Carl Reiner

Exclusive: Parks and Recreation Books a Comedy Icon

• Jan 6, 2012 05:22 PM ET
• by Damian Holbrook

How's this for your show of shows? TV Guide Magazine has learned exclusively that Parks and Recreation is set to host a living legend when comedy icon Carl Reiner guest stars as one of Pawnee's most powerful elders —and possibly a key player in Leslie's City Council campaign.

Liza Minnelli to Guest-Star on Hot in Cleveland

• Jan 3, 2012 05:58 PM ET
• by Natalie Abrams

Liza Minnelli is about to get Hot in Cleveland.

The 65-year-old Oscar-winning actress will appear in an episode of the TV Land comedy as... read more

The Guide to Wednesday TV: Two New Comedies to Hate, the Whitechapel Finale

• Nov 30, 2011 09:18 AM ET
• by Matt Roush

Comedy is very hot this TV season — thank ABC's best-of-class Wednesday comedies (all in repeats tonight), CBS' Monday blockbusters, NBC's cult faves and Fox's giddy New Girl — but two lousy new sitcom arrivals buck the trend, leaving a sour aftertaste.

Normally I'd celebrate at any circumstance that shrinks The X Factor to 90 minutes, but in this case, it opens the door for Fox's unpleasant I Hate My Teenage Daughter (9:30/8:30c), which traps two gifted comedians — My Name Is Earl's Emmy-winning spitfire Jaime Pressly and two-time Tony-winning scene-stealer Katie Finneran — in no-win roles as shrill moms who used to be ugly ducklings and are now cowed by their bratty offspring (forgettably rendered by Aisha Dee and Kristi Lauren), who are turning out to be the sort of spoiled mean girls who tormented the moms back when they were in high school.

Comedy Writer Hal Kanter Dies at 92

• Nov 8, 2011 09:57 AM ET
• by Joyce Eng

Hal Kanter, the Emmy-winning comedy writer behind the groundbreaking series Julia, has died. He was 92.

Kanter died Sunday of complications from pneumonia at California's Encino Hospital, his daughter, Donna Kanter, told the Los Angeles Times.

See the celebs we lost this year

"What a dear man," friend Carl Reiner said. "He was considered one of the wits of the industry; there's no question about it. Any time he ...
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Showtime Invests in Laughing Stock From Steve Carell

• Aug 4, 2011 02:33 PM ET
• by Kate Stanhope

Just months after leaving The Office, Steve Carell is returning to TV — albeit behind the scenes — with a new interview series on Showtime.

Laughing Stock, executive-produced by Carell and David Steinberg, will bring on comedy greats from the last five decades for one-on-one discussions about their careers, influences and the evolution of comedy with Steinberg (Sit Down Comedy with David Steinberg).