The iconic grey suit and red bowtie have returned: Pee-wee Herman is back and heading to HBO for a special filmed presentation of his Broadway show, The Pee-wee Herman Show on Broadway.
The 90-minute comedy show is not unlike an extended version of his Emmy-winning Pee-wee's Playhouse series, which ran for four years on CBS. Pee-wee ran in Los Angeles a year ago and is currently playing in New York's Stephen Sondheim Theatre, where it has been met with favorable reviews.
"It's cyclical," Reubens said at Friday's Television Critics Association's winter preview sessions. Reubens appeared via satellite from New York in full Pee-wee attire. "If you wait long enough...
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Can someone please get Niecy Nash a sitcom?
Seriously, the woman is being wasted. Not that it wasn't swell to have her voicing Donna's kid-ditching sister Janet on The Cleveland Show last night, but that was just a guest spot and the real-life Nash is too fabulously animated to be relegated to cartoonery. She needs to be front and center, in the flesh and on TV on a weekly basis. And preferably in something better than Do Not Disturb.
One would think after her run on Dancing with the Stars and Reno 911! that someone would have found Miss Niecy a proper vehicle by now. She's paid her dues and proven to be a fan favorite, so why ...
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After six years of sporting short shorts as Lt. Jim Dangle on Reno 911!, Thomas Lennon is showing a very different side in his role on Nickelodeon's newest animated series, Planet Sheen.
In the new series, Lennon will play Pinter the flying eyeball and sidekick to the...
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After nine seasons of tidying cluttered homes, Niecy Nash won her first Daytime Emmy as producer and host of Clean House (Wednesdays, 10/9c, Style Network) in June. The comedian shares some neatening tips and what's behind her trademark flower...
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After just five weeks on the air, FX has renewed Louis C.K.'s dark 11 p.m. comedy Louie for a second season.
FX President John Landgraf also announced Tuesday that the network had ordered Alabama, a comedy pilot set in outer space from Robert Ben Garant and...
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