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ABC's 'Family Tools' tries to build a successful sitcom
4 hours ago | Zap2It - From Inside the Box | See recent Zap2It - From Inside the Box news »
The blueprint: Assemble familiar character actors into an on-screen family, then nail it to one of the last new series of the television season.
Premiering Wednesday, May 1, the ABC sitcom "Family Tools" revolves around a passing of the torch as a heart attack forces veteran handyman Tony (J.K. Simmons, "The Closer") to turn his business over to his ne'er-do-well son Jack (Kyle Bornheimer, "She's Out of My League"). Though his aunt Terry (Leah Remini, "The King of Queens") offers Jack encouragement, he has much to prove as he sets out to move the family trade forward.
"Family Tools" is based on the British show "White Van Man." Writer-producer Bobby Bowman ("Raising Hope") did the Americanization and defines that title term as a "sort of fix-it guy. The direct translation would be 'jack-of-all-trades'; that's why I named (the central character) Jack. The British version was Ollie. I don't know any Ollies. »
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'Veep' renewed for Season 3 on HBO
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HBO has renewed "Veep" for a third season, scheduled to run for 10 episodes in 2014, the network announced Wednesday (May 1).
Julia Louis-Dreyfus heads an all-star ensemble as Vice President Selina Meyer and her staff working West Wing-adjacent. The show has received three Emmy nominations, including one for Outstanding Comedy Series, and one win, for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy.
Star Matt Walsh, who plays Mike McClintock, the communications direction for the vice president, recently told Zap2it that should they be renewed for a third season, he's hoping to perhaps reveal more of Mike's life outside the office -- specifically the boat that landed him in some serious debt.
Perhaps that's what we'll see next season. "Veep" is currently three episodes into its second season on HBO. It airs Sunday nights at 10 p.m. Et/Pt. »
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John Oliver Will Bravely Test How 'The Daily Show' Works Without Jon Stewart Starting on June 10
5 hours ago | Indiewire Television | See recent Indiewire Television news »
Yes, once upon a time -- in the '90s -- "The Daily Show" was hosted by Craig Kilborn, but for the past decade plus, the incisive, hilarious fake news show has been defined by and identified with Jon Stewart. So you have to give John Oliver credit -- the show's Senior British Correspondent will be attempting to fill some very big shoes this summer when he takes over as guest host while Stewart is off shooting his directorial debut "Rosewater," from a script he adapted from "Then They Came For Me: A Family’s Story Of Love, Captivity And Survival," the 2011 memoir by Iranian Canadian journalist Maziar Bahari. Read More: Jon Stewart Will Be Taking the Summer Off From 'The Daily Show' to Make His Directorial Debut Oliver's eight-week stint as guest host will begin on Monday, June 10, with Stewart set to return September 3 (the show will »
- Alison Willmore
Liberty Completes $2.6B Charter Purchase; John Malone Among Board Additions
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Related: Liberty To Pay $2.62B For 27.3% Of Charter Stamford, Conn. & Englewood, Colo. (May 1, 2013) –Charter Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq: Chtr) (“Charter”) and Liberty Media Corporation (Nasdaq: Lmca, Lmcb) (“Liberty”) announced today that Liberty has completed its previously announced agreement with investment funds managed by, or affiliated with, Apollo Management, Oaktree Capital Management and Crestview Partners to acquire 26.9 million shares and 1.1 million warrants in Charter Communications, Inc. for $2.6 billion, which represents a 27.3% beneficial ownership in Charter using shares outstanding as of December 31, 2012, and a price per share of $95.50. Liberty funded the purchase with cash on hand of $1.2 billion and borrowed $1.4 billion under newly executed margin loans on 20.3 million Charter common shares (Nasdaq: Chtr), 720 million SiriusXM common shares (Nasdaq: Siri), 8.1 million Live Nation Entertainment common shares (NYSE: Lyv) and a portion of Liberty’s available for sale securities. Liberty and Charter have entered into a previously announced stockholders agreement that among other things provides »
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