Beth Behrs and Kat Dennings
On CBS, a network where comedies are dominated by men — Two and a Half Men, The Big Bang Theory and How I Met Your Mother, to name three — 2 Broke Girls has its work cut out for it.
2 Broke Girls' Kat Dennings is one of TVGuide.com's stars to watch this year
"I think it...
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James Spader
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Question: Love your column, here is my question: With the exit of Steve Carell (and the last two to three seasons of The Office being very uneven), do you really think that adding James Spader to the cast will improve it? I re-watched the series from the beginning over this summer and one of the things that I noticed missing from the last few seasons is how the show went from a comedy about the office place to a comedy about characters in and outside of the office. While I like the actors, many of the characters (looking at you, Meredith) are now just caricatures; with Steve Carell leaving, I thought it would give the show a last chance to reboot, but hearing that James Spader joined the cast, my excitement has waned. Do you think that James Spader can help this show rekindle its former glory? — Larry S
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New Girl, Criminal Minds
Eager for fall TV to begin? PaleyFest has your remedy!
The Paley Center for Media has teamed up with media partners TVGuide.com and TV Guide Magazine to host "PaleyFest: Fall TV Preview Parties," where fans can get a first look at the broadcast networks' new slate of series.
Get the scoop on the new and returning fall TV shows here
Beginning next week, the Paley Center will offer screenings along with Q&A sessions with cast and executive producers of series including Fox's New Girl, starring Zooey Deschanel, CBS' Criminal Minds and CW's Ringer, which marks Sarah Michelle Gellar's return to TV.
Check out a full schedule, and get more information here on how you can score a free ticket:
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Noah Wyle
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Question: I just finished watching the season finale of Falling Skies and I am very happy the show got renewed for another season. I just hate that we have to wait until next summer before the show comes back on again. I have seen where people have described the show as boring. Did you think it was boring? I found it interesting and suspenseful that the audience did not know any more than the characters did about what was going on in their world. When we saw ...
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Nick Zano
Cougar Town and What I Like About You actor Nick Zano has nabbed a recurring role on the new CBS sitcom 2 Broke Girls, Entertainment Weekly reports.
Zano, 33, will play a street artist and part-time ...
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Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles
Supernatural is by no means over; One Tree Hill still is.
"It is not intended to be the last season" of Supernatural, Pedowitz told reporters Thursday at the network's fall TV preview. That said, "we'll see where the ratings go."
He added that CW executives want the show — which, he said, is "no longer about the demon of the week but the love of two brothers" — to continue beyond Season 7.
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Ashton Kutcher
The trend this season at most networks is that their fall lineups are being upstaged by the anticipation for more promising shows being held for midseason (NBC's Smash and Awake, ABC's Good Christian Belles and The River, to name a choice few). As I was quoted saying in a recent critics' poll: "It's going to be like Christmas for me at midseason, but right now it's kind of like I'm opening underwear."
It's a different situation at CBS, which has such a stable and successful prime-time schedule that there's little need for midseason replacements (only a few have been announced so far, and none has generated any real buzz). At the summer TCA press ...
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2 Broke Girls
When CBS says 2 Broke Girls, they mean it.
Unlike other shows — where the characters have superficial money troubles, but still possess the trappings of wealth — 2 Broke Girls plans to base its two leading ladies' economic troubles in realism. "In most sitcoms, someone works in a coffee shop and they live in a huge, gorgeous New York brownstone and...
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Jon Cryer, Angus T. Jones
Come Monday, Sept. 19, we will know the fate of Charlie Harper.
That's the day that Two and a Half Men will return to the air (obviously without Charlie Sheen). The network announced Wednesday that Sept. 19 will "officially open" its season, with the Season 7 premiere of How I Met Your Mother bowing at 8/7c, the Season 9 premiere of Two and a Half Men showing up at 9/8c, new show 2 Broke Girls debuting at 9:30/8:30c (a special time) and Hawaii Five-O returning for Season 2 at 10/9c.
Sept. 19 is not strictly the first time CBS will begin airing its fall slate of programming — Survivor: South Pacific is set to begin Wednesday, Sept. 14 at 8/7c.
Everything you need to know about CBS next season
"Our playbook is pretty consistent: wherever and whenever possible we use established successful series to introduce new shows," said CBS prime-time executive Kelly Kahl. "We've also asked a couple of our strongest series to work overtime during premiere week in order to support the new series and bolster our performance"...
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The New Girl
The 2011 Women in Film's Crystal + Lucy Awards on June 16 brought out glamorous actresses who shared the upcoming series they're most anticipating. No surprise here: All are headlined by strong female leads!
Katie Holmes: "I'm excited for Zooey Deschanel's show, New Girl [Fox]. I'm such a fan of hers. She's a great actress."
Elle Fanning: "Pan Am [ABC]. I love...
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