BONES: Hart Hanson on Why Episode 206 Will Just Be a ‘Good, Solid’ Hour

This Thursday, BONES will be celebrating a special hour: episode 206 is not only the number of bones in the human body, but it’ll also make the series the longest running one-hour drama from the show’s studio, 20th Century Fox.

And while it’s a milestone, the hour will be fairly run-of-the-mill for logistical reasons, BONES creator Hart Hanson explained in the video below. In addition to coming very close to the show’s 200th episode massive production, the writers were also trying to balance not knowing whether they’d have to plan for a season or series finale.

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BONES: The Stars and Creator Share Which Episodes You Should Watch to Survive the Hiatus

BONES has been off the air since its 200th episode aired in December, and there are still a few more weeks until the show returns.

To help fans pass the time, the cast (BONES stars Emily Deschanel, TJ Thyne, Tamara Taylor, and Pej Vahdat) as well as creator Hart Hanson weighed in on which episodes they’d like you to rewatch during the hiatus…

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BACKSTROM Exclusive Video: The Cast (and Hart Hanson) Goof Around While Promoting the Series

Think you know the new Fox series, BACKSTROM? Well, just wait until you hear the cast and creator Hart Hanson attempt to explain it.

In the (hilarious) exclusive video below, the cast — Rainn Wilson, Dennis Haysbert, Genevieve Angelson, Kristoffer Polaha, Page Kennedy, Beatrice Rosen, and Thomas Dekker — and Hanson share their pitches for the show, but can’t get it quite right. There are a lot of giggles, pitches to show Wilson’s butt on network TV, some misspeaking (nope, this isn’t taking place in the “special victims unit”), a ton of poking fun at each other, and general hilarity.

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BACKSTROM: Rainn Wilson Previews His New Fox Drama

If you are an aspiring TV writer, can I recommend first writing a novel, getting it published, and then sending it to Hart Hanson and his team with the hope he will adapt it to a TV show? This Thursday, January 22nd, marks the premiere of BACKSTROM, Hanson’s third “pulled from the bookshelves” series for Fox. The BONES and THE FINDER creator has developed a new show that pulls together a ragtag group of people setting out to make the world a little bit better — primarily by catching murderers.

Fox describes the show’s main and titular character, Everett Backstrom, as “an unhealthy, offensive, irascible — albeit brilliant — detective” played by Rainn Wilson. BACKSTROM’s 13 episode order has been filmed, and Fox sent the pilot and three additional episodes to the press. Additionally, Wilson recently participated in a conference call with several press outlets. Read on to find out what Wilson thinks are Backstrom’s best and worst qualities, how the show fits in the current landscape of society, and the difference between shooting a 60 minute procedural and a 30 minute sitcom…

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BONES: The Cast and Producers Share Memories From Their First Days on the Set

BONES’ 200th episode is airing this Thursday, and as Fox Television Group Chairman and CEO Gary Newman pointed out during an on-set celebration, it’s one of only a few Fox shows to reach that incredible milestone.

To celebrate how far Team BONES has come, I asked the cast and producers for their first memories of working on the series. Check out what BONES creator Hart Hanson, executive producer Stephen Nathan, as well as stars David Boreanaz (Booth), Emily Deschanel (Brennan), Michaela Conlin (Angela), TJ Thyne (Hodgins), Tamara Taylor (Cam), John Boyd (Aubrey), Carla Gallo (Daisy), Eugene Byrd (Clark), Michael Grant Terry (Wendell), Pej Vahdat (Arastoo), Laura Spencer (Jessica), Ignacio Serricchio (Fuentes), and Cyndi Lauper (Avalon) had to share…

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BONES’ 200th Episode Celebration: Watch Part of the Speeches Given!

BONES celebrated the filming of its 200^th episode last Friday on one of the show’s most recognizable sets (the Jeffersonian lab), and addition to the cake (shaped like a skeleton, naturally), there were speeches given by Fox Television Group Chairman and CEO Gary Newman, BONES bosses Hart Hanson and Stephen Nathan, and series stars Emily Deschanel (Brennan) and David Boreanaz (Booth).

Check out some (excerpts) of the speeches that were given on Friday…

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BONES 200th Episode Celebration: Check Out Photos!

The cast and crew of BONES celebrated the filming of their 200th episode with an on-set celebration on Friday. There to pay tribute to the Fox drama’s run so far were the series stars, executive producers, a number of guest stars (including many of the squinterns, plus Cyndi Lauper and Ryan O’Neal), the writers, and a good portion of the crew.

Check out some photos from the festivities…

BONES airs Thursdays at 8 PM on Fox.

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BONES: Fox Teases Episode 200, ‘The 200th in the 10th’
BONES: ‘The Puzzler in the Pit’ Photos — Daisy Gives Birth!
BONES: ‘The Money Maker on the Merry-Go-Round’ Photos

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SHOWRUNNERS: Des Doyle and Ryan Patrick McGuffey Preview Their Look Inside the World of Showrunning

SHOWRUNNERS — the first documentary shining the spotlight on the men and women responsible for putting our favorite television series on the air (and having them run as smoothly as possible) — is finally out today, and it promises to be a film any television fan will enjoy.

With SHOWRUNNERS, not only will fans get exclusive interviews with showrunners like Joss Whedon, J.J. Abrams, Damon Lindelof, Bill Prady, Jane Espenson, but they’ll get glimpses into writing rooms, panels the showrunners participate in to promote their shows, a day in the life following one showrunner, and other access die-hard TV fans could have only dreamed about before now.

I spoke with SHOWRUNNERS director Des Doyle and co-producer Ryan Patrick McGuffey about the process to get the film made, what their challenges were, how this experience changed how they viewed their favorite shows, and more…

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BACKSTROM: WAREHOUSE 13’s Eddie McClintock to Guest Star

WAREHOUSE 13’s Eddie McClintock is heading to the upcoming Fox series, BACKSTROM, a rep for the show confirmed.

McClintock (who first announced his casting on Twitter) will play Lieutenant Sam D’Agostino, Backstrom’s (Rainn Wilson) childhood bully. According to the studio, “When they were kids, Sam was a rotten, thieving punk, responsible for stealing from Backstrom…[and] in cahoots with his equally rotten brother. All grown up now Sam and his brother are firefighters who everyone thinks are heroic but Backstrom is convinced they’re the same worthless bits of slime they always were.”

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BONES’ Stephen Nathan and Jonathan Collier Tease Season 10: Episode 200, the Conspiracy, ‘Big’ Lifestyle Changes, and More

When BONES’ ninth season concluded in May, executive producer Stephen Nathan pointed out, “We’ve never quite been in a situation that has affected these characters this much by external forces.” And when the show returns in September, Booth will be in jail, and Brennan and the rest of the Jeffersonian gang will be struggling to right the wrong of his arrest.

Now that production has officially started on BONES’ tenth season, I sat down with Nathan and executive producer Jonathan Collier to find out what they could tease about what’s to come…

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BACKSTROM on Fox – First Look

BONES creator Hart Hanson has a bit of experience adapting a book series into a successful/long-running TV series, and this season, he’ll try to work that mojo again with his new show: BACKSTROM, a new Fox procedural (starring THE OFFICE’s Rainn Wilson), which is based off a book series with the same name by Leif G.W. Persson.

Check out some photos from the pilot, cast pictures, the network’s official description, and a trailer…

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BONES: Stephen Nathan and Hart Hanson Tease the Ghost Killer Conspiracy, the Return of Wendell, the All Bets Off Finale, and More

BONES has been on a hiatus due to its upcoming move back to Monday, but now, the show is just days from returning.

“[‘The Source in the Sludge‘]’s a good one to fall on the return to Monday nights,” BONES creator Hart Hanson told reporters on a conference call earlier today. “We’re really pleased.”

And that’s just the start of what’s to come. Check out what Hanson and BONES executive producer Stephen Nathan had to share about what else fans can expect in the rest of season 9…and a glimpse of what’s on tap so far for season 10…

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In Case You Missed It…SLEEPY HOLLOW, THE FOLLOWING, BONES, and More!

Were you too busy to keep up with everything that happened in TV news? Give Me My Remote‘s got you covered! We’re catching you up on anything exciting you might have missed here at GMMR!

This week on GMMR:

• THE FOLLOWING: Kevin Williamson on Fans Marathoning Season 1
• 24: LIVE ANOTHER DAY at TCA: Live-Blog
• Fox at TCA: Executive Session Live-Blog
• GLEE: Kevin Reilly on the Plans for the Show’s Final Stretch
• Fox at TCA: Kevin Reilly on the Future of BONES, ALMOST HUMAN, ENLISTED, and BROOKLYN NINE-NINE
• THE FOLLOWING at TCA: Live-Blog
• RAKE’s Peter Tolan Read His Journal at TCA: Take a Look at What Hilarious Tales He Told
• BONES: Stephen Nathan Teases the End of the Ghost Killer Arc
• BACKSTROM: Kevin Reilly on Why This May be the Next ‘Great A-hole Protagonist for Fox’
• CBS at TCA: Executive Session Live-Blog
• The CW at TCA: Executive Session Live-Blog
• THE FOLLOWING’s Kevin Bacon: Ryan is Still Obsessed with Joe
• ENLISTED: Geoff Stults on Pete’s PTSD, Jill, and Why You Should Keep Watching
• ABC at TCA: Executive Session Live-Blog
• SLEEPY HOLLOW: Nicole Beharie and Orlando Jones Tease the Season Finale
• BONES Post-Mortem: Michael Grant Terry Talks About the Heartbreaking Wendell Twist in ‘Big in the Philippines’
• BONES: Stephen Nathan on Why They Opted for the Wendell Twist
• NBC at TCA: Executive Session Live-Blog
• LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT: NBC Boss Robert Greenblatt on Cast Changes and the Show’s Future, Plus Dick Wolf Teases a CHICAGO PD Crossover
• ALMOST HUMAN: J.J. Abrams on Airing Out of Order
• THE FOLLOWING Season 2 Premiere Post-Mortem: Kevin Williamson on the Show’s Double Trouble, Joe, and Whether that Death Will Stick
• SLEEPY HOLLOW: John Noble Previews the ‘Astonishingly Good’ Season Finale
• SLEEPY HOLLOW Season 1 Finale Post-Mortem: Mark Goffman on the Henry Twist and What Comes Next
• SLEEPY HOLLOW Season 1 Finale Post-Mortem: John Noble on the Henry Twist: ‘I Don’t Think Anyone Expected That’
• THE FOLLOWING Season 2: Check Out the New Artwork!
• BONES: Hart Hanson, Stephen Nathan, and Tamara Taylor Weigh in On Season 10 Possibly Being the End of the Show
• On the Set of THE CARRIE DIARIES: The Cast Previews Senior Prom in ‘This is the Time’
• BONES: Stephen Nathan Teases ‘The Master in the Slop’
• THE CARRIE DIARIES: Amy B. Harris Teases ‘This is the Time’
• THE FOLLOWING: James Purefoy on the Lessons Joe Learned, the ‘Much, Much, Much Bigger’ Goal for Season 2, and More
• HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER Episode 200: Carter Bays, Craig Thomas, and Cristin Milioti Preview ‘How Your Mother Met Me’

This week in previews:

• NBC at TCA: Check Out Their Midseason Trailers
• RAKE: Watch the First 16 Minutes of the Series Premiere Now!

This week in pictures:

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This week in recaps and discussions:

• ‘We Have Thoughts’ Vodcast: Danielle and Marisa Talk About the Best New Show, Characters, Twists, and More of the Season So Far
• BONES Recap: ‘Big in the Philippines’
• BONES Recap: ‘The Master in the Slop’

BONES: Hart Hanson, Stephen Nathan, and Tamara Taylor Weigh in On Season 10 Possibly Being the End of the Show

BONES hasn’t officially been renewed for season 10 (yet), but Fox boss Kevin Reilly told reporters that he anticipated next year would be the last one for the long-running series.

And while fans may already be lamenting the show’s eventual end of the series, it’s bittersweet — and possibly a premature move — for the people involved with the show.

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