Category Archives: BrainDead

Talking BRAINDEAD with Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Aaron Tveit

The final segment of our BRAINDEAD interviews from CBS Summer Press day last week is a lovely chat with Mary Elizabeth Winstead (Laurel) and Aaron Tveit (Gareth) about the physicality needed for the show, their characters’ interaction, and what fans can expect. They have a breezy rapport that stands out on screen – I think that their slow burn of a relationship is going to be one reason (of many) to keep coming back for more each week!  Check out

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Tony Shalhoub on his new series BRAINDEAD

Tony Shalhoub, known to longtime TV fans as Antonio from WINGS, Monk from, well, MONK, and a wide variety of critically well-received roles, brings his talent to CBS’ latest Summer series, BRAINDEAD, as Red Wheatus, a Republican Senator who falls “victim” to what is eating the minds of some of Washington’s best and brightest. While his affliction (brain-bugs) may seem dire, what it helps him become overall? It’s maybe not as bad as it sounds. BRAINDEAD is the brainchild of

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My Take On…BRAINDEAD on CBS

CBS’ newest Summer series BRAINDEAD premieres tonight (10/9c) and I’ve spent the past week or so trying to put into words my feelings on the show.  What have I been telling friends who ask?  “It’s absolutely insane.” They often push for more detail by saying, “Is that a good or bad thing?”  And I have to tell you, friends, I think it’s a great thing. The show, from THE GOOD WIFE creators Robert and Michelle King, tells the story of

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Creators Robert and Michelle King preview BRAINDEAD on CBS

Last week, a group of TV press met in NYC with the cast and creative teams behind CBS’ Summer shows. The first video from that CBS Summer Press series is an interview with THE GOOD WIFE creators Robert and Michelle King. Their new series, BRAINDEAD, a completely off-the-wall show about brain-eating alien ants who came to Earth with a mission (that we don’t know just yet), and how it impacts the politicians in Washington, D.C., during a government shut down,

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