liz.raftery

A native of Clearwater, Florida and alum of Boston's Emerson College, Liz has been working at TV Guide since 2012. Prior to that, she was a freelance writer for outlets including People and The Boston Globe.

Good Morning America's Robin Roberts to Start Medical Leave Next Week

Good Morning America's Robin Roberts will begin medical leave to have a bone marrow transplant at the end of this week, she announced Monday.

Mon, Aug 27, 2012

Good Morning America's Robin Roberts to Start Medical Leave Next Week

Dancing with the Stars: Who's the Viewers' Choice All-Star?

Viewers' votes have been counted and the all-star cast of Dancing with the Stars is now complete. Sabrina Bryan won the 13th spot on the dance competition's all-star edition, it was revealed on Good Morning America Monday. Bryan beat out Carson Kressley and Kyle Massey.

Mon, Aug 27, 2012

Dancing with the Stars: Who's the Viewers' Choice All-Star?

Tom Bower Joins the Cast of Dwight's Office Spinoff

The Schrute family tree is adding another branch. Tom Bower (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia) is joining the cast of the Dwight-centric Office spinoff The Farm as Dwight's (Rainn Wilson) great-uncle Heinrich Manheim, Deadline reports.

Mon, Aug 27, 2012

Tom Bower Joins the Cast of Dwight's Office Spinoff

Prosecutors Reopen Amanda Bynes' April Hit-and-Run Case

The troubles seem to just keep piling up for Amanda Bynes. Prosecutors have reopened a previously dismissed hit-and-run case against the actress after she was accused of another hit-and-run on August 4, TMZ reports.

Mon, Aug 27, 2012

Prosecutors Reopen Amanda Bynes' April Hit-and-Run Case

Comedian Jon Glaser Joins Parks and Recreation

Leslie Knope (Amy Poehler) will be settling into her new job as a recently elected city councilwoman on the upcoming fifth season of Parks and Recreation — but not all of her new colleagues will welcome her with open arms. Jon Glaser, a writer for Late Night with Conan O'Brien and star of Adult Swim's Delocated!, has been cast on the NBC comedy as a local orthodontist who also serves on the town council and quickly becomes Leslie's "nemesis," TV Line reports.

Mon, Aug 27, 2012

Comedian Jon Glaser Joins Parks and Recreation

Who's Producing This Year's Oscar Ceremony?

Veteran producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron will be in charge of this year's Oscar ceremony, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Thursday.

Thu, Aug 23, 2012

Who's Producing This Year's Oscar Ceremony?

Exclusive: Timothy Busfield Lands a Guest Role on The Mob Doctor

Emmy winning actor Timothy Busfield will guest-star on the new Fox drama The Mob Doctor, TVGuide.com reports exclusively. The show has also booked Friday Night Lights alum Jurnee Smollett in a guest role.

Thu, Aug 23, 2012

Exclusive: Timothy Busfield Lands a Guest Role on The Mob Doctor

Lindsay Sloane Books Guest Role on Ben and Kate

Lindsay Sloane is joining the new Fox comedy Ben and Kate in a recurring guest role, TV Line reports.

Thu, Aug 23, 2012

Lindsay Sloane Books Guest Role on Ben and Kate

Morgan Spurlock Developing a Documentary Series for CNN

Documentarian Morgan Spurlock has teamed up with CNN for a documentary-style show that will begin airing in the spring. Spurlock will host and produce the series, called Inside Man, which "will provide an insider's view into rarely-seen sectors of American life that include gun lovers, marijuana growers, migrant farm workers, and end-of-life caregivers," the network said in a statement.

Thu, Aug 23, 2012

Morgan Spurlock Developing a Documentary Series for CNN

Viacom to Jersey Shore's The Situation: You Can't Trademark "GTL" and Other Catchphrases

MTV's parent company, Viacom, has filed legal documents to prevent Jersey Shore star Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino from trademarking catchphrases including "twinning" and "GTL" that he popularized on the show, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Thu, Aug 23, 2012

Viacom to Jersey Shore's The Situation: You Can't Trademark "GTL" and Other Catchphrases

Kevin Sussman Promoted to a Series Regular on The Big Bang Theory

Stuart is here to stay on The Big Bang Theory. Actor Kevin Sussman, who plays the comic book store manager, has been promoted to a series regular for the CBS comedy's sixth season, Deadline reports.

Thu, Aug 23, 2012

Kevin Sussman Promoted to a Series Regular on The Big Bang Theory

Is Arrested Development Season 4 Adding Extra Episodes?

Shooting is underway for the Netflix-only Season 4 of Arrested Development, but the original plan of doing a 10-episode season with each installment focusing on a single character may be scrapped. Instead, the season may be expanded to 13 episodes, star David Cross tells Rolling Stone.

Thu, Aug 23, 2012

Is Arrested Development Season 4 Adding Extra Episodes?

Could The Killing Be Revived?

AMC announced last month that it would not be renewing The Killing for a third season, but the series could find new life on Netflix or DirecTV, TVLine reports. The two outlets are currently in negotiations with Fox Television Studios, which produces The Killing, to pick it up for a third season, according to the report.

Thu, Aug 23, 2012

What's Trending's Shira Lazar Is First Guest Curator of TVGuide.com's New Mobile App

Shira Lazar, host of the Emmy-nominated Web series What's Trending, is the first guest curator of TVGuide.com's new mobile app. Lazar has selected 12 of her favorite cable and Web original series and has offered her personal commentary on each choice. What's Trending to offer daily fix of YouTube's finest On the cable side, Lazar likes AMC's Breaking Bad and HBO's The Newsroom and Girls. Of the latter, she says, "It reminds me of a...

Thu, Aug 23, 2012

What's Trending's Shira Lazar Is First Guest Curator of TVGuide.com's New Mobile App

The Office Creator Greg Daniels: "This Will Be the Last Season"

The upcoming ninth season of The Office will be the show's last, creator Greg Daniels announced Tuesday. Daniels, who ran the show for its first five seasons and has returned in a day-to-day capacity for what will be the final season, said it was "a difficult decision" to end the show after nine years, but emphasized that his main objective is to provide longtime fans with satisfying conclusions for the main characters.

Tue, Aug 21, 2012

The Office Creator Greg Daniels: "This Will Be the Last Season"

Jay Leno Jokes About Tonight Show Layoffs, Slams Comcast and NBC

Jay Leno employed a little gallows humor in his Tonight Show monologue Monday night, cracking bitter jokes about the show's recent staff layoffs and his own pay cut. Both NBC and its parent company, Comcast, were the target of Leno's ire, with the talk show host getting in digs about NBC's frequent fourth-place ratings behind Fox, CBS and ABC.

Tue, Aug 21, 2012

Jay Leno Jokes About Tonight Show Layoffs, Slams Comcast and NBC

Amanda Bynes Involved in Another Car Accident

Amanda Bynes was involved in another car accident in Los Angeles this week — at least her third since April, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.

Tue, Aug 21, 2012

Amanda Bynes Involved in Another Car Accident

Murder, She Wrote's William Windom Dies at 88

Emmy-winning actor William Windom died Thursday of congestive heart failure at his home in California, The Associated Press reports. He was 88.

Tue, Aug 21, 2012

Murder, She Wrote's William Windom Dies at 88

Goran Visnjic Joins ABC's Red Widow

Goran Visnjic has been cast as a series regular on ABC's midseason mob drama Red Widow, Deadline reports.

Tue, Aug 21, 2012

Susan Flannery Leaves The Bold and the Beautiful After 25 Years

Susan Flannery is following her Bold and the Beautiful co-star Ronn Moss out the door. Flannery, who like Moss was an original star of The Bold and the Beautiful, announced that she will quit the soap opera after 25 years, CBS Soaps in Depth reports.

Tue, Aug 21, 2012

Susan Flannery Leaves The Bold and the Beautiful After 25 Years

HBO Orders New Comedy Series from Christopher Guest

HBO has ordered eight episodes of a family comedy from screenwriter-director Christopher Guest, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The series, called Family Tree, will star Bridesmaids' Chris O'Dowd and will be filmed in the mockumentary style Guest has previously employed in his films Best in Show, Waiting for Guffman and A Mighty Wind.

Thu, Aug 16, 2012

HBO Orders New Comedy Series from Christopher Guest

A&E Cancels Gene Simmons Family Jewels

The Simmons Family Jewels are going back into cold storage. A&E has decided to pull Gene Simmons Family Jewels, the reality show documenting the Kiss bassist's home life with his partner, Shannon Tweed, and their two kids, reports The Hollywood Reporter. The show had been on the air for seven seasons.

Thu, Aug 16, 2012