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Good News for ‘The Crazy Ones,’ ‘The Millers,’ and ‘Mom’

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Rebecca Murray
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Anna Faris and Allison Janney
Anna Faris and Allison Janney in ‘Mom’ (Photo Courtesy of CBS)

Go ahead and feel free to commit yourself to watch a full season of The Crazy Ones, The Millers, and Mom. CBS says all three new comedies will be sticking around for full first-season runs.

“We’re proud of CBS’s leadership position in comedy and excited to build on it with the back nine pick-ups of these three new comedies,” stated Nina Tassler, President, CBS Entertainment, announcing the full season pickups. “These series are creatively distinct, continue to improve each week, and are led by strong showrunners, writing and production staffs, and feature amazingly talented casts.”

According to CBS, The Crazy Ones is primetime’s #1 new comedy with 13.71 million people tuning in to laugh at Robin Williams, Sarah Michelle Gellar, James Wolk, Hamish Linklater and Amanda Setton. Coming in second is The Millers, starring Will Arnett, Beau Bridges, and Margo Martindale, with 12.41 million viewers.

Mom with Anna Faris and Allison Janney takes 3rd place in the most watched new comedy race, averaging nearly 8 million viewers.

Intruders Series Coming to BBC America

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Rebecca Murray
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BBC America Greenlights IntrudersMichael Marshall’s novel The Intruders is serving as the source material for the new BBC America series, Intruders. BBC American has greenlit the series from executive producer Glen Morgan (The X-Files) who will also be writing the scripts. Jane Tranter and Julie Gardner from BBC Worldwide Productions are also on board as executive producers.
 
Production will begin on eight one-hour episodes in spring 2014.
 
“Intruders features an imaginative premise that fits perfectly with BBC AMERICA’s signature block of complex and otherworldly dramas led by Doctor Who and Orphan Black,” said BBC America General Manager Perry Simon. “Glen Morgan has delivered a brilliant script, and we’re thrilled to be working with Glen, Jane Tranter, Julie Gardner and our colleagues at BBC Worldwide Productions on this provocative new series.”
 
“I am excited to be working with Jane Tranter and Julie Gardner who have been so groundbreaking in this genre across both sides of the Atlantic, and I am delighted BBC AMERICA has greenlit Intruders to series,” added Morgan.
 
Per BBC America, “the series is about a secret society devoted to chasing immortality by seeking refuge in the bodies of others.”
 
Source: BBC America
 

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Lady Gaga and The Muppets Team Up for a Holiday Special

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Rebecca Murray
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Lady Gaga and The Muppets Holiday Spectacular
Kermit the Frog and Lady Gaga (Photo © 2013 American Broadcasting Companies, Inc)

Lady Gaga and The Muppets will be helping to ring in the holiday season with the Lady Gaga & The Muppets Holiday Spectacular airing on ABC in November. The 90-minute special will include performances by Lady Gaga as well as Sir Elton John, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and RuPaul.

According to the network, Lady Gaga will be performing a few songs off of her new ARTPOP album, including a duet with Kermit the Frog. “What an incredible opportunity!” said Kermit the Frog. “We have a long history with Ms. Gaga, so we jumped at the chance to do a holiday special with her. We won’t even mind if she mistakes some of the Muppets for pieces of her wardrobe—again.”

The holiday special’s set to include a “dazzling rendition” of “Applause” performed with special Muppet guests. Lady Gaga will also duet with the non-Muppet guest stars and Kristen Bell (soon to be seen in the big screen adaptation of Veronica Mars) will appear in a sketch with Lady Gaga and the Muppets.

“I was so excited when ABC called me about doing a holiday special this year,” said Lady Gaga. “I knew it just wouldn’t be a complete night of laughter and memories without The Muppets! Can’t wait to see the gang again and I hope Miss Piggy’s still not mad about Kermit. We’re just friends!”

Lady Gaga & The Muppets Holiday Spectacular will premiere on November 28, 2013 at 9:30pm ET/PT on ABC. The Muppets’ new film, Muppets Most Wanted, will arrive in theaters on March 21, 2014.




TNT Renews ‘Franklin & Bash’ for Season 4

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Rebecca Murray
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Franklin & Bash Renewed for Season 4
Breckin Meyer and Mark-Paul Gosselaar star in TNT’s ‘Franklin & Bash’ (Photo © TNT)

Fans of the buddy drama Franklin & Bash should be happy to know TNT will be renewing the series for a fourth season. According to the network, the fourth season will consist of 10 episodes and will air next summer.

Breckin Meyer and Mark-Paul Gosselaar will be returning to star in the series along with Malcolm McDowell and Reed Diamond. The show, which is executive produced by Jamie Tarses, Kevin Falls, and Bill Chais, has been averaging 3.4 million viewers.

The Plot: “Franklin & Bash centers on Jared Franklin (Meyer) and Peter Bash (Gosselaar), two young, fly-by-the-seat-of-their-pants street lawyers who caused a seismic culture clash when they joined Infeld-Daniels, a legendary, button-down law firm. The patriarch of the firm – the brilliant and eccentrically spontaneous Renaissance man Stanton Infeld (McDowell) – hired them because he admires how Jared sticks it to authority every chance he gets and how Peter is able to forge a personal connection with both judge and jury.

Since hanging their shingle at Infeld-Daniels, Peter and Jared have repeatedly butted heads with fellow lawyers, especially Damien Karp (Diamond), who disapproves of their casual style and law-skirting methods. Karp also happens to be Stanton Infeld’s nephew.”




‘NOW That’s What I Call Disney 2’ Album Details

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Rebecca Murray
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NOW That's What I Call Disney 2

Songs from Enchanted, The Little Mermaid, and The Lion King are among the selections that made the cut for the second pairing of the NOW That’s What I Call Music! franchise and Walt Disney Records. NOW That’s What I Call Disney 2 will hit stores on November 11, 2013 and will feature 20 original Disney and Pixar tunes. including the ever-popular “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.”

The first NOW That’s What I Call Disney CD was released last November.

“NOW is the top-selling recorded music franchise, and we’re proud to have successfully collaborated with Disney for the first NOW Disney title,” says NOW Music COO, Jerry Cohen. “Disney’s magical movie and song pool is so deep; we’re excited to continue the franchise with the equally compelling release of NOW Disney 2.”

“NOW is a natural collaboration for us and we are excited for the release of the second installment,” added Disney Music Group’s Senior Vice President, Global Marketing Robbie Snow. “This collection also spans several generations, so families can relive and rediscover memorable music moments from our classic films.”

NOW That’s What I Call Disney 2 [CD, digital]

1. “We Belong Together” – Toy Story 3
2. “Under the Sea” – The Little Mermaid
3. “Can You Feel the Love Tonight” – The Lion King
4. “I Wan’na Be Like You” (The Monkey Song) – The Jungle Book
5. “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious” – Mary Poppins
6. “Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah” – Song of the South
7. “So This Is Love” – Cinderella
8. “Be Our Guest” – Beauty and the Beast
9. “Happy Working Song” – Enchanted
10. “It’s a Small World” – it’s a small world at the Magic Kingdom® Park
11. “I Won’t Say (I’m in Love)” – Hercules
12. “Just Around the Riverbend” – Pocahontas
13. “One Jump Ahead” – Aladdin
14. “Little April Shower” – Bambi
15. “The Siamese Cat Song” – Lady and the Tramp
16. “What’s This?” – Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas
17. “Yo Ho (A Pirate’s Life for Me)” – Pirates of the Caribbean at Disneyland® Park
18. “When Will My Life Begin” – Tangled
19. “Scales and Arpeggios” – The Aristocats
20. “Mickey Mouse Club Alma Mater” – “The Mickey Mouse Club”

‘Devil’s Due’ Pops Out a New Trailer

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Rebecca Murray
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“There is nothing that can prepare you for the arrival.”

There’s another devil baby movie set for delivery in theaters, this one – Devil’s Due – courtesy of 20th Century Fox. Devil’s Due stars Allison Miller and Zach Gilford and was directed by V/H/S filmmakers Matt Bettenelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett (they were the team behind the film’s “10/31/98” segment). Fox is releasing the film on January 17, 2014.

The Plot: After a mysterious, lost night on their honeymoon, a newlywed couple finds themselves dealing with an earlier-than-planned pregnancy. While recording everything for posterity, the husband begins to notice odd behavior in his wife that they initially write off to nerves, but as the months pass, it becomes evident that the dark changes to her body and mind have a much more sinister origin.




Fox Greenlights Hieroglyph

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Rebecca Murray
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Fox LogoPacific Rim writer Travis Beacham, Katherine Pope (New Girl), Peter Chernin, and Miguel Sapochnik are teaming up as executive producers on the action-adventure series Hieroglyph set in ancient Egypt. Fox has just given the series a 13 episode season one order, with Beacham writing the scripts and Sapochnik (Fringe) directing the first episode.
 
According to Fox, filming will begin in early 2014.
 
“We wanted to do a show about deceit, sex, intrigue in the court and fantastical goings-on – no better place to set that than ancient Egypt,” said Kevin Reilly, Chairman of Entertainment for FOX. “Travis Beacham has an inventive mind, and he has wrapped this all together in this intoxicating new drama.”
 
The Plot:
 
Set in ancient Egypt, where fantasy and reality intertwined, Hieroglyph follows a notorious thief who is plucked from prison to serve the Pharoah, navigating palace intrigue, seductive concubines, criminal underbellies and even a few divine sorcerers.
 
Source: Fox
 

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Behind the Scenes of All is Lost

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Rebecca Murray
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All is Lost Poster Starring Robert RedfordRobert Redford and writer/director J.C. Chandor take viewers behind the scenes into the shooting of All is Lost, a one-man movie featuring Redford stranded alone at sea with the odds of his survival stacked against him. Lionsgate & Roadside Attractions are releasing the dramatic thriller in theaters on October 18, 2013.
 
The Plot:
 
Deep into a solo voyage in the Indian Ocean, an unnamed man (Redford) wakes to find his 39-foot yacht taking on water after a collision with a shipping container left floating on the high seas. With his navigation equipment and radio disabled, the man sails unknowingly into the path of a violent storm. Despite his success in patching the breached hull, his mariner’s intuition, and a strength that belies his age, the man barely survives the tempest.
 
Using only a sextant and nautical maps to chart his progress, he is forced to rely on ocean currents to carry him into a shipping lane in hopes of hailing a passing vessel. But with the sun unrelenting, sharks circling and his meager supplies dwindling, the ever-resourceful sailor soon finds himself staring his mortality in the face.
 
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Are You the Ultimate ‘Fast and Furious’ Fan?

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Rebecca Murray
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Fast and Furious Ultimate Fan Contest

If you believe you’re the biggest Fast and Furious fan around and you want a chance to win a walk-on role in Fast and Furious 7, then Universal Pictures has a contest just for you.

The Ultimate Fast & Furious Fan Sweepstakes is open now and runs through November 30, 2013.

Here are the details, courtesy of Universal Studios:

– Follow @FastandFuriousMovie on Twitter and upload a video explaining why you should become the next member of the Fast Family. Be creative! Show your ride or do your best F&F impression, but make sure to tell us why you’re the ultimate fan! Hashtag the video with #UltimateFastFan.

For more info and for all of the official rules, visit the official Ultimate Fast & Furious Fan Sweepstakes site.

Laura Donnelly Joins ‘Outlander’

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Rebecca Murray
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Laura Donnelly
Laura Donnelly (Photo Courtesy of Starz)

The Outlander cast continues to grow, with the latest new member of the ensemble being Laura Donnelly who’s signed up to play Jenny Fraser. The Starz series is executive produced by Ronald D. Moore (Battlestar Galactica) and will premiere in 2014.

Filming is now underway in Scotland.

The Plot [Courtesy of Starz]:

The Outlander series spans the genres of romance, science fiction, history, and adventure in one epic tale. It follows the story of Claire Randall, a married combat nurse from 1945 who is mysteriously swept back in time to 1743, where she is immediately thrown into an unknown world where her life is threatened.

When she is forced to marry Jamie Fraser, a chivalrous and romantic young Scottish warrior, a passionate affair is ignited that tears Claire’s heart between two vastly different men in two irreconcilable lives.

Jenny Fraser Murray is Jamie Fraser’s older sister, and surrogate mother in many ways. She shares Jamie’s stubborn and quick-tempered character, which causes the siblings to butt heads from time to time. Jenny is also smart, experienced and skilled, running Lallybroch (the Fraser ancestral home) when Jamie is away. Jenny is married to Jamie’s best friend, Ian Murray. When the series begins they have one child and a second child on the way.




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