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Posted Jun 19th 2008 1:05PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Casting, Reality-Free
"This is the first script I've read that made me excited to come back to TV," said the actor about his latest project.
The actor is Wilmer Valderrama; the project is a Fox comedy pilot called The Emancipation of Ernesto.
Wilmer, who is best-known from his eight seasons on
That '70s Show -- a supporting player on the Fox mainstay -- will be front and center on this new one-hour, single camera comedy. He's Ernesto, and Ernesto is a quirky character.
The show is citing two 1979 films -- for starters -- as reminiscent of
The Emancipation of Ernesto: Steve Martin's
The Jerk, as well as Chauncey Gardiner, the Peter Seller's character in
Being There. Why? Well, it's the Ernesto character.
Continue reading Valderrama cast in comedy The Emancipation of Ernesto
Posted Nov 16th 2007 2:02AM by Jay Black
Filed under: The Office, Episode Reviews
(S04E08) Tonight, I felt like I was R. Lee Ermey and
The Office was Vincent D'Onofrio and this review was the first half of
Full Metal Jacket.See, I feel like I've been yelling at
The Office now for quite a few weeks, trying to get it into marine-ready shape. Like D'Onofrio's hapless character, the show kept disappointing me with
Survivorman parodies and surreal kidnappings. Tonight, though, everything snapped into place and, like Private Pyle, the show started acting like a perfect marine.
Tonight's episode was so good, in fact, I'm actually worried that I'm going to walk in on a homicidal Steve Carell screaming at me: "This is my rifle! There are many like it, but this one is mine!!" More strained analogies (and a glowing review) after the jump...
Continue reading The Office: The Deposition
Posted Feb 25th 2006 4:51PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Programming
ABC has Forrest Gump at 8pm. - CBS has a repeat Numb3rs at 8, a repeat Cold Case, then a new 48 Hours Mystery.
- NBC has The Olympics.
- FOX has a new Cops at 8, then a repeat, then a new America's Most Wanted.
- TBS has Cradle 2 The Grave at 8, with Jet Li and DMX.
- The History Channel has Jaws at 8. Um...The History Channel??
- ESPN2 has drag racing at 8.
- Cartoon Network has a new Zatch Bell at 8, followed by a repeat Naruto, a new
Naruto, a new One Piece, a new Bobobo-bo Bo-Bobo, then a new Justice League
Unlimited.
- Also at 8: Spike has the first Austin Powers flick.
- At 9, HGTV has a new My First Place.
- Daredevil is one of the most underrated movies of the past 10 years. It's on FX at 9.
- It's not the holiday season, but you can catch Steve Guttenberg and Crystal Bernard in Meet The
Santas, on Hallmark at 9.
- At 10, HGTV has a new Design on a Dime.
- ABC Family has Risky Business at 10.
- At 11, USA has more coverage of the Chrysler Classic golf tournatment from Tucson.
- If you missed Real Time With Bill Maher last night, you can catch the repeat at midnight on HBO2.
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