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Undoubtedly, the most famous role of David Schwimmer's came in Friends as Ross Geller, yet many often wonder what happened to him after the show ended. As one of the most influential sitcoms in TV history, Friends' 10 highly-ranked seasons catapulted the six main actors into stardom. Some of these actors, notably Jennifer Aniston and Courteney Cox, have gone on to have big movie careers beyond Friends' run while others have persisted with smaller roles. Regardless, no one can deny that all six actors are remembered for their defining moments in Friends, which ran between 1994 and 2004.

One such actor is David Schwimmer, who is most known for his role as Ross Geller. The actor was so integral to the sitcom that Schwimmer even directed several Friends episodes, though it is safe to say that many do not know much of what the actor did after the show ended its run.

Television history is littered with failed sitcoms headlined by comedians that audiences seem to love — in the right show. Turn up in a stinker, however, and the shows are gone in a blink. Matthew Perry was great in Friends, but no one wanted Mr. Sunshine. Audiences adored McLean Stevenson in M*A*S*H but said goodbye to Hello Larry. Jon Cryer scored with Two and Half Men but was booted from his Extended Family this year.

Here are four more comedy stars who flopped multiple times while trying to get sitcoms off the ground…

1 Jason Bateman

Bateman received two well-deserved Emmy nominations for his performance as Michael Bluth in Arrested Development, recognition that came decades after his breakthrough as a Tiger Beat cover boy in Silver Spoons and The Hogan Family. In between, however, he starred in several sitcom flops that lasted a year or less, including It’s Your Move...

David Schwimmer joins season 2 cast of Disney+ Goosebumps as single father Anthony. Season 2 of Goosebumps will feature a new set of characters who didn't appear in season 1. Anthony and his teenage twins will be part of the core cast of the new season.

A former Friends star has joined the cast of Disney+'s Goosebumps. The show, which is based on the children's horror book series of the same name by R.L. Stine, premiered on Disney+ in 2023. So far, the show is proving to be an anthology on the model of American Horror Story, because while season 1 told a serialized story with a consistent cast including Zack Morris, Isa Briones, Miles McKenna, Ana Yi Puig, Will Price, Rachael Harris, and Justin Long, the upcoming season 2 is set to feature a new group of characters.

Per Deadline, David Schwimmer has been cast as one of these new characters in Goosebumps season 2. He will be playing Anthony,...

Looks like Ellie will have someone new to share No Pun Intended: Volume Too with when The Last of Us returns for Season 2.

Isabela Merced (100 Things to Do Before High School) has joined the cast as Dina, TVLine has learned.

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Dina is “a free-wheeling spirit whose devotion to Ellie will be tested by the brutality of the world they inhabit,” according to the official character description.

Spoilr Alert: The story includes details about the series finale of ABC’s A Million Little Things.

DJ Nash’s drama series A Million Little Things ended the way it started, with the death by suicide of one of the friends whose close relationship was at the heart of the show. While Jon’s suicide in the pilot came as a shock to everyone, Gary’s (James Roday Rodriguez) passing in tonight’s series closer had been set up, with the final season building toward it as Gary battled terminal Stage IV lung cancer.

The finale revealed that Gary had made a pact with Rome and Eddie for them to help him die “with dignity” if the pain became unbearable. No longer able to speak, Gary evoked the promise by writing “Rutledge,” the friends’ key work for helping each other’s families. Eddie and Rome both struggled with Gary’s...

Even though A Million Little Things opened in 2018 with Boston businessman Jon Dixon (Ron Livingston) killing himself, series creator DJ Nash says his drama is about embracing what lies ahead. “I knew from the beginning how I wanted the story to end,” says Nash, who’d previously worked on comedies such as Traffic Light, Up All Night, and Growing Up Fisher. This deeply personal tale of the people impacted by Jon’s suicide — not only his wife and children, but best buds Eddie (David Giuntoli), Gary (James Roday Rodriguez), and Rome (Romany Malco) and the ones they love — launched two years after This Is Us made it cool to cry and has leaned into the feels ever since. A wry, emotional ensemble soap, the ABC series has explored mental and physical health, racism, sexual identity, addiction, and more. (The Emmys bestowed an honorary award on Things in 2019 for offering “television with a conscience.

D.J. Nash reveals that the idea for “A Million Little Things” came from a tragic personal experience. While he was working on another series, which he describes as “the worst gig of my career,” he ran into a friend on the lot and made plans for lunch. But shortly thereafter, his friend died by suicide. “I don’t think that our lunch could have saved him,” Nash continues, “but I do think, pretty much every day, that we could’ve had one more lunch.” Watch our exclusive video interview with Nash above.

After that experience Nash envisioned a series about a tight-knit group of friends whose lives are rocked when one of them (Ron Livingston) takes his own life. “It made me put things in perspective,” says Nash about the loss of his friend. “It made me realize things and look at life in a different way. So I wanted...

Warning: This post contains spoilers from Thursday’s A Million Little Things.

As A Million Little Things viewers are now aware, Constance Zimmer is not, in fact, the ABC drama’s mystery woman Barbara Morgan. But she knows who is.

In an interview with TVLine, Zimmer explains that Amlt creator/showrunner D.J. Nash, with whom she worked on NBC’s Growing Up Fisher, divulged all of Season 1’s secrets while pitching her the role of Jeri. In this week’s episode, Jeri is revealed to be a Cambridge city council member who collaborated with Jon on the subway vote...

Laci Mosley (The Wedding Year), Melanie Field (Heathers) and Patty Guggenheim (Splitting Up Together) are set to star alongside Laura Chinn (The Mick) in Florida Girls, Pop TV’s 10-episode comedy series which hails from Chinn, Lionsgate TV, Jax Media and 3 Arts Entertainment. Chinn created, executive produces and stars in the series, slated to begin production in early October.

Inspired by Chinn’s real life growing up on the West Coast of Florida, series follows four women who are forced to confront their stagnant lives when their only ambitious friend moves away to follow her dreams.

Chinn plays Shelby, the follower. She’s a total screw-up who tries to better herself because she saw someone else do it. Mosley is Jayla, the self-absorbed one. She’s vain and banks hard on her looks as she pursues her lifelong dream of having exorbitant wealth.

Field portrays Kaitlin,...

CBS Studios International has secured the global rights to ABC drama A Million Little Things – marking the first Kapital Entertainment-produced series for a third-party network that the distribution division will sell since its deal with producer Aaron Kaplan.

Kaplan partnered with CBS Corporation last year in a joint venture that saw the latter acquire an ownership stake in Kapital Entertainment, whereby it would provide co-financing for Kapital projects and will serve as worldwide distributor.

Up until now, these have been CBS and CBS Studios-related projects, but A Million Little Things, the hourlong gamble from DJ Nash, the comedy writer behind NBC’s Growing Up Fisher and Truth Be Told, marks a step change.

ABC handed the show, which features an all-star ensemble cast, including David Giuntoli, Ron Livingston, Romany Malco, Allison Miller, a series order last week and CBS Studios International will now shop it to international buyers, who...

DJ Nash’s hourlong gamble paid off. A Million Little Things, the first drama project ever from the comedy writer who created NBC’s Growing Up Fisher and Truth Be Told, was a big front-runner among ABC’s 2018 crop of pilots and now was handed one of the network’s first series orders for next season. The project, from ABC Studios and Aaron Kaplan’s Kapital Entertainment, joins light cop drama The Rookie starring Nathan Fillion as well as The Goldbergs spinoff.

A Million Little Things features an all-star ensemble cast, many of whom had led their own series: David Giuntoli, Ron Livingston, Romany Malco, Allison Miller, Christina Moses, Christina Ochoa, James Roday, Stephanie Szostak and Lizzy Greene. Livingston’s casting had not been confirmed until now, but he was in the pilot, playing a pivotal role, and will appear in multiple episodes of the series.

Written by Nash and directed by James Griffiths,...

Carrie Fisher’s half-sister Joely is remembering the Star Wars actress as the one-year anniversary of her death approaches next month.

In her new book Growing Up Fisher: Musings, Memories and Misadventures, excerpted exclusively in the new issue of People, Joely recounts rushing to UCLA Medical Center on the morning of Dec. 23, 2016 to find Carrie in a coma after learning she suffered a heart attack on a plane home to Los Angeles from London.

“Mama Debs was already there,” Joely, 50, writes in the book of Carrie’s mother, Debbie Reynolds. “She told me she had talked to Jesus and prayed for more time,...

Actress Joely Fisher will reveal the painful struggles and glorious highs that came with being a child of Hollywood royalty in her upcoming memoir, Growing Up Fisher: Musings, Memories, and Misadventures, which she was inspired to write following the unexpected death of her sister, Carrie Fisher.

“I’m a storyteller and everyone in this family expresses themselves through writing to get through life’s milestones,” the 49-year-old told People exclusively about her decision to write the book, which comes out Nov. 14. (See below for the exclusive cover reveal.) “ was of course instigated by the loss of my sister… It...

Comedy writer DJ Nash, creator of NBC’s Growing Up Fisher and Truth Be Told, has set up two new projects at the broadcast networks. In a competitive situation, with several nets pursuing, ABC has landed the hourlong dramedy A Million Little Things with a put pilot commitment. Additionally, CBS has bought multi-camera comedy My Other Life In Brooklyn. Both projects are produced by Aaron Kaplan’s Kapital Entertainment, which was also behind Nash’s single-camera comedy Losing…...

2017-04-28T04:49:06-07:00Carrie Fisher's Sister to Publish Tell-All Memoir

Joely Fisher, the actress and half-sister of Carrie Fisher, has her own show business stories.

William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, told The Associated Press on Thursday that it had acquired her memoir, “Growing Up Fisher,” and would release it Nov. 14. The publisher is promising “incredible, candid stories” about everyone from Frank Sinatra to Ellen DeGeneres, on whose sitcom “Ellen” she played Paige Clark. Her other credits include the TV shows “Til Death” and “Wild Card.”

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Joely Fisher also appeared Growing Pains and The Drew Carey Show.

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Jenna Elfman thought she was done with network TV.

“Dharma and Greg” put her on the map in the late 1990s, but after that hit, the actress suffered through a series of disappointments, including “Courting Alex,” “Accidentally on Purpose,” “1600 Penn,” and “Growing Up Fisher.”

“I had written off network TV,” Elfman said. “I told my agents not to come to me with another network show. I work really hard and I do my best to promote the shows. I feel like mostly I do a good job. In any other field that would give you job security. Sometimes it’s like it doesn’t matter.”

But there was something she couldn’t resist about “Imaginary Mary,” her new ABC series from “The Goldbergs” executive producer Adam F. Goldberg.

Being Human alum Sam Huntington is set for a series regular role opposite Jon Cryer in Losing It, ABC's single-camera family comedy from Growing Up Fisher and Truth Be Told creator DJ Nash and Aaron Kaplan's Kapital Entertainment. Written by Nash, Losing It is about three misfit adult siblings and their parents who — between divorce, new parenthood, early-onset memory loss and let's just say life — are all losing it in different ways. And family is the only way they're…...

Former Two and a Half Men star Jon Cryer is set to topline Losing It, ABC’s single-camera family comedy from Growing Up Fisher and Truth Be Told creator DJ Nash and Aaron Kaplan's Kapital Entertainment. Written by Nash, Losing It is about three misfit adult siblings and their parents who — between divorce, new parenthood, early-onset memory loss and let's just say life — are all losing it in different ways. And family is the only way they're going to find it. Cryer will…...

Natalie Morales (The Grinder, Parks and Recreation) has been cast as one of the leads in Losing It, a single-camera family comedy from Growing Up Fisher and Truth Be Told creator DJ Nash and Aaron Kaplan's Kapital Entertainment. Written by Nash, Losing It is about three misfit adult siblings and their parents who — between divorce, new parenthood, early-onset dementia and let's just say life — are all losing it in different ways. And family is the only way they're going…...

ABC has given a pilot order to Losing It, a single-camera family comedy from Growing Up Fisher and Truth Be Told creator DJ Nash and Aaron Kaplan’s Kapital Entertainment. This marks Kaplan’s sixth broadcast comedy pilot this season. Additionally, the network has greenlighted a multi-camera single-dad comedy written by Dannah Phirman & Danielle Schneider, creators of Hulu’s Hotwives franchise, and executive produced by Trophy Wife creators Sarah Haskins & Emily Halpern…...

Alex Meneses has signed with Untitled Entertainment for representation in all areas. She plays Isabela Santamaria on NBC’s Telenovela, earning an Imagen Award nom this year for Best Actress in a Comedy. She recurred on Everybody Loves Raymond as the Italian girlfriend of Brad Garrett’s character and most recently guested on such shows as The Goldbergs, Growing Up Fisher and Austin & Ally. Meneses also has served on the board of trustees at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles…...

It’s been another very late start to the broadcast network buying season. In one of the higher-profile comedy deals so far, ABC has given a script with penalty commitment to Losing It, a single-camera family comedy from Growing Up Fisher and Truth Be Told creator DJ Nash. Nash is executive producing the project with Aaron Kaplan from Kapital Entertainment. The comedy is set at ABC sibling ABC Studios. Nash moves to ABC Studios after a five-year stint at Universal TV where…...

Transformers 5 is shaping up to be a big family affair, and could serve as the true Transformers reunion movie that fans have been waiting for. First it was announced on Monday that this latest sequel is officially titled Transformers: The Last Knight. Then Paramount and Hasbro confirmed yesterday that original Transformers star Josh Duhamel is returning in the role of Lieutenant Colonel Lennox. Now, his partner in crime Tyrese Gibson is literally begging to be let back in.

Yes, Gibson, who plays Epps in the franchise, sent a couple of videos to director Michael Bay literally hounding the filmmaker to write him into the script. While the actor hasn't been officially confirmed to return, it's likely that he'll be back. As it was Bay who posted these playful videos on his own Instagram account. His response.

"Tyrese is getting itchy to be back! I'm thinking..."

Well, what is he thinking?...

Yesterday, Paramount and Hasbro confirmed that Transformers 5 is officially titled Transformers: The Last Knight. Now, they have announced that original Transformers star Josh Duhamel will return as Lieutenant Colonel Lennox for this fifth chapter in the series. The actor later confirmed the news on his personal Twitter page. He had this to say.

"Lieutenant Colonel Lennox reporting for duty. Let's do this. @michaelbay Great to be back. I think I remember... the big trailer's mine, right? Looking forward to it. Don't forget to bring your golf clubs."

The actor was introduced as Lieutenant Colonel Lennox in 2007's Transformers, and later returned in 2009's Revenge of the Fallen and 2011's Dark of the Moon, all directed by Michael Bay, who gives the actor a shout out in the tweets below. Duhamel didn't show up in 2014's Age of Extinction, which was supposed to work as a proper franchise reboot.

It's official! Transformers 5 is titled Transformers: The Last Knight. Paramount Pictures and Hasbro made the announcement earlier today. They then updated their official Instagram page with a video reveal of the title treatment which showcases Optimus Prime's iconic sword along with this message.

"Calling all #Autobots: Optimus Prime is ready for battle. Are you? #transformers"

The animated video announcement also gives us a look at an Optimus Prime transformed. The Last Knight will begin shooting in June of this year. Michael Bay is confirmed to return as director. Mark Wahlberg will reprise his role as Cade Yeager from Transformers: Age of Extinction.

Isabela Moner recently boarded the sequel as the female lead. She is best known for such indie movies as 100 Things to Do Before High School and Growing Up Fisher. The movie also landed Jerrod Carmichael from NBC's The Carmichael Show as the comedic relief this time out.

Paramount Pictures has announced that the official title for the fifth installment of director Michael Bay's Transformers film franchise will be titled Transformers: The Last Knight. They even released the title treatment for the movie that you can see above.

The cast for the film has also been confirmed. Mark Wahlberg will reprise his role as Cade Yeager and he will be joined by Isabela Moner (100 Things to Do Before High School, Growing Up Fisher) who will be taking on the film’s female lead, Izabella. Then there's Jerrod Carmichael (Neighbors), who is set to play an unspecified leading role.

Transformers: The Last Knight is being written by Iron Man scribes Art Marcum and Matt Holloway along with Black Hawk Down writer Ken Nolan. It would be pretty cool if we actually got a great Transformers movie, but I won't hold my breath for that. These films just have gotten progressively worse.

With production set to begin next month in Detroit , Michael Bay’s Transformers 5 has unveiled it’s official tile, with Paramount pictures announcing that Transformers: The Last Knight set for release on June 23rd 2017. Following on from his introduction in Age of Extinction, Mark Wahlberg will be back in the role of Cade Yaeger, joined by newcomers Isabela Moner (Growing Up Fisher) as female lead Izabella and Jerrod Carmichael (The Carmichaels, Bad Neighbours) in an unspecified leading role. Nothing else is known, so it’s anyone’s guess to what the story is this time round, but the title, and the fact his word is part of the logo, suggest Optimus Prime will be front and centre. Calling all #Autobots: Optimus Prime is ready for battle. Are you? #transformers A video posted by Transformers (@transformersmovie) on May 16, 2016 at 3:28pm Pdt Love or hate the Transformers franchise, and...

The next installment in the Michael Bay-directed multi-billion dollar Transformers franchise has an official title - Transformers: The Last Knight. No further plot details were divulged, but it's probably a safe bet that the subtitle is a direct reference to Optimus Prime, who we learned in the previous film was a member of the mythical group known as the Knights of Cybertron. It'll be interesting to see what brings the legendary hero back to Earth after we last saw him jetting off into space to confront his Creators. Mark Wahlberg will reprise his role as Cade Yeager from Transformers: Age Of Extinction and he'll be joined by franchise newcomers Isabela Moner (Growing Up Fisher) as the film's female lead, Izabella, and Jerrod Carmichael (Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising) in an unspecified leading role. Art Marcum (Iron Man), Matt Holloway (Iron Man), and Ken Nolan (Black Hawk Down) penned the script.

Jenna Elfman will star in ABC's untitled live-action/CGI comedy pilot from The Goldbergs' Adam F. Goldberg, with executive producer David Guarascio, and animator Patrick Osborne, Deadline reports. Elfman's last regular TV series role was as Joyce on Growing Up Fisher, which was cancelled by ABC after one season of 13 episodes.

In the pilot from Goldberg and Guarascio, Elfman plays the single Alice, an adult only child. Her life is up-ended when she falls for a divorced father of three (Stephen Schneider). It is then that her childhood imaginary friend, Mary, returns to Alice's life.

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Jenna Elfman is really going to need to get in touch with her imagination.

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The veteran comedy actress (Dharma & Greg, Growing Up Fisher) has been cast in ABC’s untitled comedy pilot from The Goldbergs EPs David Guarascio and Adam F. Goldberg.

The potential series (fka Imaginary Friend) will mix live action and CGI, and according to the network “centers on a thirtysomething bachelorette whose life is turned upside down when she finally meets the love of her life — a divorced father with three kids.

The fall finale of Fox’s Gotham on Monday night drew 4.5 million total viewers and a 1.6 rating, rising 11 percent and two tenths week-to-week to tie its season high in the demo and match CBS’ Supergirl in the demo for the first time this season (in Live+Same Day ratings).

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Leading out of that, the Minority Report finale (2.2 mil/0.7) surged 47 percent and two tenths.

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Elsewhere in the ratings….

CBS | Supergirl (8 mil...

Bruce Campbell will reprise his role as the title character Ash, a stock boy, aging lothario and chainsaw-handed monster hunter who has spent the past three decades avoiding responsibility, maturity and the terrors of the Evil Dead. When a Deadite plague threatens to destroy all of mankind, Ash is finally forced to face his demons — personal and literal. Destiny, it turns out, has no plans to release the unlikely hero from its evil grip. Set for an October premiere, Sam Raimi directed the pilot which will also stars Lucy Lawless (Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D.), Marrie Jones (Sleepy Hollow), Ray Santiago (Touch) and Dana Delorenzo (Growing Up Fisher).

NBC has put in development I Love Lakshmi, a multi-camera family comedy from Universal TV and studio-based Aggregate (Growing Up Fisher).

The project is co-written by Muffy Bolding & Doug Prochilo and inspired by Prochilo’s real-life experience marrying into an Indian family (He is married to Universal TV president Bela Bajaria). I Love Lakshmi follows the trials and tribulations of new parents, Danny and Lakshmi, as they endure Lakshmi’s own meddlesome immigrant parents — whose version of the American dream never included a Danny.

At NBC, I Love Lakshmi joins another Indian American-themed comedy, Pre-Madonna, from Uni TV and Amy Poehler’s Paper Kite Prods., which has a put pilot commitment. Written by filmmaker Nisha Ganatra inspired by her adolescence, the project finds Sarita Gupta entering a Chicago high school in 1983 and navigating the painful and hilarious path of finding out who she really is.

Under Aggregate’s overall deal at Universal TV,...

NBC has put in development I Love Lakshmi, a multi-camera family comedy from Universal TV and studio-based Aggregate (Growing Up Fisher). The project is co-written by Muffy Bolding & Doug Prochilo and inspired by Prochilo's real-life experience marrying into an Indian family (He is married to Universal TV president Bela Bajaria). I Love Lakshmi follows the trials and tribulations of new parents, Danny and Lakshmi, as they endure Lakshmi's own meddlesome immigrant parents…...

NBC’s new comedy “Truth Be Told” has a good heart but it falls short in the laughs department. The new domestic comedy from D.J. Nash (“Growing Up Fisher”) means well in its depiction of two diverse couples who are best friends. The show is based on Nash’s real life — he’s married to a Korean woman, and Nash jokes that his white guilt is the fifth character in the show. It’s funny in theory, but in practice, not quite. The show tries to find comedy in life’s everyday quandaries and awkward moments such as “what...

NBC has put in development Say Uncles, a multi-camera comedy from actor-comedian Elon Gold (Stacked), Universal TV and studio-based Aggregate (Growing Up Fisher). Written by Gold, Boyce Bugliari, Jamie McLaughlin, Say Uncles is based on Gold's real life, where he is caught in the middle of his interfering brothers and his impressionable children. Gold is not attached to star in the project, which is executive produced by Aggregate and Thruline’s Willie Mercer. Gold…...

Bruce Campbell will reprise his role as the title character Ash, a stock boy, aging lothario and chainsaw-handed monster hunter who has spent the past three decades avoiding responsibility, maturity and the terrors of the Evil Dead. When a Deadite plague threatens to destroy all of mankind, Ash is finally forced to face his demons — personal and literal. Destiny, it turns out, has no plans to release the unlikely hero from its evil grip. Set for an October premiere, Sam Raimi directed the pilot which will also stars Lucy Lawless (Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D.), Marrie Jones (Sleepy Hollow), Ray Santiago (Touch) and Dana Delorenzo (Growing Up Fisher).

Bruce Campbell will reprise his role as the title character Ash, a stock boy, aging lothario and chainsaw-handed monster hunter who has spent the past three decades avoiding responsibility, maturity and the terrors of the Evil Dead. When a Deadite plague threatens to destroy all of mankind, Ash is finally forced to face his demons — personal and literal. Destiny, it turns out, has no plans to release the unlikely hero from its evil grip. Set for a late 2015 premiere, Sam Raimi directed the pilot which will also stars Lucy Lawless (Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D.), Marrie Jones (Sleepy Hollow), Ray Santiago (Touch) and Dana Delorenzo (Growing Up Fisher).

Eight-year-old actress Mckenna Grace has been cast as Daisy in Roland Emmerich‘s “Independence Day 2,” an individual familiar with 20th Century Fox’s sequel has told TheWrap. New cast members include Liam Hemsworth, Maika Monroe, Jessie Usher, Travis Tope, Joey King, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Lance Lim (“Growing Up Fisher”) and Sela Ward as the President, while returning cast members from the beloved original include Jeff Goldblum, Bill Pullman, Vivica A. Fox and Judd Hirsch. Will Smith is not expected to return for the long-gestating sequel, which is scheduled for release on June 24, 2016. Also Read: 'It Follows' Star Maika Monroe Joins Liam Hemsworth.

NBC has given a series order to three new half-hour comedies to insert into their lineup for the 2015-2016 television season. The channel has handed out series orders for the Mark-Paul Gosselaar-starring People are Talking, the Patrick Warburton-starring Crowded, and the America Ferrera-starring Superstore.

People are Talking is created by DJ Nash, whose last series, Growing Up Fisher, was also on NBC. He has also written for Up All Night and ‘Til Death, and the synopsis of his latest show is as follows.

A look at the life of a two couples from different backgrounds.

Alongside Gosselaar, the series also stars Tone Bell, Ally Maki, and Bresha Webb.

Crowded hails from The Client List and Hot in Cleveland creator Suzanne Martin, with Sean Hayes onboard as executive producer. Alongside Warburton, the cast includes Carrie Preston, Miranda Cosgrove, and Stacy Keach. The synopsis of this series is below.

Sometimes it seems like there are certain people who just can’t lose for losing in this industry. Of course, sometimes we’re fine with that.

And, I don’t suppose you can say that Mark-Paul Gosselaar’s last effort was a loss, especially since a lot of people loved it.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m a bit of a fan, because I’m the right age, and if you’re that age too, you know that I’m required to be. Still, it isn’t just Gosselaar who’s at issue here, and this is a show “from the mind of” someone with a string of shows that didn’t get very far. Shows I liked, more or less, but shows that definitely didn’t take off.

I’m encouraged here, mainly because the theory of the show is intriguing, and Gosselaar could pull it off.

I...

On the heels of ordering three new dramas for the 2015-16 TV season, NBC has given a green light to three new sitcoms: The Mark-Paul Gosselaar-fronted People Are Talking, the America Ferrera workplace comedy Superstore and the Patrick Warburton-Carrie Preston family satire Crowded.

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Starring Gosselaar (Franklin & Bash), Meaghan Rath (Being Human), Tone Bell (Bad Judge) and Bresha Webb (Grey’s Anatomy), the multi-cam project follows two diverse couples who are both neighbors and best friends. As they go through life side-by-side, they...

Should we feel bad for Eddie Huang? The restaurateur whose memoir about his childhood inspired the current ABC sitcom "Fresh Off the Boat" went on a multi-post Twitter rant after this week's episode, complaining that, since the pilot, the show has drifted far from the reality of his own experience, to the point where "it got so far from the truth that I don't recognize my own life."

That's certainly unfortunate, even for a guy who received a tidy sum for the TV rights to his autobiography. No one wants to see his or her experience distorted and broadcast to millions. Then again, what did he expect? It's a network sitcom. It's generally going to avoid any bleak reality that can't be resolved in 22 minutes.

This sort of biographical distortion has been an issue for sitcoms since the dawn of television, since the format simply doesn't lend itself easily to...

Bruce Campbell will reprise his role as the title character Ash, a stock boy, aging lothario and chainsaw-handed monster hunter who has spent the past three decades avoiding responsibility, maturity and the terrors of the Evil Dead. When a Deadite plague threatens to destroy all of mankind, Ash is finally forced to face his demons — personal and literal. Destiny, it turns out, has no plans to release the unlikely hero from its evil grip. Set for a late 2015 premiere, Sam Raimi directed the pilot which will also stars Lucy Lawless (Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D.), Marrie Jones (Sleepy Hollow), Ray Santiago (Touch) and Dana Delorenzo (Growing Up Fisher).

Nickelodeon is ready for some headbanging.

The kids’ network has locked down the cast of its upcoming School of Rock series, based on the 2003 film starring Jack Black as a down-and-out musician who poses as a substitute teacher.

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Joining Hart of Dixie‘s Tony Cavalero, who will play fraudulent instructor Dewey Finn, are:

* Lance Lim (Growing Up Fisher) as electric guitarist Zack

* Jade Pettyjohn (Revolution) as band manager Summer

* Aidan Miner (The Secret Life of the American Teenager) as keyboardist Lawrence

* Breanna Yde (The...

Ricardo Hurtado, Lance Lim (Growing Up Fisher), Aidan Miner (Homeroom), Jade Pettyjohn (Henry Danger), and Breanna Yde (The Haunted Hathaways) have joined the cast of Nickelodeon's straight-to-series live action musical comedy School Of Rock. It centers on Dewey Finn (Tony Cavalero), a down-on-his-luck rocker who poses as a substitute teacher at a prestigious prep school as he teaches his eccentric, unconventional and overachieving students to play and love rock 'n'…...

Saved By the Bell vet Mark-Paul Gosselaar is going back to his comedy roots, landing a starring role in NBC’s sitcom pilot People are Talking, TVLine has learned.

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The multi-cam project from Growing Up Fisher‘s DJ Nash examines sex, race and everything else your parents told you never to talk about.

Gosselaar will play Mitch, a neurotic and optimistic college ethics professor who goes through life with a heightened attention to justice. Mitch knows he can’t change the world, but he’s...

Mark-Paul Gosselaar is returning to NBC. The Franklin & Bash star — and Saved by the Bell alum — has booked the leading role in NBC's comedy pilot People Are Talking, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. See more The Faces of Pilot Season 2015 From Growing Up Fisher's DJ Nash, the multicamera comedy will examine sex, race and everything else your parents told you never to talk about. Gosselaar will star as Mitch, a neurotic guy who tends to overthink things, which is completely offset by his optimism, humor and likability. Mitch is a college ethics professor, which may explain

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Ray Santiago and Dana DeLorenzo have been cast in Ash vs Evil Dead.

The upcoming Starz series is based on the original Evil Dead film franchise, which made its debut in the late '70s.

Bruce Campbell was previously confirmed to be reprising the role of monster hunter Ash.

Santiago is playing Ash's sidekick Pablo Simon Bolivar, while DeLorenzo will feature as Kelly Maxwell, who reluctantly joins Ash and Pablo as they fight against the Deadite plague, reports Deadline.

Santiago has appeared in Kiefer Sutherland's Touch as well as Raising Hope.

DeLorenzo has had minor roles in Californication and Growing Up Fisher.

Ash vs Evil Dead is to shoot in New Zealand, with the production team planning to import cars and signs to recreate the show's United States setting.

The TV series is planned to air in late 2015.

When Sam Raimi talked about the possibility of an Evil Dead TV series last year, there were many who thought the project would never see the light of day, but it became official late last year. Bruce Campbell is returning for Ash vs Evil Dead, a new TV series that will premiere later this year on Starz and we have the names of two people that will be joining Ash in his fight.

“Ray Santiago (“Touch,” Meet the Fockers) will play the role of Pablo Simon Bolivar and Dana DeLorenzo (A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas) will play Kelly Maxwell in the Starz original series “Ash vs Evil Dead.” The series is the long-awaited follow-up to the classic horror film franchise The Evil Dead and is set to film on location in New Zealand this spring and premiere on Starz in late 2015.

Pablo Simon Bolivar is an idealistic immigrant who...