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Glenn Howerton knows his way around self-involved characters. He’s currently pulling double duty starring as sociopathic Dennis Reynolds on “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia,” and as disgraced Harvard scholar turned teacher Jack Griffin on Peacock’s “A.P. Bio.” “I’ve always had a fascination with characters who have very large egos,” Howerton, 44, tells The Post. “I …
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Netflix has ordered a comedy series starring Jamie Foxx titled “Dad Stop Embarrassing Me,” Variety has learned. The multi-camera series is inspired by Foxx’s relationship with his daughter, Corinne Foxx. The series will also star David Alan Grier, Kyla-Drew, Porscha Coleman, and Jonathan Kite. Heather Hemmens and Valente Rodriguez will appear in recurring roles. Bentley …
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Prolific Australian actor Stephen Peacocke makes his US TV debut in “Five Bedrooms,” now streaming on Peacock. “It’s really nice to know that our show has found an audience in America. I’m really chuffed,” Peacocke, 38, tells The Post. “And a story like this that’s not the typical tourism postcard that you sometimes get in …
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Its a Dunphy mini-reunion at ABC and 20th Century Fox TV. Former “Modern Family” star Sarah Hyland has been tapped to headline “Yours, Mine & Paul’s,” a multi-camera comedy series in development at ABC, from fellow “Modern Family” alum Ty Burrell and his recently launched Desert Whale Productions. Written and co-executive produced by writer, director, and …
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Raymond Allen, an actor who had memorable recurring roles on classic ’70s sitcoms “Sanford and Son” and “Good Times,” died yesterday of a non-COVID respiratory illness at a long-term care facility in California. He was 91. Allen’s death was announced by his daughter, Ta Ronce Allen, on a Facebook post yesterday. The actor was best …
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Taping of the untitled unscripted “Friends” reunion special for HBO Max has been further delayed by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Originally slated to film right after all production was shut down in mid-March because of the outbreak, it was pushed to May so the special could still be ready for HBO Max’s May 27 launch. …
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Lucille Desiree Ball Born: Aug. 6, 1911 in Celeron, N.Y. Died: April 26, 1989, in Los Angeles Best known for: CBS comedy series “I Love Lucy” (1951-1957), “The Lucy Show” (1962-68), “Here’s Lucy” (1968-74). As Variety‘s Tom Gilbert observed after her death, “Ball’s elastic facial expressions and precise comic timing catapulted her into an American …
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HBO has given a series order to “Somebody Somewhere,” a comedy starring and executive produced by “Patti Cake$” star Bridget Everett, from Hannah Bos (HBO’s “High Maintenance”), Paul Thureen (“Driveways”), Carolyn Strauss (HBO’s “Chernobyl”), Patricia Breen (HBO’s “Betty”) and The Mighty Mint/Duplass Brothers Productions. Created by Bos and Thureen, “Somebody Somewhere” is inspired by the …
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Monty Python star John Cleese has voiced his disapproval of a decision by BBC Studios-owned broadcaster UKTV to scrub an episode of classic British comedy “Fawlty Towers” from its back catalog. UKTV removed “The Germans” from its Gold Box Set of downloadable programs, citing the fact that it contained “racial slurs.” UKTV was not specific …
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Cree Cicchino’s summer TV schedule is fully booked. On Wednesday, the 18-year-old Queens native returns as fan-fave high-school student Marisol Fuentes for Season 2 of “Mr. Iglesias,” the Netflix sitcom starring stand-up comedian Gabriel Iglesias as a kind-hearted teacher. Later this summer, Cicchino will co-star in the Netflix movie “The Sleepover,” a comedy starring Joe …
Glenn Howerton knows his way around self-involved characters. He’s currently pulling double duty starring as sociopathic Dennis Reynolds on “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia,” and as disgraced Harvard scholar turned teacher Jack Griffin on Peacock’s “A.P. Bio.” “I’ve always had a fascination with characters who have very large egos,” Howerton, 44, tells The Post. “I …
