By LillyKatPTR Senior Staff Writer
Can you believe ER is entering its 15th season?
Isn't that, like, impossible in today's television landscape - when networks are ever-so quick to push the Cancel button?
I confess I haven't watched ER in ... oh, like, 8 or 10 years. But I may have to check in one final time now that the always-good Angela Bassett is set to join the cast for its Swan song season.
Love. Her.
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From MSN:
Angela Bassett to join 'ER' cast for final season
April 28, 2008
Zap2it.com
George Clooney may not be coming back for final the season of "ER," but the long-running series has nonetheless upped the star wattage.
Oscar and Emmy nominee Angela Bassett will be a regular for the show's 15th and last season. She'll play an attending physician who returns to Chicago's County General after several years abroad.
"Angela is a wonderfully talented actress whom I've long hoped to work with," "ER" executive producer John Wells tells The Hollywood Reporter.
Bassett has done some TV work in the past -- most recently in a recurring part on "Alias" -- but "ER" will be her first regular role on a series. The show is also bringing back at least one face from its past for the final season: Noah Wyle will reprise his role as John Carter in at least four episodes.
Bassett earned an Oscar nomination in 1994 for playing Tina Turner in the biopic "What's Love Got to Do With It." Her Emmy nod came in 2002 for the CBS movie "The Rosa Parks Story."
She recently appeared in Tyler Perry's film "Meet the Browns" and is working on "Notorious," a biography of rapper the Notorious B.I.G. Her other credits include "How Stella Got Her Groove Back," " Malcolm X" and "Waiting to Exhale."
1 comment:
That's exciting news! I'm a die-hard ER fan who never gave up on the show. I think it's been better than Grey's this season.
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