Posts with tag fred savage
Posted Sep 11th 2008 11:29AM by Jonathan Toomey
Filed under: OpEd, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Early Looks, Reality-Free
You'd have thought that after 32 episodes of
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (premieres on FX, next Thursday, 9/18 at 10PM) that Mac, Dennis, Dee, Charlie, and Frank would have tackled just about anything you can think of that's offensive. They've hit on underage drinking, Nazis, sex offenders, dumpster babies, religion, retardation, homosexuality, and homeless people. Well I'm here to tell you that it's far from over. There's still plenty of off-color material for these five fools to rape (considering the context... I think that
is the right word) and it isn't stopping with this season, which will run for 13 episodes.
FX president John Landgraf has confirmed that 39 more episodes will follow. But I'm getting ahead of myself. My thoughts on the season four premiere are after jump.
Continue reading It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia season four - An early look
Posted Mar 24th 2008 9:41AM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Medium, Family Guy, Casting
It'll be one more time around for a
Wonder Years alumna and a
Felicity fave.
Fred Savage and Amy Smart have both been cast in CBS pilots. For Fred, who for me may have peaked as an actor as Kevin Arnold (although I did love him in
Austin Powers in Goldmember playing Number Three -- the guy with the mole on his face), the new project on tap is
Single White Millionaire. The sitcom is from the pen of writer Ricky Blitt, one of the
Family Guy scribes, so that's a plus. The plot is described as the story of an unassuming, thirtysomething millionaire ready to settle down -- and obviously looking for the right lady to share his life (although I guess he could be looking for a significant other of either gender -- the project line leaves it open).
Continue reading CBS orders pilots with Amy Smart and Fred Savage
Posted Sep 8th 2007 9:02AM by Adam Finley
Filed under: Video, Web, Celebrities, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
We know that It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia was picked up for a third season, but how did they get Danny DeVito to stick around? The video below explains everything, and if the warnings at the beginning of the video aren't enough, let me tell you upfront that the video is NOT SAFE FOR WORK and contains mature themes.
Tell you what: skip down to the bottom of this post and watch the video first, because I'm going to talk about it and I don't want to ruin any of it for you.
Continue reading Find out why DeVito stuck around for a third season of It's Always Sunny - VIDEO
Posted Aug 13th 2006 5:58PM by Joel Keller
Filed under: Talent, Industry, Programming, Site Announcements, Web
In case you've missed it -- perhaps you were busy putting your shampoo in checked luggage -- here are some highlights from the last week at TV Squad:
Breaking News
Discussions
The Five
Opinions
Retro Squad
Episode Reviews
Posted Jul 11th 2006 3:00PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Other Comedy Shows, Industry, TV on DVD
If you've been waiting for them to release The Wonder Years on DVD (besides best of sets), you're going to have to wait a lot longer. The DVDs are at least a couple of years away.
And to rub a little salt in the wounds, when the show is released it won't contain any of the soundtrack that they used on the show! Yikes.
Not having the period music on The Wonder Years would be like cutting out the space scenes on Star Trek. It was as much a part of the show as the characters were, as the voice over narration by Daniel Stern. But getting the rights to music to use on TV shows is incredibly expensive, and if you have a show like The Wonder Years that used a ton of songs from the 60s and 70s, it's going to be so expensive they have to either release the DVDs without the music or not release the DVDs at all. It's the same thing holding up the WKRP DVDs.
What do you think? Would you rather see The Wonder Years released, even if it doesn't have the music, or would you rather not see the show on DVD if they're going to cut the music out? I lean toward the latter.
[via TV Tattle]
Posted Jun 14th 2006 7:21PM by Richard Keller
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Cable, Celebrities
If you were a fan of The Wonder Years back in the late 1980's and early 1990's, you probably had a bit of a crush on Danica McKellar, who played Winnie Cooper, the on-again, off-again girlfriend of Kevin Arnold (Fred Savage). And, after the show ended in 1993, you probably thought that she would go on to bigger and better things. Instead, she dashed your hopes by dropping out of the entertainment business for a bit while she completed her degree in mathematics from UCLA. She came back recently in shows such as NCIS, How I Met Your Mother, and, in a recurring role, The West Wing. But, that still wasn't enough. You wanted more Danica.
Continue reading Winnie Cooper -- mystery solver
Posted May 4th 2006 1:11PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Cable, TV Royalty, Talent, Music and Variety, Celebrities
I'm not sure I'm thrilled by
this news. Don't get me wrong, I love
Celebrity Poker Showdown, but I really liked Phil Gordon. He isn't coming back. Instead, he'll be replaced by
poker great Phil Hellmuth, who win join host Dave Foley. Could be interesting though.
The guest lineup looks
good for the New Orleans-based eighth season on Bravo (eighth? Oh, yeah, they have more than one a year), so it should
be fun:
Game 1: Jorge Garcia, Michael Ian Black, Andrea Martin, Greg Behrendt, and Kim Coles.
Game 2:
Jason Alexander, Kevin Sorbo, Bryan Cranston, Jamie Bamber, and Susie Essman.
Game 3: Fred Savage, Jennifer Tilly,
Doug E. Doug, Brett Butler, and online tournament winner Ida Siconolfi
Game 4: Jenna Fischer, Mario Cantone, Rocco
Dispirito, Jordan Peele, and Keegan-Michael Key.
Game 5: Andy Dick, Macy Gray, Christopher Meloni, Joy Behar, and
Robin Tunney.
Posted May 2nd 2006 10:04AM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Cable, Music and Variety, Celebrities
This year, Bravo is holding Celebrity Poker Showdown in New Orleans and all the actors will play for
Hurricane Katrina-related charities. Much to the frustration of poker fans, Phil Helmuth is taking the place of Phil
Gordon.
Here's a list of notable actors (the full list is
here):
- May 31: Jorge Garcia
(Lost), Michael Ian Black (Stella), Andrea Martin (SCTV);
- June 7: Bryan
Cranston (Malcolm in the Middle), Jason Alexander, Susie Essman, Kevin Sorbo;
- June 14: Fred
Savage, Jennifer Tilly, Brett Butler, Doug E. Doug;
- June 21: Jenna Fischer (The Office), Rocco
Dispirito, Mario Cantone;
- June 28: Christopher Meloni; Joy Behar, Andy Dick, Macy Gray
Posted Mar 22nd 2006 8:07PM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Celebrities
Ah, I love happy news.
Fred Savage, formerly of the
short-lived show Crumbs and the classic
The Wonder Years, is going to be a father. His wife, Jennifer Stone Savage, is pregnant and due in August.
Savage is 29 years old. This is the first child for the couple.
Posted Mar 10th 2006 9:28AM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Other Comedy Shows, Other Reality Shows, ABC, NBC, FOX, CBS, Programming
The upfronts are right around the corner, where network
executives let advertisers know what shows will be making the cut for next fall. Early word
from MediaLife is that NBC has the longest list
of shows might not be returning. Probably the most surprising show on the list is
Law and Order: Criminal
Intent. With the rotating cast and drooping ratings, media watchers say this one is likely on the chopping block
(the other two are safe, though). Things aren't looking good for
Commander in Chief, either. And, of course,
we already knew that there is a good chance
Scrubs will be... scrubbed (but possibly get
new life on ABC).
Here are the shows (on
all networks) that media buyers think are in danger of cancellation:
Continue reading The long list of shows that may not return in the fall
Posted Feb 18th 2006 11:17AM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, ABC, Programming
Crumbs' two week hiatus just got
extended indefinitely by ABC. The new Fred Savage comedy was off the schedule during the Olympics but now it doesn't
appear to be returning anytime soon. Instead, ABC will stretch next week's episode of
Dancing with the Stars
to two hours. The network has scheduled movies,
Sweet Home Alabama and
Bringing Down the House, on
the following Thursdays, March 2 and 9. Then, ABC launches the Simon Cowell competition
American Inventor and,
starting March 23,
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition comes to Thursdays.
It's actually a bit of a
surprise that
Crumbs is shelved. It's the highest-rated comedy on ABC these days, even ahead of
The George
Lopez Show. There are eight episodes of
Crumbs that are left to air so maybe we'll see it back on the
schedule this summer. Or on iTunes.
[
The Futon Critic]
Posted Jan 12th 2006 9:31AM by Kim Voynar
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, ABC, Talent
Bob talked last month about Fred Savage's new show, Crumbs, which
debuts tomorrow night at 9:30EST on ABC. Bob didn't have a lot of info on the show at that time, but thanks to a
great interview with Savage over
on CNN, we now have more Fredtabulous scoop for you. Crumbs is a show about a dysfunctional family (I know,
shocking to have a dysfunctional family in a sitcom, but bear with me). Jane Curtin plays the mom, who just got
released from the mental hospital. Dad (William Devane) is expecting a baby with his girlfriend. One son is dead, one
(Eddie McClintock) stuck around to run the family restaurant, and the third (Savage) is a gay prodigal son returning
home from a failed Hollywood career.
Continue reading Fred Savage talks about his new show
Posted Jan 1st 2006 8:02PM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Other Comedy Shows, Other Reality Shows, ABC, NBC, FOX, CBS, Cable, Programming, UPN
Now that 2005 is behind us, we can look forward to new and returning favorite shows all this month on television.
What will you be watching?
South
Beach (Wednesdays, UPN) Two hot, New York City working-class bachelors leave the big city behind to
follow one of their girlfriends to South Beach, FL, only to discover that she has a new boyfriend. They get mixed up
with the rich and famous in the club scene. After viewing a sneak preview on UPN's website, it looks like a guilty
pleasure like
The O.C., except with more sex and no high school. Jennifer Lopez is the executive producer and
it co-stars Vanessa Williams as a club owner and mother to one of the main characters.
South Beach premieres
on Wednesday, Jan. 11 at 8 pm.
Continue reading Mid-season television preview
Posted Dec 31st 2005 11:14AM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, NBC, Talent, OpEd, Law and Order, Things I Hate About TV
I am going to limit this rant to
Law and Order since it is the primary offender when it comes to putting
guest stars on its many, many shows. It's as though the writers can't help but make every single celebrity guest star
the guilty person! Do they know it is a dead giveaway to the viewers? If I see Dean Cain, Fred Savage, or Dana Delany
as a seemingly minor character in the beginning of the show, I know they'll end up on trial or at least be the guilty
ones by the end of the episode. Last night, I was watching a rerun of
Criminal Intent where Lee Tergesen from
Oz appeared as a minor character in the beginning. Guess who ended up being guilty of murder? Surprise,
surprise. I remember Julia Roberts being on the original
Law and Order during season nine, does anyone
remember whether she was guilty?
Continue reading Things I Hate About TV: Guest stars on cop shows
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