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October 3rd, 2008

The Ex List: New CBS Dramedy Premieres

Lots of Moonlight fans are still griping about the rookie series that will take over the vampire drama’s old Friday time slot, the Elizabeth Reaser romantic dramedy called The Ex List.
The newcomer has one obvious thing going for it: an Emmy-nominated female lead, Reaser, whose presence instantly makes the series compatible with its crazy popular […]

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August 28th, 2008

ABC Picks Up Five Shows on the Funny Side

Each and every one of the following series recently given the green light by ABC has comedy thrown into the mix. A couple I’ve mentioned in the past.
Dramedies
CASTLE: In this crime-procedural dramedy, Nathan Fillion stars as the title character Nick Castle, a famous mystery novelist who is bored with his own success. When […]

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August 16th, 2008

Katey Sagal Looks Tough in ‘Sons of Anarchy’

As I posted previously, Married with Children and 8 Simple Rules… fan favorite Katey Sagal has a new TV series coming up on FX.
Her latest gig is Sons of Anarchy, a drama with darkly humorous undertones, which might make it worthy of discussion here. I won’t know for sure until I see an episode […]

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August 8th, 2008

Katey Sagal Stars in ‘Sons of Anarchy’

Sitcom fans know her best as Peggy Bundy on Married with Children and Cate Hennessy from 8 Simple Rules… for Dating My Teenage Daughter, but Katey Sagal (pictured at left with her 8 Simple Rules co-star John Ritter, who passed away five years ago) is about to become known for her role in an entirely […]

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July 3rd, 2008

Edie Falco’s Showtime Comedy Underway

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

‘Cupid’ Lead Cast Nearly Complete

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

Ayda Field Cast in New Sitcom Pilot

Many are still lamenting Fox’s hasty decision to ax the rookie newsroom sitcom Back to You, which starred TV-comedy heavyweights Kelsey Grammer and Patricia Heaton. The situation isn’t all that bad for another former cast member who, like Grammer, has already lined up another comedy series.
Ayda Field, better known to Back to You fans […]

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June 20th, 2008

Matthew Perry Not So Friendly in ‘The End of Steve’

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 16th, 2008

Lifetime Announces New Original Sitcom ‘Rita Rocks’

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 10th, 2008

Arsenio Hall Returning to TV

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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