In advance of the upcoming television upfronts and the ending of the 2012-2013 television season, many networks are in the middle of confirming pilots, cancelling shows, and renewing others. Rather than you sifting through all the noise, we’re going to come up with some cheat sheets to what’s happen...
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ABC today announced its upcoming fall schedule— and with it, five shiny new comedies starring the likes of Jeff Garlin, Rebel Wilson and Malin Akerman. Since Mondays on ABC will be all about the drama, we’ll skip to Tuesdays, which finds two new come...
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ABC’s surprise hit reality show “Splash” (not to be confused with NBC’s flop musical show “Smash” #Burn) is kind of a ridiculous concept. With a similar model to that of “Dancing With the Stars,” celeb...
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"Come and knock on my door" wasn't the original opening for Three's Company, the 1970s hit sitcom adaptation for ABC.
Nope. Try "doo-dee-doo-dee-doo-dooo" instead. The first taped pilot for Three's Company didn't have the lyrics you came to know and ...
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Performing stand-up comedy on live morning television sounds thrilling enough until you stop on the word "morning" and realize, ohhhhh, stand-up comedy on TV in the morning doesn't sound much fun. Who's ready to laugh first thing in the morning? Is i...
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In case you missed it, this week on ABC's new episode of Celebrity Wife Swap, comedian Gilbert Gottfried and comedic actor Alan Thicke spent time in the other man's shoes and households, living with the other man's wife. Actually, it's the wives who ...
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Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the pool...
ABC, which used to bring us Superstars on Saturday mornings a generation ago, is broadening the definition of athlete and celebrity while also narrowing the pool of athletic competitions t...
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Last weekend news broke that Jimmy Fallon would replace Jay Leno in 2014 as host of The Tonight Show and that NBC would make the announcement as early as May. Although the network denied the story in the Hollywood Reporter, who cited “two high-level ...
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The greatest unanswered question in short-form improv will return to TV this summer as The CW has revived the game show that's not a game show (unless you consider improvised comedy a game), Whose Line is it Anyway?
Wayne Brady, Ryan Stiles and Colin...
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One of these seasons, a comedian will emerge as a viable candidate to win Dancing with the Stars, right? Right? After all, Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence just made dancing funny and successful in the movies with Silver Linings Playbook.
So how ...
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