NBC 'Go On' pilot with Laura Benanti and Julie White gets series order.

[beautywickedlover]

The NBC pilot, 'Go On' with Matthew Perry and also featuring stage stars, Julie White and Laura Benanti has been picked up for a full season.

"Go On" centers on a sportscaster (Perry) who tries to move on from loss and finds comfort among the members of his group therapy sessions. Benanti plays Lauren, the leader of the support group, and White plays Anne, a feisty and recently widowed woman stuck in the anger stage of grief."

Let's hope that this turns out better for Benanti than 'The Playboy Club', which never had potential.






NBC Picks Up Matthew Perry Pilot Featuring Tony Winners Laura Benanti and Julie White

[FindingNamo]

They can't go wrong with the stars of such beloved TV shows as "That Geico Caveman Show!," "Mr. Sunshine," "Starved" and "The Playboy Club."

[random person 112]

I can't wait it sounds really good. I previously enjoyed Mr. Sunshie and thought it much better than the dreadful happy endings. I hope they do let Perry write more of the show though.

[mamaleh]

I'm obviously in the minority, but I liked THE PLAYBOY CLUB. I still don't see what made it any worse than any number of TV potboilers that somehow hang on. And I looked forward to Laura Benanti's musical number in each episode, of course.

[ChenoKahn]

I liked The Playboy Club till I started watching Mad Men. It was a shameless rip-off.

[TalkinLoud]

This sounds awful. But I'll watch

What I do for Laura...

[GoSmileLaughCryClap]

Remember the Judd Hirsch show Dear John? Same plot:

After his wife leaves him for his best friend, John Lacey joins a support group for divorced and widowed people. Over the course of the series, the characters help each other first come to grips with their situation, and then overcome it, often with hilarious results.

[wonkit]

I thought Mr. Sunshine was painfully bad. But I will watch this for Laura and for Julie - hope it does well, and is worth watching.

[beautywickedlover]

Here is a first look photo.






Get a First Look at Laura Benanti, Julie White, Matthew Perry & More in NBC's Go On

[Gothampc]

Can Matthew Perry sustain being the star of a show?

(Run Julie, run....you too Laura)

[BrodyFosse123]

Benanti has the WORST luck with network TV shows. Every pilot she's filmed were picked up for full season episodes only to be terminated after only a handful of episodes aired. THE PLAYBOY CLUB was pulled off NBC completely after the 3rd episode.

This one is definitely going to experience the same Benanti TV Curse.

[Donthatecongratulate]

I'm happy for Benanti, she's very talented. I just hope she doesn't do that creepy whisper-y thing she did on The Playboy Club, or get involved in a whirlwind affair with yet another co-star.

[Gothampc]

"This one is definitely going to experience the same Benanti TV Curse."

Almost as bad as the Kristen Chenoweth TV Curse.

[givesmevoice]

I'm happy for Benanti, she's very talented. I just hope she doesn't do that creepy whisper-y thing she did on The Playboy Club, or get involved in a whirlwind affair with yet another co-star.

She had an affair with a co-star?



And Gotham, the Kristin Chenoweth curse can't be that bad, if it yielded an Emmy Award.

[beautywickedlover]

Her husband Steven Pasquale also has a new medical drama picked up by NBC called 'Do Not Harm', which will also feature Michael Esper. Let's see if both Benanti and Pasquale's programs will be successful.




NBC Picks Up Steven Pasquale-Led DO NOT HARM

[Gothampc]

"And Gotham, the Kristin Chenoweth curse can't be that bad, if it yielded an Emmy Award."

Emmy Schmemmy. Has any show that she has been associated with lasted more than two seasons?

[everythingtaboo]

It's a shame that all our prime talent is being stolen away to Hollywood to work for NBC, who will likely cancel it all anyway.

[beautywickedlover]

"Emmy Schmemmy."

That is disrespectful. She deserved that award and this is coming from someone who is a big fan of her fellow nominees in that category including Amy Poehler and Kristen Wiig.

[Gothampc]

I find judging people's talents by their awards to be superficial. There are many greats that have never won awards and many mediocre talents who have been highly awarded.

That being said, I did enjoy Pushing Daisies and thought she was good in that show. However, it did not last more than two seasons.

[E.Davis]

Pushing Daisies is a special case. The writers strike is really what killed it. Had it been able to have a normal run the first season I think it would still be on and we would never have had Promises, Promises.

[bjh2114]

Emmy Schmemmy. Has any show that she has been associated with lasted more than two seasons?

There was this little show called The West Wing. Perhaps you've heard of it.

I previously enjoyed Mr. Sunshie and thought it much better than the dreadful happy endings.

Oy. That says a lot about what you find funny. Happy Endings is hilarious. I laugh out loud at least five times every episode. Mr. Sunshine was TERRIBLE. The only thing remotely funny about it was Allison Janney.

[beautywickedlover]

Matthew Perry has a former writer from 'Friends', Scott Silveri, who will be the person behind the comedy.


'Revolution,' 'Beauty and the Beast,' 'Go On': Scoop on new shows in Spoiler Room -- Early Buzz

[Amalia Balash]

I enjoy Matthew Perry, so I'll give this a chance but the promo trailer didn't do much for me.

[beautywickedlover]

Julie White's charatcer was changed from a heterosexual woman to a lesbian.


NBC's 'Go On' starring Matthew Perry injects its own 'new normal'

[BroomstickBoy]

Affair? Her husband is GORGEOUS...what could be more pleasing than that hunk of a man?