Worst Week

62
Metascore
2008-2009
1 season
CBS
Comedy
TV-14

U.S. version of the BBC series "The Worst Week of My Life", in which a young couple get quickly acquainted with their soon-to-be in-laws.

62
Metascore
2008-2009
1 season
CBS
Comedy
TV-14

U.S. version of the BBC series "The Worst Week of My Life", in which a young couple get quickly acquainted with their soon-to-be in-laws.

How NBC's Guys with Kids Is Making Fatherhood Cool

When Jimmy Fallon got the idea for his new NBC comedy Guys with Kids, he knew exactly what he wanted to call it — and it wasn't Guy with Kids."[My producing partner Amy Ozols and I] were just talking about all the guys we were seeing around New York City and Times Square with the Baby Bjorns and [babies] on the backs of their bikes," Fallon said via satellite at NBC's Television Critics Association fall TV previews Tuesday. "We were just like, 'These are like young, good-looking guys embracing the roles of dad.' We both said at the same time, 'DILFS'! When we pitched the idea for DILFS ... NBC said, 'Yeah, we probably can't call the show DILFS, so we'll have to change that.'"Check out all the new fall showsThe comedy formerly known as DILFS stars ...

Tue, Jul 24, 2012

How NBC's Guys with Kids Is Making Fatherhood Cool

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.

Wed, Feb 8, 2012

Pilot Season: Kyle Bornheimer Lands Role in ABC's White Man Van

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

NBC Orders The Firm to Series

NBC has picked up the TV adaptation of John Grisham's best-selling novel The Firm for a straight-to-series order of 22 episodes, Deadline reports.The show is being readied for a September premiere, though NBC may not officially slot it into its fall schedule until casting is completed, according to the site.Fall 2011 TV Scorecard: Which shows are returning? Which aren't?Lukas Reiter (The Forgotten, Law & Order) wrote the pilot. Grisham will serve ...

Sat, May 14, 2011

TV's New Romantic Comedies: How To Tell Them Apart

Love is in the air on network TV. From NBC's Perfect Couples to ABC's Happy Endings, each of the big four networks have new romantic comedies to kick off the new year. How to tell the difference between the young love on CBS' Mad Love and Fox's Traffic Light? TVGuide.com has worked up a handy guide to navigate prime time's web of romance. (Just be ready for some TV sitcom déjà vu.) Olivia Munn: Why I left Attack of the Show! Perfect Couples (Thursdays at 8:30/7:30c on NBC) Premise: Three very different couples try to figure out the definition of the perfect relationship. You Know Them From: Worst Week's Kyle Bornheimer, FlashForward's Christine Woods, Attack of the Show!'s Olivia Munn and...

Thu, Jan 20, 2011

TV's New Romantic Comedies: How To Tell Them Apart

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 ...

Tue, Mar 23, 2010

Ratings: Chuck Spies a Series Low

Monday's ratings recap: 8 pm/ET House dipped a bit yet still topped the hour with 14 million total viewers. Placing second, The Bachelor (12.5 mil) courted 15 percent more viewers than a week ago.  Chuck came in fourth (behind CBS sitcom repeats) with 6.75 million viewers — a 19 percent plunge from its 3-D showcase, a 600K drop from its most recent 2-D outing, and the series' lowest rating ever for a fresh eppy. 9 pm 24 gained six percent and added viewers across the hour, averaging 11.16 mil. Leading out of a Two and a Half Men rerun, Worst Week's finale managed 8.7 mil (down 13 percent). Heroes sagged a bit, to 7.74 mil. 10 pm Opposite a warmed-over CSI: Miami, Medium (8.94 million viewers) super-sized its audience by 13 percent, while True Beauty (7.04 mil) added 220K to its last Monday outing.

Tue, Feb 17, 2009

Worst Week's Erinn Hayes Expecting Second Child

Good news for Worst Week star Erinn Hayes: She's pregnant with her second child.Hayes, who's mom to 1-year-old Maggie with husband, construction superintendent Jack Hayes, deliberately planned the pregnancy to ...

Wed, Jan 7, 2009

Worst Week's Erinn Hayes Expecting Second Child

Ratings: Sweet Mother, Best Worst and (Another!) Biggest Bang

Just another manic Monday for the CBS sitcoms. Let's break it down: 8 pm/ETBig Bang Theory and How I Met Your Mother easily command the top spot, with the former notching yet another series' best — 11.42 million total viewers. Mother, meanwhile, gained nine percent to deliver its largest audience since Jan. 9, 2006. (Read Barney's letter to Santa.) Chuck claimed runner-up status with 7.56 mil, up 630K week-to-week. Trailing ABC's Charlie Brown special, Sarah Connor's midseason finale scored 5.29 mil, up a hair from last week. 9 pmTwo and a Half Men surged 15 percent to flirt with 18 million viewers, its largest audience since May 16, 2005 (the night of the Everybody Loves Raymond series finale). In turn, Worst Week (12.12 mil) soared 14 percent to set an all-time high. Heroes held steady at 7.78 mil, as it bid the "Villains" adieu. Prison Break (5.73 mil) added 340 thou. 10 pmCSI: Miami dominated with 14.46 million viewers (up 860K), its best numbers since Feb. 26, 2007. Worst Enemy inched up a hair, to 4.08 mil. Sunday ratings addendum: Dexter's season finale gave Showtime 1.51 million viewers with its 9 pm airing, and two mil including the later rebroadcast. Californication nearly scored a million over two plays of its own season ender.

Tue, Dec 16, 2008

Ratings: Sweet Mother, Best Worst and (Another!) Biggest Bang

Kyle Bornheimer Prepares for the Worst Wedding Ever

It's hard to find a more hapless guy on TV than Worst Week's (Mondays 9:30 pm/ET, CBS) Sam Briggs these days. In eight episodes, the fortune's fool has crashed into his own wedding cake, smeared a dirty diaper on his future mother-in-law's wedding dress, mistook his fiancée's black brother for a burglar and was caught red-handed in hot pink panties — all in the name of love. It all leads up to this week's wedding, where, naturally, more disaster awaits our blunder-full protagonist. Newbie Kyle Bornheimer — who knows a thing or two about uncomfortable situations from his classic T-Mobile commercials (Watch one here) — took a gag breather to chat with TVGuide.com about his "awkward" TV nuptials, his favorite stunt so far and why spaz-tastic Sam is like a baby. TVGuide.com: This week's the wedding. I'm curious, but also scared. What's gonna happen?Kyle Bornheimer: Well, we don't want Sam to ...

Mon, Nov 24, 2008

Kyle Bornheimer Prepares for the Worst Wedding Ever

Kurtwood Smith Sees the Best in Worst Week

If patience is a virtue, then Dick Clayton rates supreme. Worst Week's (Mondays 9:30 pm/ET, CBS) steely, gruff dad — a personality Kurtwood Smith has already honed to perfection on That '70s Show — has seen his patience tested week in and week out as witness to some of the most cringe-worthy blunders by his accident-prone, soon-to-be son-in-law Sam (Kyle Bornheimer). With a wedding a week away, things are just bound to get — well — worse, but also better in a way for hard-luck Sam as time goes on. Smith chatted with TVGuide.com about this week's episode, featuring Fred Willard and Connie Ray as Sam's parental unit, if he's an intimidating father himself and why you shouldn't watch 24 (at least not live).   TVGuide.com: We finally meet Sam's parents this week. What kind of parents are they?Smith: They're pretty ...

Mon, Nov 17, 2008

Kurtwood Smith Sees the Best in Worst Week

Fall TV Update: CBS Commits to Gary, Week Gets Stronger and a Daisies Dispatch

Two of this fall TV season's bubble shows are starting to slide off the fence to stand on firm ground, while another holds out hope for a last-minute reprieve. Get the latest details, after the jump.

Sat, Nov 15, 2008

Fall TV Update: CBS Commits to Gary, Week Gets Stronger and a Daisies Dispatch

Fall TV Press Tour: CBS' New Shows

CBS was the only network this year to provide screeners for all its new shows, which they presented on Friday. Here's my quick take on them.  Mickey O'ConnorWorst WeekThe premise: Sam (Kyle Bornheimer) tries to impress his future in-laws  with disastrous results.It's like: Meet the Parents  almost exactly like that, in fact, although it's actually based on a British series.My take: I found the pilot to be very funny, and Bornheimer's comic timing to be excellent, but I wonder how enjoyable it will be to watch Sam demoralize himself on a weekly basis.Eleventh HourThe premise: Jacob Hood (Rufus Sewell) is a special scientific advisor to the FBI who lends his particular skills to criminal investigations.It's like: Well, we know what it's not like. "This is a science fact show, not a science fiction show," says executive producer Ethan Reiff (who also wrote Showtime's Sleeper Cell).My take: Well, Jerry Bruckheimer is involved, which is a good sign, but after watching a...

Sat, Jul 19, 2008