December 22 - 28, 2024
Kick-start your holiday viewing with “Elf” (2003), Tuesday, Dec. 24, on AMC, before seeing “Home Alone” (1990) on ABC and “It’s a Wonderful Life” (1946) on NBC. Will Ferrell stars in “Elf”
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BY JAY BOBBIN
Sophia Bush OF GREY’S ANATOMY ON ABC Q: Seeing Sophia Bush on “Grey’s Anatomy” made me think of the medical series she had after she left “Chicago P.D.” What was it called, and when was it on? A: Star Sophia Bush had a big creative hand in “Good Sam,” which had a relatively brief run on CBS from January to May in 2022. She also was a producer of the drama in which she played a heart surgeon who got a big promotion at her hospital when her predecessor — her father, played by Jason Isaacs — was rendered comatose by a shooting. He then recovered and wanted to resume work, making her his boss, something neither was comfortable with. Wendy Crewson (“Saving Hope”) played Bush’s mother and Isaacs’ ex-wife, who was also on the hospital’s staff, often acting as mediator between her arguing relatives. Another notable cast member was Skye P. Marshall, cast as another doctor who was having an affair with Isaacs’ character; she’s currently back on CBS as Olympia Lawrence in the update of “Matlock,” which is being filmed on the same soundstages at Hollywood’s Paramount Studios that were used for “Good Sam.” Earlier this year, Marshall married fellow actor Edwin Hodge, who also was a “Good Sam” cast regular. As she continues her recurring role in ABC’s “Grey’s Anatomy,” Bush may be returning to one of her earlier series characters. She, Hilarie Burton Morgan and Danneel Ackles are among the “One Tree Hill” veterans involved in developing a proposed sequel series to that show. Discussions about doing that project haven’t been hurt by the popularity of the “Drama Queens” podcast that Bush hosts with Morgan and fellow “One Tree Hill” alum Bethany Joy Lenz.