Franklin & Bash

58
Metascore
2011-2014
4 seasons
Mill Creek Entertainment
Comedy, Suspense, Drama
TV-14

Two offbeat, young-gun street lawyers join a top-notch law firm in this buddy-legal drama. Jared Franklin and Peter Bash's brash, bad-boy antics shake up the buttoned-down firm, which is headed by eccentric boss Stanton Infeld. His shifty nephew — a corporate-climbing lawyer at the firm — is none too pleased with Franklin and Bash's unconventional methods and sets out to take the pair down.

58
Metascore
2011-2014
4 seasons
Mill Creek Entertainment
Comedy, Suspense, Drama
TV-14

TBS Cancels Sullivan & Son After Three Seasons

Sullivan & Son has closed its doors for good. The TBS comedy about a family-owned Pittsburgh bar has been canceled after three seasons, TVGuide.com has confirmed. Executive-produced by Cheers veteran Rob Long and Vince Vaughn, the show...

Fri, Nov 21, 2014

TBS Cancels Sullivan & Son After Three Seasons

TNT Cancels Franklin & Bash After Four Seasons of Courtroom Antics

It's a sad day for courtroom hijinks. Franklin & Bash has been canceled by TNT after four seasons, The Hollywood Reporter reports. The news comes following the Oct. 22 broadcast of the Season 4 finale, which will now serve as the series finale, too.

Tue, Nov 11, 2014

TNT Cancels Franklin & Bash After Four Seasons of Courtroom Antics

New Look, New Faces: Why Franklin & Bash Stars Call Season 4 a Return to Form

Changes are coming to TNT's Franklin & Bash. When the fourth season kicks off Wednesday (10/9c), the legal comedy will feature new characters, a few major exits and a new look. Rachel (Heather Locklear) has left the firm, in addition to original cast members Pindar (Kumail Nanjami) and Carmen (Dana Davis), while Franklin (Breckin Meyer) and Bash (Mark-Paul Gosselaar) too have taken on new, more senior level positions within Infeld-Daniels. But don't expect our favorite slackers to button up. The duo says that, if anything, Season 4 feels like a return to form with Franklin and Bash as the renegade underdogs you're rooting for. Returning fall shows: Where we left off

Wed, Aug 13, 2014

New Look, New Faces: Why Franklin & Bash Stars Call Season 4 a Return to Form

Mark-Paul Gosselaar Slams Dustin Diamond's Saved by the Bell Tell-All

Mark-Paul Gosselaar disputes his Saved by the Bell co-star Dustin Diamond's claims that the show was one big drug-fueled orgy behind the scenes. "Everything I've heard about his book is that it's very negative, and I don't remember those things," Gosselaar told HuffPost Live this week.

Thu, Aug 7, 2014

Mark-Paul Gosselaar Slams Dustin Diamond's Saved by the Bell Tell-All

Exclusive: Franklin & Bash's Mark-Paul Gosselaar and Breckin Meyer Heading to ATX Festival

The '90s nostalgia continues! Mark-Paul Gosselaar and Breckin Meyer are heading to the ATX Television Festival to promote their current TNT show, Franklin & Bash.ATX TV Festival to award Henry Winkler, adds Orphan Black and more

Thu, Apr 17, 2014

Exclusive: Franklin & Bash's Mark-Paul Gosselaar and Breckin Meyer Heading to ATX Festival

Scoop: George Wendt, Kurt Fuller Heading to Franklin & Bash

Cheers alum George Wendt and character actor Kurt Fuller have signed on to guest-star on an upcoming episode of TNT's Franklin & Bash, TVGuide.com has learned exclusively.

Tue, Apr 1, 2014

Scoop: George Wendt, Kurt Fuller Heading to Franklin & Bash

TNT Announces Summer Premiere Dates for Rizzoli & Isles, Murder in the First and More

TNT has announced the premieres for its summer shows, including Rizzoli & Isles, Dallas and Franklin & Bash. The network also revealed the series premiere date of Murder in the First, a new crime drama from Emmy winner Steven Bochco that stars Taye Diggs, Kathleen Robertson and Tom Felton.

Fri, Mar 14, 2014

TNT Announces Summer Premiere Dates for Rizzoli & Isles, Murder in the First and More

Franklin & Bash Renewed for Season 4

TNT has renewed Franklin & Bash for a fourth season, TVLine reports. Fifty Shades of Grey: Who should play Christian?

Fri, Oct 18, 2013

Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Wife Welcome Baby

Mark-Paul Gosselaar is a dad again! The Franklin & Bash star and his wife, Catriona McGinn, welcomed their first child, a boy named Dekker Edward Gosselaar, in Los Angeles Monday, People reports.

Tue, Oct 1, 2013

Exclusive First Look: Martin Starr Guest-Stars on Franklin & Bash

Martin Starr (Freaks and Geeks, Party Down) is heading to TNT's Franklin & Bash, TVGuide.com has learned exclusively.

Mon, Jul 1, 2013

Exclusive First Look: Martin Starr Guest-Stars on Franklin & Bash

The Wednesday Playlist: Futurama's Final Season, Cleveland Goes Live

"We need less adventures, not more adventures." We the longtime fans of Futurama would disagree with Cyclopean Leela's assessment as the delightfully berserk outer-space toon begins its final run on Comedy Central (Wednesday, 10/9), which revived the show long after Fox dropped it.

Wed, Jun 19, 2013

The Wednesday Playlist: Futurama's Final Season, Cleveland Goes Live

Keck's Exclusives First Look: Heather Locklear Joins Franklin & Bash

I now have a new reason to tune in to Franklin & Bash. When TNT's legal dramedy returns June 19, Heather Locklear will bring her signature sass as the firm's new partner, trial lawyer Rachel King, who never misses an opportunity to bash both Peter Bash (Mark-Paul Gosselaar) and Jared Franklin (Breckin Meyer). "They are frat boys who need discipline," Locklear says. "She'd really like to get rid of them."

Mon, May 13, 2013

Keck's Exclusives First Look: Heather Locklear Joins Franklin & Bash

TNT Announces Summer Premiere Dates for Falling Skies, Rizzoli & Isles, More

TNT announced premiere dates Wednesday for returning shows Rizzoli & Isles, Falling Skies, Franklin & Bash and more, as well as new shows The Hero, 72 Hours, King & Maxwell and Cold Justice.

Thu, Mar 21, 2013

TNT Announces Summer Premiere Dates for Falling Skies, Rizzoli & Isles, More

Mark-Paul Gosselaar Expecting Third Child

Mark-Paul Gosselaar is going to be a dad again! The Saved by the Bell alum and his wife Catriona McGinn "are thrilled to announce they're expecting their first child together in September," the actor's rep told People.

Tue, Mar 12, 2013

Mark-Paul Gosselaar Expecting Third Child

Heather Locklear Joins Franklin & Bash Full Time

There's a king of the castle at Franklin & Bash — or should we say queen? Heather Locklear is joining the TNT lawyer dramedy for Season 3 as a new series regular named Rachel King, Entertainment Weekly reports. King, a new partner at the firm, is described as "a stunning trial lawyer, with....

Fri, Jan 18, 2013

Heather Locklear Joins Franklin & Bash Full Time

Ben and Kate Taps Jane Seymour as BJ’s Mom

Only BJ could have a mother this cool! Jane Seymour has been tapped to play the mother of Ben and Kate's fun loving BFF, TVLine.com reports. BJ's (Lucy Punch) mother Wendy is described as...

Mon, Nov 5, 2012

Ben and Kate Taps Jane Seymour as BJ’s Mom

Garcelle Beauvais Not Returning to Franklin & Bash for Season 3

Court is adjourned for Garcelle Beauvais, who announced on Twitter Wednesday that she will not return for Franklin & Bash's upcoming third season. "Just found out that I'm not being asked back on Franklin & Bash," she tweeted, adding that she was "stunned." Franklin & Bash to return for Season 3 Beauvais, 45, played Hanna Linden, a senior partner at...

Thu, Oct 25, 2012

Garcelle Beauvais Not Returning to Franklin & Bash for Season 3

Guys with Kids Exclusive: Meet Tempestt Bledsoe’s New TV Dad!

Move over, Bill Cosby! Tempestt Bledsoe's got a new TV dad! Ghostbusters alum...

Wed, Oct 24, 2012

Guys with Kids Exclusive: Meet Tempestt Bledsoe’s New TV Dad!

Franklin & Bash to Return for Season 3

TNT has ordered a third season of Franklin & Bash, the network announced Friday."Franklin & Bash, with its winning cast and some of the sharpest dialogue on television, is a refreshingly clever, light-hearted take on the courtroom drama" said TNT's programming head Michael Wright. "We look forward to spending another season with Breckin [Meyer], Mark-Paul [Gosselaar] and the rest of the terrific cast and crew of Franklin & Bash."

Fri, Sep 28, 2012

Malcolm McDowell to Appear on Community

Malcolm McDowell is heading to Greendale.  The veteran actor will guest-star on Community, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Ex-Community showrunner Dan Harmon: "I would have fired me too" McDowell will play...

Sat, Aug 18, 2012

Mark-Paul Gosselaar Gets Married

Zack Morris is officially off the market. Mark-Paul Gosselaar took his second trip down the aisle on Saturday, People reports. The Saved By the Bell alum wed girlfriend Catriona McGinn at the Sunstone winery in Santa Ynez, Calif. Gosselaar, 38, proposed last year. The couple will head to...

Sun, Jul 29, 2012

Exclusive: White Collar Elects Titus Welliver and Reed Diamond for Guest Roles

White Collar has snagged The Good Wife's Titus Welliver and 24 vet Reed Diamond for guest-starring roles this coming season, TVGuide.com has learned exclusively. Welliver, 51, will play Senator Terrence Pratt, a prominent politician with ties to Neal's crooked cop father. Sen. Pratt will do whatever it takes to...

Mon, Jul 9, 2012

Exclusive: White Collar Elects Titus Welliver and Reed Diamond for Guest Roles

TNT Announces Summer Premiere Dates for Dallas, The Closer's Final Season

TNT's highly anticipated reboot of Dallas is set to debut on June 13 at 9/8c, the network announced Thursday.

Thu, Mar 15, 2012

TNT Announces Summer Premiere Dates for Dallas, The Closer's Final Season

American Pie's Chris Klein Heads to Franklin & Bash

Chris Klein has landed a guest spot on an episode of Franklin & Bash's second season, Entertainment Weekly reports.

Thu, Feb 2, 2012

American Pie's Chris Klein Heads to Franklin & Bash

TBS Orders Breckin Meyer's Men at Work

TBS has given the green light to Men at Work, a new comedy produced by Franklin & Bash star Breckin Meyer, the network announced Friday. The series stars...

Sat, Jan 7, 2012

Jeff Probst Marries Girlfriend Lisa Ann Russell

Survivor host Jeff Probst and actress Lisa Ann Russell got married in a small ceremony in Los Angeles, People reports.

Thu, Dec 8, 2011

Jeff Probst Marries Girlfriend Lisa Ann Russell

Mark-Paul Gosselaar Is Engaged

Mark-Paul Gosselaar is ready to make a second trip down the aisle. The Saved By the Bell actor is engaged to advertising executive Catriona McGinn, People reports. TNT renews Franklin & Bash Gosselaar, 36, proposed with a five-carat cushion-cut diamond ring, designed by his friend, jeweler Neil Lane. "He couldn't wait to...

Wed, Aug 10, 2011

The Mentalist Exclusive: The CBI Recruits Reed Diamond

Former Homicide: Life on the Street star Reed Diamond has signed on to guest-star on The Mentalist, TVGuide.com has learned.The Mentalist: Did Patrick Jane really kill Red John?Diamond will play Ray Haffner, a confident CBI supervising agent who runs a tight ship. As we previously reported, Haffner will lead a group of agents assisting Lisbon (Robin Tunney) and her team with the investigation of  a personal trainer's murder. Something tells us the CBI may not be big enough for both teams...

Mon, Jul 25, 2011

The Mentalist Exclusive: The CBI Recruits Reed Diamond

A Day Out With Franklin & Bash

Spending time in public with Franklin & Bash stars Breckin Meyer and Mark-Paul Gosselaar can get a little surreal. (Picture an internal monologue that goes something like this: "Hold on. Is that Travis from Clueless and Zack Morris from Saved by the Bell... bowling together? Did the 13-year-old me dream this up?") Yet the bizarre-world pairing works on TNT's dramedy about two wisecracking, unconventional lawyer pals who court controversy at their new firm. During an afternoon at NYC's Lucky Strike Lanes, the duo made it clear...

Wed, Jul 6, 2011

Mark-Paul Gosselaar and Wife Divorce

Mark-Paul Gosselaar and his wife are officially divorced, TMZ reports. The former Saved by the Bell star and his wife of 14 years, Lisa Russell, worked out a private arrangement for custody of their two children, according to court documents. The agreement also includes spousal support.

Wed, Jun 1, 2011

Roush Review: Boys (Franklin & Bash) to Men (Of a Certain Age)

You could get whiplash from the mixed messages being sent by TNT's first combo of the busy summer season. In the new Franklin & Bash, an aggressively quirky buddy comedy-drama that feels like something excavated out of David E. Kelley's trunk of less inspired ideas, it's all about overgrown boys being boys, and no matter how annoying they get, we're supposed to find them lovable. It's being paired with the back half of the second season of the Peabody-winning Men of a Certain Age, a more mellow and bittersweet drama about the midlife crises of three best buds who've learned the hard way that growing up may not be the easiest thing, but in the long run it's worth it. Want more Matt Roush? Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine now! Guess which group of guys I find better...

Wed, Jun 1, 2011

Roush Review: Boys (Franklin & Bash) to Men (Of a Certain Age)

Matt's Picks: May 30-June 2

Gettysburg (History, 9/8c, Monday)Launching a four-year project to commemorate the Civil War, which is marking its 150th anniversary this year, History has commissioned action producers Tony and Ridley Scott to produce a two-hour feature documentary about one of the war's most legendary and costly battles. Airing on the night of Memorial Day, Gettysburg fuses CGI and action footage designed to render the conflict as real as...

Sun, May 29, 2011

Mark-Paul Gosselaar: That Raising the Bar Guy Was "So Righteous"

He's back on TNT. He's back in the courtroom playing a lawyer. But Mark-Paul Gosselaar says the similarities between his short-lived legal drama Raising the Bar and his upcoming series Franklin & Bash end there. For starters, his Raising the Bar character was kind of uptight. "Honestly, I miss working with [Raising the Bar creators] David Feige and Steven Bocho, but to play that character was ... he was so righteous....

Thu, Jan 6, 2011

Mark-Paul Gosselaar: That Raising the Bar Guy Was "So Righteous"

Exclusive: Seinfeld's Jason Alexander to Guest-Star on TNT's Franklin & Bash

Former Seinfeld star Jason Alexander will guest-star on TNT's forthcoming legal dramedy Franklin & Bash, TVGuide.com has learned.Check out photos of Alexander throughout his career

Thu, Jan 6, 2011

Exclusive: Seinfeld's Jason Alexander to Guest-Star on TNT's Franklin & Bash

Mark-Paul Gosselaar Lands Weeds Guest Spot

Mark-Paul Gosselaar will guest-star on an upcoming episode of Weeds, a series rep says. The 36-year-old actor, who played Zach Morris on Saved by the Bell, will play a...

Thu, Jun 17, 2010

Mark-Paul Gosselaar Lands Weeds Guest Spot

Mark-Paul Gosselaar Splits From Wife of 14 Years

Mark-Paul Gosselaar and his wife of 14 years, Lisa Ann Russell, have separated, People reports. Gosselaar, 36, and Russell, 38, met on the set of Saved by the Bell and married in 1996. The couple has two children: Michael...

Fri, Jun 4, 2010

Mark-Paul Gosselaar Splits From Wife of 14 Years