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Creator of Lizzie McGuire Returns With Disney Channel’s New Show Andi Mack

August 5, 2016 Grace McCormick

Terri Minsky, the creator of Disney Channel’s hit show Lizzie McGuire, returns to the tween and family friendly network with her new show Andi Mack. Growing up watching Lizzie McGuire, I couldn’t help suppress my inner 12-year-old-self excitement about this announcement. The series begins production in the fall and is scheduled for a 2017 premiere on Disney Channel. Twelve-year-old newcomer Peyton Elizabeth Lee stars in the leading role, as Andi Mack. It’s a single-camera family series that focuses on Andi as she is about to celebrate her 13th birthday. Her life becomes more complicated, however, when her older sister Bex (Lilian […]

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TCA

Merry early Christmas, lambs! E! premieres “Mariah’s World” in December

August 3, 2016 Lori Acken

If it’s your sweet, sweet fantasy to see pop megastar Mariah Carey get her own show, you’re in luck, lambs. E! will premiere the singer’s new docuseries (her words) Mariah’s World on Sunday, Dec. 4 at 9/8CT. The 8-part event series — produced in part by reality vets Bunim/Murray Productions — will follow the bazillion-record-selling artist as she simultaneously kicks off her “Sweet Sweet Fantasy” tour of the U.K., Europe and Africa and plans her wedding to Aussie business mogul James Packer. The announcement was made today at the Television Critics Association summer press tour at a panel preceded by bottles of Veuve Clicquot […]

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Magazine Archive

So Whose Idea Was Botched By Nature? Dr. Nassif Spills The Details On Our Newest Fave

August 3, 2016 Barb Oates

First things first, the original idea of Botched — where two immensely talented and famous plastic surgeons (from The Real Housewives franchise) join forces to fix plastic surgeries gone horribly bad — came from the brilliant Dr. Paul Nassif. The endearing surgeon, however, was quick to credit his partner, Dr. Terry Dubrow, for their latest venture — Botched By Nature premiering on E! Wednesday, Aug 3 at 9pm ET/PT. “I got to give credit to Dr. Terry because Botched by Nature was more his inception. He kind of brought up the idea of doing this whole traveling thing,” Nassif tells […]

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Interview

Ring of Honor vixen Taeler Hendrix on her success with Jay Lethal and Women of Honor

August 3, 2016 Scott Fishman

They say behind every great man is a great woman. And for Jay Lethal that has been Taeler Hendrix. The villainous red-head has been instrumental during the Ring of Honor world champion’s lengthy reign at the top. “I think him and I are just top notch,” she said. “We are representing the House of Truth worldwide. I think it’s a perfect pairing. There is a lot of communication and understanding that goes into that. He is a top notch talent. So for me to stand next to him, I have to be at that level if not better just to […]

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TCA

TCA: USA’s Falling Water had unusual inception

August 3, 2016 Lori Acken

How did Brotherhood creator Blake Masters and the late Homeland writer-producer Henry Bromell come up with the concept of USA Network’s upcoming spinetingler Falling Water, about the power — and danger — of dreams? They got schnockered. At the show’s Television Critics Association summer tour panel, Masters teared up remembering how he and Bromell got drunk at a bachelor dinner in 2006 and came up with the idea of three strangers who come to the realization that they’re all dreaming parts of the same dream.In other words — what would happen if someone could wander out of their own dream and into […]

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Talk Show

TCA: Harry Connick Jr. on new talker Harry: “This feels most like me”

August 3, 2016 Lori Acken

Harry Connick Jr. appeared at the Television Critics Association press tour today to preview his new syndicated weekday talk show Harry which premieres Sept. 12. Flanked by his co-executive producers, brothers Justin and Eric Stangel and Jason Kurtz, Connick Jr. said that having done music, sitcoms, feature films and Broadway, the new venture “seems to be most in line with who I am.” “I’m obsessed with entertainment,” he told reporters. “I felt that this will be an opportunity to do all the things I love to do — all under one roof.” Justin Stangel said the format of Harry is shaped by how the […]