Throw up the devil horns: feature documentary The History of Metal and Horror celebrates the unholy union of heavy metal and horror, and it’s available to stream on Screambox.
Delve into the history of the intersecting genres now with the doc exclusively streaming on Screambox.
The History of Metal and Horror is “The documentary that explores the history of heavy metal music and horror, and how the two genres ultimately crossed paths. Various metal artists share their first introduction to horror, their favorite horror films, their influences, and more. Horror film icons also discuss how their films have influenced the horror genre, their connections to metal artists, and why metal and horror work well together.”
These interviews include notable horror and metal talent that includes John Carpenter, Tom Savini, Gunnar Hansen, Sid Haig, Kane Hodder, Kirk Hammett, Corey Taylor, Alice Cooper, Jonathan Davis, and many more.
Michael Berryman...
Delve into the history of the intersecting genres now with the doc exclusively streaming on Screambox.
The History of Metal and Horror is “The documentary that explores the history of heavy metal music and horror, and how the two genres ultimately crossed paths. Various metal artists share their first introduction to horror, their favorite horror films, their influences, and more. Horror film icons also discuss how their films have influenced the horror genre, their connections to metal artists, and why metal and horror work well together.”
These interviews include notable horror and metal talent that includes John Carpenter, Tom Savini, Gunnar Hansen, Sid Haig, Kane Hodder, Kirk Hammett, Corey Taylor, Alice Cooper, Jonathan Davis, and many more.
Michael Berryman...
- 9/18/2023
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
Exclusive: Writing/producing duo Bill Martin and Mike Schiff (The Unicorn) have signed with A3 Artists Agency for representation.
Martin and Schiff most recently created and executive produced comedy series The Unicorn, starring Walton Goggins, which aired for two seasons on CBS.
The duo began their television writing careers on In Living Color and soon were staffed on 3rd Rock From the Sun. They served as showrunners for three seasons on 3rd Rock before leaving to create their own series Grounded for Life on Fox. More recently, they reunited with John Lithgow as writers on the murder documentary spoof Trial & Error. Additional credits include Fam, Living Biblically, The Soul Man and Ground Floor.
Martin and Schiff continue to be repped by Michael Gendler and Kevin Kelly at Gendler & Kelly.
Martin and Schiff most recently created and executive produced comedy series The Unicorn, starring Walton Goggins, which aired for two seasons on CBS.
The duo began their television writing careers on In Living Color and soon were staffed on 3rd Rock From the Sun. They served as showrunners for three seasons on 3rd Rock before leaving to create their own series Grounded for Life on Fox. More recently, they reunited with John Lithgow as writers on the murder documentary spoof Trial & Error. Additional credits include Fam, Living Biblically, The Soul Man and Ground Floor.
Martin and Schiff continue to be repped by Michael Gendler and Kevin Kelly at Gendler & Kelly.
- 8/4/2021
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Jam-packed with a star-studded roster of interviewees including John Carpenter, Doug Bradley, Tom Savini, Alice Cooper, Rob Zombie, and many more, Mike Schiff's new documentary The History of Metal and Horror will be making its world premiere as part of the virtual programming at this year's Popcorn Frights Film Festival, and we're thrilled to share exclusive images from the film with Daily Dead readers!
You can check out the exclusive images from The History of Metal and Horror below. The documentary will have its world premiere virtually on August 16th, and it will be available to virtual attendees of Popcorn Frights from the 16th–19th. You can learn more about the film by visiting:
https://www.popcornfrights.com/film/history-of-metal-horror
Additionally, you can purchase Popcorn Frights In-Theater All-Access Badges here and Virtual Passes here. As previously announced, a portion of the proceeds from this year's Popcorn Frights will go...
You can check out the exclusive images from The History of Metal and Horror below. The documentary will have its world premiere virtually on August 16th, and it will be available to virtual attendees of Popcorn Frights from the 16th–19th. You can learn more about the film by visiting:
https://www.popcornfrights.com/film/history-of-metal-horror
Additionally, you can purchase Popcorn Frights In-Theater All-Access Badges here and Virtual Passes here. As previously announced, a portion of the proceeds from this year's Popcorn Frights will go...
- 7/26/2021
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
If you miss having a steady influx of mid-budget family comedies in the multiplex, consider “The Unicorn” an instant fix to your absent “Instant Family.” Like “Single Parents” on ABC, the new CBS sitcom starring Walton Goggins aims for the heart of modern, middle-aged parents — not the same folks who fall for the CBS brand of fast-food shows like “Man with a Plan” and “Bob Hearts Abishola,” but the ones who want to believe their comfort food is still good for them. With a stylish setting, a stellar cast, and a premiere episode that respects its central character, “The Unicorn” is just the type of series that’ll make parents happy they don’t have to drive to the theater for their dinner-and-a-show date night.
Wade (Goggins) has been going, going, going since his wife died a year ago. With two little girls to raise, a mortgage to pay, and a demanding job in contracting,...
Wade (Goggins) has been going, going, going since his wife died a year ago. With two little girls to raise, a mortgage to pay, and a demanding job in contracting,...
- 9/27/2019
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
Apple TV Plus this month moved off a project in which Richard Gere was set to play a Vietnam veteran whose life is upended when the woman he loved 50 years ago dies in a car crash. According to the logline for the shelved series, her death leads to his and another character’s “lifelong regrets and secrets” colliding with their “resentment of today’s self-absorbed millennials.” The duo then “go on a shooting spree.” The very next day, Netflix announced a series order for a Kevin James comedy in which the actor plays a Nascar crew chief who “finds himself at odds with tech reliant millennials” when they start working in his garage.
It’s perhaps unsurprising that Apple decided to move on from the Gere project, as a shooting spree partially motivated by hatred of millennials seems hardly in keeping with the tech giant’s general message. However, the...
It’s perhaps unsurprising that Apple decided to move on from the Gere project, as a shooting spree partially motivated by hatred of millennials seems hardly in keeping with the tech giant’s general message. However, the...
- 9/26/2019
- by Will Thorne
- Variety Film + TV
Its central character, Walton Goggins’s Wade Felton, has been mourning his wife for a year; he and his daughters (Ruby Jay and Makenzie Moss) have reached the stage of acceptance, though the white-hot heat of active grief lifting allows them now to focus on certain confusions they’d been ignoring: How does a family constructed of four people go on, logistically, as three? And what would it mean to make the first, very tentative attempts towards welcoming a new person in?
All of which sounds like the stuff of drama, but “The Unicorn” moves with an easy and light step. Its concerns include learning to talk to daughters about dating and entering the online-matchmaking fray. These plotlines treat every party (from the daughters to the divorcée Wade asks out) with fairness and, crucially, don’t allow Wade to play the bumbling, inept dad. After all, he’s been a...
All of which sounds like the stuff of drama, but “The Unicorn” moves with an easy and light step. Its concerns include learning to talk to daughters about dating and entering the online-matchmaking fray. These plotlines treat every party (from the daughters to the divorcée Wade asks out) with fairness and, crucially, don’t allow Wade to play the bumbling, inept dad. After all, he’s been a...
- 9/26/2019
- by Daniel D'Addario
- Variety Film + TV
Prepare for some unicorn sightings this week. CBS is offering a sneak peek of its new comedy starring Vice Principals and Justified alum Walton Goggins online ahead of its Thursday linear launch.
Starting today, Episode 1 of The Unicorn is available on Amazon Prime, Apple TV, Roku, CBS.com and the CBS app.
The series follows a tightknit group of best friends and family who help Wade (Goggins) embrace his “new normal” in the wake of the loss of his wife one year ago. As a sometimes ill-equipped but always devoted single parent to his two adolescent daughters, he is taking the major step of dating again. To Wade’s amazement, he’s a hot commodity with women, and his friends explain that he’s the perfect single guy: employed, attractive and with a proven track record of commitment – a “unicorn.” With his daughters and best friends rooting him on and...
Starting today, Episode 1 of The Unicorn is available on Amazon Prime, Apple TV, Roku, CBS.com and the CBS app.
The series follows a tightknit group of best friends and family who help Wade (Goggins) embrace his “new normal” in the wake of the loss of his wife one year ago. As a sometimes ill-equipped but always devoted single parent to his two adolescent daughters, he is taking the major step of dating again. To Wade’s amazement, he’s a hot commodity with women, and his friends explain that he’s the perfect single guy: employed, attractive and with a proven track record of commitment – a “unicorn.” With his daughters and best friends rooting him on and...
- 9/20/2019
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
This fall, CBS will debut The Unicorn, a new single-camera comedy all about how Walton Goggins is sexy and everyone wants to date him. His character, Wade, is a widower, and the show, which hails from executive producers Bill Martin and Mike Schiff, is about Wade getting back on the horse and giving
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- 8/1/2019
- by Kaitlin Thomas
- TVGuide - Breaking News
He’s played a bank robber-white supremacist on Justified, a nefarious henchman for Leonardo DiCaprio’s slave hunting Calvin Candie in Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained, and this weekend you can see him as an obsessed Pentecostal snake handler in 1091 Media’s Sundance acquisition, Them That Follow. That pic, which also stars Oscar winner, Olivia Colman, will be opening in New York and Los Angeles.
But on Sept. 26, on CBS, you can see another side of Walton Goggins, that of widower dad in The Unicorn. The series from Ep/writers Bill Martin and Mike Schiff, was described by some at TCA today as a throwback to the 1969 Bill Bixby series The Courtship of Eddie’s Father, however that series had no direct influence on the creators but their friend, series producer Grady Cooper who lost his wife, and found his way “back into the sunshine. His life got funny. There...
But on Sept. 26, on CBS, you can see another side of Walton Goggins, that of widower dad in The Unicorn. The series from Ep/writers Bill Martin and Mike Schiff, was described by some at TCA today as a throwback to the 1969 Bill Bixby series The Courtship of Eddie’s Father, however that series had no direct influence on the creators but their friend, series producer Grady Cooper who lost his wife, and found his way “back into the sunshine. His life got funny. There...
- 8/1/2019
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
There are always disappointments before UpFronts, but there is a lot of excitement generated, too.
Some of that excitement comes from renewals, but the real groove sets when we get our first look at new shows.
Now you can get a taste of everything coming to CBS!
All Rise is a new courthouse drama that follows the chaotic, hopeful and sometimes absurd lives of its judges, prosecutors and public defenders, as they work with bailiffs, clerks and cops to get justice for the people of Los Angeles amidst a flawed legal process.
This fall, watch new episodes of All Rise on Mondays at 9/8c on CBS and CBS All Access.
Among them is newly appointed Judge Lola Carmichael (Simone Missick), a highly regarded and impressive deputy district attorney who doesn’t intend to sit back on the bench in her new role, but instead leans in, immediately pushing the boundaries...
Some of that excitement comes from renewals, but the real groove sets when we get our first look at new shows.
Now you can get a taste of everything coming to CBS!
All Rise is a new courthouse drama that follows the chaotic, hopeful and sometimes absurd lives of its judges, prosecutors and public defenders, as they work with bailiffs, clerks and cops to get justice for the people of Los Angeles amidst a flawed legal process.
This fall, watch new episodes of All Rise on Mondays at 9/8c on CBS and CBS All Access.
Among them is newly appointed Judge Lola Carmichael (Simone Missick), a highly regarded and impressive deputy district attorney who doesn’t intend to sit back on the bench in her new role, but instead leans in, immediately pushing the boundaries...
- 5/15/2019
- by Carissa Pavlica
- TVfanatic
CBS has made its new comedy series picks, giving orders to the four most buzzed about pilots: Emily Halpern and Sarah Haskins’ Carol’s Second Act, starring Patricia Heaton; Chuck Lorre’s Bob Hearts Abishola, headlined by Billy Gardell; Alex Herschlag and Jennie Snyder Urman’s Broke, starring Jaime Camil and Pauley Perrette; and Bill Martin and Mike Schiff’s The Unicorn, headlined by Walton Goggins.
This marks the return to CBS of two stars of successful comedy series on the network, Heaton, who was on Everybody Loves Raymond, and Gardell, one of the stars of Lorre’s Mike & Molly, as well as of NCIS fan favorite Perrette.
Both Carol’s Second Act and The Unicorn come from Aaron Kaplan’s Kapital Entertainment, which also has freshman CBS comedy series The Neighborhood, already renewed for next season, and bubble CBS comedy series Life In Pieces and Fam. It gives Kapital...
This marks the return to CBS of two stars of successful comedy series on the network, Heaton, who was on Everybody Loves Raymond, and Gardell, one of the stars of Lorre’s Mike & Molly, as well as of NCIS fan favorite Perrette.
Both Carol’s Second Act and The Unicorn come from Aaron Kaplan’s Kapital Entertainment, which also has freshman CBS comedy series The Neighborhood, already renewed for next season, and bubble CBS comedy series Life In Pieces and Fam. It gives Kapital...
- 5/9/2019
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
CBS has ordered seven pilots to series for the 2019-20 season ahead of its upfront presentation to advertisers next week. The seven series are made up of four comedies and three dramas.
Among the comedies ordered at the broadcast network are Chuck Lorre’s “Bob Hearts Abishola,” Patricia Heaton’s “Carol’s Second Act” and “Broke” from “Jane the Virgin” creator Jennie Snyder Urman. The Peyton Reed-produced “The Unicorn” with Walton Goggins and Rob Corddry was also picked up.
Heaton starred on CBS’ “Everybody Loves Raymond” and “Broke” will see “NCIS” star Pauley Perrette return to the network. The pickups will maintain Lorre’s — who already has “Mom” and “Young Sheldon” coming back next season — strong relationship with the network, after “The Big Bang Theory” says farewell next week.
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The dramas include Wolf’s “FBI” spinoff,...
Among the comedies ordered at the broadcast network are Chuck Lorre’s “Bob Hearts Abishola,” Patricia Heaton’s “Carol’s Second Act” and “Broke” from “Jane the Virgin” creator Jennie Snyder Urman. The Peyton Reed-produced “The Unicorn” with Walton Goggins and Rob Corddry was also picked up.
Heaton starred on CBS’ “Everybody Loves Raymond” and “Broke” will see “NCIS” star Pauley Perrette return to the network. The pickups will maintain Lorre’s — who already has “Mom” and “Young Sheldon” coming back next season — strong relationship with the network, after “The Big Bang Theory” says farewell next week.
Also Read: Amblin Television Drops Out of CBS' Drama 'Bull' After Season 4 Renewal
The dramas include Wolf’s “FBI” spinoff,...
- 5/9/2019
- by Tim Baysinger
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Omar Benson Miller (Ballers) and Maya Lynne Robinson (The Conners) are set as series regulars opposite Walton Goggins, Michaela Watkins and Rob Corddry in CBS’ single-camera comedy pilot The Unicorn, from Bill Martin and Mike Schiff, Kapital Entertainment and CBS TV Studios.
Written by Martin and Schiff and directed by John Hamburg, The Unicorn, inspired by a true story, centers on Wade (Goggins), a recent widower who is eager to move on from the most difficult year of his life, only to realize he’s utterly unprepared to raise his two daughters on his own and equally unprepared for the dating world — where, to his shock, he’s suddenly a hot commodity.
Miller and Robinson play married couple Ben and Michelle, parents to four children. Ben is another of Wade’s well-meaning friends, who is convinced Wade is “going to crush it out there” in the dating world. He...
Written by Martin and Schiff and directed by John Hamburg, The Unicorn, inspired by a true story, centers on Wade (Goggins), a recent widower who is eager to move on from the most difficult year of his life, only to realize he’s utterly unprepared to raise his two daughters on his own and equally unprepared for the dating world — where, to his shock, he’s suddenly a hot commodity.
Miller and Robinson play married couple Ben and Michelle, parents to four children. Ben is another of Wade’s well-meaning friends, who is convinced Wade is “going to crush it out there” in the dating world. He...
- 3/26/2019
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Casual‘s Michaela Watkins is getting serious about a full-time TV return, nabbing a lead role opposite Walton Goggins in CBS’ single-camera comedy pilot The Unicorn.
Written by Fam co-EPs Bill Martin and Mike Schiff, the potential series centers on Goggins’ Wade, a recent widower and devoted father to two adolescent girls who feels at sea after his wife’s death. When Wade is persuaded by friends to start dating again, he is shocked to discover he’s kind of a hot commodity — but he has no idea what he’s doing.
Watkins will play Delia, the wife of Wade...
Written by Fam co-EPs Bill Martin and Mike Schiff, the potential series centers on Goggins’ Wade, a recent widower and devoted father to two adolescent girls who feels at sea after his wife’s death. When Wade is persuaded by friends to start dating again, he is shocked to discover he’s kind of a hot commodity — but he has no idea what he’s doing.
Watkins will play Delia, the wife of Wade...
- 3/26/2019
- TVLine.com
‘The Unicorn’: Rob Corddry & Michaela Watkins To Co-Star In CBS Comedy Pilot, John Hamburg To Direct
Exclusive: Childrens Hospital alum Rob Corddry and former Casual star Michaela Watkins are set for lead roles opposite star-producer Walton Goggins in CBS’ single-camera comedy pilot The Unicorn. John Hamburg has been tapped to direct the pilot from Bill Martin and Mike Schiff, Kapital Entertainment and CBS TV Studios.
The Unicorn, originally developed as a single-camera, was picked up to pilot as a multi-camera. It was subsequently reverted to its original single-camera format and is the only single-camera comedy pilot at CBS this season; all others are multi-camera/hybrid.
Written by Martin and Schiff and inspired by a true story, The Unicorn centers on Wade (Goggins), a recent widower who is eager to move on from the most difficult year of his life, only to realize he’s utterly unprepared to raise his two daughters on his own and equally unprepared for the dating world — where,...
The Unicorn, originally developed as a single-camera, was picked up to pilot as a multi-camera. It was subsequently reverted to its original single-camera format and is the only single-camera comedy pilot at CBS this season; all others are multi-camera/hybrid.
Written by Martin and Schiff and inspired by a true story, The Unicorn centers on Wade (Goggins), a recent widower who is eager to move on from the most difficult year of his life, only to realize he’s utterly unprepared to raise his two daughters on his own and equally unprepared for the dating world — where,...
- 3/26/2019
- by Nellie Andreeva and Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Vice Principals alum Walton Goggins is wading back into comedic waters, having nabbed the lead role in CBS’ pilot The Unicorn.
Inspired by a true story, The Unicorn centers on a recent widower and devoted father to two adolescent girls (Goggins) who feels at sea after his wife’s death. When Goggins’ big-hearted character is persuaded by friends to start dating again, he is shocked to discover he’s kind of a hot commodity — but he has no idea what he’s doing.
The single-camera project (formerly a multi-cam) hails from Bill Martin and Mike Schiff, who are currently co-executive-producers on the CBS sitcom Fam.
Inspired by a true story, The Unicorn centers on a recent widower and devoted father to two adolescent girls (Goggins) who feels at sea after his wife’s death. When Goggins’ big-hearted character is persuaded by friends to start dating again, he is shocked to discover he’s kind of a hot commodity — but he has no idea what he’s doing.
The single-camera project (formerly a multi-cam) hails from Bill Martin and Mike Schiff, who are currently co-executive-producers on the CBS sitcom Fam.
- 3/5/2019
- TVLine.com
Walton Goggins has been set as the male lead in the CBS comedy pilot “The Unicorn.”
Written by Bill Martin and Mike Schiff, the comedy centers on a widower who discovers, as he tries to move on from the most difficult year of his life, that he’s utterly unprepared to raise his two daughters on his own and equally unprepared for the dating world where, to his shock, he’s suddenly a hot commodity.
Goggins’ character is described as a big-hearted open-book of a guy, but without his wife, he’s finding himself at sea. When his friends persuade him to start dating again, he discovers to his shock that he’s kind of a hot commodity, if only he knew what the hell he was doing.
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The project, which hails from CBS Television Studios,...
Written by Bill Martin and Mike Schiff, the comedy centers on a widower who discovers, as he tries to move on from the most difficult year of his life, that he’s utterly unprepared to raise his two daughters on his own and equally unprepared for the dating world where, to his shock, he’s suddenly a hot commodity.
Goggins’ character is described as a big-hearted open-book of a guy, but without his wife, he’s finding himself at sea. When his friends persuade him to start dating again, he discovers to his shock that he’s kind of a hot commodity, if only he knew what the hell he was doing.
Also Read: 'Star Trek': Santiago Cabrera, Michelle Hurd Join Patrick Stewart's Jean-Luc Picard Series
The project, which hails from CBS Television Studios,...
- 3/5/2019
- by Reid Nakamura
- The Wrap
Justified and Vice Principals alum Walton Goggins has been set at the lead of The Unicorn, CBS’ half-hour comedy pilot from Fam co-executive producers Bill Martin and Mike Schiff, Kapital Entertainment and CBS TV Studios.
The project, originally developed as a single-camera, was picked up to pilot as a multi-camera. It underwent conversion and tapped veteran multi-camera helmer James Burrows to direct. Now The Unicorn will be reverting to its original single-camera format with a new director. It is the only single-camera comedy pilot at CBS this season; all others are multi-camera/hybrid.
Written by Martin and Schiff, The Unicorn, inspired by a true story, centers on a recent widower (Goggins) who is eager to move on from the most difficult year of his life, only to realize he’s utterly unprepared to raise his two daughters on his own and equally unprepared for the dating world — where, to his shock,...
The project, originally developed as a single-camera, was picked up to pilot as a multi-camera. It underwent conversion and tapped veteran multi-camera helmer James Burrows to direct. Now The Unicorn will be reverting to its original single-camera format with a new director. It is the only single-camera comedy pilot at CBS this season; all others are multi-camera/hybrid.
Written by Martin and Schiff, The Unicorn, inspired by a true story, centers on a recent widower (Goggins) who is eager to move on from the most difficult year of his life, only to realize he’s utterly unprepared to raise his two daughters on his own and equally unprepared for the dating world — where, to his shock,...
- 3/5/2019
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Walton Goggins has been cast in the lead role of the CBS comedy pilot “The Unicorn,” Variety has learned.
Goggins will play a recent widower and devoted father to two adolescent girls. The character is described as a big-hearted open-book of a guy, but without his wife, he’s finding himself at sea. When his friends persuade him to start dating again, he discovers to his shock that he’s kind of a hot commodity, if only he knew what the hell he was doing.
The project was originally a multi-cam comedy but will now be a single-cam.
This marks the second year in a row that Goggins will star in a CBS pilot. Last year, he was one of the leads in the network’s planned adaptation of the James Ellroy novel “La Confidential.” That pilot was said to be well-received but ultimately considered too dark for the broadcaster.
Goggins will play a recent widower and devoted father to two adolescent girls. The character is described as a big-hearted open-book of a guy, but without his wife, he’s finding himself at sea. When his friends persuade him to start dating again, he discovers to his shock that he’s kind of a hot commodity, if only he knew what the hell he was doing.
The project was originally a multi-cam comedy but will now be a single-cam.
This marks the second year in a row that Goggins will star in a CBS pilot. Last year, he was one of the leads in the network’s planned adaptation of the James Ellroy novel “La Confidential.” That pilot was said to be well-received but ultimately considered too dark for the broadcaster.
- 3/5/2019
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Ant-Man and the Wasp director Peyton Reed is teaming with a pair of comedy veterans for a CBS project about a widower and his two daughters.
Bill Martin and Mike Schiff, currently co-executive producers on CBS' midseason comedy Fam, are writing The Unicorn and executive producing with Reed. The project is in development at CBS Studios and Kapital Entertainment.
The Unicorn centers on a widower who is eager to move on from the worst year of his life, only to find he's utterly unprepared to raise his two daughters on his own. He's equally unready for a dating world where, to ...
Bill Martin and Mike Schiff, currently co-executive producers on CBS' midseason comedy Fam, are writing The Unicorn and executive producing with Reed. The project is in development at CBS Studios and Kapital Entertainment.
The Unicorn centers on a widower who is eager to move on from the worst year of his life, only to find he's utterly unprepared to raise his two daughters on his own. He's equally unready for a dating world where, to ...
- 12/17/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Wesley Mead Dec 21, 2016
Here's day three in our countdown of the top Christmas TV episodes of all time: entries 60 to 41...
This article was first published in December 2015. Read entries 100 - 81 here and entries 80 - 61 here.
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Since the medium’s infancy, viewers have enjoyed sharing holidays with their favourite television characters. We grow invested in our friends on screen over the years; spending Christmas with them is a rite of passage, a chance for us to share tradition from our world with the fictional ones we see on screen. Some shows embrace the season wholeheartedly, characters in good spirits and enjoying the trappings of the season; others skew a little darker,...
Here's day three in our countdown of the top Christmas TV episodes of all time: entries 60 to 41...
This article was first published in December 2015. Read entries 100 - 81 here and entries 80 - 61 here.
See related Sherlock series 4 episode 1 spoiler-free review: The Six Thatchers Sherlock series 4: go behind the scenes; spoiler-free review Doctor Who Christmas special: The Return Of Doctor Mysterio review Doctor Who Christmas special: The Return Of Doctor Mysterio nerdy spots & Easter eggs
Since the medium’s infancy, viewers have enjoyed sharing holidays with their favourite television characters. We grow invested in our friends on screen over the years; spending Christmas with them is a rite of passage, a chance for us to share tradition from our world with the fictional ones we see on screen. Some shows embrace the season wholeheartedly, characters in good spirits and enjoying the trappings of the season; others skew a little darker,...
- 12/15/2015
- Den of Geek
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Here's day three in our countdown of the top Christmas TV episodes of all time: entries 60 to 41...
Read entries 100 - 81 here and entries 80 - 61 here.
Since the medium’s infancy, viewers have enjoyed sharing holidays with their favourite television characters. We grow invested in our friends on screen over the years; spending Christmas with them is a rite of passage, a chance for us to share tradition from our world with the fictional ones we see on screen. Some shows embrace the season wholeheartedly, characters in good spirits and enjoying the trappings of the season; others skew a little darker, bringing the more oppressive, burdensome side of the holidays to life. Either way, Christmas episodes tend to demonstrate the strengths of our favourite series, and it’s long been a festive ritual of mine to wheel out old DVD sets and settle back for a few favourites during December.
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Here's day three in our countdown of the top Christmas TV episodes of all time: entries 60 to 41...
Read entries 100 - 81 here and entries 80 - 61 here.
Since the medium’s infancy, viewers have enjoyed sharing holidays with their favourite television characters. We grow invested in our friends on screen over the years; spending Christmas with them is a rite of passage, a chance for us to share tradition from our world with the fictional ones we see on screen. Some shows embrace the season wholeheartedly, characters in good spirits and enjoying the trappings of the season; others skew a little darker, bringing the more oppressive, burdensome side of the holidays to life. Either way, Christmas episodes tend to demonstrate the strengths of our favourite series, and it’s long been a festive ritual of mine to wheel out old DVD sets and settle back for a few favourites during December.
- 12/15/2015
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Suits family reunion, Take 2.
The USA Network drama will once again reunite Harvey with his “dad” when star Gabriel Macht’s real-life father, Stephen Macht, returns to the series as Harvard Law professor Gerard, per The Hollywood Reporter.
The actor will appear in two of Season 4’s back six episodes.
Ready for more of today’s newsy nuggets? Well…
* Arrested Development is coming back with fresh laughs! (It’ll all make sense when you read Ron Howard’s caption below.)
Recording new narration for re-edit of @ArrestedDevelopment 4. New footage, new jokes – Feels like a whole new season pic.twitter.
The USA Network drama will once again reunite Harvey with his “dad” when star Gabriel Macht’s real-life father, Stephen Macht, returns to the series as Harvard Law professor Gerard, per The Hollywood Reporter.
The actor will appear in two of Season 4’s back six episodes.
Ready for more of today’s newsy nuggets? Well…
* Arrested Development is coming back with fresh laughs! (It’ll all make sense when you read Ron Howard’s caption below.)
Recording new narration for re-edit of @ArrestedDevelopment 4. New footage, new jokes – Feels like a whole new season pic.twitter.
- 11/4/2014
- TVLine.com
TV Land has named new showrunners for its fourth season. Bill Martin and Mike Schiff will replace Ric Swartzlander (“Cougar Town”) on the comedy. The new showrunning duo are best known for their work on “3rd Rock From the Sun” and “Grounded for Life.” They also served as co-executive producers on Bill Lawrence‘s TBS comedy “Ground Floor.” The show has had quite the revolving door for its showrunners. Phoef Sutton (“Boston Legal”) served in the post for Season 1. Yvette Lee Bowser (“Living Single”) replaced him for a short time on Season 2 before she was replaced by Swartzlander, who finished.
- 11/4/2014
- by Jason Hughes and Jethro Nededog
- The Wrap
The Newsroom‘s Kelen Coleman has scored the last major role in TV Land’s comedy pilot Brothers-in-Law, TVLine has learned exclusively.
The actress — who recurs as Alison’s Pill’s roomie on Aaron Sorkin’s HBO drama — will play the wife of Josh Cooke‘s character on the multi-camera sitcom.
Exec produced by Scott Stuber (Whitney), Bill Martin and Mike Schiff (3rd Rock From the Sun), Brothers-in-Law revolves around Neil (Cooke), a regular Joe who is repeatedly forced to spend time with the eccentric fiancé (Jay Mohr) of his wife’s twin sister (Ellen Woglom), even though the guys share nothing in common.
The actress — who recurs as Alison’s Pill’s roomie on Aaron Sorkin’s HBO drama — will play the wife of Josh Cooke‘s character on the multi-camera sitcom.
Exec produced by Scott Stuber (Whitney), Bill Martin and Mike Schiff (3rd Rock From the Sun), Brothers-in-Law revolves around Neil (Cooke), a regular Joe who is repeatedly forced to spend time with the eccentric fiancé (Jay Mohr) of his wife’s twin sister (Ellen Woglom), even though the guys share nothing in common.
- 8/22/2012
- by Michael Ausiello
- TVLine.com
Geoff Pierson (Boardwalk Empire) is set to co-star opposite Josh Cooke and Jay Mohr in TV Land’s multi-camera comedy pilot Brothers-In-Law. Written and executive produced by Bill Martin and Mike Schiff, Brothers-In-Law revolves around the family dynamic between a husband (Cooke) and the eccentric new boyfriend (Mohr) of his wife’s fraternal twin sister (Ellen Woglom), who have nothing in common but the sisters constantly force them to bond. Pierson, repped by the Stone Manners Salners Agency and attorney Tom Hoberman, will play Tom, sisters Cheska and Maddie’s (Woglom) father. He’s overtly antagonistic towards Cheska’s husband Neil (Cooke) but instantly hits it off with Maddie’s new boyfriend Van (Mohr) and thinks he is twice the man Neil is. Charlie Robinson (Night Court) booked a new series regular role on the next season of Bet comedy series Reed Between The Lines, playing star Malcolm Jamal Warner’s father,...
- 8/16/2012
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Jay Mohr and Ellen Woglom (Outlaw, Californication) have joined Josh Cooke as co-leads in TV Land’s multi-camera comedy pilot Brothers-In-Law, while Ben Falcone is set as the lead of TV Land’s other comedy pilot, the single-camera I’m Not Dead. Written and executive produced by comedy veterans Bill Martin and Mike Schiff (3rd Rock From The Sun), who will serve as showrunners, Brothers-In-Law revolves around the family dynamic between a husband (Cooke) and the eccentric new boyfriend (Mohr) of his wife’s fraternal twin sister (Woglom), who have nothing in common but the sisters constantly force them to bond. Scott Stuber is executive producing the pilot, with Quan Phung producing. Actor-comedian Mohr, managed by Barry Katz, recently recurred on ABC’s Suburgatory. Woglom is with Paradigm and Sanders.Armstrong.Caserta. I’m Not Dead Yet, from Ben Silverman’s Electus, marks TV Land’s first single-camera pilot. Written...
- 8/8/2012
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Having dabbled in (dark) drama on Dexter, Josh Cooke is returning to his sitcom roots, as one of the Brothers-in-Law in a pilot for TV Land, TVLine has learned exclusively.
Executive-produced by Scott Stuber (Whitney), Bill Martin and Mike Schiff (3rd Rock From the Sun), Brothers-in-Law revolves around Neil (Cooke), a regular Joe who is repeatedly forced to spend time with the eccentric fiancé of his wife’s twin sister, even though the guys share nothing in common.
Brothers-in-Law received a cast-contingent pilot order in May, along with I’m Not Dead Yet, a single-camera comedy about a man who...
Executive-produced by Scott Stuber (Whitney), Bill Martin and Mike Schiff (3rd Rock From the Sun), Brothers-in-Law revolves around Neil (Cooke), a regular Joe who is repeatedly forced to spend time with the eccentric fiancé of his wife’s twin sister, even though the guys share nothing in common.
Brothers-in-Law received a cast-contingent pilot order in May, along with I’m Not Dead Yet, a single-camera comedy about a man who...
- 6/30/2012
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
Exclusive: TV Land has given cast-contingent orders to two new comedy pilots, the single-camera I’m Not Dead Yet from Ben Silverman’s Electus and the multi-camera Brothers-In-Law, executive produced by Scott Stuber. I’m Not Dead, based on the Dbs-produced Israeli format Zanzuri, marks TV Land’s first single-camera pilot. Written by Jon Sherman (Frasier), it is about a man who finds out that he has a rare heart condition that could cause him to die at any moment and decides to finally start speaking his mind and live life to the fullest. Silverman is executive producing, with Electus’ Jimmy Fox co-executive producing. Written and executive produced by comedy veterans Bill Martin and Mike Schiff (3rd Rock From The Sun), who will serve as showrunners, Brothers-In-Law revolves around the family dynamic between a husband and the eccentric fiancé of his wife’s twin sister, who have nothing in common...
- 5/24/2012
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Charred Walls of the Damned, the thrash metal supergroup founded by drummer Richard Christy (Iced Earth), has wrapped production on a new video for the single "Zerospan" from their recent full-length album release Cold Winds On Timeless Days. Christy describes the clip as "a five-minute technological horror film set to blistering heavy metal," and after seeing the teaser they've recently unveiled, you'll probably be inclined to agree. We've posted it on the flipside, so check it out... The "Zerospan" video was shot back in September under the direction of Mike Schiff (who shot the band's previous video "Ghost Town") and Sean McEwan, and features makeup and creature work by...
- 11/23/2011
- FEARnet
After spending untold amounts of cash on hundreds of dramas and comedies — most of which will never make it to your living rooms — the five broadcast networks will begin announcing in New York next week which projects are good enough to earn a coveted fall pickup. (NBC and Fox will present their fall schedule to advertisers on Monday, followed by ABC on Tuesday, CBS on Wednesday and the CW on Thursday).
Buzz is already strong for several projects (for more on the hot ones, click here). But every year, we always wonder what diamond-in-the-rough was left on the cutting room...
Buzz is already strong for several projects (for more on the hot ones, click here). But every year, we always wonder what diamond-in-the-rough was left on the cutting room...
- 5/10/2011
- by Lynette Rice and James Hibberd
- EW - Inside TV
Cynthia McWilliams, who is recurring on Fox's The Chicago Code, has landed a lead role on CBS' untitled sports radio show pilot. The multicamera comedy, from veteran writer-producers Bill Martin and Mike Schiff, is inspired by Espn personality Colin Cowherd’s outspoken sports talk show. It centers on Nick (Damon Wayans), an egotistical sports-radio host with a quick wit and cocky likability. McWilliams will play his wife, the mother of two kids from a previous marriage and stepmom to Nick's son from his previous marriage. Formerly the owner of her own company, with an Mba, Megan has given up her career to be at home with the children -- and it's starting to get to her. Rachel Fox, who was a regular on ABC's Desperate Housewives, has joined another CBS multicamera comedy pilot, Vince Uncensored, starring Michael Chicklis as Vince who, after brain surgery following an aneurysm, starts speaking his mind -- literally.
- 4/15/2011
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Eliza Dushku joins the untitled CBS comedy pilot with Damon Wayans. After dropping out of the TNT pilot "Bird Dog" over "creative differences" in December, Eliza Dushku surfaces in the Colin Cowherd-produced sports show comedy for CBS. Inspired by the career of Espn personality Colin Cowherd, the pilot is written by Bill Martin and Mike Schiff. Using Facebook, Dushku announced that she'll be joining Damon Wayans in an untitled CBS multi-camera comedy pilot about a sports radio station. "It is with insanest [sic] excitement & awesomeness I get to finally fill you guys in: I've Just landed a new CBS comedy pilot w/ my comic idol Mr. Damon Wayans," she wrote. "Stay tuned, there is a serious happy dance occurring...
- 3/24/2011
- by April MacIntyre
- Monsters and Critics
Actress Eliza Dushku ("Dollhouse") has now been cast as the lead in an untitled, multi-camera 'sports radio' TV show pilot, from writers Bill Martin and Mike Schiff.
The CBS comedy, co-starring Damon Wayans, is loosely based on sportscaster Colin Cowherd and his show "The Herd", airing over Espn Radio and Espnu.
The pilot will focus on 'outrageous' sports radio host 'Nick' (Wayans) and his equally obnoxious assistant 'Casey' (Dukshu).
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The CBS comedy, co-starring Damon Wayans, is loosely based on sportscaster Colin Cowherd and his show "The Herd", airing over Espn Radio and Espnu.
The pilot will focus on 'outrageous' sports radio host 'Nick' (Wayans) and his equally obnoxious assistant 'Casey' (Dukshu).
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- 3/24/2011
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Eliza Dushku will be dipping her toes in the comedy waters soon. The former "Dollhouse" star has signed on to co-star as "Casey" in CBS' as-yet-untitled sports radio pilot, the network confirms to TheWrap. Also Read: Fall TV Pilots: Get the Lowdown on 'Wonder Woman," "Alcatraz" and Every Other Network Pilot The half-hour comedy, which was written by Bill Martin and Mike Schiff ("Grounded for Life") and is being directed by Andy Cadiff ("Home Improvement," "Hot in Cleveland"), is inspired by Espn personality Colin Cowherd’s outspoken sports talk show. The cast also includes "Dirt"...
- 3/23/2011
- The Wrap
Fanboy fave Eliza Dushku, best known as one of Joss Whedon's muses, first on "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and later on "Dollhouse," will star in an untitled CBS comedy pilot about a call-in sports radio show, according to Deadline.com. Damon Wayans ("My Wife and Kids") has already been cast as the male lead. Bill Martin and Mike Schiff ("Grounded For Life") are writing and producing the half-hour pilot, which draws inspiration from Espn host Colin Cowherd’s popular sports-themed show. The pilot will pair arrogant, fan-favorite radio host Nick (Wayans) with a sassy, stubborn female co-host (Dushku). Hilarity will ensue. Although her...
- 3/23/2011
- by HItFix Staff
- Hitfix
Eliza Dushku could be returning to television -- in a role some might find surprising for the actress who made a name for herself on sci-fi dramas.
Dushku Mar. 23, via her Facebook page, that she's been cast in a comedy pilot for CBS.
"It is with insanest excitement & awesomeness I get to finally fill you guys in," she writes. "I've Just landed a new CBS comedy pilot w/ my comic idol Mr. Damon Wayans! Stay tuned, there is a serious happy dance occurring at the moment ;) xx!"
The Wayans project in question, according to Deadline, is a multi-camera sitcom set in a sports radio station. It's inspired by Espn personality Colin Cowherd, and "Grounded For Life" creators Bill Martin and Mike Schiff are behind the project.
Dushku appeared in a 2010 episode of CBS sitcom "Big Bang Theory," but most fans are more familiar with her work on "Tru Calling," "Dollhouse" and,...
Dushku Mar. 23, via her Facebook page, that she's been cast in a comedy pilot for CBS.
"It is with insanest excitement & awesomeness I get to finally fill you guys in," she writes. "I've Just landed a new CBS comedy pilot w/ my comic idol Mr. Damon Wayans! Stay tuned, there is a serious happy dance occurring at the moment ;) xx!"
The Wayans project in question, according to Deadline, is a multi-camera sitcom set in a sports radio station. It's inspired by Espn personality Colin Cowherd, and "Grounded For Life" creators Bill Martin and Mike Schiff are behind the project.
Dushku appeared in a 2010 episode of CBS sitcom "Big Bang Theory," but most fans are more familiar with her work on "Tru Calling," "Dollhouse" and,...
- 3/23/2011
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
And they’re off! Casting is all but completed and production has already begun on scores of pilots for the five broadcast networks. But not every comedy and drama will go the distance. Which project has the right stuff? What pilot already has you feeling like you popped a Lunesta? Check out the mammoth slate for fall consideration. (And remember, all projects are whittled down in late April/early May before the nets present their fall slates to advertisers in New York):
CBS
The Doctor (Rina Mimoun, David Nutter). A mother (Christine Lahti) reconnects with her adult children when...
CBS
The Doctor (Rina Mimoun, David Nutter). A mother (Christine Lahti) reconnects with her adult children when...
- 3/23/2011
- by Lynette Rice and James Hibberd
- EW - Inside TV
In her first regular comedy gig, Eliza Dushku is set as the female lead opposite Damon Wayans in CBS' untitled sports radio show pilot. The multicamera comedy, from veteran writer-producers Bill Martin and Mike Schiff, is inspired by Espn personality Colin Cowherd’s outspoken sports talk show. It centers on Nick (Wayans), an egotistical sports-radio host with a quick wit and cocky likability who is adored by his fans. Dushku will play Nick's radio cohort Casey, a fun, quick-witted gal who is socially oblivious and pathologically blunt. Dushku, repped by UTA and The Collective, is best known for her roles on dramas Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Tru Calling and Dollhouse. She recently guest starred on another CBS multicamera comedy, The Big Bang Theory. David Alpay (The Tudors) is set to co-star opposite Lauren Ambrose in Fox's drama pilot Weekends at Bellevue. Based on Julie Holland's memoir, Bellevue centers on...
- 3/23/2011
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Dollhouse star Eliza Dushku has joined CBS’ untitled sports radio comedy pilot that stars Damon Wayans.
Penned by Bill Martin and Mike Schiff, the comedy is inspired by Colin Cowherd’s outspoken sports talk show on Espn. The cast also includes Danny Comden.
Dushku will play the role of Casey. The actress posted this update on her Facebook page today: “It is with insanest excitement & awesomeness I get to finally fill you guys in: I’ve Just landed a new CBS comedy pilot w/my comic idol Mr. Damon Wayans! Stay tuned, there is a serious happy dance occurring at the moment “
Comic idol!
Penned by Bill Martin and Mike Schiff, the comedy is inspired by Colin Cowherd’s outspoken sports talk show on Espn. The cast also includes Danny Comden.
Dushku will play the role of Casey. The actress posted this update on her Facebook page today: “It is with insanest excitement & awesomeness I get to finally fill you guys in: I’ve Just landed a new CBS comedy pilot w/my comic idol Mr. Damon Wayans! Stay tuned, there is a serious happy dance occurring at the moment “
Comic idol!
- 3/23/2011
- by Lynette Rice
- EW - Inside TV
Damon Wayans is set to play a sports radio host for CBS, inspired by Espn's Colin Cowherd. Deadline reports that Wayans, part of the large Wayans clan of comedic actors, has finalized a deal to play the lead in the CBS TV Studios comedy pilot set at a sports radio station. Written by Bill Martin and Mike Schiff, Wayans' character is named Nick Herd. Andy Cadiff is set to direct the as yet unnamed pilot. Martin and Schiff will executive produce with Eric and Kim Tannenbaum. Cowherd is a producer on the project. Danny Comden is cast as the producer of Herd's show.
- 3/18/2011
- by April MacIntyre
- Monsters and Critics
In one of the biggest talent deals this pilot season, Damon Wayans has been tapped to star in CBS' untitled sports radio show pilot. The multicamera comedy, from veteran writer-producers Bill Martin and Mike Schiff, CBS TV Studios and the Tannenbaum Co., is inspired by Espn personality Colin Cowherd’s outspoken sports talk show. It centers on Nick (Wayans), an egotistical sports-radio host with a quick wit and cocky likability who is adored by his fans. When he's on the air, Nick says he is "right about everything." But the moment he steps out of the booth, "I'm just a schmuck trying to keep three women from freaking out on me." The deal with Wayans, which took several weeks to close, is said to be for a top-dollar acting fee and a substantial piece of the show's potential backend. On TV, Gersh-repped Wayans most recently starred on ABC's long-running sitcom My Wife and Kids,...
- 3/17/2011
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Former My Name Is Earl co-star Nadine Velazquez, Ugly Betty alum Tony Plana and Lupe Ontiveros and are set to co-star opposite Rob Schneider in his untitled comedy pilot for CBS. The project, from CBS TV Studios and the Tannenbaum Co., was written by Schneider and Lew Morton. Based on Schneider's life, it centers on solitary guy Rob (Schneider) who marries into a huge Mexican-American family. Velazquez will play Rob's younger, Mexican-American wife Maggie whom he married after knowing her for only 6 weeks. Plana will play Maggie's conservative and authoritative Mexican-born father. Ontiveros will play Maggie's tough and feisty maternal grandmother who only speaks Spanish. Apa-repped Plana played Betty's (America Ferrera) Mexican-born father for the entire run of ABC's Ugly Betty. Velazquez most recently did an arc on the FX comedy The League. Danny Comden has been cast in another untitled CBS comedy pilot from CBS TV Studios and the Tannenbaums,...
- 3/3/2011
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
The future of "Two and a Half Men" is, let's say, cloudy at the moment.
If we had to guess right now, we'd say that the show, which is currently the most-watched comedy on TV, will be back in some form -- with or without Charlie Sheen -- for 2011-12. CBS will announce its lineup for next season in mid-May, which means the network, Warner Bros. TV, creators Chuck Lorre and Lee Aronsohn and Sheen have about two and a half months to figure out what happens next.
But what if the worst-case scenario for CBS happens and "Men" doesn't come back at all?
Yes, the network would probably suffer some in the ratings -- but it would probably also come out Ok. CBS also has the No. 2 and 3 comedies in terms of viewers in "The Big Bang Theory" and "Mike & Molly"; both shows are also in the Top 25 this...
If we had to guess right now, we'd say that the show, which is currently the most-watched comedy on TV, will be back in some form -- with or without Charlie Sheen -- for 2011-12. CBS will announce its lineup for next season in mid-May, which means the network, Warner Bros. TV, creators Chuck Lorre and Lee Aronsohn and Sheen have about two and a half months to figure out what happens next.
But what if the worst-case scenario for CBS happens and "Men" doesn't come back at all?
Yes, the network would probably suffer some in the ratings -- but it would probably also come out Ok. CBS also has the No. 2 and 3 comedies in terms of viewers in "The Big Bang Theory" and "Mike & Molly"; both shows are also in the Top 25 this...
- 3/2/2011
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
CBS may not have a project like Wonder Woman that’s eating up all the headlines, nor does it have a much-anticipated reboot in the works that has fans hoping for the best (and even anticipating the worst). But the No. 1 network (in viewers) doesn’t need to make a lot of noise with its fall 2011 development, especially when it continues to succeed with tried-and-true formats featuring law dogs and crime-fighting duos.
That said, the network does have a serious weapon in its arsenal that could end up upstaging Woman and those three angels on ABC. I’m talking to...
That said, the network does have a serious weapon in its arsenal that could end up upstaging Woman and those three angels on ABC. I’m talking to...
- 2/17/2011
- by Lynette Rice
- EW - Inside TV
Espn talk show host Colin Cowherd has inspired a comedyproject at CBS!
The network has ordered a pilot that focuses his life and work as an obnoxious sports talk show host.
The project’s from Bill Martin and Mike Schiff (Grounded for Life), as well as the non-writing producing team of Eric and Kim Tannenbaum. Cowherd will also produce.
Given the success of its current lineup of comedies, CBS won’t have much need for more laughers come fall 2011. But it has ordered a few other comedy pilots, including one about a man who opts to take a more candid...
The network has ordered a pilot that focuses his life and work as an obnoxious sports talk show host.
The project’s from Bill Martin and Mike Schiff (Grounded for Life), as well as the non-writing producing team of Eric and Kim Tannenbaum. Cowherd will also produce.
Given the success of its current lineup of comedies, CBS won’t have much need for more laughers come fall 2011. But it has ordered a few other comedy pilots, including one about a man who opts to take a more candid...
- 1/29/2011
- by James Hibberd
- EW - Inside TV
CBS brass had sports on their minds today, with pilot orders to two sports-themed multicamera comedies - an untitled sitcom inspired by Espn personality Colin Cowherd’s outspoken sports talk show, The Herd with Colin Cowherd, and Home Game, a family show about a retired NFL player inspired by former NFL star Mark Schlereth and his family and executive produced by Mark Wahlberg. The untitled sports radio show was written by comedy veterans Bill Martin and Mike Schiff (Grounded for Life) who are executive producing, with Cowherd serving as producer. Also executive producing are Eric and Kim Tannenbaum, whose company co-produces the project with CBS TV Studios. This marks Eric and Kim Tannenbaum's first pilot order since they relaunched their Tannenbaum Co. banner last summer and set up shop at CBS TV Studios. They were previously partnered with Mitch Hurwitz at Sony Pictures TV for 3.5 years. An interesting bit of trivia.
- 1/29/2011
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Updated, 1/7: Each year, the five broadcast networks develop hundreds of scripted dramas and comedies in hopes they’ll become the next NCIS and Desperate Housewives, or the latest Modern Family and The Big Bang Theory. And like every year, a great deal of them are not worth mentioning here — mostly because they involve the bland types of cops, lawyers, and doctors who you’ve already seen fighting crime or sneaking a kiss on the way to the ER.
But fascinating projects continue to pass the first smell test at the broadcast networks. The key is whether the suits take...
But fascinating projects continue to pass the first smell test at the broadcast networks. The key is whether the suits take...
- 1/6/2011
- by Lynette Rice
- EW - Inside TV
It’s no secret we love TV. We watch it, talk about it, review it and generally spend a lot of time with it. So, it should come as no surprise we’re very interested in what new shows may potentially be coming to the networks in the near future.
Fortunately, we don’t have to do a lot of work to find out, and you have to do even less, because the guys and gals at EW have gathered together lists of all of the 2010-2011 season pilot orders for ABC, CBS and NBC. Wasn’t that nice of them? Yes, yes it was.
Just between these three networks (we’ll bring you Fox and the others, including cable, later), 31 dramas and 29 comedies are being considered. What shows will make it to the Fall schedule is still anyone’s guess, and we’ll have to wait until May to find out,...
Fortunately, we don’t have to do a lot of work to find out, and you have to do even less, because the guys and gals at EW have gathered together lists of all of the 2010-2011 season pilot orders for ABC, CBS and NBC. Wasn’t that nice of them? Yes, yes it was.
Just between these three networks (we’ll bring you Fox and the others, including cable, later), 31 dramas and 29 comedies are being considered. What shows will make it to the Fall schedule is still anyone’s guess, and we’ll have to wait until May to find out,...
- 2/19/2010
- by Chris Ullrich
- The Flickcast
CBS may have created two of the most popular new series this season - NCIS: La and The Good Wife - but the network still has some bare spots to contend with (we hardly knew ye, Three Rivers!) Not one to stray from its bread and butter shows, the network's got a Criminal Minds spinoff in the works plus a new project from CSI honcho Carol Mendelsohn, but all eyes are on its redux of Hawaii Five-o starring Lost's Daniel Dae Kim. And don't think CBS is resting on its laurels with the (unfathomable) success of Gary, Unmarried...
- 2/19/2010
- by Lynette Rice
- EW - Inside Movies
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