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Karen Gillan is cray cray adorbs in ABC’s “Selfie”

September 29, 2014 Ryan Berenz

Selfie ABC Premieres: Sept. 30 Airs: Tuesdays at 8pm ET/PT Who’s In It? Karen Gillan, John Cho, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Allyn Rachel, David Harewood What’s It All About? Eliza Dooley (Gillan) is a superficial social-media superstar pharmaceutical sales rep who spends lots of time making sure her lipstick matches her thong. Henry (Cho) is a workaholic marketing whiz who bemoans the kids these days with their Facebooks and such. Also, Henry has a wisecracking bearded best friend. After a major embarrassment on an airplane makes Eliza a laughingstock, she enlists Henry to help her repackage her image into “a respected […]

Brooklyn Nine-Nine Season 2 goes undercover on Sunday nights

September 28, 2014 Ryan Berenz

Brooklyn Nine-Nine FOX Returns: Sept. 28 at 8:30pm ET/PT Where We Left Off: Jake (Andy Samberg) professed his feelings for Amy (Melissa Fumero) before going undercover. Boyle (Joe Lo Truglio) and Gina (Chelsea Peretti) got it on. What To Expect: Brooklyn Nine-Nine moves to Sunday night for Season 2, where it should continue to thrive. Jake’s undercover assignment will add a new dimension to the comedy. “We are going super dark,” jokes executive producer Mike Schur. “It’s going to make Law & Order: SVU look like a cartoon. It’s super bleak.” ALSO SEE: Fall TV Preview 2014: Returning series premiere […]

CBS announces new “Mom” and “The Millers” season premiere dates

September 26, 2014 Ryan Berenz

CBS announced some changes to its fall lineup, expanding The Big Bang Theory to two episodes on Mondays, moving the Season 2 premiere of Mom to Thursday, Oct. 30, and moving the Season 2 premiere of The Millers up to Monday, Oct. 20. ALSO SEE: Fall TV Preview 2014: Returning series premiere dates and times The full press release and updated schedule from CBS below: CBS CONTINUES “THE BIG BANG THEORY” HOUR TO OPEN MONDAY The Critically Acclaimed Comedy “Mom” to Premiere Oct. 30 at 8:30 PM As Part of the Network’s Launch of Its Thursday Entertainment Lineup Last Season’s […]

“SNL Vintage” commemorates 40 years of “Saturday Night Live”

September 25, 2014 Jeff Pfeiffer

Saturday Night Live begins its 40th season on NBC this Saturday, Sept. 27, with host Chris Pratt and musical guest Ariana Grande (and former cast member Darrell Hammond taking over announcing duties from the late Don Pardo). The series premiered on Oct. 11, 1975, and since then has become a pop-culture staple, launching the careers of many now-famous comic actors. Several episodes of SNL have become famous themselves, either because of a notable host, a hilarious sketch, a prominent musical guest or a combination of all of the above. NBC is going to be airing what it considers “iconic” episodes […]

The Ballad of Big Tasty: 7 Questions With Troy Gentile of “The Goldbergs”

September 24, 2014 Ryan Berenz

ABC’s hit The Goldbergs is back, and moves to Wednesday nights beginning Sept. 24 at 8:30pm ET/PT. In the Season 2 premiere, “Love is a Mix Tape,” Adam (Sean Giambrone) makes a heartfelt mix tape for Dana (Natalie Alyn Lind), but it falls into the wrong hands. Meanwhile, Barry (Troy Gentile) gets a fake ID. But discretion has never been Big Tasty’s strong suit, and showing it off to everyone at school ends up costing him. (Fittingly, the series premiere dealt with Barry getting his drivers license.) David Spade guest-stars as Gus, an unscrupulous employee at FotoFun. The role of […]

Interview: “Impractical Jokers” Sal and Joe on their spinoff series “Jokers Wild”

September 24, 2014 Jeff Pfeiffer

“This is a little more back to our roots,” Joe Gatto told me during a recent interview I had with him and Sal Vulcano. The two, along with James “Murr” Murray and Brian “Q” Quinn, are part of the hugely popular truTV hidden-camera series Impractical Jokers. All four men are spinning off that success with the new series Jokers Wild. Don’t worry; the group is not abandoning Impractical Jokers, and new episodes of Season 3 will begin on the same night as the Jokers Wild premiere, Sept. 25. Some fans might find the new show a change from what they […]

“The Big Bang Theory” Season 8 begins with two new episodes Monday

September 22, 2014 Ryan Berenz

After some heated contract negotiations with the cast, The Big Bang Theory returns for Season 8 as scheduled with back-to-back new episodes — and with very hefty pay raises for stars Jim Parsons, Johnny Galecki and Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting. The series airs on Mondays beginning Sept. 22 while CBS broadcasts Thursday Night Football, and then returns to its regular Thursday night slot on Oct. 30. ALSO SEE: Fall TV shows 2014: New comedy series premiere dates, times and previews First up, in “The Locomotion Interruption” (8pm ET/PT) Leonard and Amy take an unexpected road trip to Arizona to pick up Sheldon. […]

South Park Season 18 premiere takes on Washington Redskins name

September 22, 2014 Jeff Pfeiffer

South Park Season 18 begins this Wednesday at 10pm ET/PT on Comedy Central. Never a show to shy away from controversial topics, the series delves immediately into the hot-button issue of the name of the NFL’s Washington Redskins team. That name is recognized by many, inside and outside of the Native American community, as an offensive racial slur, while others — including team owner Dan Snyder — claim otherwise and view it as a historical term of respect. A preview clip from the South Park Season 18 premiere (called “Go Fund Yourself”) was released yesterday online (and, apparently, on air […]

Episode schedule for TV Land’s “Cosby Show” 30th anniversary marathons

September 19, 2014 Jeff Pfeiffer

The classic sitcom The Cosby Show premiered on NBC 30 years ago this Saturday, on Sept. 20, 1984. The influential series has gone on to become one of the most beloved of all time, and celebrating that, TV Land is airing marathons of the show Sept. 20 and 21 starting at 2pm ET each day. Check out the Huxtables in the following episodes of The Cosby Show airing during TV Land’s 30th anniversary marathons (episodic info from TV Land; all times ET): September 20 2pm: “How Ugly Is He?” — A nervous Denise (Lisa Bonet) brings her latest boyfriend home […]

20th anniversary of “Friends” celebrated with episode marathon, Central Perk replica

September 19, 2014 Jeff Pfeiffer

On Sept. 22, 1994, the sitcom Friends began its 10-season run on NBC, eventually launching its cast — Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matthew Perry, Matt LeBlanc and David Schwimmer — into stardom, winning a few Emmys, inspiring the “Rachel” haircut among some women, and ensuring itself of an extended life in reruns. One of the networks that shows the most Friends reruns, TBS, will be celebrating the show’s 20th anniversary this Sept. 22 — 20 years to the day of its premiere — with a 20-episode marathon from 10am-8pm ET/PT. The marathon will consist of episodes chosen by […]