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Check out the very first image from The Astronaut, which features actress Kate Mara. Laurence Fishburne portrays General William Harris in the sci-fi thriller, in charge of the NASA facility where Sam is housed. Mara's character, Lt. Sam Walker, is fearful that something from outer space has returned to Earth with her.

Did something inexplicably follow Kate Mara back to Earth from the cold unknowns of outer space? Well, something ominous seems to be lurking, at the very least, in the first image released from the upcoming sci-fi thriller, The Astronaut. Mara’s character, Lt. Sam Walker, seems to be hiding from someone or something in the picture as she stares pensively toward the camera. Check out the first-look photo from The Astronaut below:

Mara certainly isn’t a stranger to the dangers of outer space, as she starred in both The Martian and the Fantastic Four (2015). But in The Astronaut,...

Actor Rob Lowe is coming to The Simpsons, and a new look at his character has been unveiled. Per Entertainment Weekly, Lowe's voice will be featured in the next episode of the series, dubbed "The Very Hungry Caterpillars," set to air on Fox this weekend. Lowe plays Peter, the cousin of Principal Seymour Skinner (Harry Shearer). The first look image showcases Peter with a venting Agnes Skinner (Tress MacNeille) while Seymour looks on solemnly from the side of the room.

'It's rarer and rarer to find firsts for me in the business, and this is a big one,' Rob Lowe tells EW about his upcoming debut on 'The Simpsons.' https://t.co/Y9z9yQ7EvB — Entertainment Weekly (@EW) May 4, 2023

The episode sees a swarm of caterpillars overtaking Springfield, leading to a lockdown with the elementary school students continuing their learning with video chat sessions. When...

Exclusive: Former AMC Studios executive Drew Brown is joining Skydance Television as Evp, Physical Production. He replaces Carol Turner, who recently exited to head up production at ABC Studios. It is one of several executive hires and promotions in the indie TV studio’s creative development, global physical production, business affairs and publicity operations as new Skydance TV President Bill Bost is building his team.

Also joining the company are Lucid Road Productions’ Zack Beckman as VP, Creative Development, and Sony Pictures TV’s Jeff Hegedus as Evp Business & Legal Affairs. Katherine Morrison has been promoted to VP, Creative Development; Dawn Lach to Svp,, Marketing and Publicity.

In his new role, Brown will oversee all physical production for comedies, dramas and limited series for the television studio, including production finance and post-production. Both Beckman and Morrison will be responsible for overseeing current series and the development of original and IP-based...

Attention Earthlings: Syfy has ordered its first original late-night series, “Alien News Desk.” Starring Will Forte and Heidi Gardner, the comedy comes with a very heavy “SNL” pedigree.

“Alien News Desk” is a weekly, half-hour topical animated series set in an extraterrestrial newsroom. The 12-episode series will “cover up-to-the-minute news and commentary about the universe’s most baffling species — the inscrutable Humans of Planet Earth,” per Syfy.

Forte and Gardner’s characters, Drexx Drudlarr and Tuva Van Void, respectively, are pictured above. “Alien News Desk” is set to premiere in 2019.

Also Read: Will Forte Gives Up How 'The Last Man on Earth' Would Have Ended (Audio)

“The expansion into original animation and late night marks the next step in the evolution of Syfy, and builds on the successes we’ve had bringing new, younger viewers to the network,” said Chris McCumber, president, Entertainment Networks for NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment.

Exclusive: Syfy has given a 12-episode order to Alien News Desk, a weekly half-hour topical animated series starring Will Forte and Heidi Gardner. The show, which will debut in early 2019, marks Syfy’s first original late-night animated series.

Alien News Desk has a strong Saturday Night Live pedigree. In addition to current SNL cast member Gardner and former star Forte voicing the two leads, SNL boss Lorne Michaels executive produces alongside SNL producer Erik Kenward as well as SNL: Weekend Update head writer Dennis McNicholas, who serves as showrunner.

Alien News Desk is set in an extra-terrestrial newsroom that covers up-to-the-minute news and commentary about the universe’s most baffling species – the inscrutable Humans of Planet Earth. Hosted by animated is the universe’s real news – give or take a few intergalactic translation errors.

Forte will voice news anchor Drexx Drudlarr alongside co-anchor Tuva Van Void (Gardner) in Alien News Desk,...

Here at Et, we’re obsessed with a lot of things -- and here’s what we’re most excited about this week:

Why We're Obsessed With 'The Crown'

Picture this: A hard-partying heir to the throne gets engaged to someone employed in the arts -- Gasp! How common! -- while a royal baby is expected any day. Real life? Well, yes, thanks to Prince Harry, Meghan Markle and Baby Cambridge No. 3. But in a perfect case of life imitating art imitating life, all of these are also key subplots of the second season of Netflix’s The Crown. Emmy nominee Claire Foy -- in her final season of the series -- remains outstanding as Queen Elizabeth and is capable of seamlessly shifting her portrayal from a harried mother of four to queen of everyone, including you, you inept ingrate of a prime minister, by squaring her shoulders and steeling her gaze. Joining this season...

Two episodes were provided prior to broadcast.

There are smatterings of humor in Pacific Heat – an animated cop spoof created by Aussie outlet Working Dog for Netflix, and incorporating the voice talents of Rob Sitch, Santo Cilauro, Rebecca Massey, Lucia Mastrantone, and Tom Gleisner – that hint at the devotedly wacky, willingly meta send-up of adult animation as a genre that a show like it could one day become.

In one scene, a coarsely caricatured Asian drug lord (dubbed Mr. Bang Choi, naturally) is menacing the four members of the titular Pacific Heat special unit through a borderline-indecipherable accent, when his dialogue starts to appear at the bottom of the screen. His eyes flickering down, he yells, “Are you putting subtitles on me?” The villain seethes beside an army of gun-toting henchmen as an officer blithely reassures, “Just the key verbs.”

The joke lands but, unfortunately, such fourth-wall-breaking wisecracks are a...

In the 1980s, it seemed like everyone was obsessed with imagining what the future would be like. Judging by the video games, sci-fi movies, and new wave rock albums of that bygone era, people apparently thought that the future would be dominated by cool geometric patterns (lots of glowing grids and triangles) and bright, fluorescent colors (plenty of pinks and purples). Alas, apart from Moonbeam City, those predictions have not come to pass. But in tribute to that fertile epoch of graphic design, PhotoFunia, a free online photo editor, has introduced a handy new logo-generating tool called RetroWave. This allows users to type in any text they wish and have it appear in a totally 1980s retro-futuristic style, straight out of a video arcade or an MTV music video. PhotoFunia describes RetroWave as “heavily inspired by the new wave and soundtrack of classic 1980s films, video games, cartoons and television...

When it comes to roasting Rob Lowe, his peers aren't holding back.

The actor is the latest victim of a Comedy Central Roast, joining an exclusive club that includes Justin Bieber, Donald Trump and Charlie Sheen.

From his infamous sex tape with an underage girl to his many failed television series and film bombs, nothing from Lowe's past was off-limit for the roasters, which included Peyton Manning, Jewel, Karate Kid actor Ralph Macchio,Pete Davidson and roastmaster David Spade.

The roast doesn't air until Monday on Comedy Central, but here are some of the event's best jokes to look forward to on the big night.

When it comes to roasting Rob Lowe, his peers aren't holding back. The actor is the latest victim of a Comedy Central Roast, joining an exclusive club that includes Justin Bieber, Donald Trump and Charlie Sheen.From his infamous sex tape with an underage girl to his many failed television series and film bombs, nothing from Lowe's past was off-limit for the roasters, which included Peyton Manning, Jewel, Karate Kid actor Ralph Macchio,Pete Davidson and roastmaster David Spade. The roast doesn't air until Monday, Sept. 5 on Comedy Central, but here are some of the event's best jokes to look...

When it comes to roasting Rob Lowe, his peers aren't holding back. The actor is the latest victim of a Comedy Central Roast, joining an exclusive club that includes Justin Bieber, Donald Trump and Charlie Sheen.From his infamous sex tape with an underage girl to his many failed television series and film bombs, nothing from Lowe's past was off-limit for the roasters, which included Peyton Manning, Jewel, Karate Kid actor Ralph Macchio,Pete Davidson and roastmaster David Spade. The roast doesn't air until Monday, Sept. 5 on Comedy Central, but here are some of the event's best jokes to look...

Monday night marked the debut of TLC’s first-ever scripted series Too Close to Home — a political soap created, executive-produced, written and directed by Tyler Perry — and after spending the past 19 hours in quiet reflection, we’re finally ready to talk about it.

VideosExclusive: Scandal Season 5 Bloopers Include a Nixed Kiss, Potty-Mouthed Potus

If you didn’t catch the two-hour premiere, the show centers around Anna, a jittery little minx toting a veritable Mary Poppins bag full of secrets. Not only are her fellow White House interns clueless about her trailer-park roots, but they also don’t know she’s having an abusive,...

Move over, Mellie — Heather Locklear will guest-star as a sly D.C. wife in TLC’s first scripted series Too Close to Home. In addition, Kelly Sullivan — currently haunting The Young and the Restless as Sage (R.I.P.) — has landed one of the leads, our sister site Deadline reports.

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The eight-episode drama — written, directed and produced by the indefatigable Tyler Perry — focuses on Heroes alum Danielle Savre’s Anna, a blue-collar Alabaman forced to return to her roots after starting over in the nation’s capital…...

Now in its 15th year, the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival has offered thousands of filmmakers their chance to showcase the hard work they’ve placed on their passions. Whether it’s any first time writer or director, to the iconic, multi-award winning actor and producer, Tribeca has given these people a venue for their work, and it has blessed the film community in terms of releasing their film, as well as having audiences to watch it.

Kicking off our Tribeca coverage is Nerdland, a film written by Andrew Kevin Walker and starring Paul Rudd, Patton Oswalt, and Reid Scott. Directed by Chris Prynoski, whose previous works include other animated series such as Turbo Fast or Moonbeam City, the film stars Rudd and Oswalt as John and Elliot, two up and coming late-twenties year-olds who realize their passions of yesteryear are dead and they’ve done nothing with their lives. Jumping over...

[caption id="attachment_46465" align="aligncenter" width="590"] Rad Cunningham (Will Forte). "The Wedding of Rad (Lie)." December 9, 2015. Photo Credit: Comedy Central/caption]

Comedy Central has cancelled the Moonbeam City TV series after its first season. The animated cop show parody was not listed among yesterday's announced renewals. Per Deadline, that is because Comedy Central has decided to pass on ordering a second season. The first 10-episode season premiered September 16, 2015. The first season and TV series finale episode, "The Wedding of Rad (Lie)," pictured above, aired December 9th.

Despite the cancellation, the voice cast of Moonbeam City won't be out of work, for long. It includes such big names as Rob Lowe, Elizabeth Banks, Kate Mara, and Will Forte. Moonbeam City was created and executive produced by Scott Gairdner, and executive produced by Olive Bridge Entertainment’s Will Gluck and Richard Schwartz. Aside from starring, Lowe also served...

Fox is making itself really comfortable in the New Girl loft this spring.

TVLine has learned that the Zooey Deschanel comedy will begin airing two new episodes on Tuesday nights, beginning April 19 and concluding with the May 10 season finale.

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According to a Fox rep, the double-pumps are purely out of necessity, since New Girl‘s fifth season runs a full 22 episodes but didn’t premiere until January.

All told, New Girl‘s final run of installments will go like this: The April 19 episodes will air back-to-back from 8 to 9 pm.

Comedy Central’s animated comedy series Moonbeam City was missing from the list of renewals the network announced yesterday, ahead of its upfront presentation. That is because Comedy Central has opted not to order a second season of the series, an absurdist take on the gritty, sex-drenched crime dramas from the 1980s. Moonbeam City featured an all-star cast — Rob Lowe, Elizabeth Banks, Will Forte and Kate Mara — and developed a cult following. But it struggled to attract…...

Below, you'll find a list of recent/current/upcoming scripted TV shows on Comedy Central, DirecTV, FX, Fxx, Hallmark, and Hulu. To see a series' ratings (if they're available), click the links in the middle column.

Shows include 11.22.63, Adam Devine's House Party, American Crime Story, American Horror Story, The Americans, Anger Management, Another Period, Archer, The Art of More, The Awesomes, Axe Cop, Baskets, The Bastard Executioner, Better Things, Big Time in Hollywood Fl, Billy & Billie, Brickleberry, Broad City, Cassius and Clay, Casual, Cedar Cove, Chesapeake Shores, The Comedians, Deadbeat, Difficult People, Drunk History, East Los High, Fargo, Full Circle, Good Witch, The Half Hour, Idiotsitter, Inside Amy Schumer, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Jo, Justified, Key & Peele, Kingdom, Kroll Show, The League, Louie, Lucas Bros. Moving Co., Man Seeking Woman, Married, The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail, The Mindy Project, Moonbeam City, Moone Boy, The Path,...

The International Animated Film Society, Asifa-Hollywood, has announced the nominations for the 43rd Annual Annie Awards and "Inside Out" and "The Good Dinosaur," both Pixar movies, led the pack! "Inside Out" received fourteen nominations while "The Good Dinosaur" got nine.

My pick of the year for best animated feature is "Inside Out" but I love Charlie Kaufman's "Anomalisa" as well which picked five noms.

We'll find out the winners of the Annie Awards on February 6th!

Here is the full list of nominees in all categories of the 43rd Annie Awards:

Best Animated Feature

Anomalisa

Paramount Pictures

Inside Out

Pixar Animation Studios

Shaun the Sheep The Movie

Aardman Animations

The Good Dinosaur

Pixar Animation Studios

The Peanuts Movie

Blue Sky Studios, Twentieth Century Fox Animation

Best Animated Special Production

Elf: Buddy.s Musical Christmas

Warner Bros. Animation

He Named Me Malala

Parkes-MacDonald / Little Door

I Am A Witness

Moonbot...

“Tonight, Moonbeam City is under siege at the hands of a petty thug turned warlord. He turned $42 of purse money into a veritable empire of drug trafficking, arms dealing and infant neglecting.” El Diablo Malo is the name of the man terrorizing TV stores across the city, and only one person is brave enough […]

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Comedy Central describes the new animated series Moonbeam City as “an absurdist, retro-futuristic ’80s cop extravaganza” about an incompetent but attractive detective who does more harm than good. We’ll describe it as FX’s Archer meets Miami Vice. Rob Lowe voices Det. Dazzle Novak, Elizabeth Banks voices police Chief Pizzaz Miller, Will Forte voices Dazzle’s rival Rad Cunningham and Kate Mara voices Chrysalis Tate, the only capable cop in town. The entire pilot episode, “Mall Hath No Fury,” is available to watch on cc.com. Moonbeam City premieres on Comedy Central Wednesday, Sept. 16, at 10:30pm Et/Pt following the Season 19 premiere of … Continue reading →

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Scott Gairdner's path to creating his own animated series for Comedy Central began simply: on YouTube. As the comedian/filmmaker explains below, the silly videos he posted online were what helped him get the attention of first Funny or Die and then TBS's "Conan," which proved to be the springboard that launched "Moonbeam City," an adult animated series starring the voice of Rob Lowe as an over-the-top cop policing a city animated to look like a 1980s glitter bomb. The cast also features Elizabeth Banks, Kate Mara and Will Forte, who Gairdner took great pleasure in deliberately "fucking with."  Read More: 2015 Fall TV Preview: 21 New Shows You Need to Know When Indiewire got Gairdner on the phone, one of the first things we discussed was one of his first big viral videos videos, the Michael MacDonald parody "Trickin' It To the Treats." "I had that idea of taking it...

Comedy Central has announced that Moonbeam City, a new animated series, will debut on Wednesday, September 16th. The premiere follows the 19th season debut of South Park. There will be 10 episodes.

Here are the details:

Welcome To The Wonderful World Of Glitter, Glamour And Sexual Depravity In The New Animated Series "Moonbeam City" Premiering On Wednesday, September 16 At 10:30 P.M. Et/Pt

Series Premiere and Two Additional Episodes Now Available in the Comedy Central Screening Room

Rob Lowe Serves as Producer and Voice Talent (Dazzle Novak) with Elizabeth Banks (Pizzaz Miller), Will Forte (Rad Cunningham) and Kate Mara (Chrysalis Tate)

Guest Star Voice Talent Includes Powers Boothe, Kate McKinnon, Catherine O'Hara, Andy Richter, Susan Sarandon, Molly Shannon, Paul F. Tompkins, Patrick Warburton and Adam West

Fans Can Visit cc.com/moonbeam for Episode Previews...

Read More: Watch: Rob Lowe and Elizabeth Banks Get Animated in Comedy Central's 'Moonbeam City' Promo Comedy Central has released the trailer for Season 1 of the new animated series, "Moonbeam City," and it is glorious. "Miami Vice" meets "Archer," the new series is an absurd, retro-futuristic, 80's cop comedy. The show follows the exploits of Dazzle Novak (voiced by Rob Lowe), an idiotic detective who commits more crimes than the criminals he tries to lock up. With the glamorous, tyrannical, chief Pizzaz Miller (Elizabeth Banks) barking orders and Red Cunningham (Will Forte), his obnoxious rival, stopping at nothing to destroy him, Dazzle has a lot on his plate. He teams up with the only competent police officer, Chrysalis Tate (Kate Mara), to protect their beloved neon-soaked metropolis.  The trailer is hilarious, full of detective parody essentials like car chases, shark tanks and kill shot catch phrases like "I hope your.

Late night talk shows have, over the years have been fertile incubation chambers for talented writers, with Louis C.K. standing as the most prominent example, having written for both Conan O’Brien and David Letterman before gaining acclaim for his solo efforts. Other individuals have gone into writing, with the latest example set to have his own show on Comedy Central.

Titled Moonbeam City, the animated series comes from Scott Gairdner, who wrote for Conan O’Brien for a number of years, along with writing for Funny or Die and penning numerous short films. Moonbeam City joins a growing number of animated shows, including FX’s Archer and Netflix’s BoJack Horseman, that try to break past the perceived constraints of the genre. The show features a voice cast that includes Rob Lowe, Will Forte, Kate Mara, and Elizabeth Banks, and is set to make its premiere on September 16th at 10:30 pm Et.

The hills are alive with the sound of Rob Lowe singing and spinning shirtless in a Twitter video Saturday night.

The 51-year-old actor gave his best Julie Andrews impression (not to mention, #ManCrushMonday moment) in a Twitter video in which Lowe is doing a hilarious voiceover of the famous song from The Sound of Music.

"This is what I'm doing on my Saturday night," the Parks and Recreation actor wrote on Twitter beside the clip of him mimicking the scene featuring Andrews twirling in the grassy meadow. "Enjoy."

This is what I'm doing on my Saturday night. Enjoy. pic.twitter.

For Archer fans who are going through withdrawal when that balls-to-the-wall cartoon isn’t on the air, there is hope. Meet Dazzle Novak, a sexually charged metropolis detective living in an ’80s world in Comedy Central’s Moonbeam City. The network is premiering the series on September 16 at 10:30 Pm, and it’s an homage and sendup of that techno decade and, most of all, Rob Lowe. From the looks of the animation style during the preview episode today at Comic-Con, it looks…...

San Diego Comic-Con 2015 has released their full schedule for Thursday, July 9. For your convenience, we have pulled out all of the movie, TV and DVD related panels and events below, but you can can visit Comic-Con.org to check out the full schedule including comic book and video game panels. Take a look at all of the movie, TV and DVD events that will take place during the first day of Comic Con.

Thursday, July 9

10:00am - 11:00am - Amazon: Hand of God

Amazon will introduce the Comic-Con audience to Hand of God; a one-hour drama series that stars Golden Globe winner Ron Perlman in his first lead television role since Sons of Anarchy, as the honorable justice Pernell Harris. The series centers on Harris, a powerful and corrupt judge who comes apart at the seams in the aftermath of a family tragedy. Stricken by grief, and in...