George Michael News

The ABC site has added two clips of George Michael’s role as himself on “Eli Stone.”

Entertainment Weekly has a new interview with George Michael about his appearances on “Eli Stone.”  You can read more about it in George Michael Has Faith in ‘Eli Stone’ .

This article has additional information on George Michael’s next appearance on “Eli Stone.”

When a teenaged girl is expelled for playing George Michael’s “I Want Your Sex” during an abstinence education assembly at school, the pop superstar (playing himself) retains Eli’s legal counsel on the girl’s behalf, THURSDAY, MARCH 27 (10:02-11:00 p.m., ET), on ABC’s “Eli Stone.”

I’m a little confused … I had read that George Michael was supposed to appear in the seventh episode of “Eli Stone,” which is on Thursday.  Now I’m reading that George Michael will appear as a guest star on the March 27 episode:

Michael will appear in an episode in which a teen is expelled for playing his song “I Want Your Sex” during an abstinence education assembly at school; he will retain Eli’s legal counsel on the girl’s behalf, the network said.

I’m sorry if I got all your hopes up that George Michael would be on this week!

(Update … Duh, George Michael is guest starring on the 13th and 27th.  I’ve been having a bad month so I hope all of you forgive me for my stupidity.)

George Michael will be guest starring as himself in the March 13th episode of “Eli Stone” entitled “Heal the Pain.”

The following articles aren’t good news for “Eli Stone.”

New shows get lukewarm welcome

And none of the first-year shows on the current sked — “Welcome to the Captain” on CBS, “Carpoolers,” “Cashmere Mafia” and “Eli Stone” on ABC, and Lipstick Jungle” on NBC — are really clicking. While “Eli” and “Lipstick” have done decently, there’s nothing in their early numbers to suggest that they’ll be long-term players.

ABC Moves Lost

 ABC has tried several new shows in the 10 p.m. Thursday period that have been unable to capitalize on “Grey’s” success. Case in point: Current occupant “Eli Stone” is notably absent from the newly announced spring lineup. Since “Stone” debuted this year, it has averaged a 3.3 rating in the time period. An ABC spokesman said the network hasn’t decided when the remaining “Stone” episodes will air.

According to ABC Sets Spring Schedule, we won’t be seeing “Eli Stone” on Thursdays at 10 p.m. during the spring.

ABC outlined its spring schedule Wednesday, highlighted by Lost moving back one hour to 10 p.m. Thursdays and pushing rookie Eli Stone out of the time slot.

Lost, currently anchoring Thursdays at 9 p.m., will come back with five more original episodes April 24.

ABC is still considering where on the schedule to plug in the rest of Eli Stone’s 13-episode order when Lost moves.

I’m sure you all heard the George Michael song during last week’s episode of “Father Figure.” (The song was “This Is Not Real Love” and was played when Taylor and Eli entered their engagement party.)  It appears that some are actually missing the George Michael parts of “Eli Stone.”

‘Eli Stone’ Recap: Saving Private Swaine

So much for singing and dancing on “Eli Stone.” Eli’s (Jonny Lee Miller) visions take a grisly turn this week as this time he gets thrust into the middle of a war zone (seems like WW II). Apparently, the not-so-cryptic message he receives is that he is supposed to rescue a Private Swain and take some ridge. That’s all well and good; but no George Michael song? What a gyp.

Eli Stone: Father Figure

With much humility, I am forced to seat myself in the ugly seat this week. I was convinced that George Michael’s star power would dominate the show. Not only has his presence and music complemented the main plots nicely, but that same presence was almost non-existent in this episode. All I can say is, I’m sorry and I stand corrected.

ABC now has a new video for “Faith,” which includes parts of the original “Faith” video by George Michael, along with clips from “Eli Stone.”  Check it out.

I’m seriously irritated that again someone is wondering what “Eli Stone” will do when they run out of George Michael songs.  I just looked at the official site, and it lists more than 40 singles!  I also just quickly added up George Michael songs on albums, and that includes more than 70 songs!  What’s most irritating is that the current article comes from the ABC blog! Come on people, do a little research before you say something like this:

Incidentally, this episode was titled “Freedom,” after the George Michael song that features prominently throughout the show. All the episodes are named after George Michael or Wham songs, as near as I can tell.Coming up, “Father Figure” and “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go.” For reals.

Sooner or later Eli Stone is going to run out of George Michael songs and they’re going to have to go with some other artist. I think they should base the second season of Eli Stone on the hard-rockin’ music of Ted Nugent, the Motor City Madman.  ABC could pull in a whole new demographic to the show.

OK, bad idea.  Who would be a better choice than The Nuge once Eli Stone runs out of George Michael songs?  You make the call.

ABC.com has an interview with the “Eli Stone” co-creators and executive producers Greg Berlanti and Marc Guggenheim.  George Michael is discussed throughout the article, including the following:  

What lead to the idea for ELI STONE, a lawyer having all going so well for him, and then seemingly in “crisis” ? And, which came first — the idea for a lawyer in crisis, or George Michael?

The idea for a lawyer who might be a modern day prophet came first, but George followed quickly thereafter. We wanted Eli’s first “vision” to be a song from his formative years by someone who’s been out of the spotlight for a while yet instantly recognizable. George not only fit this criteria, but was perfect because the themes of his music perfectly fit all the themes of the series.

And — why George Michael? Will he be a continuing element in the show?

George and his music will most definitely be continuing elements in the show. As we said, the themes of his music really capture the message of the show and his songs are featured prominently in future episodes. George himself will appear in three more episodes over the course of our first season.

The ABC site has a video interview with George Michael.