Steve Byrne
"NORM!"
Oh, sorry, I momentarily mistook TBS' new sitcom for something funny. Like Cheers — echoes of which kept ringing in my TV memory bank as I slogged my way through the back-to-back episodes of the instantly forgettable Sullivan & Son (Thursday, 10/9c), the channel's latest attempt to produce something as amusing as the popular sitcom repeats that pepper the TBS schedule.
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Steve Byrne
Despite the fact that they work on the set of a (fake) bar, the cast of TBS' new comedy, Sullivan & Son know to keep things professional. But after closing time, all bets are off. Especially if Oasis' "Don't Look Back in Anger" comes on the jukebox.
"We did this DJ junket last weekend, and we all met at this restaurant. I asked the DJ to play it, and myself and the rest of the cast stood around this fountain and sang that song. [Co-star] Owen Benjamin ended up jumping into the fountain and splashing everybody," co-creator, executive producer and star Steve Byrne tells TVGuide.com. "That's when the booze was kicking in."
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Steve Byrne
TBS Orders Comedy Series Sullivan and Son From Vince Vaughn
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TBS has ordered the comedy series Sullivan and Son, the network announced Friday.
Produced by Vince Vaughn, the show takes place in a legendary Pittsburgh bar Sullivan & Son and stars comedian Steve Byrne, who will also serve as executive producer. Byrne plays Steve Sullivan, a corporate attorney from New York who brings his girlfriend ...
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Dan Lauria
To many, Dan Lauria will always be Kevin Arnold's stern dad, Jack, on The Wonder Years. In recent years, he's appeared on How I Met Your Mother and Criminal Minds and played Vince Lombardi on Broadway. And the actor, 64, once again displays his range when he guest-stars on Wednesday's Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.
In the episode, "Personal Fouls," Lauria plays a longtime coach accused of...
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Carmelo Anthony, Mehcad Brooks
New York Knicks star Carmelo Anthony will play himself in a guest star-heavy episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, TVGuide.com has learned.
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Anthony and fellow NBA star Chris Bosh of the Miami Heat will each make cameo appearances in the opening scene and the episode's climax. The episode, titled "Personal Fouls," focuses on a youth basketball coach (The Wonder Years' Dan Lauria) who is suspected of being a sexual predator.
Also appearing in the episode is True Blood and Necessary Roughness star Mehcad Brooks, who plays...
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Vince Lombardi
HBO is planning a documentary about the football legend whose name is on the trophy for U.S. television's most-watched annual event — the Super Bowl.
The film about Vince Lombardi debuts Saturday, Dec. 11, HBO Sports President Ross Greenburg announced Monday.
"There isn't a football fan alive who has not heard of Vince or does not know his famous line, 'Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing,' but how much do people really know about this complicated genius?," Greenburg said. "We plan to...
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Danica McKellar, Inspector Mom
Best known for her sweet, endearing role as The Wonder Years' Winnie, Danica McKellar has come a long way from drive-ins and school dances. Playing a deep-digging journalist-turned-mom in Lifetime Movie Network's Inspector Mom (premiering Saturday, Nov. 18, at 8 pm/ET), McKellar got a taste of motherhood while solving crimes — and she had a great time doing it. TVGuide.com asked the actress why she chose this project — you'll never guess who convinced her to go through with it! — and how "boot camp" made her a better actor.
TVGuide.com: You're on set right now for Inspector Mom?Danica McKellar: Yeah, we're doing two TV-movies and 10
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