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Hallmark fans love Lacey Chabert and consider her the Hallmark Queen of Christmas. Now rumors are doing the rounds that Lacey could star in a sequel to one of her most popular Countdown to Christmas movies. Which movie is teased as having another sequel? Read on to find out more.

Hints of Haul Out The Holly 3 On Hallmark Channel in 2025? Photo: Ellen Travolta, Wes Brown, Carrie Morgan, Seth Morris, Peter Jacobson, Melissa Peterman, Lacey Chabert, Jennifer Aspen, Eric Mabius Credit: ©2023 Hallmark Media/Photographer: Natalie Cass

As fans prepare for the start of Countdown to Christmas 2024, hints are that Hallmark is making a sequel to one of Lacey Chabert’s most popular movies. Recently, industry publication Production Weekly revealed that the movie Haul Out The Holly 3 is, or will soon be, in production.

Moreover, a report from Moviedelic also...

Chicago Med fans, we’ve got a fresh off the press preview for the new Season 9 Episode 3 episode titled What Happens in the Dark Always Comes to Light!

Find out everything you need to know about the What Happens in the Dark Always Comes to Light episode of Chicago Med, including a full preview, videos, release date, cast information and how to watch!

Chicago Med What Happens in the Dark Always Comes to Light Season 9 Episode 3 Preview

In this upcoming episode of “Chicago Med,” titled “What Happens in the Dark Always Comes to Light,” airing on NBC at 8:00 Pm on January 31, 2024, viewers can expect a compelling mix of medical drama and personal challenges. The episode centers around Ahmad, who, frustrated with an insurance company, decides to take matters into her own hands. However, her actions jeopardize Med’s negotiations and coincide with Marcel’s pivotal first day on the board.

Taffy Brodesser-Akner knows something about love.

And men and women, and why they fall in and out of love.

It’s no wonder why her debut novel, Fleishman Is in Trouble became an immediate New York Times Bestseller, as well as a notch on the National Book Award longlist, resonating with many. Now, Fleishman Is in Trouble is a 7x Primetime Emmy nominated FX series.

Similar to the 4x Oscar winning movie Annie Hall, Fleishman Is in Trouble is a deconstruction of how a great relationship goes very wrong. Part of the blame goes to those couples who are managing their egos, as they head into the middle ages of middle age.

Across eight episodes, the FX/ABC Signature limited series is laden with a plethora of wisdom as to why the sacred institution of marriage goes unholy: “People aren’t having affairs because they’re betraying their spouse, rather...

Hallmark Channel‘s annual Countdown to Christmas event in 2023 is going back to a place we were introduced to last year. Lacey Chabert, Wes Brown, Stephen Tobolowsky, Melissa Peterman, and Ellen Travolta are all returning for a sequel to Haul Out the Holly (the #1 most-watched cable movie of 2022 among women 25-54), which saw Chabert’s Emily introduced to the Christmas festivities on Evergreen Lane (and find romance with Brown’s Jared). Joining them in Haul Out the Holly: Lit Up are Seth Morris and Jennifer Aspen. Production on the film wrapped earlier this year. A sneak peek will air during an encore presentation of the original film on Saturday, July 22 at 8/7c. In Haul Out the Holly: Lit Up, Emily and Jared are looking forward to celebrating the holidays together again, this time as a couple. Emily has now embraced Evergreen Lane’s festive spirit and is ready to work with Jared,...

Are you ready for more Haul out the Holly?

The beloved Hallmark movie is getting a sequel in the form of Haul out The Holly: Lit Up, and the first look will be gifted to viewers this weekend.

Lacey Chabert (Mean Girls), Wes Brown (Sweet Pecan Summer), Stephen Tobolowsky (The Goldbergs), Melissa Peterman (Young Sheldon), and Ellen Travolta (Charles in Charge) are all reprising their roles from the 2022 movie.

They will be joined by Seth Morris (History of the World: Part II) and Jennifer Aspen (Party of Five).

Production wrapped earlier this year, and the flick is set to premiere on HallmarkChannel, during the network's highly successful Countdown to Christmas programming event.

Haul out the Holly was the #1 most-watched cable movie of 2022 among Women 25-54.

The network is gifting viewers a Christmas in July sneak peek of the new movie during an encore presentation of Haul out the Holly this Saturday,...

Gold Derby’s associate editor Latasha Ford hit the red carpet Tuesday, May 9 for a special FYC event for the FX series “Fleishman is in Trouble.” Watch her exclusive chats with stars Claire Danes (Rachel Fleishman), Lizzy Caplan (Libby Epstein), Adam Brody (Seth Morris) and executive producer Sarah Timberman. The event took place at the Directors Guild of America in Los Angeles. Watch the red carpet interviews above!

“Fleishman Is In Trouble” is the story of recently divorced 41-year-old Toby Fleishman (Jesse Eisenberg), who dives into the brave new world of app-based dating with the kind of success he never had dating in his youth, before he got married at the tail end of medical school. But just at the start of his first summer of sexual freedom, his ex-wife, Rachel (Danes), disappears, leaving him with 11-year-old Hannah (Meara Mahoney Gross) and 9-year-old Solly (Maxim Swinton) and no hint of...

The quintessential teen drama series of the 2000s, The O.C. made huge stars out of its main actors, and the cast has starred in many great projects since. The show centers on Ryan Atwood (Ben McKenzie) moving in with the affluent Cohens in Orange County, California after his brother Trey (Logan Marshall-Green) steals a car. Once Ryan decides to stay, his presence affects the other characters positively as they all grow closer. The show features coming-of-age teen storylines as Ryan, Seth Cohen (Adam Brody), Summer Roberts (Rachel Bilson), and Marissa Cooper (Mischa Barton) experience first love and listen to music at the local club, The Bait Shop.

While Peter Gallagher (Sandy Cohen) was already established, having starred in films like The Player and American Beauty, younger stars Brody, Barton, and Bilson rose to fame as a result of the series. Brody has moved away from the teen genre and...

Jesse Eisenberg as Toby Fleishman and Lizzy Caplan as Libby Epstein in ‘Fleishman Is In Trouble’ (Photo Cr: Linda Kallerus/FX)

Fleishman Is In Trouble author Taffy Brodesser-Akner says one of the biggest challenges in adapting her book for the FX on Hulu limited series was learning to write dialogue rather than lengthy paragraphs. Fortunately, Brodesser-Akner’s a quick learner and had the support of experienced executive producers Sarah Timberman and Susannah Grant while working on her first show.

“When I met Sarah and Susannah, they told me that I was the only person who could write it, and I’m like, ‘Yeah, what if I’m the only person who could write it?’” recalled Brodesser-Akner during a November 2022 press conference. “And that’s how I got to do it, with two people who believed in it and who showed me how you could change just a few words and...

All right my dudes and lady dudes, stop quoting Guy Bilzerian’s law commercials because “Big Mouth” has now returned for its third season! To celebrate this great occasion, along with Netflix’s decision to renew the show through season six, we’re taking a look back at the show’s greatest episodes from the first two seasons and ranking all 21 of them from worst to best.

The show centers on a group of pre-teens who are being clobbered on all sides by puberty on both a physical level and an emotional one. The two main characters are Nick Birch (Nick Kroll) and Andrew Glouberman (John Mulaney), who are best friends but at different stages of puberty. It’s not kicking in for Nick, who still hasn’t even had a growth spurt, while it’s hit Andrew like a freight train. The effects of this include an early mustache and his own hormone monster,...

All right my dudes and lady dudes, stop quoting Guy Bilzerian’s law commercials because “Big Mouth” has now returned for its third season! To celebrate this great occasion, along with Netflix’s decision to renew the show through season six, we’re taking a look back at the show’s greatest episodes from the first two seasons and ranking all 21 of them from worst to best.

The show centers on a group of pre-teens who are being clobbered on all sides by puberty on both a physical level and an emotional one. The two main characters are Nick Birch (Nick Kroll) and Andrew Glouberman (John Mulaney), who are best friends but at different stages of puberty. It’s not kicking in for Nick, who still hasn’t even had a growth spurt, while it’s hit Andrew like a freight train. The effects of this include an early mustache and his own hormone monster,...

In today’s television roundup, ‘Castle Rock’ gets a new trailer and the “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” gang gets their own mobile game.

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ABC, People, and Four M Studios will present “The Story of The Royals,” a two-night, four-hour prime-time television event documenting the lives of the British royal family. “The Story of The Royals: Part One” airs Wednesday, Aug. 22 from 9-11 p.m., and “The Story of The Royals: Part Two” will air Thursday, Aug. 23 from 9-11 p.m. Both parts will air on the ABC.

Netflix announced it will launch “Ghoul,” its first Indian original horror series, on Aug. 24. All three episodes will be available at the same time to over 125 million Netflix members in 190 countries. The show stars Radhika Apte and Manav Kaul and is directed by Patrick Graham. Watch the trailer here:

Insp has announced it will move its popular original series, “The Cowboy Way,...

Starz has acquired a slew of comedy series, specials and films that launched on Seeso, the NBCUniversal-owned Svod service that shuttered last year.

Among the series in the deal are Take My Wife, Night Train with Wyatt Cenac and The Ucb Show. It also includes stand-up specials from the Sklar Brothers, Brian Posehn and Lachlan Patterson, along with The Pistol Shrimps, the documentary about a group of showbiz folks including Aubrey Plaza who play in a women’s recreational basketball league in L.A.

“We are excited to address the uncertain fate of several Seeso series, including the beloved Take My Wife series, by providing a new home for these programs and their fans at Starz,” said C. Brett Marottoli, Head of Program Acquisitions for Starz. “These comedies align strategically with many Starz Original series and will appeal to our audiences as we continue featuring more diverse casts and storylines across the Starz platforms.

Erinn Hayes has auditions on the mind after her exit from “Kevin Can Wait.” The actress, who co-starred with Kevin James on the CBS sitcom until she was let go over the summer, recently took to Twitter to respond to a joke about auditions, and perhaps offer a new window into her thoughts about having to leave a successful show. “Auditions are like a–holes….That’s it,” tweeted actor and writer Seth Morris, who worked with Hayes on “Children’s Hospital.” Also Read: Erinn Hayes Says She's 'Very Aware' That Scientology Is Behind 'Bashing' of 'Kevin Can Wait' Hayes replied,...

Netflix’s “Love” may be one of the hardest TV series titles to search on Google. But the folks behind the show still like the title.

“It’s like how I love when I see a diner and it’s just called ‘Food,'” said executive producer Judd Apatow, speaking to IndieWire with stars Paul Rust and Gillian Jacobs. “No need to come up with a fancy name.”

“You can’t get angry,” Rust added. “They’re like, ‘Hey, we promised food.'”

In a similar fashion, with the title “Love,” Apatow, Rust, and co-creator Lesley Arfin have promised to depict that most complex yet most simple of human emotions on the screen. But they don’t promise a happy ending, which makes the quasi-comedy at times a nerve-wracking experience. Perhaps that’s because the show remains firmly grounded in the real world, where happy endings are rarely a guarantee.

Seeso has picked up a second season of romcom Take My Wife, starring comedians and real-life, same-sex married couple Cameron Esposito and Rhea Butcher, for premiere in 2017. The half-hour, single-camera original series follows the young lesbian couple as elements of their domestic life intersect with the underground stand-up showcase they co-host in Los Angeles. Season 1 featured Maria Bamford, Jonah Ray, Kulap Vilaysack, James Adomian, Seth Morris, Paul F. Tompkins, Ron…...

Comedy Central has unveiled its slate of fall premiere dates, including several series that are set to return before the season officially arrives.

Daniel Tosh's viral video show "Tosh.0" gets the ball rolling later this month, while we won't see new episodes of favorites like "South Park" and sketch series "Key & Peele" -- which will air back-to-back -- until late September. The network's full premiere lineup includes:

"Tosh.0" - Tuesday, August 26 at 10 p.m.

"Adam DeVine's House Party" - Tuesday, September 9 at 10:30 p.m. Moves to its regular Thursday timeslot on September 11 at 12:30 a.m.

"Brickleberry" - Tuesday, September 16 at 10:30 p.m.

"South Park" - Wednesday, September 24 at 10 p.m.

"Key & Peele" - Wednesday, September 24 at 10:30 p.m.

"Gabriel Iglesias Presents Stand-Up Revolution" - Friday, October 3 at 12 a.m.

According to the network, animated series "Brickleberry" and "South Park" have only gotten 10-episode orders. "Adam DeVine's House Party,...

Girls, “Two Plane Rides”

Written by Lena Dunham

Directed by Lena Dunham

Aired March 23rd, 2014

Do you remember how last season’s Girls run ended? Well this season things culminated in an entirely different tone. This time, there were no grand gestures or fireworks. Season three isn’t quite as dark as season two, but man is the finale rough. If the season two finale frustrated fans because it suggested that Hannah might be too dependent on the man in her life, the season three finale seems intent on underlining that Hannah’s ready to move on, with or without Adam. And she isn’t the only one moving on, but she seems to be the only one moving in the right direction: Hannah gets into the country’s best grad school, Adam gives a truly “bad” performance in his Broadway debut, Marnie finds herself in another destructive relationship, Shosh...

A review of tonight's "Parks and Recreation" coming up just as soon as I listen to a Ted talk by the color beige... On the whole, I didn't find "The Wall" nearly as successful as last week's "Anniversaries," even though both spent a lot of time on the Pawnee-Eagleton conflict. Ron bringing his son John (middle name redacted) to work was fun — and the fact that the birth happened off camera, as a complete surprise to Leslie and the others, fits both Ron Swanson's philosophy regarding personal information and the show's tendency to race through big life cycle events as quickly as possible — but there was too much Jamm, too much Craig (who works best in concentrated doses), and I'm in general less fond of episodes built largely around how terrible the people of Pawnee and/or Eagleton are. I understand that in this case, it was supposed to provide...

Ever wonder what airs from 2:45 to 6:15 a.m. on Pawnee's public access? Why, a news magazine hosted by Perd Hapley, of course.

NBC has released the first episode of "The Hapley Group," their "Parks and Recreation" digital series meant to satisfy fans' cravings while the sitcom breaks for the Winter Olympics and, boy, is it a heaping helping of Hapley.

In the episode, everyone's favorite newscaster (played by Jay Jackson) sits down with some of Pawnee's brightest luminaries -- Joan Callamezzo (Mo Collins), Crazy Ira (Matt Besser), The Douche (Nick Kroll) and a new character, conservative pundit Mike Patterson (Seth Morris), host of "Eagleton Now" -- to chew the fat on the topics of the day.

Not only do we learn that Perd believes Obamacare is short for Alabamacare, but we're also treated to a commercial for the Pawnee Farmers' Market After Dark, featuring the sultry Chardbodies.

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NBC has already provided the world with a "Friday Night Lights"/"Parenthood" crossover thanks to its Olympics hiatus digital series "Friday Night at the Luncheonette," and now it's offering a "Parks and Recreation" web-only installment featuring a look at "The Hapley Group," a roundtable talk show "featuring Pawnee, Indiana's foremost pundits." Perd Hapley (Jay Jackson), naturally, is the host, and Joan Callamezzo (Mo Collins) is one of the guests providing absolutely no useful insight into the issues at hand. Seth Morris, new to the series, appears as Eagleton conservative Mike Patterson, and Matt Besser and Nick Kroll reprise their roles as shock jocks Crazy Ira and The Douche. It's very funny, but the commercial in the middle, for the Pawnee Farmer's Market/Chardbodies, steals the show. Check out the video below:...

"Parenthood" has seen its fair share of "Friday Night Lights" alumni make appearances on the show (both are executive produced by Jason Katims), but never have they played their characters from the beloved former NBC series. Until now.

NBC announced on Monday (Feb. 10) that "Parenthood" would be getting a four-part digital series, "Friday Night at the Luncheonette," as a way of keeping viewers engaged in the series during the 2014 Winter Olympics hiatus. The series will follow Amber (Mae Whitman) as she watches after cousin Max (Max Burkholder) while working after hours at the studio.

During her adventures, "Fnl" stars Jesse Plemons and Derek Phillips reprise their roles of Landry Clarke and Billy Riggins, respectively, showing up as the band Crucifictorious. (And presumably explaining how Billy came to be part of the band.) Phillips has appeared on "Parenthood" as a different character in the past, so continuity sticklers would be advised to look the other way.

Watch new clips from NBC's Go On comedy created by Scott Silveri! First up, Yolanda’s parents want to send her on a cruise – Anne thinks she has the perfect woman for Ryan. After that, watch the video with Anne, Ryan and Talia at dinner. "Match Up Problems" airs on March 26th at 9:00 p.m. The comedy rated TV PG includes Matthew Perry, Laura Benanti, Julie White, Suzy Nakamura, Brett Gelman, John Cho, Sarah Baker, Tonita Castro and Seth Morris. In Go On, Perry stars as Ryan King, a recent widower and sports talk radio host ready to get back to work after the loss of his wife. Ryan's alpha-male boss, Steven, played by Cho, has a different plan in store for Ryan, making him attend grief counseling before returning to the air. A reluctant Ryan finds himself in a support group for "life change," where he meets an oddball cast of characters,...

Watch new clips from NBC's Go On comedy created by Scott Silveri! First up, Yolanda’s parents want to send her on a cruise – Anne thinks she has the perfect woman for Ryan. After that, watch the video with Anne, Ryan and Talia at dinner. "Match Up Problems" airs on March 26th at 9:00 p.m. The comedy rated TV PG includes Matthew Perry, Laura Benanti, Julie White, Suzy Nakamura, Brett Gelman, John Cho, Sarah Baker, Tonita Castro and Seth Morris. In Go On, Perry stars as Ryan King, a recent widower and sports talk radio host ready to get back to work after the loss of his wife. Ryan's alpha-male boss, Steven, played by Cho, has a different plan in store for Ryan, making him attend grief counseling before returning to the air. A reluctant Ryan finds himself in a support group for "life change," where he meets an oddball cast of characters,...

A couple of freshman comedies starring well-known actors are providing instructive lessons in how -- and how not -- to deploy a lead character.

"Go On" (Tuesdays at 9 p.m. Et on NBC), which stars Matthew Perry as a grief-group participant, has blossomed into an enjoyable little gem. I won't make any grand claims for "Go On" -- it's still way too early for that -- but what's reassuring is that I don't think the NBC comedy would make any grand claims for itself. "Go On" is just plugging along and using the strengths of its star and its talented ensemble cast judiciously to create comedy that is melancholy, surreal and pleasingly goofy. I'm eager to see more (like "Mindy," "Go On" has gotten a full-season order).

"The Mindy Project" (Tuesdays at 9:30 p.m. Et on Fox), on the other hand, is a puzzling disappointment. It's not a good...

Direct from the pages of our brand new, just released, first annual, Fall TV Preview eBook appropriately titled “Thank Goodness It’s Fall” comes a closer look at NBC’s new Matthew Perry vehicle, Go On.

Premieres: Tuesdays September 11 at 9Pm on NBC (Global in Canada).

In A Nutshell: A group of wacky misfits are brought together each week by their study group… er, support group. (Just try to not compare it to a tamer Community. Double-dog dare you.)

Names You’ll Know: Something tells us you’ve heard of this young upstart, Matthew Perry (Friends), who plays sportscaster Ryan King. Laura Benanti (The Playboy Club) is the leader of the group, while such kinda-familiar faces as Julie White (Grace Under Fire), Tyler James White (Everybody Hates Chris), Sarah Baker (In Gayle We Trust) and Seth Morris (Children’S Hospital) comprise his fellow transitioners, as they’re known. On the work front,...

As my colleague Kate Kulzick pointed out last week, NBC has chosen to use the boost in ratings they’ve gained from their exclusive Us airing of the 2012 Summer Olympics to try and give some of their new shows a running start. Among the crowd that they’re hoping gains, and retains, an audience from the Olympics are two half-hour comedies; Animal Practice, about a cranky veterinarian and the staff of his hospital, and Go On, about a sportscaster and the members of his group therapy session. Intrigued at the promise of new comedies from NBC, which has, in recent years, created interesting shows such as Community, Parks and Recreation, and 30 Rock, I decided to see what the pilots of these shows promised for the future.

Animal Practice

From first glance, this show is seemingly a tired retread of a lot of things we’ve seen before, with no real addition.

It's taken half a season of growth, but IFC's Comedy Bang! Bang! has become essential viewing for fans of the craft of comedy. Maybe not as essential as, say, Louie, which Patton Oswalt notes is the truest representation of a working comedian's lifestyle ever caught on film. But CBB is perhaps TV's most interesting comedy in terms of displaying jokes in process, in a paradoxical comedic space where even the most serendipitous improvised moments are carefully presented.

Much of that credit goes to host and creator Scott Aukerman, who has a unique perspective informed by his time as a writer and sometime cast member on the seminal Mr. Show, and his years spent developing CBB from a weekly stage show, to a local Los Angeles radio program (Comedy Death Ray Radio), to a popular podcast, and now to television. Throughout that time, Aukerman has cultivated meaningful relationships with seemingly everyone in the comedy community,...

Because animated comedy Hell & Back didn’t already boast a bulging cast list, directors Tom Gianas and Ross Shuman have added yet another name to the roster. Susan Sarandon has climbed aboard, and she’ll be voicing an angel named Barb.Hell & Back finds best mates Remy (Nick Swardson) and Augie (TJ Miller) journeying into the Inferno to rescue a mate who has accidentally been dragged down there.The voice cast includes (very deep breath) Mila Kunis, who signed on in March, Jennifer Coolidge, Rob Riggle, Danny McBride, Bob Odenkirk, Kerri Kenney, Michael Pena, David Koechner, JB Smoove, Brian Posehn, Greg Proops, Seth Morris and Jay Johnston, among others. Suffice to say, it’ll be distinctly R-rated, no-holds-barred comedy.With a script by Robot Chicken veterans Zeb Wells and Hugh Sterbakov, it’s going through the stop-motions right now and is set for release… Well, it hasn’t locked that particular detail in just yet,...

Rob Michael Hugel (I Hate Being Single) turns up on a quirky vlog to give dating advice, the online arm of Lorne Michaels’ production company premieres two new web series with Saturday Night Live stars, and First Dates’ Toby Harris (Seth Morris) might actually land a second date.

Coffey Chat | If you miss Hugel (I Hate Being Single), this is the perfect way to get your Rmh fix. He offers up tips on dating with Shannon Coffey on her web show Coffey Chat. None of the advice is what you would call practical, but it’s all chuckle-worthy.

Burning Love...

I have been listening to Comedy Bang Bang for years. The essential podcast, originally titled after the comedy show Comedy Death Ray, is run by host Scott Aukerman. Over the years, Aukerman has gotten scores of the best comedians around to come on his show, both as themselves and as characters. The result? Aural pleasure that will have you laughing out loud on the subway like a crazy person.

I was thrilled with the announcement that IFC had picked up the podcast to turn into a television show. Aukerman, along with "band leader" Reggie Watts, bring their own dose of surrealism, irreverence and fresh comedy to the show along with many of your favorite actors and comedians. I'll post the review of that soon (Spoiler Alert: It's Great).

I had to really calm myself before I interviewed Aukerman, due to the fact that I might accidentally propose marriage or offer...

This week, Angela Kinsey talks dirty, Jon Hamm puts the moves on Mike O’Brien, and Penny and Alex deliver LOLs in the latest Happy Endings webisode.

First Dates with Toby Harris | Funny or Die writer Seth Morris stars in and writes for this new series about the awkward things than can happen on first dates. Office worker Kinsey brilliantly guests in the latest episode as Toby’s verbally and sexually aggressive date. Somewhere, Angela Martin is blushing.

Squaresville | Another Kickstarter success story, this show was created by film maker Matt Enlow. In the first episode, we meet high school...

CSI creator Anthony Zuiker has teamed up with Yahoo for Cybergeddon, a scripted drama set in the world of cybercrime. The plot revolves around a female government agent who has a falling out with the law and is on the run herself, while pursuing a master hacker who wants to bring the world to its "cyber-knees." Episodes of Cybergeddon will premiere in the fall in an exclusive window on Yahoo!, and then be packaged together into a 90-minute feature available on digital platforms and DVD. Yahoo's video initiatives, now more popular than Vevo, are continuing Yahoo's trend of tapping Hollywood talent for high profile series, including its recently announced comedy slate, which includes shows from Seth Morris, Saturday Night Live writer Mike OBrien, and Ben Stiller’s Red Hour Digital. In October, Zuiker announced original YouTube channel BlackBoxTV with Tony E. Valenzuela and the Collective Digital Studio. Cybergeddon is financed by Dolphin Media,...

Today Yahoo revealed its slate of original comedy slate, which includes shows from Seth Morris, Saturday Night Live writer Mike OBrien, and Ben Stiller's Red Hour Digital. All the shows in new slate will debut on Yahoo Screen, the site’s revamped video hub that launched last fall with a slate of original programming including shows from mega-star Tom Hanks and America’s Funniest Home Videos producer Vin di Bona. Yahoo original video programming attracted over 35 million unique visitors in December 2011, and had 20 of the top 25 most watched online web series in December 2011, according to comScore. Here's the lineup: Funny or Die presents First Dates With Toby Harris (Funny or Die) Starring Seth Morris, First Dates With Toby Harris is a series that takes us on a journey of ill-fated first dates with the lovable (sometimes deplorable) and always single Toby Harris. Set in Los Angeles, each episode centers...

Yahoo says that it’s already the “top online destination for comedy” with 1B streams of original material — and hopes to reinforce its claim on that title with some new Web-based video series. Seth Morris will star in First Dates With Toby Harris, a 12-episode series of 3-to-5 minute videos from Funny or Die; Yahoo doesn’t say when it will launch. A scripted comedy Burning Love from Paramount Pictures/Red Hour will spoof reality TV shows beginning this spring. Sketchy from Principato Young/Electus promises 26 weeks of topical shorts. 7 Minutes in Heaven from Broadway Video will run 10 weeks and feature conversations with SNL writer Mike O’Brien. Odd News from Yahoo Studios will run 24 weeks with Greg Proops serving up the week’s most unusual headlines. And beginning March 19, Hackerazzi from video producer David Morgasen will offer 14 weeks of “embarrassing celebrity videos.”...

Funny Or Die is launching new comedy series First Dates With Toby Harris starring Seth Morris and premiering on the recently revamped Yahoo! Screen in Spring 2012. "The series will follow the first dates of a typical La based single guy who has several first dates," Dick Glover, CEO of Funny or Die, told Tubefilter. "Through these dates we will get a humorous look at various dating issues, and a different perspectives on life and situations and the funny ways the sexes interact in 2012." First Dates With Toby Harris promises to "take viewers on a journey of ill fated first dates with the lovable (sometimes deplorable) and always single Toby Harris. Set with Los Angeles as a back drop, each episode centers around a different woman and issue that will leave the audience bickering amongst themselves who was right and who was wrong, and how they would have handled it better!

Yahoo announced Thursday the launch of an original comedy channel that will kick off with a live stand-up performance by comedian Bill Maher. The Yahoo Comedy Channel, part of the recently announced Yahoo Screen portal, will also feature a series of short-form comedy shows, including one starring Seth Morris from “Step Brothers” and another program hosted by Mike O’Brien, a lead writer for “Saturday Night Live.” Viewing will be free. “I'm excited to be doing something new in bringing a live stand-up show to a web giant like Yahoo,” Maher said. “It is...

Yahoo announced today that it is launching a Yahoo Comedy Channel in February 2012 and has inked a deal with comedian Bill Maher to kick it off with a free, live stand-up performance. The content will include short-form videos and both licensed and original programming from the likes of Funny or Die, Broadway Video, Elecuts, and Yahoo! Studios, among others. The web giant recently launched a women’s slate that it said saw almost 10 million streams in its first month. Here’s a look a the content being prepared for the comedy launch; more programming will be added going forward, Yahoo said: – CrazyStupidPolitics: Bill Maher Live from Silicon Valley – On February 23, 2012 at 7:30 p.m. Pt Bill Maher will host a live comedy show exclusively broadcasted online on Yahoo!. This will be Maher’s first live online broadcast ever. For the last nineteen years, Maher has set the boundaries of where funny,...

New York - Yahoo said Thursday it would launch the Yahoo Comedy Channel with a slate of original comedy video content featuring such comedians as Mike O’Brien, lead writer on Saturday Night Live, and Seth Morris (No Strings Attached, Step Brothers) in the company’s latest sign of commitment to the premium content space. The channel will launch with a Bill Maher stand-up performance entitled CrazyStupidPolitics: Bill Maher Live from Silicon Valley, available exclusively on Yahoo. The performance, which the firm said will be the first-ever, live, free broadcast online, will take place on Feb. 23, 2012 at the San Jose Performing

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Joel Gretsch (V) has joined Lifetime’s original movie Of Two Minds. The film chronicles the relationship between a woman (Kristin Davis) and her younger sister (Tammy Blanchard), who has schizophrenia. Gretsch, repped by Apa and Mosaic, will play Davis’ husband. Jim O’Hanlon is directing from a script by Richard Friedenber. Gillian Vigman and Dan Bakkedahl have joined Jim Jefferies and Peter O’Fallon’s FX comedy pilot presentation Legit. Directed by Peter O’Fallon, Legit centers Jim (Jefferies), a misanthrope trying to go legit. Former Daily Show correspondent Bakkedahl, repped by Paradigm and Principal, will play Jim’s world-weary, floundering, divorced roommate. Vigman, repped by Apa and Brillstein, will play a funny and smart Harvard-trained psychiatrist forced to diffuse Jim’s endless advances. The actress, best known for her role in The Hangover franchise, has been recurring on ABC’s Suburgatory and Fox’s New Girl. Todd Stashwick,...

Your favorite high-pitched frenetic Internet sensation will soon be back on TV just in time for Halloween. Yes, it’s Fred! And this time, the very child-like character tries to convince the whole school that the new music teacher is a vampire in Fred 2: Night of the Living Fred (Oct. 22, 8 p.m.) on Nickelodeon.

Fred’s creator/portrayer, Lucas Cruikshank, stars alongside Modern Family’s Ariel Winter, WWE’s John Cena, and Victorious’ Daniella Monet. In the new movie, Fred has to deal with his favorite music teacher being replaced by Mr. Devlin (Seth Morris); finding out that his archenemy,...

'Cedar Rapids' movie trailer features funny comedy & more. Fox Searchlight Pictures released their new comedy flick entitled, "Cedar Rapids" into theaters today,and the movie trailer (below) delivers some pretty good comedy. The movie stars: Ed Helms, John C. Reilly, Sigourney Weaver, Anne Heche, Stephen Root, Kurtwood Smith, Alia Shawkat, Mike O'Malley, Rob Corddry,and Seth Morris. The movie revolves around character Tim Lippe (Ed Helms) who's an insurance agent that's a very naive. He's never left his small hometown. He's never stayed at a hotel. And he's never experienced anything like Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

Here’s the new clip for Ed Helms‘ latest comedy movie, Cedar Rapids.

Synopsis: Tim Lippe (Helms) was the guy people always thought would go places but then he just … didn’t. He’s been living in über-sleepy Brown Valley, Wisconsin his whole life, still “pre-engaged” to his 7th grade teacher Millie Vanderhei ( Sigourney Weaver), while selling insurance to protect other people’s dreams. But now, Tim’s stalled life is about to get a kick-start because, for the first time in his 34 years, he’s headed to a “major” metropolis – Cedar Rapids, Iowa – where he must try to save his company at a do-or-die insurance convention that, for him, will be entirely nonconventional.

From the minute he checks into his hotel with his ancient American Tourister and cummerbund money-belt, it’s clear Tim has no idea how the modern world really works. He is soon smitten with seductive Nebraskan...

Chicago – In our latest comedy edition of HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 25 admit-two passes up for grabs to the advance Chicago screening of “Cedar Rapids”! The new film stars Ed Helms, John C. Reilly, Anne Heche and Sigourney Weaver.

“Cedar Rapids” also stars Isiah Whitlock Jr., Stephen Root, Kurtwood Smith, Alia Shawkat, Rob Corddry, Mike O’Malley, Inga R. Wilson, Mike Birbiglia and Seth Morris from director Miguel Arteta and writer Phil Johnston. The film opens on Feb. 11, 2011.

To win your free pass to the advance Chicago screening of “Cedar Rapids” courtesy of HollywoodChicago.com, just answer our question below. That’s it! This screening is on Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2011 at 7:30 p.m. in Chicago. Directions to enter this Hookup and immediately win can be found beneath the graphic below.

The movie poster for “Cedar Rapids” with Ed Helms, John C. Reilly and Sigourney Weaver.

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Fox Searchlight has sent over 5 clips from director Miguel Arteta’s (Youth in Revolt) Cedar Rapids. Starring Ed Helms, John C. Reilly, Sigourney Weaver, Anne Heche, Stephen Root, Kurtwood Smith, Alia Shawkat, Mike O’Malley, Rob Corddry, and Seth Morris, the film's about a small-town Wisconsin man who travels to the big city to represent his company at a regional insurance conference. While the story isn't groundbreaking, or something that you haven't seen before, I thought the movie was really funny and it's definitely worth checking out when it gets released February 11. The main reason is the chemistry between Helms, Reilly, Heche, and Whitlock Jr. Each one had a moment to shine and Whitlock Jr. got two of the biggest laughs during the premiere at Sundance. However, John C. Reilly also has a few awesome lines that I loved. Anyway, for a taste of the film, hit the jump for the clips.

Jamie put up the trailer for new Fox Searchlight comedy, Cedar Rapids at the end of last year and now her ewe have some new images for the movie which has a cast which includes The Hangover star, Ed Helms alongside John C. Reilly, Anne Heche, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Root, Alia Shawkat, Mike O’Malley, Rob Corddry and Seth Morris with Miguel Arteta taking the reigns as director.

Synopsis: Tim Lippe (Helms) was the guy people always thought would go places but then he just … didn’t. He’s been living in über-sleepy Brown Valley, Wisconsin his whole life, still “pre-engaged” to his 7th grade teacher Millie Vanderhei (Weaver), while selling insurance to protect other people’s dreams. But now, Tim’s stalled life is about to get a kick-start because, for the first time in his 34 years, he’s headed to a “major” metropolis – Cedar Rapids, Iowa – where he...

We have added 9 new high resolution photos for upcoming Miguel Arteta‘s comedy Cedar Rapids. Ed Helms stars in the movie which also includes the acting talents of John C. Reilly, Anne Heche, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Root, Alia Shawkat, Mike O’Malley, Rob Corddry, and Seth Morris.

You can check out bigger versions of each by clicking them below.

Anne Heche as Joan Ostrowski-Fox and Ed Helms as Tim Lippe in Cedar Rapids

Synopsis: Tim Lippe (Helms) was the guy people always thought would go places but then he just … didn’t. He’s been living in über-sleepy Brown Valley, Wisconsin his whole life, still “pre-engaged” to his 7th grade teacher Millie Vanderhei (Weaver), while selling insurance to protect other people’s dreams. But now, Tim’s stalled life is about to get a kick-start because, for the first time in his 34 years, he’s headed to a “major” metropolis – Cedar Rapids,...

Have a look at the first three upcoming releases from Fox Searchlight Pictures. First up, Miguel Arteta's comedy "Cedar Rapids" opens on February 11th. Written by Phil Johnston and produced by Alexander Payne ("Sideways"), Jim Taylor and Jim Burke, the film stars a talented cast found in Ed Helms, John C. Reilly, Sigourney Weaver, Anne Heche, Stephen Root, Kurtwood Smith, Alia Shawkat, Mike O'Malley, Rob Corddry and Seth Morris. Next up, "Win Win" is helmed by Tom McCarthy who co-writes alongside Joe Tiboni. Starring is the multi-talented Paul Giamatti along with Bobby Cannavale, Amy Ryan, Jeffrey Tambor, Melanie Lynskey, Burt Young, Amy Landecker, Margo Martindale and Sharon Wilkins. The comedy opens March 25th...

Have a look at the first three upcoming releases from Fox Searchlight Pictures. First up, Miguel Arteta's comedy "Cedar Rapids" opens on February 11th. Written by Phil Johnston and produced by Alexander Payne ("Sideways"), Jim Taylor and Jim Burke, the film stars a talented cast found in Ed Helms, John C. Reilly, Sigourney Weaver, Anne Heche, Stephen Root, Kurtwood Smith, Alia Shawkat, Mike O'Malley, Rob Corddry and Seth Morris. Next up, "Win Win" is helmed by Tom McCarthy who co-writes alongside Joe Tiboni. Starring is the multi-talented Paul Giamatti along with Bobby Cannavale, Amy Ryan, Jeffrey Tambor, Melanie Lynskey, Burt Young, Amy Landecker, Margo Martindale and Sharon Wilkins. The comedy opens March 25th...

Here’s the trailer for Cedar Rapids starring Ed Helms (The Hangover Part II), John C. Reilly (Terri), Sigourney Weaver (The Cold Light of Day, Ghostbusters III), Isiah Whitlock Jr. (Rubicon, Detachment), Anne Heche (Hung, Rampart), Stephen Root (Red State), Kurtwood Smith (Neighbors from Hell), Alia Shawkat (Arrested Development), Mike O’Malley (Glee), Rob Corddry (Childrens’ Hospital, Butter) and Seth Morris (High Road).

Both Reilly and Helms have starred in some of the top comedy films in the past few years. Will this new Helms-Reilly combo be the knockout comedy of 2011?

Cedar Rapids premieres in theaters on February 11th, 2011. The film is directed by Miguel Arteta.

About Cedar Rapids:

To call insurance agent Tim Lippe (Ed Helms), “naive” is a gross understatement. He’s never left his small hometown. He’s never stayed at a hotel. And he’s never experienced anything like Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Sent to represent...

We have added the new trailer and poster for Fox Searchlight’s upcoming Miguel Arteta (Youth in Revolt, The Good Girl) directed comedy Cedar Rapids. Ed Helms stars in the film which also includes the acting talents of John C. Reilly, Anne Heche, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Root, Alia Shawkat, Mike O’Malley, Rob Corddry, and Seth Morris.

Hit the jump to read film’s synopsis, watch the trailer and check out the poster

Synopsis: Tim Lippe (Helms) was the guy people always thought would go places but then he just … didn’t. He’s been living in über-sleepy Brown Valley, Wisconsin his whole life, still “pre-engaged” to his 7th grade teacher Millie Vanderhei (Weaver), while selling insurance to protect other people’s dreams. But now, Tim’s stalled life is about to get a kick-start because, for the first time in his 34 years, he’s headed to a “major” metropolis – Cedar Rapids,...