SEEING RED
TV Guide – Insider –
March 8, 1997
Feisty Marg Helgenberger is back (but not on ER).
In ‘Murder Live!’ (NBC, March 9), Marg Helgenberger plays a trashy talk-show host held hostage in her own studio. OK, it’s not Shakespeare. But the role is more complex than it sounds, Helgenberger says. “She actually believes she’s doing good by devoting programs to certain issues, but at the same time, she’s aware of what BS it is. You don’t often get the chance to play somebody multidimensional.”
Helgenberger’s characters are often smart and strong-willed. She won an Emmy as K.C. on ‘China Beach,’ and soon she stars in Steven Seagal’s ‘Fire Down Below’ and in Elmore Leonard’s ‘Gold Coast’ on Showtime. She won’t star in her own CBS series, however. The network passed on a drama she developed, and Helgenberger in turn declined subsequent scripts CBS offered her as part of their deal. “If I’m going to do a series,” she says, “It’s gotta be a character who’s gonna rock everybody’s world.”
*Special thanks to Kelly Willows for transcribing this article. A scan of it can also be found here.