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Chuck Lorre is basically the king of sitcoms, and honestly, if you’ve spent any time watching TV over the past three decades, you’ve probably laughed at his work. The guy’s been cranking out hit after hit since the ’90s, mastering that perfect blend of heart and humor that keeps us coming back for more.

From his early days dealing with network drama to becoming the mastermind behind some of television’s biggest phenomena, Lorre’s shows have this uncanny ability to find the funny in life’s messiest moments. With 12 original series spanning multiple networks and the streaming world, his work has evolved with the times while keeping that signature Chuck Lorre magic intact.

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Before we dive into the official ranking, we need to acknowledge Chuck Lorre’s very first creation, the show that almost...

Hulu’s Nine Perfect Strangers season 2 premiered on May 21, 2025, and wrapped up another intense chapter. The emotionally charged drama is set in the beautiful Zauberwald retreat, located in the stunning Austrian Alps. Season two brought together new guests, nine of them (as the title says), and over the season, viewers saw the emotional wounds and flaws of each one.

In the middle of it all was Masha Dmitrichenko, played by Nicole Kidman. This season featured buried secrets, psychedelic therapy sessions, as well as a powerful billionaire villain called David Sharpe, played by Mark Strong. The finale did tie up many of the dangling threads of this season, but it also left some lingering questions.

Since the season 2 finale, the cast has been busy with other projects. Some are prepping for their directorial debuts, while others are a part of Broadway revivals and music tours. Here’s what they’ve been...

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Christine Baranski absolutely rocks, and that's a fact. Ever since the 1980s, Baranski has been a staple of the screen and stage, winning her first Emmy for playing the hard-drinking sidekick Maryann Thorpe on "Cybill" and two Tony awards as of this writing (for Tom Stoppard's "The Real Thing" in 1984 and Neil Simon's "Rumors" in 1989). You might know her from the "Mamma Mia!" movies, as Diane Lockhart on either "The Good Wife" or "The Good Fight," or from HBO's luxurious drama "The Gilded Age," but fans of "The Big Bang Theory" know that she played Dr. Beverly Hofstadter, a psychiatrist and neuroscientist who's the mother of Johnny Galecki's Leonard Hofstadter, on the series. Baranski ultimately picked up four Emmy nominations for the guest role, but how did she get involved in the first place?

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Long before the success of hit shows like Two and a Half Men and The Big Bang Theory made Chuck Lorre a household name, the TV producer nearly missed his shot with 20th Century Fox Television entirely. Lorre was on Fox’s radar as one of the contenders to lead their comedy division, alongside six other creators considered the best in the business at the time.

Now regarded as one of the most successful TV producers in the industry, Lorre’s path to comedy greatness began in the 1990s. It was during this period that Peter Roth, former chairman of 20th Century Television, identified Lorre as one of the key talents who could shape the network’s future in comedy—a move that would eventually pay off with iconic shows and record-breaking success.

How Chuck Lorre Nearly Slipped Through Fox’s Fingers — Before Becoming King of Sitcoms

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It's hard to think of two more different characters on television right now than the unapologetically uptight Agnes van Rhijn on The Gilded Age and the unapologetically outspoken Victoria on Nine Perfect Strangers.

And the woman playing them both couldn't be happier about it.

Christine Baranski has made a career out of scene-stealing performances, from Cybill to The Good Wife, and was recently recognized by the Atx TV Festival with its annual Achievement in TV eXcellence Award.

Baranski trained at Juilliard with the dream of being a great theater actor, but then found a mid-life renaissance when she was offered the role of Cybill Shepherd’s martini-swilling, sharp-tonuged best friend in Cybill, which earned her an Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actress in the first season.

“Nobody really starts a Hollywood career in their 40s, but I did,” she said. That then launched her into a 13-year run as the...

Netflix is coming in hot with its latest original sitcom, as the streamer has unveiled the first batch of images for its upcoming series, Leanne. With a logline that will remind audiences of iconic shows of yesteryear such as Reba and Roseanne, the project follows its titular character, (played by comedian Leanne Morgan), after she’s forced to start life over again thanks to her husband of 33 years leaving her for another woman. The fresh start is certainly a rude awakening for the grandmother who’s well into menopause, but after she shakes off the blues and grabs life by the horns, she finds that she’s going to be more than okay — especially with the safety net of loved ones helping her out along the way.

Leanne’s (Morgan) life might be difficult, but you wouldn’t know it by the lineup of premiere images. In them, we see...

Chuck Lorre has reigned over the sitcom genre for over two decades, with The Big Bang Theory and Two and a Half Men standing out as some of his most popular and acclaimed works. Building on his success, he has continued creating hit comedy shows, including gems like The Kominsky Method, while also advocating for more sitcoms in the industry.

Chuck Lorre | Credit: Angela George/Cc-by-sa-3.0/Wikimedia Commons

However, despite his success and critical acclaim within the genre, some of his sitcoms have not aged well, leaving a sour taste for many viewers. As a result, audiences are now calling for fresher, more diverse sitcoms beyond Lorre’s influence.

Chuck Lorre reflected on the seeming decline of sitcoms on television

With shows like Cybill, Dharma & Greg, Two and a Half Men, and The Big Bang Theory, Chuck Lorre has long been a dominant figure in the sitcom genre, even earning...

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When it comes to modern television, few names are as powerful or profitable as Chuck Lorre. For the past few decades, Lorre has written for, produced, and created several hit television series that have not only helped shape the landscape of primetime network sitcoms but often set the trend for comedy TV moving forward. By and large, Lorre's shows either feature relatable, everyday people in extraordinary situations or find the relatable human elements ignored when focusing on extraordinary people.

Having earned his stripes as a TV writer on shows like "Charles in Charge" and "My Two Dads," Lorre has been a staple of the industry for over 40 years. He's proven time and again that he understands the key to finding commercial success, despite the many valid criticisms of his reliance on formulaic humor. Hence, we're here to highlight the five best Chuck Lorre shows,...

Exclusive: Alicia Witt, who is coming off her standout role in Osgood Perkins’ hit film Longlegs, has signed with Mosaic for management.

Alicia played the pivotal role of Ruth Harker in the thriller Longlegs opposite Nicolas Cage, which grossed over $100 million at the global box office, cementing itself as Neon’s highest-grossing film of all time. She is currently in production on two new films – horror thriller The Monster, co-starring Djimon Hounsou, and she has also signed on to the feature film Shiver, an adaptation of Maggie Stiefvater’s New York Times bestselling YA fantasy novel.

Witt began her acting journey at the age of seven, making her film debut in David Lynch’s sci-fi classic Dune. Over the years, she has earned recognition for notable roles in The Walking Dead, Nashville, Twin Peaks, Friday Night Lights, The Sopranos, Cybill, Justified, Ally McBeal, and the romantic comedy Two Weeks’ Notice alongside Sandra Bullock.

The Big Bang Theory Season 2 introduced Christine Baranski as Johnny Galecki’s on-screen mother, a character that would continue to make recurring appearances throughout its 12-season run. Prior to the hit CBS sitcom, the actress had worked with creator Chuck Lorre on the 1990s series Cybill.

A still from The Big Bang Theory | Credit: CBS

Given their past working relationship, Galecki assumed Baranski was appearing on the show as a “favor” to Lorre and likely knew little about the sitcom. However, he was surprised to discover his assumption was incorrect.

Johnny Galecki Admitted Misjudging Christine Baranski’s Knowledge About The Big Bang Theory

In a previous interview with Bullz-Eye, The Big Bang Theory star Johnny Galecki reflected on his thoughts on Christine Baranski joining the sitcom as his on-screen mother, Dr. Beverly Hofstadter.

Christine Baranski as Beverly Hofstadter in The Big Bang Theory | Credits: Warner Bros

Baranski, widely recognized for...

Once upon a time, there was a sitcom called "Rhoda." It was a spinoff of "The Mary Tyler Moore Show," and was an instant smash. How instant? Early in the first season, Rhoda got married, and the episode was watched by over 52 million television viewers. It was the highest-rated episode of television in the 1970s until the premiere of "Roots" in 1977, and served as a bit of a sitcom laboratory for James L. Brooks and Allan Burns. "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" was groundbreaking in its own right, but, at least early in the series, Brooks and his writers were a little looser on "Rhoda."

One of their most brilliant ideas was to introduce a regular character who is heard but never seen. "The Andy Griffith Show" had done this on occasion with Barney Fife's beloved Juanita Beasley, but "Rhoda" turned the alcoholic Carlton the Doorman into something of a sensation.

Science fiction is a genre that thrives on mankind's ability to imagine the future. Sci-fi films take us to galaxies far, far away, or they guide us down the rabbit hole into a computer program. We can visit forbidden planets or envision technologies that transform our own world, exploring space, or learning all too late that in space, no one can hear us scream. Ray Bradbury, author of "The Martian Chronicles," put it this way: "Science fiction is the most important literature in the history of the world, because it's the history of ideas, the history of our civilization birthing itself."

By revisiting the films on this list, however, we can imagine a different sort of future: someone's future acting career. The sci-fi genre has provided a jumping-off point for countless stars who went on to make their mark elsewhere, including future Oscar winners, future comedians, future talk show hosts,...

Chuck Lorre, with his remarkable contribution to the comedy sitcom genre, can easily be called the King of Sitcoms. The producer has brought forth several highly acclaimed shows, such as The Big Bang Theory, Cybill, Mom, and Young Sheldon. But in this list, Two and a Half Men gained him huge acclaim. But also brought in a slew of controversies, all thanks to Charlie Sheen.

Chuck Lorre in a still from Extra Tv interview || Credits: YouTube

The actor was going through some addiction issues during the sitcom’s eighth season. During the same time, he entered rehab, and also started a major Anti-Chuck Lorre rant, bashing the showrunner at every chance he got.

It was this very public fallout with Sheen that made it almost impossible for him to watch the show again.

Chuck Lorre Struggled to Watch Two and a Half Men After Charlie Sheen Fallout

Chuck Lorre and...

This year’s Emmy nominees for Supporting Actress in a Drama Series are a mix of former winners and first-time nominees — and if you’re on The Morning Show or The Crown, there’s a pretty good chance you’re nominated.

Those two shows represent six of the seven nominees in this category, which is becoming a pattern lately: Last year, The White Lotus grabbed five of the eight slots, including one for winner Jennifer Coolidge. The Crown’s Elizabeth Debicki is the only repeat nominee from last year, back again for her work as Princess Diana in the sixth and final season.

As Agnes van Rhijn in The Gilded Age, Christine Baranski embodies a New York matriarch bound by stringent class division and societal contest—something the show’s creator Julian Fellowes so famously explored within the British aristocracy in Downton Abbey. Baranski conveys both generations of painful suppression and a wry humor as Van Rhijn—a woman upholding a family legacy while supporting her sister (Cynthia Nixon), niece (Louisa Jacobson) and son (Blake Ritson).

A two-time Tony winner, an Emmy winner and 16-time nominee, here Baranski talks shooting Season 3 and reveals juicy details about her upcoming Season 2 of Nine Perfect Strangers with Nicole Kidman.

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Christine Baranski: Yes! Somebody was just asking me how Diane Lockhart would feel about all of the things happening in American politics. I said maybe we could have...

The Big Bang Theory is one of the most beloved modern-day sitcoms and has had a huge cultural impact. The show was centered around a group of scientists in LA and their adventures in navigating the social world after the entry of an attractive neighbor. Jim Parsons, who played Sheldon Cooper, won four Emmys for his role.

While the show had a perfect pilot that established the four lovable nerds, it was actually the second one made for the show. Though not that different, the first unaired pilot had some variations in characteristics and plot. However, one key difference in Sheldon’s character that fans were not ready to accept was his s*xualization in the unaired pilot.

Sheldon Cooper Was So Different In The Big Bang Theory’s Unaired Pilot The cast, including Sheldon Cooper, in The Big Bang Theory | Credits: CBS

Fans love the train-loving, arrogant physicist Sheldon...

Two and a Half Men, starring Charlie Sheen and Jon Cryer became one of the most popular sitcoms after it impressed the audience with a unique narrative and humor. Another primary reason behind the show’s standout hit was its co-creator, Chuck Lorre.

Being the mastermind of several critically acclaimed shows like The Big Bang Theory and Cybill, Lorre is hailed as the undisputed legend of sitcoms. While the audience could also feel Chuck Lorre’s magic in Two and a Half Men, the co-creator almost left the show midway due to Sheen.

Charlie Sheen in a still from Two and a Half Men | Chuck Lorre Productions

Besides all the positive elements of the show, Two and a Half Men also raised several headlines due to Charlie Sheen’s numerous controversies. However, all hell broke loose when Sheen was embroiled in a feud against Lorre which almost convinced the latter to leave the show.

The Big Bang Theory star Mayim Bialik has opened up about one very significant rule while working with Chuck Lorre on the popular sitcom. The actress took on the role of Amy Farrah Fowler starting in Season 3 and recently reprised her role alongside Jim Parsons in Young Sheldon.

A still from The Big Bang Theory | CBS

Her time working on the Emmy-winning TV series helped her gain many insights into comedy. One crucial lesson was a key rule that showrunner Chuck Lorre adhered to was to always prioritize the audience’s perception of what’s funny.

Mayim Bialik Reveals Chuck Lorre’s Golden Rule for Comedy Success

One of the many names behind the success of hit shows like The Big Bang Theory, Dharma & Greg, and Cybill, has been Chuck Lorre, who is also known as the ‘King of Sitcoms.’ And actress Mayim Bialik has revealed the secret behind his success.

Having trouble predicting who will win Best Drama Supporting Actress at the upcoming Emmy Awards? Let’s consult Gold Derby’s 2024 Emmy Experts! These savvy pundits from major media outlets have chimed in with their predictions, and the majority of them believe the trophy will go to Elizabeth Debicki (“The Crown”). The other potential nominees, per the Experts’ current racetrack odds, are Moeka Hoshi (“Shōgun”), Holland Taylor (“The Morning Show”), Adelaide Clemens (“Justified: City Primeval”), Lesley Manville (“The Crown”) and Christine Baranski (“The Gilded Age”).

As of this writing, a leading 14 out of our 17 Emmy Experts predict a victory for Debicki: Christopher Rosen (Gold Derby), Clayton Davis (Variety), Dave Nemetz (TV Line), Eric Deggans (NPR), Jazz Tangcay (Variety), Joyce Eng (Gold Derby), Keith Simanton (IMDb), Kelly Lawler (USA Today), Matt Roush (TV Guide Magazine), Peter Travers (ABC), Ray Richmond (Gold Derby), Susan King (Gold Derby), Thelma Adams (Gold Derby) and...

Hiram Kasten, a comedian well-known across the New York comedy club circuit and in shows such as Curb Your Enthusiasm, Seinfeld and The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, has died. He was 71.

Kasten died in his home in Batavia, New York, after seven years of fighting several illnesses, including prostate cancer and Crohn’s disease, an obituary in his local paper The Batavian reported.

Kasten was a regular comedian at New York’s Comic Strip, where he met then-mc Jerry Seinfeld and the two eventually became friends.

He also made regular appearances at Catch a Rising Star, The Improv, The Comedy Cellar and Caroline’s throughout the 1970s and 1980s. At Dangerfield’s, he ran his own show on Sunday nights for many years.

In the late 1980s, Kasten moved to Los Angeles and eventually appeared in shows such as Mad About You, Everybody Loves Raymond, Curb Your Enthusiasm, 7th Heaven,...

Beloved movie star Bruce Willis officially retired from acting in March 2022. The news was announced by the Die Hard star's family, who shared that the retirement was a result of Willis' aphasia diagnosis.

Aphasia is a disorder that affects the brain and the subject's ability to communicate and comprehend language. In February 2023, Willis' family revealed that he had then been diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia. Despite his ongoing struggles, however, Willis has been making the best of his retirement from acting, which includes more quality time spent with his family. Willis' daughter, Rumer Willis, shared an encouraging update on how her father has been doing during a recent appearance on the Today show.

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Will “The Gilded Age” find Emmys gold?

After its sophomore season, HBO’s historical drama “The Gilded Age” has entered the Emmy race with up to 37 nominations, Variety can exclusively reveal. This includes outstanding drama series, 15 main cast members and the season finale “In Terms of Winning and Losing,” which will represent director Michael Engler and scribe Julian Fellowes in their submissions.

The central couple, Bertha and George Russell, played by Carrie Coon and Morgan Spector, are contenders in the lead acting categories. Coon, an Emmy nominee for the third season of the anthology crime series “Fargo” in 2017, has a solid chance of picking up her second nom, competing against contenders Anna Sawai, Jennifer Aniston and Emma Stone. Already proving to be a big year for the actress, she could find herself in the Oscar race later this year for her remarkable performance in Azazel Jacobs’ family drama “His Three Daughters,...

Leanne Morgan’s current tour is called Just Getting Started, and the 58-year-old comedian is living up to that with a comedy series and two more specials at Netflix. The streamer has given a 16-episode order to an untitled multi-cam sitcom, headlined by Morgan in her TV acting debut and executive produced by top comedy showrunner Chuck Lorre. Additionally, Netflix has picked up two more stand-up specials from Morgan following the success of her first one, the 2023 Leanne Morgan: I’m Every Woman.

Co-created by Morgan, Lorre and Susan McMartin, the Untitled Leanne Morgan Project will follow Leanne whose life is upended when her husband of 33 years leaves her for another woman. Starting over when you’re a grandmother and in menopause isn’t exactly what she had in mind, but with the help of her family, she will navigate this new chapter with grace, dignity and jello salad.

Ready to make your 2024 Emmy predictions for Best Drama Supporting Actress? Before you do, take a look through our photo gallery featuring the likeliest contenders. Elizabeth Debicki (“The Crown”) being the only 2023 nominee eligible to return puts her in the frontrunner position and leaves the remaining slots open to a bevy of formidable newcomers and past hopefuls.

“The Morning Show” cast mates Julianna Margulies and Holland Taylor are each seeking a second win in this category after respectively being honored for “ER” (1995) and “The Practice” (1999). The same applies to Archie Panjabi (“Hijack”), who previously won for “The Good Wife” (2010).

“Sugar” actress Anna Gunn is vying for a third trophy of this kind following her dual “Breaking Bad” victories (2013-2014). Also in the mix are “The Gilded Age” costars Christine Baranski and Cynthia Nixon, who scored Best Comedy Supporting Actress wins for “Cybill” (1995) and “Sex and the City” (2004).

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Ready to make your 2024 Emmy predictions for Best Drama Supporting Actress? Before you do, take a look through our photo gallery featuring the likeliest contenders. Elizabeth Debicki (“The Crown”) being the only 2023 nominee eligible to return puts her in the frontrunner position and leaves the remaining slots open to a bevy of formidable newcomers and past hopefuls.

This year’s supporting actress candidates will not have to fend off reigning champ Jennifer Coolidge of “The White Lotus,” which is set to return in 2025 with an almost completely fresh cast. All nine acting nominees from the show’s most recent season are presumably finished playing their roles, as are 2023 featured female competitors Rhea Seehorn and J. Smith-Cameron from the concluded series “Better Call Saul” and “Succession.”

“The Morning Show” cast mates Julianna Margulies and Holland Taylor are each seeking a second win in this category after respectively being honored for “ER...

Die Hard star Bruce Willis' wife Emma Heming Willis criticizes rumors and misleading headlines about her husband's condition.

In March 2022, Bruce Willis' family announced that the legendary film star would be retiring from acting after being diagnosed with a medical disorder that eventually progressed to a form of dementia. In a heartfelt post shared on Instagram, Emma Heming Willis called on the media to do better on reports about her husband and their family life since his condition.

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A pair of Emmy winners have made a reservation for Season 2 of Nine Perfect Strangers.

Annie Murphy (Schitt’s Creek) and Christine Baranski (The Good Fight) have joined the cast of the Hulu spa dramedy’s sophomore season, TVLine has confirmed. (Our sister site Variety first reported the news.) No character details have been released yet, but we do have character names, at least: Murphy will play Imogen, while Baranski will play Victoria.

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Are Chuck Lorre’s days on broadcast television coming to an end?

CBS on Wednesday announced that its Lorre-produced comedy Bob Hearts Abishola will end with its upcoming fifth season, with the series finale set for May 13.

The comedy starring Billy Gardell and Folake Olowofoyeku joins fellow Lorre-produced series Young Sheldon in coming to a close in 2024. With the conclusion of both shows next year, broadcast comedy kingpin Lorre will have gone from having a two-hour block of four shows on CBS to zero on broadcast. The brains behind broadcast hits including Two and a Half Men, Cybill and scores of others next has his Max comedy Bookie debuting this week and is readying another spinoff from Big Bang Theory for the Warner Bros. Discovery-backed platform.

“Bob Hearts Abishola is about an unlikely love story, but also the premise that immigrants make America great,” said executive producers Gina Yashere,...

“Moonlighting,” the ’80s detective series that revived Cybill Shepherd’s career and gave Bruce Willis his, has long been notoriously unavailable. But all that changes when its 67 episodes begin streaming on Hulu on October 10.

Yes, that’s correct: Five seasons encompassed all of just 67 episodes of a network show. The series — created by Glen Gordon Caron — was infamous for missing its deadlines to make it to air (there’s even a joke in “The Golden Girls” about staying in to watch an episode that’s “only been rerun three times”) and by on-set strife that garnered reams of tabloid coverage.

Prevented by music rights issues from streaming, the series is poised to win over a new generation of fans for whom the behind-the-scenes drama will just be background noise. Per TVLine, the songs sung by the cast and the Al Jarreau theme song remain intact; ambient music has been swapped out where necessary.

Legendary performer Tony Bennett, a 20-time Grammy Award winner who sold more than 50 million albums worldwide, died Friday at the age of 96.

His publicist, Sylvia Weiner, confirmed his death to the New York Times.

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Original Night Court star Marsha Warfield discussed returning for the reboot

Warfield returned as Roz in the Season 1 finale of the Night Court reboot. Speaking to TVLine, the actor said the process was a simple one: "They asked me to do the episode, and I said sure." Warfield explained her shock at the offer, saying, "I never considered that I might be part of the cast... I've always felt like, and I've said publicly: If they asked me, I'd be happy to. But I understand why they wouldn't."

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On a drizzly Thursday morning, the WGA strike picketers were out in force – several hundred strong – at Gates 2, 3 and 4 of the Warner Brothers Studios lot in Burbank. They were fortified by tubs of coffee, boxes of doughnuts and muffins, cases of water and Gatorade and enough bags of potato chips to sustain a small army. People showed up to hand out tacos, because heck, anytime is a good time for a taco. These writers may not be well-paid, but they’d at least be well-fed and hydrated.

The water falling from the sky didn’t phase any of them, nor did the prospect of what’s being predicted will be a protracted walkout. As this was merely Day 3, the mood was upbeat and energetic, the signs clever and on point. They strode with purpose and chanted, “You want pages? Give us better wages!”.

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The Malcolm in the Middle cast is filled with great actors – both sitcom staples and traditional dramatic performers in comedic roles – playing the show’s delightfully wacky characters. Created by Linwood Boomer, Malcolm in the Middle revolves around the titular child prodigy and the various misadventures he gets into with his dysfunctional family. From its single-camera shooting style to its regular fourth-wall breaks, Malcolm in the Middle made a few stylistic revolutions to the TV comedy format that went on to influence future sitcoms. Its dark, surreal comic sensibility was also a radical break from the family sitcom style.

A consistent ratings success and a hit with critics, Malcolm in the Middle ran for seven seasons on the Fox broadcast network. Throughout its run, the series won many prestigious awards – including a Peabody Award. While the writing was highly acclaimed, Malcolm in the Middle received particular praise for the work of its hilarious ensemble cast.

Herb Lazarus, the veteran TV distribution executive who spent nearly 70 years in the business, including the past 27 with Carsey-Werner, died Tuesday in Los Angeles, a spokesperson for the company announced. He was 88.

At Carsey-Werner Television Distribution, where he most recently served as international TV president, Lazarus put into place massive deals globally — many still in place today — for such hits as That ’70s Show, Roseanne, The Cosby Show, 3rd Rock From the Sun, A Different World, Cybill, Grace Under Fire and Grounded for Life.

“Herb was so warm and fun to be around, but when it came to getting business done, he was among the greats of the industry,” Carsey-Werner Television president and COO Robert Dubelko said in a statement. “Everyone here is extremely sad but can’t help but smile recounting his poker-playing face and the countless laughs it delivered to all of us.”

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Herb Lazarus, who spent the past 27 years as international TV president for Carsey-Werner Television Distribution during his nearly 70-year career and is in the International TV Distribution Hall of Fame, died Tuesday. He was 88.

Carsey-Werner Television announced the news but did not give other details.

At Carsey-Werner, Lazarus put into place massive global deals for its comedies including The Cosby Show, Roseanne, That ‘70s Show, 3rd Rock from the Sun, A Different World, Cybill, Grace Under Fire and Grounded for Life — – many of which remain in place today.

“He saw the lighter side of our business and always said that we were lucky it didn’t involve decisions of life and death,” said Alexandra Taylor, Carsey-Werner’s London-based EVP international. She recalled one incident at MIPCOM in which a Belgian buyer apologetically notified them at the last minute that he couldn’t make a planned lunch.

“Herb’s reaction was...

Exclusive: Alicia Witt (I Care a Lot) and Blair Underwood (Caste) have signed on to star alongside Nicolas Cage and Maika Monroe in Longlegs — the horror-thriller from Jason Cloth and Dave Caplan’s C2 Motion Picture Group (Babylon), which Osgood Perkins (The Blackcoat’s Daughter) is directing from his own script.

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When I saw that both the Golden Globes (coming to a TV set or streaming monitor near you next Tuesday) and the Critics Choice Awards had nominated “The Bear” and its lead actor Jeremy Allen White — and in the case of the Critics Choice, supporting actress Ayo Edebiri, too — in Comedy categories, I thought maybe there was something wrong with my laugh detector. So I sat my wife down to watch a couple of episodes of the FX on Hulu freshman series about the drama inside a Chicago sandwich shop so we could find the hilarity together. We emerged pleasantly exhausted from the experience of taking in the show’s excitement, intensity and superb performances — but we didn’t laugh once. In point of fact, we didn’t even crack a smile.

“What’s wrong with us?” I asked Jill.

“Nothing,” she replied. “This show is a lot of things,...

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“The following is a true story. Except for cutting the boring shit and making up a bunch of stuff, this really happened.”

So opens Sex, Drugs and a Sitcom, a wild TV pilot script written by überproducer Chuck Lorre about the tumultuous time he spent steering the ship at Two and a Half Men. The series starred, of course, Charlie Sheen, then one of the highest-paid actors on TV, before he was fired in 2011 after publicly attacking Lorre, launching antisemitic insults and calling him a “turd” and a “clown.”

The script, obtained by THR, is dated June 15, 2022. According to a source, Lorre shopped it around town but didn’t set it up — though there’s little doubt it dropped a few jaws with its raucous, no-holds-barred account of what (possibly?) went on behind the scenes.

After opening with a fired-up Sheen being interviewed...

At the first Screen Actors Guild Awards ceremony in 1995, the cast of “Seinfeld” took the stage as the inaugural Best TV Comedy Ensemble recipients. The series, which starred stand-up comedian Jerry Seinfeld as a fictionalized version of himself, was one of several shows about the entertainment industry nominated for the group prize that year, with “Frasier” and “Murphy Brown” having been respectively centered on the radio and news media subsectors. Over the last quarter century, the casts of many other comedies about show business have competed and sometimes won here, and now the stars of “Hacks” are hoping to make good on their second try.

Like “Seinfeld,” “Hacks” is centered on the stand-up comedy profession, but the similarities end there. The HBO Max show’s main character is septuagenarian female comic Deborah Vance (Jean Smart), who is entirely fictional and primarily performs in the American West, as opposed to New York.

HBO Max has given an eight-episode straight-to-series order to How To Be a Bookie, the first comedy for the streamer from one of Warner Bros. Television’s top showrunners, Chuck Lorre, co-creator/exec producer of HBO Max’s most watched off-network series, The Big Bang Theory. Actor-comedian Sebastian Maniscalco (The Irishman) is set to star in the single-camera series, which Lorre is co-writing with one of his close associates over the past decade, Nick Bakay. It is comedy king Lorre’s first sale since the start of the pandemic.

In How To Be a Bookie, a veteran bookie (Maniscalco) struggles to survive the impending legalization of sports gambling, increasingly unstable clients, family, co-workers, and a lifestyle that bounces him around every corner of Los Angeles, high and low.

“It’s an absolute dream to work with Sebastian Maniscalco — whom I’ve been a fan of for years,” Lorre said. “To...

Richard Roat, a character actor with 130-plus credits spanning nearly a half-century who appeared in many of TV’s biggest shows including Seinfeld, Friends, Cheers, Murphy Brown, Dallas, Hawaii Five-o and Happy Days, has died. He was 89.

Roat died August 5 in Orange County, CA, according to his family. No other details were available.

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Born on July 3, 1933, in Hartford, Ct, Roat had a couple of bit TV roles before being cast as Dr. Jerry Chandler in the 1962 pilot of NBC soap opera The Doctors. He appeared in more than 170 episodes during the first year of the which, would go on to air for two decades.

He guested on a 1965 episode of The Fugitive and became a busy character actor during the following decade. Roat appeared in memorable 1970s comedies and dramas as Hawaii Five-o, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Columbo, Cannon, Kojak, The Bob Newhart Show,...

Chuck Lorre, the producer behind “The Big Bang Theory,” “Two and a Half Men” and many other TV hits, is separating from his wife of nearly four years, Arielle Lorre.

The two were married in September 2018. Arielle Lorre is a lifestyle influencer who is known for her active presence on Instagram and YouTube with a focus on health and wellness. The couple confirmed their split in a joint statement to Variety.

“It is with mutual consideration and respect that we have decided to separate. Our plan is to move forward in different directions but with great love, admiration and gratitude for the time we shared. We ask that you respect our privacy during this difficult time. Thank you for your support,” the statement said.

Chuck Lorre ranks among the most successful producers in Hollywood and is among the most prolific TV producers of the past four decades. Among his other...

It was the last year to date that the Big Four Networks won the major 14 Emmy Awards — Best Comedy and Drama Series, Lead and Supporting Actor and Actress in Comedy and Drama, and Writing and Directing for Comedy and Drama. However, the love was spread across several different series, and HBO was well-represented among the movie and miniseries categories. Bryant Gumbel hosted the 49th Primetime Emmy Awards on CBS on September 14, 1997. Read on for our Emmys flashback 25 years ago to 1997.

“Frasier” became the first series to hold on to its title as Best Comedy Series for four consecutive years; “Hill Street Blues” had achieved this record on the drama side in 1984. Also nominated in this category was “The Larry Sanders Show,” which earned the unfortunate distinction of being the comedy series with most nominations and no wins at 16. While “Frasier” also took home the Best Directing Comedy statue, the other...

At the 1995 Emmy Awards, Christine Baranski and Julianna Margulies both won prizes in supporting categories, Baranski for comedy “Cybill” and Margulies for drama “ER.” Almost 15 years later, the two actresses would partner on the CBS legal series “The Good Wife,” which ran seven seasons and netted both performers an impressive number of nominations by the time the show wrapped in 2016. This year, they might both receive recognition for new roles — Baranski for HBO’s “The Gilded Age” and Margulies for Apple TV+’s “The Morning Show” — and compete in the same category. Their characters didn’t end up in a good place in the series finale after all, remember?

See Christine Baranski (‘The Gilded Age’) could be the next Julian Fellowes grande dame to score at the Emmys

In a particularly competitive year for dramas, it may be hard for either actress to crack the top eight contenders in Best Drama Supporting Actress,...

Estelle Harris, who played George Costanza’s (Jason Alexander) mother Estelle on the iconic NBC sitcom Seinfeld, died Saturday evening of natural causes in Palm Desert, California, just weeks before her 94th birthday.

“It is with the greatest remorse and sadness to announce that Estelle Harris has passed on this evening at 6:25pm,” her son Glen Harris, who held her as she drew her final breath, told Deadline. “Her kindness, passion, sensitivity, humor, empathy and love were practically unrivaled, and she will be terribly missed by all those who knew her.”

Born Estelle Nussbaum in New York City on April 22, 1928, Harris appeared on 27 episodes of Seinfeld between 1992 and 1998. (The character had been named Estelle before she landed the part.) She began pursuing acting at assorted amateur community theaters while raising her children, and went on to find incredible success both on stage and on screen, also featuring in such series as Futurama,...

In the first season of HBO’s “The Gilded Age,” nouveau riche character Bertha Russell (Carrie Coon), who is modeled after the real Ava Vanderbilt, ascends from an underestimated newcomer in 1882 Old New York to an impressive force amongst the “old guard” of society. Her fictional rise just might foreshadow the path of this Julian Fellowes series at the Emmys from an underdog to a strong above- and below-the-line contender.

According to our current combined odds, “The Gilded Age” starts off as an underrated entry. The series narrowly misses our top 20 Best Drama Series contenders. Coon sits two spots outside of our Best Drama Actress top 10, Christine Baranski and Cynthia Nixon sit in 13th and 25th places in Best Drama Supporting Actress, respectively, and Best Drama Actor hopeful Morgan Spector trails even further behind. Despite these current positions, there are a number of reasons why our Experts, editors, and users...

Few television series boast an ensemble as rich as HBO’s “The Gilded Age,” at least in terms of Tony Awards. Julian Fellowes’ new period drama, which takes place in 1882 New York during a period of American industrialization and affluence, was shot predominantly in New York City. It draws on the wealth of theatre performers available due to the pandemic. The result is a cast of Broadway luminaries whose accolades total in the dozens, or 64 nominations and 23 wins, to be exact.

At the center of the action are a pair of two-time Tony winners — Christine Baranski and Cynthia Nixon — who play sisters Agnes van Rhijn and Ada Brook. These doyennes of old, moneyed New York try to bar the door to the new wealth elbowing their way into high society. Baranski won her first Tony for her performance in Tom Stoppard’s “The Real Thing,” which featured Nixon as Baranski’s daughter.

Few television performances have grown as richly as Christine Baranski’s as attorney Diane Lockhart. Now in her 12th season of playing liberal feminist Diane – first on CBS’ “The Good Wife” and now on the Paramount+ spinoff “The Good Fight” – Baranski continues to unearth newfound complexities in her signature role but has yet to earn a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for her performance. For SAG voters, the show’s shocking and incisive fifth season should prove the ideal opportunity to recognize her for her work for the very first time.

In the fifth season of the legal and political drama, Baranski’s Diane must navigate a thorny situation surrounding her named partnership at a Black law firm now that Adrian Boseman (Delroy Lindo) has resigned. Though Diane and fellow named partner Liz Reddick (the equally impressive Audra McDonald) have become close colleagues, they disagree about the appropriateness of Diane leading an African American firm.

Although celebrities, publicists and NBC are boycotting the 79th annual Golden Globes, the show will go on — although it’s unclear in what form.

On Monday, the Hollywood Foreign Press trudged forward with its nominations for its dinner on Jan. 9, which currently doesn’t have a broadcast partner because of scrutiny over the glaring lack of diversity among its voters. The organization’s president Helen Hoehne informed viewers on YouTube, where about 10,000 people were watching, that the HFPA had instituted changes to reform its outdated practices, including adding 21 new members. Last winter, a bombshell investigation in the Los Angeles Times revealed that the group previously didn’t have a single Black member.

Then Hoehne introduced a surprise presenter — Snoop Dogg — to kick off the nominations. Wearing dark sunglasses just after 6 a.m. in Los Angeles, Dogg struggled with the teleprompter, butchering so many of the nominees’ names that it was...

At the first Screen Actors Guild Awards ceremony in 1995, the cast of “Seinfeld” took the stage as the inaugural Best TV Comedy Ensemble recipients. The series, which starred stand-up comedian Jerry Seinfeld as a fictionalized version of himself, was one of several shows about the entertainment industry nominated for the top prize that year. Seinfeld and his castmates defeated actors from programs centered on a range of show business sub-sectors, from radio (“Frasier”) to news media (“Murphy Brown”). In the quarter century since, the casts of many other comedies about show business have competed and sometimes won here, and now the stars of “Hacks” are hoping to be next on the list.

Like “Seinfeld,” “Hacks” is centered on the profession of stand-up comedy, but the similarities end there. The HBO Max show’s main character is female comic Deborah Vance (Jean Smart), who is entirely fictional, decades older than the Seinfeld character was,...