We shlepped over to Pasadena
this weekend for the last rounds (finally!) of the
Television Critics Association winter press tour, with
ABC and NBC closing out the marathon look-see sessions.
Does Rebecca Romijn have two TV series’ on competing
networks, we wondered upon encountering her at the NBC
bash. We’d just seen her last Monday pushing her
upcoming WB drama. Nope, she was there supporting her
man, "Crossing Jordan’s" Jerry O’Connell. “This is his
night. I’ve already had mine”, she said. The pair looked
very much in love, and Romijn wore a large diamond ring
on her finger, so it seems reports of a breakup were
false.
There are so many people at these things that they are
often preceded by name tags, and at one point, some
publicist must have needed a smoke break. Justin Bartha,
Sarah Alexander and "The L Word’s" Sarah Shahi strolled
along holding their own signs, airport-driver-style.
We found Arquettes at both network shindigs. Patricia
Arquette’s hit show, "Medium", is on NBC, while sister
Rosanna has a new series for ABC, starting in March.
Lisa Rinna’s "Dancing With the Stars" partner, Louis van
Amstel. looks uncannily like her real-life husband,
Harry Hamlin. Anyway, Rinna campaigned, repeatedly
telling us, “We need your votes”.
Only a smattering of the "Desperate Housewives" cast
turned up for ABC’s party, but apparently Eva Longoria
is turning them all into San Antonio Spurs fans, her
boyfriend Tony Parker’s team: Longoria’s on-screen
husband, Ricardo Chavira, sported a knit Spurs’ cap.
January
22 2006
Random searching and I
found a few old
videos from past seasons.
January 18 2006
TV Guide brief red carpet
interview segment with Jill Hennessy.
Ask Ausiello - Crossing
Jordan question answered.
Question: Crossing
Jordan will reach its 100th episode this season. Any
scoop on what happens? — Yvonne
Ausiello: I cornered
Jill Hennessy at TV Guide's post-Golden Globes party
(cosponsored with NBC and Focus Features) and, although
she wasn't privy to 100th-episode prattle, she did tease
an upcoming episode that's sure to have watercoolers
bubbling. "There's a threesome kind of a scene with
myself, Jerry O'Connell and Charles Mesure (J.D.), who
plays Jordan's boyfriend now — although she's breaking
up with him. But when you see [the scene], you'll
understand after about five minutes what's really going
on. It's a little deceptive." She also revealed that
"Jordan actually tries to adopt a child, which is sort
of strange for her character."
January 10 2006
TV GUIDE interview with Jill Hennessy.
Or read it here:
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