Bent

68
Metascore
2012-2012
1 season
NBC
Comedy

Newly divorced lawyer and single mom Alex is raising her 10-year-old, Charlie. Hoping to redo her kitchen, she hires Pete, a recovering gambling addict, surfer and womanizer – and the two soon discover they're able to help one another in surprising ways.

68
Metascore
2012-2012
1 season
NBC
Comedy

Growing Up Fisher Creator: I Wanted to Write a Love Letter to My Dad

Most people love to share stories about their wacky and crazy families. But few experience the reaction comedian and TV writer DJ Nash (Bent, Up All Night) used to get. "I was telling a story about my dad cutting down a tree with a chainsaw — because I thought that that was not a big deal, I really...

Sat, Feb 22, 2014

Growing Up Fisher Creator: I Wanted to Write a Love Letter to My Dad

Pilot Season: CBS Orders Three More Comedies

Bye-bye, Rules of Engagement? CBS has given pilot orders to three more comedies, including one starring Rules' Patrick Warburton, TVGuide.com has learned. Warburton would produce and star in Jacked Up, a multi-camera comedy about...

Fri, Feb 8, 2013

Pilot Season: CBS Orders Three More Comedies

Pilot Season: New Girl's David Walton to Star in NBC's About a Boy From Jason Katims

David Walton, who plays Sam on New Girl, may have just left Jess high and dry, but he'll have his hands full in NBC's adaptation of About a Boy, TVGuide.com has confirmed. The...

Thu, Feb 7, 2013

Pilot Season: New Girl's David Walton to Star in NBC's About a Boy From Jason Katims

Mega Buzz: A Castle Affair, Big Bang's New Love and Homeland Intel

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. Loved the Castle premiere, but what was Castle doing with a half-naked woman in the promos for the next episode? — ADAM: As creator Andrew W. Marlowe  already teased, that encounter is a consequence of Castle pretending to be single in order to keep his relationship with Beckett a secret from their co-workers. But that doesn't mean infidelity won't be an issue. An upcoming case will implicate Castle in the murder of an ex. "It makes everybody question: How well do we actually know this guy?" Marlowe says. But it gets worse: "Castle may have been having an affair with her at the same time he was dating Beckett," he teases. "That goes to the heart of all of Beckett's insecurities." Is Leonard actually going to date someone other than Penny on The Big Bang Theory? — Thomas NATALIE: Unfortunately...

Wed, Sep 26, 2012

Mega Buzz: A Castle Affair, Big Bang's New Love and Homeland Intel

New Girl: Bent’s David Walton, Leslie Mann and Niecy Nash Join Season 2

New Girl is getting a new guy. Bent's David Walton has signed on for a recurring role on the hit Fox comedy as Jess' new love interest, Entertainment Weekly reports. Walton, 33, will play a "classic bad-boy type" who mistakes Jess (Zooey Deschanel) for someone else, but she...

Mon, Jul 23, 2012

New Girl: Bent’s David Walton, Leslie Mann and Niecy Nash Join Season 2

Amanda Peet Joins The Good Wife

Amanda Peet has landed a recurring role on The Good Wife, TVLine reports.Peet will play a military lawyer who enlists Lockhart & Gardner's aid in the fourth season of the CBS drama. Alicia will represent the Bent actress in her case against a contract worker for attempted sexual assault.

Wed, Jul 11, 2012

It's a Girl for Roswell’s Majandra Delfino and Bent's David Walton

Roswell grad Majandra Delfino and Bent's David Walton welcomed their first child Thursday, People reports. Majandra Delfino and David Walton expecting first child Daughter Cecilia Delphine Walton weighed in at...

Fri, Jun 22, 2012

It's a Girl for Roswell’s Majandra Delfino and Bent's David Walton

Friday Night Lights' Jesse Plemons Joins Breaking Bad

Jesse Plemons has joined the cast of Breaking Bad for its fifth and final season, TVLine.com reports. The Friday Night Lights star will play...

Wed, May 16, 2012

Friday Night Lights' Jesse Plemons Joins Breaking Bad

NBC Cancels Chelsea, Awake, Bent, Best Friends Forever

NBC dropped the axe Friday on four freshman series Are You There, Chelsea?, Awake, Bent and Best Friends Forever. From E! personality...

Fri, May 11, 2012

NBC Cancels Chelsea, Awake, Bent, Best Friends Forever

Save These Shows: 14 Bubble Shows We Hope Will Survive

This time of year can be brutal for TV fans. In the next few weeks, a number of shows will be canceled to make room for fall's new kids. The sad reality is that for every The Playboy Club or Charlie's Angels sent to the TV graveyard with little to no fuss, there's a handful of beloved shows that we're not ready to part with just yet. Behold, here are the shows we're desperately hoping the execs will give one more chance. (Click here to see our picks in photo gallery form!)32 Bubble Shows: Which will survive?30 Rock (NBC)So Alec Baldwin continues to announce he's leaving the show. So viewership is, OK, the smallest it's ever been. So it isn't exactly a spring chicken, having been on the air for six seasons. So? So what! It's still, for our money, one of the sharpest comedies on network television, with a top-tier cast able to handle Tina Fey's fast and furious funnies, and TV's best guest stars, who just love to come and play (and play against type — More. Jon. Hamm. Please.) Please, NBC sirs, can we have s'more?...

Fri, Apr 27, 2012

Save These Shows: 14 Bubble Shows We Hope Will Survive

Pilot Season: Bent's David Walton Cast in CBS Comedy Pilot

Bent star David Walton will star opposite JoAnna Garcia in CBS' untitled comedy from Greg Berlanti and Greg Malins, TVGuide.com has confirmed. As first reported by Deadline, Walton replaces Bryan Greenberg, who exited the project Wednesday after the pilot's table read. Walton will play...

Fri, Apr 6, 2012

Pilot Season: Bent's David Walton Cast in CBS Comedy Pilot

Wednesday TV in Review: Worst Friends Ever, Finales of Bent, Happy Endings

You know how Ellis, the smarmy assistant-from-hell on Smash, has become the most reviled character on TV this season? That's only because most people haven't been subjected yet to Best Friends Forever, the poisonous new sitcom NBC is launching tonight (8:30/7:30c) in the deep, deep rabbit hole of its woeful Wednesday night lineup — which has already claimed the much more enjoyable (though virtually invisible) Bent, ending its run tonight (9/8c) after only three weeks of back-to-back episodes.

Wed, Apr 4, 2012

Wednesday TV in Review: Worst Friends Ever, Finales of Bent, Happy Endings

Ratings: NBC Comedies Fall; Idol Rises

Bent is still in bad shape.After premiering to dismal ratings last week, the Amanda Peet comedy dipped ...

Thu, Mar 29, 2012

Watercooler: NBC Needs to Get Bent

Seriously, what the headline says. Because the powers-that-be clearly don't get how delightful this new rom-com is, or they wouldn't be burning off all six episodes with three weeks of back-to-back airings. Much like last season's Perfect Couples (ironically also from executive producer Tad Quill and co-starring David Walton), Bent has a charm that is seemingly lost on the network happier with things like...

Thu, Mar 22, 2012

Watch My Show: Bent's Tad Quill Answers Our Showrunner Survey

Relationships are rarely pretty, and Tad Quill has written about some messy ones on shows such as Scrubs, Spin City and last year's Perfect Couples. But things start out even messier for the unlikely couple on Bent, Quill's new NBC comedy (premiering tonight at 9/8c) about a type-A lawyer and single mom (Amanda Peet) and her womanizing, laid-back contractor (David Walton). Joey King plays Peet's wise-beyond-her-years daughter, while Jeffrey Tambor is Walton's unemployed father. Quill took time to answer our showrunner survey in the hopes that viewers will get Bent.

Wed, Mar 21, 2012

Watch My Show: Bent's Tad Quill Answers Our Showrunner Survey

Amanda Peet Takes a Comedic Turn With Bent and Has Game of Thrones Envy

Let's face it, Amanda Peet is kind of awesome. Not only is she beautiful, she's starring in the likable new sitcom Bent (premiering tonight on NBC with back-to-back episodes at 9/8c and 9:30/8:30c), about a single mom whose home — and heart — is turned upside down by a charismatic contractor (David Walton). What's more, she's married to Game of Thrones exec producer David Benioff. Is it any wonder we're bent on talking to her?

Wed, Mar 21, 2012

Amanda Peet Takes a Comedic Turn With Bent and Has Game of Thrones Envy

NBC Sets Community Return Date, Premieres for Bent, Best Friends Forever

The darkest timeline is over: Community will return on Thursday, March 15, NBC announced Tuesday.In addition, the network announced premiere dates for midseason shows Bent, Best Friends Forever and Betty White's Off Their Rockers.Off the schedule since December, Community will re-inherit its 8/7c slot from 30 Rock, which will shift to 8:30/7:30c, followed ...

Tue, Feb 21, 2012

NBC Sets Community Return Date, Premieres for Bent, Best Friends Forever

Majandra Delfino and David Walton Expecting First Child

State of Georgia's Majandra Delfino and husband David Walton will welcome their first child this summer, People reports.

Wed, Jan 18, 2012

Majandra Delfino and David Walton Expecting First Child

Exclusive: Worst Week's Kyle Bornheimer Moves Into Bent

Worst Week's Kyle Bornheimer will guest star on an upcoming episode of Bent, TVGuide.com has learned exclusively. The NBC comedy centers on a tough, recently divorced single mother named Alex (Amanda Peet) who finds unexpected chemistry with the lackadaisical, womanizing construction worker, Pete (David Walton), whom she hires to redo her kitchen. Bent exclusive: Larry Miller to boss around Amanda Peet Bornheimer, 36, will play Dan, a new...

Wed, Dec 7, 2011

Exclusive: Worst Week's Kyle Bornheimer Moves Into Bent

Marcia Gay Harden to Guest-Star on Bent

Marcia Gay Harden has landed a guest spot on the midseason NBC comedy Bent, TVLine.com reports.

Wed, Nov 30, 2011

NBC Shutting Down Production on Prime Suspect

NBC is planning to shut down production on Prime Suspect after it wraps filming Episode 13, TVGuide.com has confirmed. Prime Suspect, which stars Maria Bello as a female detective in a man's world, is currently wrapping Episode 12, with Episode 13 set to film this week. Though NBC is...

Tue, Nov 15, 2011

NBC Shutting Down Production on Prime Suspect

NBC Benches Community, Sets Series Finale Date for Chuck

NBC will bench Community to make room for returning comedy 30 Rock on Thursdays, and has set a premiere date for new series The Firm and Are You There, Chelsea? The network also announced Monday that its upcoming musical drama Smash will debut on Monday, Feb. 6 at 10/9c following the second episode of The Voice. NBC orders The Firm to series Part of a massive Thursday-night overhaul...

Mon, Nov 14, 2011

NBC Benches Community, Sets Series Finale Date for Chuck

NBC's Chelsea Handler Sitcom Drops Three Cast Members

NBC's Are You There Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea is going through a major cast overhaul. The series, based on Chelsea Handler's best-selling memoir of the same name, has dropped three actors: White Collar's Natalie Morales, ER's Angel Laketa Moore and Chelsea Lately regular Jo Koy, TVLine.com reports. Each of the characters is expected to be...

Mon, Jul 4, 2011

NBC's Chelsea Handler Sitcom Drops Three Cast Members