Last Man Standing, Homeland, The X Factor
So many new shows, so little time! With a handful of fall TV casualties already — RIP Charlie's Angels, Playboy Club, Free Agents, How to Be a Gentleman and H8R (and it's not looking too good for Prime Suspect or Man Up either) — it's time to assess what's worth keeping on your DVR, and what you can safely skip.
For now, we're high on American Horror Story, a spooky mash-up unlike anything else on TV, and Homeland, a twisty thriller anchored by two riveting performances. We're cautiously optimistic about Suburgatory, for those who miss Gilmore Girls, but then there are the shows we're thisclose to ditching...
Is your favorite show in danger? Check out our list of 10 "bubble" shows
Read on to see how we see fall TV's freshman class thus far...
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Leslie Mann
One of my favorite comediennes — who has starred in the movies Knocked Up, The 40 Year Old Virgin and The Change-Up — has just booked a role on an upcoming Modern Family destined to be a classic (though really aren't they all?).
Leslie Mann will play a woman who Cameron (Eric Stonestreet) tries to pick up at a bar. No, Cam's not going all bi on us. Rather, it's part of a bet he makes with Mitchell (Jesse Tyler Ferguson) to see if Cam is smooth ...
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Lauren Miller, Seth Rogen
Seth Rogen has wed girlfriend Lauren Miller, Us Weekly reports.
The couple was married at the Kunde Estate in Sonoma, Calif. Knocked Up co-stars Paul Rudd and Leslie Mann attended, along with Jonah Hill, Craig Robinson and producer Judd Apatow.
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Knocked Up
Paul Rudd and Leslie Mann will reprise their roles as bickering husband and wife in the sequel to Knocked Up, Variety reports.
In the 2007 Judd Apatow comedy, Mann played Katherine Heigl's sister, Debbie, who's married to Rudd's character, Pete, a talent scout with a penchant for fantasy football and solo movie outings. Seth Rogen also starred as Heigl's baby daddy.
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Eric Bana by Vera Anderson/ WireImage.com
You can add Eric Bana to the cast of Judd Apatows upcoming film Funny People The pic set in the world of standup comedy follows a comedian who has a near-death experienceApatow is coproducing the film with Adam Sandlers Happy Madison Productions Sandler has also signed to star in the pic along with Seth Rogen Leslie Mann and Jason SchwartzmanProduction on Funny People starts in September and is scheduled for release next summer JR Whalen
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Zac Efron by Lester Cohen\WireImage.com
Leslie Mann (Knocked Up, 40-Year-Old Virgin) will play the wife of High School Musical heartthrob Zac Efron in 17, a comedy about a grown man who finds himself back in high school.... More Disney-HSM goodness from the Reporter: Billy Ray Cyrus is pop to Olesya Rulin in Flying By, an indie about a businessman who pursues his dream of being in a rock band.... Jessica Biel will produce and star as a mysterious woman in the crime thriller Die a Little.... Kevin Costner is a dad disturbed by the increasingly ominous behavior of his munchkin (Pan's Labyrinth's Ivana Baquero) in The New Daughter.
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