AMC strikes forward with Chris Hardwick’s All-Star Celebrity Bowling series
by A generation ago, Billy Hardwick was a professional bowler, ABC was the TV network that aired bowling to a national viewing audience, and AMF were …
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NBC’s Last Comic Standing reveals new video clips, comedians performing in season eight
With less than a week to go before premiere of season 8 of NBC’s Last Comic Standing, the network has unveiled new promotional videos and …
Legit, starring Jim Jefferies, cancelled after two seasons, move from FX to FXX
Once again, a funny show you enjoyed fronted by a comedian on FX has unsuccessfully transitioned to FXX. Jim Jefferies, star of Legit, announced today …
Joel McHale poses with Les Moonves on the eve of CBS Upfronts: Next stop, Late Late Show?
This could mean anything or nothing at all, right? Right????!?!?!?! On the eve of the annual CBS Upfronts presentation to advertisers, CBS chief Les Moonves …
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CBS asked Neil Patrick Harris about hosting a late-night TV show, and NPH said no, thanks; how about a variety series?
Neil Patrick Harris was on my list, as well as many others, as a potential late-night TV host for CBS in 2015. NPH confirmed this …
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Hasan Minhaj circles the Stand Up Planet and back in TV documentary
Eddie Izzard’s “Force Majeure” global tour kicked off the first of five nights in New York City on Tuesday, with Izzard performing in French, German, …
TBS renews “Conan” through 2018
At today’s Upfronts presentation for TBS and TNT, the cable networks announced they’re keeping Team Coco in business through 2018 with another three-year contract extension …
Cinderella Story or DIY Success? Either way, here’s your first look at “Cristela,” coming to ABC on Fridays in Fall 2014
Pilot season doesn’t always make sense, and certainly doesn’t feel like it’s under your control, whether you’re an actor, writer, director or producer. Three months …
FOX hosts a comedy RIOT with host Rove McManus, via Steve Carell and a team of improvisers
First Whose Line is it Anyway? gets a revival courtesy of The CW; then, NBC gets back into the celebrity game-show arena with Hollywood Game …
Coming in September 2014: An hourlong TV special crossover, “The Simpsons Guy”
At FOX’s Upfronts presentation on Monday, network chief Kevin Reilly confirmed that the long-rumored crossover meeting of Animation Domination stalwarts (and rivals?) The Simpsons and …