Posts tagged Dylan McDermott
Coming Soon: American Horror Story
Oct 3rd
When Does It Start: Wednesday 5th October at 10pm EST on FX
In A Nutshell: Haunted houses get the TV treatment… is this the new True Blood / Walking Dead?
What’s It About: Meet the Harmon family – whose lives are about to get a whole lot weirder!
Dad Ben (Dylan McDermott) is a psychiatrist who’s recently been caught cheating on his wife Vivien (Connie Britton). Together the two have a teenage daughter called Violet, and decide to move from Boston to Los Angeles to patch up their fractured relationship. But their new home is anything but a peaceful retreat… it’s full of secrets and horrors – many of a sexual nature. Get ready for lots of dead babies, sex, jolts and psychotic behavior… courtesy of Glee and Nip/Tuck boss, Ryan Murphy.
First Look: American Horror Story
Aug 19th
Here’s another show I’ve VERY excited about for the Fall – and which I think has the makings of a huge hit for FX.
Check out the just released teaser for American Horror Story, the new series that aims to do for haunted houses what The Walking Dead did for zombies and True Blood did for vampires.
Horror Story stars Dylan McDermott and Connie Britton as Ben and Vivian, a couple who move into a new house with their kids, after Ben commits adultery. But the house seems to know exactly what’s on the family’s minds and feeds on their fears…
Also along for the ride is Jessica Lange – who clearly realizes after Grey Gardens that all the best roles for women are on TV these days. Plus look out for Francis Conroy from Six Feet Under as the couple’s housekeeper and Denis O’Hare aka King Russell from True Blood.
As you probably know, American Horror Story is Executive Produced by Ryan Murphy of Glee infamy. Let’s just hope this show’s a little more consistent and less erratic than the fast fading Fox hit.
Have to say though – this trailer does look terrific – and as a big horror fan, I’m certainly excited for the series’ potential…
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Here’s the latest video from the guys at Funny or Die – a dance instructor spoof starring Dylan McDermott from The Practice (and more recently TNT’s Dark Blue)
The formula over at FOD seems pretty clear now – take a celebrity looking for exposure, write a skit around them (the more ridiculous the better), then sit back and watch the hits start piling up. And for McDermott this is a chance to break out from his more serious characters and show his comedic side… (for all those watching casting directors)
Dean’s character John Douche is kind of a cross between Fabio and Brit reality sensation Louie Spence – and the sketch as a whole is fun, though pretty much based on a one joke premise (that over-sized crotch) and as always about twice as long as it needs to be!
But what do you think? Did “The Douche School of Dance“make you laugh? Does it make you see Dean in a different light? And should he be tackling more comedic roles? Start weighing in…
