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These days, Kat Dennings can be seen playing Tim Allen's daughter in the hit ABC series Shifting Gears. However, more than two decades ago, she first played the daughter of late Full House star Bob Saget in a short-lived TV sitcom.

Back in 2001, Dennings and Saget co-starred in Raising Dad, a series that aired on The WB. In a new interview with People, Saget was remembered fondly by Dennings, who recalled how "protective" he had been with her on the set. While decades have since gone by, with Saget sadly passing away in 2022, Dennings has not forgotten the kindness that the legendary funnyman had shown her during the time they worked together on their TV show.

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Friends. South Park. Frasier. Family Guy. Some of TV’s longest-running sitcoms premiered in the 1990s, and remain relevant and beloved if not still producing new episodes today. But a decade is a long time, executives try a lot of ideas to fill their schedules, and since broadcast TV programming is kind of a zero-sum game, far more sitcoms premiered than ever found an audience. The question is: which ones deserved better?

A word on methodology here: I took the term “forgotten” very literally. That means I didn’t consider any ‘90s sitcom that’s streaming on a legitimate pay or subscription platform; any ‘90s sitcom that lasted more than one season; and any of which only the pilot is available to watch — illegitimately, since pilots have to jam in so much exposition that judging a show’s quality by that episode alone doesn’t offer an accurate picture of where it aspires to go.

Robert Iler, aka Tony Soprano’s son A.J., said it best Thursday night at Tribeca Festival’s 25th anniversary The Sopranos get-together: “Now my friends are going to shitty high school reunions and I’m going to cool stuff like this.”

Tribeca tonight premiered the Alex Gibney-directed HBO documentary Wise Guy: David Chase and the Sopranos, to a packed Beacon Theatre on the upper west side of Manhattan. What Star Wars means to a Star Wars fan, this documentary is a love letter and an ultimate prized watch for Sopranos fans.

Filled not just with old audition tapes and the backstory of Chase’s inspiration (it’s all about Momma), Wise Guy gives the warts and all: How HBO CEO Chris Albrecht held an intervention for James Gandolfini with the cast in the exec’s NYC apartment (who would skip work and battle his own demons); the actor tells the suit “Fire me!

The production of "The Sopranos" is littered with unrealized castings of characters. Imagine a world where Lorraine Bracco played Carmela Soprano instead of Dr. Jennifer Melfi or Robert Funaro (aka Eugene Pontecorvo) played Ralph Cifaretto and we didn't get Joe Pantoliano's Emmy winning two-season turn. Those are both worlds that came quite close to fruition.

One of the earliest "what could have been" castings goes back to the pilot. Georgianne Walken and Sheila Jaffe, the series' casting directors, revealed on an episode of the "Talking Sopranos" podcast that the original pick for Herman "Hesh" Rabkin was a different Jerry. Instead of Jerry Adler, they were looking at Jerry Stiller. However, Stiller made a last minute decision to appear in a commercial that was shooting the same time as the "Sopranos" pilot. This last-minute back-out led to a minor crisis, as Stiller had been set to start shooting "The Sopranos" in two days' time.

Tommy Morgan, a harmonica soloist who contributed to hundreds of movie and TV shows including “Roots” and “Dances With Wolves,” died June 23. He was 89.

Morgan played on film soundtracks and record dates going back to the early 1950s. His estimated 7,000 recording sessions, according to statistics on his website, suggest that more people have heard his harmonica work than that of any other player of the instrument.

That’s Morgan’s harmonica on Quincy Jones’ “Sanford and Son” theme, Mike Post’s “Rockford Files” theme and the scores for numerous shows including “Maverick,” “The Waltons,” “The Dukes of Hazzard,” “China Beach,” “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and “Family Guy.”

He played on the Emmy-winning score for “Roots” and its sequel, “Roots: The Next Generations.” And his bass harmonica was the signature sound of Arnold Ziffel, the pig on “Green Acres.”

In addition, Morgan played on dozens of classic films including “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers,...

It’s time for the punks to meet the godfathers. The creators of SopranosCon merged with MobMovieCon for a family celebration. From July 23 to July 25, Harrah’s Resort & Casino in Atlantic City will house the boardwalk’s biggest gangster gathering since Nucky Johnson hosted the mob’s Atlantic City Conference in 1929.

“Al Capone will not be coming though,” VirtualCons CEO Michael Mota tells Den of Geek. “Those were the mobsters. I would say this would be the biggest gathering of mobster wannabes.” The Sopranos fan convention has come a long way since it was dreamed up by three gangster movie aficionados from New York, Maryland, and Rhode Island. The 2019 SopranosCon drew thousands of fans from as far as The Netherlands and the United Kingdom to the Meadowlands Exposition Center in Secaucus. A planned expansion to MobMovieCon had to be pushed back because of the pandemic, but the organizers introduced VirtualCons...

Howard Franklin’s absorbing tale of the New York underworld is told from the point of view of a night-prowling shutterbug who documents life on the streets, from the swanky nightclubs to gangland killings on the cold sidewalks. Joe Pesci has his most endearing role in a part suggested by the famous photographer Weegee, a small man with artistic ambitions for his ‘found photos’ of party revelers and bloody corpses. Is Barbara Hershey’s club owner using him for selfish purposes? What happens if the hoods suddenly regard him as a hindrance, instead of a boost to their egos? The colorful production elicits a richly atmospheric image of New York in wartime. The biggest surprise: Pesci’s dialogue is all PG-rated! (The movie itself is an ‘R’.) With David Gianapoulos, Jared Harris, Stanley Tucci and Jerry Adler.

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You might be craving those loud, brash, blowed-up-real-good blockbusters that’d normally lay claim to half the screens of multiplexes this month. It’s almost the beginning of summer, and who has the willpower to fight that seasonal Pavlovian urge? (Just watch out for any action movie in which A-list stars are in a race against time with a killer virus. Still too soon.) Or maybe, during this particularly dark timeline we’re stuck in, you’re in need of something more intimate, intricate and attuned to human interactions — “smaller...

The gangsters on HBO’s classic mob series The Sopranos never shied from their charitable duties. That’s what Mafiosi have done since the very beginning of their loose organization. Tony Soprano’s crew took care of the blessed statue for the Feast of Elzéar of Sabran. The family’s pork-store front had a Satriale’s Christmas party tradition going all the way back to Tony’s father, who wore a Santa Claus suit himself to give back to the kids of the neighborhood. SopanosCon, the annual convention which celebrates the series, is no different. They announced SopranosCon Cares, a live benefit tele-con to benefit First Responders’ Children’s Foundation.

SopranosCon was slated to be a special segment of MobMovieCon, which was scheduled to take place at Harrah’s Resort and Casino in Atlantic City, on April 18, 2020. But the Covid-19 pandemic forced it, and all group gatherings to be postponed or cancelled.

Before there was Must-See TV, there was Mad About You.

Twenty-five years ago this fall, NBC assembled the foundation of what would be one of the best and most popular programming blocs in TV history. Seinfeld was already entrenched at 9 P.M., while Mad About You — a sitcom starring Paul Reiser and Helen Hunt as the happily married Paul and Jamie Buchman — was entering its second season leading off what had long been TV’s most profitable night (and its third season overall). To that duo, NBC added powerhouse hospital...

The comparisons are inevitable, so we might as well get them out of the way: “Good Girls Get High” sounds a lot like “Booksmart” because, well, it is a lot like “Booksmart.” But if its heroines can co-exist as joint valedictorians, there’s no reason we can’t embrace a pair of like-minded comedies about brainy teens who decide to go wild before high school ends.

The movie is narrated by Sam. She’s making a video for Harvard’s admissions team, in hopes she can undo an impulsive mistake. She got accepted, but her single dad is struggling just to keep his old-fashioned ice-cream shop open in the Instagram era. Having been denied financial aid, she impulsively turned down their acceptance in order to join her Bff Danielle (“A.N.T. Farm”‘s Stefanie Scott) at State. But then Danielle got into Harvard too, and now Sam has to scramble to...

Spectrum’s fast-approaching Mad About You revival is hosting one more family reunion: Carol Burnett is set to reprise her role as Theresa Stemple, the mother of Helen Hunt’s Jamie, TVLine has learned.

Burnett will be back in a guest-starring capacity, though it’s not yet clear if she will appear in more than one episode. The comedienne previously appeared in 10 installments of Mad About You‘s original run, while the late Carroll O’Connor portrayed Jamie’s father, Gus.

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“Mad About You” is welcoming back another alum for its upcoming revival on Spectrum Originals. Carol Burnett will reprise her role as Theresa Stemple, the mother of Helen Hunt’s Jamie.

The revival of the 1990s-era NBC sitcom, starring Paul Reiser and Helen Hunt, will debut its first six episodes ad-free on Nov. 20, with the later six dropping on Dec. 18. Anne Ramsay and Jerry Adler are also returning.

Charter’s Spectrum ordered the limited series back in March. According to Spectrum, the series will explore the fertile ground of modern marriage through the eyes of the Buchmans as newly minted empty-nesters after dropping their unpredictable, hard-to-control daughter Mabel (Abby Quinn) off at college.

Peter Tolan will serve as showrunner as well as executive producer and writer for the series and Hunt will direct the first episode. Danny Jacobson, who co-created the show with Reiser serving as an executive consultant.

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Network: Amazon.

Episodes: 40 (half-hour) + musical special.

Seasons: Five.

TV show dates: August 27, 2014 — September 27, 2019.

Series status: Ended.

Performers include: Jeffrey Tambor, Judith Light, Gaby Hoffmann, Amy Landecker, Jay Duplass, Rob Huebel, Kathryn Hahn, Alexandra Billings, Zackary Arthur, Carrie Brownstein, Melora Hardin, Jenny O'Hara, Brett Paesel, Cherry Jones, Trace Lysett, Emily Robinson, Alex MacNicoll, Kiersey Clemons, Jerry Adler, Clementine Creevy, Julia Butters, Alia Shawkat, Anjelica Huston, Bradley Whitford, and Lawrence Pressman.

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An Amazon dark comedy, the Transparent TV show centers on a Los Angeles family. After some false starts, patriarch Mort Pfefferman (Tambor) comes out to her family as Maura -- a transgender woman.

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“Will & Grace,” “Roseanne,” “Murphy Brown” and now “Mad About You.” The list of multicamera revivals is only continuing to grow, although unlike the first three on this list, “Mad About You’s” return will be for Spectrum, rather than its original home, NBC.

But the network is one of few things that has changed. The series reunites original stars Helen Hunt and Paul Reiser as Jamie and Paul Buchman, respectively, a married couple living in New York City. Original series regulars such as Anne Ramsay, Richard Kind and Jerry Adler will also appear in the new batch of 12 episodes. The production team painstakingly recreated the Buchmans’ apartment, and the key to the storytelling will be the relationship tension, according to Hunt.

“We wanted it to be the things that it always was, which was funny, No. 1; about something we give a s— about; and that it had that tension...

Hail, hail the Mad About You gang’s (almost) all here for the revival.

Anne Ramsey is set to rejoin the cast for the forthcoming Spectrum revival; she played Lisa, the older sister to Helen Hunt’s Jamie, in the original series. Additionally, fellow franchise vet Jerry Adler — aka building super Mr. Wicker — will guest-star in the premiere.

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Two more “Mad About You” original castmembers are joining Spectrum Originals’ upcoming revival of the Paul Reiser and Helen Hunt-led sitcom.

Anne Ramsay will return as Lisa Stemple, the sister and neighbor of Hunt’s Jamie Stemple-Buchman, while Adler will guest star as apartment building superintendent Mr. Wicker in the first episode.

The revival of the 1990s-era NBC sitcom will debut its first six episodes ad-free on Nov. 20, with the later six dropping on Dec. 18. All episodes are only available to Spectrum (owned by TV and internet provider Charter) customers.

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Charter’s Spectrum ordered the limited series back in March. According to Spectrum, the series will explore the fertile ground of modern marriage through the eyes of the Buchmans as newly minted empty-nesters after dropping their unpredictable, hard-to-control daughter Mabel (Abby Quinn) off at college.

Naomi Watts stars with Tim Roth, Kelvin Harrison Jr, Octavia Spencer, Norbert Leo Butz, Andrea Bang, and Marsha Stephanie Blake in Julius Onah's Luce Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze

You don't have to be Reynolds Woodcock, the couturier played by Daniel Day-Lewis in Paul Thomas Anderson's Phantom Thread, to feel physically attacked by sound in Michela Occhipinti's brilliant Flesh Out, co-written with Simona Coppini, produced by Gregorio Paonessa and Marta Donzelli. Verida's (Verida Beitta Ahmed Deiche) body is shaped for marriage. Andrew Ahn's Driveways, co-written by Hannah Bos and Paul Thureen, starring Lucas Jaye, Hong Chau (Alexander Payne's Downsizing), Brian Dennehy, Christine Ebersole, and Jerry Adler brings the worlds closer together, as if gently scolding us for having kept old and young apart in our heads for so long. Halston, by Dior And I director Frédéric Tcheng, and Julius Onah's Luce with Naomi Watts, Tim Roth, Kelvin Harrison Jr.,...

In the sensitive, suburbia-set indie “Driveways,” a single mother drags her 8-year-old son cross-country to empty out the house of her packrat older sister, newly deceased. It’s a chore for her, but an opportunity for the kid to do a bit of growing up, courtesy of the Korean War veteran living next door. At first, the old fella watches the newcomers with suspicion, deciding whether to help, or to go all Clint-Eastwood-in-“Gran Torino” on them and growl, “Get off my lawn!” But in time, the initially standoffish man reaches out in a gesture of neighborly goodwill, revealing “Driveways” to be that uncommon and all-too-welcome gift — like some kind of fragile wildflower, emerging tentatively through cracks in the concrete: a film about kindness.

Of course, there are other themes at play, including small but affecting insights into the immigrant experience and single motherhood, but it’s the bond connecting...

It isn’t easy making a film like Driveways stand out. We have walked these streets so often before. We know the twists and turns. We expect the darker corners. Yet stand out is exactly what Driveways does. The movie is a bittersweet coming-of-age story about the intergenerational, interracial friendship of an 83-year-old veteran of the Korean war and an Asian-American boy just about to turn 9, who arrives into town with his single mother and considerable emotional baggage.

Driveways is directed by Andrew Ahn, an Angeleno producer-turned-filmmaker whose previous film Spa Night earned an acting award for Joe Seo at Sundance 2016. If that was a hint that Ahn was a fine director of actors then Driveways is a confirmation. The film stars Downsizing breakout Hong Chau–who bristles here with the same blend of warmth and caustic humor that made her the gem of that much-maligned Alexander Payne film. Chau plays Kathy,...

While the Berlinale is simply too big for anyone to know if this 2019 was a “good” or “bad” year for the annual über-festival, this edition was highlighted by several of the best and most exciting films that have premiered in Potsdamer Platz in recent memory. The Competition section boasted a career-best offering from Nadav Lapid, a career-topping retrospective from Agnès Varda, and a career-redefining journalistic drama from François Ozon. But the cream of the crop wasn’t contained to a single portion of the lineup, as the Panorama and Forum sections also played host to a handful of films that will continue to make waves on the festival circuit for the rest of the year. As is often the case at the Berlinale, many of the standout films were still without American distribution by the time the festival came to an end. From the masterful Golden Bear winner to a...

They say less is always more, but in the case of movies, there is always the danger of leaving so much unsaid that you’re left with nothing much at all. While restraint is generally a wise approach to storytelling, it runs the risk of leaving a narrative so spare the audience cannot connect. In “Driveways,” director Andrew Ahn trusts his actors to fill in the considerable gaps in Hannah Bos and Paul Thureen’s minimalist script. But actors, even ones as brilliant as these, are not magicians; they cannot create meaning from nowhere. Ahn guides his gentle second feature with a measured hand, but he and his adorable kid protagonist can’t jolt the sleepy narrative out of its familiar comfort zone.

After her sister’s death, Kathy (Hong Chau) and her 8-year-old son Cody (Lucas Jaye) sojourn to a small town to begin the arduous task of packing up and selling the house.

With more than 300 films in its program and 500,000 attendees coming to watch them, the Berlinale is the world’s largest film festival. The 69th edition — the last under the guidance of festival director Dieter Kosslick, who’s overseen the launch of major recent movies like Mia Hansen-Løve’s “Things to Come,” Wes Anderson’s “Isle of Dogs,” and Asghar Farhadi’s “A Separation” — is set to kick off this Thursday with the world premiere of Lone Scherfig’s star-studded “The Kindness of Strangers,” and will continue until the following weekend, when Juliette Binoche’s jury awards the prestigious Golden Bear to the film that emerges victorious from the festival’s Competition section.

While the Berlinale has become one of the most eclectic events of its kind, and an unparalleled opportunity to discover fresh and exciting work from all corners of the globe, this year’s program also includes new work...

CBS All Access and CBS Television Studios recently sent TV academy members an Emmy Fyc mailer highlighting the best episodes of the second season of “The Good Fight.” The shrewdly themed package arrived to voters in a “confidential” manila envelop that teased, “golden shower tapes enclosed,” a tongue-in-cheek reference to the highly political tone of Season 2. Inside the envelope the sleek red, white and black tri-fold booklet highlights the nine series regular cast members with striking black-and-white photos, and gives the largest spotlight to series star Christine Baranski, who contends for a nomination for Best Drama Actress.

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The DVD sent to voters contains three standout episodes from this spinoff of “The Good Wife”: “Day 450,” alternatively titled “Impeachment,” which centers on a legal brainstorming session between the series’ central law...

In a Gold Derby exclusive, we have learned the category placements of the key Emmy Awards contenders for CBS Studios. They have “The Good Fight” (Christine Baranski) and “Star Trek: Discovery” (Sonequa Martin-Green) for CBS All Access, “Jane the Virgin” (Gina Rodriguez) and “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” (Rachel Bloom) for CW and “American Vandal” (Jimmy Tatro) for Netflix among their 2018 contenders.

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Below, the list of CBS lead, supporting and guest submissions for their comedy, drama and limited series, plus other genres. Keep in mind that several shows that air on the network, like “The Big Bang Theory” and “Young Sheldon,” are being submitted by their studios instead. More names might be added to the list below by the network before final Emmy paperwork deadlines. Also note that performers not included on this list may well be submitted by their personal reps.

The first trailer for the second season of “The Good Fight” is here — and it’s insane. At least that’s the word Diane (Christine Baranski) uses to describe her new world order: “I don’t know what’s going on in the world anymore. Not just bad. It’s insane.” Watch the uncensored trailer above.

The pulsing trailer teases the firm’s new partner and Adrian’s (Delroy Lindo) ex-wife Liz Reddick-Lawrence (Audra McDonald), with whom Diane will go toe-to-toe; Howard Lyman (Jerry Adler) as a judge (!); Maya’s (Rose Leslie) dad Henry (Paul Guilfoyle) still in the wind; and a copycat killer going around town murdering lawyers. The lawyer killer has everyone so spooked that guest star Rob Reiner, playing a judge, dropping a case file on the floor makes every legal eagle in a courthouse duck for cover.

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Diane Lockhart's journey continues!

"It began for me with The Good Wife seven years ago and now, here we are again eight years later and we're continuing the dream," star Christine Baranski dished exclusively to Et at The Good Fight’s red carpet premiere in New York City last week. "It's different, and yet it’s a continuation of something that is so special. I think people were sad to see The Good Wife end, and so hopefully they will be very surprised and delighted by its continuation."

And if you're not already convinced, Baranski spilled six reasons why The Good Wife fans absolutely cannot miss this next chapter…

Exclusive: 'The Good Fight' Creators Reveal Three New Guest Stars

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1. Diane Is Back and Better Than Ever! Although Diane will be faced with a financially crippling disaster, she's still the wonderfully classy and fiercely formidable woman that we came to know, love and --...

This is going to be %&@#ing awesome.

Good Wife creators Robert and Michelle King will be taking full advantage of CBS All Access’ decidedly looser restrictions when spinoff series The Good Fight premieres in February. For starters, Christine Baranski‘s delightfully no-nonsense Diane will at long last be able to channel her inner George Carlin.

“Oh yeah, Diane is going to swear,” Robert King tells TVLine, exclusively. “There is nothing quite like hearing Christine Baranski swear.”

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The Good Fight is shaping up to be a real nail-biter.

CBS has released the first trailer for its forthcoming digital-only Good Wife spinoff and we’re gettingmajor suspense-thriller vibes.

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The dark, pulsating promo — which is scored like a horror movie — features fleeting glimpses of the three major players: Good Wife vets Christine Baranski (Diane) and Cush Jumbo (Lucca) as well as franchise rookie, Game of Thrones’ Rose Leslie (who’s playing Diane’s lesbian goddaughter Maia).

As previously reported, the offshoot — from Good Wife creators Robert...

CBS’ forthcoming Good Wife spinoff is uttering the L-word.

Sources confirm to TVLine exclusively that when The Good Fight premieres on Sunday, Feb. 19 at 8/7c, it will be revealed that the character played by Game of Thrones actress Rose Leslie is a lesbian. What’s more, she will have a steady girlfriend. (CBS declined to comment.)

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Leslie’s Maia figures into the series in a major way. She’s the goddaughter of Christine Baranski’s Diane and, as we’ll learn in the premiere, she gets caught...

Reserve your ringside seat now: The Good Fight will commence in roughly two months.

CBS has announced that its all-digital Good Wife spinoff will make its broadcast debut on Sunday, Feb. 19 at 8/7c. The premiere will bow simultaneously on the network’s streaming service CBS All Access, which will exclusively host all of Season 1’s remaining episodes. And we repeat: Following premiere night, all new episodes will be available on subsequent Sundays only on CBS All Access.

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CBS’ Good Wife spinoff continues to staff up ahead of its February 2017 launch, adding Justin Bartha (The New Normal) as a series regular and love interest for Cush Jumbo’s Lucca.

The offshoot — titled The Good Fight — finds Bartha playing Colin, a rising star in the State’s Attorney’s office and Chicago’s most eligible bachelor. Romantic sparks begin to fly when he finds himself going up against Lucca in the courtroom.

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There is a lot of casting news today, a premiere date, a trailer and an order for more episodes.

So many little details to cover, so let's get started!

Starz announced Hannah James and Tanya Reynolds will be playing the Dunsany sisters, Geneva and Isobel, on Outlander Season 3. James (right) will be Geneva, who is beautiful and headstrong, but also petulant, spoiled and demanding, while Reynolds (left) will be Isobel, described as warm, friendly, and inherently more likeable.

Season 3 follows the plot of Voyager, focusing on Claire's struggle to live without Jamie in 1948 and Jamie's life after the Battle of Culloden without Claire.

Or, essentially, all the parts we missed before Claire took her daughter to Scotland and learned Jamie had survived the battle and looked longingly at the stones, knowing where she needed to be.

DC's Legends of Tomorrow Season 2 has been granted four more episodes, bringing the total...

There will be two more familiar faces in The Good Wife spinoff The Good Fight. The Good Wife alums Zach Grenier and Jerry Adler will reprise their respective roles as elder legal statesman David Lee and Howard Lyman as guest stars in the premiere of the upcoming spinoff. As of now, there are no plans for them to do additional episodes beyond the premiere. The Good Fight picks up one year after the events of the final broadcast episode of The Good Wife. In the new series…...

Another pair of Good Wife alums are spoiling for a Good Fight.

Zach Grenier and Jerry Adler are set to reprise their respective roles as elder legal statesman David Lee and Howard Lyman in the forthcoming spinoff, which premieres in February 2017 on CBS before moving exclusively to the network’s streaming service CBS All Access.

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The Good Fight picks up one year after the events of last May’s finale and stars Good Wife vets Christine Baranski (Diane), Cush Jumbo (Lucca) and Sarah Steele (Marissa). In the new series,...

The Good Wife doesn't return until Sunday, Oct. 4 (rude!), but we've got the first pictures from the season seven premiere! The episode, currently titled "Grunts," sees the introduction of series regular Cush Jumbo as the new attorney character Lucca Quinn and Margo Martindale as Ruth Eastman. No Jeffrey Dean Morgan—yet! Saturday Night Live veteran Jane Curtin guest stars as Judge Farley and we're already not-so-secretly hoping she becomes a recurring player. You can never have too much Jane Curtin. Meanwhile, Mo Rocca returns as journalist Ted Willoughby. Familiar recurring faces Chris Noth (Peter Florrick on the series), Jerry Adler (Howard Lyman) and Michael J. Fox (Louis Canning) are also set to...

Stars: Oscar Isaac, Jessica Chastain, David Oyelowo, Elyes Gabel, Lorna Pruce, Christopher Abbott, Matthew Maher, Albert Brooks, Jerry Adler, Quinn Meyers, Chester Jones, Ashley Williams, Glenn Fleshler, Jimmy Palumbo, Daisy Tahan | Written and Directed by J.C. Chandor

There are some movies that you come away from knowing that you liked it, loved the way it was shot and knew the acting was good, but something just seemed to be missing. These are the ones you have to take the time to step back from and think about what you have just seen, what it was trying to tell you and what you take away from it. This is exactly what I found with A Most Violent Year.

At first I couldn’t pinpoint exactly what it was about the film which focuses on 1981 a year that saw a spike in criminal activity in New York, but the answer lies in...

Fish In the Dark, the new comedy starring and written by Larry David, the creator and star of HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm and co-creator of Seinfeld, begins previews at Broadway's Cort Theater tonight, February 2nd and open on March 5 for a limited 18-week engagement through Sunday, June 7. Fish In The Dark, directed by Anna D. Shapiro, will mark Larry David's Broadway debut and will feature Jayne Houdyshell, Jake Cannavale, Jonny Orsini, Rosie Perez, and Jerry Adler.The world knows David as the Emmy Award-winning creator of Seinfeld, but the funny man also has plenty of experience in front of the camera. Below, we've gathered clips some of David's acting work...

Not every TV show benefits from the binge-viewing model that Netflix and Amazon are building their streaming video businesses around. Some shows like "Mad Men" are better off being consumed only an episode a week, with plenty of time in between to savor and analyze what just happened. Others like "Homeland" (at its best) or even Netflix's flagship drama "House of Cards," traffic in crazy plot twists and cliffhangers that can lose their potency when you have the ability to immediately load up the next installment. But plenty of series improve greatly when watched in rapid succession, whether they were made with this new model in mind or not. In some cases, like "The Wire," it's incredibly useful to see a lot of episodes in a row just to figure out who the hell everybody is and what they're doing. In other cases, like "Parks and Recreation" or Amazon's new "Mozart in the Jungle,...

The much-anticipated dramatic comedy series Mozart in the Jungle has finally arrived — unveiling all ten episodes on Amazon Prime today.

Already landing on New York Times’ TV critic Mike Hale’s “10 Best TV Shows of 2014” list, Mozart will take you behind the scenes of the New York Symphony, where artistic dedication collides with politics, romance and survival instincts.

Gael Garcia Bernal (Rosewater) stars as the brilliant and rash new maestro hired to shake up the symphony and make it relevant to a new generation, leading a cast of co-stars that include Saffron Burrows (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.), Hannah Dunne (Frances Ha), Lola Kirke (Gone Girl), Malcolm McDowell (The Mentalist) and Peter Vack (I Just Want My Pants Back).

Roman Coppola teamed up with Jason Schwartzman to bring the series to life, adapting the racy 2005 memoir of former New York Symphony musician Blair Tindall. “When Jason first brought me the book, Mozart in the Jungle,...

Larry David admitted the odds are against another season of Curb Your Enthusiasm, telling Bill Simmons in a recent chat with Grantland the line is about "six to one." While Simmons suggested one last 90-minute mockumentary to wrap up the beloved HBO series, David seemed unsure, recalling the negative reactions to the infamous Seinfeld finale.

"I got so much grief from the Seinfeld finale, which a lot of people intensely disliked, that I no longer feel a need to wrap things up," David said. When asked if he was still...

Recently, CBS released the new,official synopsis/spoilers for their upcoming "The Good Wife" episode 8 of season 6. The episode is currently untitled. It sounds like things will get very intense and drama-filled as major tensions will take place between Alicia and Louis Canning when they battle each other in the court room, and more! In the new,8th episode press release: Alicia and Louis Canning are going to square off in court. Press release number 2: Alicia will take on a college rape case which pits her against Louis Canning when it moves from a university hearing to civil court. In the meantime, Eli and Elfman will conduct a political focus group as Alicia dives into her campaign for State’s Attorney, Michael J. Fox returns as Louis Canning. Rita Wilson guest stars as lawyer Viola Walsh. Guest stars feature: Jerry Adler (Howard Lyman), David Fonteno (Judge Robert Parks), Madeleine Martin...

The Good Wife, Season 6, Episode 6: “Old Spice”

Written by Leonard Dick

Directed by James Whitmore, Jr.

Airs Sundays at 9pm on CBS

For all of the huge life changes Alicia Florrick has had to endure over the course of The Good Wife’s five-and-change seasons, one character trait has always remained: her atheism. Alicia has never had the inclination towards belief in a higher power – at least, not one beyond the earthly plane. If anything, the years have made her ever more ruthlessly pragmatic as a matter of necessity. Her work and interpersonal relationships have been so toxic for so long that the notion of a loving, interventionist man upstairs has never been an option for her. Though many fans have long complained of the subplots given to Grace, Alicia’s pious daughter, their relationship proves to be the most fascinating aspect of “Old Spice,” an odd and somewhat...

Recently, CBS served up the new, official synopsis/spoilers for their upcoming "The Good Wife" episode 8 of season 6. The episode currently doesn't have a title for some reason. However, it sounds like things will get quite interesting and intense as both Alicia and Elsbeth face a barrage of charges against their clients, and more. In the new, 6th episode press release: Alicia and Elsbeth are going to put aside their differences when the government brings economic espionage charges against both of their clients. Press release number 2: Alicia and Elsbeth will put their legal battle on hold when the government brings an economic espionage charge against both of their clients. In the meantime, Diane is going to set her sights on moving Florrick/Agos/Lockhart into the Lockhart/Gardner/Canning office space, leading to a battle with her former partners David Lee and Louis Canning. Michael J. Fox guest stars as Louis Canning.

Tickets go on sale today for Fish In The Dark, the new comedy starring and written by Larry David, the creator and star of HBO's 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' and co-creator of 'Seinfeld.' Fish In The Dark, to be directed by Anna D. Shapiro, will mark Larry David's Broadway debut and will feature Jayne Houdyshell, Jake Cannavale, Jonny Orsini, Rosie Perez, and Jerry Adler. The production will begin previews Monday, February 2, and open on Thursday, March 5 at the Cort Theatre 138 West 48th Street. Additional casting will be announced at a later date.

Larry David's play, Fish in the Dark, has found a home on Broadway: the Cort Theatre. According to a report in The New York Times, the production, which he wrote and will star in, will begin preview performances on Feb. 2 before officially opening on March 5. The comedy, revolving around a death in the family, will also feature Jayne Houdyshell (Well), Rosie Perez (Fearless), Jonny Orsini (The Nance), Jake Cannavale (Basilica) and Jerry Adler (The Sopranos), the Times also noted. David previously stated that though he hasn't been in a play since the eighth grade, he will play someone

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Yes, it’s real, and it’s happening—Larry David’s hotly anticipated Broadway debut has officially set its dates.

David will make his acting and Broadway playwriting debut in Fish in the Dark, a new comedy directed by Anna D. Shapiro that starts previews February 2 at Broadway’s Cort Theatre. Opening night is scheduled for March 5.

David will star alongside theater veterans Jayne Houdyshell and Jerry Adler (The Sopranos), as well as Rosie Perez, Jonny Orsini (who made a splash in his Broadway debut in 2013’s The Nance) and Jake Cannavale, son of two-time Tony nominee Bobby Cannavale. Additional...

Emmy Award-Winner Bruce Vilanch stars in a staged reading of Rubble, a new comedy by 4 time Emmy Award-Winning 'The Simpsons' writer, Mike Reiss at The Provincetown Theater. 'The Sopranos' star and Broadway veteran Jerry Adler also joins the cast. The staged reading of Rubble will be directed by James Valletti for one night only to benefit The Provincetown Theater. All proceeds go directly to support The Provincetown Theater.

The Sunshine Boys by Neil Simon, the second show of its three-show Summer Nutmeg Summer Series at Connecticut Repertory Theatre is onstage tonight, June 19-29 in the Harriet S. Jorgensen Theater, Storrs. The Neil Simon penned comedy is led by Broadway and Television veterans Jerry Adler as Willie Clark and Richard Kline as Al Lewis. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below...

Recently, CBS released the new,official,synopsis/spoilers for their upcoming "The Good Wife" season finale episode 22 of season 5. The episode is entitled, "A Weird Year," and it sounds like things will get very interesting and dramatic as the law firms will be exposed to a big threat, and more! In the new, 22nd episode press release: The futures of Florrick/Agos and Lockhart/Gardner are going to be at stake. Press release number 2: An open feed from a camera mistakenly left on after a teleconferenced deposition between the lawyers of Florrick/Agos and Lockhart/Gardner, is going to reveal a threat to the firm that Alicia and Cary never saw coming. In the meantime, the fate of Lockhart/Gardner will hang in the balance as Louis Canning vies for a larger role. Also, Alicia is going to entrust Zach’s high school graduation party to Jackie and Veronica.