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Skylar Astin to Star in New TBS Sitcom GROUND FLOOR
by TV News Desk - May 10, 2013
TBS has greenlit Ground Floor, a new workplace comedy with a romantic twist written by Emmy(R) nominees Bill Lawrence (Cougar Town, Scrubs, Clone High) and Greg Malins (2 Broke Girls, How I Met Your Mother). The series stars Skylar Astin (Pitch Perfect), Briga Heelan (Cougar Town) and John C. McGinley (Scrubs). Ground Floor is being produced by Lawrence's Doozer, in association with Warner Horizon Television, with Lawrence and Jeff Ingold (Like Father) serving as executive producers. TBS has ordered 10 episodes of the series, which will premiere on the network in 2014. (more...)
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TNT Orders Michael Bay's THE LAST SHIP to Series
by TV News Desk - May 07, 2013
TNT has greenlit the action-packed drama series The Last Ship, starring Eric Dane (Grey's Anatomy) and executive-produced by blockbuster filmmaker Michael Bay (Transformers). Based on William Brinkley's popular novel, The Last Ship comes to TNT from Bay's Platinum Dunes and its partners, Brad Fuller and Andrew Form, whose credits include upcoming Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Bay, Fuller and Form serve as executive producers, along with showrunner Hank Steinberg (Without a Trace) and Steven Kane (The Closer). Steinberg and Kane wrote the series pilot, which was directed by Jonathan Mostow (U-571). (more...)
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TNT Renews Hit Series DALLAS for Third Season
by TV News Desk - Apr 30, 2013
TNT has renewed the hit drama series DALLAS for a third season. Produced by Warner Horizon Television, Dallas centers on the Ewing clan, an enormously wealthy Texas family whose sibling rivalries, romantic betrayals, corruption and even murder are truly legendary. (more...)
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Milwaukee Chamber Theatre to Stage JEEVES IN BLOOM, 4/11-28
by BWW
News Desk - Apr 27, 2013
P.G. Wodehouse's beloved comic characters will once again come to life on the Milwaukee Chamber Theatre (MCT) stage this spring in JEEVES IN BLOOM, April 11-28, 2013. This quick-witted British comedy is written by Illinois playwright Margaret Raether, who brought us our successful 2010 production of JEEVES INTERVENES. Reprising their roles from JEEVES INTERVENES are Matt Daniels as Jeeves and director Tami Workentin. JEEVES IN BLOOM performs in the Broadway Theatre Center's Cabot Theatre in Milwaukee's Historic Third Ward. (more...)
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CONAN to Remain on TBS Through 2015!
by TV News Desk - Apr 01, 2013
As CONAN begins a week of shows in Atlanta to celebrate the 2013 NCAA(R) Men's Final Four(R), TBS has announced that it is extending the late-night series through November 2015. (more...)
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James DeVita's ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA, TOO MANY HUSBANDS and More Set for American Players Theatre's 2013 Season
by BWW News Desk - Mar 26, 2013
American Players Theatre (APT) announces its 2013 Season, which runs June 8 to October 20, 2013, and includes the first indoor Shakespeare production of the company's history: an intimate adaptation of Antony and Cleopatra by heralded off-Broadway actor and playwright James DeVita and director Kate Buckley, presented in the 200-seat Touchstone Theatre. DeVita, one of APT's Core Company members, recently completed a critically acclaimed run of his solo show In Acting Shakespeare at the Pearl Theater in New York. (more...)
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American Players Theatre Season Will Run 6/8-10/20; HAMLET and More in Lineup
by BWW News Desk - Mar 26, 2013
American Players Theatre (APT) announces its 2013 Season, which runs June 8 to October 20, 2013, and includes the first indoor Shakespeare production of the company's history: an intimate adaptation of Antony and Cleopatra by heralded off-Broadway actor and playwright James DeVita and director Kate Buckley, presented in the 200-seat Touchstone Theatre. DeVita, one of APT's Core Company members, recently completed a critically acclaimed run of his solo show In Acting Shakespeare at the Pearl Theater in New York. (more...)
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COUGAR TOWN is Coming Back; TBS Picks Up Series for 5th Season
by TV News Desk - Mar 25, 2013
TBS has renewed its hit original comedy Cougar Town, produced by ABC Studios and starring Courteney Cox, Christa Miller, Busy Philipps, Dan Byrd, Ian Gomez, Josh Hopkins and Brian Van Holt. The network has ordered 13 episodes for season five, which is expected to launch in 2014. Cougar Town joined the TBS lineup in January for the show's fourth season. It currently airs Tuesdays at 10 p.m. (ET/PT), with the season finale slated for April 9. (more...)
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Bruce Dern to Star in Hallmark Channel's PETE'S CHRISTMAS
by TV News Desk - Mar 21, 2013
Bruce Dern ('Django Unchained', 'Monster'), Zachary Gordon ('Diary of a Wimpy Kid'), and Bailee Madison ('Bridge to Terabithia', 'A Taste of Romance') will star in PETE'S CHRISTMAS, a Hallmark Channel original movie set to premiere Holiday 2013. (more...)
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