Question: Does Jay Mohr being in a new show mean that he will not be returning to Ghost Whisperer in the new season? Is it even coming back in the fall?
Answer: I'm told that Jay will appear in the first episode of Ghost Whisperer this season, to explain his departure as Mohr returns to the world of comedy (more or less) in CBS's Gary Unmarried ...
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CBS reportedly will announce on Wednesday the pick-up of six new series for the 2008-09 TV season, including no less than four new dramas. Among that bunch are The Ex List (nee The Mythological Ex, a title you knew wasn't going to play in Peoria) starring Grey's Anatomy's Elizabeth Reaser; The Mentalist, starring Simon Baker; Jerry Bruckheimer's Eleventh Hour (in which a science professor advises a government agency; and Harper's Island (a murder mystery set at an island wedding).CBS two new comedies are Worst Week of My Life, chronicling the days before a young couple's wedding (because Big Day blew the roof off the place) and an untitled laffer starring Jay Mohr as a recent divorce. As reported earlier by Ausiello, CBS is expected to bring back The Unit and How I Met Your Mother, though Moonlight and Old Christine remain question marks. — MWMMore Fall TV news:• Eli Stone Renewed! October Road Axed! Moonlight Dead?• Reaper Is Renewed• It's Official: Scrubs to AB...
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Jay Mohr, Paula Marshall (Cupid) and Jaime King (Sin City) will front an untitled CBS comedy pilot from Ed Yeager (Still Standing), says the Reporter. The concept has Mohr playing an easygoing dad struggling to get used to his status as a recent divorcé. Marshall will play his Old Christine ex-wife, while King is his new Christine girlfriend.Should this pilot get picked up to series, Mohr might still continue on at Ghost Whisperer, which has been renewed for next season. — MWMMore pilot news:• Simpsons Execs to Sit Down, Shut Up• Hilary Duff Out, Degrassi Teen In at New 90210• Nathan Fillion, Alyssa Milano May Star in ABC Pilots
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The latest fall-pilot castings, per the Reporter:• Jay Mohr, a recurring player on Ghost Whisperer this season, will play straight man to gay writing partner Brian Austin Green in CBS' untitled laffer from Will & Grace's David Kohan and Max Mutchnick. If the pilot's not picked up, Mohr will be upgraded to a series reg for any possible third season of Whisperer.• Fox's Back to You (née Action News, and starring Kelsey Grammer and Patricia Heaton) has recast two cast members. Josh Gad (The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee) replaces Paul Campbell as the TV station's young news director, while Ayda Field (Studio 60's Jeannie) takes over for Aimee Garcia as a pageant winner turned weather girl.
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A heartfelt thank you for doing such a great job filling in for me last week. I had to play "catch up" all week, and prepare for Oscar weekend, so I just didn't have time to return. Once it was Friday, I thought... "well sheesh, by now, it's old news and... they all covered last week's episode so well... maaaan, they don't even need me!" Thank you also for wishing me well, because it definitely worked and I am feeling 100 percent again. Now then, let's get into the new episode. I really hope last week's promos didn't literally scare off too many of you, because this was one of my favorite episodes ever. At first, I was prepared to be annoyed that this was going to become a poor attempt to cash in on a popular horror franchise [zombies], or that it was about to become another "crime drama" mystery in an attempt to compete with Medium. Thankfully, this episode became one of the most creative and well written of the season, and I really had fun watching it.Judging from last week's comm...
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