Jules and Grayson have only been engaged for a week (of TV time), but the couple is already planning their upcoming nuptials. Being the people-pleaser she is, Jules’ plans thus far include: a Tuesday wedding so Bobby doesn’t have to work, a spring wedding so Laurie will be sans ankle monitor, and some kind of private bang room for Ellie and Andy. (Prince Charles!) The groom-to-be does not get a say. Duh!
But perhaps the most important task was for Jules to select a maid of honor. Naturally, she asked Ellie. But our dear Jelly Bean wanted the job,...
But perhaps the most important task was for Jules to select a maid of honor. Naturally, she asked Ellie. But our dear Jelly Bean wanted the job,...
- 2/22/2012
- by Breia Brissey
- EW.com - PopWatch
Looking to add comedies to its slate of successful dramas, top-rated cable network USA has hired former ABC studios executive Melanie Frankel as its vice president of original comedy series. The network, which is completing its sixth consecutive year as the top rated cable network, recently green-lit two comedies, an untitled project from producer Douglas McGrath starring Nathan Lane, Cheyenne Jackson, Ken Jenkins and Caroline Rhea, and "Paging Dr. Freed." Also read: Nathan Lane Starring in New USA Comedy "As we aggressively expand our scripted portfolio to include half-hours, this is the perfect time to...
- 12/15/2011
- by Tim Molloy
- The Wrap
Barry Bostwick and Julie Hagerty have joined the cast of TBS’ half-hour comedy pilot Bff, from Conan O’Brien’s production company and Warner Horizon. It centers on Mark (Jay Malone), a family man who quits his day job and returns to the neighborhood where he grew up. There, he reunites with his quirky childhood best friend Roland (David Neher), who still lives with his parents (Bostwick, Hagerty), who have lived in the same suburban house for 40 years. The project, from O’Brien’s Conaco Prods and Warner Horizon, was written by Ben Wexler, who serves as showrunner, Ross Novie and Jay Rondot. Andrea Martin rounds out the cast of USA/Ucp’s untitled Douglas McGrath comedy pilot. The single-camera comedy, which McGrath wrote and will direct, centers on Jasper (Nathan Lane), an unlucky actor whose Broadway aspirations must be put on hold when his father’s (Ken Jenkins) health...
- 11/30/2011
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Exclusive: Comedian/actress Caroline Rhea is set to co-star opposite Nathan Lane, Ken Jenkins and Cheyenne Jackson in USA’s untitled Douglas McGrath comedy pilot. The single-camera comedy, which McGrath wrote and will direct, centers on Jasper (Lane), an unlucky actor whose Broadway aspirations must be put on hold when his father’s (Jenkins) health takes a turn for worse, forcing him to return to his Texas hometown. Rhea, repped by Apa and Kipperman Management, will play Jasper’s sister Emilia. Also cast in the pilot, executive produced by McGrath and Lane, is Richard Kohnke (21 Jump Street the movie) as Emilia’s son. Laura Bell Bundy will guest star in the pilot as the wife of Jasper’s new friend Tim (Jackson). Vanessa Ferlito (CSI: NY) has joined Aaron Tveit in another untitled USA pilot, a drama from White Collar creator Jeff Eastin. The project, from Fox TV Studios, follows...
- 11/22/2011
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Nathan Lane's long-gestating comedy series for the USA Network is a go: The network announced Friday that Lane will star with Cheyenne Jackson and Ken Jenkins in a new half-hour, single-camera comedy from producer Douglas McGrath. The comedy represents a big move for the top-rated cable network, best known for breezy dramas. It also recently green-lit "Paging Dr. Freed," another half-hour comedy. The Lane project, which does not yet have a name, features Lane as an unlucky actor who puts his Broadway aspirations on hold to return to his Texas hometown and...
- 11/4/2011
- by Tim Molloy
- The Wrap
Halloween episodes, like any episode built around a specific holiday can be a crutch. Halloween is particularly tricky for comedies because so much humor can derive from putting the characters in idiosyncratic costumes and basically say, “Hey, look, it’s funny!” While that stuff is often funny, it’s always nice to have more.
Interestingly, Cougar Town is more successful with the poignant, emotional moments than the broad comedy gags in its Halloween episode, “You Don’t Know How It Feels.” Of course, the broad comedy gags still work pretty damn well, though.
I haven’t seen every episode of the series, but this is absolutely my favorite one thus far. The costume gags are hilarious without being too important to the episode itself and there is the usual Cougar Town character-based humor. However makes this effort so successful is that it’s absolutely willing to tell a heartfelt and...
Interestingly, Cougar Town is more successful with the poignant, emotional moments than the broad comedy gags in its Halloween episode, “You Don’t Know How It Feels.” Of course, the broad comedy gags still work pretty damn well, though.
I haven’t seen every episode of the series, but this is absolutely my favorite one thus far. The costume gags are hilarious without being too important to the episode itself and there is the usual Cougar Town character-based humor. However makes this effort so successful is that it’s absolutely willing to tell a heartfelt and...
- 10/29/2010
- by Cory Barker
- TVovermind.com
Halloween episodes are always fun. But the best ones still manage to reveal something about their characters, such as that Buffy the Vampire Slayer’s former vengeance demon Anya is afraid of bunnies, and Bones’ Brennan, who doesn’t understand 99.9 percent of pop culture references, insists upon dressing up as Wonder Woman every year. Which of this year’s remaining Halloween-themed episodes (sorry, Parenthood and One Tree Hill) sounds like it will become a classic? (We’ve got details straight from the networks on 22 shows. If we’ve missed one, add it in the comments.) Spoiler alert!
Monday:
Chuck, NBC,...
Monday:
Chuck, NBC,...
- 10/25/2010
- by Mandi Bierly
- EW.com - PopWatch
"We had so much fun writing Love Child," says Robert Stanton. "We had a blast. But I'd be disingenuous if I said I didn't think of it as an acting showcase." Performing in the play was neither his nor co-writer Daniel Jenkins' initial ambition, but as the project progressed, playing 20 characters in a work about theatre seemed the natural thing to do. Now running in repertory Off-Broadway with Lee Blessing's A Body of Water, the comic two-hander depicts an Off-Off-Broadway troupe mounting the Greek tragedy Ion by Euripides. Beleaguered actor-manager Joel is "struggling to figure out who his family is and where he fits in," says Jenkins, who plays him and other characters. "One of the themes is family. This is about a theatre family, and as we know, it frequently becomes a dysfunctional family. What we look at here is, how does it work? How is it a blessing?...
- 10/21/2009
- backstage.com
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