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Editor's note: One in a series of stories tied to the 20th anniversary of 9/11. "There's a bittersweet aspect to watching the war that was started in response to that attack come to an end 20 years later, because the war that these firefighters are still fighting against that day won't end until their lives are over,"…

Michael J. Fox and Denis Leary took to the stage at the Tribeca Film Festival on Tuesday for an hour-plus of joking banter, self-deprecation, and insight on Back to the Future, Family Ties and Fox's Parkinson's disease activism. Leary kicked things off noting Fox’s appointment as an Officer of the Order of Canada. The…

Five years after Rescue Me ended its seven-season run on FX, the firefighter drama had a reunion Friday at the ATX Festival in Austin, and it was as foul-mouthed as the show tended to be. "Aaron Sorkin can kiss my balls," co-creator Peter Tolan said almost right off the bat in reference to the fact that he…

There will be quite a bit of nostalgia at the upcoming ATX Television Festival with several reunions planned including The West Wing, Rescue Me, and previously announced Ugly Betty, among others. The fest, which runs June 9-12 in Austin, TX, will mark the 10th anniversary of The West Wing finale with "The West Wing…

It's going to be a week of debuts for the multiple Emmy nominee and Spider-Man actor with his first appearance at Comic-Con and his return to TV with the July 16 premiere of his FX comedy series. Co-starring John Corbett, Robert Kelly, John Ales and Elaine Hendrix plus Nickelodeon alum Elizabeth Gillies, Denis Leary's…

The cast for the Charlize Theron co-produced Dark Places continues to grow. House Of Cards' Corey Stoll and Rescue Me's Andrea Roth have both been added to the adaptation of Gillian Flynn's bestselling mystery novel about a woman forced to re-examine the massacre of her family more than 20 years beforehand. Stoll will…

Adam Buckman is a contributor to AwardsLine The Emmy Awards is a game of winners and losers — in most categories, one winner, four losers. But for a whole swath of contenders in the highly competitive drama categories — hour-long dramas on basic cable channels — the challenge is as simple as just being allowed in the…

North Hollywood, CA, March 13, 2012 – The seven programs being honored at the Fifth Annual Television Academy Honors were announced today by multiple Emmy® Award-winning actress Dana Delany (Body of Proof), who will once again host the Honors presentation in May. The 2012 honorees are Dr. Oz, Five, Harry's Law "Head…

The sizzling Tuesday season premiere of Sons of Anarchy, which drew 5 million viewers, is a tough act to follow, but FX’s veteran firefighter drama Rescue Me put on solid ratings performance for its series finale last night. The closer of the show, which ran for seven seasons, posted 2.3 million viewers, the most for…

Ray Richmond is contributing to Deadline’s coverage of TCA. It was supposed to be a sober, nostalgic, reflective visit with Rescue Me writer-producer-star Denis Leary, showrunner Peter Tolan and castmates Steven Pasquale and Callie Thorne as the iconic FX firefighter hour wraps up seven seasons on Sept. 7, four days…

Ray Richmond is contributing to Deadline’s coverage of TCA. With their seriocomic firefighter drama Rescue Me ending its run on FX in September, series co-creators Denis Leary and Peter Tolan are embarking on another series project together. “I guess I can say right now that Mr. Leary and I are tomorrow starting…

FX has shifted the premiere date for the seventh and final season of Rescue Me to Wednesday, July 13 at 10 PM. The drama series starring Denis Leary, which will run on Wednesday nights, had been scheduled to bow July 12.