The Second City and Thruline/Tagline Pictures Announce Partnership
Management & production company Thruline Entertainment/Tagline Pictures has formed a strategic alliance with The Second City, the Chicago-based empire whose list of alumni reads like a Who's Who of Comedy. As part of the partnership, The Second City intends to develop original content in collaboration with Tagline (Psych, The Burn with Jeff Ross, Saint Francis).
ABC Pulls MAN UP From Tuesday Line-Up
ABC has pulled its freshman comedy MAN UP! from its Tuesday lineup. Repeats of 'Last Man Standing' will fill the Tuesday, 8:30/7:30c half-hour for the rest of the month.
STAGE TUBE: Sneak Peek - A Teachable Moment on ABC's MAN UP!
On Tuesday's epiosode of ABC's MAN UP! entitled 'Men and Their Chickens', Will hopes that adopting a baby chick for little Lucy will be a 'teachable moment' about where food comes from, but things get out of hand when all of the guys decide they want to adopt chicks too; Craig dates an attractive doctor (guest star Marisa Coughlan as Dr. Donna Perkins), but finds himself intimidated by her bully of a son.
STAGE TUBE: Sneak Peek - Will Struggles to Take the High Road on ABC's MAN UP!
On Tuesday night's episode of ABC's MAN UP! entitled, 'High Road is the Guy Road', Will struggles to take the high road after a kid at school starts bullying Nathan, especially after Theresa tells him the kid's mom is on the school board, which Theresa is lobbying for funding for the science club. But when he learns that the kid's dad is Dennis Mayder (guest star Dan Cortese), the same guy who mercilessly bullied Will and the gang back in the day, he looks to his friends - and Grant - for help.
STAGE TUBE: Kenny Goes Clubbing on Upcoming MAN UP! on ABC
On the November 8th episode of ABC's hit new show MAN UP! titled 'Wingmen', Kenny admits he hasn't had a date since his divorce from Brenda and that Brenda is the only woman he has ever slept with. The guys, including Grant, take him clubbing to jump start his love life. But things don't go as planned, especially when a friend of Theresa's sees Will and thinks he's stepping out on his wife.
STAGE TUBE: Bromance Blossoms on Upcoming MAN UP! on ABC, 10/25
On the October 25 episode of ABC's MAN UP! entitled, 'Finessing the Bromance', Kenny gets jealous when Will and Grant strike up an unlikely 'bromance.' Things go from bad to worse when he finds out Grant is coming to the weekly Keen Sunday dinner. In an attempt to strike some common ground, the guys try a 'Star Wars' screening, a film Kenny is obsessed with, but Grant has never seen, on 'Man Up,' TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25 (8:30:9:30 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network.
Chenoweth's 'Good Christian Belles' & More Make ABC's '11-'12 Season
ABC kicked off its 2011-12 season pickups with five comedies - 'Apartment 23,' 'Last Man Standing' (formerly 'Tim'), 'Man Up,' 'Suburgatory,' 'Work It' - and seven dramas - 'Charlie's Angels,' 'Good Christian Belles,' 'Pan Am,' 'Revenge,' 'Once Upon a Time,' 'The River,' 'Scandal' - receiving series commitments.