Sam Jones III, ER, SMALLVILLE actor: Mr. Media Audio Interview

Sam Jones III arrives at "ER" finale party; image by Getty Images via Daylife

Tonight, America’s 15-year love affair with the NBC medical drama “E.R.” comes to a close. The show introduced a lot of actors who became very big stars and today I’m delighted to welcome a young man who is probably hoping he is on the launching pad to become one of them.

Audiences first noticed Sam Jones III as Clark Kent’s best friend, Pete Ross, during the first three seasons of “Smallville.” He has since appeared in a number of movies, including Snipes, Zig Zag and Glory Road.

More recently, Jones became part of the final group of medical students to go through Chicago’s County General Hospital on “ER.” His character was noteworthy because for 17 episodes he played Chaz, the younger brother of long time “ER” doc Greg Pratt, played by Mekhi Phifer.

You can LISTEN to this interview with SAM JONES III, actor and co-star of "ER" and "SMALLVILLE," by clicking the BlogTalkRadio.com audio player above!

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Brent Poer, TheWB.com video web site GM: Mr. Media Interview

Never let a good brand die.

That seems to be the marching order given to Brent Poer, general manager of TheWB.com, the web video site launching on Wednesday, August 27.

The WB, as you will recall, began in January 1995, and was the short-lived network home of many pop culture TV icons including Seventh Heaven, Steve Harvey, Jamie Foxx, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Dawson’s Creek, Felicity, Charmed, Gilmour Girls and Smallville. It ended its short but lively tenure in a merger with the UPN network a few years ago, forming The CW.

I can’t think of a single CW show I’ve watched more than once with the possible exception of Smallville. But UPN and The WB, I always thought, owned distinctive identities.

And now my guest, Brent Poer, is posed to bring The WB back from the dead.

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