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Mike O'Malley: From Glee's Dad of the Year to Welcome to the Family's Grandpa-to-Be
To many, Mike O'Malley is best known for playing Kurt Hummel's extremely supportive and loving father, Burt, on Glee. But in his new sitcom, Welcome to the Family, O'Malley's character Dan Yoder isn't quite a doting dad. "What's stitched on the pillow in many a living room: 'There are two things we should give our children: one is roots and the other is wings.' Dan would amend that to 'a swift kick out the...
Shonda Rhimes, Betsy Beers Sells Comedy to ABC From Cougar Town Duo
Shonda Rhimes and Betsy Beers have sold a project to ABC for the 2014-2015 development season, TVGuide.com has confirmed. As first reported by The Hollywood Reporter, the Grey's Anatomy and Scandal creator, and producer Beers' production company, Shondaland, have sold a comedy from Cougar Town writers...
King of the Hill Actor Dennis Burkley Dies at 67
Character actor Dennis Burkley, who starred in My Name is Earl and most recently did voice work on King of the Hill, died at his home in Sherman Oaks, Calif. over the weekend, CNN reports. He was 67.
Jaime Pressly Cuts Her Hair Super Short
Jaime Pressly has a drastic new 'do. The...
Major Crimes Season 2: Will the New D.A. Ruffle Capt. Raydor's Feathers?
There's a new face in the squad room this season on Major Crimes.Former My Name Is Earl star Nadine Velazquez joins the cast of the TNT drama Monday (9/8c, TNT) as Deputy District Attorney Emma Rios, a bright and ambitious young prosecutor who's been assigned to work with the Major Crimes Unit. Unfortunately, Capt. Raydor (Mary McDonnell) & Co. don't exactly extend the warmest welcome.Summer TV: Get scoop on your favorite returning shows"They're not gentle and they're not holding my hand in any way," Velazquez tells TVGuide.com of her character's interaction with her new colleagues....
Mega Buzz: True Blood Death, Criminal Minds Returns and The Killing's New Case
Every week, editors Adam Bryant and Natalie Abrams satisfy your need for TV scoop. Please send all questions to megascoop@tvguide.com or tweet them to @adambryant or @NatalieAbrams. I can't wait for True Blood to return! Please tell me you have some scoop! — Andre NATALIE: To sum up the show's return: Blood. Death. Blood. Repeat. (But that second death won't stick.) More specifically...
Exclusive Men at Work Sneak Peek : Why Won't Jason Lee Stop Talking?
Every office has one: The oversharer. The chatterbox. The one employee that just won't stop talking. But only on TBS' Men at Work does that character come in the form of the hilarious Jason Lee. The My Name Is Earl alum guest-stars on Thursday's episode (10/9c) as...
Alan Kirschenbaum, Co-Creator of Yes, Dear and Friend Me, Dead at 51
Comedy writer Alan Kirschenbaum, who co-created CBS' Yes, Dear as well as the network's midseason comedy Friend Me, has died of an apparent suicide, Deadline.com reports. He was 51. Kirschenbaum, son of comedian...
Exclusive: Jason Lee to Annoy the Men at Work
Men at Work has hired Jason Lee for a guest-starring role on the show's upcoming second season, TVGuide.com has learned exclusively. The My Name Is Earl star will play...
CBS Developing Brady Bunch Reboot with Vince Vaughn
One of television's most famous families may be returning! CBS is developing a reboot of The Brady Bunch produced by Vince Vaughn, TVGuide.com has confirmed. The original series...
Desperate Housewives' Kathryn Joosten Dies at 72
Kathryn Joosten, best known for her roles on Desperate Housewives and The West Wing, died Friday of lung cancer, TVLine reports. She was 72 years old. Joosten, who won two Emmys for her portrayal of Mrs. McCluskey on Housewives, passed away in...
Exclusive: White Collar Corrupts The Closer's Raymond Cruz for Season 4
Raymond Cruz, best known to fans of The Closer as Detective Julio Sanchez, is playing a man of the law again on the upcoming season of White Collar, TVGuide.com has learned exclusively. But there's a twist! Cruz will play Sheriff Enrico Morales, a corrupt...
Pilot Season: David Arquette Cast in ABC's The Smart One Comedy
David Arquette has joined the cast of ABC's The Smart One pilot, TVGuide.com has confirmed. TVLine.com first reported the news. In the comedy, Arrested Development's Portia de Rossi stars as a brilliant and successful woman who begrudgingly ends up working for her ditzy beauty queen sister Candy (Malin Akerman), who is now a big-city mayor. Arquette will play...
Pilot Season: Kyle Bornheimer Lands Role in ABC's White Man Van
Worst Week's Kyle Bornheimer has landed a role on ABC's comedy White Man Van.
Pilot Season: ABC Orders Pilot for British Comedy White Man Van
ABC has ordered production of the pilot for White Van Man, written by Bobby Bowman, whose credits include serving as an executive producer of My Name is Earl and writer for Raising Hope and Yes, Dear.
Jaime Pressly Happy to Go From Villain to Victim on I Hate My Teenage Daughter
Who's the dummy now? She spent years regularly hurling insults on My Name is Earl, but for Jaime Pressly's return to TV, the tables have turned. "In order for me to come back to TV — being that Earl is still on [in reruns] and that Joy was such a strong character — I have to be able to play something that was completely opposite of her," Pressly told reporters on a conference call last week for her new series I Hate My Teenage Daughter. "And this character is definitely that." Check out photos from I Hate My Teenage Daughter On the Fox sitcom, premiering Wednesday at 9:30/8:30c on Fox, Pressly is now the one being bullied as a single mother who begins to realize her spoiled teenage daughter is morphing into the type of girl that made her life hell in high school. While Earl's Joy was known for her high hair, big ego and even bigger mouth, Pressly describes her new character Annie as "grounded" and "a bit of a dork." "It's been incredible to be allowed to play a...
Exclusive First Look: Jaime Pressly Under Attack in I Hate My Teenage Daughter
Jaime Pressly spent four years and won an Emmy for terrorizing on-screen ex-husband Earl on My Name is Earl, but now she's bearing the brunt of the abuse on her new series I Hate My Teenage Daughter. The series, premiering on Wednesday, Nov. 30 at 9:30/8:30c, follows single moms Annie (Pressly) and Nikki (Katie Finneran), who realize that by raising their daughters to be cool (as opposed to the nerds they were in high school), they have actually created two bratty monsters. "The relationship between Annie, my character, and my daughter Sophie is actually a really good one," Pressly says. Adds Kristi Lauren, who plays Annie's daughter: "Annie let Sophie grow up without a lot of rules and so Sophie thinks, 'Oh, I can do whatever I want.' They always have this...
Jason Lee Cast as Maya Rudolph's Love Interest on Up All Night
Jason Lee has been tapped to join the cast of NBC's new comedy Up All Night, Entertainment Weekly reports. The My Name Is Earl alum will play...
Jaime Pressly Avoids Jail Time in DUI Case
Jaime Pressly pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor DUI stemming from her January arrest in Santa Monica, Calif., according to E! Online...
Better with You Producers Developing My Formerly Hot Life Comedy
Former Better with You executive producers John Hoberg and Kat Likkel are developing a single-camera comedy based on Stephanie Dolgoff's bestseller My Formerly Hot Life for ABC Studios, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Get the rest of today's newsThe book was adapted from Dolgoff's blog about ...
Exclusive: Meet NCIS' Newest Team Members
Sometimes, even NCIS' Jethro Gibbs needs a little help cracking a case.Check out photos of the NCIS castApparently, the upcoming serial-killer story arc that will unwind over the remainder of the CBS hit's eighth season is one of those times. TVGuide.com has learned exclusively that Numb3rs star Alimi Ballard and former NFL journeyman Matthew Willig have been cast as two recurring NCIS agents who join our regular team in the hunt for a psychopath called the Port-to-Port Killer.Willig plays Special Agent Simon Cade...
Brett Butler on Addiction, Charlie Sheen and Working with Chuck Lorre
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...
Jaime Pressly Pleads Not Guilty to DUI
Jaime Pressly pleaded not guilty to two misdemeanor counts of driving under the influence, People reports. Check out the rest of today's news In January, Pressly was...
Jaime Pressly Formally Charged with Driving Under the Influence
Jaime Pressly has been formally charged with two misdemeanor counts of driving under the influence, People reports. In January, Pressly was pulled over in Santa Monica, Calif., and was taken into custody after...
Jaime Pressly Files for Divorce
Jaime Pressly is seeking a divorce after 15 months of marriage, People reports. The 33-year-old actress filed for divorce from husband Simran Singh, citing irreconcilable differences. The papers, which were filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, listed their date of separation as...
NCIS Scoop: Does a Leverage Star Have the Hots for McGee?
Leverage's Beth Riesgraf will guest-star on an upcoming episode of NCIS, TVGuide.com has learned. Check out photos of the NCIS castRiesgraf will play Maxine Edwards, an infamous online gamer who still has bad blood with her Marine ex-boyfriend, who cheated her in more ways than one. When his dismembered fingertips and teeth are discovered in a pickpocket's stolen purse, she naturally becomes one of NCIS' suspects.Luckily for Maxine, her gaming obsession piques the curiosity of fellow gamer McGee (Sean Murray), with whom she shares many common interests and a whole lot of chemistry...
Jaime Pressly Arrested on Suspicion of DUI
Jaime Pressly has been arrested on suspicion of drunken driving, police told TVGuide.com.Pressly was pulled over late Wednesday in Santa Monica, Calif., and was ...
On the Set: Raising Hope a Return Home for Jason Lee
On the set of Raising Hope recently, Jason Lee is feeling a little out of sorts. No, it's not the gray, long-haired wig (complete with a Snooki-esque pouf). It's not the faded yellow shirt with cut-out sides and maroon, leopard print skintight pants he's wearing. And it's not the facial latex, which took at least two hours to age him 15 plus years. It's something much more familiar. "There are probably 30 crew members on this that worked on My Name is Earl and being with Greg [Garcia] at the monitors, it literally feels like I'm on the set of Earl," Lee tells TVGuide.com. "It's really bizarre and it makes me miss Earl that...
Beau Bridges Reunites with Sally Field on Brothers & Sisters
Beau Bridges will reunite with his Norma Rae wife in Brothers & Sisters, Deadline reports. Bridges, 68, who starred opposite Sally Field in the 1979 Oscar-nominated film, will play...
First Look: Jason Lee Rocks Raising Hope
Memphis Beat's Jason Lee brings some '80s glam into the lives of the Chance family on the November 30 episode of Fox's Raising Hope. He plays musician Smokey Floyd, who headlines the local market's "Grocery-Palooza" concert, much to the thrill of Burt (Garret Dillahunt)."Jason plays this sort of aging, falling-apart, former hair-band lead singer," says Martha Plimpton. "He comes to town to help rescue my husband, who's always wanted to play in a band."Lee, who's reteaming with Hope creator Greg Garcia (who also created Lee's 2005—2009 sitcom My Name Is Earl), spent hours in the makeup chair...
Jason Lee to Guest Star on Raising Hope
Jason Lee has signed on to guest-star on an upcoming episode of Raising Hope, Fox announced Monday. Lee, 40, star will play Smokey Daniels, a washed up rock-star. Daniels is hired as the main act at Grocery-Palooza, a concert at the supermarket where Sabrina (Shannon Woodward) works. In the episode, titled "Burt Rocks," Burt (Garret Dillahunt) plays backup to Smokey as he tries to relive his own rock-star years.
Martha Plimpton Shines on Raising Hope
When people see Martha Plimpton, they often think, "Oh, that girl," as in the gawky teen who climbed into the caverns with Mouth, Chunk and the kid with all the cool gadgets in The Goonies. "I turned 14 on that movie," she says. "We had no idea there would be reunions and T-shirts and fan sites 25 years later!"But while her peers hit rehab and the reality-TV circuit, the daughter of actors Keith Carradine and Shelley Plimpton became a rare thing for child stars — a character and stage actress. She filled her
Fox Picks Up Raising Hope For Full Season
Fox is picking up the freshman comedy Raising Hope for a full season, the network announced Wednesday, making the series the first new fall show to get a such a pickup this year. "With Raising Hope, Greg Garcia captures...
Watercooler: Premiere Week Survival Guide, Part 1
Don't know about you, folks, but our DVRs earned their pay last night! With the 2010 fall TV season finally in full swing, Mondays suddenly became about a lot more than Bachelor Pads and Real Housewives. It was a new-show bonanza across the dial and honestly, it was kind of impossible to keep up. NBC gave us the always-awesome Chuck, the enticing "are they aliens?" mythology of The Event and the not-so-enticing "are they kidding us with these clichés?" of Chase. Fox dropped its soapy new Lone Star right after the season premiere of House (loved one, liked another). CBS brought back ...
Raising Hope's Cloris Leachman: "I'm So Sick of Betty White"
Everyone loves Betty White, but not Cloris Leachman. "I'm so sick of Betty White," Leachman said at the Television Critics Association's fall previews on Tuesday. "Never liked her." The 84-year-old actress, who plays a wild, chest-baring granny in Fox's new fall comedy Raising Hope, commandeered the show's session, forcing co-star...
The Summer Dregs: Memphis Beat, Downfall
The good news about this year's bumper crop of new summer TV: There's plenty of it. (I spent much of the last few days wading through a mid-July burst of new crime-drama premieres.) The bad news: There's too much of it, and too little of it — at least from what I've seen so far — is any good. (I'm talking about the brand new stuff here, which keeps on coming whether we particularly want it to or not.) At this point, I'm beginning to pine for good old repeats.Tuesday night provided two particularly painful examples: TNT's dreary Memphis Beat crime drama and ABC's insipid Downfall game show.Memphis is particularly disappointing...
Character Actor Sam Menning Dies at 85
Sam Menning, a photographer-turned-character actor best known for his portrayal of lowlifes, has died. He was 85.Menning died March 31 of emphysema at a Burbank, Calif., medical center, according to The Hollywood Reporter.A professional photographer in the 1950s, Menning had his own business. His agent, Bonnie Howard, said he was the last person to shoot a pinup of ...
Jaime Pressly Cast in CBS Comedy Pilot
Jaime Pressly is returning to TV: The My Name Is Earl alum has joined a CBS comedy pilot from the creators of How I Met Your Mother.How I Met Your Mother creators developing new sitcomThe as-yet-untitled sitcom, from Mother's Carter Bays and Craig Thomas, will follow a young ...
TNT Greenlights 3 New Original Series
TNT is adding three new series that brighten the network's star power both in front of and behind the camera with such names as Noah Wyle, George Clooney, Steven Spielberg and Angie Harmon. An untitled alien invasion series will star...
Jaime Pressly to Appear on Rules of Engagement
Jaime Pressly is about to brush up on her Rules of Engagement. The Emmy winner will guest-star on an upcoming episode of the CBS comedy, TVGuide.com has confirmed. Pressly, 32, will play...
My Name Is Earl in Talks to Move to TBS
Call it karma: My Name Is Earl may be reincarnated on cable. Following NBC's unceremonious dumping of Earl this spring, the show's creators are in talks with TBS, TVGuide.com has confirmed. The cable network and Earl producer 20th Century Fox are in "preliminary conversations" about creating 13 new episodes of the sitcom together, a TBS spokesperson said. It's unclear when these new episodes might air. Moving a show from network to basic cable would surely require budget cuts, and while the cast is still "on hold" with Fox TV, they would still have to renegotiate lower salaries. So don't cross this off Earl's to-do list just yet. The good news? In a separate deal, TBS will start running repeats of Earl in the fall.
Fall TV: NBC's "Split" Sked Offers Surprises for Fans of Chuck, FNL & Medium
NBC's 2009-10 schedule effectively cleaves the TV season in half, meaning that some shows will premiere in the fall and then vanish, while others will not return or premiere until midseason. That means that recent flourishes of good news for Chuck and Friday Night Lights have been tempered by news likely to disappoint the shows' fans. How so? Though Chuck was picked up for a third season, the action-comedy's fervent fans will have to wait until midseason (after the Winter Olympics, specifically) to get their fix. NBC boss Ben Silverman said in a Tuesday conference call, however, that Chuck's cast will not be whittled down. And while NBC recently trumpeted news of Friday Night Lights' two-season renewal, Coach Taylor won't call another play until ...
Ratings: Which of 11 Finales Delivered the Biggest Bang?
Thursday's ratings rundown: 8 pm/ETSurvivor topped the hour with an audience of 12 million total viewers, on par with last week. Bones' surreal season-ender scored 8.7 mil, up a tick. Ugly Betty dropped 9 percent to claim third with 6.83 mil. While NBC's Earl (4.8 mil) wrapped up its season with a 370K gain, Parks & Recreation (4.25 mil) concluded its freshman run with another (8 percent) drop. Smallville saw 3.16 mil (down 180 thou) pull up a chair for the [cough] "epic" clash. 9 pmGrey's Anatomy's two-hour, two-jaw-dropper season finale drew 16.35 million viewers — marking the serial's largest audience since the Sept. 25 opener and a week-to-week gain of a mil. CSI's finale followed with 14.42 mil. Trailing the Hell's Kitchen closer (7.4 mil), NBC's The Office welcomed 6.72 mil to the company picnic (down 13 percent), while 30 Rock (5.66 mil) dropped 8 percent. Supernatural's Dean and Sam had 2.9 mil (up 100K) at their side as they braved an apocalyptic finale 10 pmPlacing second behind Grey's, CSI: NY's wacky little Thursday season-ender copped 12.84 mil, up 600 thou from its Wednesday outing. Facing outrageously stiff competition, NBC's Southland plummeted 29 percent, to 4.64 mil.Crave scoop on your favorite TV shows? E-mail senior editors Matt, Mickey and Tim at megascoop@tvguide.com. Also, follow TV Guide on Twitter.
Tonight's TV Hot List for Thursday, April 30, 2009
My Name Is Earl8 pm/ET NBCA Rivera runs through it when the sitcom kicks off a two-part episode tonight. In Part 1, Geraldo Rivera guest stars as a journalist whose news show, Inside Probe, infiltrates Camden to investigate the mysterious disappearance of Crab Shack owner Ernie Belcher. Sure, it takes a good eight years for the segment to finally air, but as the Camden crew settles in to view it, it becomes all too obvious that Earl and Randy are looking like prime suspects. NASCAR racer Michael Waltrip revs up for a guest-star turn.Read on for previews of Survivor: Tocantins — The Brazilian Highlands, 30 Rock, Private Practice and Bridget's Sexiest Beaches.
Jaime Pressly Opens Up About Split and Motherhood
Jaime Pressly may have a potty mouth on My Name Is Earl, but the Emmy winner has nothing but nice words to say about her ex-fiance, DJ Eric Cubiche, with whom she has a son, Dezi, 1."We both still love each other, and the most important thing is our son," Pressly tells Redbook. "We want to make sure he's happy and ...
Tonight's TV Hot List for Thursday, March 19, 2009
NCAA Basketball Tournment12 pm; 7 pm/ET CBSRemember Hampton! It's the rallying cry for every low-seeded team hoping to survive the first round of March Madness. The Pirates 58-57 upset of Iowa State in 2001 was the latest of the four times a No. 15 has knocked off a No. 2. Will this be the year a No. 16 takes down a No. 1? The first 32 schools go at it this afternoon and this evening at four sites around the country: Philadelphia; Greensboro, N.C.; Kansas City, Mo.; and Portland, Ore.Read on for previews of Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Grey's Anatomy, The Office, My Name Is Earl and Taking the Stage.
Tonight's TV Hot List: Thursday, Jan. 22, 2009
Supernatural9 pm/ET CW Magic is murder. At least it is for three old-school magicians (Barry Bostwick, John Rubenstein, Richard Libertini) living in a small town — bitter that they have been replaced by flashier, younger illusionists. Read on for previews of CSI, Burn Notice, Bones, Private Practice and My Name Is Earl.
Next on Earl's List: Lotsa Daddy Issues and a Crazy Betty White!
Hoping to follow in the footsteps of The Office and 30 Rock by securing an early renewal, NBC's My Name Is Earl (Thursdays at 8 pm/ET) will be playing to all its strengths in the coming months, combining list work with a standalone arc, all of which will lead up to a buzzworthy season finale. "Last week we aired the first in a five-episode arc, where Darnell's Witness Protection identity was exposed, so he had to flee," series creator Greg Garcia tells TVGuide.com. "We're now going to spend some time with [Darnell, Joy and the kids] away from Camden County, with different identities." As the mystery is finally solved ...
Ratings: My Name Is Earl, and My Numbers Are Low
Thursday's ratings rundown: 8 pm/ETSurvivor topped the hour with a typical 12.8 million total viewers, followed by Ugly Betty (8.47 mil). Placing third, My Name Is Earl dropped 10 percent week-to-week to hit 6.09 mil (it's second-smallest audience of the season), while lead-out Kath & Kim (4.88 mil) toppled 11 percent. 9 pmCSI (17.4 million viewers) and Grey's Anatomy (15.15 mil, No. 1 in demos) both dipped five percent. NBC's The Office (8.34 mil) and 30 Rock (7.14 mil) also slipped a bit. 10 pmBarbara Walters proved to be especially fascinating, delivering an audience of 13.2 million viewers - most of whom, I must assume, had you-know-who pegged for the No. 1 spot. Eleventh Hour placed second with 10.9 mil (showing a slight uptick from its previous outing), while ER (8.23 mil) dropped 10 percent.
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