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.
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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...
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Fred Willard was arrested for lewd conduct Wednesday night after police caught him exposing himself in an adult movie theater, TMZ reports.
According to the Los Angeles Police Department, the 78-year-old actor was found in Hollywood's Tiki Theater with his penis exposed and in his hand. Willard was then arrested and booked for lewd conduct. He was released shortly after.
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A few years ago, the broadcast networks finally woke up from their summer slumber and realized they'd ceded too much ground during the warmer months. Cable was winning the battle for the hearts and eyes of summer TV viewers by offering heavily promoted scripted fare — and the networks were mostly in rerun hell. "People got used to going away from the broadcasters in the summer," says The CW president Mark Pedowitz. "Now you're dealing with viewing patterns and trying to change them."
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ABC is already getting into the singing competition game with this summer's Duets, and now it's taking on CBS' long-running Big Brother as well. The network has partnered with a former Big Brother producer to build The Glass House, which will air this summer.
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