By Laughspin Staff | March 19, 2013 at 10:56 am | 2 comments
A new season of Dancing with the Stars premiered last night on ABC, and with it, came the first performances from the only two contestants we care about-- comedians D.L. Hughley and Andy Dick. As expected neither one fared very well. Hughley came in dead last with a total score...
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By Dylan P. Gadino | March 6, 2013 at 10:05 pm | 5 comments
Last weekend news broke that Jimmy Fallon would replace Jay Leno in 2014 as host of The Tonight Show and that NBC would make the announcement as early as May. Although the network denied the story in the Hollywood Reporter, who cited “two high-level industry insiders” and...
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By Laughspin Staff | February 26, 2013 at 2:54 pm | One comment
Comedians Andy Dick and D.L. Hughley will compete on the sixteenth season of ABC's hit show Dancing with the Stars this year, it was announced on Good Morning America today. But what people might not know is that Dick actually turned down an offer to be on the show during its...
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By Laughspin Staff | December 7, 2012 at 4:32 pm | No comments
He already co-stars on Adult Swim’s Eric Andre Show, recently released his stellar second album and DVD Animal furnace and has a pilot in development with Fox, which he co-wrote with Jonah Hill. And now it seems ABC wants a piece of Buress.
The network that’s made a hit...
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By Dylan P. Gadino | November 20, 2012 at 3:39 pm | One comment
Somewhere between the relative progressiveness (and hence, poor ratings) of NBC and the over-the-top pandering strategy CBS has employed to great commercial effect, there lies ABC. And that’s exactly where Rory Scovel has landed, as the network has inked a development deal...
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By Laughspin Staff | October 24, 2012 at 2:46 pm | One comment
It's amazing what some inspired editing and a badass score can do. Check out Modern Family's take on horror film trailers...
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By Dylan P. Gadino | October 12, 2012 at 3:54 pm | No comments
An idea spawned by Allison Miller, who co-stars in Matthew Perry’s new NBC sitcom Go On, has landed at ABC and is currently being developed into a comedy series starring Michael Bolton. Yes, that Michael Bolton.
Michael Bolton’s Daughter Is Destroying My Life is based on...
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By Laughspin Staff | October 11, 2012 at 1:26 pm | No comments
He may play a bumbling dad on Modern Family, ABC’s flagship comedy, but Ty Burrell is no slouch in real life. The Emmy-winning actor just landed another ABC deal, which finds him and his younger brother Duncan developing a new family-centered comedy.
The single-camera show...
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By Dylan P. Gadino | August 22, 2012 at 11:39 am | No comments
As the only network that’s seen an increase in late night talk show viewership this year, ABC has, for good reason, a lot of confidence in Jimmy Kimmel. So much, in fact, they’re repositioning Jimmy Kimmel Live in their schedule so that it faces off directly against the...
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