
Katie Couric and Josh Elliott
One lesson learned in this wearying week of morning-show warfare: Some people should never give up their dream day job. Which is why it was so gratifying for the week to end with the announcement that Today's Matt Lauer was staying put for years to come. I'd like to think he saw the future — or maybe Today's future — staring at him on Wednesday, when he sat across from...
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Vivica A. Fox
The Fox is heading to Fox.
Vivica A. Fox will guest-star in an upcoming episode of Raising Hope, Entertainment Weekly reports.
The 47-year-old actress will play...
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Zooey Deschanel, New Girl and Christian Slater, Breaking In
Watch your back, Zooey Deschanel. You've got some serious competition. "I'm adorkable," Megan Mullally announced to reporters at Fox's winter TV previews Sunday."There will be two."
The Emmy winner is the latest addition to Fox's comedy slate as a new series regular on Breaking In, which returns for a second season in March immediately following, you guessed it, New Girl. Mullally was joined on the panel by co-star Christian Slater, Deschanel and New Girl creator Liz Meriwether and Raising Hope's Martha Plimpton and Garrett Dillahunt with creator Greg Garcia. Funny group, right? Here are...
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Lee Majors, Shirley Jones
Raising Hope has cast two TV legends to play the parents of Burt (Garret Dillahunt), TVLine reports.
The Six Million Dollar Man himself, Lee Majors, will play Burt's dad and...
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Alphas
Syfy has renewed Alphas for a 13-episode second season.
The series, which stars David Strathairn, follows a team of superhuman investigators with extraordinary physical abilities. July's debut was Syfy's most-watched series premiere in two years.
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Melissa McCarthy
Emmy season is under way! Over the next two weeks, Emmy voters will be checking off names and shows they think are worthy of getting a nomination come July 14. We here at TVGuide.com have a few picks in mind ourselves. Next up: our dream ballot for Best Lead Actress in a Comedy:
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Nolan Gould
Emmy season is now upon us. Over the next two weeks, Emmy voters will be checking off names and shows they think are worthy of getting a nomination come July 14. We here at TVGuide.com have a few picks in mind ourselves. Next up: our dream ballot for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy:
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Garret Dillahunt
Watching Raising Hope's dim-witted Burt, you might wonder, "Where have I seen this guy before?" The answer: everywhere. "I just enjoy working so much, it's hard to say no," says Garret Dillahunt. But with the acclaimed actor hiding himself so well in each character — and with other roles so different from the Chance family's lovably oafish patriarch — he's actually pretty ...
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Traffic Light
Sorry to put the brakes on Fox's post-Super Bowl momentum, but the network's new relationship comedy Traffic Light is a no-"GO" for me. Or, as I tend to think of it after having watched four derivative episodes: "STOP" me if you've heard this before.
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Raising Hope
Fox has ordered up another season of its freshman comedy Raising Hope.
ABC renews Grey's, Castle and more — but which shows were left out?
"Raising Hope has emerged as a comedic standout: wickedly smart, hilarious and full of heart," said Fox executive Kevin Reilly Tuesday in announcing the pickup. "Greg Garcia and his great cast have established an appointment show on Tuesday nights this season, and we're confident it's just the beginning of great things to come."
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