What's the biggest misconception most people have about Garett Maggart? "That I'm an academic!" the actor laughs.

In a recent chat with TVGEN visitors, Maggart confessed he doesn't have much in common with anthropologist Blair Sandburg, his character on The Sentinel (Mondays, 9 pm/ET, UPN).

For one thing, Maggart insists, he's a better basketball player than Sandburg. He scored a three-pointer in a scene on the show, "but they didn't show my playing at all!"

The fan response that rescued The Sentinel from cancellation was "incredible," Maggart says. "It was kind of strange to be a part of something like that. It makes you feel good when it's received by a number of people like it was. It was really gratifying."

Fanzine gossip has Sandburg becoming a cop in a future episode. True or false? "I'll take the Fifth!" Maggart says. You'll just have to keep watching, fans.

(Thanks to Cascade Underground)