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Loose “Cannon”: James Caan is a blast in ABC’s “Back in the Game”

September 25, 2013 Ryan Berenz

Loose “Cannon”: James Caan is a blast in ABC’s Back in the Game: Maggie Lawson (Psych) stars as a single mom who takes on managing her son’s little league team while trying to reconnect with her drunk, emotionally distant ex-ballplayer father (Caan). ALSO SEE: Complete list of fall 2013 new shows Fall TV 2013 new comedies 5 lessons from the fall 2013 TV family sitcoms Back in the Game ABC Premieres: Sept. 25 Airs: Wednesdays at 8:30pm ET/PT Who’s In It? Maggie Lawson, James Caan, Lenora Crichlow, Griffin Gluck, Ben Koldyke What’s It All About? Terry Gannon Jr. (Lawson) was […]

Totally Goldbergs Recap: Circle of Driving

September 25, 2013 Ryan Berenz

The Totally Goldbergs Recap: “Circle of Driving” (originally aired on ABC Sept. 24, 2013) ALSO SEE: Complete list of fall 2013 new shows Fall TV 2013 new comedies 5 lessons from the fall 2013 TV family sitcoms In the new ABC sitcom The Goldbergs (Tuesdays at 9pm ET/PT), 1980s are relived through the eyes and video camera lens of young Adam Goldberg (Sean Giambrone). Adam’s parents (played by Wendi McLendon-Covey and Jeff Garlin) are, like, totally embarrassing and just don’t understand that REO Speedwagon cassette tapes and wearing your sister’s hand-me-down jeans are grody to the max. At least grandpa […]

Michael J. Fox returns to series TV in NBC’s The Michael J. Fox Show

September 25, 2013 Lori Acken

“I spent time with my family during their really formative years and enjoyed that, and I kind of messed with pills and new medications that help me more to deal with [Parkinson’s symptoms] that I don’t have as much now because of medication to counter the side effects,” says Michael J. Fox of his long-awaited return to series television in The Michael J. Fox Show, his new art-imitates-life NBC sitcom. “So it just seemed like the right time to do it.” • RELATED: Betsy Brandt talks transitioning from Breaking Bad to The Michael J. Fox Show The Michael J. Fox […]

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When Yoder met Hernandez: NBC’s “Welcome to the Family” preview

September 23, 2013 Lori Acken

In NBC’s Welcome to the Family Mike O’Malley and Mary McCormack play a couple stunned by the surprise pregnancy of their college-bound daughter. Their lives are thrown into even more disarray when they meet their daughter’s secret boyfriend and his parents (Ricardo Chavira, Justina Machado). When these two very different families are thrown together, it goes anything but smoothly, and the news that their children are engaged to be married doesn’t exactly make things better. ALSO SEE: Complete list of fall 2013 new shows Fall TV 2013 new comedies 5 lessons from the fall 2013 TV family sitcoms Welcome to […]

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Like mother, like daughter: Anna Faris and Allison Janney in CBS’ “Mom”

September 23, 2013 Lori Acken

Like mother, like daughter: Anna Faris and Allison Janney in CBS’ Mom: Faris stars as Christy, a tightly wound, newly sober Napa Valley waitress dealing with the scars of a rough childhood with her neglectful mom Bonnie (Janney) while trying to prevent her own teen daughter Violet from following in their dysfunctional footsteps. ALSO SEE: Complete list of fall 2013 new shows Fall TV 2013 new comedies 5 lessons from the fall 2013 TV family sitcoms Mom CBS Premieres: Sept. 23 Airs: Mondays at 9:30pm ET/PT Who’s In It? Anna Faris, Allison Janney, French Stewart, Nathan Corddry What’s It All […]

Duck Dynasty stars flock to Last Man Standing season premiere

September 19, 2013 StayTuned Staff

If your Duck Dynasty appetite is such that one half-hour episode a week just isn’t going to cut it, Friday’s season premiere of Last Man Standing will make you happy happy happy. Two members of the Robertson clan —Willie and Uncle Si — will guest star in an episode called “Back to School,” and here’s the real treat: They won’t be playing themselves. I mean, yes, they’re going to look exactly like you’re used to seeing them on their stratospherically successful A&E reality show, clad in camouflage and all bearded out, but they’re going to actually be doing a bit […]

Key & Peele Season 3 starts Sept. 18 on Comedy Central

September 18, 2013 Jeff Pfeiffer

The hit sketch comedy series Key & Peele returns to Comedy Central tonight, Sept. 18, at 10:30pm ET/PT, to start Season 3, after a second season that found the show averaging 1.5 million viewers each week, and becoming No. 1 in its timeslot with Men 18-34 and Men 18-24 in all of television. Key & Peele Season 3 will include 13 new episodes. Once again, Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele combine filmed sketches and live stage segments, with elements of improv, celebrity impressions and original characters. Popular characters from the first two seasons make their return, including substitute teacher Mr. […]

Andy Samberg and Andre Braugher butt heads in “Brooklyn Nine-Nine”

September 17, 2013 Ryan Berenz

Brooklyn Nine-Nine on FOX: Andy Samberg and Andre Braugher star in this workplace comedy about a hotshot detective (Samberg) who gets a new captain (Braugher) with a lot to prove. Brooklyn Nine-Nine FOX Premieres: Sept. 17 Airs: Tuesdays at 8:30pm ET/PT Who’s In It? Andy Samberg, Andre Braugher, Melissa Fumero, Terry Crews, Joe Lo Truglio What’s It All About? Detective Jake Peralta (Samberg) loves solving crimes. The only puzzle he can’t figure out is how to grow up. Jake is motivated by a bet with his partner, Amy Santiago (Fumero), on who can solve the most cases this year. When […]

Comedy is a family affair for Beau Bridges: CBS “The Millers” preview

September 17, 2013 Ryan Berenz

Beau Knows Funny: Comedy Is A Family Affair For Beau Bridges. Actor Beau Bridges has comedy in his genes. His father, Lloyd, was a regular in Zucker brothers’ comedies like Airplane! and received an Emmy nomination for guesting as Izzy Mandelbaum on Seinfeld. His brother, Jeff, was “The Dude” of The Big Lebowski fame. Beau played the father of Earl and Randy Hickey in My Name Is Earl, guest-starred as the posthumous patriarch in The Goodwin Games and now takes another shot at the TV dad role in the new CBS sitcom The Millers, premiering Thursday, Oct. 3, at 8:30pm […]

Martin Mull is back on TV with Fox’s controversial “Dads”

September 17, 2013 StayTuned Staff

With nearly 40 years of TV experience behind him, you might wonder if Martin Mull would still get excited about a new project. For every successful run he’s had — your Fernwood Tonight, Roseanne — he’s had other here-and-gone experiences (Domestic Life, His & Hers), enough that he could be forgiven for being ambivalent about the whole scene. But in talking with the 70-year-old actor about Dads, his new sitcom that debuts tonight on FOX, he sounds as upbeat and enthusiastic as a fresh-faced actor getting his first big break of pilot season. Dads centers around Warner and Eli (Giovanni […]