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Enrico Colantoni is a Canadian-American actor and director, best known for his roles in television series such as Just Shoot Me! as Elliot Dimauro and Veronica Mars as Keith Mars, and for his appearances in films like A Beautiful Day, Contagion, A.I. Artificial Intelligence, and The Wrong Guy. He has also made guest appearances in popular TV shows including Numb3rs, Party Down, Monk and Stargate SG1. He was awarded the Carol Dye Award from the Yale School of Drama, where he received his Mfa.

Enrico Colantoni Biography: Age, Early Life, Family, Education

Colantoni was born on February 14, 1963 (Enrico Colantoni age: 62) in Toronto, Ontario. He was raised by his mother, Gina, a garment worker, and father, Quintino, a laborer and truck driver, along with his two siblings: Det. Sgt. Hector Colantoni, a retired police officer, and his sister, Frances Colantoni.

He studied sociology and psychology at the University of Toronto. However,...

Watch out, Bulgarian faithfuls, and get a roundtable — The Traitors are coming! All3Media International on Tuesday revealed that a local format version of the hit cloak-and-dagger format has been commissioned in the country for the first time.

Produced by bTV, the new version is set to premiere this fall on the Bulgarian private national television channel, which is part of the bTV Media Group.

The Bulgarian adaptation of The Traitors will become the sixth local version of the TV phenomenon in Eastern Europe, joining Romania, the Czech Republic, Croatia, Hungary and Ukraine.

“Bringing The Traitors to Bulgarian audiences marks a significant step in our mission to deliver bold, premium entertainment,” said Ralf Bartoleit, CEO of bTV Media Group. “It’s been fantastic to partner with All3Media International on this globally acclaimed format, which aligns perfectly with bTV’s strategy to innovate and engage viewers with powerful storytelling and high production value.

Ed Gale, the actor and stunt performer known for roles in Child’s Play and Howard the Duck, has died. He was 61.

The Bride of Chucky star died Tuesday in hospice care in Los Angeles, according to TMZ, as his niece Kayse Gale confirmed the death in a Facebook post paying tribute to her uncle. A cause of death was not immediately disclosed.

“It is with a heavy heart and a surprisingly light coffin (see what I did there?) that we announce the sudden passing of our uncle Ed Gale has taken his final bow and is now headlining in the afterlife,” started Kayse in the post.

“Ed hitched a ride to California when he was twenty years old, with $41 and a dream, and he never looked back,” she continued, adding that of his more than 130 onscreen credits, his “favorite role was that of the ‘fun uncle.’ His love language was...

Ed Gale, an actor best known for playing killer doll Chucky in the “Child’s Play” movies and the title character in “Howard the Duck,” has died at age 61.

TMZ reported that he died in hospice in Los Angeles on Tuesday. His niece, Kayse Gale announced the news in a Facebook. but did not list cause of death.

“It is with a heavy heart and a surprisingly light coffin (see what I did there?) that we announce the sudden passing of our uncle Ed Gale [who has] taken his final bow and is now headlining in the afterlife,” she wrote alongside several pictures of the 3’4″ tall actor.

She said he “lit up the silver screens” in films including 1986’s “Howard the Duck” and 1989’s “Chopper Chicks in Zombie Town,” and boasted that he, “earn[ed] himself some serious street cred at every con he attended. Which he never stopped bragging about. Ever.”

According to Kayse,...

Actor Ed Gale, best known for portraying the iconic characters Howard the Duck and Chucky, has passed away. He was 61 years old.

Per Variety, Gale's death was announced by his niece, Kayse Gale, with a post shared on social media. The specific cause of death was not named, though Gale's death was said to be "sudden." She also included a statement looking back at the life and career of her "fun uncle," who managed to find success as a working actor in Hollywood when he arrived in California with big dreams early in life.

"It is with a heavy heart and a surprisingly light coffin (see what I did there?) that we announce the sudden passing of our uncle, Ed Gale," the statement reads. "Ed Gale has taken his final bow and is now headlining in the afterlife. Ed hitched a ride to California when he was twenty years old,...

Even though it aired for seven seasons between 1997 and 2003, "Just Shoot Me!" isn't as appreciated as it should be. While it's rarely considered to be one of the best sitcoms of all time, "Just Shoot Me!" was a strong part of NBC's late-'90s sitcom lineup, following the lives of employees at a fashion magazine, namely the outspoken Maya (Laura San Giacomo) and her boss and father, Jack (George Segal).

The show's supporting cast also includes lots of great comedians, as well as a slew of guest stars like Joe Rogan, Jessica Walter, and Mark Hamill. It's even produced one of the greatest sitcom episodes of the past 30 years with "Slow Donnie," a season 3 episode featuring David Cross pre-"Arrested Development." 

Whether you agree "Just Shoot Me!" is an underrated sitcom that you should check out or not, its cast has gone on to do quite a lot since the show ended.

Prime Video has announced the lineup of movies and TV shows that will be available on the service in May. The Prime Video May 2025 lineup includes new Amazon original movies, TV shows, and specials.

Members can look forward to Another Simple Favor, The Better Sister, Clarkson’s Farm Season 4, David Spade: Dandelion, Good Boy, Lee Soo Man: King of K-Pop, Molly-Mae: Behind It All Part 2, Motorheads, Octopus!, The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy Season 2, and more.

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The Prime Video May 2025 programming includes the following Originals.

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Stephanie Smothers (Anna Kendrick) and Emily Nelson (Blake Lively) reunite on the beautiful island of Capri, Italy, for Emily’s extravagant wedding to a rich Italian businessman. Along with the glamorous guests, expect murder and betrayal to RSVP for a wedding with more twists and turns than the road from the Marina...

Exclusive: Amazon announced this morning that David Spade: Dandelion — its first comedy special from Spade, and Spade’s first since 2022 — will premiere on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide on May 6.

Spade’s latest special offers up some of his signature sardonic takes on the perils of flying, charity auctions, the evolution of porn, and more. He produced alongside Marc Gurvitz, Alex Murray, and John Irwin. Watch a trailer above.

An Emmy and Golden Globe-nominated alum of Saturday Night Live, Spade has previously released three comedy specials, including Nothing Personal (2022) via Netflix, My Fake Problems (2014) via Comedy Central, and Take the Hit (1998) via HBO. Most recently, he’s been seen on his I Got A Feel For It stand-up tour, as well as popular podcasts Fly on the Wall and Superfly, which he co-hosts with fellow SNL alum Dana Carvey. Fly on the Wall premiered at #1 in the comedy category,...

Mark Dobies, an actor best known for his portrayal as Dr. Noah Chase on “Guiding Light” and District Attorney Daniel Colson on “One Life to Live,” has died. He was just 65 years old.

Born Mark Steven Dobies on April 3, 1959, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the late actor passed away on Tuesday, March 11 in Dunellan, New Jersey, although no official cause of death was announced.

An obituary posted on the Apyre National Cremation Services website notes Dobies was a “loving father, accomplished athlete, and talented actor.”

During his school days, Dobies earned a football scholarship to attend Delaware Valley University (then Delaware Valley College), where he and his teammates won the school its first Middle Atlantic Conference football championship in 1980. He went on to receive a Bachelor of Science from the school, and later a Master of Science from Easter College, with certifications in weight management and as a senior population specialist.

Throughout his life,...

Daytime soap veteran Mark Dobies, who had extensive runs on Guiding Light and One Life to Live, has died at the age of 65. Dobies passed away on Mar. 11 in New Jersey, according to a local obituary; no cause of death has been released.

Dobies played football in college before turning to acting, joining the cast of CBS’ Guiding Light in 2000 as Noah Chase, a doctor who became a love interest for Kim Zimmer’s Reva Shayne. After a year and a half on Guiding Light, he joined the cast of ABC’s One Life to Live in 2003, playing district attorney Daniel Colson,...

Brooke Shields is revisiting the setting of her famous 1980 movie The Blue Lagoon!

The 59-year-old actress, alongside SNL alum David Spade, are set to star in Fox‘s Almost Paradise, a multi-camera sitcom from Modern Family‘s Danny Zuker and Aaron Kaplan’s Kapital Entertainment, via Deadline.

Here’s the logline: “Just your everyday, normal married couple facing all the everyday, normal challenges of being stranded on a desert Island for decades. Think Blue Lagoon, the family sitcom.”

Keep reading to find out more…

The idea originated from a meeting between Brooke and Aaron. The two then approached David. Brooke also guest starred on his show Just Shoot Me!

There is a two-script order from Fox, but no official deals have been made just yet with the actors. They have been involved in the development and present at pitches.

If greenlit, they are expected to star as the lead characters...

Exclusive: Brooke Shields is ready to revisit the setting that made her a global star in the 1980 movie The Blue Lagoon, with SNL alum David Spade joining her for the ride. Fox is developing Almost Paradise, a multi-camera sitcom from comedy veteran Danny Zuker (Modern Family) and Aaron Kaplan’s Kapital Entertainment.

Written by Zuker, Almost Paradise is described as The Blue Lagoon meets Gilligan’s Island. Its logline reads: Just your everyday, normal married couple facing all the everyday, normal challenges of being stranded on a desert Island for decades. Think Blue Lagoon, the family sitcom.

The idea originated from a general meeting between Shields and Kaplan. The two then approached Spade, on whose NBC sitcom Just Shoot Me! Shields had guest starred and Zuker had worked for two seasons as consulting producer/co-executive producer.

Shields and Spade have no deals for Almost Paradise, which has a two-script order from Fox,...

Actor and comedian Richard Kind is returning to court. The funnyman, who just received a SAG Award as part of last season's Only Murders in the Building ensemble, brings the melodies to this week's episode of Night Court, reprising his guest starring role as Sy Hoffman, a Broadway producer who this time helps Dan (John Larroquette) and Abby (Melissa Rauch) work together to turn Dan's memoir into a musical.

When the visually impaired Sy has his friend read him a pornographic novel on the subway, the eccentric producer winds up in court as a defense witness hoping to help acquit his acquaintance charged with public indecency.

Watch an exclusive clip from this week's episode titled "A Little Night Court Music" below.

"I'm back, Your Honor!" Sy shouts while facing the wrong direction in the courtroom. After being turned around he explains,"I'm sorry, I just had my eyes dilated. I'm at risk for glaucoma,...

If you follow the human interest verticals of your news sources, you spent last year reading about children choosing to go “no contact” with their parents. Some TV creators must have had familial estrangement on their minds well before that, because 2025 has kicked off with this story being foundational to multiple new sitcoms. In Going Dutch, a father is thrown back into the life of the daughter who went no contact with him three years ago; they’re both in the military, and the father’s commanding officer knows about their tense relationship and is intentionally messing with him. In Shifting Gears, a daughter descends on her father after their contact with each other tapered off upon the death of her mother; the daughter’s marriage is falling apart, and she and her children need somewhere to live. Now, in Clean Slate, a father receives an email from the person...

Let’s Make a Deal host Wayne Brady is typically capable of handling his duties in guiding the game show and keeping everything on track.

However, sometimes, he needs some assistance from his co-stars when performing his job.

Wayne has hosted the rebooted Lmad since 2009 and even nabbed multiple Emmys for his work on the show.

Among them was his Outstanding Game Show Host win in 2018, showing his impressive skills.

However, the show involves a team that makes things work, including announcer Jonathan Mangum, model Tiffany Coyne, and musician Cat Gray.

In a recent episode, Jonathan made the save during a game after a savage dis joke towards Wayne.

Wayne was speechless after his Lmad co-star’s jab

In a New Year-themed game on Let’s Make a Deal, Wayne presented two contestants with three numbered champagne bottles on stage.

Each contestant got to pick a bottle. It could have red confetti inside,...

Dr. Grace returned to NCIS during the latest episode.

Agent Alden Parker (Gary Cole) has been seeing visions of a little girl. It began interfering with his work, and he finally sought help.

This was a call back to what happened on the NCIS Season 21 finale.

During the Season 21 episode Reef Madness, Parker nearly died on a ship being sunk to create an artificial reef.

Parker had visions of a little girl named Lily during that episode, and the girl returned during the December 9 episode (Out of Control).

After he “zoned out” and nearly crashed a car with fellow agents in it, Parker called Dr. Grace to make a home visit.

Who is Dr. Grace Confalone, the resident psychiatrist on NCIS?

Long-time NCIS fans recognized Dr. Grace when she showed up at Parker’s house during NCIS Season 22, Episode 8. She has been the go-to doctor for many years, meeting with...

John Peaslee, the writer and producer who worked alongside his longtime creative partner, Judd Pillot, on such sitcoms as Coach, Just Shoot Me!, According to Jim and Liv and Maddie, has died. He was 73.

Peaslee died Monday of natural causes at his home in Sherman Oaks, Pillot announced. The two had collaborated for 35 years.

“I will be forever thankful to the universe that I was with him for several hours that day, that I was able to hold his hand, recount all the stories — way too many to tell, but not nearly enough to fill the hole in my heart,” Pillot wrote on Instagram.

Peaslee and Pillot teamed on ABC’s Coach from 1989-93, on NBC’s Just Shoot Me! from 2002-03, on ABC’s According to Jim from 2005-09 and on Disney Channel’s Liv and Maddie from 2013-17.

The pair also created ABC’s A Whole New Ballgame,...

Sean Giambrone, who played a young Adam Goldberg in the ABC sitcom The Goldbergs, said he would come back for a prospective revival of the show that ran for 10 seasons between 2013 and 2023. Giambrone spoke with Screen Rant to promote Solar Opposites' Halloween Special, The Hunt for Red October, and touched on returning to the sitcom as well as how The Goldbergs handled the spooky holiday. The show, created by Adam F. Goldberg, draws on his childhood and is set in the 1980s in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania.

Oh, I certainly would, Giambrone said about reprising the role of Adam Goldberg. I would hop back in a heartbeat. I dont know when it would happen, or if there would be any talks about it, but they always had some cool Halloween stuff and yeah, I certainly would be back.

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The best Wendie Malick movies and TV shows contain a familiar batch of episodic television shows and popular movies, and she has developed a reputation as a familiar face, always ready to deliver a solid performance. After college, Malick became a model before she decided to give acting a try. This led to a small role in a 1982 comedy film called A Little Sex and then a regular role on the ABC medical drama series Trauma Center. That was only the start of her impressive television career.

Malick got her start with TV shows like Another World and Kate & Allie before moving on to major roles in the HBO series Dream On and the sitcom Just Shoot Me! She also started building up some movie roles along the way, such as a role in the Bill Murray Christmas movie Scrooged and Oscar contenders like The American President and Bugsy. Malick...

Saturday Night Live feels more important than ever heading into season 50. The show is coming off a pretty weak season, and it will be forced to juggle the Presidential election along with the anniversary of the show's premiere in 1975.

SNL biographer James Andrew Miller claimed that season 50 will be the show's "toughest" yet, so it makes sense that Lorne Michaels and company would want to bring in fresh talent. Vulture confirmed that three writers have been brought on to make their debuts in the upcoming season.

SNL's new writers have years of TV experience Saturday Night Live -- Pictured: "Saturday Night Live" Key Art -- (Photo by: NBCUniversal)

The pedigree of these writers is undeniably impressive. There's Moss Pericone, who previously wrote for Velma and Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj, as well as Carl Tart, who co-hosts the Flagrant podcast opposite Andrew Schulz. He also wrote episodes for the short-lived sitcom Kenan,...

Photo: Lea Thompson, Schuyler Fisk, Genevieve Angelson, Wendie Malick Credit: ©2024 Hallmark Media/Photographer: Kailey Schwerman

The next episode of the Hallmark+ series The Chicken Sisters sees things heating up inside and out of the kitchen. Titled, “This is War, Y’all” the episode airs on Thursday, September 19 on the company’s reimagined streaming service, Hallmark+.

The Chicken Sisters on Hallmark+ Newly painted sign at Mimi’s Credit: ©2024 Hallmark Media/Photographer: Kailey Schwerman

As noted by the press release, the drama heats up in and out of the kitchen in the next episode of The Chicken Sisters, dubbed “This is War, Y’all.” Airing on Thursday, September 19, the episode will see Amanda (Schuyler Fisk) getting madder than a wet hen after Mae (Genevieve Angelson) paints over her artwork on the sign for Mimi’s.

With Frank Jr. (James Kot) egging Amanda on, the two hatch a plan to get back at...

In a world full of TV reboots and rehashes of the same idea, FX has started its fall with “English Teacher,” a new comedy from Brian Jordan Alvarez. The series already secured a 97% on Rotten Tomatoes and has inspired posts from viewers on Twitter in TikTok.

Set in Austin, Texas, “English Teacher” follows an openly gay teacher by the name of Evan Marquez who wants to encourage his students and community to be more accepting. More often than not, that desire leads to Evan having to confront his own assumptions and being forced to chill out. Wonder who’s who in the new show filled with new faces? Here’s your guide to the cast of this comedy.

Brian Jordan Alvarez as Evan Marquez in “English Teacher” (Photo Credit: Steve Swisher/FX) Brian Jordan Alvarez as Evan Marquez

Before creating and starring in “English Teacher,” Alvarez starred in the reboot...

Photo: Wendie Malick, Genevieve Angelson, James Kot, Lea Thompson, Cassandra Sawtell, Schuyler Fisk Credit: ©2024 Hallmark Media/Photographer: Bettina Strauss

Adapted from New York Times Bestseller and Reese’s Book Club Selection, The Chicken Sisters by Kj Dell’Antonia, the new series of the same name is coming soon to Hallmark+.

Meanwhile, Emmy award winner Margo Martindale lends her voice talent as the narrator in the series. Read on to learn more about the new, upcoming series, set to premiere on September 10 on Hallmark+.

The Chicken Sisters is coming to Hallmark+ Photo: Genevieve Angelson, Brad Harder Credit: ©2024 Hallmark Media/Photographer: Kailey Schwerman

According to the official synopsis, a generations-old feud that has divided a small town may finally be settled once and for all when Schuyler Fisk, Genevieve Angelson, Lea Thompson and Wendie Malick star in Hallmark’s all-new original series The Chicken Sisters.

Photo: Cassandra Sawtell, Kelcey Mawema Credit: ©2024 Hallmark Media/Photographer: Kailey Schwerman

Meanwhile,...

Netflix has dropped the official trailer for its new 10-part romantic comedy series “Nobody Wants This” that premieres September 26 on the streamer. It comes from executive producer Erin Foster and stars Kristen Bell, Adam Brody, Justine Lupe and Timothy Simons, with the cast also featuring Stephanie Faracy, Tovah Feldshuh, Paul Ben-Victor, Michael Hitchcock, Jackie Tohn, Sherry Cola and Shiloh Bearman. Watch the nearly three-minute trailer above.

The “Nobody Wants This” synopsis is as follows: An agnostic podcast host and an unconventional rabbi on the rebound walk into a party. When they walk out – together – the unlikely pair, Joanne (Bell) and Noah (Brody), can tell there is something between them. But also potentially between them, with their differing outlooks on life and all of the modern obstacles to love, are their sometimes well-meaning, sometimes sabotaging families – including her sister Morgan (Lupe) and his brother Sasha (Simons).

Creator Foster says in a Tudum.

Hallmark+ will jump into the streaming battles Sept. 10 by launching the original series The Chicken Sisters and the new unscripted series Celebrations with Lacey Chabert.

Additional premieres will drop through the month, with three new installments of The Jane Mysteries starring Jodie Sweetin (Fuller House) and Stephen Huszar (Navigating Christmas), and a Love on the Danube movie trilogy featuring Nazneen Contractor (Charmed), Wes Brown (Haul Out the Holly: Lit Up), Jessica Sipos (Betty’s Bad Luck in Love), Dan Jeannotte (Sense and Sensibility), Sarah Power (Good Witch), Brendan Penny (Chesapeake Shores) and Catherine Disher (Good Witch).

Hallmark Media announced the launch of the service in July. The new platform will cost $80 a year and offer the “very best of Hallmark with new exclusive content and membership benefits program,” said President and CEO Mike Perry at the time. That price includes e-cards and “surprising gifts.”

Created for television and executive produced by Annie Mebane, The Chicken Sisters is an eight-episode family drama starring Schuyler Fisk (Sam & Kate), Genevieve Angelson (The Handmaid’s Tale), Lea Thompson (Back to the Future) and Wendie Malick (Just Shoot Me!) as the women at the heart of the restaurant rivalry. James Kot (Virgin River), Margo Martindale (Justified) narrates. It’s based on the NY Times Bestseller and Reese’s Book Club selection The Chicken Sisters.

Following the first episode, new episodes premiere every Thursday starting on September 12.

As previously reported, Celebrations with Lacey Chabert is a new aspirational series executive produced and hosted by Chabert. Known for her multitude of starring roles in Hallmark movies over the years, Chabert will bring her passion for celebrating everyday heroes to this 10-episode series. The show follows Chabert as she surprises deserving individuals who are making a positive impact in their communities with the celebration of a lifetime. Following the first episode, new episodes premiere every Thursday.

Other series planned for the service include holiday limited series Holidazed and Mistletoe Murders; the reality competition series Finding Mr. Christmas; a docu-style dating series hosted by Ashley Williams; a home renovation show hosted by Luke Macfarlane; and new movie trilogy called Groomsmen that’s inspired by the success of The Wedding Veil.

Huey Lewis is set to star in and executive produce a new mockumentary series, which is currently in the works at Fox.

The half-hour series, titled “Whatever Happened to Huey Lewis,” will follow the rock ‘n’ roll legend as he navigates his life after losing his hearing. “With the help of his codependent family and eccentric celebrity friends, Huey will tackle this hilarious next phase with his signature Heart and Soul,” per the official logline.

Fox gave a script commitment to the single-cam comedy, which hails from Fox Entertainment Studios. Lewis will executive produce the project alongside writer Kirker Butler, as well as EPs Aaron Kapla, who EPs for Kapital Entertainment, and Jimmy Kimmel and Scott Lonker, who serve as EPs for Kimmelot.

The 74-year-old was the frontman and harmonica player for Huey Lewis and the News, which is best known for being featured in 1985 film “Back to the Future...

We were overjoyed when we heard that Wendie Malick was joining the cast of NBC’s Night Court as a series regular next season… and we were also a little confused when we heard that her character Julianne would be the court’s new prosecutor.

Malick has guest-starred in two episodes of Night Court as Dan Fielding’s erratic ex Julianne Walters, but we remember her as a volatile criminal Dan once helped put away, with no mention of any previous legal experience. So how, exactly, is she qualified to be a prosecutor?

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Wendie Malick is replacing India de Beaufort as a new prosecutor for season 3. India de Beaufort leaving Night Court is not reflected in the season 2 finale. Malick's character Julianne Walters is Dan Fielding's ex.

Night Court season 3 confirms its replacement for the departing India de Beaufort, who played Olivia, and it's a familiar face. In May, in the latest cast change for the NBC reboot from showrunner Dan Rubin, de Beaufort shared that she would not be back as Assistant District Attorney Olivia Moore. Her departure is not apparent in the season 2 finale and will have to be addressed when season 3 airs. It left a big question mark for Night Court season 3, which is now partially answered.

TVLine confirms that sitcom veteran and two-time Emmy nominee Wendie Malick, who has previously guest-starred in two episodes, is joining the Night Court season 3 cast as a series regular in season...

A familiar face is joining the cast of Night Court Season 3. Wendie Malick, who recurred in the first two seasons, has been upgraded to a series regular for the upcoming third season of the NBC sitcom, which is set to premiere on NBC on Tuesday, Nov. 19 at 8:30 p.m. Et/Pt.

Per Deadline, Malick will be reprising her role from the first two seasons as Julianne Walters, the new prosecutor for the night shift at the Manhattan Criminal Court. She is described as "a reformed convict" who is "a sophisticated, savvy woman and accomplished attorney who also knows how to make a shank out of a spoon." She is also the former love interest of Dan Fielding (John Larroquette). Malick's casting comes after it was revealed back in May 2024 that India de Beaufort had departed the series after two seasons and would not be returning as assistant district attorney/prosecutor Olivia Moore.

A word of warning to Night Court’s Dan Fielding: You’re going to spending a lot more time with Julianne in Season 3.

Sitcom veteran Wendie Malick, who has guest-starred in the previous two seasons of NBC’s courtroom comedy, is joining the cast as a series regular in Season 3, TVLine has learned. She’ll reprise her role as Dan’s terrifying ex Julianne Walters, who will now be the court’s new prosecutor, replacing India de Beaufort’s Olivia. (de Beaufort announced her exit from the series in May.)

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We have sad news to report today. It has been announced that Martin Mull, the hugely talented comedian and actor known for playing Colonel Mustard in Clue, Leon Carp in Roseanne, Gene Parmesan in Arrested Development, and more, has died at the age of 80.

The news was revealed by Martin’s daughter Maggie on Instagram. “I am heartbroken to share that my father passed away at home on June 27th, after a valiant fight against a long illness,” Maggie wrote. “He was known for excelling at every creative discipline imaginable and also for doing Red Roof Inn commercials. He would find that joke funny. He was never not funny. My dad will be deeply missed by his wife and daughter, by his friends and coworkers, by fellow artists and comedians and musicians, and—the sign of a truly exceptional person—by many, many dogs. I loved him tremendously.“

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A new report in Variety lays out a detailed argument from British screenwriter Simon Stephenson alleging that the Oscar-nominated screenplay for Focus Features’ widely praised “The Holdovers” is extremely similar to his own 2013 Black List spec script, “Frisco” — and that, according to Stephenson, “Holdovers” director Alexander Payne likely read that script.

“The Holdovers” has only one credited screenwriter: David Hemingson, who was an entertainment lawyer before becoming a TV writer and producer in the late ’90s, working on shows such as “Just Shoot Me!,” “Kitchen Confidential,” “How I Met Your Mother,” and “Don’t Trust the B— in Apartment 23.” “The Holdovers” is his first produced feature.

IndieWire has reached out to Focus, WGA West, and to reps for Payne, Hemingson, and Stephenson, but has not yet received a response.

Stephenson is credited as a co-writer on Pixar’s “Luca” and received an “additional material” writing credit for “Paddington 2.” Working Title is developing his novel,...

Season 2 of Night Court welcomes back original characters the Wheelers, who appeared in six episodes of the original Night Court. Brent Spiner and Annie O'Donnell will reprise their roles as the unlucky couple Bob and June Wheeler.

Night Court season 2 will continue an established trend, welcoming back memorable original characters. NBC's revival of the popular 1980s sitcom ended season 1 with Warfield reprising her role as Rosalind "Roz" Russell from the original Night Court. Warfield's return continued into the Night Court season 2, with Roz and Dan (John Larroquette) bonding after years apart over their mutual bewilderment of Judge Abby Stone (Melissa Rauch).

Speaking at the Television Critics Association’s Winter 2024 press tour where Screen Rant was in attendance, showrunner Dan Rubin revealed that Brent Spiner and Annie O’Donnell will reprise their roles as the couple Bob and June Wheeler for Night Court season 2. In the original, Bob and June appeared in six episodes overall.

There is no doubt Steven Levitan knows how to make a great sitcom. Aside from creating one of the most beloved shows on network television, Modern Family, he also wrote and produced numerous other popular shows, like Frasier and Wings. In 1997, Levitan created Just Shoot Me!, which ran for seven seasons. Though the show regularly jumped around in the NBC lineup, it retained respectable ratings throughout its tenure. With a cast of unique characters and Levitan's scintillating dialogue, the series offered a hilarious look at office politics. Even though Just Shoot Me! takes place at the fictional fashion magazine Blush, almost everyone can relate to the workplace tension and co-worker disdain depicted in the show. But this light-hearted sitcom offers so much more than belly laughs. At its core, it is the epitome of the contradiction that is '90s feminism.

After 25 years of writing in Hollywood, David Hemingson is having a moment. A writer and producer on television shows such as “Just Shoot Me!,” “American Dad,” the cult favorite “Don’t Trust the B—- in Apt. 23,” and, “Whiskey Cavalier,” Hemingson is looking at an Oscar nomination in the Original Screenplay category for “The Holdovers,” his first produced feature script. But it only happened because he wrote a television pilot his agent didn’t think it would sell.

Continue reading ‘The Holdovers’: David Hemingson On Writing For Paul Giamatti, Channelling His Boarding School Experiences & More at The Playlist.

Following the unexpected streaming reign of USA’s legal drama “Suits,” which ended in 2019, series creator Aaron Korsh is developing a new series for the franchise, TheWrap has learned.

It would be the third “Suits” series after the one-season spin-off “Pearson,” which starred Gina Torres. The original series, whose cast included Gabriel Macht, Patrick J. Adams, Meghan Markle and Rick Hoffman, was set in New York City, while “Pearson” was set in Chicago.

Like the “NCIS” and “CSI” franchises, the new series would be set in a new city, possibly Los Angeles and feature an all-new cast with no recurring characters from the original series.

“Suits” is now Netflix’s twice-over most-streamed acquired program, having spent more time as No. 1 on Nielsen’s top 10 streaming programs list than any other title.

During the week of Sept. 4 to 10, “Suits” ranked No. 1 yet again on the market measurement firm’s top 10 list.

Laura San Giacomo became a household name with prominent roles in the edgy indie drama Sex, Lies, and Videotape and the iconic rom-com Pretty Woman. The actress continued to have massive success on the big screen, with prominent roles in Quigley Down Under, Where the Day Takes You, and Suicide Kings, appearing alongside some of Hollywood’s most revered performers like Julia Roberts, Richard Gere, Tom Selleck, and Christopher Walken.

Despite such an illustrious cinema career, Giacomo shifted her focus to the small screen after the birth of her son, opting for television roles in order to remain more present in his life. She would go on to headline the sitcom Just Shoot Me!, and later portrayed memorable characters in Saving Grace, Veronica Mars, NCIS, and Animal Kingdom.

The actress is likely to always be remembered for her performance as the sassy gal pal of Roberts’ character Vivian in Pretty Woman...

If you were around in the 1990s and of the age to watch comedy films, you've probably come across the films "Tommy Boy" and "Black Sheep" starring comedians David Space and the late Chris Farley. The two were a dynamic duo on "Saturday Night Live," with Spade often playing the straight man to Farley's wild and goofy antics. Farley died of a combination of a drug overdose and heart disease in December 1997, but while they were together, they were fabulously funny.

/Film's own Joe Garza did a list of Farley's top sketches from SNL, including Lunch Lady Land, the Chippendale's sketch with Patrick Swayze, and of course, Matt Foley, motivational speaker. That final one is one of the most ridiculously weird things I've seen on TV, and watching Spade try not to break as Farley's Foley talks about living in a van down by the river and throwing himself onto a table is pure joy.

Exclusive: UTA has signed veteran comedian Dana Carvey for representation in all areas.

Carvey is best known for his memorable six-season run on Saturday Night Live. He went up to star in the 1996 sketch series The Dana Carvey Show for ABC and the subsequent Hulu documentary Too Funny To Fail: The Life & Death of The Dana Carvey Show in 2017. Other TV credits include The Larry Sanders Show, Just Shoot Me!, Fairly Odd Parents and Rick and Morty.

In film, Carvey starred in in Wayne’s World and Wayne’s World 2. He also voiced the role of Dana in Hotel Transylvania 2 and the role of Pops in The Secret Life of Pets 2.

Carvey currently co-hosts the popular podcast Fly on The Wall alongside UTA client David Spade. He previously impersonated Mickey Rooney in the podcast series You Must Remember This.

Carvey will continue to be represented by Brillstein Entertainment Partners.

Exclusive: Patricia Heaton‘s potential return to television is taking shape. The multi-camera comedy from Kapital Entertainment starring and executive produced by the Emmy winner, which was set up at Fox in 2021 with a script-to-series commitment, has found its writers. Comedy veterans Carol Leifer and Andy Gordon have been tapped to pen the untitled half-hour, which also has homed in on a premise.

Heaton is set to star as the host of an upscale lifestyle show, sent to prison for embezzlement and tax evasion. She gets out after two years, forgotten and broke, and moves to Tennessee to live with her estranged sister.

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What does it mean to be "real" in entertainment anymore? Reality television has been massively popular for some time now, but it follows a script or is heavily edited to tell a specific story. Many are quick to point out that professional wrestling is "fake," but you wouldn't go to the theater and call a production of a Shakespeare play or "Phantom of the Opera" on Broadway "fake." Even movies that are presented as "true crime" or "biopics" end up only being inspired by true events.

Or does "real" refer to the emotions that the audience feels as a result of watching a story unfold? Is there realness in various forms of art because those that consume it take something away from the experience that makes them feel seen or that they can then apply to their own lives?

These are pretty deep questions and concepts to explore in an...

(Welcome to The Daily Stream, an ongoing series in which the /Film team shares what they've been watching, why it's worth checking out, and where you can stream it.)

The Series: "Reboot" (2022)

Where You Can Stream It: Hulu

The Pitch: Hannah Korman (Rachel Bloom), a writer who's hot off penning her breakout indie movie and will explain the film's hilariously Nsfw title to anyone who will listen, approaches Hulu with her pitch for reviving the hit 2000s sitcom "Step Right Up." Hannah's goal is to make the multi-camera comedy show edgier and more mature while bringing back the original cast, all of whom have gone their separate ways over the past 15 years. Their ranks include Reed Sterling (Keegan-Michael Key), who moved to New York to pursue a mostly-failed career in theater and film; Bree Marie Jensen (Judy Greer), who used to date Reed before leaving her acting career to marry...

Love may be exciting and new each week aboard The Real Love Boat, but hosts Jerry O'Connell and Rebecca Romijn got candid about the strain hosting the reality show and living aboard the ship can put on their marriage. The couple hosts this reality-based riff on The Love Boat, the popular sitcom-at-sea that aired from 1977 until 1986. Neither Rebecca nor Jerry are strangers to reality television, with Rebecca's resume stretching back to regular appearances on MTV's House of Style in the mid-'90s.

Speaking to Et Canada, the couple had comically conflicting opinions about the stress of living and working at sea for just over three weeks. "We literally never separated for 22 days," Rebecca said with exaggerated hand motions and an exasperated tone, to which her husband and star of Joe's Apartment added, "It was beautiful! It was gorgeous!" Rebecca pointed out that it was the most time the couple...

Steven Levitan is a veteran of the American sitcom, starting his career on long-running multi-cam “Wings,” creating NBC’s “Just Shoot Me!,” and co-parenting “Modern Family,” which won the Emmy for outstanding comedy series five years in a row.

On his latest project, however, Levitan looks at the sitcom through a different lens. “Reboot,” on Hulu, follows the cast of fictional early-aughts sitcom “Step Right Up” reuniting when, yes, Hulu decides to reboot it. There’s Reed (Keegan-Michael Key), pretentious capital A actor who never got his big break; Bree (Judy Greer), who returns from a small Nordic country after a royal divorce; Clay (Johnny Knoxville), a filthy stand-up comedian who can’t stay out of trouble; and Zack (Calum Worthy), a child actor who never really grew up. Meanwhile, the veteran comedy writers of the original show clash with the young, politically correct writers also on board, and the...

Sitcom king Steven Levitan (from “Just Shoot Me!” to “Modern Family”) has done it again. The creator’s latest series, “Reboot,” is a hilarious vehicle for skewering generational clashes, writer’s room workplace dysfunction, cancel culture, actors’ bottomless neuroses and the sitcom industry that Levitan’s called home for three decades. Treated with affection and scalpel-like wit, “Reboot” doesn’t need a laugh track because over eight half-hour episodes on Hulu it’s consistently laugh-out-loud funny.

Here’s the premise, which on its face seems as recycled as the title, “Reboot.” An appealingly mensch-y Rachel Bloom (co-creator and star of the musical-dramedy “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend”) plays the deeply relatable, anxiety-stricken first-time showrunner Hannah. Hulu has given Hannah the greenlight to reboot an early 2000s sofa-anchored family sitcom, “Step Right Up.” Made it, Ma! Or maybe not.

Hannah, backed by the diverse younger comedy writers she’s hired, wants to reinvent the show with a new,...

Brian Reich, a veteran comedy writer known for his work on Late Night with Conan O’Brien, where he created such memorable characters as Masturbating Bear and Pimpbot 5000, died September 12 in Los Angeles. He was 53.

Reich, born April 5, 1969, was a Harvard Lampoon alum. His first job out of college was as a writer on NBC’s Late Night with David Letterman at the end of its run. He then segued to Late Night with Conan O’Brien when the former Saturday Night Live writer took over the late-night talk show. During his five-year tenure, Reich helped establish the show as one of its key writers and creator of several signature characters.

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“I am so saddened by the news that we’ve lost the hilarious Brian Reich,” O’Brien wrote on Twitter. “He was such an inventively funny and daring comedy writer and he gave...

As if “Gordy’s Home” wasn’t a big enough reason to say “Nope” to a sitcom reboot, Hulu takes the meta-concept in a whole new direction.

The latest series from iconic Emmy-winning sitcom creator Steven Levitan, the co-creator behind “Modern Family,” is Hulu’s “Reboot.” It stars Keegan-Michael Key, Judy Greer, and Johnny Knoxville as part of a dysfunctional cast made famous by the fictional early 2000s family sitcom “Step Right Up.” Now, almost 20 years later, the cast is coming back together again to revive the original hit series, plus squash their unresolved issues and navigate social media cancel culture.

Paul Reiser, Rachel Bloom, Calum Worthy, Fred Melamed, and Krista Marie Yu also star in the series, streaming September 20 with its first three episodes followed by weekly installments. And yes, the show-within-the-show “Step Right Up” is being rebooted for Hulu, in case there needed to be another meta layer in the mix.

High school basketball star Mookie Cook will play the young Lebron James in "Shooting Stars," the upcoming Peacock film adaptation of the 2009 memoir by James and "Friday Night Lights" author Buzz Bissinger. Caleb McLaughlin of "Stranger Things" fame will co-star.

"Shooting Stars" recently commenced production in Akron, Ohio, where current Los Angeles Laker James grew up before he went on to play first for the Cleveland Cavaliers in the NBA. The book details his high school years and relationships with friends and teammates as they competed in national championships. According to The Hollywood Reporter, McLaughlin — who also co-starred in Netflix's "Concrete Cowboy" with Idris Elba and...

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Peacock will be the first streaming service to offer access to Bravo shows the day after they air, in a new bit of corporate-sibling synergy at NBCUniversal.

For the first time on any streaming-only platform, new episodes of all Bravo shows will be available day-after-air to Peacock’s premium subscribers. The streamer also announced a multiyear movie output deal with Lionsgate, with titles to hit Peacock starting in 2024. The news came as part of Peacock’s 2022 NewFronts presentation Monday in New York for marketers.

“We are thrilled Peacock is becoming the streaming home of Bravo, which is such a beloved brand,” said Kelly Campbell, president of Peacock and Direct-to-Consumer at NBCUniversal. “Full fan experiences like this are part of the extraordinary value we offer Peacock customers.”

New episodes of all Bravo shows will be available to stream the day after airing. Previously, the only way to get next-day access to...

Peacock has announced its first three original films that will debut on the streamer in 2023 in collaboration with Universal Pictures, and they include new movies from LeBron James, John Woo and Will Packer.

Woo will reimagine and direct his own classic “The Killer,” which was released in 1989 and is hailed as one of the most influential action films of all time.

Peacock will also be home to the first film from NBCUniversal’s production deal with LeBron James and Maverick Carter’s SpringHill Company. The film, “Shooting Stars,” will follow James’ origin story as a high school basketball player and is currently in production in his hometown of Akron. Rachel Winter and Terence Winter are producing along with The SpringHill Company.

And finally “Praise This,” a new film from producer Will Packer starring Chloe Bailey, will also be released directly on Peacock in 2023. The story follows the newest member of...