And we didn’t know until our mom told us. Yes, Adam appeared in last night’s new installment of the Law & Order: Criminal Intent saga, “The Mobster Will See You Now.” Definitely worth catching for the Adam faithful since he’s got a fairly large guest-starring role in this one and goes toe-to-toe with fellow student of Sanford Meisner Jeff Goldblum.

It’ll be airing again on Monday, June 28th at 5:00 PM on USA and can be purchased at Amazon Video on Demand for $1.99 iTunes for $1.99 ($2.99 for high-def).

THE MOBSTER WILL SEE YOU NOW (#CI9013)
EPISODE PREMIERE: June 22, 2010

Several years ago, two doctors struggled to realize their dream of owning a hospital. In order to secure financing, DR. JOEL SILVERSTEIN and DR. SHELTON SPRING were forced to turn to a friend – HENRY DI PIANO, entrepreneur and son of a renowned mob boss. Henry, in his own desire to become an honest businessman, convinced a group of retired mobsters to invest in the endeavor.

The plan worked beautifully, until one day LES TARNEY, a mid-level government official with the Department of Health and Human Resources, came to pay doctors Silverstein and Spring a visit. As it turns out, the doctors had been overcharging their patients for routine procedures. Instead of turning them in, Tarney has decided to blackmail the doctors. They complied, terrified at what will happen should their mob financiers discover the scandal. Just when all seems lost for the doctors, a miracle occurs. Les Tarney chokes on his own dinner. Unfortunately for them all, Nichols and Stevens see Tarney’s death for what it really is – murder. Before their investigation is over, more than one innocent will pay the price for their crimes.

Updated (May 26, 2010): Boston Legal has apparently not been picked up. So, pouty face.

House: “Private Lives”

House and the team take on the case of an avid blogger (guest star Prepon) admitted with sudden bruising and bleeding. From her hospital bed, the patient blogs about her symptoms, doctors and prospective diagnoses to her dedicated band of followers and solicits their advice on a course of treatment. Such openness leads the team to contemplate the value of privacy, especially after House and Wilson uncover secrets from one another’s past. Meanwhile, Chase is coaxed into testing out the dating scene in the all-new “Private Lives” episode of HOUSE airing Monday, March 8 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX sptv050769. (HOU-615) (TV-14 D, L, S)

CAST: Hugh Laurie as Dr. Gregory House; Lisa Edelstein as Dr. Lisa Cuddy; Omar Epps as Dr. Eric Foreman; Robert Sean Leonard as Dr. James Wilson; Jennifer Morrison as Dr. Allison Cameron; Jesse Spencer as Dr. Robert Chase; Peter Jacobson as Dr. Chris Taub; Olivia Wilde as Thirteen/Dr. Remy Hadley

GUEST CAST: Laura Prepon as Frankie, Adam Rothenberg as Taylor; Gonzalo Menendez as Stuart; Catherine Kresge as Joan; Elena Evangelo as Belinda; Christina Vidal as Sandy; Tracey Esposito as Leeanne; Anise Fuller as Melodie; Tonya Kay as Chloe; Annie Weirich as Dionne; Alexandra Cramer as Grace; Lindsay Halladay as Nicole; Tina Sanchez as Elizabeth; Pamela Rooney as Mary

Click here for episode promo.

On a technical note, we’re having some issues with the site, but we’re working our little fingers off to resolve the problem with the archives and comment pages. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Oscar hopeful “Right to Dream” from Tennessee is now available as a single on iTunes and at Amazon. The above video for the Mariah Carey number features clips from the movie, which is tentatively scheduled to open in theaters in March.

“Find You,” Karmina’s theme song for the late and still lamented Ex List is now available on iTunes. It can also be previewed in the October 25th posting on the band website.

Question: Why, oh, why did The Ex List get canceled? — Lily

Ausiello: Elizabeth Reaser is asking herself the same question. “I don’t quite know what went wrong,” she lamented at Monday’s Twilight premiere. “Not enough people watched it, I guess, is the simplest reason. I was having a good time on the show. I liked the idea of the show. I never quite understand how ratings work or time slots or how they make the decisions to cancel a show. It is very hard for a new show to survive these days unless they are a blockbuster hit from the pilot. But I really don’t know what went wrong. I am at a loss and disappointed and I think everyone on the show and involved in it felt the same way. But we aren’t alone. A lot of shows have already been canceled.” The good news? Ex List will complete its 13-episode order with an eye towards international sales and a DVD release. “I’m still shooting the show, which is odd,” she admitted. “The scripts have been rewritten to give [fans] some closure. [Bella] will figure out which ex is the one. I do find the guy, and it’s someone we met in an earlier episode.”

Former showrunner Diane Ruggiero’s plan for the end of the first season was noted in a previous post, two posts down. No spoilers have yet emerged on what the actual ending noted here by Reaser will be.

Now that The Ex List is no more, what’s next for the show? There are at least four unaired episodes, as evidenced by their respective galleries at Nice Girls Like TV, and rumor had it they cast as many as twelve. So we’ve got that to look forward to, either as a strike-related filler or possible future DVD release.

More importantly, was Adam’s Augie the great love of Bella’s life or what? One-time showrunner Diane Ruggiero had her own game plan for the first season and tattled to E! about what she would have done had the show made it a full season and had she not left the show partway through that hypothetical first season due to “creative differences.” Still no word on what the people actually running the show at the time of the cancellation had planned, but it’s better than nothing. It’s not really a spoiler, but we’re still hiding it after the jump.

SEMI-SPOILER ALERT from Diane Ruggiero:

“My plan was to end the first season with Bella getting married. Marina (the psychic) told her that she already dated The One and that if she didn’t marry within the year she’d never marry. She never said she had to marry The One within the year.

“Soooo, my plan was to have Bella hook up with an old college ex around episode 13. In the past, he had just started dating someone when he met Bella. He fell for Bella and dumped his girlfriend, only to have his relationship with Bella last for like a day. Now she meets up with him again. They hit it off like crazy. One problem, he’s engaged. The episode ends with Bella not wanting to wreck his engagement. She’s worried that she’s letting the prophecy cloud her judgment and she doesn’t want to ruin someone else’s potential happiness. Anyway, long freakin’ story short—episode 19 he comes back. He had ended the engagement anyway and is available.

“Bella, in the meantime, has entered a new phase in her relationship with Elliott. He’s her new best friend. And she’s had a huge fight with Augie and their friendship is on the rocks. The clock is ticking. She tells College Ex about the prophecy. He says they should get married. They head to Vegas. Elliott rushes to Vegas to stop them. He’s too late. Right after they tie the knot College Ex is telling a stranger at the casino the story of how he met Bella. He mentions that they were both dating someone else. Bella is confused. She was single when she met him—we flash back to a college party—Bella and Augie enter. She sees someone she used to date and doesn’t want to appear to be at the party alone. She tells Augie that he is her boyfriend for the night.

“Basically, Bella gets married then moments later realizes that Augie is the one. That was the season one plan.

“Hope you don’t think it blows.”

While the Apple has been unable to find a formal cancellation notice anywhere — and we know that there are several episodes “in the can” that have yet to be broadcast — it looks like THE EX LIST is officially kaput.

CBS has even pulled the EX LIST pages from their website. I’m not sure why that was necessary; they could have at least been archived.

Et tu, CBS webmaster?

You can find more information about THE EX LIST‘s premature demise here and here.

As for the un-aired episodes, maybe they’ll pop up magically as schedule-filler at some point, or perhaps end up on a DVD release of the show in some vague, pastel future. We certainly hope so.

In any case… EX LIST, we hardly knew ye….

More Unearthed Artifacts:

Ex List TWoP archives
Videos still available for sale on iTunes and at Amazon
This site still appears to be adding episode stills
Episode information can be found here
Finally, there some information here about the theme song; it’s available for purchase at iTunes

And some site business, we missed the episode change for last Friday; we’ll get corrected show info up some time today or tomorrow.

BELLA AGREES TO GO BACK OUT WITH A MOMMA’S BOY AFTER LEARNING THAT HIS OVERBEARING MOTHER IS OUT OF THE PICTURE, ON “THE EX LIST,” FRIDAY, OCT. 24

“Momma’s Boy” – Bella runs into her ex, Josh (Michael Landes), with whom she broke up because he refused to move out of his mother’s house. Wary of dating a momma’s boy again, Bella agrees to see Josh only after learning his mom is out of the picture, on THE EX LIST, Friday, Oct. 24 (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT), on the CBS Television Network.

WRITTEN BY: Barry Safchik & Michael Platt
DIRECTED BY: Paul Holahan

Episode info from Spoiler TV. Click here for trailer. CBS promotional photo from Nice Girls Watch TV….