Tim Meadows
TBS has set the premiere date and lineup for its new weekly late-night series The Very Funny Show.
Hosted by former Saturday Night Live cast member Tim Meadows, the half-hour program features...
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My Boys
My Boys will return for a fourth season, sources confirm to TVGuide.com exclusively.
P.J., Bobby and the gang head back into production on the TBS series in January 2010; Season 4 is scheduled to air next summer.
Watch full episodes of My Boys here
Stephanie and Kenny will surely have to explain themselves when...
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CNN's Wolf Blitzer
CNN may be losing ground in the battle for cable news ratings, but the network's cross-platform reach is second to none.
That was the message CNN president Jon Klein put forth Wednesday at Turner Broadcasting's three-hour panel during the Television Critics Association press tour, according to TheWrap.com. When factoring in broadband traffic, 117.2 million tune into CNN weekly via one platform or another, according to Nielsen.
When measured by the same criteria, MSNBC is CNN's closest competitor with 99.4 million users each week. Fox News ranks third in cross-platform reach with 98.2 million users, though it still dominates CNN among traditional TV ratings. Even so, Klein said his network ...
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Terry Crews, Ice Cube
TBS has ordered 10 episodes of a new series based on the big-screen comedy Are We There Yet?
A breakout hit in 2005, Are We There Yet? starred Ice Cube as Nick, a player who tries to woo a divorcee by shuttling around her two hard-to-handle kids. Having grossed $82 million, the comedy begat the 2007 sequel Are We Done Yet? — and apparently the answer was no!
TBS' Are We There Yet? series has Terry Crews (Everybody Hates Chris' dad) stepping in ...
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David Alan Grier
David Alan Grier's name has been associated with dancing more so than anything else this year, with his appearances on Dancing with the Stars and in Dance Flick. But this weekend, DAG is going back to his standup roots. As part of...
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Kanye West and Ellen DeGeneres
Daytime diva Ellen DeGeneres is taking her Bigger, Longer & Wider TBS variety special to Chicago.
Take a look back at DeGeneres through the years
"I love Chicago, and if it weren't for the weather, I'd live there," said DeGeneres. "And you know I've ...
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My Name Is Earl
Twentieth Century Fox, the producers of My Name Is Earl, want to make it clear that the sitcom is officially dead, despite reports of talks with TBS earlier this week.
So they issued the following very specifically worded statement: "Greg Garcia's brilliant My Name is Earl kept America laughing for the past four seasons and certainly deserved to continue for many more. While we had hoped to find a way to produce additional episodes for TBS, in the final analysis we simply could not make the economics work without seriously undermining the artistic integrity of the series. As none of us, Greg included, want the show to go out on anything but a high note, we regret that we must put to rest any speculation that Earl will continue. We are grateful to everyone at TBS for their enthusiasm for the series and wish to offer our heartfelt thanks to the cast and crew of My Name is Earl for their incredible work."
'Nuff said. Post you condolences below.
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My Name Is Earl
Call it karma: My Name Is Earl may be reincarnated on cable.
Following NBC's unceremonious dumping of Earl this spring, the show's creators are in talks with TBS, TVGuide.com has confirmed. The cable network and Earl producer 20th Century Fox are in "preliminary conversations" about creating 13 new episodes of the sitcom together, a TBS spokesperson said.
It's unclear when these new episodes might air. Moving a show from network to basic cable would surely require budget cuts, and while the cast is still "on hold" with Fox TV, they would still have to renegotiate lower salaries. So don't cross this off Earl's to-do list just yet.
The good news? In a separate deal, TBS will start running repeats of Earl in the fall.
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Kevin James, George Lopez
TBS says it's "very funny," so it's only fitting the network will look for more laughs in the 2009-10 season, in both 3-D and 2-D form and from former sitcom stars.
Already scheduled to return are Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns, which will launch its second season May 27, and The Bill Engvall Show, which will inhabit ...
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