After some rocky negotiations, Alicia Silverstone has agreed to play a role in a mid-season NBC comedy, The Singles Table. The series is about a group of people who bond when they keep getting put at wedding reception tables with each other because they're all dateless. Silverstone will play a doctor who realizes she has no social life.This is actually Silverstone's third attempt at series television. You may remember she starred in the short-lived NBC series Miss Match in 2003 and she didn't make it on to television earlier this year with a failed pilot for ABC called Pink Collar. This time, however, we can expect to see her on television as NBC has already committed to airing the comedy at mid-season.
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9-15-2006 @ 3:37PM
Scott Schrantz said...
So she hasn't been labeled a series-killer yet? Not that The Singles Table needs it; it was a pretty awful pilot and the show will probably die on its own.
I guess the good news here is that now they'll have to reshoot the pilot. "Doctor with no social life" was a major character. It's not like they can just refilm two or three scenes, she was in 80% of the show. Hopefully it will be better the second time around.
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9-20-2006 @ 6:58AM
Dennis said...
I look forward to seeing Alicia Silverstone in this series. I have always been a fan of her work. She may not like to be associated with Clueless but that movie, to me, was the BEST comedy of the 90's. She was fantastic in that movie. Also loved her in Blast From The Past. She was an awesome Batgirl too. She couldn't help that the script was poor. Joel Schumaker botched that up for her. She was also great in Scooby-Doo 2. A great nemesis for Daphne. LOL And how about Beauty Shop, she was a hoot in that!
Can't wait to see your new show Alicia! Love your work!
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9-20-2006 @ 7:21AM
sharon said...
silvestone is a great actress.
i think she was good in all her movies.
i hope this turns out for her.
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9-20-2006 @ 7:26AM
doug said...
COOL
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9-20-2006 @ 7:57AM
Karla said...
I think Alicia is one of the greatest! I am so glad she will be coming back to tv, I can not wait.
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9-20-2006 @ 8:12AM
Suze said...
WHO??????? Never heard of her.
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9-20-2006 @ 8:24AM
Gail said...
It's about time she is back, loved her in "crush" and the aerosmith videos, everything.She has had some poor scripts to deal with, but it doesn't take away from her talent.
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9-20-2006 @ 8:32AM
Mary J said...
Alicia is great, im very glad to see she will be coming back! I think she is talented in whatever part she performs, the problem is the writers not the actor!
Good luck Alicia! Can't wait to see you on TV again!
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9-20-2006 @ 10:04AM
Lenora said...
I really liked the movie she did called Crush in the early 90's. I have always liked her! To top it off I get told all the time that I look like her. I guess that is ok?
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9-20-2006 @ 10:08AM
BishopBaine93 said...
Alicia is a sweetie and one hell of a bright, sophoisticed beautiful person it seems. Her career has been full of real acting and not just show your tits stuff. Some parts call for it to get by but alot of actesses use it just because sex sells. Even at her sexiest, Alicia hasnt had to reveal it just be noticed and that I think makes her truely one of the special ones of todays film.
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9-20-2006 @ 10:31AM
babygirl said...
Alicia Silverstone is a beautiful girl, and a great actress. She did a good job in Crush, Clueless, and the Beauty Shop. I think this is an opportunity for her to shine.
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9-20-2006 @ 10:40AM
tone said...
can't wait to see her back on the air,she so hot,i wonder if she single.
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9-20-2006 @ 10:55AM
Betty Thompson said...
I think Alicia has a lot of talent,I enjoy her acting really liked her in miss match we need more light hearted shows,no fighting or killing go girl.
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9-20-2006 @ 11:05AM
Michelle said...
I loved her in Clueless.
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9-20-2006 @ 11:17AM
rrc said...
Does anyone remember her movie Excess Baggage with Benicio Del Torro? That was her best movie ever!
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9-20-2006 @ 11:18AM
Ron said...
Alicia Silverstone is a bubblehead. She is responsible for the dumbing down of girls in the 90's, I guess she will get to influnce a whole new group of teenagers with her stupidity.
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9-20-2006 @ 11:23AM
Barbara Henry said...
Good looks and talent DO go together and it's about time someone realized it. This is definitely a beautiful woman with lots of talent; if only someone who cares would give her a part in a hit show. You go girl - prove once and for all that you really are the "IT" girl of the decade.
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9-20-2006 @ 11:34AM
Tammie said...
I really liked her show 'Miss Match"- & was bummed when it was cancelled. She's great- have always been a fan of hers. Clueless was a scream. Looking forward to seeing her back on TV.
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9-20-2006 @ 11:40AM
Keith said...
Hmmmm.....sounds like they are trying to combine different versions of Seinfeld, Friends, Three's Company, and MASH all into one. Sounds like a pretty dumb concept and will undoubtedly be canceled after it's first season (if it makes it THAT far)
My question is this....If this show is about all these people who are dateless and have no social lives, then WHO the hell is getting married and inviting all the same people to the weddings??
Now that I think more about it while I am writing this, I know it's not going to last.
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9-20-2006 @ 12:09PM
Cheryl said...
Gee, RON - You must be referring to her "character" in Clueless. I assume you haven't seen her in anything else - and by the way, it was a CHARACTER in a movie and not her in real life. Get a grip, guy.
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