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SCRUBBING IN: Former ER star Julianna Margulies will check into a different hospital for a November sweeps guest role on Scrubs. Tom Cavanagh (Ed) will also appear on the show, reprising his role as J.D.’s (Zach Braff) older brother for two episodes scheduled for October. Margulies, a six-time Emmy nominee for playing nurse Carol Hathaway on ER (she won the award for best supporting actress in a drama in 1995), will play a malpractice lawyer who catches J.D.’s eye.
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FOX MAKES ROOM FOR LEGUIZAMO: Emmy winner John Leguizamo is working with FOX to develop a comedy based on his life. The show would follow Leguizamo as he juggles his responsibilities as a husband and father with the demands of his career. It’s said to be cut from similar cloth as the old Danny Thomas show Make Room For Daddy. The project has a script commitment from the network. Leguizamo will star in and executive produce the show with writer Peter Murrieta (Greetings from Tucson), according to The Hollywood Reporter.
FOX’S NEXT GREAT CHAMP A CHUMP: The series première of FOX’s The Next Great Champ met with a resounding thud as the reality entry finished a distant fourth place in both households and adults 18-49 in the 9:00 / 8:00c hour (3.5/6). CBS took Tuesday top honours with a repeat of Navy N.C.I.S. and new episodes of Big Brother 5 and The Amazing Race 5 (7.0/11). NBC was second (5.6/10), followed by ABC (4.6/8).
CBS ANNOUNCES ORIGINAL SUNDAY MOVIE SCHEDULE: Kirstie Alley, Peter Falk, Anne Heche, Rosie O’Donnell, Christina Applegate, Diane Keaton, Jack Palance, Faye Dunaway and Ellen Burstyn are just a few of the stars set to appear this season on CBS’ Sunday original movie franchise, the only regularly scheduled one of its kind on television today. The Futon Critic has published the full list of CBS’ original Sunday night movies.
