October 15th, 2009 | 0 Comments
Showtime has green-lit a pilot for an American version of the British drama Shameless. The American version will star William H. Macy. John Wells and the original series’ creator, writer Paul Abbot, wrote the adaptation and are executive producing the pilot, which will be shot in December. Warner Bros. TV is producing with John Wells Productions. Inspired by Abbott’s childhood growing up in a working-class family with eight children, the BAFTA-winning original series chronicles a dysfunctional family led by alcoholic patriarch Frank Gallagher (David Threlfall).
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October 12th, 2009 | 0 Comments
The Casting Call brings together the latest casting news to keep you informed on who is showing up on which show. Find out who is joining your favorite show as a series regular, a recurring character, a guest star or special cameo. The Casting Call could reveal upcoming story-lines, so be aware, there may be spoilers ahead.
30 Rock (NBC)
Nate Corddry (The Daily Show) has landed a guest role on the show. Corddry is playing Liz Lemon’s upstairs neighbor, Brian. The plot finds duplex-obsessed Liz scheming to get Brian to ditch his apartment so she can buy it and combine it with hers. Corddry will appear in the season’s sixth episode.
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October 5th, 2009 | 0 Comments
Showtime has renewed David Duchovny’s Californication for a fourth season. The third season premiered strong last week, hitting an all-time ratings high, prompting the network to order another 12 episodes. The show, which airs at 10:00 PM/ET on Sundays, stars David Duchovny as a sex addict trying to balance his family and job. The series is executive produced by creator Tom Kapinos, Duchovny and Gina Fattore.
October 1st, 2009 | 0 Comments
Showtime has ordered six half-hour episode of Episodes, created by David Crane and Jeffrey Klarik, for a 2010 premiere on Showtime and BBC Two. Episodes, which will start production in January in London and Los Angeles, centers on a successful British husband-and-wife comedy team thrilled by the prospect of producing an U.S. version of their hit series. But they are soon forced to replace the erudite British lead in the original with the quintessential U.S. comedy star, Matt LeBlanc, who will be playing a version of himself. They begin to sink deeper into the quicksand that is the Hollywood TV business ruled by a legion of network and studio executives.
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September 27th, 2009 | 0 Comments
The 2009 Fall Season is upon us and that signals the return of Premiering Tonight. Welcome to Premiering Tonight, highlighting all the new and returning shows premiering on the Fall 2009 schedule.
Premiering tonight on TV are the season premieres of 60 Minutes, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, The Amazing Race, The Simpsons, The Cleveland Show, Desperate Housewives, Dexter, Family Guy, American Dad, Brothers and Sisters, Californication and Cold Case.
The Simpsons – 8:00 PM/ET on Fox
Season 21 opens when Homer gets the lead in a movie about a superhero who can take on the powers of every superhero in any comic book he touches. To whip Homer into superhero shape, the studio hires a celebrity fitness trainer (voice of Seth Rogen). It won’t be an easy job.
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September 1st, 2009 | 0 Comments
Showtime is bringing back The L Word . . . as a reality series. The network has greenlit nine episodes of The Real L Word: Los Angeles, from L Word creator Ilene Chaiken and reality producers Magical Elves. The show will follow six lesbians in Los Angeles as they go about their lives – a lesbian answer to Bravo’s Real Housewives franchise. The project is dependent on casting, and if all goes as planned, The Real L Word would debut sometime next year.
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