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Why I Should Binge “Ally McBeal”

July 29, 2015 Eric Kohanik

WHAT IS Ally McBeal ABOUT? Who is in it? Where is Ally McBeal now? Why is it binge-worthy? Must-sees Most shocking episodes That line was so great A quirky comedy/drama centered around a young, single female lawyer who wages many professional battles while also trying to sort out her personal life as she searches for love and the perfect guy. Original TV Home: FOX Number Of Seasons: 5 (September 1997 to May 2002) Total Episodes / Time Table: 111 (approx. 42 to 45 minutes each, plus one 84-minute episode) = approx. 84 hours. Viewing Strategy: Each season had 21 to […]

#TCA15: Who let the freaks out? Todrick!

July 29, 2015 Ryan Berenz

MTV unleashes the freaks! Todrick Hall @toddyrockstar lights it up at #TCA15. pic.twitter.com/1nvu7Hx4iB — Channel Guide (@ChannelGuide) July 29, 2015 On a Wednesday morning at the TCA Summer Press Tour, there’s nothing that will wake a person up faster than “Who Let the Freaks Out?” I grew up in the 1980s, and it was my understanding that the freaks came out at night, not at 9am on a Wednesday. So I had to pose the question to YouTube star Todrick Hall, who is getting his own MTV series premiering Aug. 31. ME: Hi, guys. Good morning. First question, who did let the freaks […]

David Spade gives folks their 15 minutes of Fameless on truTV

July 24, 2015 Lori Acken

Some people will do anything for their 15 minutes of televised glory and David Spade plans to prove it. Spade is the star and co-executive producer of Fameless, truTV’s latest addition to its growing sketch/prank comedy stable (see also: Impractical Jokers, Friends of the People and The Carbonaro Effect, all of which are back with new episodes this month, too). On the eight-episode summer laugher, wannabe reality stars believe they’ve been cast in a new unscripted series — perhaps an American Idol style talent competition, perhaps a Survivor-esque endurance test. In the meantime, their costars — a team of seasoned improv actors […]

5 Questions With … Elizabeth Gillies of FX’s “Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll”

July 15, 2015 Ryan Berenz

In FX’s new comedy Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll, Denis Leary plays Johnny Rock, a washed-up, drugged-out frontman for a punk-rock band that had its moment in the sun and then broke up nearly 25 years ago. Since then, Johnny’s been barely scraping by. But things start looking up when a beautiful young woman, Gigi (Elizabeth Gillies), Johnny’s estranged daughter, shows up and asks Johnny to help make her famous. With the looks, the talent and the voice, Gigi might be Johnny’s ticket to fame after all. ALSO SEE: Denis Leary gets the band back together for Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll Gillies, perhaps best known for her role […]

7 Questions With … Judy Greer Of FX’s “Married”

July 14, 2015 Ryan Berenz

Judy Greer will always be your favorite BFF in romantic comedy movies. But she’s also grown into something of a nerdgirl icon, voicing characters in FX’s Archer and getting exposure as Kitty Sanchez on Arrested Development. She’s also had roles in sci-fi flicks like Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, and this summer’s Tomorrowland and Jurassic World. In a role that’s a little more grounded, Greer returns as frazzled wife and mother Lina Bowman in Season 2 of FX’s comedy Married (Thursdays beginning July 16 at 10:30pm ET/PT). We grilled Greer with our always hard-hitting “7 Questions.” 1) What […]

HBO serves up “7 Days in Hell” tennis mockumentary

July 11, 2015 Lori Acken

7 Days in Hell: Trailer 2 It’s the mockumentary with something for everyone — tennis fans, Saturday Night Live fans, Brooklyn Nine-Nine fans, Game of Thrones fans, This Is Spinal Tap fans and most of all, people who like laughing at the earnestness of televised sports. 7 Days in Hell (on HBO Saturday, July 11, at 10pm ET/PT; available now on HBO GO), features Andy Samberg and GoT’s Kit Harington as Andre Agassi-esque hotshot Aaron Williams (Samberg) and man-bunned dumbbell Charles Poole (Harington) locked in a tennis match that simply will not end. The star-packed comedy also features cameos by […]

Funny or Die follows up “The Spoils of Babylon” with “The Spoils Before Dying”

July 5, 2015 Jeff Pfeiffer

Following up on its pitch-perfect parody of overwrought novels and epic miniseries of days gone by with The Spoils of Babylon, Funny or Die has produced a follow-up comedy miniseries for IFC. The three-night The Spoils Before Dying again features “author” Eric Jonrosh (Will Ferrell, also an executive producer), who introduces his story. It’s a pulp-noir murder mystery set in the seedy underbelly of Los Angeles’ jazz scene. Dying follows Rock Banyon (Michael Kenneth Williams) as he becomes the prime suspect in the double murder of his occasional lover Fresno Foxglove (Maya Rudolph), who is found dead with another man. Kristen […]

The CW’s new show “Dates” explores what happens when online matches meet — juicy secrets and all

July 1, 2015 StayTuned Staff

Have you ever wanted to be a fly on the wall during a real life Tinder-matched date? If so, consider your prayers answered courtesy of The CW. Throw in some British accents and you have yourself the network’s brand-new comedy Dates, which will make its summer premiere Thursday, July 9 with back to back episodes at 9 and 9:30 ET. And while its subject matter may not pertain to the supernatural, Dates still includes all the sexiness of our favorite CW shows. Dates is an original series that was created by Bryan Elsley and originally aired on Channel 4 in Great Britain. Now that it has moved across […]

“The Jim Gaffigan Show” — Jim And Jeannie Gaffigan’s Sixth Baby.

June 30, 2015 Kellie Freeze

The Jim Gaffigan Show feels like a family business. It stars comedian Jim Gaffigan as a fictionalized version of himself — a food- and nap-loving devoted father of five, who is raising his brood of fair-haired kids in a two-bedroom apartment in New York City. Gaffigan also writes and produces the scorchingly funny series with his wife and writing partner Jeannie, and while the three of us chat on the phone, they’re joined by their 3-year-old Michael (child No. 4), who entertains us before departing with a charmingly lisped “Thanks! Thanks! Thanks! Thank you!” Clearly, performing is in the youngster’s […]

Denis Leary gets the band back together for FX’s Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll

June 30, 2015 Ryan Berenz

Remember when a rock band’s fame was measured in record sales and radio plays instead of Twitter followers and trending hashtags? Someone might as well stick us in a museum with a pole up our butts because we, like Johnny Rock, are fossils. Comedian and former Rescue Me star Denis Leary returns to FX in the new comedy Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll as Johnny Rock, the drugged-out, aging frontman of early ’90s flash-in-the-pan punk band The Heathens. For nearly 25 years, he’s been living all of the rock star lifestyle with none of the fame or fortune. John Corbett costars as Flash, The […]