WillandGrace-related stories
Posted Sep 5th 2008 10:24AM by Kona Gallagher
Filed under: 30 Rock, Casting, Reality-Free, Gossip Girl
If I didn't love this news so much, I'd be worried that
30 Rock was turning into
The Love Boat or
Will and Grace. After all, it seems as though there's news of a new guest star every few days. First
Will Arnett signed on to reprise his role as the delightfully evil Devon Banks, then ex-
Friend,
Jennifer Aniston, decided to return to television in order to stalk Jack Donaghy. After that came news that
Oprah was scheduled to play herself on an upcoming episode.
That's a lot of guest stars to pack into one season, but now we have news of two more. Everybody's favorite
Gossip Girls, Blair and Serena, AKA
Leighton Meester and Blake Lively, are coming to 30 Rock. What on earth could bring these Upper East Siders to Midtown? Are they trying to overthrow Liz Lemon as queen bee of
TGS with Tracy Jordan? Are they starring in a movie with Tracy Jordan? There's more info on their storyline after the jump.
Continue reading Liz Lemon was a Gossip Girl?
Posted Jul 1st 2008 3:10PM by Kristin Sample
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Industry, Celebrities, Casting, Reality-Free
Debra Messing's Emmy-award winning miniseries
The Starter Wife is getting some new cast members. Joining the former
Will and Grace star are David Alan Bashe of
Lipstick Jungle, Danielle Nicolet of
Heartland, Brielle Barbusca of
Hope & Faith, and Hart Bochner of
Die Hard.
The USA original series follows the post-divorce hi-jinx of Molly Kagan (Messing) as she embarks on a new chapter in her life. USA is bringing back the hit miniseries for
ten episodes this fall. Messing is now executive producer as well.
Bashe will play Molly's ex-husband, Kenny Kagen. Nicolet will play Liz Marsh, Molly's new friend and wife a a pro-baseball player. Barbusca will play Jaden, Molly and Kenny's daughter. And Bochner will play Molly's new love interest and writing class teacher. Returning for guest appearances is Joe Mantegna of
Criminal Minds who plays Molly's former boyfriend Lou Manahan.
The series will premiere on USA in October. What do you think? Will
The Starter Wife work as a full-fledged series?
Posted Jun 11th 2008 7:00PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Pickups and Renewals, Casting, Reality-Free
When I interviewed Susanne Daniels, the President for Entertainment at the Lifetime Network, she was high on the success of
Army Wives, and anxious to bring more comedy to the network.
"Viewers tell us that they love our comedies, our movies,
Army Wives. I would argue that more people identify
Reba and
Will and Grace with our network now than the networks that launched them. And I was at the WB when
Reba launched!" she said in
TV Week. Well, now she's launching a new comedy, this time for Lifetime.
Lifetime has ordered 13 episodes of a new sitcom called Rita Rocks for this fall and cast Nicole Sullivan as Rita. The show will be part of a one-hour comedy block with
Reba. "We've assembled a fantastic team in front of and behind the camera," said Ms. Daniels in a statement today.
Continue reading Lifetime greenlights a new sitcom
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 Jul 18th 2007 4:01PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Celebrities, Obituaries
A roundup of TV people from in front of the camera and behind the scenes who have passed away.
- Jack B. Sowards: He was a television and film writer who wrote for Bonanza, Peyton Place, Daniel Boone, The Streets of San Francisco, Barnaby Jones, Hagen, The Bold Ones, B.L. Stryker, and Star Trek: TNG. He also wrote the big screen movie Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. He died in Valley Village, CA at age 78.
Continue reading TV Obits: Sowards, Di Sesso, Nearing, Downing
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 Apr 29th 2007 7:14PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Programming, Web, Celebrities
Posted Aug 29th 2006 8:10AM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: TV on DVD
The Andy Griffith Show - Season 7 - Arrested Development - Season 3
- Astroboy - Ultra Edition, Set 2
- The Awful Truth - The Best of The Awful Truth
- Criss Angel Mindfreak - Halloween
- Darkwing Duck - Volume 1
- Desperate Housewives - Season 2
- Driven To Win - Season 1
- Flavor of Love - Season 1
- Monty Python's Flying Circus - Personal Best
- Mr. Bean - Best Of
- Mystery Science Theater 3000 - Collection: Volume 10
- Nip/Tuck - Season 3
- Roseanne - Halloween
- South Park - Season 8
- Survivor: Palau
- Tale Spin - Volume 1
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Volume 5
- The Tick - Season 1
- Will and Grace - Season 5
Posted May 30th 2006 9:20AM by Keith McDuffee
Filed under: TV on DVD, Video
Every Tuesday here on TV Squad , we will highlight the week's TV-on-DVD releases. Some noteworthy releases today, May 30, 2006:
ALF - Season 3- ALF: The Animated Series - 20,000 Years In Driving School
- AlfTales - Alf & The Beanstalk
- American Muscle Car - Season 2
- Avatar: The Last Airbender - Book 1: Water, Volume 3
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Season 1 (new package); Season 2 (new package); Season 3 (new package); Season 4 (new package) buy Season 5 (new package); Season 6 (new package); Season 7 (new package)
- Dark Shadows - DVD Collection 24
- The Doris Day Show - The Doris Day Special; Season 3
- The Dukes of Hazzard - The Complete 6th Season
- Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids - Vol 3
- Gimme a Break! - Season 1 (Canada)
- Joey - The Complete 1st Season
- The Kids in the Hall - Season 4
- Night Stalker - The Complete Series
- Numb3rs - Season 1
- Queer as Folk - Season 5 (Final Season)
- Rollergirls - The Complete Season 1
- The Tomorrow People - Set 3
- The Venture Bros. - Season 1
- Will & Grace - Series Finale
Posted Apr 24th 2006 8:30AM by Richard Keller
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, NBC, Programming, Will & Grace, My Name Is Earl, The Office
OK, you owners of the Video Tape Recorder, I'm putting you
on alert. NBC is 'super-sizing' some of its Thursday night shows during May sweeps. This, of course, will be putting
your VCRs into a state of apoplexy.
On May 11th Will & Grace and the season finales of My Name
is Earl and The Office will expand to 40-minutes apiece in a ratings-grabbing scheme that hasn't been
seen on Thursday nights since Friends was on the air. The belief is, by adding an additional ten minutes to
each show, viewers are less likely to surf to other networks.
This will be the next-to-last episode of Will
& Grace and will feature a bit of baby drama for the two main characters. On Earl, the main character
(Jason Lee) will encounter some problems as he tries to cross off the number one item on the list. The finale of The
Office, written by star Steve Carell, will feature a charity casino night.
In a related story, ER
will be ten minutes shorter that evening to see if anyone really notices. Heh. Heh.
Posted Apr 8th 2006 1:12PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, NBC, OpEd, Will & Grace, Things I Hate About TV
Did you see
Will and Grace the other night? If you recorded it or you're waiting for the rerun,
then stop reading right here. Well, actually, you don't have to stop reading right here, because I won't reveal the
spoiler until after the jump. So I should rephrase the above and say that if you haven't seen it yet, don't click
below. OK? OK.
Continue reading Things I Hate About TV: Sitcoms that kill off characters
Posted May 16th 2005 12:02PM by Keith McDuffee
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Other Comedy Shows, Other Reality Shows, NBC, News, Industry, Programming, American Dreams, The Apprentice, The Contender, Crossing Jordan, Dateline, ER, Fear Factor, Joey, Las Vegas, Law and Order, Medium, Scrubs, West Wing, Will & Grace, The Office
Out: Law and Order: Trial By
Jury, American Dreams, Medical Investigation, Committed, The Contender, Third Watch.
- New:
The Apprentice: Martha Stuart, Three Wishes, E-Ring, Fathom, Inconceivable, My Name Is Earl, Thick and Thin, Four Kings.
- Returning: Scrubs, Fear Factor, Las Vegas, The Biggest Loser, Law & Order: Special Victims
Unit, Law & Order, Joey, Will
& Grace, The Apprentice, ER, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Crossing Jordan, Medium.
- Moving: The West Wing (Sundays, 8-9 p.m. EST), The
Office (Tuesdays, 9:30-10 p.m. EST), Dateline NBC
(Fridays 9-10 p.m. EST).
Read on for show descriptions.
Continue reading The Upfronts: NBC
TV's Barn's Aaron Barnhart on 
Six Mad Men characters who are in limbo after the finale
Fact or Fiction: Big Bang, Brothers & Sisters and CSI
The TV Squad Podcast: Linda Purl talks about The Office, we talk spoilers, and more
