Alert to Great Pumpkin fans: You'll need to be almost as patient as Linus for this year's annual showing of It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, which ABC is saving for Halloween night itself, at 8/7c, kicking off Wednesday's great lineup of comedy (though considerably less great without The Middle in the equation). But unlike Linus, you will get your payoff, one considerably more satisfying than the rock Charlie Brown always ends up with after trick or treating.
Are there any timeless classics among Tuesday's Halloween sitcom treats? Perhaps not, but here are a few good reasons to watch (if storm coverage subsides):
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Trick or treat? That's what Kate (Dakota Johnson) will find out on Tuesday's Halloween episode of Ben and Kate (airing at 8:30/7:30c on Fox), when she decides to abandon her typically conservative attitude towards the holiday — i.e. dressing her daughter Maddie (Maggie Elizabeth Jones) up as young historical figures — at the encouragement of her flirtatious friend BJ (Lucy Punch). Responsible mom Kate even gets into the Halloween spirit herself, accepting an invitation from her cute neighbor to attend a costume party at his house — and not being shy about showing her interest in him when she arrives.
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In a moving tribute to the late actor Michael Clarke Duncan, who passed away Monday, Bones creator Hart Hanson reveals there were plans to bring the Oscar nominee back on the show this season.
Hanson tells The Hollywood Reporter that after the Bones spin-off The Finder, starring Duncan and Geoff Stults, was not...
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Geoff Stults has signed on for a recurring role on Fox's new comedy Ben and Kate as part of his new talent deal with 20th Century TV, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Ben and Kate, premiering on Tuesday, Sept. 25 at 8:30/7:30c, follows a single mom Kate (Dakota Johnson) who gets some unlikely help in raising her young daughter from her unpredictable brother Ben (Nat Faxon). Stults, 34, will play a...
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How happy am I not to be preparing a eulogy for Fringe this weekend, instead celebrating another audacious year of emotionally compelling sci-fi thrills with a grand season, not series, finale (Friday at 9/8c, Fox).
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