Veep alum Reid Scott is on the case for Law & Order Season 23, premiering Thursday, Jan. 18 at 8/7c on NBC.
TVLine has your exclusive first look at the actor in the upcoming season of the venerated Dick Wolf procedural, which you can check out above. See below for more photos of Scott in character.
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New details reveal that Scott will portray Det.
TVLine has your exclusive first look at the actor in the upcoming season of the venerated Dick Wolf procedural, which you can check out above. See below for more photos of Scott in character.
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New details reveal that Scott will portray Det.
- 1/10/2024
- by Keisha Hatchett
- TVLine.com
Law & Order has added a new cop to its ranks.
Veep alum Reid Scott has joined the flagship NBC procedural as an NYPD detective for Season 23, TVLine has learned.
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The actor, who just came off a well-received stint as the fictional late-night talk show host Gordon Ford for The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’s final season, will...
Veep alum Reid Scott has joined the flagship NBC procedural as an NYPD detective for Season 23, TVLine has learned.
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The actor, who just came off a well-received stint as the fictional late-night talk show host Gordon Ford for The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’s final season, will...
- 11/22/2023
- by Keisha Hatchett
- TVLine.com
Exclusive: It’s been a while since we’ve had a raunchy female feature comedy– arguably since 2017’s Girls Trip, however, here comes D-Day from Spyglass Media Group with Schitt’s Creek‘s Emily Hampshire attached to star.
The pic, written by One Day at a Time scribes Becky Mann, Audra Sielaff and Andy Roth follows newly divorced and sexually inexperienced Kate, as she’s encouraged by her friends to get back out there. Of course Kate has certain standards so she’s not going to settle for just anyone but she’s determined to make her ex’s wedding day her D-Day.
Betsy Thomas, the creator of TBS’ My Boys, will be making her feature directorial debut here.
Thomas tells Deadline, “I am so thrilled to work with the immensely talented Emily Hampshire to bring this hilariously randy script to life.”
D-Day is produced by Level 1 Entertainment’s Bill Todman Jr and Edward Milstein (Grandma’s Boy). Spyglass’ Chairman and CEO, Gary Barber, and Peter Oillataguerre, President of Production, are executive producing with Oillataguerre and Chris Stone, VP of Production & Development, overseeing the project on behalf of Spyglass. Limor Hakim is co-producing for Level 1 Entertainment.
For six seasons, Hampshire played Stevie Budd on the Emmy-winning series Schitt’s Creek. She can currently be seen in Chapelwaite on Epix and in the upcoming thriller series The Rig on Amazon. Hampshire will release her first graphic novel Amelia Aierwood: Basic Witch in partnership with Z2 Comics this October and is set to co-write, executive produce and star as the title character in the Norman Lear reboot of Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman.
In addition to My Boys, Thomas has also directed episodes of NBC’s Superstore and ABC’s Home Economics.
Mann and Sielaff’s writing credits also include FX’s It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Fox’s Raising Hope and ABC’s The Real O’Neals. Roth’s credits include Amazon’s With Love, Netflix’s Paradise Pd and FX’s Anger Management.
Hampshire is repped by Atlas Artists, Paradigm, Creative Drive Artists, ID and Felker Toczek Suddleson Abramson McGinnis Ryan. Thomas is repped by CAA, Artists First and Jacoway Austen Tyerman Wertheimer Mandelbaum Morris Bernstein Trattner & Klein. Mann & Sielaff are repped by Culture Creative and Myman Greenspan Fox Rosenberg Mobasser Younger & Light Llp. Roth is repped by Verve and Jacoway Austen Tyerman Wertheimer Mandelbaum Morris Bernstein Trattner & Klein. Level 1 Entertainment is repped by Jeff Finkelstein of Del Shaw Moonves Tanaka Finkelstein & Lezcano.
The pic, written by One Day at a Time scribes Becky Mann, Audra Sielaff and Andy Roth follows newly divorced and sexually inexperienced Kate, as she’s encouraged by her friends to get back out there. Of course Kate has certain standards so she’s not going to settle for just anyone but she’s determined to make her ex’s wedding day her D-Day.
Betsy Thomas, the creator of TBS’ My Boys, will be making her feature directorial debut here.
Thomas tells Deadline, “I am so thrilled to work with the immensely talented Emily Hampshire to bring this hilariously randy script to life.”
D-Day is produced by Level 1 Entertainment’s Bill Todman Jr and Edward Milstein (Grandma’s Boy). Spyglass’ Chairman and CEO, Gary Barber, and Peter Oillataguerre, President of Production, are executive producing with Oillataguerre and Chris Stone, VP of Production & Development, overseeing the project on behalf of Spyglass. Limor Hakim is co-producing for Level 1 Entertainment.
For six seasons, Hampshire played Stevie Budd on the Emmy-winning series Schitt’s Creek. She can currently be seen in Chapelwaite on Epix and in the upcoming thriller series The Rig on Amazon. Hampshire will release her first graphic novel Amelia Aierwood: Basic Witch in partnership with Z2 Comics this October and is set to co-write, executive produce and star as the title character in the Norman Lear reboot of Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman.
In addition to My Boys, Thomas has also directed episodes of NBC’s Superstore and ABC’s Home Economics.
Mann and Sielaff’s writing credits also include FX’s It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Fox’s Raising Hope and ABC’s The Real O’Neals. Roth’s credits include Amazon’s With Love, Netflix’s Paradise Pd and FX’s Anger Management.
Hampshire is repped by Atlas Artists, Paradigm, Creative Drive Artists, ID and Felker Toczek Suddleson Abramson McGinnis Ryan. Thomas is repped by CAA, Artists First and Jacoway Austen Tyerman Wertheimer Mandelbaum Morris Bernstein Trattner & Klein. Mann & Sielaff are repped by Culture Creative and Myman Greenspan Fox Rosenberg Mobasser Younger & Light Llp. Roth is repped by Verve and Jacoway Austen Tyerman Wertheimer Mandelbaum Morris Bernstein Trattner & Klein. Level 1 Entertainment is repped by Jeff Finkelstein of Del Shaw Moonves Tanaka Finkelstein & Lezcano.
- 8/1/2022
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Five top TV cinematographers will reveal secrets behind their projects when they join Gold Derby’s special “Meet the Experts” Q&a event with 2022 Emmy Awards nominees. They will participate in two video discussions to premiere on Thursday, August 4, at 4:00 p.m. Pt; 7:00 p.m. Et. We’ll have a one-on-one with our senior editor Christopher Rosen and a roundtable chat with all of the group together.
RSVP today to our entire ongoing Emmy contenders panel series by clicking here to book your free reservation. We’ll send you a reminder a few minutes before the start of the show.
This “Meet the Experts” panel welcomes the following 2022 nominees:
Atlanta (FX)
Synopsis: Earn and his cousin Alfred, based in Atlanta, try to make their way in the world through the rap scene.
Bio: Christian Sprenger won at the Emmys previously for “Atlanta” and had a nomination for “Glow.
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This “Meet the Experts” panel welcomes the following 2022 nominees:
Atlanta (FX)
Synopsis: Earn and his cousin Alfred, based in Atlanta, try to make their way in the world through the rap scene.
Bio: Christian Sprenger won at the Emmys previously for “Atlanta” and had a nomination for “Glow.
- 7/28/2022
- by Chris Beachum and Christopher Rosen
- Gold Derby
Exclusive: Former ICM Partners TV literary and packaging agent Katie Cates is becoming a manager at Artists First. Cates spent the last eight years at ICM where she worked with writers, directors, actors, comedians and musicians. She is among the slew of ICM agents who departed on the eve of the agency’s acquisition by CAA last month.
At ICM, Cates worked with such established writer/showrunners as John Shiban (Ozark), Meredith Lavender and Marcie Ulin (The Flight Attendant), Matthew Carnahan (House of Lies) and Christy Stratton (Modern Family), Michelle Nader (Dollface), Karin Gist (Our Kind of People) Betsy Thomas (My Boys), Angeli Millan (Boomerang) and Matthew Newman (The Great Game), in addition to up-and-coming voices such as Marcos Luevanos (Love Victor), Emilia Serrano (Promised Land), Michelle Badillo (A League of Their Own), writer/director Becca Gleason (While You Were Breeding), creators Tim Schauer & Kuba Soltysiak (Boo Bitch) and playwrights...
At ICM, Cates worked with such established writer/showrunners as John Shiban (Ozark), Meredith Lavender and Marcie Ulin (The Flight Attendant), Matthew Carnahan (House of Lies) and Christy Stratton (Modern Family), Michelle Nader (Dollface), Karin Gist (Our Kind of People) Betsy Thomas (My Boys), Angeli Millan (Boomerang) and Matthew Newman (The Great Game), in addition to up-and-coming voices such as Marcos Luevanos (Love Victor), Emilia Serrano (Promised Land), Michelle Badillo (A League of Their Own), writer/director Becca Gleason (While You Were Breeding), creators Tim Schauer & Kuba Soltysiak (Boo Bitch) and playwrights...
- 7/27/2022
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Four top TV showrunners will reveal secrets behind their projects when they join Gold Derby’s special “Meet the Experts” Q&a event with 2022 Emmy Awards contenders. They will participate in two video discussions to premiere on Thursday, May 19, at 4:00 p.m. Pt; 7:00 p.m. Et. We’ll have a one-on-one with our senior editor Daniel Montgomery and a roundtable chat with all of the group together.
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This “Meet the Experts” panel welcomes the following 2022 contenders:
Black-ish (ABC)
Synopsis: A couple struggles to gain a sense of cultural identity while raising kids in a predominantly white, upper-middle-class neighborhood.
Bio: Courtney Lilly was a four-time Emmy nominee for “Black-ish.” He has also been nominated at the...
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This “Meet the Experts” panel welcomes the following 2022 contenders:
Black-ish (ABC)
Synopsis: A couple struggles to gain a sense of cultural identity while raising kids in a predominantly white, upper-middle-class neighborhood.
Bio: Courtney Lilly was a four-time Emmy nominee for “Black-ish.” He has also been nominated at the...
- 5/13/2022
- by Chris Beachum and Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
The Wheel of Time has added a Wise One to its ranks: Ayoola Smart, whose previous TV credits include Killing Eve (as Kenny Stowton’s onetime flame Audrey), has joined Season 2 of the epic Prime Video adaptation in the recurring role of Aviendha.
An Aiel Maiden of the Spear, Aviendha in Wheel of Time lore is a Wise One of the Nine Valleys sept, and one of the three lovers that Rand al’Thor takes (though we of course will see if the TV series offers a new spin on the heroine).
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An Aiel Maiden of the Spear, Aviendha in Wheel of Time lore is a Wise One of the Nine Valleys sept, and one of the three lovers that Rand al’Thor takes (though we of course will see if the TV series offers a new spin on the heroine).
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- 4/22/2022
- by Vlada Gelman
- TVLine.com
Raúl Esparza will return to “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” as attorney Rafael Barba in the season 23 finale, NBC confirmed to TheWrap on Thursday.
In the May 19 episode, Amanda Rollins (Kelli Giddish) asks for his help when a victim of domestic violence — who’ll be played by Jordana Spiro of TBS comedy “My Boys” — is prosecuted.
The former Assistant District Attorney was last seen in the December episode “The People Vs. Richard Wheatley,” in which he defended Dylan McDermott’s mobster for the murder of Kathy Stabler. He successfully deadlocked the jury, resulting in a mistrial, and also succeeded in alienating Svu captain Olivia (Mariska Hargitay), who had begged him not to take the case.
Esparza made his “Svu”debut in Season 14 and became a series regular the following season, before leaving in Season 19. He has since returned as an “Svu” guest star and also appeared on “Law & Order: Organized Crime.
In the May 19 episode, Amanda Rollins (Kelli Giddish) asks for his help when a victim of domestic violence — who’ll be played by Jordana Spiro of TBS comedy “My Boys” — is prosecuted.
The former Assistant District Attorney was last seen in the December episode “The People Vs. Richard Wheatley,” in which he defended Dylan McDermott’s mobster for the murder of Kathy Stabler. He successfully deadlocked the jury, resulting in a mistrial, and also succeeded in alienating Svu captain Olivia (Mariska Hargitay), who had begged him not to take the case.
Esparza made his “Svu”debut in Season 14 and became a series regular the following season, before leaving in Season 19. He has since returned as an “Svu” guest star and also appeared on “Law & Order: Organized Crime.
- 4/21/2022
- by Sharon Knolle
- The Wrap
Exclusive: The legacy of Jamie Tarses will live on. FanFare, the production company of the trailblazing TV executive and producer who died a year ago at age 56, will continue to function with the help of Aaron Kaplan’s Kapital Entertainment and the support of Tarses’ family, honoring her lasting impact on the television industry.
McCrae Dunlap, who was Tarses’ executive and steered the company while she was hospitalized and following her February 2021 death, will run FanFare. Kapital, which will provide logistical support including offices, overhead and development funds, has taken a stake in the new incarnation of FanFare for new projects going forward, with Tarses’ estate and Dunlap as co-owners.
FanFare is behind two current series, The Wilds on Prime Video and The Mysterious Benedict Society on Disney+, with Tarses credited posthumously as executive producer on both. The company has about a dozen projects in development that originated under Tarses...
McCrae Dunlap, who was Tarses’ executive and steered the company while she was hospitalized and following her February 2021 death, will run FanFare. Kapital, which will provide logistical support including offices, overhead and development funds, has taken a stake in the new incarnation of FanFare for new projects going forward, with Tarses’ estate and Dunlap as co-owners.
FanFare is behind two current series, The Wilds on Prime Video and The Mysterious Benedict Society on Disney+, with Tarses credited posthumously as executive producer on both. The company has about a dozen projects in development that originated under Tarses...
- 1/12/2022
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Chicago – When we last talked to author/actor/producer and Chicago native Cindy Caponera in 2017, she was working on the excellent Showtime Network series “I’m Dying Up Here,’ about stand up comics in the 1970s. She’s currently in Chicago and will appear in the ongoing “Messing with a Friend” at the Annoyance Theatre. Click Messing for ticket info.
Cindy Caponera was born on the Southside of Chicago in the Back of the Yards neighborhood. She honed her comic skills with two stints in at The Second City, and began her television writing career with the early Comedy Central series, “Exit 57.” She landed a writing gig on “Saturday Night Live” in 1995, and after three seasons on that show has worked as a freelance TV writer ever since. Her credits includes “Norm,” “My Boys,” “Sherri,” “Ground Floor,” plus Showtime’s “Shameless,” “Nurse Jackie.” And “I’m Dying Up Here.” In 2014, she published her collection of essays,...
Cindy Caponera was born on the Southside of Chicago in the Back of the Yards neighborhood. She honed her comic skills with two stints in at The Second City, and began her television writing career with the early Comedy Central series, “Exit 57.” She landed a writing gig on “Saturday Night Live” in 1995, and after three seasons on that show has worked as a freelance TV writer ever since. Her credits includes “Norm,” “My Boys,” “Sherri,” “Ground Floor,” plus Showtime’s “Shameless,” “Nurse Jackie.” And “I’m Dying Up Here.” In 2014, she published her collection of essays,...
- 12/6/2021
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
ABC has placed Baratunde Thurston’s animated project “How to Be Black” into development. The adaptation of Thurston’s best-selling memoir of the same name will be produced by 20th Television Animation and ABC Signature.
Thurston and Courtney Lilly will write and executive produce the project. Laurence Fishburne and Helen Sugland will serve as executive producers via Cinema Gypsy Productions.
“How to Be Black” — both the book and the potential television series — focuses on the community and family that raised a young Baratunde in 1980s Washington, D.C.
Thurston is a TV host, author and the creator and host of podcast “How To Citizen with Baratunde.” He’s also a founding partner of the new media startup Puck. He is repped by Kara Baker at Avalon Management, Seth Horwitz at Schreck Rose Dapello Adams Berlin & Dunham, UTA and ID.
Lilly, who this year renewed his overall deal with ABC Signature,...
Thurston and Courtney Lilly will write and executive produce the project. Laurence Fishburne and Helen Sugland will serve as executive producers via Cinema Gypsy Productions.
“How to Be Black” — both the book and the potential television series — focuses on the community and family that raised a young Baratunde in 1980s Washington, D.C.
Thurston is a TV host, author and the creator and host of podcast “How To Citizen with Baratunde.” He’s also a founding partner of the new media startup Puck. He is repped by Kara Baker at Avalon Management, Seth Horwitz at Schreck Rose Dapello Adams Berlin & Dunham, UTA and ID.
Lilly, who this year renewed his overall deal with ABC Signature,...
- 9/22/2021
- by Tony Maglio
- The Wrap
Exclusive: TBS is developing a comedy series starring and executive produced by Fox Sports anchor Rachel Bonnetta. Loosely-based on Bonnetta’s real life in the sports broadcasting world, the untitled comedy is co-created, written and executive produced by Betsy Thomas in her return to TBS where she created and executive produced the Turner network’s hit comedy series My Boys.
Thomas will serve as showrunner and will direct the potential pilot. She and Bonnetta executive produce alongside Eric and Kim Tannenbaum (Home Economics) via their Lionsgate-based Tannenbaum Co. and Adam Griffin (Carol’s Second Act). TBS is producing with Lionsgate Television.
Originally from Canada, Bonnetta is a host on Fox Sports 1’s daily show Fox Bet Live and co-hosts Crooked Media’s sports podcast Hall of Shame. Before she joined Fox Sports, Bonnetta was an on-air host for Major League Soccer daily shows Mls Now and Off Topic with Rachel Bonnetta.
Thomas will serve as showrunner and will direct the potential pilot. She and Bonnetta executive produce alongside Eric and Kim Tannenbaum (Home Economics) via their Lionsgate-based Tannenbaum Co. and Adam Griffin (Carol’s Second Act). TBS is producing with Lionsgate Television.
Originally from Canada, Bonnetta is a host on Fox Sports 1’s daily show Fox Bet Live and co-hosts Crooked Media’s sports podcast Hall of Shame. Before she joined Fox Sports, Bonnetta was an on-air host for Major League Soccer daily shows Mls Now and Off Topic with Rachel Bonnetta.
- 8/25/2021
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Veep alum Reid Scott is taking on a marvelous new role, with a recurring part on Season 4 of Amazon Prime’s The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, our sister site Deadline reports. No character details are currently available. Gideon Glick (The Detour) will also join the cast in an undisclosed recurring role.
Season 4 is currently in production in New York City, with returning series regulars Rachel Brosnahan, Alex Borstein, Michael Zegen, Marin Hinkle, Tony Shalhoub, Kevin Pollak and Caroline Aaron. Stephanie Hsu, who guest-starred in Season 3 as Mei Lin, a love interest for Zegen’s Joel, will also be back. Ditto Luke Kirby,...
Season 4 is currently in production in New York City, with returning series regulars Rachel Brosnahan, Alex Borstein, Michael Zegen, Marin Hinkle, Tony Shalhoub, Kevin Pollak and Caroline Aaron. Stephanie Hsu, who guest-starred in Season 3 as Mei Lin, a love interest for Zegen’s Joel, will also be back. Ditto Luke Kirby,...
- 4/29/2021
- by Vlada Gelman
- TVLine.com
Jane Lynch, star of Glee and current host of NBC’s Weakest Link, has found her latest comedy role – joining ABC pilot Bucktown.
Lynch, who played Sue Sylvester on Fox’s musical dramedy, will star alongside Westworld’s Shannon Woodward in the comedy.
The show centers on Amy (Woodward), who, after being dumped by her boyfriend and kicked out of her apartment on the eve of a big promotion, finds refuge at her mom’s house in the blue-collar neighborhood where she grew up.
Lynch, who also appears in Amazon’s The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, plays Helen, her mother, who’s rough around the edges and salty as hell but the most loyal woman you’ll ever meet.
2021 ABC Pilots & Series Orders
Nicole Richie also stars, as Jan, Amy’s boss, a self-centered force who tends to suck up all the energy in a room.
The show comes from a...
Lynch, who played Sue Sylvester on Fox’s musical dramedy, will star alongside Westworld’s Shannon Woodward in the comedy.
The show centers on Amy (Woodward), who, after being dumped by her boyfriend and kicked out of her apartment on the eve of a big promotion, finds refuge at her mom’s house in the blue-collar neighborhood where she grew up.
Lynch, who also appears in Amazon’s The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, plays Helen, her mother, who’s rough around the edges and salty as hell but the most loyal woman you’ll ever meet.
2021 ABC Pilots & Series Orders
Nicole Richie also stars, as Jan, Amy’s boss, a self-centered force who tends to suck up all the energy in a room.
The show comes from a...
- 3/22/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Jane Lynch has joined the cast of ABC’s comedy pilot Bucktown, from the producing team behind The Conners.
The Emmy winner will star with Shannon Woodward and Nicole Richie in the multi-camera pilot from ABC Signature about Amy (Woodward), a woman who, after being dumped by her boyfriend and kicked out of her apartment on the eve of getting promoted at work, moves back in with her mother and teenage niece in the titular Chicago neighborhood.
The network has also signed Betsy Thomas (My Boys, Superstore) to direct and serve as an executive producer on the pilot.
Lynch will play Amy’s ...
The Emmy winner will star with Shannon Woodward and Nicole Richie in the multi-camera pilot from ABC Signature about Amy (Woodward), a woman who, after being dumped by her boyfriend and kicked out of her apartment on the eve of getting promoted at work, moves back in with her mother and teenage niece in the titular Chicago neighborhood.
The network has also signed Betsy Thomas (My Boys, Superstore) to direct and serve as an executive producer on the pilot.
Lynch will play Amy’s ...
- 3/22/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Jamie Tarses, the TV executive and producer who was the first woman to head a Big Three network entertainment division, was remembered Monday by former colleagues and television executives as a gifted, whip-smart “force of nature” who forged a path for others in a male-dominated industry.
Tarses died Monday at the age of 56. Her passing shocked the industry as she came up the ranks and remained a respected figure among the generation of industry executives who came up in the 1990s.
Tarses is credited with helping to pave the way for other women at the top of TV. Walt Disney Television chairman Dana Walden and 20th Television president Karey Burke both hailed Tarses as a mentor. Tarses “shattered stereotypes and ideas about what a female executive could achieve, and paved the way for others, at a cost to herself,” said Burke.
She leaves a strong legacy of spotting talent ranging...
Tarses died Monday at the age of 56. Her passing shocked the industry as she came up the ranks and remained a respected figure among the generation of industry executives who came up in the 1990s.
Tarses is credited with helping to pave the way for other women at the top of TV. Walt Disney Television chairman Dana Walden and 20th Television president Karey Burke both hailed Tarses as a mentor. Tarses “shattered stereotypes and ideas about what a female executive could achieve, and paved the way for others, at a cost to herself,” said Burke.
She leaves a strong legacy of spotting talent ranging...
- 2/2/2021
- by Elaine Low
- Variety Film + TV
Jamie Tarses, one of the most dynamic television executives of her era who helped build NBC’s Must-See TV lineup and went on to become the first woman to lead a Big Three network programming division, died Monday following complications from a cardiac event last fall, according to Tarses’ family. She was 56.
Tarses was born into the industry as the daughter of famed comedy writer-producer Jay Tarses. As a network executive, she made a big splash at NBC in the early 1990s, developing “Friends” and “Mad About You.” She made headlines when she moved over to ABC Entertainment as president during a turbulent era for the network and then-new parent company, Disney.
By age 32, Tarses was the first woman to head a network entertainment division — and one of the youngest execs ever to lead a Big Three — in her role as ABC Entertainment president from 1996 to 1999. During her tenure, she...
Tarses was born into the industry as the daughter of famed comedy writer-producer Jay Tarses. As a network executive, she made a big splash at NBC in the early 1990s, developing “Friends” and “Mad About You.” She made headlines when she moved over to ABC Entertainment as president during a turbulent era for the network and then-new parent company, Disney.
By age 32, Tarses was the first woman to head a network entertainment division — and one of the youngest execs ever to lead a Big Three — in her role as ABC Entertainment president from 1996 to 1999. During her tenure, she...
- 2/1/2021
- by Elaine Low
- Variety Film + TV
Jamie Tarses, the pioneering former ABC Entertainment president, died at 56 after suffering complications from a cardiac event last fall, according to her family. She was 56.
Tarses, who led ABC Entertainment from 1996 to 1999, made history as the first woman to run a broadcast network division. She was a prolific producer as well, leaving a mark at NBC, where she helped develop shows like “Friends” and “Mad About You.”
At ABC, Tarses was responsible for shows like “Dharma & Greg,” Aaron Sorkin’s “Sports Night,” David E. Kelley’s “The Practice” and Ryan Reynolds’ debut, “Two Guys, A Girl, and a Pizza Place.” After she left there in 1999, she produced works like “My Boys,” “Happy Endings” and “Marry Me.”
The longtime television producer adapted to the world of streaming, too. Most recently, she produced “The Wilds” for Amazon in 2020 and “The Mysterious Benedict Society” for Disney+. It will debut in 2021.
Her brother...
Tarses, who led ABC Entertainment from 1996 to 1999, made history as the first woman to run a broadcast network division. She was a prolific producer as well, leaving a mark at NBC, where she helped develop shows like “Friends” and “Mad About You.”
At ABC, Tarses was responsible for shows like “Dharma & Greg,” Aaron Sorkin’s “Sports Night,” David E. Kelley’s “The Practice” and Ryan Reynolds’ debut, “Two Guys, A Girl, and a Pizza Place.” After she left there in 1999, she produced works like “My Boys,” “Happy Endings” and “Marry Me.”
The longtime television producer adapted to the world of streaming, too. Most recently, she produced “The Wilds” for Amazon in 2020 and “The Mysterious Benedict Society” for Disney+. It will debut in 2021.
Her brother...
- 2/1/2021
- by Lindsey Ellefson
- The Wrap
Jamie Tarses, who broke the glass ceiling for female TV executives as the first woman to run a network entertainment division, passed away this morning from complications stemming from a cardiac event she suffered last fall, according to her family. She was 56.
A superstar TV executive, Tarses was instrumental in developing such iconic shows as NBC’s Friends and Frasier and reached the pinnacle of the network programming executive ladder by age 32, becoming president of ABC Entertainment. Young and phenomenally successful, Tarses transcended the media business to become a bona fide celebrity who was both admired and scrutinized. The enormous pressure of the job and relentless media attention took a toll on her tenure, which Tarses followed with a successful second career as a TV producer of such popular shows as ABC’s Happy Endings, TBS’ My Boys, TNT’s Franklin & Bash and Amazon Prime Video’s The Wilds.
A superstar TV executive, Tarses was instrumental in developing such iconic shows as NBC’s Friends and Frasier and reached the pinnacle of the network programming executive ladder by age 32, becoming president of ABC Entertainment. Young and phenomenally successful, Tarses transcended the media business to become a bona fide celebrity who was both admired and scrutinized. The enormous pressure of the job and relentless media attention took a toll on her tenure, which Tarses followed with a successful second career as a TV producer of such popular shows as ABC’s Happy Endings, TBS’ My Boys, TNT’s Franklin & Bash and Amazon Prime Video’s The Wilds.
- 2/1/2021
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Jag alum David James Elliott and Joel Murray (Mad Men) are set for recurring roles opposite Stephen Amell and Alexander Ludwig in Heels, Starz’s eight-episode hourlong drama set in the outrageous world of independent professional wrestling.
Written by Michael Waldron, with Mike O’Malley as showrunner, Heels is a story about the men and women who chase their dreams in the world of small-town pro wrestling. Set in a close-knit Georgia community, it follows a family-owned wrestling promotion as two brothers and rivals, Jack Spade (Amell) and Ace Spade (Ludwig), war over their late father’s legacy. In the ring, somebody must play the good guy (Ludwig) and somebody must play their nemesis, the heel (Amell). But in the real world, those characters can be hard to live up to — or hard to leave behind.
Elliott will play Tom Spade, a former wrestler and proprietor of the Duffy Wrestling...
Written by Michael Waldron, with Mike O’Malley as showrunner, Heels is a story about the men and women who chase their dreams in the world of small-town pro wrestling. Set in a close-knit Georgia community, it follows a family-owned wrestling promotion as two brothers and rivals, Jack Spade (Amell) and Ace Spade (Ludwig), war over their late father’s legacy. In the ring, somebody must play the good guy (Ludwig) and somebody must play their nemesis, the heel (Amell). But in the real world, those characters can be hard to live up to — or hard to leave behind.
Elliott will play Tom Spade, a former wrestler and proprietor of the Duffy Wrestling...
- 12/15/2020
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Former Writers Guild of America West president Patric Verrone and negotiating committee co-chair Betsy Thomas have won re-election to WGA West board seats.
Incumbents Deric A. Hughes, Ashley Gable, Patti Carr, David Slack and Travis Donnelly also won re-election along with “Empire” and “Power” co-executive producer Eric Haywood. Other candidates were Katherine Beattie, Daniel Kunka, Rob Forman, Andrew Ti, John Lopez and Leland Jay Anderson.
A total of 2,204 valid ballots were cast, reflecting the usual turnout of about 25% of eligible members. The ballot count was announced Monday and supervised by Votenet Solutions.
“A heartfelt thank you to all the candidates that ran this year,” said WGA West president David A. Goodman. “The work of the board continues, and we’re fortunate that we have so many members ready to step forward and give their free time to help protect and advance the interests of all our members.”
The seats are for two-year terms.
Incumbents Deric A. Hughes, Ashley Gable, Patti Carr, David Slack and Travis Donnelly also won re-election along with “Empire” and “Power” co-executive producer Eric Haywood. Other candidates were Katherine Beattie, Daniel Kunka, Rob Forman, Andrew Ti, John Lopez and Leland Jay Anderson.
A total of 2,204 valid ballots were cast, reflecting the usual turnout of about 25% of eligible members. The ballot count was announced Monday and supervised by Votenet Solutions.
“A heartfelt thank you to all the candidates that ran this year,” said WGA West president David A. Goodman. “The work of the board continues, and we’re fortunate that we have so many members ready to step forward and give their free time to help protect and advance the interests of all our members.”
The seats are for two-year terms.
- 9/21/2020
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Former Writers Guild of America West president Patric Verrone and negotiating committee co-chair Betsy Thomas are among the 15 candidates for eight WGA West board seats.
The guild’s nominating committee made the announcement Friday. The election will take place on Sept. 21.
The seats are for two-year terms. The president, vice president, secretary-treasurer, and eight other board seats will be up for election next year.
Verrone, best known for leading the bitter 2007-08 strike while president, is an incumbent on the board. Thomas, who is also an incumbent and has credits on “My Boys” and “Whitney,” was named co-chair of the negotiating committee with Michele Mulroney and Shawn Ryan late last year.
The WGA launched negotiations on May 18 on a successor master contract for film and TV with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. The current three-year contract expires on June 30. The WGA has announced that it’s seeking gains in streaming residuals,...
The guild’s nominating committee made the announcement Friday. The election will take place on Sept. 21.
The seats are for two-year terms. The president, vice president, secretary-treasurer, and eight other board seats will be up for election next year.
Verrone, best known for leading the bitter 2007-08 strike while president, is an incumbent on the board. Thomas, who is also an incumbent and has credits on “My Boys” and “Whitney,” was named co-chair of the negotiating committee with Michele Mulroney and Shawn Ryan late last year.
The WGA launched negotiations on May 18 on a successor master contract for film and TV with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. The current three-year contract expires on June 30. The WGA has announced that it’s seeking gains in streaming residuals,...
- 6/19/2020
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Chris Pratt will be making his TV return on Amazon Prime Video: The Parks and Recreation vet’s conspiracy thriller The Terminal List has landed at the streamer with a straight-to-series order, our sister site Deadline reports.
Based on Jack Carr’s novel of the same name, the series — written by David Digilio (Strange Angel) and directed by Antoine Fuqua (Training Day) — follows Navy Seal Reece (Pratt) after his entire platoon is ambushed during a high-stakes covert mission. “Reece returns home with conflicting memories of the event and questions about his culpability,” per the official synopsis. “However, as new evidence comes to light,...
Based on Jack Carr’s novel of the same name, the series — written by David Digilio (Strange Angel) and directed by Antoine Fuqua (Training Day) — follows Navy Seal Reece (Pratt) after his entire platoon is ambushed during a high-stakes covert mission. “Reece returns home with conflicting memories of the event and questions about his culpability,” per the official synopsis. “However, as new evidence comes to light,...
- 5/5/2020
- TVLine.com
Exclusive: HBO Max has put in development Beth & Sam, a half-hour single-camera comedy from Emily Wilson (The Conners), My Boys creator Betsy Thomas, Jamie Tarses’ FanFare Productions, Jim Parsons and That’s Wonderful Productions and Warner Bros. TV, where That’s Wonderful is under an overall deal.
Co-written by Wilson and Thomas, Beth & Sam is a romantic comedy about a relationship between two women who have every reason “not” to be together — including that one of them is supposedly straight and married.
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Wilson and Thomas executive produce and serve as co-showrunners. Tarses executive produces for FanFare along with Parsons and Todd Spiewak for That’s Wonderful. Eric Norsoph co-executive produces for That’s Wonderful.
Co-written by Wilson and Thomas, Beth & Sam is a romantic comedy about a relationship between two women who have every reason “not” to be together — including that one of them is supposedly straight and married.
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Wilson and Thomas executive produce and serve as co-showrunners. Tarses executive produces for FanFare along with Parsons and Todd Spiewak for That’s Wonderful. Eric Norsoph co-executive produces for That’s Wonderful.
- 5/1/2020
- by Nellie Andreeva and Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
There’s a ridiculous amount of TV content out there waiting to be streamed during your downtime — and a lot of it won’t cost you one shiny penny.
TVLine already offers a premium streaming guide, which delivers a rundown of subscription rates, original series and select library content offered by established, new and forthcoming streamers. We also publish a monthly list of TV shows and movies coming and going on Netflix.
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TVLine already offers a premium streaming guide, which delivers a rundown of subscription rates, original series and select library content offered by established, new and forthcoming streamers. We also publish a monthly list of TV shows and movies coming and going on Netflix.
More from TVLineThe Blacklist Creator Explains the Midseason Premiere's Glaring Absence, Teases a Major Secret for [Spoiler]American Idol Video: Will Margie Mays and Jonny West Survive the New 'Duets' Round in Hollywood Week?...
- 3/20/2020
- TVLine.com
Former “Veep” star Reid Scott is going from a comedic role to a dramatic one. Variety has learned that Scott has been tapped for one of the lead role in the NBC drama pilot “Echo.”
The project is a procedural revolving around a team of investigators who solve the highest-profile crimes by sending our heroes into the past in the body of the victim. They assume the victim’s identity and must race against time to prevent the crime before it happens.
Scott, who will serve as producer in addition to starring, joins previously announced cast member Janina Gavankar. He will play David, a member of the FBI who volunteers for the most dangerous undercover assignments
Scott played Dan Egan in all of “Veep’s” seven seasons. He also recently starred in the first season of the CBS All Access dark comedy “Why Women Kill.” He is currently set to...
The project is a procedural revolving around a team of investigators who solve the highest-profile crimes by sending our heroes into the past in the body of the victim. They assume the victim’s identity and must race against time to prevent the crime before it happens.
Scott, who will serve as producer in addition to starring, joins previously announced cast member Janina Gavankar. He will play David, a member of the FBI who volunteers for the most dangerous undercover assignments
Scott played Dan Egan in all of “Veep’s” seven seasons. He also recently starred in the first season of the CBS All Access dark comedy “Why Women Kill.” He is currently set to...
- 3/2/2020
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Jordana Spiro (Ozark) and Josh Andrés Rivera (West Side Story) have been cast as leads in Vegas High, HBO Max’s coming-of-age period drama pilot from writer Sarah-Raquel Jimenez, director Gillian Robespierre and Michael Showalter’s Semi-Formal Prods. HBO Max is the studio.
Written by Jimenez and directed by Robespierre, Vegas High is inspired by Jimenez’s own experience. It is a 1990s-set coming-of-age story about Laura, a girl who’s caught between two worlds: the fast-paced lifestyle of Las Vegas and her strong Mormon faith and community.
Spiro plays Laura’s mom, Diane. The epitome of a Mormon housewife, Diane is compassionate, complicated and funny. But as a young mother of four, she struggles with the repetitive efforts to keep her family, home and church duties up and running.
Rivera is playing Josh, Diane’s reckless, charismatic son and Laura’s brother who lives unapologetically. Inappropriate but hilarious,...
Written by Jimenez and directed by Robespierre, Vegas High is inspired by Jimenez’s own experience. It is a 1990s-set coming-of-age story about Laura, a girl who’s caught between two worlds: the fast-paced lifestyle of Las Vegas and her strong Mormon faith and community.
Spiro plays Laura’s mom, Diane. The epitome of a Mormon housewife, Diane is compassionate, complicated and funny. But as a young mother of four, she struggles with the repetitive efforts to keep her family, home and church duties up and running.
Rivera is playing Josh, Diane’s reckless, charismatic son and Laura’s brother who lives unapologetically. Inappropriate but hilarious,...
- 12/18/2019
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: CBS has put in development Call Me Florence, a single-camera comedy from writer Corey Nickerson (black-ish) and CBS Television Studios, where Nickerson is under an overall deal.
Written and executive produced by Nickerson, in Call Me Florence, a Hollywood actress fighting to stay relevant is forced to take in her two grandkids just as she experiences a comeback.
CBS Television Studios is the studio.
Call Me Florence is Nickerson’s first network sale under her new overall deal at CBS TV Studios, where she moved this past summer from her previous home at ABC Studios.
Nickerson most recently served as an executive producer for the Emmy-nominated and Peabody-award-winning ABC/ABC Studios comedy series black-ish.
Nickerson previously served as a co-executive producer on Don’t Trust the B—. Her credits also include Scrubs and My Boys. Nickerson’s first scripted series staff writing job was on Fox’s The Bernie Mac Show.
Written and executive produced by Nickerson, in Call Me Florence, a Hollywood actress fighting to stay relevant is forced to take in her two grandkids just as she experiences a comeback.
CBS Television Studios is the studio.
Call Me Florence is Nickerson’s first network sale under her new overall deal at CBS TV Studios, where she moved this past summer from her previous home at ABC Studios.
Nickerson most recently served as an executive producer for the Emmy-nominated and Peabody-award-winning ABC/ABC Studios comedy series black-ish.
Nickerson previously served as a co-executive producer on Don’t Trust the B—. Her credits also include Scrubs and My Boys. Nickerson’s first scripted series staff writing job was on Fox’s The Bernie Mac Show.
- 11/9/2019
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Last year, Nacho Vigalondo’s Pooka! was one of the standout installments of Blumhouse and Hulu‘s holiday horror anthology series “Into the Dark,” and today brings details on this year’s Christmas special. It’s titled A Nasty Piece of Work, airing on December 6th. Deadline reports that the Charles Hood-directed film’s cast includes Kyle Howard (My Boys), […]...
- 10/16/2019
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
TBS has given a straight-to-series order to Obliterated, a 10-episode one-hour action drama from Cobra Kai creators Jon Hurwitz, Hayden Schlossberg and Josh Heald and Sony Pictures Television where the trio is based.
This marks the first series order for TBS this cycle and the second drama series pickup for the once-comedy-focused TBS following the May announcement that upcoming sci-fi drama Snowpiercer was moving from TNT to TBS. Update: Shortly after the Obliterated pickup announcement, WarnerMedia revealed that the decision to move Snowpiercer has been reversed, and the drama will air on TNT as originally planned.
Written and executive produced by Hurwitz, Schlossberg and Heald, Obliterated is a serialized action dramedy focused on an elite special forces team tracking a deadly terrorist network, hell bent on blowing up Las Vegas. After their raging end-of-mission party filled with alcohol and drug-fueled debauchery, the team discovers the bomb they deactivated was a decoy.
This marks the first series order for TBS this cycle and the second drama series pickup for the once-comedy-focused TBS following the May announcement that upcoming sci-fi drama Snowpiercer was moving from TNT to TBS. Update: Shortly after the Obliterated pickup announcement, WarnerMedia revealed that the decision to move Snowpiercer has been reversed, and the drama will air on TNT as originally planned.
Written and executive produced by Hurwitz, Schlossberg and Heald, Obliterated is a serialized action dramedy focused on an elite special forces team tracking a deadly terrorist network, hell bent on blowing up Las Vegas. After their raging end-of-mission party filled with alcohol and drug-fueled debauchery, the team discovers the bomb they deactivated was a decoy.
- 10/2/2019
- by Nellie Andreeva and Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Newcomer Izabela Rose and Siena Agudong (No Good Nick) are set to lead the ensemble cast for Upside-Down Magic, a new Disney Channel original movie based on The New York Times bestselling fantasy fiction children’s books of the same name. Vicki Lewis, Kyle Howard (My Boys), Elie Samouhi (Bizaardvark), Alison Fernandez (Once Upon a Time) and Max Torina (Raven’s Home) will also star in the movie which begins production today. It’s slated to premiere next summer.
With a teleplay by Nick Pustay (Ramona and Beezus) and Josh Cagan (Kim Possible), Upside-Down Magic is based on the Scholastic book series from bestselling authors Sarah Mlynowski, Lauren Myracle, and Emily Jenkins. Disney Channel optioned the series for development in 2015.
The movie centers around 13-year-old Nory Boxwood Horace (Rose) who discovers that she can flux into animals, and her best friend, and Reina Carvajal (Agudong) who can manipulate flames,...
With a teleplay by Nick Pustay (Ramona and Beezus) and Josh Cagan (Kim Possible), Upside-Down Magic is based on the Scholastic book series from bestselling authors Sarah Mlynowski, Lauren Myracle, and Emily Jenkins. Disney Channel optioned the series for development in 2015.
The movie centers around 13-year-old Nory Boxwood Horace (Rose) who discovers that she can flux into animals, and her best friend, and Reina Carvajal (Agudong) who can manipulate flames,...
- 8/19/2019
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
“Black-ish” executive producer Courtney Lilly has been promoted to showrunner for the ABC comedy’s forthcoming sixth season, ABC Studios announced on Tuesday.
Lilly, who is currently under an overall deal with the studio, has been a writer on the Anthony Anderson-led family comedy since Season 1. He takes over the reins from former co-showrunners Kenny Smith and Jonathan Groff.
Prior to “Black-ish,” Lilly’s credits include the Fox run of “Arrested Development” and “The Cleveland Show,” Upn’s “Everybody Hates Chris,” TBS’s “My Boys,” and “Guys With Kids” and “Undateable” on NBC.
Also Read: How 'black-ish' Designers Pulled Off the Wild Costumes in That Special Prince Episode
Lilly’s promotion comes ahead of the Season 6 premiere on Sept. 24. Back in May, ABC picked up another season of “Black-ish” in addition to ordering a full season of the prequel spinoff “Mixed-ish” to air alongside it in the fall.
Written...
Lilly, who is currently under an overall deal with the studio, has been a writer on the Anthony Anderson-led family comedy since Season 1. He takes over the reins from former co-showrunners Kenny Smith and Jonathan Groff.
Prior to “Black-ish,” Lilly’s credits include the Fox run of “Arrested Development” and “The Cleveland Show,” Upn’s “Everybody Hates Chris,” TBS’s “My Boys,” and “Guys With Kids” and “Undateable” on NBC.
Also Read: How 'black-ish' Designers Pulled Off the Wild Costumes in That Special Prince Episode
Lilly’s promotion comes ahead of the Season 6 premiere on Sept. 24. Back in May, ABC picked up another season of “Black-ish” in addition to ordering a full season of the prequel spinoff “Mixed-ish” to air alongside it in the fall.
Written...
- 7/30/2019
- by Reid Nakamura
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Corey Nickerson is moving from ABC Studios to CBS Television Studios with a new two-year overall deal. Under the pact, Nickerson will develop new television projects for broadcast, cable and/or streaming services for the studio.
Nickerson most recently served as an executive producer for the Emmy-nominated and Peabody-award-winning ABC/ABC Studios comedy series black-ish. She spent four seasons on black-ish, and was recently honored for an episode she wrote tackling the subject of post-partum depression.
Before joining ABC Studios, Nickerson co-created and co-wrote with Fresh off The Boat and Don’t Trust the B— creator Nahnatchka Khan the Fox comedy pilot Fatrick and served as a co-executive producer on Don’t Trust the B—. Her credits also include Scrubs and My Boys. Nickerson’s first scripted series staff writing job was on Fox’s The Bernie Mac Show.
Nickerson most recently served as an executive producer for the Emmy-nominated and Peabody-award-winning ABC/ABC Studios comedy series black-ish. She spent four seasons on black-ish, and was recently honored for an episode she wrote tackling the subject of post-partum depression.
Before joining ABC Studios, Nickerson co-created and co-wrote with Fresh off The Boat and Don’t Trust the B— creator Nahnatchka Khan the Fox comedy pilot Fatrick and served as a co-executive producer on Don’t Trust the B—. Her credits also include Scrubs and My Boys. Nickerson’s first scripted series staff writing job was on Fox’s The Bernie Mac Show.
- 7/26/2019
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Chicago – Comedian Jim Gaffigan is one of the funniest persons on earth, basically by being himself (Score!). In the last five years, he has been immersing himself into the waters of character acting in the movies, doing some serious supporting roles in films like “Chuck” and “Chappaquiddick.”
Lately, he has been on an indie film streak, with lead roles this year in “Light from Light” – which closed this year’s Chicago Critics Festival – and the recently released “Being Frank,” in which he portrays the title character.
Directed by Miranda Bailey, “Being Frank” has Jim G. as a father, which he also famously is in real life, but this Dad has a twist. Somehow, someway Frank has managed to maintain two families, and take them to maturation. This jig is slowly coming apart as the film begins, as Phillip (Logan Miller), the son of the Mom portrayed by Anna Gunn, begins...
Lately, he has been on an indie film streak, with lead roles this year in “Light from Light” – which closed this year’s Chicago Critics Festival – and the recently released “Being Frank,” in which he portrays the title character.
Directed by Miranda Bailey, “Being Frank” has Jim G. as a father, which he also famously is in real life, but this Dad has a twist. Somehow, someway Frank has managed to maintain two families, and take them to maturation. This jig is slowly coming apart as the film begins, as Phillip (Logan Miller), the son of the Mom portrayed by Anna Gunn, begins...
- 6/22/2019
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
TruTV has set March premiere dates for Season 8 of its longest-running comedy series Impractical Jokers and new scripted series Tacoma Fd. The eighth season of the unscripted Impractical Jokers will debut Thursday, March 28 at 10 Pm, followed by the series premiere of Tacoma Fd at 10:30 Pm. You can watch the just-released Season 1 trailer for Tacoma Fd above.
Impractical Jokers features comedians and lifelong friends Sal, Joe, Q and Murr, collectively known as popular comedy troupe The Tenderloins. The four compete to embarrass each other out amongst the general public, challenging each other to say or do something they have to do. If they refuse they lose, with the biggest loser enduring a punishment of epic proportions at the end of each episode.
The consistently top-rated series ranked as the No. 2 original cable comedy in prime in 2018 for adults 18-49, and No. 3 for adults 18-34 throughout the second half of the year.
Impractical Jokers features comedians and lifelong friends Sal, Joe, Q and Murr, collectively known as popular comedy troupe The Tenderloins. The four compete to embarrass each other out amongst the general public, challenging each other to say or do something they have to do. If they refuse they lose, with the biggest loser enduring a punishment of epic proportions at the end of each episode.
The consistently top-rated series ranked as the No. 2 original cable comedy in prime in 2018 for adults 18-49, and No. 3 for adults 18-34 throughout the second half of the year.
- 2/11/2019
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Young Sheldon star Zoe Perry has signed with UTA, The Hollywood Reporter has exclusively learned.
Perry plays Sheldon's mother, Mary, on CBS' Big Bang Theory spin-off. The character originated on Big Bang Theory, played by Laurie Metcalf, Perry's own mother. Perry previously recurred on Scandal (starring her father, Jeff Perry) and The Family and counts Grey's Anatomy, Private Practice, Cold Case, My Boys, Conviction and Law & Order: Criminal Intent among her other television credits.
On stage, Perry starred with her mother in The Other Place on Broadway and with her father in Anna Christie at Los Angeles' Odyssey Theater, both to strong reviews. She also performed in Good ...
Perry plays Sheldon's mother, Mary, on CBS' Big Bang Theory spin-off. The character originated on Big Bang Theory, played by Laurie Metcalf, Perry's own mother. Perry previously recurred on Scandal (starring her father, Jeff Perry) and The Family and counts Grey's Anatomy, Private Practice, Cold Case, My Boys, Conviction and Law & Order: Criminal Intent among her other television credits.
On stage, Perry starred with her mother in The Other Place on Broadway and with her father in Anna Christie at Los Angeles' Odyssey Theater, both to strong reviews. She also performed in Good ...
- 11/6/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Exclusive: Kevin Hart-founded HartBeat Productions, which recently signed a first-look deal with Nickelodeon to produce TV content, has brought on Tiffany Brown as manager of television.
Brown, who will report to Hart and HartBeat film/TV president, John Cheng, comes with a background in comedy having worked on sitcoms like Rules of Engagement, The McCarthys, Welcome to The Family, and My Boys.
Most recently, Brown was a part of the development team at Adaptive Studios where she helped manage the long-form and short form development slate including projects set up at Showtime, AMC, and YouTube Premium.
“We are so excited to add Tiffany to the HartBeat Team. She has extraordinary taste in material and an expertise in identifying and developing writers,” said Hart. “Tiffany is an exceptional development executive, and her attitude and work ethic fits perfectly within the HartBeat Brand”.
HartBeat, which also holds an overall deal with Universal,...
Brown, who will report to Hart and HartBeat film/TV president, John Cheng, comes with a background in comedy having worked on sitcoms like Rules of Engagement, The McCarthys, Welcome to The Family, and My Boys.
Most recently, Brown was a part of the development team at Adaptive Studios where she helped manage the long-form and short form development slate including projects set up at Showtime, AMC, and YouTube Premium.
“We are so excited to add Tiffany to the HartBeat Team. She has extraordinary taste in material and an expertise in identifying and developing writers,” said Hart. “Tiffany is an exceptional development executive, and her attitude and work ethic fits perfectly within the HartBeat Brand”.
HartBeat, which also holds an overall deal with Universal,...
- 10/16/2018
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
Maksim Chmerkovskiy and Peta Murgatroyd are the definition of #RelationshipGoals!
The Dancing With the Stars pros took to Instagram on Tuesday to commemorate the day they got engaged two years ago. As fans of the couple will recall, Chmerkovskiy proposed to his now-wife on Dec. 5, 2015 while onstage for a performance of Sway: A Dance Trilogy in Miami, Florida.
"To my forever young, forever ambitious go-getter husband @maksimc ...I love you and it’s imperative that you know how much I appreciate you, for you, and life is always better with you in it," Murgatroyd captioned a paparazzi pic of Chmerkovskiy grabbing her toned bum. "I hope we are this public with our obsession for each other for the rest of our lives! Lol Happy Anniversary...
The Dancing With the Stars pros took to Instagram on Tuesday to commemorate the day they got engaged two years ago. As fans of the couple will recall, Chmerkovskiy proposed to his now-wife on Dec. 5, 2015 while onstage for a performance of Sway: A Dance Trilogy in Miami, Florida.
"To my forever young, forever ambitious go-getter husband @maksimc ...I love you and it’s imperative that you know how much I appreciate you, for you, and life is always better with you in it," Murgatroyd captioned a paparazzi pic of Chmerkovskiy grabbing her toned bum. "I hope we are this public with our obsession for each other for the rest of our lives! Lol Happy Anniversary...
- 12/6/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
There’s no doubt about it — Maksim Chmerkovskiy and Peta Murgatroyd are obsessed with each other.
Two years ago, the Dancing with the Stars pros got engaged when Chmerkovskiy, 37, got down on one knee on the dance floor during a performance of Sway at the Olympia Theater in Miami, in front of a joyous audience and a line of other dancers and proposed to Murgatroyd, 31.
To celebrate the anniversary of that happy day, the pair — they welcomed son Shai Aleksander in January and wed in July — each took to Instagram on Tuesday to reflect on their engagement and the life they now share together.
Two years ago, the Dancing with the Stars pros got engaged when Chmerkovskiy, 37, got down on one knee on the dance floor during a performance of Sway at the Olympia Theater in Miami, in front of a joyous audience and a line of other dancers and proposed to Murgatroyd, 31.
To celebrate the anniversary of that happy day, the pair — they welcomed son Shai Aleksander in January and wed in July — each took to Instagram on Tuesday to reflect on their engagement and the life they now share together.
- 12/6/2017
- by Natalie Stone
- PEOPLE.com
Hey,"Bold And The Beautiful" fans. We've got some new storyline teaser scoops from CBS for tomorrow's Wednesday, December 6,2017 episode. The drama did heat up between Ridge and Thorne in today's December 5,2017 episode as expected. And that was an interesting moment where Quinn flashed back to being alone with Ridge. We'll certainly be looking to see if something results from that in the coming weeks. We also liked how Ridge tried to take back the compliment he gave to Thorne's designs after learning that Thorne designed them. We were like, 'Nope, it's too late. You can't take it back now. You loved them.'" Ridge and Thorne also got real intense there towards the end. Thorne definitely wants a little "Respect." In tomorrow's December 6,2017 episode, it sounds like the storyline will shift back to the Steffy and Liam drama at least for a little while. Crazy Sheila will...
- 12/5/2017
- by Andre Braddox
- OnTheFlix
Every week, IndieWire asks a select handful of TV critics two questions and publishes the results on Tuesday. (The answer to the second, “What is the best show currently on TV?” can be found at the end of this post.)
This week’s question: Which is your favorite scripted TV show about sports? Old and current shows are fair game.
June Thomas (@junethomas), Slate
I was a big fan of the Freeform show “Make It or Break It,” about the lives of a group of elite gymnasts working toward their dream of competing in the Olympics. Even typing that sentence, I know how hokey it sounds, and yes, it touched on all the clichés about women’s gymnastics – eating disorders, overburdened parents, inappropriate relationships with coaches – but you know what, all those things bubble up in the real sport with depressing regularity.
The show had more than its fair share...
This week’s question: Which is your favorite scripted TV show about sports? Old and current shows are fair game.
June Thomas (@junethomas), Slate
I was a big fan of the Freeform show “Make It or Break It,” about the lives of a group of elite gymnasts working toward their dream of competing in the Olympics. Even typing that sentence, I know how hokey it sounds, and yes, it touched on all the clichés about women’s gymnastics – eating disorders, overburdened parents, inappropriate relationships with coaches – but you know what, all those things bubble up in the real sport with depressing regularity.
The show had more than its fair share...
- 10/24/2017
- by Hanh Nguyen
- Indiewire
It was a “good morning” in Kailyn Lowry‘s house!
Last month, the Teen Mom 2 star’s life changed forever when she welcomed her third child into the world: a son, whom she is referring to as baby Lo.
On Wednesday, the MTV personality shared a precious new photo of her little boy cuddled up in a blanket and soundly sleeping.
“Good morning ☀️ #babylo,” she captioned the sweet Instagram image.
Since Lowry, 25, brought baby Lo home in August, she has shared multiple photos of her growing infant to social media, including his 1-month milestone and the family’s first photo shoot.
Last month, the Teen Mom 2 star’s life changed forever when she welcomed her third child into the world: a son, whom she is referring to as baby Lo.
On Wednesday, the MTV personality shared a precious new photo of her little boy cuddled up in a blanket and soundly sleeping.
“Good morning ☀️ #babylo,” she captioned the sweet Instagram image.
Since Lowry, 25, brought baby Lo home in August, she has shared multiple photos of her growing infant to social media, including his 1-month milestone and the family’s first photo shoot.
- 9/14/2017
- by Natalie Stone
- PEOPLE.com
Heidi Klum is one proud mama!
The America’s Got Talent judge spoke to People exclusively about her sons during the premiere of House of Z, hosted by Brooks Brothers and Cinema Society at the Crosby Hotel in New York City on Thursday night.
“My boys are very sexy,” Klum, 44, said before adding with a laugh, “They’re very young and I probably shouldn’t say that, that they’re sexy.”
The mother of four’s sons are Johan Riley Fyodor Taiwo, 10, and Henry Günther Ademola Dashtu, 12 next week. Klum also shares daughters Lou Sulola, 7½, and Leni, 13, with ex-husband Seal.
The America’s Got Talent judge spoke to People exclusively about her sons during the premiere of House of Z, hosted by Brooks Brothers and Cinema Society at the Crosby Hotel in New York City on Thursday night.
“My boys are very sexy,” Klum, 44, said before adding with a laugh, “They’re very young and I probably shouldn’t say that, that they’re sexy.”
The mother of four’s sons are Johan Riley Fyodor Taiwo, 10, and Henry Günther Ademola Dashtu, 12 next week. Klum also shares daughters Lou Sulola, 7½, and Leni, 13, with ex-husband Seal.
- 9/8/2017
- by Mary S. Park
- PEOPLE.com
Reid Scott is an actor who shot to prominence playing Brendan ‘Brando’ Dorff in the comedy TV series ‘My Boys’. He is also well-known for his role in HBO’s comedy series ‘Veep’ in which he played Dan Egan, the Deputy Director of Communications. Scot was born in Albany, New York, on November 19, 1977. When he graduated from Syracuse University, he moved to New York City with the intention of pursuing a career in acting. He began his career in ‘Cargo’, an off-Broadway production before moving on to acting in television commercials. Since then, his acting career has gone from
Five Things You Didn’t Know About Reid Scott...
Five Things You Didn’t Know About Reid Scott...
- 8/31/2017
- by Nat Berman
- TVovermind.com
Kailyn Lowry became a mom for the third time within the past week, and she’s now soaking up the cuddles at home with the newest member of her little family.
The Teen Mom 2 star confirmed on Twitter Saturday that she gave birth to her third child: a son, who she is referring to as “baby Lo.” And now, the MTV personality is introducing her newborn to her fans and followers!
On Wednesday, 25-year-old Lowry — she revealed on Twitter in early May that the father of her third child is Chris Lopez — shared three photos of her baby boy on her Instagram account.
The Teen Mom 2 star confirmed on Twitter Saturday that she gave birth to her third child: a son, who she is referring to as “baby Lo.” And now, the MTV personality is introducing her newborn to her fans and followers!
On Wednesday, 25-year-old Lowry — she revealed on Twitter in early May that the father of her third child is Chris Lopez — shared three photos of her baby boy on her Instagram account.
- 8/9/2017
- by Natalie Stone
- PEOPLE.com
There's a new addition to Bachelor Nation!
Bachelor in Paradise stars Evan Bass and Carly Waddell are expecting their first child together, Bass confirmed to Et on Sunday.
"We are beyond excited for this baby to join our family! " Bass said in a statement. "We wanted to have children quickly and obviously we wasted no time :) My boys are so excited to 'guard and protect' this little one and welcome him/her to the tribe!"
Related: 'Bachelor in Paradise' Alum Evan Bass Weighs In On Scandal, Begs ABC Not to Cancel the Show
Bass is already a father to three boys from a previous relationship. He proposed to Waddell during the season three finale of Bachelor in Paradise, and the parents-to-be were married in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico in June, in a ceremony officiated by Bachelor host Chris Harrison.
Related: 'Bachelor in Paradise' Alums Evan Bass and Carly Waddell Are Married!
Waddell told Et...
Bachelor in Paradise stars Evan Bass and Carly Waddell are expecting their first child together, Bass confirmed to Et on Sunday.
"We are beyond excited for this baby to join our family! " Bass said in a statement. "We wanted to have children quickly and obviously we wasted no time :) My boys are so excited to 'guard and protect' this little one and welcome him/her to the tribe!"
Related: 'Bachelor in Paradise' Alum Evan Bass Weighs In On Scandal, Begs ABC Not to Cancel the Show
Bass is already a father to three boys from a previous relationship. He proposed to Waddell during the season three finale of Bachelor in Paradise, and the parents-to-be were married in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico in June, in a ceremony officiated by Bachelor host Chris Harrison.
Related: 'Bachelor in Paradise' Alums Evan Bass and Carly Waddell Are Married!
Waddell told Et...
- 8/6/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
Congrats to Kailyn Lowry! The 25-year-old Teen Mom 2 star has given birth to her third child, a son. Her new baby boy joins big brothers Isaac, 7, and Lincoln, 3, Kailyn's sons from her previous relationships to Jo Rivera and Javi Marroquin. Radar first reported the story, which Lowry later retweeted from her Twitter account, a long with the tweet, "Mother of boys." Lowry had announced her pregnancy with her latest child this past February. "Having another child is something I am so happy about and I just can't wait," she wrote on her blog at the time. "My boys are so excited, those who love me are so excited, and I hope that everyone can...
- 8/6/2017
- E! Online
Teen Mom 2‘s Kailyn Lowry is a new mom again!
The reality TV star has welcomed her third child, a boy, she confirmed on Twitter.
On Saturday, Lowry shared a RadarOnline report about her giving birth and later tweeted “Mother of boys.”
The 25-year-old MTV star revealed in a February blog post that she was expecting her third child, then confirmed on May 2 that the baby’s father is her friend Chris Lopez.
Lowry is already parents to Isaac Elliot, 7 (whom she shares with ex-boyfriend Jo Rivera) and son Lincoln Marshall, 3 (whom she shares with ex-husband Javi Marroquin). And...
The reality TV star has welcomed her third child, a boy, she confirmed on Twitter.
On Saturday, Lowry shared a RadarOnline report about her giving birth and later tweeted “Mother of boys.”
The 25-year-old MTV star revealed in a February blog post that she was expecting her third child, then confirmed on May 2 that the baby’s father is her friend Chris Lopez.
Lowry is already parents to Isaac Elliot, 7 (whom she shares with ex-boyfriend Jo Rivera) and son Lincoln Marshall, 3 (whom she shares with ex-husband Javi Marroquin). And...
- 8/6/2017
- by Char Adams
- PEOPLE.com
Kailyn Lowry is soon to be a mommy for the third time!
Lowry, 25, is expecting to welcome her third child any day now — and the Teen Mom 2 star is hopeful that her baby’s arrival is sooner than later!
“I’m convinced I’m never having the baby and it’s all a dream,” the MTV personality tweeted Sunday evening. “I feel no progress here lol.”
I'm convinced I'm never having the baby and it's all a dream. I feel no progress here lol https://t.co/n9DPqkbvw9
— Kail Lowry (@KailLowry) July 31, 2017
The reality star announced that she...
Lowry, 25, is expecting to welcome her third child any day now — and the Teen Mom 2 star is hopeful that her baby’s arrival is sooner than later!
“I’m convinced I’m never having the baby and it’s all a dream,” the MTV personality tweeted Sunday evening. “I feel no progress here lol.”
I'm convinced I'm never having the baby and it's all a dream. I feel no progress here lol https://t.co/n9DPqkbvw9
— Kail Lowry (@KailLowry) July 31, 2017
The reality star announced that she...
- 7/31/2017
- by Natalie Stone
- PEOPLE.com
Chicago – One of the great new premium channel TV series, which piggybacked on the “Twin Peaks” return on the Showtime Network, is “I’m Dying Up Here.” Set in the 1970s, it tells the stories of fictional stand up comedians in Los Angeles, and one of the Consulting Producers and series writers is Cindy Caponera.
Ari Graynor as Cassie in ‘I’m Dying Up Here’
Photo credit: Showtime Network
Caponera wrote the latest episode, “Girls Are Funny, Too,” which focused on Cassie (Ari Graynor), as she tries to break new ground in an era where women in comedy had even more obstacles in a man’s show business world. The episode was loose, poignant and funny, and highlighted the excellent cast, which includes Oscar winner Melissa Leo as Goldie, the owner of the club that the stand up comics perform in. Add in Jake Lacy, Al Madrigal, Andrew Santino, Erik Griffin and Rj Cyler,...
Ari Graynor as Cassie in ‘I’m Dying Up Here’
Photo credit: Showtime Network
Caponera wrote the latest episode, “Girls Are Funny, Too,” which focused on Cassie (Ari Graynor), as she tries to break new ground in an era where women in comedy had even more obstacles in a man’s show business world. The episode was loose, poignant and funny, and highlighted the excellent cast, which includes Oscar winner Melissa Leo as Goldie, the owner of the club that the stand up comics perform in. Add in Jake Lacy, Al Madrigal, Andrew Santino, Erik Griffin and Rj Cyler,...
- 7/23/2017
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
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