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“The Night Shift” 1.02 A Luke Macfarlane Sighting! Sort Of!

by snicks | June 4, 2014

Previously, on The Night Shift …

We met the doctors handling the weird and dramatic cases of the late night ER at San Antonio Medical Center. Forced wackiness ensued, but a couple of things had us intrigued enough to come back for another look.

First there was Brendan Fehr as Dr. Drew … wait … no, we’re not going to call him that, he’s just “Drew.” He’s an Army medic who’s studying to become a surgeon, and he’s also snugly in the closet, not wanting to become “The Gay Guy” at the hospital or his Army unit. But we’ve been promised that we’ll see the exquisite Luke Macfarlane as his boyfriend, so that’s one incentive to keep coming back.

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But in the most crucial scene of the episode, Drew takes a breather to take a look at his e-mails …

Hey wait … could that be?

IT IS!

We know how you feel.

So … that’s it. It was short, but sweet.

Okay, show, you’ve got us for another episode, but we’re going to need the actual Luke soon. And pantsless T.C.

Happy Birthday Luke!

The Backlot - Birthday Gallery: Luke Macfarlane Turns 34

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Birthday Gallery: Luke Macfarlane Turns 34

by snicks | January 17, 2014


How much do we miss Kevin & Scotty?

They had their ups and downs, and had to endure a lot of Walker drama/silliness, but the Brothers & Sisters pair was one of the greatest gay couples in TV history, and are sorely missed.

Of course, the reason for that success was the chemistry between Matthew Rhys and Luke Macfarlane. The out Canadian actor imbued Scotty with a sweetness and vulnerability that was touching and … fetching.

Since the end of Brothers & Sisters, Luke has kept busy, starring in the short film Erection, a couple of episodes of Smash, the lead role in the Canadian sitcom Satisfaction, and this year he’ll appear in the new series The Night Shift.

This weekend is his 34th birthday, so let’s take a look back at some highlights from one of our favorite out actors.

Satisfaction has been cancelled

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Canada's CTV Cancels Comedy 'Satisfaction' After One Season
11:56 AM PDT 10/28/2013 by Etan Vlessing

The 13-episode sitcom from "Up All Night's" Tim McAuliffe debuted on June 24 as a lead-in to the Charlie Sheen-starrer "Anger Management."

TORONTO – Canadian broadcaster CTV has decided against ordering a second season of the freshman comedy Satisfaction, which stars Playboy Club's Leah Renee, Luke Macfarlane and Ryan Belleville.


"CTV extends its sincere thanks to Tim McAuliffe and DHX Media Ltd., as well as the entire cast and crew, and looks forward to working with them again in the future," the broadcaster said on Monday in a statement after the decision not to renew the single-camera comedy was confirmed.

The 13-parter from Up All Night’s McAuliffe and indie producer DHX Media debuted June on 24 as a lead-in to the Charlie Sheen-starrer Anger Management.
The series centered on three friends who live together as they share relationship woes and wins.

Jessica Pare, Gordon Pinsent, Gabrielle Miller and U.S. stand-up comic Andy Kindler guest starred.

McAuliffe wrote Satisfaction with Mark Critch, Jason Belleville, Tim Polley, Jenn Engels and Ryan Belleville.

CTV has a slew of homegrown comedies in development and is expected to make announcements on new original series in the near future.

Lionsgate and DHX Media are distributing the Canadian comedy internationally.

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Unfortunately, it's been cancelled as I expected. It was fun but wasn't good enough. I really wanted to see him more but sadly it's axed.

Luke will guest star in The Night Shift

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October 17, 2013 12:21 PM PDT

Exclusive: Brothers & Sisters Alum Commits to NBC's Midseason Drama The Night Shift

Michael Ausiello

Brothers & Sisters‘ Luke MacFarlane is reporting for duty on NBC’s midseason drama The Night Shift, playing an Army guy who shares a mysterious past with Brendan Fehr’s MD character, TVLine has learned exclusively.

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MacFarlane will guest star as Rick Lincoln, a soldier who is just back from his latest stint in Afghanistan. When he arrives at San Antonio Memorial Hospital, we learn that he has a close connection to Fehr’s Drew (hmm… )

From Gabe Sachs and Jeff Judah (Freaks and Geeks, 90210), The Night Shift is a medical procedural about a group of ex-Army doctors burning the midnight oil at a hospital. The cast includes Six Feet Under‘s Freddy Rodriguez, Lost‘s Ken Leung and Royal Pains’ Jill Flint.
MacFarlane recently wrapped Season 1 of the Canadian ensemble comedy Satisfaction.