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Bryan Cranston "Thrilled" to Host Saturday Night Live

It's been a good week for Bryan Cranston. Days after picking up his third straight Emmy award, the Breaking Bad star has been tapped to host Saturday Night Live, he says.

"I've got some great news that just came out today — breaking today on your show," he said on Wednesday's broadcast of ESPN Radio's Mason & Ireland. "I've been asked to host Saturday Night Live next month. I am so ...
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Will Forte Leaving Saturday Night Live

We've seen the last of MacGruber.

Longtime Saturday Night Live cast member Will Forte will not return for the show's upcoming 36th season, his rep tells TVGuide.com.

Will Forte lands Parks and Recreation guest spot

"After eight great seasons, Will has made the decision to move on from SNL to ...read more

Martin Short's Wife Dies at 58

Martin Short's wife, former actress Nancy Dolman, has died, Short's rep tells TVGuide.com. She was 58.

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Dolman died Saturday, but no cause of death or any additional details have been released. According to Lt. Fred Corral of the L.A County coroner's office, Dolman was ...read more

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Neil Patrick Harris, John Lithgow and Betty White Win at the Creative Arts Emmys

Neil Patrick Harris went from Emmy zero to hero, winning both his first and second statuettes at the 2010 Creative Art Emmy Awards Saturday.

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The 37-year-old actor won best guest actor in a comedy series for Glee and he also received hardware for hosting the 63rd Annual Tony Awards, which won... read more

Cheers & Jeers: A Big Waste of Chris Parnell

Jeers to Big Lake for achieving the impossible: making Chris Parnell unfunny.

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During his 1999-2006 tenure at SNL, he was like the second coming of Phil Hartman, a chameleon who held sketches together with dead-on deadpan timing. Parnell finally went viral with the digital short "Lazy Sunday," then exited SNL to explore greener prime time pastures. His outlandish cameos... read more

Roush Review: Few Laughs in Melissa & Joey, Big Lake and Kids' Death

Memo to the gods of summer TV: Enough already! These are the dog days of August, I understand that all too well (as I wring out my socks after every muggy walk home from work), but the last thing we need in this summer of original-programming bounty is a pack of actual barking dogs pretending to be comedies.

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Two make their bow Tuesday night, with back-to-back episodes challenging you to make it to that second half-hour.

First up: ABC Family's retro snooze Melissa & Joey, or: The Manny. Not Manny as in the wonderfully precocious Manny (Rico Rodriguez) of Modern Family, but male nanny, Who's The Boss? style.

Joey Lawrence fills that role, as "Joe," a down-on-his-luck commodities broker who lost his fortune and family in a financial meltdown. Let me be the first to say: "Whoa." He moves in, platonically, to work ... read more

Will Big Lake Sink or Swim?

Turns out you can go home again—you just might not be welcome there. In the new scripted comedy Big Lake (premiering tonight at 10/9c on Comedy Central), Chris Gethard stars as Josh Franklin, a failed financial whiz kid who flees the big city for his Pennsylvania hometown. But Josh's folks aren't exactly thrilled to see him—especially since he lost their nest egg on failed investments.

"His parents outwardly hate him at this point—they take their aggression out on him, and deservedly so," says Gethard, an accomplished improv comic who landed the role after impressing exec producers Will Ferrell and Adam McKay on the set of Ferrell's new comedy The Other Guys... read more

Ricky Gervais Developing a Chinese Version of The Office

Ricky Gervais, the creator and executive producer of The Office, is developing a Chinese version of the hit comedy

"We are about to start work on developing a Chinese The Office," Gervais wrote on his blog. "How cool is that?"

NBC discusses changes at Parks and Rec, 30 Rock and The Office

This isn't the first time the show has been remade for another country. The Office originated in... read more

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