TVGuide.com Launches New Weekly Celebrity Blog by The Closer Creator and Executive Producer James Duff

Duff is one of several celebrities who have launched blogs onTVGuide.com since the site expanded its community section in Aprilwith 60 professional blogs and hundreds of user-generated blogs. Pageviews in the community section increased by more than 90% betweenApril and May.

Duff's debut post allows readers a front row seat at a producer'sfirst meeting with the woman who would become his leading lady: "Twoyears ago this coming August, I showed up for a late breakfast at aHollywood restaurant and met someone who completely changed my life.Such experiences don't come along very often -- transformational firstencounters let's call them, or TFEs -- and my memory seldom recollectsthem in the order of their importance," he writes in the blog.

"Certainly, when Kyra Sedgwick walked through the doors ofCampenili that late Sunday morning to share the first of many mealswith me, Mike Robin and Greer Shephard (my partners in developing TheCloser), we had no idea we were about to share in a TFE of the veryhighest order. But I do remember that meeting with what, for me, isenormous detail."

Each week, Duff's new posts will pull back the curtain, givingfans an unprecedented behind-the-scenes glimpse at what goes intomaking the show, the evolution of its storylines and the actors thatbring it all to life. TVGuide.com readers will have the opportunity topost and interact with Duff.

"Mr. Duff makes a great contribution to our community byestablishing TVGuide.com as an interactive forum where entertainmentfans can connect directly with the people behind their favoriteshows," says TVGuide.com Editorial Director Daniel Manu. "We're happyto have him on board and look forward to expanding our community withmore celebrity blogs."

TVGuide.com also features a weekly blog by Rescue Me's JohnScurti, who plays Lt. Kenny "Lou" Shea on the hit FX drama series, nowin its third season. Past celebrity blogs include those by JennaFischer and B.J. Novak of NBC's The Office.

Duff's blog can be found at the following link:http://blogs.tvguide.com/thecloser

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