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2025 is going to see massive scheduling changes to beloved animated sitcoms The Simpsons and Family Guy.

The new year has arrived, and so have some major changes to Fox’s Animation Domination programming block. Per Comicbook.com, Family Guy will take over The Simpsons’ time slot when the series’ 23rd season premieres this February. The swap was revealed in a Jerry O’Connell preview.

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While not officially confirmed, Family Guy will likely take the 8:00 Pm Est time slot starting Sunday at the beginning of February. This marks the official premiere of the 23rd season of the series, not including the two holiday specials "Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Cheater" and "Gift of the White Guy," airing in October and November 2024. Alongside Family Guy, other animated series,...

Rock and roll fans unite Jimmy Kimmel is now working on an all-new mockumentary starring '80s Huey Lewis himself. Kimmels upcoming half-hour series, entitled Whatever Happened to Huey Lewis, will highlight the life of legendary Huey Lewis. Whatever Happened to Huey Lewis will star Lewis as a fictionalized version of himself (via Deadline). The special will be shot with just a single camera and is currently in development at Fox Entertainment Studios, with the mockumentary set to be styled as a sitcom.

The all-new mockumentary will tell the story of how Huey Lewis navigated his music career after tragically losing his hearing in 2018 due to Menieres disease. As Lewis explains it in American Songwriter:

"I have a thing they called Mnire's disease. But it's not really a disease, it's a syndrome based on symptoms and they really don't know what it is. I've been everywhere, and it just sort of happens.

Huey Lewis will play a fictionalized version of himself in a mockumentary-style series currently in development at Fox, our sister site Deadline reports.

Whatever Happened to Huey Lewis follows the rock ’n’ roll legend as he “navigates his new life after losing his hearing,” per the show’s synopsis. “With the help of his codependent family and eccentric celebrity friends, Huey will tackle this hilarious next phase with his signature Heart and Soul.” (Note: Lewis was diagnosed with Ménière’s disease in 2018).

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Huey Lewis is set to star in and executive produce a new mockumentary series, which is currently in the works at Fox.

The half-hour series, titled “Whatever Happened to Huey Lewis,” will follow the rock ‘n’ roll legend as he navigates his life after losing his hearing. “With the help of his codependent family and eccentric celebrity friends, Huey will tackle this hilarious next phase with his signature Heart and Soul,” per the official logline.

Fox gave a script commitment to the single-cam comedy, which hails from Fox Entertainment Studios. Lewis will executive produce the project alongside writer Kirker Butler, as well as EPs Aaron Kapla, who EPs for Kapital Entertainment, and Jimmy Kimmel and Scott Lonker, who serve as EPs for Kimmelot.

The 74-year-old was the frontman and harmonica player for Huey Lewis and the News, which is best known for being featured in 1985 film “Back to the Future...

Exclusive: Huey Lewis is ready to give fans a glimpse into his life, Curb Your Enthusiasm-style. The rock and roll star is set to headline and executive produce Whatever Happened to Huey Lewis, a comedic half-hour mockumentary in which he will play a fictionalized version of himself. The single-camera project, which is in development at Fox, hails from Aaron Kaplan’s Kapital Entertainment, Jimmy Kimmel’s Kimmelot and Fox Entertainment Studios, Fox Entertainment’s recently consolidated studio unit.

Written and executive produced by Kirker Butler (Only Murders In the Building), Whatever Happened to Huey Lewis follows rock and roll legend Huey Lewis as he navigates his new life after losing his hearing. With the help of his codependent family and eccentric celebrity friends, Huey will tackle this hilarious next phase with his signature Heart and Soul.

Kaplan executive produces for Kapital; Kimmel & Scott Lonker for Kimmelot. Kevin Marco is the creative executive for Kapital.

Spoiler Alert: The following reveals major plot points from the Season 3 finale of Hulu’s Only Murders In The Building.

And thus ends another chapter of Hulu’s Only Murders in the Building with a killer reveal and a fresh new murder mystery yet to unravel. Season 3 is currently available to stream in its entirety via the streamer.

The big mystery as to who killed Ben Gilroy (Paul Rudd) was resolved and it’s almost always the person you least expect—at least it was for me. I hardly paid any mind to this character and secretly wanted it to be the talented and mysterious Loretta Durkin the entire time out of pure selfishness so we could spend more time with Meryl Streep in Season 4.

Alas, Ben’s killer was none other than Cliff DeMeo (Wesley Taylor). Cliff and his mother Donna DeMeo (Linda Emond) co-produced Oliver’s (Martin Short) big Broadway return—you know,...

The major Outstanding Comedy Series contender that won Nathan Lane his first Primetime Emmy after a record seven Outstanding Guest Actor nominations is now hoping to bring more of its featured actors into the fold with its Emmy submissions.

IndieWire can exclusively confirm that in addition to “Only Murders in the Building” stars Steve Martin, Martin Short, and Selena Gomez submitting for Outstanding Lead Actor and Actress in a Comedy Series categories as expected, the hit Hulu series has Lane, James Caverly, Shirley MacLaine, Jane Lynch, Tina Fey, Amy Schumer, and Da’Vine Joy Randolph all vying for Outstanding Guest Actor and Actress in a Comedy Series categories.

While Emmy winners Shirley MacLaine and Amy Schumer joined the show in Season 2, with the former playing a mysterious, ornery, mourning mother and the latter playing a heightened version of herself, Lynch and Fey are both returning contenders (Lynch was even nominated for...

Sunday’s 75th Writers Guild of America Awards will conclude the guild season (and a four-guild kudos weekend). Will they portend good things to come at the Oscars for the winners?

“Everything Everywhere All at Once,” written by Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert, and “Women Talking,” written by Sarah Polley, are projected to win the Best Original Screenplay and Best Adapted Screenplay prizes, respectively. The caveat, of course, is that neither is facing its top Oscar competition at WGA due to the guild’s eligibility requirements. Martin McDonagh‘s “The Banshees of Inisherin” script, which won the Golden Globe and BAFTA, is Awol in original, as is Oscar nominee “Triangle of Sadness.” And BAFTA’s adapted screenplay champ “All Quiet on the Western Front,” written by Edward Berger, Lesley Paterson and Ian Stokell, is ineligible, along with Oscar nominee “Living.”

Over on the small screen side of things, “Better Call Saul...

The freshman series “Abbott Elementary,” “Andor,” “The Bear” and “Severance” and returnees “Better Call Saul,” “Hacks” and “Barry” are among the nominees for the 2023 Writers Guild Awards for television, new media, news, radio/audio, and promotional writing announced today by WGA West and WGA East. “The Bear,” “Severance” and “Saul” all landed three nominations apiece, as did “The Simpsons” in animation. “Yellowjackets” and “The Crown” will join “Saul,” “Andor” and “Severance” in the drama series lineup, while comedy series features “Only Murders in the Building” taking on “The Bear,” “Hacks,” “Barry” and “Abbott.” In the new series category, “Bad Sisters” fills out the list alongside “Andor,” “Abbott,” “The Bear” and “Severance.” Vying in the limited series lineup are “The Dropout,” “Fleishman Is In Trouble,” “Pam & Tommy,” “The Staircase” and Emmy/Golden Globes champ “The White Lotus.” See‘Abbott Elementary,’ ‘The White Lotus,’ ‘House of the Dragon’ among big TV...

AMC’s veteran drama series “Better Call Saul” is sharing the spotlight with newcomers FX’s “The Bear” and Apple TV+’s “Severance,” as all three shows scored three nominations for this year’s WGA Awards. Other new series nabbing multiple nominations include Apple TV+’s “Bad Sisters,” ABC’s “Abbott Elementary,” and Disney+’s “Andor,” with HBO Max’s “Hacks” also garnering two mentions.

The Writers Guild of America West (Wgaw) and Writers Guild of America, East (Wgae) announced nominees for TV and news categories on Wednesday morning. Winners will be awarded at the guilds’ annual ceremony on March 5.

In animation, Fox’s “The Simpsons” was thrice nominated, with network stablemate “Bob’s Burgers,” Prime Video’s “Undone,” and Adult Swim’s “Tuca and Bertie” rounding out the category.

For limited series, Hulu and HBO/HBO Max split the category, with Hulu’s “The Dropout,” “Fleishman Is In Trouble,” and...

Newcomers “The Bear” and “Severance” and departing drama “Better Call Saul” were among the frontrunners, with three nominations each, as Writers Guild of America West and Writers Guild of America, East announced nominations for outstanding achievement in television, new media, news, radio/audio, and promotional writing during 2022. Winners will be honored at the Writers Guild Awards ceremony taking place Sunday, March 5, 2023. Here are this year’s noms:

Drama Series

“Andor” — Written by Dan Gilroy, Tony Gilroy, Stephen Schiff, Beau Willimon; Disney+

“Better Call Saul” — Written by Ann Cherkis, Vince Gilligan, Peter Gould, Ariel Levine, Thomas Schnauz, Gordon Smith, Alison Tatlock; AMC

“The Crown” — Written by Peter Morgan; Netflix

Severance, Written by Chris Black, Andrew Colville, Kari Drake, Dan Erickson, Mark Friedman, Helen Leigh, Anna Moench, Amanda Overton; Apple TV+

“Yellowjackets” — Written by Cameron Brent Johnson, Katherine Kearns, Jonathan Lisco, Ashley Lyle, Bart Nickerson, Liz Phang, Ameni Rozsa, Sarah L. Thompson,...

The Writers Guild of America has revealed the nominations for its 75th anniversary WGA Awards in the television, new media, news, radio/audio and promotional categories. The full list is below.

Nominees in the marquee TV categories include reigning Comedy Series champ Hacks, but 2022’s Drama Series winner Succession isn’t in play this year. In fact, only Yellowjackets makes a return trip to the nominees circle in that category. It will go up against the category’s newcomers: Andor, Better Call Saul, The Crown and Severance.

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Meanwhile, Hacks will vie for the Comedy Series prize against triple Golden Globe winner Abbott Elementary, The Bear and Only Murders in the Building — all of which also are up for New Series trophy — and Barry. Andor and The Bear round out the New Series combatants.

The Limited Series race will be among The Dropout,...

The Writers Guild has revealed its nominees in the categories of TV, new media, news, radio/audio and promotional writing.

Abbott Elementary, Andor, Bad Sisters, The Bear and Severance were all nominated in the new series category; Abbott and The Bear also earned nominations for comedy series, while Andor and Severance earned nods for drama.

Better Call Saul, The Crown and Yellowjackets also earned drama nods, while Barry, Hacks and Only Murders in the Building picked up comedy nominations.

The limited series nominees include The Dropout, Fleishman Is in Trouble, Pam & Tommy, The Staircase and The White Lotus.

Better Call Saul earned two additional nominations in the episodic drama category, which also includes nods for Bad Sisters, The Good Fight, Ozark and Severance. In the episodic comedy category, The Bear faces off against Grace and Frankie, Hacks, Julia, Reservation Dogs and What We Do in the Shadows. A notable...

The Writers Guild of America West (Wgaw) and Writers Guild of America, East (Wgae) have announced nominations for outstanding achievement in television, new media, news, radio/audio, and promotional writing for 2022. Winners will be honored at the 2023 Writers Guild Awards ceremony on Sunday, March 5, 2023.

Given that TV is a writer’s medium, the WGA Awards nominations give great insight into what new shows are likely to enter the Emmys race this summer. Scoring multiple nods across the categories were expected newcomers like “Abbott Elementary” and “Severance,” which already had Emmy-winning runs for their first seasons, as well as more recent critical hits “The Bear” and “Andor.” All were nominated in their respective comedy and drama categories as well as for New Series.

In the Limited Series category, the guild finally gets its turn to recognize “The Dropout,” “The Staircase,” and “Pam and Tommy,” but more importantly, for the purpose of looking at 2023 TV awards races,...

Brazzos’ big hit can now be heard in full.

Hulu on Monday released a full version of “Angel in Flip-Flops” from Only Murders in the Building, along with an accompanying music video featuring Steve Martin’s Charles Haden-Savage.

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Written by Martin and Kirker Butler, and produced by onetime Late Show With David Letterman bandleader Paul Shaffer, the “hit” song was first introduced in the July 12 episode, when it...

Brazzos is back!

Steve Martin plays former ’80s star Charles Haden-Church, best known for playing Detective Brazzos in a TV cop procedural, during “Only Murders in the Building.” Now, the Hulu series released a tongue-in-cheek cartoon music video for Haden-Church’s fictional hit song, “Angel in Flip Flops.”

Featured in Episode 4 of the second season, Haden-Church (Martin) explains that he bonded with his ex-girlfriend’s daughter Lucy (Zoe Colletti) while singing the “pitta patta, pitta patta” chorus of his 1989 summer track. The “hit” song debuted at number 83 on the German music charts — right before the Berlin Wall fell.

“Angel in Flip Flops” is written by Martin and Kirker Butler and is produced by Paul Schaffer.

“I am as proud of ‘Angel in Flip Flops’ as I am of any work I’ve done that is not that good,” Martin, who is the co-creator and executive producer of “Only Murders,” joked in a press statement.

“Angel in Flip Flops,” the fictional ’80s not-quite-a-hit single from Hulu’s Only Murders in the Building, just got a real life music video and streaming single release.

“I am as proud of ‘Angel in Flip Flops’ as I am of any work I’ve done that is not that good,” said Steve Martin, the Only Murders co-creator, EP, and star whose character, Charles-Haden Savage, recorded and released the song back in ’89 only to see its German chart momentum halted along with communism.

In a statement announcing the new music video, Only Murders co-creator, showrunner and EP John Hoffman explains. “When the notion came up in our writers’ room of Charles-Haden Savage, at the height of his success with his original ‘Brazzos’ series, maybe having recorded an album that did really well in Germany before the Berlin Wall fell, we knew we had to talk further about it — immediately!.”

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Steve Martin and Only Murders in the Building’s (’90s) summer anthem officially has its own music video.

“Angel in Flip-Flops,” performed by Martin and featured in the Emmy-nominated series, dropped across all digital streaming music platforms Friday. But now Hulu’s released a rather animated music video for the tune, which has its own cover art and was produced by Paul Shaffer and co-written by Martin and Only Murders executive producer Kirker Butler.

The original breezy and beachy song can be heard during the opening of the show’s latest episode, as Martin’s Charles-Haden Savage performs the track — which he recorded in the ’90s for his hit TV crime show Brazzos — in his kitchen.

In the show, the song is described by Charles’ stepdaughter Lucy (Zoe Colletti) as a big hit in Germany, where it went to No. 83 on the charts...

This week’s episode of the Emmy-nominated Only Murders in the Building introduced viewers to the brief (but profitable) music career of Steve Martin’s Charles Haden Savage, who — in the show — had a hit single with “Angel in Flip-Flops.” Now, that in-show gag has become an actual song with the release of the entire track.

As mentioned on Only Murders in the Building, “Angel in Flip-Flops” was a hit in Germany prior to the fall of the Berlin Wall, but the single enjoyed a second life as sampling by like “50 rap stars,...

You made it through the Screen Actors Guild Awards, the Directors Guild Awards, and the Producers Guild Awards, too. The wait for the Oscars is almost over, but one more major guild had yet to give out its trophies before the Academy Awards. Tonight, Hollywood’s top writers came together for the Writers Guild of America Awards, which honored the finest achievements in film and television writing.

On the film side, the nominees were actually quite different from what you’ll see at the Oscars next week. In the Original Screenplay category, “Licorice Pizza,” “Don’t Look Up,” and “King Richard” were still nominated, but “Belfast” and “The Worst Person in the World” were replaced with “Being the Ricardos.” The Adapted Screenplay category was even more distinct, with only two Oscar contenders (“Dune” and “Coda”) nominated.

But it ultimately did not matter, as two Oscar nominees took the top prizes. “Coda...

Sunday’s 74th Writers Guild of America Awards will wrap up the guild season, along with the American Society of Cinematographers Awards. Will the winners be an Oscar preview?

“Licorice Pizza,” written by Paul Thomas Anderson, and “Coda,” by Sian Heder, are favored to win Best Original Screenplay and Best Adapted Screenplay, respectively. However, they are not facing off against many of their Oscar rivals as the WGA’s rules have rendered several scripts ineligible, including Oscar nominees “Belfast” and “The Worst Person in the World” in original, and “Drive My Car,” “The Lost Daughter” and “The Power of the Dog” in adapted. But if they both prevail, they will have bagged the two top industry prizes as they won at BAFTA last weekend right in the middle of final Oscar voting (it ends Tuesday).

The TV field features heavy-hitters “Succession” and “Ted Lasso,” both of which are expected to...

On Thursday, January 13, Writers Guild of America West (Wgaw) and Writers Guild of America East (Wgae) jointly announced their 2022 nominations for television and new media. Winners will be rewarded on Sunday, March 20 in a ceremony that also honors motion pictures. Read on for the complete list of 2022 Writers Guild Award nominations for TV, which includes a nice mix of new series (like Hulu’s “Only Murders in the Building”) and established fare (like HBO’s “Succession”).

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This year’s drama series contenders are “The Handmaid’s Tale,” “Loki,” “The Morning Show,” “Succession” and “Yellowjackets.” Of these, only “The Handmaid’s Tale,” “The Morning Show” and “Succession” also showed up in the Episodic Drama category, which was rounded out by specific episodes of “1883,” “This Is Us” and “New Amsterdam.”

The comedy series nominees are “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” “Hacks,” “Only Murders in the Building,...

The Writers Guild of America revealed nominations Thursday in television, new media, news, radio/audio and promotional categories for the 2022 WGA Awards, which are scheduled to take place Sunday, March 20 hosted by the WGA West and WGA East.

Nominees in the marquee TV categories include reigning Comedy Series winners Ted Lasso from Apple TV+, with newcomers to the list including several shows with multiple noms: HBO Max’s Emmy winner Hacks, Showtime’s Yellowjackets, Hulu’s Only Murders in the Building and Disney+’s Marvel series Loki. That group along with FX’s Reservation Dogs comprise the awards’ New Series nominees list.

The wide-ranging list also includes noms for Netflix’s Maid and Midnight Mass, HBO’s critically lauded The White Lotus and Emmy winner Mare of Easttown, Amazon Prime Video’s The Underground Railroad and Disney+’s WandaVision in the longform categories.

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“Only Murders in the Building,” “Hacks,” “Loki” and “Yellowjackets” are among the top nominees for this year’s Writers Guild Awards, announced on Thursday. Winners will be honored at a joint 2021 Writers Guild Awards ceremony on Sunday, March 20, 2022.

The nominations from the Writers Guild of America West (Wgaw) and Writers Guild of America, East (Wgae) include outstanding achievement in television, new media, news, radio/audio, and promotional writing during 2021. The WGA Awards announcement caps a busy week that also included the Golden Globes’ unusual non-ceremony ceremony on Sunday, and this year’s SAG Awards nominations on Wednesday.

“Only Murders” led the WGA tally with three noms, including comedy, new series and comedy episodic. Shows with two nominations include “The Handmaid’s Tale,” “Loki,” “The Morning Show,” “Succession,” “Yellowjackets,” “Hacks,” “Reservation Dogs,” “Bob’s Burgers” and “The Simpsons.” HBO led all networks with nine; followed by Apple TV Plus, FX, Hulu, NBC, Netflix and PBS,...

Exclusive: CBS All Access is developing The Multivorce, an adult animated TV series created by Kirker Butler (Family Guy) and Scott Mosier (The Grinch), I have learned. It hails from Aaron Kaplan’s Kapital Entertainment and CBS TV Studios.

Described by sources as Marriage Story mixed with Rick and Morty, The Multivorce is a half-hour animated comedy about the Gundersons, a seemingly normal American family: mother, father, three kids dealing with the complicated realities of divorce. However, instead of the kids having to spend every other weekend at their father’s shitty bachelor apartment across town, they spend every other weekend with their warrior queen mother in her very exciting (and often very dangerous) kingdom somewhere in the Multivorce.

Butler and Mosier executive produce with Kapital’s Kaplan and Dana Honor.

Mosier produced his first movie, Clerks, at age twenty-one with writer-director Kevin Smith. He went on to produce Smith’s Mallrats,...

Exclusive: WarnerMedia’s HBO Max streaming platform has opted not to proceed with Delilah, its half-hour comedy starring Jessica Rothe from Aaron Kaplan’s Kapital Entertainment and Sharon Horgan and Clelia Mountford’s Merman.

Kapital is shopping the pilot — which co-stars Casey Wilson, Nat Faxon, Nicole Byer and Michael McKean — to other networks and streamers.

Delilah originated as a script Aisling Bea and Horgan wrote for Channel 4 in the UK where it did not go beyond the script stage. Kirker Butler was brought in by Kapitall to rewrite the project for the U.S. Rothe was approached about starring in the comedy, which landed at HBO Max in a competitive situation.

In Delilah, after a life-changing event, Delilah’s (Rothe) first step toward putting her life back together is to introduce herself to a complete stranger — who may or may not be her real father — and his family. The only...

Exclusive: Marry Me and Happy Endings alumna Casey Wilson is set for a key co-starring role opposite Jessica Rothe and Michael McKean in the HBO Max half-hour comedy pilot Delilah, from Aaron Kaplan’s Kapital Entertainment and Sharon Horgan and Clelia Mountford’s Merman.

In Delilah, after a life-changing event, Delilah’s (Rothe) first step toward putting her life back together is to introduce herself to a complete stranger (McKean) who might or might not be her real father and his family. The only question is: How much damage can one person do while trying to get their own life back on track? The answer is, quite a bit.

Wilson will play Margaret Childs-Austin, the middle daughter of the Childs family and the family fixer, a position she loves and hates with equal measure.

The cast also includes Arturo Castro, Nat Faxon and Nicole Byer. Kapital is the studio. Kirker Butler...

Nicole Byer and Nat Faxon are the latest additions to the cast of “Delilah,” HBO Max’s half-hour comedy pilot.

They join the previously cast Jessica Rothe (“Happy Death Day”), who plays Delilah and Michael McKean (“Better Call Saul”), who features as Tom Childs, a man who might be her father.

Byer will play Cassie, described as the only person in town to welcome Delilah and treat her as a friend. Faxon will play Brian, described as Tom’s oldest and angriest child and the heir apparent to run the family business.

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Originally a U.K. project from Aisling Bea and Sharon Horgan, “Delilah” is being adapted for the U.S. by Kirker Butler. The comedy centers on Rothe’s Delilah, whose first step toward putting her life back together after a life-changing event is to introduce herself...

Exclusive: Nat Faxon and Nicole Byer have been cast in the HBO Max pilot Delilah, a half-hour comedy starring Jessica Rothe, from Aaron Kaplan’s Kapital Entertainment and Sharon Horgan and Clelia Mountford’s Merman.

In Delilah, after a life-changing event, Delilah’s (Rothe) first step toward putting her life back together is to introduce herself to a complete stranger (Michael McKean) who might or might not be her real father and his family. The only question is: How much damage can one person do while trying to get their own life back on track? The answer is, quite a bit.

Faxon will play the series regular role of Brian, Tom’s (McKean) oldest, and angriest, child and the heir apparent to run the family business.

Byer will recur as Cassie, the only person in town to welcome Delilah (Rothe), and treat her as a friend.

Both Faxon and Byer have pre-existing relationship with Kapital.

Exclusive: Broad City alum Arturo Castro has been cast in the HBO Max pilot Delilah, a half-hour comedy starring Jessica Rothe (La La Land) from Aaron Kaplan’s Kapital Entertainment and Sharon Horgan and Clelia Mountford’s Merman.

In Delilah, after a life-changing event, Delilah’s (Rothe) first step toward putting her life back together is to introduce herself to a complete stranger who might or might not be her real father and his family. The only question is: How much damage can one person do while trying to get their own life back on track? The answer is, quite a bit. The cast also includes Michael McKean.

Castro will play Pastor Dale, an incredibly likable and upbeat minister who leads the congregation at the Childs’ family church and is immediately intrigued by Delilah (Rothe).

Kapital is the studio. Kirker Butler (Family Guy) executive produces alongside Merman’s Horgan and Mountford,...

“Better Call Saul’s” Michael McKean has been cast in the HBO Max comedy pilot “Delilah” opposite “Happy Death Day” star Jessica Rothe.

Originally a U.K. project from Aisling Bea and Sharon Horgan, “Delilah” is being adapted for the U.S. by Kirker Butler. The comedy centers on Rothe’s Delilah whose first step toward putting her life back together after a life-changing event is to introduce herself to a complete stranger who may or may not be her real father, and his family.

McKean will play Tom Childs, Sr., who is described as “a successful and charming car dealership owner grieving the recent death of his wife, who gave him three children, a happy home, and a comfortable life.”

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Michael McKean has been cast in the upcoming HBO Max pilot “Delilah,” Variety has learned exclusively.

Should the comedy project get ordered to series, McKean would be a series regular. He will star alongside previously announced series lead Jessica Rothe, who will play Delilah. McKean will play Tom Childs, Sr., a successful and charming car dealership owner grieving the recent death of his wife, who gave him three children, a happy home, and a comfortable life. Tom now has to deal with a funeral, his bickering grown children, and the arrival of Delilah (Rothe), a young woman who claims to be his daughter.

McKean most recently earned an Emmy nomination for his role in the AMC series “Better Call Saul.” He also recently starred in the Amazon and BBC TV series “Good Omens,” based on the book by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett. McKean is best known for his roles...

WarnerMedia’s upcoming HBO Max streaming platform has given a pilot order to Delilah, a half-hour comedy starring Jessica Rothe (La La Land), from Aaron Kaplan’s Kapital Entertainment and Sharon Horgan and Clelia Mountford’s Merman.

Delilah originated as a script Aisling Bea and Horgan (Dead Boss) wrote for Channel 4 in the UK. The project did not go forward there but the script was subsequently identified by Kapital for potential U.S. adaptation.

Kirker Butler (Family Guy) was brought in to rewrite the project for the U.S.. Butler has a long relationship with Kaplan dating back to the writer being represented by Kaplan at Wma. (Horgan also is a former client of Kaplan.) Butler has worked on multiple Kapital series, including The Neighbors and Life In Pieces.

Rothe was approached about starring in the comedy, which landed at HBO Max in a competitive situation.

In Delilah, after a life-changing event,...

Jessica Rothe is set to star in and executive produce a comedy pilot set up at HBO Max, Variety has learned.

Titled “Delilah,” Rothe will star as the title character. After a life-changing event, Delilah’s first step toward putting her life back together is to introduce herself to a complete stranger who may or may not be her real father, and his family.

Rothe previously appeared in the Academy Award-winning film “La La Land” and has also starred in the two “Happy Death Day” films. She also starred in the MTV series “Mary + Jane,” with her other TV credits including shows like “Blue Bloods,” “Chicago P.D.,” and “High Maintenance.”

She is repped by Wme and Authentic Talent & Literary Management.

The original script for “Delilah” was written by Aisling Bea and Sharon Horgan for the U.K.’s Channel 4. Kirker Butler will rewrite it for the U.S.

Comedy Central is adding animated series King of the Hill and The Cleveland Show to its lineup. The network has acquired from Twentieth Television all 13 seasons of King of the Hill for premiere on Monday, July 23 and all four seasons of Family Guy spinoff The Cleveland Show for premiere in the fall.

It was the off-network run of Family Guy on Adult Swim after its cancellation by Fox that triggered its revival by the broadcast network. We will see if Comedy Central’s airings could have a similar impact on spinoff The Cleveland Show, which has the rare distinction of never been officially canceled by Fox.

On Comedy Central, the two library series join another 20th TV-produced animated series that aired on Fox, Futurama, which also airs on Syfy.

King of the Hill originally aired on Fox from 1997 to 2010. Created by Mike Judge and Greg Daniels, King of the Hill...

NBC has bought 33 1/3, a single-camera musical comedy from The Cleveland Show co-executive producer Kirker Butler. The project, from 20th Century Fox TV, centers on a 33-year-old aspiring rock singer and single mother of a teenage girl who, after a humiliating failed marriage proposal, moves back into her mother’s basement where she must learn to deal with her opinionated gay slacker brother, an old crush who still lives next door, a mother with a medical marijuana card, and a head filled with a never-ending playlist of some of the best songs ever written. This marks the first network development for Butler, who worked on Family Guy before segueing to spinoff The Cleveland Show and penned the famous Star Wars parody episode. ICM-repped Butler is writing 33 1/3 and is executive producing with Aaron Kaplan. Fox has bought One Great Life, a comedy from Doug Liman and Doug Bartis’ Hypnotic and Universal Cable Prods.

Doug Liman's One Great Life at Fox, 33 1/3 comedy land at NBC. 33 1/3 is a single-camera comedy musical from Kirker Butler (co-executive producer of The Cleveland Show), reports Deadline. 20th Century Fox TV show tells of a 33-year-old single mother of a teenage girl who aspires to be a rock singer. After a failed marriage proposal ends up as humiliating, she moves back into her mom's basement and has to deal not only with her old crush who lives next door, but also with her opinionated gay brother and mother on medicated marijuana. Fox picked up the comedy One Great Life from Doug Bartis and Doug Liman's Hypnotic and Universal Cable Productions which is scripted by Jay Baxter and Shaun Zaken.

Doug Liman's One Great Life at Fox, 33 1/3 comedy land at NBC. 33 1/3 is a single-camera comedy musical from Kirker Butler (co-executive producer of The Cleveland Show), reports Deadline. 20th Century Fox TV show tells of a 33-year-old single mother of a teenage girl who aspires to be a rock singer. After a failed marriage proposal ends up as humiliating, she moves back into her mom's basement and has to deal not only with her old crush who lives next door, but also with her opinionated gay brother and mother on medicated marijuana. Fox picked up the comedy One Great Life from Doug Bartis and Doug Liman's Hypnotic and Universal Cable Productions which is scripted by Jay Baxter and Shaun Zaken.

Step Up 3

Let me start off this review by saying fairly that the film “Step Up 3″ is definitely not my cup of tea. But I don’t really think the movie is aimed towards myself, but rather people that are interested and participate in the human ritual of rhythmic motion known as dancing.

Here’s the story: Moose (Adam G. Sevani) & his lifelong best friend Camille (Alyson Stoner) have just started school at Nyu. Moose’s parents are saying goodbye & couldn’t be happier that their son has set aside his foolish desire to dance to instead focus on earning his Engineering degree. No sooner do his parents leave him be does Moose stumble onto an impromptu dance-off. Moose injects himself into the contest & his moves catch the eye of Luke (Rick Malambri), an amateur filmmaker & dancer who heads up The House of Pirates, a local dance squad...

Kristen Bell is in talks to star alongside Drew Barrymore and John Krasinski in Whales, the based-on-a-true-story movie about a news reporter (Krasinski), who teams up with a Greenpeace volunteer (Barrymore) to attempt to save gray whales trapped in a Jell-o mold. Bell would star as a reporter “aiming for the big time who thinks her greatest assets are her looks.” [THR]

The Cleveland Show scribe Kirker Butler has optioned the rights to Ed Achorn’s Fifty-Nine in ’84: Old Hoss Radbourn, Barehanded Baseball, and the Greatest Season a Pitcher Ever Had, a book about baseball in the 19th century. I...

Kirker Butler, a co-executive producer and writer on Fox series "The Cleveland Show," has optioned movie rights to "Fifty-Nine in '84: Old Hoss Radbourn, Barehanded Baseball, and the Greatest Season a Pitcher Ever Had."

The historical biography, by Providence Journal columnist Ed Achorn, tracks the story of a little-known pitcher who set a season record of 59 wins that never will be broken.

The book is set in 1884, when baseball was in its infancy and looked down upon by much of the public, a time when pitchers threw balls at batters' heads and catchers played barehanded. The story centers on Charles "Old Hoss" Radbourn and what he endured -- including pitching so much he couldn't lift his arm to comb his hair.

Butler said he's not a baseball buff, just a fan of good stories and good characters. He sparked to the rambunctious Radbourn, who among other achievements is purported...

The one-hour animated production "Something, Something, Something Dark Side", will now be the season finale of "Family Guy", Sunday, May 23, after previously being released on DVD and Blu-ray, December 2009.

The "Family Guy" homage to the "Star Wars" saga, with the blessings of creator George Lucas is a 'retelling' of Lucasfilm's "The Empire Strikes Back".

The episode, written by Kirker Butler and directed by "Blue Harvest" director Dominic Polcino, features guest voice performances by H. Jon Benjamin, John Bunnell, James Caan, Jackson Douglas, Joe Flaherty, James Greene, Phil Lamarr, Kevin Michael Richardson, George Rogan and James Woods, along with several recurring guest actors from the "Family Guy" series.

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I’ve always admired Family Guy for its humor, sure its dirty and sure its crude at times but everyone gets a good laugh at the series. As of late Seth MacFarlane has been making a series of Family Guy films based of the Star Wars trilogy, the first one was based off of A New Hope now he brings us the second installment Something Something, Something Dark Side which follows the line of Empire Strikes Back. Obviously most of you know the story of Empire Strikes Back, if you don’t well you should have watched it already. In short its basically the story of the second Star Wars with a nice touch of Family Guy, I just don’t want to spoil all the really funny bits they take from the film.

There are a few things that could of been better though, one would be that they...

As long as I keep in mind that Episodes I-iii don’t really exist, I’m quite the Star Wars fan. I was on the Family Guy wagon starting with its launch. I stayed with the show through a cancellation or two, only falling off my following of late. The minds behind Family Guy thought of the brilliant idea of combining the two Fox legacies with their parody of Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope entitled Blue Harvest and Something Something Something Dark Side is their follow-up parody of Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back. More after the jump.

Much like the setup of Blue Harvest, Something Something Something Dark Side begins when the Griffith household loses power and Peter (the patriarch) must keep the family entertained. He does so through a cast-centric retelling of The Empire Strikes Back. The story of Empire unfolds with Peter (Seth MacFarlane) reprising his role of Han Solo,...

Chicago – It probably found its way under a few trees this Christmas, but if you have a gift card burning a hole in your wallet and are a fan of “Family Guy” without the latest straight-to-dvd release from Seth MacFarlane and his talented team then you should definitely use your holiday credit on the “Star Wars” (or, more specifically, “The Empire Strikes Back”) spoof “Family Guy: Something, Something, Something Darkside”.

Blu-Ray Rating: 3.5/5.0

The “Family Guy” team turned their love for “Star Wars” into the very clever and massively successful “Blue Harvest,” a surprisingly loyal spoof of George Lucas’ breakthrough masterpiece. Now they have returned to tackle the sequel, the beloved “The Empire Strikes Back,” arguably the best sci-fi film of all time.

Family Guy: Something, Something, Something Darkside was released on Blu-Ray and DVD on December 22nd, 2009.

Photo credit: Fox Home Video

Once again, the main plot points...

The long awaited sequel to Family Guy’s first Star Wars parody, Blue Harvest, has finally arrived on DVD and Blu-ray. Something, Something Dark Side, is the crew’s hilarious redux of Empire Strikes Back. First off I must point out the show wastes no time in giving some kind of pop culture reference to insult or make you smile. While watching Aaron Sorkin’s new show “The Kitchen” featuring people walking and talking intelligently throughout a kitchen, The Griffin’s are struck with another power outage leaving Peter with one thing to do, tell the next story in the original Star Wars trilogy.

Assuming that the viewer is already familiar with the film’s plot, the opening crawl instead goes into detail about how 20th Century Fox made Star Wars unprofitable (foreseeing it a failure) to other companies by letting George Lucas keep all merchandising rights to it and...

I love Family Guy. I love Star Wars. But for some reason, when you put the two together, the result is….something, something, something, mediocre.

I was underwhelmed by Blue Harvest, the Family Guy’s first effort to poke fun at George Lucas’ saga, and I feel the same way about Something, Something, Something, Dark Side—a 54-minute parody of The Empire Strikes Back. Empire is my favorite movie of all time, and it’s obvious that executive producer Seth MacFarlane, writer Kirker Butler, director Dominic Polcino (who also helmed Blue Harvest) and the Family Guy cast & crew love Star Wars: Episode V, too. If you watch Family Guy, you know that the show has made Star Wars references before and that these guys know that galaxy far, far away as well as anybody, but I think the problem with both Something and Blue Harvest is that they’re parodies.