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Comedy

Talking with the cast of USA’s hilarious new “Sirens”

USA Network has dominated the cable ratings landscape over the past several years — recently finishing as the No. 1 cable network in total viewers for an eighth consecutive year. This was primarily accomplished through the strength of its very popular drama series, including White Collar, Covert Affairs, Suits and the recently ended Burn Notice. But USA Network’s new foray into half-hour, original scripted comedy series looks like it will continue to wow viewers. The first of USA’s comedy projects out of the block is Sirens, a hilarious new series created and executive-produced by Denis Leary and Bob Fisher. Like […]

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Interview

Interview with “Private Lives of Nashville Wives” star Cassie Chapman

TNT joins the reality TV craze following the “Private Lives” of women in the country music biz in their newest series Private Lives of Nashville Wives debuting tonight at 10pm ET. We caught up with Private Lives of Nashville Wives star Cassie Chapman who gives us some insight on why it’s taken the ladies of Nashville so long to get their own reality series. “What’s interesting about Nashville is that we are really private people. As a Southern lady, the first thing you learn as a child is that you keep your business private,” tells Cassie Chapman, a former Hooters […]

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Comedy

“Legit” moves to FXX for Season 2

Without a doubt, Legit is one of the crudest comedies on TV, what with star Jim Jefferies’ penchant for foulmouthed humor often laced with sexual and drug-addled content. But it’s also, amazingly, one of TV’s most thoughtful and sincere shows. Moving to FXX for its sophomore season, Legit follows the exploits of Jefferies and his motley band of friends as they struggle through everyday life. In addition to Jefferies and his sad-sack buddy Steve (Dan Bakkedahl), the other main character is Billy (DJ Qualls), Steve’s quadriplegic brother with muscular dystrophy. Instead of the show merely treating Billy like a saintly […]

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Comedy

David Walton says “About a Boy” series “not beholden” to Nick Hornby novel or film

People who have read Nick Hornby’s novel About a Boy, and/or seen the 2002 film adaptation starring Hugh Grant, may have a sense of deja vu when watching the premiere episode of NBC’s half-hour series adaptation. The pilot episode pretty much encapsulates almost the entirety of those previous two projects. “We kind of tell the story of the movie in 20 minutes,” series star David Walton pointed out when I talked to him last month. Walton thinks that approach worked, because, “now we’re in uncharted territory. The book doesn’t really address where the series is going, and the movie doesn’t. […]

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Family

The Little Couple on their new child, new challenges and new lease on life

In December, when fans learned that The Little Couple’s Dr. Jennifer Arnold was battling a rare uterine cancer just as she and her husband Bill Klein brought their second adopted child, daughter Zoey, home from India, they wondered what would become of their favorite TV family — and their favorite TV show. The answer: Not even two lively toddlers and an exhaustive cancer battle can keep the Klein-Arnold clan down. Realizing that they’d always intended to make a show that educated and entertained, Bill and Jen decided to chronicle this challenging chapter in all new episodes beginning Tuesday, March 4 […]

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5 Questions With Dot-Marie Jones of ‘Glee’

Dot-Marie Jones scored Emmy nominations in 2011, 2012 and 2013 for her role as tough-and-tender football coach Shannon Beiste on FOX’s Glee, which will finish out its fifth season in a new Tuesday-night time slot beginning Feb. 25. With the show slated to focus on its New York-based characters heading into its sixth and final season, Jones says she trusts executive producer Ryan Murphy to bring Glee to a satisfying conclusion. “I will be forever grateful for this beautiful part,” Jones smiles. “I was walking through an airport once and there was an older man pushing his wife in a […]

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Historical Programming

A “Bountiful” Life: Vanessa Williams and Cicely Tyson take The Trip To Bountiful from Broadway to TV

Shortly after The Trip to Bountiful wrapped its celebrated Broadway run last October, cast members Cicely Tyson and Vanessa Williams, director Michael Wilson and producer Hallie Foote (daughter of Bountiful’s scribe Horton Foote) took a trip of their own — to Atlanta to begin work on Lifetime’s film adaptation of the production. Set during the final years of the Jim Crow South, Bountiful chronicles spirited elderly widow Carrie Watts’ (Tyson) mission to escape the stifling Houston apartment of her overprotective son Ludie (Blair Underwood) and his prickly wife Jessie Mae (Williams) and make a final visit to Bountiful, her beloved […]

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Welcome to Dixieland: Impact Wrestling and Dixie Carter give pro wrestling a facelift

Even if you aren’t a fan, you’ve seen it: bulked-up superheroes, devious villains, amazing athleticism and boisterous, sell-out crowds. For decades, pro wrestling has always been the ultimate combination of sport and soap opera, fueled by testosterone both in the ring and behind the scenes. From the bellowing Hulk Hogan to the beer-swigging “Stone Cold” Steve Austin to World Wrestling Entertainment’s head honcho Vince McMahon, pro wrestling’s image has always been alpha-male dominated … until now. Twelve years ago, a shoestring upstart known as TNA Impact Wrestling quietly emerged out of Nashville, Tenn. After an early period of financial instability, […]

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7 Questions With Jenna Elfman of NBC’s “Growing Up Fisher”

Emmy-nominated actress Jenna Elfman may be best remembered as the first half of the titular couple Dharma & Greg on that hit 1997-2002 sitcom, but she’s back on TV in another comedy, NBC’s Growing Up Fisher. The series is being previewed following coverage of the Winter Olympics Closing Ceremony Feb. 23 at 10:30pm ET before moving to its Tuesdays at 9:30pm ET timeslot starting Feb. 25. Elfman plays young-at-heart mom Joyce Fisher — a mom who is perhaps too young at heart, Joyce’s teenage daughter Katie might argue. “[Joyce] wants to be able to actually shine because she was very […]

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Drama

Favorite “Vikings” son: Alexander Ludwig talks about joining the History drama in Season 2

Alexander Ludwig is a young, strong, imposing-looking guy. Look no further than his role as Cato in the first Hunger Games movie for proof. But even Ludwig was nervous stepping into the big, bad world that is Vikings. The 21-year-old Vancouver native nabbed the plum role of Bjorn, the tempestuous teenage son of the mighty Ragnar Lothbrok (Travis Fimmel), as the History drama kicks off its second season Feb. 27. While Ludwig says he was excited to take on the project, he was nervous because not only was it his first TV series, but he was also jumping in after […]