Not long after Carolyn Strauss vacated her post as HBO entertainment president, the cabler on Monday confirmed that 12 Miles of Bad Road would not be making its schedule. A one-hour comedy from Linda Bloodworth-Thomason, 12 Miles stars Lily Tomlin as the matriarch of a stupid-rich Texas family. The pilot's cast included Gary Cole, Mary Kay Place, Leslie Jordan and Ivana Milicevic.Perhaps forecasting the show's fate, producers for the past few weeks have been shopping the six already-produced episodes to other networks.Related:• Gary Cole and Lily Tomlin Join Cast of 12 Miles• HBO Gives a Pilot Order to 12 Miles
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Responding to rumblings that he is responsible for a viral video of director David O. Russell profanely berating Lily Tomlin on the set of I Heart Huckabees, George Clooney — who famously clashed with Russell on Three Kings — has denied any culpability, and is willing to put his money where his mouth is. "Neither the sound man... nor yours truly [leaked] the David O. Russell tape," Clooney says in a statement. "I saw it when we were working on Ocean's 12 [back in 2004], and there have been quite a few copies traveling around town for the last couple of years. Any rumor that either of us put it on the Internet is simply false. And I'd offer a million bucks to anyone who would prove otherwise." And just like that, I Heart Huckabees becomes interesting.
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Among the latest pilot orders, ABC has greenlit Suspect, a procedural from director/executive producer/Mr. Madonna Guy Ritchie, and examining all the suspects in a crime, while Fox has given its blessing to The Apostles, a crime drama penned by Desperate Housewives' Charles Pratt Jr.Elsewhere, HBO has ordered a total of 45 half-hour episodes of In Treatment, a drama starring Gabriel Byrne and based on a critically acclaimed Israeli series. The cabler has also picked up the comedy series 12 Miles of Bad Road, starring Lily Tomlin.
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After nine years — and four Emmy wins! — as Everybody Loves Raymond's exasperating Marie, Doris Roberts decided to mix things up a bit. She returned to the big screen in the semi-raunchy Grandma's Boy, then switched from tickling funny bones to warming hearts with the Hallmark Channel movie Our House (premiering Saturday at 9 pm/ET). Roberts spoke with TVGuide.com about her real-life-tinged turn as a wealthy widow who opens her manse to the homeless, as well as her upcoming reunion with her TV son, Ray Romano.
TVGuide.com: So after years of making everybody laugh on Eve
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Daryl Hannah, Roy Scheider, Eric Roberts and Sean Young have been cast in Dark Honeymoon, an indie about a man who discovers horrible things about his new bride. Like, she doesn't really enjoy Smallville.... Per Variety, Woody Harrelson will fill the title role in The Walker, playing an escort to high-society dames. The cast includes Kristin Scott Thomas, Lauren Bacall, Lily Tomlin and Eric Roberts Willem Dafoe.
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