Jason attended The Tonight Show with Jay Leno yesterday (March 23rd). Watch two videos from the show below and check screencaptures and a pic in our gallery! Previews and gallery links are under the cut with the second part of the video.

HD screencaps from The Event episode 1×14 – A Message Back have been added to the gallery: check them out!

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Bullz-Eye.com chatted with Jason. Read a part of this interview below and continue reading at Bullz-Eye.com!

Bullz-Eye: I don’t think we actually met back at the summer TCA tour, but I was there for the panel that you guys did for “The Event.”

Jason Ritter: Oh, cool!

BE: I’ve been following the show as diligently as possible, but I admit that I had to play a little catch-up before getting on the phone with you. I’ve really been enjoying it, though. I mean, I’m a sci-fi geek from way back, anyway, but it’s a really nice blend of sci-fi and action.

JR: Oh, thanks! Oh, my God, the next couple of episodes…? They’re so good. I’m glad you’re caught up! It’s so funny: I’m already trying to keep my enthusiasm under wraps when I’m talking to people, but I assume that they’re all caught up, and then I mention stuff and it ruins it for them. Which is all my fault, but… (Trails off)

BE: I actually joined Hulu Plus to be sure that I could watch every single one that I needed to watch.

JR: (Laughs) That’s cool!

BE: I am nothing if not dedicated to my craft. Well, to begin at the beginning, how did you come aboard “The Event” in the first place, and had you been actively looking for a full-time TV gig at the time?

JR: Well, you know, pilot season had rolled around, and I had been reading a bunch of scripts. I really had not necessarily been dying to jump into a TV show, but I read this pilot, and I just loved it. It just intrigued me on every possible level, and I just went, “Well, this would be one that I would be so excited to be a part of.” So, basically, I went in and auditioned for it, got a couple of callbacks, and then eventually got the part. And it was really exciting because, actually, the part of Sean Walker was the first part they cast, so I wasn’t auditioning for a show that had Laura (Innes) or Blair (Underwood) or any of those people. So once I got the part, it was really exciting to watch the show come together and watch all the characters get cast. Actually, originally in the pilot, the part of Sophia was Neil. It was written for a man! So it was so exciting to get Sophia, because you had Laura Innes as part of the thing. And I think it’s worked out so much better that the character is a woman. It just adds a whole other dynamic to the aliens, with the whole mother aspect of it all.

Read the full interview at bullz-eye.com

Read synopsis for The Event episode 1×16 – You Bury Other Things Too below. As usual, don’t read if you don’t want spoilers!

“THE EVENT”
“YOU BURY OTHER THINGS TOO”

04/04/2011 (09:00PM – 10:00PM) (Monday) : WHEN DIPLOMACY FAILS — VIRGINIA MADSEN AND HAL HOLBROOK GUEST STAR – Sophia (Laura Innes) and the other Sleepers mourn their losses after negotiations are derailed. While observing Simon’s (Ian Anthony Dale) reaction to the events, Sterling (Željko Ivanek) begins to doubt his loyalties and devises a test. President Martinez (Blair Underwood) tasks Senator Catherine Lewis (guest star Virginia Madsen, “Sideways”) with rooting out any other moles within the White House. Elsewhere, Sean (Jason Ritter) and Vicky (Taylor Cole) are on the verge of tracking down Dempsey (guest star Hal Holbrook, “Water for Elephants”), but it may be exactly what he was anticipating. Sarah Roemer, Clifton Collins, Jr., Scott Patterson, Bill Smitrovich, and Lisa Vidal also star.

Source: NBC

Watch “A Bag of Hammers” trailer below!

The Washington Times posted an article about The Event and Jason talked about the show. Read some excerpts from the article below and the full version at The Washington Times.

There is a question of whether the show will return for a sophomore year. In terms of the network, what does “The Event” need to do to solidify an additional season?

Ritter: They’re looking at the ratings, but they really seem to be behind the show, because they’ve sold it to a lot of international markets. It’s not that they can’t afford the show, they’re just trying to gage the level of interest in the states. They’re also watching DVR numbers, as well.

Shows in a similar vein as “The Event,” which usually take a season to build to the underlying main story arc, sometimes get canceled before the resolve of the primary plot thread. If the show does not get a renewal, will the story be tied up?

Ritter: What I was hearing at the beginning of working on the show was, if they were planning to only give us one season, (the network) would give the writers a heads-up, so they could begin resolving things.

What about the commercials that spoil big moments in the previews, like the Washington Monument getting blown up? Why do they burn that in the preview, when it hasn’t even happened in the show yet?

Ritter: I kind of get upset about that. It is a spectacular visual, so hopefully you’ll be intrigued as to how it happens, but it’s also nice to have those types of things come out of nowhere. The best previews give you almost no information, but there’s a lot of incredibly fun things that they haven’t shown in previews that I’m excited about.

Read the full article at The Washington Times

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