Ted McGinley, The Note II: Taking a Chance on Love
Ted McGinley alert! The "patron saint" of Jump the Shark will be appearing in a Hallmark Channel movie, The Note II: Taking a Chance on Love, alongside sudser queen Genie Francis. Will you tune in?
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Catherine Bell
Hallmark Channel has greenlighted sequels to its original movies The Good Witch and The Note, starring fan faves Catherine Bell and Genie Francis respectively.
Witch's Catherine Bell and Chris Potter will start shooting (thank goodness it's a working title) The Good Witch 2 later this month in Toronto for a 2009 premiere. The sequel will revolve around...
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Inna Brayer and Ted McGinley by Kelsey McNeal/ABC
Dancing with the Stars won't have McGinley to kick around anymore, but it doesn't matter. The damage has been done.
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"This should be an Olympic sport," says Ted McGinley, the second dancer voted off the toughest first week in the history of Dancing with the Stars. "And those of us who don't have the training should stay away." McGinley has developed a great respect for the rigors of ballroom after the month he spent preparing for the show. "My mind was always saying, 'Yes, I can do this.' But my feet were saying, 'No.'"
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Ted McGinley and Inna Brayer by Chris Chavira/ABC
When Happy Days and Married With Children alum Ted McGinley joined Dancing With the Stars, fans of JumptheShark.com wondered if there was blood in the water.McGinley is the "patron saint" of JumptheShark.com, TVGuide.com's sister site where we debate the moments when good TV shows go bad. Like the moment Fonzie strapped on water skis to, well, you know.We've asked Jump the Shark founder Jon Hein to explain what McGinley’s casting may say about the future of Dancing. Here’s what he said.When my inbox is flooded in a matter of seconds, one of these three things has happened. 1. A cult series has been renewed or cancelled. 2. A major character on a popular show has been killed off. 3. Ted McGinley has been cast once again.After seeing this fall's Dancing with the Stars lineup, I have number three to thank for all that e-mail.Let's start by saying that you must respect Ted. In spite of his track record as the patron saint of shark-jumping, he continues to get acting gigs, a...
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Genie Francis by Jesse Grant/WireImage.com
While General Hospital continues to leave coal in Genie Francis' stocking, the daytime icon has been gifted with a lead role in a Hallmark Channel movie. According to Variety, The Note — premiering Dec. 8 and also starring Ted McGinley — concerns a "lonely hearts" columnist who comes across a letter written to an unidentified child by an ill-fated airline passenger. Francis' editor puts her in charge of tracking down the tot before Christmas, all the while chronicling her (sure-to-be-emotional) quest. As for McGinley's part in all of this, it would seem that maybe he got cast in a TV series with the aforementioned airplane.
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