NancyTravis-related stories
Posted Sep 11th 2008 3:00PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Pickups and Renewals, Reality-Free
Where are the family comedies these days? They're a rare commodity on the big three plus Fox, and even if you include the animated clans on
The Family Guy and
The Simpsons and
American Dad, you can count the family-type comedy shows on one hand.
However, TBS has a throwback family comedy, one in
The Cosby Show mode, and they're sticking with it.
TBS's The Bill Engvall Show has just been given a third season renewal. The sitcom will be back in the summer 2009 with ten new episodes.
I've watched
The Bill Engvall Show and enjoyed it. It's meant to evoke
Cosby, but I also found a lot of
Everybody Loves Raymond and
Home Improvement in it as well, and that's a good thing. Engvall's a funny guy, and he's greatly aided in the show by sitcom vet Nancy Travis as his smart, attractive spouse.
Continue reading TBS loves Engvall
Posted Sep 5th 2007 9:41AM by Richard Keller
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Pickups and Renewals
Look, a family sitcom that's NOT on Disney or Nickelodeon which been renewed for another season! How unique!
TBS has ordered up a second season of 10 episodes of The Bill Engvall Show. The comedy, which entered the television landscape back in July, premiered with fairly strong ratings and remained the number two sitcom among adults 18-49 on ad-supported cable (fancy talk for basic cable) for the rest of its freshman season.
Continue reading Bill Engvall gets another season on TBS
Posted Jul 12th 2007 10:32AM by Richard Keller
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, OpEd, Early Looks, Episode Reviews
I don't think I would be stretching the truth too much if I said that the family sitcom is pretty much dead on network television. I mean, with the exception of According to Jim and perhaps Two and a Half Men, there has been a dearth of successful family comedies on the air since the departure of Everybody Loves Raymond and Arrested Development a few years ago.
Continue reading The Bill Engvall Show -- An early look
Posted Mar 5th 2007 9:31AM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Cable, Celebrities
Former
SNL'er Tim Meadows has taken a co-starring role in
The Bill Engvall Show. As
Adam reported earlier this month, Engvall plays a family counselor whose family could (ironically and typically) use some counseling of its own. Nancy Travis will play Engvall's wife who is trying to raise their three children right. Meadows will play Engvall's friend, who is also a doctor. The sitcom will air on TBS.
Where has Tim Meadows been since leaving
SNL in 2000? Well, most recently he had some guest-starring roles in
The Office,
Everybody Hates Chris,
Help Me Help You and
According to Jim.
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