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CBS Sets Garry Marshall Tribute on ‘The Odd Couple’
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CBS’ “The Odd Couple” will be paying tribute to the late Garry Marshall on Nov. 7 with a cavalcade of special guest stars from the director’s oeuvre.
In the episode, Oscar (Matthew Perry) reconnects with people from his father Walter’s life while preparing to scatter his ashes behind the candy factory his father used to own. Marshall played Walter in an April episode of the series. The guests will come from Marshall’s TV hits, including Ron Howard, Marion Ross, Anson Williams and Don Most from “Happy Days,” Cindy Williams from “Laverne & Shirley,” Pam Dawber from “Mork & Mindy” and Marshall’s sister (and famed director) Penny Marshall.
Marshall helped develop and executive produced the first TV iteration of “The Odd Couple” for Paramount TV in 1970 and served as an executive consultant on the remake.
“The writing staff and everyone on ‘The Odd Couple’ reboot was thrilled when Garry Marshall joined us as a producer because his »
- Oriana Schwindt
‘Walking Dead': King Ezekiel Actor Shares His Own Negan Theory
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(Spoiler alert: Do not keep reading if you are not caught up on “The Walking Dead”) “The Walking Dead” may have just introduced King Ezekiel (Khary Payton), but the actor playing the flamboyant leader already has a theory on the relationship between The Kingdom and The Saviors. “I may be talking out of turn here because I haven’t discussed this with Scott at all and he may come back to me say, ‘Khary, that was total B.S. I don’t know how you came up with it,’ but since he hasn’t given an explanation, I’m going »
- Joe Otterson
‘American Horror Story’ Crossover: ‘Asylum’s’ Lana Winters to Appear on ‘Roanoke’
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Now in its sixth season, FX’s “American Horror Story” franchise has started to hint at how the past stories are all interwoven. And characters from previous seasons have popped throughout other installments as well.
Now executive producer Ryan Murphy reveals that Lana Winters — from Season 2’s “Asylum” — will make an appearance on this season’s “Roanoke.”
He tweeted: “Sarah Paulson’s ‘Asylum’ ultimate survivor Lana Winters returns this season on ‘Ahs: Roanoke.’ Happy Halloween.”
Sarah Paulson's Asylum ultimate survivor Lana Winters returns this season on "Ahs: Roanoke." Happy Halloween!
— Ryan Murphy (@MrRPMurphy) October 31, 2016
These crossovers are becoming more common: Paulson, who has appeared on every season of “American Horror Story” (and has famously survived each), also recently reprised her role from “Murder House” (psychic Billie Dean Howard), in last season’s “American Horror Story: Hotel.”
Gabourey Sidibe’s fan favorite Queenie, also starred on “Coven,” made an appearance on “Hotel” as well — though it »
- Debra Birnbaum
‘Lucifer’ Grabs Full-Season Renewal From Fox
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Here’s some news appropriate for Halloween: Fox has given a full-season pickup to its sophomore drama “Lucifer.”
The Monday 9 p.m. drama from Warner Bros. TV has been a modest performer in live ratings but draws a respectable crowd with double-digit gains in Nielsen’s L3 and L7 delayed-viewing stats. To date, the show is averaging a 2.0 demo rating in adults 18-49 and about 6.6 million viewers in L7. Fox said the show is up to 8 million viewers for the season to date on average when all multiplatform viewing is factored in.
The DC Comics-inspired drama stars Tom Ellis as a bored Lord of Hell who decides to move to Los Angeles and team with a female cop (played by Lauren German) to take down criminals. “Lucifer” airs as the companion to fellow DC Comics property “Gotham.”
Fox’s back-nine order brings the show’s total episode tally for season two to 22.
“ ‘Lucifer’ continues to deliver »
- Cynthia Littleton
‘Parks and Rec’ Duo Mike Schur, Matt Hubbard Developing NBC Amusement Park Comedy (Exclusive)
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NBC is developing a comedy series from the minds behind “Parks and Recreation” and “30 Rock.”
Mike Schur and Matt Hubbard have come together to develop “Action Land,” Variety has learned exclusively. The comedy landed at NBC with a put pilot commitment.
“Action Land” follows the exploits of the employees of a struggling local amusement park in Arizona.
Hubbard is penning the single-cam, 30-minute pilot, and will exec produce with Schur and 3 Arts Entertainment’s David Miner. Universal Television, where both Schur and Hubbard are under overall deals, is the studio.
The project marks a reunion for Hubbard, Schur and Miner who all worked on “Parks and Recs” together, which was created by Schur. Hubbard was a longtime writer/producer on “30 Rock” for which he won a writing Emmy in 2009. More recently, he’s served as a consulting producer on NBC’s top comedy, “Superstore.”
“Action Land” marks Schur and Hubbard’s lastest effort together. Last »
- Elizabeth Wagmeister
‘American Horror Story’: ‘Murder House’ to Meet ‘Coven’ in Crossover Season, Says Ryan Murphy
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“American Horror Story” is no stranger to throwing in callbacks to previous seasons, seemingly tying all of its installments together in a big, bizarre interconnected universe. But it’s about to take that concept one step further.
The anthology’s co-creator, Ryan Murphy, revealed at Entertainment Weekly‘s Popfest on Sunday that he’s planning a crossover season for “Murder House” (Season 1) and “Coven” (Season 3). And it will move beyond just callbacks.
“There will be characters from ‘Murder House’ and characters from ‘Coven’ together,” he clarified.
The crossover will not, however, be the next season, which has already been greenlit. This may be because of actor schedules; Connie Britton, for example, who starred in the “Murder House” season of “AHS,” has a season of “Nashville” debuting on CMT early next year.
“I’ve [already] started going to actors from both of the seasons, quietly, saying, ‘I think in this window, if you could fit us in,' »
- Alex Stedman
Nielsen Retracts Data Suggesting Record Espn Subscriber Loss
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Nielsen has retracted data issued last week after coming under fire from Espn for suggesting cable networks suffered alarming declines to their subscriber counts.
The measurement company is re-crunching its numbers from its monthly “Cable Network Coverage Areas Universe Estimate” for November, which clients received Friday. Nielsen uses its national panel to estimate the number of households that receive cable channels like Espn, CNN, and others.
Amid client complaints over perceived inaccuracies, Nielsen released the following statement:
“Nielsen is investigating a larger than usual change in the November 2016 Cable Network Coverage Area Household and Persons Universe Estimates (versus the prior month). We take the accuracy of our data very seriously and are conducting a thorough analysis to determine whether or not there is an issue with these estimates. We are working closely with our clients and will update them as soon as the analysis is complete.”
The data in question suggested Espn lost a record 621,000 subscribers over »
- Oriana Schwindt
Betty White Returns To ‘Bones’ As Guest Star In Season 12
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Betty White, who guest-starred as Dr. Beth Mayer last season on Fox’s Bones will reprise her role in the tenth episode in the 12th and final season, set to premiere in January. White’s Dr. Mayer, is accomplished, sharp as a tack and absolutely fabulous. With a half century of work under her belt, Dr. Mayer is without a doubt the world’s most experienced forensic anthropologist. The series’ final chapter will bring the storylines of Brennan (Emily Deschanel), Booth (David… »
‘Dance Moms’ Abby Lee Miller’s $5M Fraud Case Sentencing Pushed To 2017 – Thanks To Feds!
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Looks like Dance Moms host Abby Lee Miller will be getting a further delay in the sentencing on her June 27 guilty plea to part of her indictment in October 2015 on 20 counts of fraud and a new charge this year of violating currency reporting laws – and this one she didn’t even ask for. “Sentencing in the above captioned cases is tentatively set for Friday, December 2, 2016,” said U.S. Attorney David Hickton in paperwork filed on October 28 in federal court in… »
Arrow Photos: Oliver Enlists 'Human Target' Christopher Chance
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Arrow‘s Oliver Queen sets his sights on a very different kind of target when the DC Comics character Christopher Chance appears in the Nov. 2 episode.
PhotosSupergirl: Dichen Lachman as Roulette, More Alex/Maggie Bonding
In the episode “Human Target,” now that Tobias Church has captured and is torturing Rene aka Wild Dog, Oliver turns to an old friend, elite bodyguard Christopher Chance (Jessica Jones‘ Wil Traval), for help. (Chance was of course previously played on TV by Mark Valley in the two-season Fox series Human Target.)
PhotosThe Flash: Meet Caitlin’s Frrrrrrosty Mom!
Elsewhere in the episode, »
Scott Pelley to Anchor ‘CBS Evening News’ Live From Cleveland on Tuesday
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With just days to go until United States citizens decide on the nation’s next President, “The CBS Evening News” will launch a multi-part series that will go direct to voters in different parts of the country to get their thoughts on many of the issues at stake in the current election.
The series, ““Closing Arguments,” will feature issue-based original reporting from across the U.S. and abroad as well as interviews with voters in battleground states. The series begins Monday, October 31. CBS News correspondents will also report from Russia and Mexico about the roles those countries have played in the 2016 campaign.
On Tuesday night, for example, Pelley will anchor the program live from Cleveland, Ohio, and offer insight into the attitudes of voters in and around Cleveland. “Ohio is the most evenly divided state. It’s the perfect place to listen to the hopes, fears and frustrations of voters in 2016,” said Pelley. On »
- Brian Steinberg
‘Claws’: Jack Kesy Upped To Regular In TNT Pilot
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Jack Kesy, who is coming off a three-year stint on FX’s The Strain, is set as series regular opposite Niecy Nash in TNT's Claws pilot, an hourlong scripted dramedy set in a Southern Florida nail salon, from Rashida Jones and Will McCormack's Le Train Train. Written and co-executive produced by Eliot Laurence (Welcome to Me), Claws follows the lives of five diverse and treacherous Florida manicurists. Kesy plays Roller, a gangstered-out redneck who runs a barely legal pain… »
Jane Seymour to Lead Soapy Cmt Comedy Pilot His Wives & Daughters
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Jane Seymour has just signed on to a Cmt pilot to play the Ghost of Rayna Jaymes Future. Kinda.
The Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman star will headline the cabler’s His Wives & Daughters project, a soapy, comedic pilot in development at the network, TVLine has learned.
The potential series follows “the eclectic and cunning wives and daughters of larger-than-life country-music legend (and infamous womanizer) Eddie Ray Banks,” according to an official logline. Seymour’s character, Lorna Larson Banks, is Eddie’s first wife.
Per the character description, Lorna is a “gorgeous, tough-as-nails and force-to-be-reckoned-with” country singer (sound familiar, Nashville fans? »
TVLine Items: Defenders Cast Teaser, Westworld Meets This Is Us and More
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Formidable supporting femmes will be on hand when The Defenders — aka Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage and Iron Fist — go up against “their biggest threat yet.”
RelatedDaredevil Renewed for Season 3,The Defenders Logo Revealed
The latest teaser for Netflix’s Marvel-ous team-up series, arriving in 2017, confirms that Daredevil‘s Deborah Ann Woll and Luke Cage‘s Simone Missick will be reprising their roles as Karen Page and Misty Knight:
Get ready. @deborahannwoll & @SimoneMissick return for The #Defenders. pic.twitter.com/Yjz6m6xuQ0
— The Defenders (@TheDefenders) October 31, 2016
In addition to the above and, of course, Charlie Cox, Krysten Ritter, »
‘From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series’ Releases Cast As El Rey Ponders Future
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Exclusive: El Rey Network has released the cast of From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series ahead of tomorrow’s (Nov. 5) Season 3 finale. I hear the options on the actors were up before the network was ready to make a decision on the future of the series, a reimagining of Robert Rodriguez's 1996 movie for Miramax. With Rodriguez, the driving creative force behind the series, busy directing feature Alita: Battle Angel for Fox, I hear El Rey, which Rodriguez launched with Univision… »
‘Stranger Things’ Newscast Reports of Barb’s Disappearance (Watch)
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Netflix’s top story tonight: Barb has disappeared and Eleven has stolen “unprecedented amounts” of Eggo waffles.
A YouTube video on Netflix’s channel, released on Halloween, shows some archival footage from “Minute by Minute,” a local news show from fictional TV station Wiyz. The report is presented by real-life news anchor Brenda Woods and breaks the news of Barb’s disappearance.
“Barbara Holland, a student at Hawkins High, known as Barb to her friends, was last seen at Steve Harrington’s home just a few days ago with a number of other Hawkins-area teens,” Woods says.
She reports that Barb’s friends described her as “loyal to a fault,” and as “the kind of girl who notices if you’re wearing a new bra.”
Woods throws in some humor when describing that Barb was last seen wearing “a pink blouse, green pants, blue puffer jacket, and an over-sized pair of absolutely fantastic glasses.”
In »
- Will Thorne
Jane Seymour To Star In ‘His Wives & Daughters,’ Cmt’s Soapy Pilot
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Jane Seymour (Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman) is set for a lead role in Cmt’s soapy, comedic pilot His Wives and Daughters. Created and produced by Dina Chapman and Steve Sessions, the project centers on the eclectic and cunning wives and daughters of larger-than-life country music legend (and infamous womanizer) Eddie Ray Banks. After his estranged family is brought together unexpectedly, tempers flare and old rivalries resurface, setting the stage for startling secrets to… »
Quantico Review: “Kmforget”
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This season of Quantico has been, to say the least, a massive disappointment, and the previous episode didn’t give me any hope at all that thinks would turn around. With that in mind, let’s take a look at last night’s new episode, “Kmforget.” The episode opens in the future as everyone still alive is in a very precarious and unfortunate position. Just like before, I find it harder and harder to care. They’re in a bad spot, they’ll mostly get out of it, someone unexpected will probably die. Despite the raised stakes, it just doesn’t interest anymore. The more interesting story
Quantico Review: “Kmforget” »
- Jasef Wisener
Are Megyn Kelly and Fox News Better Together Than Apart?
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Megyn Kelly and Fox News have had a whirlwind affair. Ever since the 21st Century Fox-owned cable-news outlet launched her “Kelly File” at 9 p.m. in October of 2013 — its first major change to its primetime lineup in more than 11 years – both sides have reaped a harvest of viewership, ad sales, and media buzz.
Now the two partners must consider whether they would be better off without each other.
The answer may be a resounding “No.” While an anchor of Kelly’s caliber, presence, and renown would be a major get for any number of TV-news outlets, it’s not clear whether any of them would want to fork over the money that appears to be involved in her current talks with Fox News. Kelly has been receiving a sum around $15 million in the last year of her current contract and, according to a recent report in the Wall Street Journal, has »
- Brian Steinberg
Donna Brazile Out as CNN Contributor After Disclosure of Clinton Campaign Interactions
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CNN has formerly severed ties with Donna Brazile, the longtime Democratic strategist, following the WikiLeaks disclosures of Brazile’s contacts with Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign.
Brazile is accused of providing information to the campaign about at least one of the questions in a CNN-hosted presidential primary town hall in March. The question was related to the candidates’ position on the death penalty.
CNN disclosed Monday that Brazile formally resigned on Oct. 14. She had been off CNN’s air since mid-July when she took over as interim head of the Democratic National Committee. That move for Brazile came amid another leaked email scandal that forced the resignation of Debbie Wasserman Schultz as DNC chief.
Brazile’s communications with the Clinton campaign were among the thousands of confidential emails released via WikiLeaks following the hack of DNC’s computer systems.
“CNN never gave Brazile access to any questions, prep material, attendee list, background »
- Cynthia Littleton
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