Chris O’Donnell will be a guest on:
📆: May 3 – ‘Live With Kelly & Ryan’, 9am ET/PT | ABC (syndicated)
📆: May 6 – ‘The Late Show With Stephen Colbert’, 11:35pm ET/PT | CBS
Don’t forget to watch and save to your calendar. We can’t wait to watch it!
CBS has set an April premiere date for Come Dance With Me, the new family dance competition series from NCIS: Los Angeles stars Chris O’Donnell and LL Cool J. The series will debut Friday, April 15 at 8 PM, succeeding Undercover Boss in the timeslot. It also will be available to stream live and on demand on Paramount+.
Created and executive produced by O’Donnell and LL Cool J, Come Dance With Me features exceptionally talented young dancers from across the country who invite one untrained family member who has supported their dance dreams to be their partner, for a chance to strut their stuff for a grand prize. Each week, the kids will share their love of dance with their mother, father, grandparent or other hero on an uplifting and emotional journey to learn and perform challenging routines, with the assistance of professional choreographers, in a competition with other duos.
Grammy-winning songwriter Philip Lawrence hosts the series, which features music from popular artists across all genres. Judges include dancer and actress Jenna Dewan, pro celebrity dancer Dexter Mayfield and hip hop choreographer Tricia Miranda.
Come Dance With Me is produced by CBS Studios and 3 Ball Productions, part of 3BMG. In addition to LL Cool J and O’Donnell, executive producers for 3 Ball are Reinout Oerlemans, Ross Weintraub and Jeff Altrock. Jeff Thacker, Nick Florez and RJ Durell also are executive producers.
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Cult film antihero Danny Trejo will bring some bang to a February sweeps episode of NCIS: Los Angeles.
TVLine has learned exclusively that Trejo, whose myriad pulpy big screen turns include Machete Kills, The Devil’s Rejects and From Dusk Till Dawn, will guest-star on the CBS drama as a character who has past ties not just to Hetty, but Callen and Sam as well.
“It’s a big episode that takes everyone down to Mexico, where there’s a lot of action as well as character stuff for Callen, Sam and Hetty,” NCIS: LA showrunner Shane Brennan tells TVLine.
Trejo’s recent TV credits include an arc on Sons of Anarchy and episodes of Maron, Bones and Modern Family.
NCIS: LA returns from its holiday break on Jan. 14.
CLINTON — A former Clinton resident, who has spent time on New York City’s stages, is continuing to pursue his acting dreams in California, this time on TV.
Zach Villa will portray a musician in an upcoming episode of “NCIS: Los Angeles,” which is set to air at 8 p.m. April 23 on CBS.
“I think mothers should get sneak previews, is what I think,” his mother, Sheryl Villa, said of her excitement in seeing her son’s TV performance.
Zach’s parents are looking forward to seeing previews, as well as the entire episode itself. Sheryl said she and her husband, Larry, are hoping to have a small viewing party.
“I think every television should be tuned to that program that night,” Sheryl said.
Zach graduated from the Juilliard School in New York in 2009. For the past couple of years, he has lived in New York, performing Shakespeare in the Park and on Broadway in “War Horse.”
Zach and his girlfriend made the move to California in early September. While he loves New York, he felt they were both at a crossroad in their careers. They both wanted to work in film and television and knew there were more opportunities in Los Angeles.
“I feel that the film media is really, really rewarding for actors,” Zach said.
When Zach’s agent told him about the audition for the role on “NCIS: Los Angeles,” he expected to get five or 10 minutes on screen.
Instead, he found it to be a much bigger role. He was excited to learn that he would be singing and playing guitar for the role. He recorded a song that will be used in the episode.
He was on the set for approximately a week in the middle of March. Zach said the other actors were consummate professionals who were fun to work with.
“They were just as interested in giving their best performances and making sure I gave my best performance,” Zach said.
Zach is currently portraying Orlando in a film adaptation of Shakespeare’s “As You Like It,” being filmed in Death Valley. Zach expects it to make the festival routes.
Zach enjoys being in California and working in television and film; however, he does hope to return to the stage some day on his own terms. Right now, he is keeping himself open to various opportunities. He added his main focus is to continue working and “telling great stories along the way.”
Nate’s back!
EW has learned exclusively that Peter Cambor, who plays operational psychologist Nate Getz on NCIS: LA, is set to return as a guest star for a February episode that will take him undercover with Hetty (Linda Hunt).
“This episode is a must-see for fans of both Nate and Hetty,” executive producer Shane Brennan says. “Not only do we get to have Nate guest in the episode, but we get to see him go undercover with Hetty. It’s one of the most memorable, funny undercover operations we’ve done on the series.”
Cambor, who currently appears on the TBS series Wedding Band, was a series regular on NCIS: LA‘s first season and has appeared on the show a number of times since then as a guest star.
One of NCIS: Los Angeles‘ biggest ongoing mysteries is the question of when, where and why Nate Getz, the team’s onetime resident operational psychologist, will resurface.
Well, TVLine has exclusively secured intel on the when of Nate’s next appearance on the CBS drama, and a big tease for what happens during his latest visit.
In an episode set to air in early April, Peter Cambor will reprise his role of Nate, and this time his perceptive skills will clue him into a blooming development within the ranks of the L.A. team.“As well as playing a pivotal role in the case under investigation [that week], Nate also makes a discovery of his own about Nell… and her feelings for Eric,” NCIS: LA boss Shane Brennan tells us.
A curious twist there, seeing as in the February 2011 episode “Lockup,” it was indicated that Nate and Nell have some sort of unsaid connection — familiar or perhaps otherwise.
Alas, as excited as longtime viewers will be to see Cambor back, his latest encore is but a one-off. “Nate will be jetting off to foreign shores at the end of the episode, but fans can be assured that we haven’t seen the last of him,” says Brennan. “Nate remains a much-loved character in the series, and we always look for opportunities to bring him back.”
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