Lori_Lou
02-28-2008, 07:41 PM
Here's the entire article from USA today: http://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2008-02-28-tv-shows-return_N.htm
I've included the portion regarding Alyssa's role:
Middle-of-the-road return
When we last saw Earl, in an episode broadcast Jan. 10 but produced months earlier, the karma-conscious Everyman was unconscious in the road after being hit by a car, a reference to a similar accident in the series' pilot. By the time the show returns with a two-parter on April 3 (8 p.m. ET/PT), poor Earl Hickey will have been comatose for nearly three months.
"While the strike was on, Earl's been lying unconscious," Lee says on Monday, the first day of shooting, as he stands on a suburban street just feet from where the accident is being re-created.
The most recent episode served as a cliffhanger of sorts, Earl's fate hanging in the balance at the same time that he rejected the karma that had turned his life around. That episode, "Bad Earl," which was to have been broadcast late last year, featured Christmas references and had to run close to the holiday, Earl creator Greg Garcia says.
With the long delay and shortened season, Garcia has restructured Earl's story arc and created a larger role for guest star Alyssa Milano (Charmed), who plays Earl's potential love interest — the driver of the car that strikes him and a fellow accident victim, hit by a car driving in the other direction.
I've included the portion regarding Alyssa's role:
Middle-of-the-road return
When we last saw Earl, in an episode broadcast Jan. 10 but produced months earlier, the karma-conscious Everyman was unconscious in the road after being hit by a car, a reference to a similar accident in the series' pilot. By the time the show returns with a two-parter on April 3 (8 p.m. ET/PT), poor Earl Hickey will have been comatose for nearly three months.
"While the strike was on, Earl's been lying unconscious," Lee says on Monday, the first day of shooting, as he stands on a suburban street just feet from where the accident is being re-created.
The most recent episode served as a cliffhanger of sorts, Earl's fate hanging in the balance at the same time that he rejected the karma that had turned his life around. That episode, "Bad Earl," which was to have been broadcast late last year, featured Christmas references and had to run close to the holiday, Earl creator Greg Garcia says.
With the long delay and shortened season, Garcia has restructured Earl's story arc and created a larger role for guest star Alyssa Milano (Charmed), who plays Earl's potential love interest — the driver of the car that strikes him and a fellow accident victim, hit by a car driving in the other direction.