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Cougar Town
If we were to drop in on Monica Geller ten years after her life on Friends, would we find her living in a suburban cul de sac in the state of Florida? Very possibly.
At least that’s what it feels like on Cougar Town. Here is Courteney Cox, still doing schtick, slapstick and sexy, only this time with a teenage son and an ex-husband. The thing is, Cox does this sort of thing very, very well.
Real estate saleswoman Jules Cobb (Cox) spends most of her Friday night with scrabble, wine and her …
Trailer: Episodes
Last October we got news of Episodes, a new Showtime series starring Matt Le Blanc.
He plays a “dumbed down actor” in a comedy that also gets dumbed-down after Americans try to remake the British original.
Just like what they did to Kath & Kim only this time from Britain….
In this trailer, shown recently to US TV critics, Le Blanc even has to audition as Matt Le Blanc. Which shows he gets irony.
Co-produced with the BBC the series is by Friends producer David Crane and writing partner, Jeffrey Klarik.
Just a tad funnier …
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 …
Kudrow, Cox, Cougar Town…
Lisa Kudrow recently guest starred alongside Courteney Cox in Cougar Town for an episode to air in the US in early January.
But the two won’t be Friends this time.
“They didn’t want to play friends,” executive producer Bill Lawrence (Scrubs, Spin City) told EW.com.
“She plays a dermatologist who is a horrible, horrible person, but [Cox] goes to her because she’s the best. The [sight] of them playing people who dislike each other intensely was very funny for me to watch.”
In 2007, the first on-screen Friends reunion happened when Jennifer Aniston guest starred …
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 …
In defence of Two and a Half Men
It seems even in America there are those who just don’t get Two and a Half Men. Despite the fact it is the country’s #1 comedy, it is frowned upon by many critics and “TV snobs.”
In Australia it’s not much different. The show continues to pull a surprisingly big audience, despite Nine’s best attempts to run it into the ground. Yet it’s hard to find much love for it amongst reviewers (I’d certainly fall into that grouping too).
Save for Chuck Lorre’s output, the traditional 3-cam live-audience show is bit of a …
Matthew Perry comedy for ABC network
America’s ABC network has picked up the rights to the new single-camera comedy being developed by Matthew Perry.
The former Friends and Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip star will play a self-involved manager of a second-rate sports arena who begins to reevaluate his life on his 40th birthday.
The comedy is based on an idea by Perry, and will be written with Sony-based Alex Barnow and Marc Firek (both ofTil Death, Out of Practice, Family Guy). Thomas Schlamme (Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, The West Wing) will direct.
Amid continued speculation …
Matt LeBlanc signs for ‘dumbed-down’ sitcom
Now doesn’t this sound like fun?
Matt LeBlanc is going to play himself in a sitcom about a British TV comedy that gets dumbed-down when it’s produced for Americans.
Brilliants. And do we have Ricky Gervais to thank for this? Well, not directly.
It’s actually former Friends producer David Crane and writing partner, Jeffrey Klarik.
Episodes is a co-production between Showtime and the BBC. Six single-camera episodes will begin shooting in London and Hollywood later this year, to air in 2010.
“We jumped at the chance to get involved with this cock-eyed look at network …
Why The 7PM Project is also The 3:30PM Project
TEN has scheduled repeats of The 7PM Project to air next week in the afternoons -which kinda makes it The 3:30PM Project.
The eps air at 3:30 next Tuesday – Friday and 1:30pm Saturday until August 1st. It also moves Huey’s Cooking Adventures to a 4pm slot.
3:00pm Judge Judy (As Scheduled)
3:30pm The 7PM Project
4:00pm Huey’s Cooking Adventures
4:30pm Bold & The Beautiful (As Scheduled)
Friends repeats will air at 3:30pm Mondays.
This week the new show from Roving Enterprises is researching, producing and recording five daily editions of the show. Producers say they start each …
Elle in Beautiful Life pilot
So they’ve decided to let Elle Macpherson act again.
She’s scored a recurring role on CW’s drama pilot Beautiful Life, which revolves around a group of models living together in a co-ed residence in New York.
Macpherson will play Claudia, the owner of Focus Models, the top modelling agency in New York. She is an ’80s supermodel who is still in great shape and runs her business with the efficiency and toughness of a dictator.
In the 1990s, McPherson appeared movies including Sirens, The Edge, The Mirror Has Two Faces and Batman & Robin …
TEN incorrectly classified Big Mouth ads
Channel TEN has been found to have incorrectly classified promotions for four of its programmes, Big Mouth, Animalia, Don’t Forget the Lyrics and Friends.
ATV10 and NEW Perth ran incorrect classification symbols with each programme, including three which were actually more restricted classifications.
In the case of Big Mouth, TEN’s Big Brother panel show, it also promoted the MA show at a time when such programmes should not be plugged.
The Australian Communications and Media Authority found that TEN ran:
* A promotion for the MA-classified program Big Brother Big Mouth incorrectly displayed a symbol …
Returning: Jamie at Home
Jamie Oliver will replace Neighbours later this month, when the show rests for the summer season.
Repeats of Jamie at Home begin at 6:30pm Monday December 15. The cooking series will be sandwiched in between The Bold and the Beautiful and repeats of Friends.
Jamie Oliver is doing what he does best – cooking, at home. He explains how easy it is to grow your own produce; sometimes in weird and wonderful ways. Also, how simple it is to make something around only one primary ingredient.