Market Warriors on PBS

Fred Willard Loses Second Job After Lewd Conduct Arrest

• Jul 31, 2012 09:39 AM ET
• by Sadie Gennis

p>Fred Willard can't catch a break.

The comedian's improv series Trust Us with Your Life has been canceled by ABC, The Wrap reports. This is the second job Willard has lost since his lewd conduct arrest two weeks ago. He was previously fired by PBS as the narrator of Market Warriors. read more

Fred Willard Offered Alternative Option After Arrest

• Jul 21, 2012 06:14 PM ET
• by Sadie Gennis

Fred Willard has been offered the option to enroll in counseling courses to avoid formal charges in his lewd conduct case, The Los Angeles Times reports.

According to the Los Angeles City Attorney's Office, if Willard completes the requirements of the diversion program within a year, he will not face formal prosecution for his arrest. On Wednesday, the actor was taken into custody after police claimed they found the actor in a Hollywood movie theater with his penis exposed and in his hand. read more

PBS on Firing Fred Willard: "It Would Become a Distraction"

• Jul 21, 2012 02:35 PM ET
• by Mickey O'Connor

PBS' president said the network fired Fred Willard after his indecency arrest to keep the production schedule moving.

At the fall TV previews in Los Angeles, Paula Kerger, president and CEO of PBS, said Willard's removal as the narrator of Market Warriors, the network's spin-off of Antiques Roadshow, was mostly a function of a tight schedule. "We are actually in production with that series, so at the end of the week, when it became known, we had to... read more

Fred Willard Fired by PBS After Arrest, Denies Wrongdoing

• Jul 19, 2012 06:27 PM ET
• by Kate Stanhope

Following his arrest Wednesday in Los Angeles on a charge of lewd conduct, Fred Willard has been relieved of his narrating duties for the PBS show Market Warriors, The New York Times reports.

"Given the unfortunate news reported today, effective immediately, Fred Willard no longer will be... read more

Market Warriors Host Fred Willard Shares His Deal-Finding Tips

• Jul 16, 2012 09:41 AM ET
• by Megan Walsh-Boyle

Ready, set, shop! From the producers of Antiques Roadshow comes Market Warriors, a new competition series that pits four expert antique pickers against each other in flea markets across the country. Narrator and sports collector Fred Willard offers his tips for the serious weekend Warrior.