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Tom Werner breaks his silence
A year ago, Bill Cosby, armed with a pitch for a new TV show, began taking meetings with network executives. The idea was simple: Re-create the magic of The Cosby Show with a sitcom built for a new generation. "There is a viewership out there that wants to see comedy, and warmth, and love, and...
A former NBC employee has come forward to say that years of "covering up" for Bill Cosby eventually made him quit his job. Frank Scotti tells the New York Daily News that he was essentially Cosby's yes-man — standing guard outside the comedian's dressing room while he brought young models in, paying off women in exchange for their silence, and even securing a second apartment for Cosby's exploits. "I did a lot of crazy things for him," Scotti, 90, told the Daily News. "He was covering himself by having my name on it. It was a coverup. I realized it later."
Bill Cosby will soon be returning to TV. The comedian has finalized a deal with NBC to bring a new half-hour family comedy to the network, according to Deadline.
LeBron James' empire is expanding into TV. Starz has picked up a scripted comedy, titled Survivor's Remorse, executive-produced by James, Tom Werner (That '70s Show, Roseanne), Maverick Carter and Paul Wachter. Glee vet Mike O'Malley, who has also written for Shameless, will serve as...
Bill Cosby is returning to NBC for a new family comedy, TVGuide.com has confirmed. The network is developing a half-hour comedy featuring Cosby as the patriarch of a multi-generational family. According to Deadline, which first reported the news, Cosby is once again partnering with producer Tom Werner, who produced The Cosby Show.
NBC has ordered three comedy pilots from Will Ferrell, Jason Katims and Dan Mazer, TVGuide.com has learned. Set in 1962, Mission Control is a workplace comedy in the tone of Anchorman that examines...
Nostalgia is all the rage these days, so it comes as no surprise that Bill Cosby is hoping to return to prime time. The comedian told Yahoo TV that he's re-teamed with one of The Cosby Show producers Tom Werner to develop a family comedy that "would [satisfy] the people who have come to me in public places and said, 'Can't you put something on that I can watch?'"
Charlie Sheen may think that he's winning, but Brett Butler knows he's fighting a losing battle. It was 13 years ago that ABC and producers Carsey-Werner opted to pull the plug on Butler's hit sitcom, Grace Under Fire, after deciding that her addiction to painkillers left her in no condition to continue working. Now living on a farm in Georgia and celebrating 12 years of sobriety, Butler says she's still aghast at the events that led to her show's...
Laura Prepon has landed the lead in Chelsea Handler's NBC comedy pilot Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea, TV Line reports. Check out photos of Laura PreponBased on Handler's best-selling book of the same name and inspired by her life, the project follows a group of twentysomethings living and working together. Prepon will play Chelsea Hanson, a single and opinionated cocktail ...