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'The Middle' on ABC - New TV Pilot Preview
13 July 2009 3:30 PM, PDT | From Inside TV | See recent Inside TV news
What should you expect from the new TV shows coming this fall? Read our first impressions of ABC's 'The Middle,' starring Patricia Heaton, Neil Flynn and Chris Kattan ... Premise: The middle-class Hecks of Indiana juggle their dead-end jobs with raising three kids -- rebellious Axel, awkward Sue and "quirky" Brick. ... Read more
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Kelly Woo
Comprehensive & Confirmed Comic-Con 09 TV Panel Schedule
13 July 2009 1:22 PM, PDT | From TVovermind.com | See recent TVovermind.com news
The official Comic-Con schedule has been released! Below are the confirmed dates, times and guests for all television panels from the following networks: ABC, AMC, BBC, CBS, CW, Discovery, Fox, HBO, NBC, Sho, Syfy & USA. I have also included special television-specific panels hosted by Entertainment Weekly and TV Guide.
I will be attending and reporting about the panels that are denoted by an asterisk. Follow me on Twitter for frequent updates from San Diego!
Wednesday, July 22
Human Target, V & Vampire Diaries Ballroom 20, 6pm-9pm Full pilot screenings of each Thursday, July 23
Burn Notice* Ballroom 20, 2:30pm-3:30pm Guests: Bruce Campbell, creator/exec prod Matt Nix, executive producer Alfredo Barrios Jr. Dexter* Ballroom 20, 5pm-6pm Guests: Michael C. Hall, Julie Benz, Jennifer Carpenter, executive producers John Goldwyn, Sara Colleton, Clyde Phillips & Melissa Rosenberg Legend of the Seeker Room 6De, 4:45pm-5:45pm Guests: executive producers & cast [names not confirmed] The Middleman* Room 6A,
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Jo Garfein
Comic-Con 09 TV Panels: Friday & Saturday Schedule Update
11 July 2009 1:57 PM, PDT | From TVovermind.com | See recent TVovermind.com news
Now that the official Comic-Con schedule for Wednesday through Saturday has been released, I wanted to keep you updated with television panel details.
I will be attending and reporting about the panels that are denoted by an asterisk. Follow me on Twitter for frequent updates from San Diego, and stay tuned for more details!
Wednesday, July 22
Human Target, V & Vampire Diaries Ballroom 20, 6pm-9pm Full pilot screenings of each Thursday, July 23
Burn Notice* Ballroom 20, 2:30pm-3:30pm Guests: Bruce Campbell, creator/exec prod Matt Nix, executive producer Alfredo Barrios Jr. Dexter* Ballroom 20, 5pm-6pm Guests: Michael C. Hall, Julie Benz, Jennifer Carpenter, executive producers John Goldwyn, Sara Colleton, Clyde Phillips & Melissa Rosenberg Legend of the Seeker Room 6De, 4:45pm-5:45pm Guests: executive producers & cast [names not confirmed] The Middleman* Room 6A, 11:15am-12:15pm Guests: Matt Keeslar, Natalie Morales, Mary Pat Gleason, Brit Morgan, Jake Smollett, Mark Sheppard, Brendan Hines,
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Jo Garfein
Friday's schedule for Comic-Con 2009 revealed
10 July 2009 2:24 PM, PDT | From Corona's Coming Attractions | See recent Corona's Coming Attractions news
The breakdown of what's planned on Friday, July 24 at Comic-Con International has just been released. As with our rundown of Thursday's schedule I'm focusing on just the film/TV/DVD panels happening that day and leaving out a lot of other good stuff to do with comic books, video games, costumes and fandom. For the complete list of what's happening 7/24, hit the Comic-Con website.
Friday, July 24:
10:00 - 11:00: Batman: The Brave and the Bold screening and Q&A. In attendance will be voice actors Diedrich Bader (Batman) and John Dimaggio (Aquaman) as well as executive producer Sam Register, producer James Tucker, producer Michale Jelenic and voice director Andrea Romano.
10:00 - 12:30: Warner Bros. panel. Previews of The Book of Eli, A Nightmare on Elm Street, The Box, Jonah Hex, Sherlock Holmes and Where the Wild Things Are.
10:15 - 11:15: Farscape 10th anniversary panel.
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Patrick Sauriol
Comic-Con 09 TV Panel Update! FlashForward, Heroes & More
9 July 2009 8:21 PM, PDT | From TVovermind.com | See recent TVovermind.com news
With Comic-Con 2009 kicking off in less than two weeks, the updates and specifics are starting to be released with greater frequency.
Below is your weekly television panel schedule update, including guests and screenings that have been confirmed thus far.
I will be attending and reporting the details here about the panels that are denoted by an asterisk.
Wednesday, July 22
Human Target, V & Vampire Diaries Ballroom 20, 6pm-9pm Full pilot screenings of each Thursday, July 23
Burn Notice* Ballroom 20, 2:30pm-3:30pm Guests: Bruce Campbell, creator/exec prod Matt Nix, executive producer Alfredo Barrios Jr. Dexter* Ballroom 20, 5pm-6pm Guests: Michael C. Hall, Julie Benz, Jennifer Carpenter, executive producers John Goldwyn, Sara Colleton, Clyde Phillips & Melissa Rosenberg Legend of the Seeker Room 6De, 4:45pm-5:45pm Guests: executive producers & cast [names not confirmed] The Middleman* Room 6A, 11:15am-12:15pm Guests: Matt Keeslar, Natalie Morales, Mary Pat Gleason, Britt Morgan, Jake Smollett,
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Jo Garfein
Chris Kattan joins ABC's 'The Middle'
30 June 2009 6:30 AM, PDT | From Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news
Chris Kattan has been added to the cast of ABC's new comedy The Middle. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the actor/comedian - best known for his work on Saturday Night Live - has joined the cast as a series regular. Kattan, who guest-starred in the pilot, will play Bob, a good friend of Patricia Heaton's character Frankie Heck. The Middle will join Courteney (more)
By Dan French
Chris Kattan is stuck in 'The Middle' with ABC
29 June 2009 11:46 PM, PDT | From Hitfix.com | See recent Hitfix news
Chris Kattan will be a co-star on ABC's new fall sitcom "The Middle." "The Middle" features Patricia Heaton and Neil Flynn as parents raising a middle-class family in the Midwest. Kattan will play Bob, a car salesman buddy of Heaton's Frankie. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Kattan guest starred in the pilot for "The Middle" and will be upped to regular status on the comedy, which will air on Wednesday nights at 8:30 on ABC starting on September 30. Kattan spent roughly a decade on "Saturday Night Live" creating characters both wildly annoying and merely slightly annoying, following up his "SNL"...
HitFix Staff
Chris Kattan Gets in The Middle
29 June 2009 7:17 PM, PDT | From MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news
Ten-year Saturday Night Live veteran Chris Kattan has landed his first post-SNL gig as a regular: ABC's new comedy The Middle.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Kattan guest-starred in the pilot and will play Bob, a good friend of fellow car salesman Frankie Heck (Patricia Heaton).
The Wbtv-produced Middle is a single-camera comedy about a middle-class Midwestern family seen through the eyes of the mother (Heaton). It is slated to premiere Sept. 30, airing in the 8:30 p.m. Wednesday slot.
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Clooney And Hanks Back New Union Deal
30 May 2009 7:00 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news
George Clooney and Tom Hanks have loaned their star power to the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) by urging union members to vote in favour of a new deal with Hollywood's major studios.
Clooney and Hanks, along with around 500 other actors, signed a statement on Friday that "wholeheartedly" recommends SAG's 120,000 members should vote "yes" on the new labour contract, believed to have more concessions from the studios.
Since last June, the Screen Actors Guild and Hollywood's top studio executives were locked in nine months of tense negotiations over actors' pay in light of growing technology, with ads expanding to the Internet.
In April, both parties shook hands over a new agreement - and now the membership is currently voting on a new deal, with other members in favour including Sally Field, Patricia Heaton and Rob Lowe.
The result of the vote is expected in June.
2009 ABC Fall TV Line Up: Pushing Daisies A Casualty
20 May 2009 4:34 PM, PDT | From ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news
ABC is hitting us with a bunch of new shows for their upcoming 2009-10 season.
The new shows include Cougar Town, The Deep End, Eastwick, Flash Forward, The Forgotten, Hank, Happy Town, The Middle, Modern Family, Shark Tank and V.
While shows like Better Off Ted, Castle, Scrubs and True Beauty will be falling in line with other mainstays of the network like The Bachelor, Brothers & Sisters, Desperate Housewives, Grey’s Anatomy, Lost, Ugly Betty and others.
I know that most of the shows mentioned are not of primary interest to the majority of Screen Rant readers, but we’re tossing them out there for everyone.
ABC of course stuck with their best rated scripted dramas of Desperate Housewives and Grey’s Anatomy.
If a show is shown as having been picked up, but does not show in the below list, that means it is debuting later on in the 2009-10 season.
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Bruce Simmons
2009 Upfronts: ABC
19 May 2009 12:54 PM, PDT | From CinemaSpy | See recent CinemaSpy news
Fox isn’t the only network hoping to get audiences laughing.
ABC may be sitting pretty on Sundays, with the pairing of soapy melodramas Desperate Housewives and Brothers & Sisters, and on Thursdays, also known as Shonda Rhimes’ night, are Grey’s Anatomy and Private Practice.
But on Wednesdays the network is less competitive. Lost will pick up viewers in 2010 when it returns, but for the fall, ABC is looking to a block of new half-hour sitcoms for some traction, and three of them have the backing of some big names in comedy.
Cougar Town stars Courteney Cox as a recently divorced single mother “exploring the honest truths about dating and aging in our beauty and youth obsessed culture.” Hank is the new Kelsey Grammer vehicle that has him taking on the role of a fallen industrialist who is broke, unemployed, and at the mercy of his wife and kids. The
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ABC Renews ‘Castle,’ ‘Scrubs’; Cancels ‘The Unusuals,’ ‘Cupid’
19 May 2009 12:04 PM, PDT | From HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news
Chicago – ABC is still struggling to find the next big hit to stand next to monsters like “Lost,” “Desperate Housewives,” and “Grey’s Anatomy,” and they decided to give Nathan Fillion & Stana Katic’s “Castle” a shot at hit status, but cancelled several other new shows, including “The Unusuals” and “Cupid”.
ABC announced their fall schedule today and made a few surprise choices, bringing back the increasingly interesting “Castle” and giving another chance to “Better Off Ted” and “True Beauty”.
Perhaps the most surprising move, especially considering the show’s poignant and excellent series finale, has to be the return of “Scrubs,” which will be back for midseason. They also announced 11 new series for fall and midseason.
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Previously announced returning shows include “America’s Funniest Home Videos,” “The Bachelor,” “Brothers & Sisters,” “Dancing With the Stars,” “Desperate Housewives,” “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition,” “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Lost,” “Private Practice,
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adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
More Laughs on the Way at ABC
19 May 2009 10:45 AM, PDT | From The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news
Kelsey Grammer, Patricia Heaton star in new fall shows.
ABC announced its fall schedule Tuesday, highlighting it with an ambitious two-hour comedy block on Wednesday nights featuring all-new shows.
The Disney-owned network only launched one comedy last year and will enter next season with veteran sitcoms “According to Jim” and “Samantha Who” off the schedule.
“Hank,” starring Kelsey Grammer as a down-on-his-luck Wall Street exec reconnecting with family and home town, will kick off ABC’s Wednesday-night schedule at 8 p.m., followed by “The Middle,” a ...
Michael Speier
First Look: ABC's 'Hank' and 'The Middle'
19 May 2009 7:53 AM, PDT | From Hitfix.com | See recent Hitfix news
Kelsey Grammer is featured in 'Hank' as Hank Pryor, a titan of industry who suddenly finds himself out of work, almost out of money and around a wife and kids for whom he's never made much time. Patricia Heaton stars as a wife and mother of three in 'The Middle,' a comedy about raising a family and lowering your expectations.
Hitfix Staff
Fall TV: ABC's Official Schedule Revisits V, Moves Betty and Says Adieu to Who?
19 May 2009 6:38 AM, PDT | From TVGuide - Breaking News | See recent TVGuide.com - Breaking News news
ABC's plan for the 2009-10 TV includes alien invasions, a new night for Betty and a bevy of sitcoms — though at least one laffer was ironically "forgotten" along the way. Looking to build a comedy bloc, ABC's Wednesday lineup will feature four new sitcoms: Hank (starring Kelsey Grammer), The Middle (fronted by Patricia Heaton), Modern Family and Cougar Town (starring Courteney Cox Arquette). Notably missing from ABC's schedule is Samantha Who?, which has officially been canceled. The Christina Applegate-starrer, however, still has ...
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Joyce Eng
ABC Announces Primetime 2009-2010 Programming Slate
19 May 2009 6:23 AM, PDT | From MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news
ABC unveiled its 2009-2010 primetime schedule this morning and here is the full press release:
Stephen McPherson, president, ABC Entertainment Group, today outlined ABC's plans for next season and unveiled the network's 2009-10 fall schedule before the advertising and media communities at Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall.
New fall and midseason series include "Cougar Town," "The Deep End," "Eastwick," "Flash Forward," "The Forgotten," "Hank," "Happy Town," "The Middle," "Modern Family," "Shark Tank" and "V."
"Better Off Ted," "Castle," "Scrubs" and "True Beauty" join previously announced returning series "America's Funniest Home Videos," "The Bachelor," "Brothers & Sisters," "Dancing with the Stars," "Desperate Housewives," "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition," "Grey's Anatomy," "Lost," "Private Practice," "Supernanny," "Ugly Betty," "Wife Swap" and 20/20. "Saturday Night College Football" will also return.
"Our focus is always on delivering the best stories with the most memorable characters on TV, whether that's established audience favorites or innovative new shows," said McPherson.
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ABC shunts 'Ugly Betty' to Fridays
19 May 2009 6:02 AM, PDT | From Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news
Ugly Betty will switch to Friday nights when it returns next season, ABC has confirmed. The drama, which stars America Ferrera in the titular role, suffered a ratings decline of 16% over its third season. The fourth run will play out in a graveyard slot on Fridays between reality series Supernanny and news magazine 20/20. Unveiling its 2009-10 slate in New York today, the network also confirmed the creation of an all-new comedy block on Wednesday nights. There, it will debut Kelsey Grammer's Hank, Patricia Heaton's The Middle, Courteney Cox's Cougar Town and mockumentary Modern Family. The much-buzzed about new drama Flash Forward will start Thursday nights, after which Grey's Anatomy and Private Practice are paired. Lost will return to the schedule for its sixth and final season (more)
By Neil Wilkes
Cynopsis 5/18/09
18 May 2009 3:34 AM, PDT | From Cynopsis.com/ | See recent Cynopsis news
Pilot Pickup News: • Fox gave the comedy Brothers a 13-episode order from Sony/Tantamount. The plot centers on the relationship between two brothers, one a retired NFL player (NY Giants' Michael Strahan) who returns to his hometown of Houston to care for his disabled brother (Darryl "Chill" Mitchell). The series also stars Cch Pounder. • ABC is "going to town" with its pilot approvals, adding the new drama Happy Town and the comedy Cougar Town starring Courteney Cox, both produced by ABC Studios. Happy Town is a small-town murder mystery starring Geoff Stults, Lauren German, Dean Winters, Amy Acker, Sam Neill, John Patrick Amedori, Sarah Gadon, Jay Paulson and Robert Wisdom. In Cougar Town, the series also stars Dan Byrd, Busy Philipps, Brian Van Holt, Christa Miller, Josh Hopkins and Ian Gomez. • Additionally, ABC finalized a deal late Friday to pick up the Warner Bros. TV series V and 20th TV's
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Fox Boosts Its Fall Line-Up
18 May 2009 2:20 AM, PDT | From Studio Briefing - Film News | See recent Studio Briefing - Film News news
Fox, which has always struggled with entertainment programming in the early part of the season, which is interrupted by its coverage of post-season baseball, has decided to introduce four new sitcoms and two dramas in the fall and bring back So You Think You Can Dance, its hit summer series, for a second run in the fall. Two of the comedies, one animated (The Cleveland Show) and one live (Brothers) star African-Americans. The lack of African-American leads in TV sitcoms on all four major networks has been branded "unconscionable" by the NAACP. Meanwhile, ABC is planning to introduce 10 new series, four sitcoms and six dramas, in the fall. Among the comedies are Hank, starring Kelsey Grammer and The Middle, starring Patricia Heaton. Both Grammer and Heaton are Emmy winners.
Keaton, Goldblum Join Harrison Ford Comedy
7 April 2009 2:08 AM, PDT | From GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news
The new Harrison Ford-Rachel McAdams comedy, Morning Glory, picked up a few more key pieces yesterday, with Diane Keaton and Jeff Goldblum signing on to join the J.J. Abrams/Bad Robot production.
McAdams will play a news producer who tries to salvage her morning show by brokering a truce between its anchors (Indy Jones and Annie Hall), who get on like oil and something that doesn't go with oil...um...maybe oil and Ed Begley, Jr. Goldblum will play the station's boss.
Forgive me for saying so, fans of the assembled talent, but doesn't this sound like that short-lived series starring Kelsey Grammer and Patricia Heaton? (I had to look up the title - Back to You - because the show made such a lasting impression.) It's the work of Aline Brosh McKenna, who adapted The Devil Wears Prada and also wrote 27 Dresses, and that doesn't exactly help change my mind.
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Colin Boyd
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