Patricia Arquette

Some casting news has come in for the psychological thriller Glutton, which is being directed by David Arquette, and it looks like the old adage of "the family that plays together stay together" is in full operation here seeing as Arquette has tapped one of his famous sisters for a lead role.

We've been a bit sporadic in our coverage of the TV series "Medium" after its first couple of years on its original home of NBC, but when word came down today that it's been canceled, we thought it worth mentioning, particularly in light of the lack of respect its current network, CBS, has demonstrated.

After giving his "Medium" leading lady a brain tumor in last season's finale (no worries; she survived, as did the show in an eleventh-hour renewal this past May), fans of the series have been wondering how executive producer Glenn Gordon Caron is going to open up its seventh season, which kicks off September 24th. How does a little Freaky Friday homage sound?

Now that the show has made the move from NBC to CBS, "Medium" producer Glenn Gordon Caron is ready to snaz it up a bit to encourage viewers of new lead-in "Ghost Whisperer" to stick around. To that end, he has acquired the rights to use footage from Night of the Living Dead in an upcoming episode.

When it first premiered, I was as big a fan of "Medium" as anyone. Its balanced portrayal of psychic/medium Allison DuBois' professional and personal lives was rich and rewarding. But it started losing me in later seasons, mostly due to the fact that it began to feel a little too familiar week after week.

Starring Patricia Arquette, Jake Weber, Miguel Sandoval, David Cubitt, Sofia Vassilieva, Maria Lark Created by Glenn Gordon Caron Distributed by Paramount Home Video January, 2005-Present

Starring Patricia Arquette, Jake Weber, Miguel Sandoval, David Cubitt, Sofia Vassilieva, Maria Lark Created by Glenn Gordon Caron Distributed by Paramount Home Video January, 2005-Present