July 3rd, 2008
Edie Falco as a nurse with a taste for illicit drugs? Yep, you better believe it because that’s exactly what she plays in her forthcoming Showtime series, yet another of the cable network’s signature dark comedies, this one currently called Nurse Jackie.
A three-time Lead Actress Emmy winner for her most notable series thus far, […]
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June 20th, 2008
With the addition of Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip alum Sarah Paulson just last week, it looks like the main cast of ABC’s remake of the Rob Thomas sitcom Cupid is almost complete.
Emmy-winning Will & Grace guest star Bobby Cannavale was previously cast in the lead role of Trevor Hale, a recent patient in […]
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June 20th, 2008
Friends alum Matthew Perry has been pretty busy since the end of his signature NBC sitcom, working on high-profile series like Aaron Sorkin’s Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip and even earning an Emmy nomination for his touching role in the basic-cable original movie The Ron Clark Story.
When Perry next returns to television in a […]
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June 20th, 2008
And the Blog Off begins at Comedy Centric!
My first post is, as the title indicates, all about Spike TV’s upcoming mostly improvised, single-camera comedy The Factory. Does this show look good to me? No, it does not, and I’m not saying that just because I’m still angry at the the basic-cable network for […]
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June 16th, 2008
One of the best pieces of television development news last week came from basic cable’s Lifetime. The network that prides itself on its programming geared towards women announced the pickup of its first original sitcom in ten years, a half-hour comedy called Rita Rocks.
The series is slated to premiere this fall and will star […]
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June 15th, 2008
Cable’s Showtime has a new comedy called Secret Diary of a Call Girl premiering Monday night at 10:30pm EST that stars former Doctor Who companion Billie Piper as a companion of a whole ‘nother kind.
The U.K. series already aired across the pond from September to November 2007, where it quickly gained popularity. Based on […]
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June 12th, 2008
If your answer to that question is “You’re damn right I wanna date a 6'8½" famous actor with tons of money!” then you are in luck!
Sony Pictures Televisions aims to make that dream come true for you — or a few other women — with a new ten-episode online reality series focused exclusively on getting […]
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June 10th, 2008
Netlet MyNetworkTV announced today that popular former late-night talk-show personality Arsenio Hall (The Arsenio Hall Show) is making a television comeback as the host of the new reality series Funniest Moments. Bob Saget impersonator, anyone?
Admittedly, Hall’s new gig is a tad different from Saget’s previous 19-season-old ABC haunt America’s Funniest Home Videos, which the […]
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June 10th, 2008
ABC has a new cop dramedy pilot in progress called The Unusuals set in a New York police station. So far, so familiar — we’ve only seen about ten gazillion TV shows that take place in a New York police precinct come and go, right?
There is a twist, though. After recruiting recent Lost […]
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June 7th, 2008
The American TV-comedy industry’s collective creative juices must not be flowing too well nowadays because this week brought news of yet two more forthcoming U.S. productions based on British television series. Both of the latest projects are emerging from the developmental stages at premium cable network HBO.
First up is Sex and the City’s Kim […]
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