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Airdate: Community, The Inbetweeners
Community, starring Joel McHale as a fast-talkin’ lawyer whose degree has been revoked will premiere on GO! this month.
The series, which was just renwed for a second season, sees McHale’s character form a study group who learn more about themselves than their course work. It also features Chevy Chase and John Oliver from The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. It is created by Dan Harmon (The Sarah Silverman Show) and directed by Arrested Development’s Russo Brothers.
It will premiere 9pm Tuesday March 23rd followed by two episodes of The Inbetweeners at …
Airdate: Glenn Martin DDS, Archer
Two new comedies join FOX8’s Animation Domination lineup from Sunday March 7th.
Glenn Martin, DDS is a stop-motion animated series that follows the adventures of travelling dentist, Glenn Martin, and his dysfunctional family as they journey across the country in a Winnebago.
Along the way, Glenn discovers that hitting the road is more complicated than it sounds, and learns through various run-ins (with mobsters, the Amish, and psychotic navigators) that the road often hits back in unexpected ways.
The show features an all-star voice cast that includes Kevin Nealon (Weeds, Anger Management) as Glenn …
Liza joining Ugly Betty
Liza Minnelli is reportedly joining the cast of Ugly Betty for a multi-episode arc.
The legendary entertainer will apparently be playing Lena Korvinka, a high school drama teacher at Justin’s (Mark Indelicato) school -totally camp idea!
Liza was going to have knee replacement surgery at the end of January, but her shoot is supposed to begin in Brooklyn this week.
“Ugly Betty’s producers presented her with a great offer and a hilarious story and they kept coming back to her,” said one source. “She’s going to be playing an outrageous drama teacher and it …
The Greatest TV Shows Of The Noughties?
Lists, lists and more lists emerging as the year and the decade draw to a close.
There are many opinions about which shows have shaped the last ten years of television.
The Sunday Age on the weekend noted: The Sopranos, The Office, Australian Idol, Big Brother and Lost.
“Big Brother debuted in the Netherlands in 1999. By 2001 we had our own version, and we could not believe our eyes. For the first time we were seeing not just real people on television, but real people like us. Despite furious denial in some …
Arrested Development: no movie script yet
Bad news, Arrested Development fans.
It seems earlier talk of a feature film is a loooong way off.
Writer Mitch Hurwitz and co-executive producer James Vallely had been reportedly ‘working on the screenplay.’ But so far there is still no script.
MTV met up with Michael Cera, aka George-Michael Bluth, while he was promoting his new film “Youth in Revolt.”
“I don’t have any updates, no,” Cera said. “They haven’t written it yet. They’re working on outlining it right now.”
Cera said the film is on the backburner while Hurwitz is working on a new project.
“I …
Airdate: Scott Baio is 45 and Single
He was world famous in Happy Days as Fonzie’s cousin Chachi.
Then he went on to have a series with co-star Erin Moran, Joanie Loves Chachi.
But at 45, Scott Baio finds himself in the middle of a mid-life crisis wondering why he’s still single and unable to settle down. Oh the price of teen fame…
Baio had it pretty good. His ex-girlfriends include Heather Locklear, Pamela Anderson, Denise Richards and Nicolette Sheridan. He had a few movie and TV guest star roles and a recurring role on Arrested Development.
But now he spends eight …
Trailer: Community
NBC’s new comedy Community, featuring The Soup’s Joel McHale has posted its entire first episode on FaceBook -but only to residents in America. Awwwww, no fair.
The single-cam series, which also features Chevy Chase, has McHale as a fast-talkin’ lawyer whose degree has been revoked. With some help from his fellow classmates, he forms a study group who eventually learn more about themselves than their course work.
John Oliver from the Daily Show with Jon Stewart also appears. It is created by Dan Harmon (The Sarah Silverman Show) and directed by Arrested …
Laughing matter
“2003 was the last time that all three networks had sketch comedy on at the same time,” ponders producer David McDonald. “Comedy Inc, The Big Bite and Skithouse all launched the same year, within a month of each other I think.”
His producing partner Rick Kalowski chimes in: “And Ronnie Johns was always a shell game. It was on but they (TEN) were not going to tell you when. Work it out for yourself. But when was the last time there was a hard launch of a commercial primetime …
Sit Down, Shut Up: “one big letdown”
Another Australian format adapted by the Americans has landed dud reviews.
This time however, it has to be said the original series was not even a hit here. Sit Down, Shut Up was a short-lived 2000 sitcom on Channel TEN with a cast including Stephen Curryand Marg Downey.
The show featured teachers who misbehaved more than their students. It was picked up by Arrested Development’s Mitch Hurwitz and animated with voices including Jason Bateman, Will Arnett, Henry Winkler and Kristen Chenoweth.
It will premiere on FOX this Sunday night.
Transported from an Aussie high school …
Roseanne hopes for TV comeback
Roseanne Barr has teamed with one of her former sitcom producers, Caryn Mandabach, for a family comedy in which she would (again) play the matriarch. Mandabach has recently been producing for the BBC. In the U.S., she executive produces Showtime’s upcoming series Nurse Jackie, starring Edie Falco.
The Hollywood Reporter notes Jim Vallely (Arrested Development) is also attached to write the script for the project, which has been pitched to the FOX network.
After her nine-year run in on Roseanne, Barr fronted a syndicated talk show and a reality series for ABC.
Source: …
CBS, ABC pilots
More pilots have been greenlit in the US with big names attached including Jerry Bruckheimer, McG and Mitch Hurwitz.
ABC approved an untitled pilot from Jerry Bruckheimer revolving around a team of dedicated amateur detectives working on cases of unidentified victims. If the pilot goes to series, it would be Bruckheimer’s first scripted show on ABC. The network famously passed on CSI before it was sold to CBS.
Producer/ Director McG also won pilot approval for Limelight, a soap set around the teachers and students of a performing arts college in New York …
Big screen Gilligan?
Arrested Development’s ‘George Michael’ as a big screen Gilligan?
It’s an idea being pursued by creator Sherwood Schwartz (The Brady Bunch) and his son Lloyd Schwartz. Certainly the Brady franchise was enormously popular for Schwartz and Paramount on the big screen, thanks to the irreverent tone set by a stage production that had become a cult hit.
If the two Schwartzes have it their way, Michael Cera will be slipping into that famous red shirt and white hat as Gilligan. They are also currently trying to nab Beyonce as movie star Ginger.
Speaking with …