Megan Mullally-related stories
Posted Nov 6th 2009 8:32AM by Kona Gallagher
Filed under: Episode Reviews, Reality-Free, Parks and Recreation
(S02E08) All I'm saying is that it's about time someone took down those smug bastards in the library system. What, with their providing citizens with books and resources for free and their stupid desire to turn abandoned lots into more branches where they can sling their literacy propaganda at an unsuspecting populace. Disgusting.
I loved seeing Megan Mullally on primetime again. After the disastrous
In the Motherhood (of which she was by far the best part), it's great to see her in a show I actually enjoy. As Tammy, she gives further credence to the theory that Leslie Knope isn't actually crazy: City government in Pawnee, Indiana really is as dog-eat-dog and cut-throat as she seems to think it is.
Continue reading Review: Parks and Recreation - Ron and Tammy
Posted Sep 2nd 2009 7:01PM by Kona Gallagher
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Casting, Reality-Free
Now this is some casting news I can get behind. After the
disastrous In the Motherhood,
Megan Mullally is returning to television-- on a show that's actually funny! Mullally is set to
join the cast of the amazing Party Down, a Starz original from
Veronica Mars creator,
Rob Thomas.
Mullally is replacing
Jane Lynch, whose role as Sue Sylvester on
Glee has been bumped up from recurring character to series regular. She plays "Lydia Dunfree, who leaves her small town and her failed marriage to help her 13-year-old daughter Escapade achieve her dream of becoming an actress. In addition to working as a cater-waiter for Party Down, Lydia is looking for Mr. Right."
Continue reading Megan Mullally gets ready to Party Down
Posted Mar 27th 2009 1:46AM by Kona Gallagher
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, OpEd, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free
I just had a baby six months ago, so like all new moms, all I do is talk about him. I'm quite boring, really. So when I started seeing ads for
In the Motherhood, a new series based upon stories from real mothers, I got excited. A comedy that centers directly around my new focus in life? Sweet!
I was hoping for a show that shared funny, ridiculous stories about pregnancy, after-baby relationships and parenting mishaps. While
In the Motherhood had plenty of ridiculous stories about these topics, they were a little short on the funny. I wanted to like this show, I
should have liked this show, but ... I just didn't.
For a series that is supposed to be based on real stories, it just seemed ridiculously inauthentic. The characters and storylines were hyperbolic versions of real-world situations, and while I accept hyperbole in the pursuit of comedy,
In the Motherhood took it to such an extreme that nothing about it was in any way relatable.
Continue reading In the Motherhood: It Takes A Village Idiot (series premiere)
Posted Mar 25th 2009 11:03AM by Joel Keller
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Interviews, Celebrities, Reality-Free
There aren't many actresses out there that you could affectionately call a "broad," but Megan Mullally's one of them. Ever since she came on the scene a decade ago as the caustic and spoiled Karen Walker on
Will & Grace, Mullally has shown that she can be bawdy with the best of them.
Now, after a foray into the talk show world and a turn as a disabled and ugly -- but desirable -- chief of medicine on Rob Corddry's web series
Children's Hospital, Mullally is back on series TV, on ABC's new comedy
In The Motherhood (premiering Thursday at 8 PM ET), which was based on a
web series that took episode ideas from submissions by real moms. In the series, Mullally plays Rosemary, a "bad ass," as Mullally calls her, who has raised the perfect son even though she's an imperfect mom.
In this quickie interview, Mullally talks about the new show, about a rumor that she was in a catfight with her co-star Cheryl Hines, about how Rosemary and Karen could be the new Odd Couple, and running her Kerry Weaver-esque
Children's Hospital character past Laura Innes.
Continue reading Megan Mullally: The TV Squad Interview
Posted Dec 10th 2008 9:27AM by Danny Gallagher
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Video, Web, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free, Webisodes
When Rob Corddry left
The Daily Show, Fox scooped him up for a midseason replacement filler called
The Winner. It was a horrible little sitcom from the creators of (shudder)
Family Guy that should have been flagged long before the executives brought the script to read on the toilet in their private bathrooms.
The most painful part of the show was the feeling that Corddry deserved something much better than another pop culture referencing yawnfest. His
Daily Show appearances always made for great television and he also made great transitions into movies whether they were minor roles in
Old School or starring roles in the indie comedy
Blackballed: The Bobby Dukes Story.
Now the fates have realigned and given Corddry the show he should have gotten when he left
The Daily Show dangling from one last philosophical poop joke.
The WB.com premiered a web series called
Childrens' Hospital starring, written and directed by Corddry, the man who left a little part of himself in a
Daily Show men's room oh so many months ago.
Continue reading Rob Corddry gets the show he should have gotten - VIDEO
Posted Oct 23rd 2008 6:20PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Video, 30 Rock, Reality-Free
Last week we mentioned that a lot of people were wondering
where the season premiere of 30 Rock was? Fans thought that NBC might want to take advantage of Tina Fey's Emmy wins/Sarah Palin work and air the first episode of the new season a littler earlier than October 30, but that's not going to happen. But the network has put it online a week early, and we have it after the jump!
I'll have a full review next Thursday night, but let's just say you won't be disappointed. The show is just like it has always been: funny, unpredictable, and really clever. We even find out how a few plot points from the past actually turned out. The guest star in the first episode is
Will and Grace's Megan Mullally, who plays an adoption agency rep who has to check out Liz's workplace to see if she's a suitable candidate to raise a child. Will Arnett also appears, as Jack tries to get his job back.
Continue reading Here it is, the season premiere of 30 Rock (one week early!) - VIDEO
Posted Oct 13th 2008 4:35PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Industry, Programming, Video, 30 Rock, Reality-Free
Interesting piece in
The New York Times that asks the question:
where the hell is 30 Rock?
The third season of the show won't bow until October 30, but you would think that the show would want to launch a week or two earlier because of all of the attention that Tina Fey is getting for her Sarah Palin impersonation on
Saturday Night Live, her
Emmy win, and her new mega-million dollar
book deal. So how come the show hasn't premiered yet? They must have an episode or two done for the new season.
Continue reading Hey, how come 30 Rock hasn't premiered yet? - VIDEO
Posted Sep 8th 2008 10:02AM by Brett Love
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Pickups and Renewals, Reality-Free
That line between web content and traditional television just continues to get blurrier. ABC has ordered 13 episodes of In The Motherhood. In case you missed it, the show didn't start out with the traditional pilot formula. It's a web-based show starring Jenny McCarthy, Leah Remini, and Chelsea Handler. The three of them play girlfriends and the stories told come from real stories submitted by mothers from across the country. Or, people pretending to be mothers. You can watch it at the show's site, if you're curious.
Continue reading ABC orders In The Motherhood
Posted Aug 14th 2008 2:19PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Celebrities, Talk Show, Reality-Free
Queen Latifah couldn't make it work. Megan Mullally struck out, too. In fact, if you think about it, more stars fail in their attempts to become talk show hosts than succeed. For every Ellen DeGeneres and Tyra Banks, there's a Caroline Rhea and Magic Johnson.
So, will sitcom star Leah Remini go from the
King of Queens to the queen of daytime talk? CBS -- home of
King of Queens for a very successful run from 1998-2007 -- is developing
a daytime show for Leah Remini that's being called something different than a typical talk show.
If you tune in to
The Rachael Ray Show today, you might get an idea of what Leah could bring to daytime -- she's Rach's guest.
Continue reading Can she talk? Leah Remini in talks for a talk show
Posted May 14th 2008 8:25AM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Celebrities, Casting, Reality-Free
Funny lady Megan Mullally may be coming back to the small screen! The actress, better known for her role of neurotic Karen Walker on NBC's
Will & Grace,
will star as the mother in ABC's new series
Bad Mother's Handbook.
This comedy is about a 32-year-old woman (portrayed by Alicia Silverstone) who takes care of her 16-year-old daughter (played by Arrested Development's Alia Shawkat) and her 48-year-old overbearing mother (Mullally).
Continue reading Megan Mullally may return to TV
Posted May 2nd 2007 3:23PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Celebrities
Everyone knows that Debra Messing has small breasts, including Messing herself. But NBC execs wanted her to have bigger ones.
At a panel discussion during the Tribeca Film Festival, the Will & Grace star disclosed that she wore "chicken cutlets," a form of silicone breast enhancer, when she shot the pilot of the show. But when the show was picked up by NBC, she didn't want to wear them anymore. After seeing the next couple of episodes, the president of NBC called the producers, wanting to know where her breasts went. They wanted her breasts back, but she refused to wear them.
Continue reading And now, a post about Debra Messing's breasts
Posted Jan 24th 2007 2:20PM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Syndicated, Talk Show, Cancellations
And the world yawns as syndicators announce they've canceled
The Greg Behrendt Show. But they're not pulling the plug immediately. According to TV Week, production will continue for the short-term and possibly through the end of the season but it will definitely be gone by the fall. Sony Television says it dropped Behrendt because he's creepy and has no business hosting a talk show. I kid! Actually, the majority of subscribing stations opted not to renew it in favor of
The Steve Wilkos Show. Who is Steve Wilkos? He's a bouncer on
Jerry Springer and
his show is on fire with affiliates.
Other syndication casualties this year include
The Megan Mullally Show and
Geraldo at Large. Do the changes improve daily television viewing choices? Eh. Probably not.
Posted Sep 27th 2006 6:01PM by Joel Keller
Filed under: NBC, Cable, Industry, Programming, OpEd, Daytime, Syndicated, Talk Show
It seems like networks and their production companies are signing more of these "cable window" deals every year, aren't they? You know what I mean; after a show's episode is first run, a cable network gets immediate rerun rights and ends up showing the rerun the same week it aired. I'd imagine the networks are doing it in order to combat the use of TiVos and other DVRs, and it's a boon for people who forget to record certain shows. But some shows just do not need to be rerun.
Case in point:
The Megan Mullally Show. According to
TV Week, NBC Universal confirmed that next-day reruns of the new talk show are being shown on cable station TBS at 8 AM Eastern and Pacific. Apparently, stations that bought the show knew about this "cable window" deal, so there is no underhanded side dealks in NBCU's part. But I just have to wonder: is there
that much of a demand to see Megan's show the next morning? That's the beauty of a daytime talk show; even if you miss one, there's a new one the very next day. I wonder if this kind of exposure is going to help or hurt Megan's show.
Posted Sep 6th 2006 4:22PM by Jen Creer
Filed under: NBC, OpEd, Daytime, Music and Variety, Interviews, Talk Show
When my friend Kathy Howe heard I was going to participate in a conference call with Megan Mullally today, she said, "OMG, tell her I LOVE her and want to MARRY her!" So, Megan, if you are reading this, now you know. I did not have the chance to ask Megan any questions during today's conference call (though I did try!), but I did get to listen to all of the other questions and responses. So, here is an overview of the conference call about NBC's forthcoming
The Megan Mullally Show.
Continue reading Megan Mullally gabs about her new talk show
Posted May 23rd 2006 8:14AM by Richard Keller
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, NBC, Will & Grace, Celebrities
Although the series finale of Will & Grace was a bit disappointing as a whole, one bright spot was a nice little duet between characters Karen Walker (Megan Mullally) and Jack McFarland (Sean Hayes). It happened towards the end of the show, when we fast forward about 20 years and find Jack and Karen living together. With Jack at the piano, they perform a nice rendition of Unforgettable. It was a pleasant little moment that showcased the other talents of both Mullally and McFarland.
Mullally, whose normal voice isn't as high or whiny as Karen's, has been a professional singer for some time. Before joining the cast of Will & Grace back in 1998 she spent several years on Broadway in the productions of Grease and How to Succeed in Business Without Even Trying. She is also a lead singer for the Los Angeles-based band The Supreme Music Program. In 2002, Mullally and her band produced an album, Big as a Berry, which featured covers to such songs as Ode to Billie Joe and Danny Boy.
More information on Mullally and her band can be found at her official website. There is also a link for her new talk show, which is premiering this September. Perhaps we will hear more of Mullally's singing then.
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