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Cedric the Entertainer Becomes New Host of ‘Who Wants To Be A Millionaire’

March 20, 2013 by Leave a Comment
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Comedian Cedric the Entertainer recently announced his new position as host of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire.

He will begin hosting this fall as he replaces Meredith Vieira, who anchored the popular game show for 11 seasons after the launch of the weekday version in 2002.

Vierira recently went public with her decision to retire as host, stating that she is ready to pursue other opportunities.

According to USA Today, Millionaire’s viewing audience is down 10 percent from last year and noticeably lagging behind competing shows such as Family Feud, which is hosted by fellow comedian Steve Harvey. | Full Story

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Elisabeth Hasselbeck Leaving ‘The View’

March 9, 2013 by Leave a Comment
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What is going on over on The View? Earlier this week, WhoGotTheRole.com reported that Joy Behar has decided to leave the ABC daytime talk series The View after delivering 16 years of no nonsense advice on the show.  Well now rumors are swirling that Elizabeth Hasselbeck will also be leaving. Except unlike Behar, who chose to leave by her own accord, it seems according to US Weekly Hasselbeck’s exit may not be voluntary.

According to the report, market research shows that viewers found the “conservative Hasselbeck too extreme and right-wing.” No official comment has been released by ABC. | Full Story

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Joy Behar Out Of ‘The View’

March 8, 2013 by 1 Comment
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Joy Behar will not be enjoying The View for much longer.

The 70-year-old comedian/talk show host announced she will be leaving the ABC daytime talk show in August after 16 long years as a co-host. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Behar’s contract will expire at the end of the season and she has elected not to renew it in order to pursue other projects.

“Joy Behar has been instrumental in the success of The View from the very beginning,” read a statement from the network. | Full Story

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‘Grey’s Anatomy’ Alumna Chyler Leigh To Star In NBC Comedy

February 27, 2013 by Leave a Comment
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Chlyer Leigh is jumping from one plane crash to another. Leigh’s character, Lexie Grey, was killed off of Grey’s Anatomy in a tragic plane crash last May. Now, about a year later, she will be the victim of another plane crash – only this time she actually walks away.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Leigh is set to star in the new NBC series, Holding Patterns. Believe it or not this new series revolving around survivors of a plane crash is supposedly a comedy. | Full Story

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Mandy Moore To Star In Yet Another New Sitcom

February 20, 2013 by Leave a Comment
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Ohh Mandy Moore, maybe third time is a charm?  Word on the street is that Mandy Moore is attached to yet another new ABC comedy series called Pulling. The actress has been attached to two other TV pilots that were declared dead before even airing a pilot.

As seen on Deadline, Pulling focuses on three single thirty-something women who live how they want, despite what society expects of them. Moore will play the husband-hungry Louise who desperately tries to find the man of her dreams, but always falls short. | Full Story

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Ernie Hudson Added to ABC’s ‘Reckless’

February 16, 2013 by Leave a Comment
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Ghostbusters star, Ernie Hudson may possibly return to television to star in ABC’s new drama series Reckless.

Hudson is in negotiations to play a retired expert CIA analyst who is fed up with the humdrum of life, according to a Deadline report. The series will center around a savvy problem solver who sets of on a dark and dangerous path to set his unjustly imprisoned wife free from a foreign country’s prison. | Full Story

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Maggie Lawson Joins New ABC Comedy- ‘Psych’ Fate?

February 12, 2013 by Leave a Comment
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It’s pilot season! With Maggie Lawson joining a new untitled ABC comedy pilot, what does this mean for her current co-star role in the beloved dramedy, USA’s Psych?

The new, untitled pilot is from the writers of Las Vegas, Mark and Robb Cullen. Lawson will headline the single-camera comedy, opposite her co-star, James Caan (Elf).

Lawson will play the character of Terry, a recently divorced single mom who temporarily moves in with her estranged father (Caan), a beer-guzzling, former baseball player. | Full Story

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‘Whodunnit?’ ABC Green Lights Murder-Mystery Reality TV Show

February 6, 2013 by Leave a Comment
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Get ready for Whodunnit? the longest murder-mystery dinner party…ever. Anthony Zuiker, creator of the long running smash success CSI, just developed a brand new murder mystery reality show for ABC.

On Whodunnit?, thirteen strangers are thrust into a fabulous mansion for two months. One of the contestants is actually an undercover “murderer.” Each week this unsavory character will “kill off” other contestants. The remaining contestants then have to use various clues and investigative techniques to figure out…you guessed it…whodunnit? | Full Story

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Kerry Washington’s ‘Scandal’ Wins Big Thursday Night

February 1, 2013 by Leave a Comment
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Last night, Kerry Washington’s Scandal was very impressive, dominating the 10pm slot and also registering the second highest ratings ever on ABC for that slot.

ABC released a report boasting the stellar milestone and showing that Scandal took the number one spot for the night. Grey Anatomy, who had the 10pm time slot prior to Scandal, is the only other show to out perform the new hit drama in the time frame. | Full Story

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Red Widow: A New Riveting Thriller Debuts On ABC In March

January 28, 2013 by Leave a Comment
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Executive producer and writer, Melissa Rosenberg (Dexter, Twilight) has teamed up with Howard Klein (The Office, Parks & Recreation) and Endemol Studios (Hell On Wheels) to bring a new thriller to ABC titled Red Widow.

Adapted from the Dutch TV series Penoza, Red Widow follows Marta Walraven, a Northern California suburban housewife attempting to cope with the death of her drug dealing husband, who was gunned down in their driveway .  Left to fend for herself and her children, Marta is forced to join the family’s organized crime business — the same one she tried so hard to distance herself from. | Full Story

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