Young Sheldon star Annie Potts wasn’t ready for the show to end. She said she was completely unprepared when CBS announced last fall that The Big Bang Theory prequel series would conclude at the end of its seventh season.
Annie Potts says there will be ‘a grievous hole’ in her life after ‘Young Sheldon’ ends
Potts and her co-star Iain Armitage, who plays young Sheldon Cooper recently chatted with Variety about the end of Young Sheldon and the show’s upcoming series finale on May 16.
Saying goodbye to the cast and the crew after so many years of working together will be hard, said Potts, who plays Sheldon’s beloved grandma Meemaw.
“It’s a little village that we have, and we’ve all taken care of each other and raised each other up,” she shared. “There will be a grievous hole in my life. There’s no question about it.
Annie Potts says there will be ‘a grievous hole’ in her life after ‘Young Sheldon’ ends
Potts and her co-star Iain Armitage, who plays young Sheldon Cooper recently chatted with Variety about the end of Young Sheldon and the show’s upcoming series finale on May 16.
Saying goodbye to the cast and the crew after so many years of working together will be hard, said Potts, who plays Sheldon’s beloved grandma Meemaw.
“It’s a little village that we have, and we’ve all taken care of each other and raised each other up,” she shared. “There will be a grievous hole in my life. There’s no question about it.
- 4/28/2024
- by Megan Elliott
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
So Help Me Todd’s cancellation news has the whole fan community raging over the unfair decision, but this time things may have gone a bit further than usual.
Apparently, over the course of its relatively short run of two seasons, the show conquered so many hearts and to such an extent that fans weren't enough with just calling CBS out on the social media.
All the fuss around the media actually makes a lot of sense. So Help Me Todd initially follows quite an original and compelling plot that revolves around goofy Todd who isn’t able to keep his life together when it starts falling apart after Todd is deprived of his investigative license.
Luckily, he’s immediately picked up by his own mother, portrayed by Oscar-winning Marcia Gay Harden, who finds him a place in her law firm. Todd’s mother has high hopes that he will...
Apparently, over the course of its relatively short run of two seasons, the show conquered so many hearts and to such an extent that fans weren't enough with just calling CBS out on the social media.
All the fuss around the media actually makes a lot of sense. So Help Me Todd initially follows quite an original and compelling plot that revolves around goofy Todd who isn’t able to keep his life together when it starts falling apart after Todd is deprived of his investigative license.
Luckily, he’s immediately picked up by his own mother, portrayed by Oscar-winning Marcia Gay Harden, who finds him a place in her law firm. Todd’s mother has high hopes that he will...
- 4/26/2024
- by benjamin-patel@startefacts.com (Benjamin Patel)
- STartefacts.com
Young Sheldon had a good run. The CBS sitcom and The Big Bang Theory prequel starring Iain Armitage, Annie Potts, and co. is now wrapping with its seventh and final season. Undoubtedly, it is much heavier on the cast to say goodbye to the show that was started about seven years ago, focusing on the younger version of Sheldon Cooper.
The cast of Young Sheldon in season 5
For Potts, it is far too hard to wrap up the show as the actor revealed that she was devastated by the news of the show ending with the seventh season. Potts first appeared in the third episode of the first season of the show playing Sheldon and his siblings’ MeeMaw, Connie Tucker, and she has been a regular till the end.
Annie Potts Is Not Happy with Young Sheldon Ending With Season 7
Annie Potts in Young Sheldon
Chuck Lorre and Steven Molaro...
The cast of Young Sheldon in season 5
For Potts, it is far too hard to wrap up the show as the actor revealed that she was devastated by the news of the show ending with the seventh season. Potts first appeared in the third episode of the first season of the show playing Sheldon and his siblings’ MeeMaw, Connie Tucker, and she has been a regular till the end.
Annie Potts Is Not Happy with Young Sheldon Ending With Season 7
Annie Potts in Young Sheldon
Chuck Lorre and Steven Molaro...
- 4/26/2024
- by Lachit Roy
- FandomWire
Annie Potts is no stranger to series finales, having experienced several through the years. But there’s something different about the end of “Young Sheldon,” the “Big Bang Theory” prequel that concludes on May 16. “I still don’t understand why they canceled it,” she says. “It just seemed like such a stupid business move.”
Potts, who plays saucy Connie “MeeMaw” Tucker on “Young Sheldon,” says she remains puzzled by CBS’s decision to end the series — even though it’s still a strong ratings performer for the network.
Nonetheless, “Young Sheldon” did wrap production on its seventh and final season last week. A few days later, Variety talked with Potts, and co-star Iain Armitage (the socially awkward 14-year-old genius Sheldon Cooper), about how they’re feeling about the show’s end. The duo also shared their reaction to Jim Parsons’ return as the adult Sheldon in the finale episode and previewed this week’s episode,...
Potts, who plays saucy Connie “MeeMaw” Tucker on “Young Sheldon,” says she remains puzzled by CBS’s decision to end the series — even though it’s still a strong ratings performer for the network.
Nonetheless, “Young Sheldon” did wrap production on its seventh and final season last week. A few days later, Variety talked with Potts, and co-star Iain Armitage (the socially awkward 14-year-old genius Sheldon Cooper), about how they’re feeling about the show’s end. The duo also shared their reaction to Jim Parsons’ return as the adult Sheldon in the finale episode and previewed this week’s episode,...
- 4/25/2024
- by Jim Halterman
- Variety Film + TV
Delta Burke, celebrated for her role in Designing Women, has candidly shared how societal perceptions of her body took a toll on her mental health and led her to a reliance on drugs.
In a recent episode of the Glamorous Trash: A Celebrity Memoir Podcast, the 67-year-old actress delved into the impact of her sitcom fame on her self-image, a topic she previously explored in her 1998 memoir, Delta Style: Eve Wasn’t a Size 6 and Neither Am I.
Burke revealed feeling emotionally vulnerable, mainly due to unsettling interactions with fans. “I thought I was stronger,” she said. “I tried very hard to defend myself against lies and all the ugliness that was there, and I wasn’t gonna win. I’m just an actress. I don’t have any power.”
Burke acknowledged the detrimental effects of the entertainment industry on one’s psyche and confessed that her original aspiration to...
In a recent episode of the Glamorous Trash: A Celebrity Memoir Podcast, the 67-year-old actress delved into the impact of her sitcom fame on her self-image, a topic she previously explored in her 1998 memoir, Delta Style: Eve Wasn’t a Size 6 and Neither Am I.
Burke revealed feeling emotionally vulnerable, mainly due to unsettling interactions with fans. “I thought I was stronger,” she said. “I tried very hard to defend myself against lies and all the ugliness that was there, and I wasn’t gonna win. I’m just an actress. I don’t have any power.”
Burke acknowledged the detrimental effects of the entertainment industry on one’s psyche and confessed that her original aspiration to...
- 4/25/2024
- by Baila Eve Zisman
- Uinterview
Young Sheldon is a TV show about a young boy named Sheldon Cooper growing up in East Texas during the late 1980s and early 1990s. It’s a spin-off of another popular show called The Big Bang Theory.
Sheldon is played by Iain Armitage, and the show also features Zoe Perry, Lance Barber, Montana Jordan, and Annie Potts. Jim Parsons, who plays the grown-up Sheldon on The Big Bang Theory, narrates the show and helps produce it.
The show’s popularity has made its stars very wealthy. If you’re curious about their earnings, keep reading. This article will also reveal who the richest stars on the show “Young Sheldon” are, ranked from the least wealthy to the wealthiest. So, keep reading this article till the end to find out everything.
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The Richest “Young Sheldon” Stars...
Sheldon is played by Iain Armitage, and the show also features Zoe Perry, Lance Barber, Montana Jordan, and Annie Potts. Jim Parsons, who plays the grown-up Sheldon on The Big Bang Theory, narrates the show and helps produce it.
The show’s popularity has made its stars very wealthy. If you’re curious about their earnings, keep reading. This article will also reveal who the richest stars on the show “Young Sheldon” are, ranked from the least wealthy to the wealthiest. So, keep reading this article till the end to find out everything.
Also Read: The Richest “That 70s Show” Stars Ranked From Lowest to Highest Following!
The Richest “Young Sheldon” Stars...
- 4/25/2024
- by Om Prakash Kaushal
- https://dailyresearchplot.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/new-sam
Delta Burke is getting honest about the pressures of fame.
The 67-year-old actress, who played Suzanne Sugarbaker for five seasons on Designing Women, got candid about her weight on the Glamorous Trash podcast.
During the conversation, she revealed how she once turned to crystal meth to try and lose weight during her time on another TV series, Filthy Rich.
Keep reading to find out more…
On the set of Filthy Rich, which ran for two seasons from 1982 to 1983, Delta explained that someone on set had access to pills she called “Black Beauties,” and she was directed to “take them in the morning so you won’t eat. They were like medicine to me.”
After building up a tolerance to them, someone on the show suggested that she try methamphetamine.
“Nobody knew about crystal meth at the time,” she said on the podcast. “[They told me,] ‘You chop it up. You snort.’ I said,...
The 67-year-old actress, who played Suzanne Sugarbaker for five seasons on Designing Women, got candid about her weight on the Glamorous Trash podcast.
During the conversation, she revealed how she once turned to crystal meth to try and lose weight during her time on another TV series, Filthy Rich.
Keep reading to find out more…
On the set of Filthy Rich, which ran for two seasons from 1982 to 1983, Delta explained that someone on set had access to pills she called “Black Beauties,” and she was directed to “take them in the morning so you won’t eat. They were like medicine to me.”
After building up a tolerance to them, someone on the show suggested that she try methamphetamine.
“Nobody knew about crystal meth at the time,” she said on the podcast. “[They told me,] ‘You chop it up. You snort.’ I said,...
- 4/22/2024
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
Delta Burke was once addicted to crystal meth as a way to lose weight.
Speaking with Chelsea Devantez on her Glamorous Trash podcast, Burke – who played Suzanne Sugarbaker on sitcom Designing Women – talked about her falling out with series creator Linda Bloodworth-Thomason and subsequent drug abuse.
“It got ugly and very sad,” said Burke. She worked with Bloodworth-Thomason on the sitcom Filthy Rich before Designing Women, and claimed she viewed her as a mentor.
“We do Designing Women, and I’m so happy to be there,” she said. “I love everything. But then things started to change, which I won’t go into. But that, combined with becoming famous, I simply couldn’t cope with.”
“I wanted to leave,” she added, “and I wasn’t allowed to leave. I don’t know what would have happened to me if I had been allowed to leave. Staying gave me an amazing character to get to play…...
Speaking with Chelsea Devantez on her Glamorous Trash podcast, Burke – who played Suzanne Sugarbaker on sitcom Designing Women – talked about her falling out with series creator Linda Bloodworth-Thomason and subsequent drug abuse.
“It got ugly and very sad,” said Burke. She worked with Bloodworth-Thomason on the sitcom Filthy Rich before Designing Women, and claimed she viewed her as a mentor.
“We do Designing Women, and I’m so happy to be there,” she said. “I love everything. But then things started to change, which I won’t go into. But that, combined with becoming famous, I simply couldn’t cope with.”
“I wanted to leave,” she added, “and I wasn’t allowed to leave. I don’t know what would have happened to me if I had been allowed to leave. Staying gave me an amazing character to get to play…...
- 4/21/2024
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
The Writers Guild of America West will present Designing Women and Evening Shade creator Linda Bloodworth Thomason with its highest honor — the Paddy Chayefsky Laurel Award for Television Writing Achievement. The award is presented to a Guild member who has “advanced the literature of television and made outstanding contributions to the profession of the television writer.” Designing Women star Jean Smart will present the statuette to Bloodworth Thomason at the Wgaw’s annual WGA Awards on April 14.
The multiple Emmy-nominated television creator-writer, director, and producer launched her career with an Emmy-nominated script on M*A*S*H* in 1973. She concurrently worked on M*A*S*H* and Mary Tyler Moore Show spinoff Rhoda before creating and producing her first series Filthy Rich in 1982. Filthy Rich would lay the groundwork for the creation of landmark comedy series Designing Women by bringing her together with actresses and collaborators Delta Burke, Dixie Carter, Annie Potts, and Smart.
In addition to her work in television,...
The multiple Emmy-nominated television creator-writer, director, and producer launched her career with an Emmy-nominated script on M*A*S*H* in 1973. She concurrently worked on M*A*S*H* and Mary Tyler Moore Show spinoff Rhoda before creating and producing her first series Filthy Rich in 1982. Filthy Rich would lay the groundwork for the creation of landmark comedy series Designing Women by bringing her together with actresses and collaborators Delta Burke, Dixie Carter, Annie Potts, and Smart.
In addition to her work in television,...
- 4/2/2024
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
The Human Rights Campaign honored Jean Smart and Sterling K. Brown at its 2024 Los Angeles Dinner, held on Saturday night at the Fairmont Century Plaza and featuring a keynote speech by First Lady Dr. Jill Biden.
The night — which toasted those working for LGBTQ+ equality — kicked off with Biden’s speech following a short introduction from both First Daughter Ashley Biden and Hrc president Kelly Robinson. Early into the her address, the first lady was interrupted by protesters shouting, “Ceasefire now.” One person who was escorted out by security held up a sign that read, “Queer Jews Say Ceasefire Now.” Biden momentarily paused her speech, but didn’t directly address the protesters.
Biden spoke about her relationship with the president before jumping into issues the LGBTQ+ are currently facing. “This community is under attack,” Biden told the crowd. “Rights are being stripped away. Freedoms are eroding. More and more state laws are being passed,...
The night — which toasted those working for LGBTQ+ equality — kicked off with Biden’s speech following a short introduction from both First Daughter Ashley Biden and Hrc president Kelly Robinson. Early into the her address, the first lady was interrupted by protesters shouting, “Ceasefire now.” One person who was escorted out by security held up a sign that read, “Queer Jews Say Ceasefire Now.” Biden momentarily paused her speech, but didn’t directly address the protesters.
Biden spoke about her relationship with the president before jumping into issues the LGBTQ+ are currently facing. “This community is under attack,” Biden told the crowd. “Rights are being stripped away. Freedoms are eroding. More and more state laws are being passed,...
- 3/24/2024
- by Nicole Fell
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Though the Human Rights Campaign gala on Saturday night in Los Angeles contended with a brief interruption by protestors calling for a Gaza ceasefire, the annual stayed largely on course, serving as a rallying cry for Democratic candidates and the LGBTQ+ community.
In addition to the keynote speech from First Lady Dr. Jill Biden, Jean Smart and Sterling K. Brown were honored with the National Equality Award and the Ally for Equality Award, respectively.
Smart has long been associated with series that have had a strong resonance with queer people, including “Hacks,” “Watchmen” and the 1980s sitcom “Designing Women,” which featured one of the first storylines addressing AIDS on network television.
“I was asked … how I felt about being a gay icon. And I thought, ‘Well, if I’m in the company of Judy and Liza and Bette and Joan and Bette and Cher, then I’m [honored],” Smart said. “Really,...
In addition to the keynote speech from First Lady Dr. Jill Biden, Jean Smart and Sterling K. Brown were honored with the National Equality Award and the Ally for Equality Award, respectively.
Smart has long been associated with series that have had a strong resonance with queer people, including “Hacks,” “Watchmen” and the 1980s sitcom “Designing Women,” which featured one of the first storylines addressing AIDS on network television.
“I was asked … how I felt about being a gay icon. And I thought, ‘Well, if I’m in the company of Judy and Liza and Bette and Joan and Bette and Cher, then I’m [honored],” Smart said. “Really,...
- 3/24/2024
- by Rance Collins
- Variety Film + TV
Jean Smart and Sterling K. Brown will be honored by the LGBTQ civil rights organization Human Rights Campaign at its Los Angeles gala on March 23.
Smart, known for iconic roles on “Hacks,” “Mare of Easttown” and “Designing Women,” will receive the National Equality Award. Brown, star of “This is Us,” “American Fiction” and “The People v O.J. Simpson,” will be recognized with the Ally for Equality Award.
“It’s such a joy to be recognizing some incredible advocates and allies who have provided so much support in the fight for equal rights. Sterling K. Brown has made diversity and inclusion pillars of his work. Jean Smart has championed LGBTQ+ rights and equal representation over a decades-long career in television and film,” Human Rights Campaign president Kelley Robinson said Tuesday.
Smart said, “I’m unbelievably honored to be receiving the National Equality Award and I stand in solidarity with the LGBTQ+ community.
Smart, known for iconic roles on “Hacks,” “Mare of Easttown” and “Designing Women,” will receive the National Equality Award. Brown, star of “This is Us,” “American Fiction” and “The People v O.J. Simpson,” will be recognized with the Ally for Equality Award.
“It’s such a joy to be recognizing some incredible advocates and allies who have provided so much support in the fight for equal rights. Sterling K. Brown has made diversity and inclusion pillars of his work. Jean Smart has championed LGBTQ+ rights and equal representation over a decades-long career in television and film,” Human Rights Campaign president Kelley Robinson said Tuesday.
Smart said, “I’m unbelievably honored to be receiving the National Equality Award and I stand in solidarity with the LGBTQ+ community.
- 3/19/2024
- by Marc Malkin
- Variety Film + TV
The ABC comedy-drama series Desperate Housewives and its amazingly gifted cast helped redefine the genre in the 21st century. Premiering on October 3, 2004, Desperate Housewives entertained television audiences for 8 seasons until its finale episode (“Finishing the Hat”) on May 13, 2012. Desperate Housewives joins the exclusive list of successful all-female lead cast-led TV shows, such as The Facts of Life (1979-1988), The Golden Girls (1985-1992), Designing Women (1986-1993), Sisters (1991-1996), and Sex and the City (1998-2004). However, something intriguing about the women on Wisteria Lane attracted millions of viewers to each episode of Desperate Housewives. In retrospect, Desperate...
- 3/15/2024
- by Onyinye Izundu
- TVovermind.com
Lynne Marta, an actor who maintained a steady and prolific TV and film career for nearly 40 years best known for roles on Love, American Style and the 1984 film Footloose, died of cancer in Los Angeles January 11. She was 78.
Calling Marta “a beautiful light,” the actor’s friend Joan Sobel wrote on Facebook, “My friend, Lynne Marta lost her good fight. A wonderfully talented actress and a beautiful singer whose voice was of the angels. A dear heart who adored her friends both human and furry. I will miss her terribly.”
Born on October 30, 1945, in Somerville, NJ, Marta began her TV career in 1966 with appearances on Gidget and The Monkees, and relatively few years went by without a film or TV credit through her 2004 role in an episode of the NBC drama series American Dreams. She appeared in 24 episodes of the soap Days of Our Lives between 1983 and 2003.
A steady presence...
Calling Marta “a beautiful light,” the actor’s friend Joan Sobel wrote on Facebook, “My friend, Lynne Marta lost her good fight. A wonderfully talented actress and a beautiful singer whose voice was of the angels. A dear heart who adored her friends both human and furry. I will miss her terribly.”
Born on October 30, 1945, in Somerville, NJ, Marta began her TV career in 1966 with appearances on Gidget and The Monkees, and relatively few years went by without a film or TV credit through her 2004 role in an episode of the NBC drama series American Dreams. She appeared in 24 episodes of the soap Days of Our Lives between 1983 and 2003.
A steady presence...
- 1/17/2024
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Herman Rush, a prominent television pioneer and former president of Columbia Pictures Television, died of natural causes in Los Angeles on Dec. 12. He was 94.
Rush got his start in the television industry in 1951 as a salesman at Official Films. In 1957, he acquired television syndication firm Flamingo Films, which he turned into a major independent syndication company. Rush also had an extensive career as head of the talent division at the agency Creative Management Associates, where he worked from 1960-1971.
In the late 1960s, Rush acquired the popular British sitcom “Till Death To Us Part” from Lord Lew Grade. He sold the intellectual property to the late television titan Norman Lear, who turned that show into “All in the Family.” The hit sitcom starring Caroll O’Connor ran for nine seasons on CBS. Rush also imported, repackaged and produced multiple BBC comedy television series including “For the Love of Ada” and “Love Thy Neighbor.
Rush got his start in the television industry in 1951 as a salesman at Official Films. In 1957, he acquired television syndication firm Flamingo Films, which he turned into a major independent syndication company. Rush also had an extensive career as head of the talent division at the agency Creative Management Associates, where he worked from 1960-1971.
In the late 1960s, Rush acquired the popular British sitcom “Till Death To Us Part” from Lord Lew Grade. He sold the intellectual property to the late television titan Norman Lear, who turned that show into “All in the Family.” The hit sitcom starring Caroll O’Connor ran for nine seasons on CBS. Rush also imported, repackaged and produced multiple BBC comedy television series including “For the Love of Ada” and “Love Thy Neighbor.
- 12/21/2023
- by Jaden Thompson
- Variety Film + TV
Herman Rush, a veteran television producer best known for licensing Till Death Us Do Part, the UK sitcom that Norman Lear turned into All in the Family, died Dec. 12 at 94 of natural causes in Los Angeles, according to several news reports.
Rush began his career in 1951, working in sales for Official Film. He later purchased Flamingo Films, a television syndication firm, growing it into a major independent syndication company.
Up into the 1970s, Rush was with Creative Management Associates as the president of the television division, playing a role in the agency’s entry into television packaging. Some of the shows he was placed on networks included The Perry Como Show, The Jackie Gleason Show, The Kraft Music Hall and The Hollywood Palace.
H also represented producer Irwin Allen for TV hits Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Lost In Space, The Time Tunnel, and Land of the Giants.
Rush began his career in 1951, working in sales for Official Film. He later purchased Flamingo Films, a television syndication firm, growing it into a major independent syndication company.
Up into the 1970s, Rush was with Creative Management Associates as the president of the television division, playing a role in the agency’s entry into television packaging. Some of the shows he was placed on networks included The Perry Como Show, The Jackie Gleason Show, The Kraft Music Hall and The Hollywood Palace.
H also represented producer Irwin Allen for TV hits Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Lost In Space, The Time Tunnel, and Land of the Giants.
- 12/21/2023
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Herman Rush, who produced several television shows and was the former president of Columbia Pictures Television, has died. He was 94.
Rush died on Dec. 12 of natural causes in Los Angeles, his daughter Mandie told The Hollywood Reporter.
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1929, Rush grew up in a show-business family, with his uncle Manie Sacks being Frank Sinatra’s first manager.
In 1951, Rush began his career in television, working first as a salesman for Official Film before moving up to several different leadership positions. He later purchased Flamingo Films, a television syndication firm, in 1957 and turned it into a major independent syndication company.
Throughout the ’60s and early ’70s, he was with Creative Management Associates as the president of the television division. He also worked for CMA’s predecessor organization, General Artists Corporation, now known as International Creative Management, and played a huge role in the agency’s entry into television packaging.
Rush died on Dec. 12 of natural causes in Los Angeles, his daughter Mandie told The Hollywood Reporter.
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1929, Rush grew up in a show-business family, with his uncle Manie Sacks being Frank Sinatra’s first manager.
In 1951, Rush began his career in television, working first as a salesman for Official Film before moving up to several different leadership positions. He later purchased Flamingo Films, a television syndication firm, in 1957 and turned it into a major independent syndication company.
Throughout the ’60s and early ’70s, he was with Creative Management Associates as the president of the television division. He also worked for CMA’s predecessor organization, General Artists Corporation, now known as International Creative Management, and played a huge role in the agency’s entry into television packaging.
- 12/21/2023
- by Carly Thomas
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Annie Potts was known in the 1990s for her role in Designing Women. Over the years, she’s appeared in several successful series. Most recently, she’s had a career resurgence on Young Sheldon as Sheldon Cooper’s sassy grandmother, Connie ‘Meemaw’ Tucker. Potts has never shied away from talking about the role, and in one interview, she revealed exactly who influenced Meemaw’s look and style. Potts said that she took inspiration from Dolly Parton’s Steel Magnolias character while figuring out her character’s style.
Annie Potts used Dolly Parton as inspiration for Meemaw’s look in ‘Young Sheldon’
By the time Annie Potts was cast as Meemaw in Young Sheldon, The Big Bang Theory fans were already well acquainted with the character. Meemaw had been discussed regularly in the original series and even appeared in a 2016 episode. June Squibb played present-day Meemaw in The Big Bang Theory.
Annie Potts used Dolly Parton as inspiration for Meemaw’s look in ‘Young Sheldon’
By the time Annie Potts was cast as Meemaw in Young Sheldon, The Big Bang Theory fans were already well acquainted with the character. Meemaw had been discussed regularly in the original series and even appeared in a 2016 episode. June Squibb played present-day Meemaw in The Big Bang Theory.
- 8/2/2023
- by Andrea Francese
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
When Linda Bloodworth-Thomason created Designing Women for CBS, the network probably never imagined it would survive its entire 7 season run. The show was an instant success, especially because it catered to several demographics. Having a female lead character who’s outspoken, independent, and opinionated on social and cultural issues helped push ratings amongst mid-80s women. Designing Women premiered on September 29, 1986, and aired 163 episodes across 7 seasons. The show’s final episode aired on May 24, 1993. It also earned notoriety for its cast and production crew in-fightings and cast change. At the height of the friction between cast...
- 6/29/2023
- by Onyinye Izundu
- TVovermind.com
Emily Marshall, who parlayed a gig as a secretary for producer Fred de Cordova on Johnny Carson’s The Tonight Show into a two-decade career as a sitcom writer on Newhart, Rhoda, Wkrp in Cincinnati and Designing Women, has died. She was 79.
Marshall died March 17 of lung cancer at her home in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, her friend and mentor, Emmy-nominated writer-producer Barry Kemp, said. She served as a staff writer on Newhart, which he created, from 1982-84.
Marshall was the third wife of Doc Severinsen. She married the colorful Tonight Show bandleader and trumpet player in 1980 and was with him for nearly 40 years through 2013.
Marshall also created the 1988-89 CBS sitcom Coming of Age, which starred Paul Dooley, Phyllis Newman, Alan Young, Glynis Johns, Kevin Pollak and Ruta Lee. The comedy, set in an Arizona retirement community, opened with Severinsen performing the boisterous big band number “Sing, Sing,...
Marshall died March 17 of lung cancer at her home in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, her friend and mentor, Emmy-nominated writer-producer Barry Kemp, said. She served as a staff writer on Newhart, which he created, from 1982-84.
Marshall was the third wife of Doc Severinsen. She married the colorful Tonight Show bandleader and trumpet player in 1980 and was with him for nearly 40 years through 2013.
Marshall also created the 1988-89 CBS sitcom Coming of Age, which starred Paul Dooley, Phyllis Newman, Alan Young, Glynis Johns, Kevin Pollak and Ruta Lee. The comedy, set in an Arizona retirement community, opened with Severinsen performing the boisterous big band number “Sing, Sing,...
- 4/12/2023
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
There’s no character on television right now like vulgarian poet Dave Burd. The third season of “Dave” begins with the real-life rapper, also known as Lil Dicky, traveling the country in search of a soulmate. Will his Looking for Love tour also win him Emmy voters’ hearts?
If its sustained 84 average on Metacritic proves anything, the subversive Fxx comedy is “basking in the confidence earned from its exceptional prior entry but…not resting on its laurels”. That being said, the pool of surveyed critics remains small and male, something that, judging by the second half of Season 3’s two-episode premiere, “Harrison Ave,” seems to be on the creative team’s radar.
See Emmy odds: Jeremy Allen White (‘The Bear’) is nipping at Jason Sudeikis’s heels for Best Comedy Actor
While we shouldn’t infer how he actually feels about the matter based on his fictionalized persona, it’s fair to say Burd,...
If its sustained 84 average on Metacritic proves anything, the subversive Fxx comedy is “basking in the confidence earned from its exceptional prior entry but…not resting on its laurels”. That being said, the pool of surveyed critics remains small and male, something that, judging by the second half of Season 3’s two-episode premiere, “Harrison Ave,” seems to be on the creative team’s radar.
See Emmy odds: Jeremy Allen White (‘The Bear’) is nipping at Jason Sudeikis’s heels for Best Comedy Actor
While we shouldn’t infer how he actually feels about the matter based on his fictionalized persona, it’s fair to say Burd,...
- 4/11/2023
- by Ronald Meyer
- Gold Derby
Over the course of 27 years, a total of 16 individuals have each received solo and cast Screen Actors Guild Awards for a single film, with the most recent case having involved “Coda” supporting actor Troy Kotsur. This year, Angela Bassett (“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”) and Jamie Lee Curtis (“Everything Everywhere All at Once”) appear primed for a dual face-off in the Best Supporting Actress and Best Ensemble categories, and either could plausibly take both prizes. If one of the sexagenarians does become the 17th entrant on said list, she will be the oldest performer in the group by a margin of four years.
Curtis and Bassett, who are both 64 years old, presently rank second and third on Gold Derby’s Best Film Supporting Actress SAG Award predictions list. The frontrunner is Kerry Condon, while the last two slots in our current top five are filled by Janelle Monáe and Jessie Buckley.
Curtis and Bassett, who are both 64 years old, presently rank second and third on Gold Derby’s Best Film Supporting Actress SAG Award predictions list. The frontrunner is Kerry Condon, while the last two slots in our current top five are filled by Janelle Monáe and Jessie Buckley.
- 1/10/2023
- by Matthew Stewart
- Gold Derby
She rose to prominence with her role on the hit show Designing Women, but Jean Smart has taken on about a million roles that showcase her talent. She’s one of Hollywood’s most amazing actresses, and she’s not showing any signs of slowing down. What fans seem to love so much about her is that she’s cool, she’s funny, and she’s not afraid to talk back. Her sense of humor is unlike any other, and we adore her for it. She is, hands down, one of the best personalities in the entertainment industry, and we want to know more about her.
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- 12/26/2022
- by Tiffany Raiford
- TVovermind.com
The ensemble cast of Sarah Polley’s “Women Talking” is a hurricane of talent, from the palpable rage of Claire Foy and Jessie Buckley to the conflicted grief of Michelle McLeod and Kate Hallet. None, though, is perhaps as haunting in her simplicity and grace than Judith Ivey. The longtime stage and screen actor delivers a career-best performance.
As one of two matriarchs in a Mennonite colony ravaged by drugging and rape at the hands of their own men, Ivey navigates a violent and devastating betrayal with the perspective and empathy of a seasoned diplomat — without ever seeming cloying or, worse, in denial.
Variety recently sat with Ivey recently to discuss Polley’s landmark film, the challenges for women actors dealing with such intense source material, and how simply saying your line is the best acting tool.
How often does a part like this come around for you, as an actor?...
As one of two matriarchs in a Mennonite colony ravaged by drugging and rape at the hands of their own men, Ivey navigates a violent and devastating betrayal with the perspective and empathy of a seasoned diplomat — without ever seeming cloying or, worse, in denial.
Variety recently sat with Ivey recently to discuss Polley’s landmark film, the challenges for women actors dealing with such intense source material, and how simply saying your line is the best acting tool.
How often does a part like this come around for you, as an actor?...
- 12/23/2022
- by Matt Donnelly
- Variety Film + TV
Jean Smart has opened up about grief a year and a half after the death of her husband.
The Hacks star was in the middle of shooting the Emmy-nominated comedy’s debut season in March 2021 when her husband, Richard Gilliland, died unexpectedly of a heart condition, aged 71.
“He made me laugh all the time. That’s going to be hard to live without,” she said at the time, adding that she never would’ve “dreamed” it would’ve happened “so soon”.
Now, more than a year after his passing, Smart, 71, spoke with Rolling Stone about the loneliness of her “new life”.
“I find it almost harder now, a year and a half later, because you’re kind of running on adrenaline and grief for a while, making sure your kids are Ok, just getting things done,” the Mare of Easttown actor explained.
“Now, slowly, the reality of my new life is setting in,...
The Hacks star was in the middle of shooting the Emmy-nominated comedy’s debut season in March 2021 when her husband, Richard Gilliland, died unexpectedly of a heart condition, aged 71.
“He made me laugh all the time. That’s going to be hard to live without,” she said at the time, adding that she never would’ve “dreamed” it would’ve happened “so soon”.
Now, more than a year after his passing, Smart, 71, spoke with Rolling Stone about the loneliness of her “new life”.
“I find it almost harder now, a year and a half later, because you’re kind of running on adrenaline and grief for a while, making sure your kids are Ok, just getting things done,” the Mare of Easttown actor explained.
“Now, slowly, the reality of my new life is setting in,...
- 12/21/2022
- by Inga Parkel
- The Independent - TV
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The morning after she won the Emmy for her portrayal of veteran teacher Barbara Howard, Sheryl Lee Ralph’s Abbott Elementary colleagues greeted her with a spirited ovation. After 45 years of consistent work in film (To Sleep With Anger, Sister Act 2), television (Designing Women, Moesha, Ray Donovan) and theater (Dreamgirls, Thoroughly Modern Millie), her career had reached a new pinnacle. Never again would she be yet another under-recognized Black performer hungry for Hollywood validation. Thanks to Quinta Brunson’s smash ABC sitcom, Ralph has been able to reap the material rewards of her longevity.
She’s also enjoying an even meatier season two, full of scene-stealing moments that remind us why her acceptance speech struck such a rousing chord back in September. With the show’s ratings holding steady, it seems that Ralph and her colleagues’ awards destiny is only just beginning. THR...
The morning after she won the Emmy for her portrayal of veteran teacher Barbara Howard, Sheryl Lee Ralph’s Abbott Elementary colleagues greeted her with a spirited ovation. After 45 years of consistent work in film (To Sleep With Anger, Sister Act 2), television (Designing Women, Moesha, Ray Donovan) and theater (Dreamgirls, Thoroughly Modern Millie), her career had reached a new pinnacle. Never again would she be yet another under-recognized Black performer hungry for Hollywood validation. Thanks to Quinta Brunson’s smash ABC sitcom, Ralph has been able to reap the material rewards of her longevity.
She’s also enjoying an even meatier season two, full of scene-stealing moments that remind us why her acceptance speech struck such a rousing chord back in September. With the show’s ratings holding steady, it seems that Ralph and her colleagues’ awards destiny is only just beginning. THR...
- 12/16/2022
- by Matthew Jacobs
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Stars: Brion James, Richard Crystal, Zalman King, Robert Walden, Mark Goddard, Charles Siebert, Stefan Gierasch, Alice Ghostley, Ray Young, Bill Adler | Written and Directed by Jeff Lieberman
Showing as part of this year’s Fantasia Midnights program, Synapse Films premiered their restoration of writer/director Jeff Lieberman’s cult favorite Blue Sunshine. The 1977 film about former hippies suffering from homicidal acid flashbacks will be getting a 4K release at an undisclosed future date, and the image quality is noticeably better than on my DVD. But, what about the actual film? Glad you asked…
Blue Sunshine begins at a party where one of the guests is doing an impersonation of Rodan. “The artist?” asks one of the guests. “No, the monster” But a real monster is about to show up as Frannie loses his wig and his mind and begins shoving guests into the fireplace.
Jerry narrowly avoids becoming his next...
Showing as part of this year’s Fantasia Midnights program, Synapse Films premiered their restoration of writer/director Jeff Lieberman’s cult favorite Blue Sunshine. The 1977 film about former hippies suffering from homicidal acid flashbacks will be getting a 4K release at an undisclosed future date, and the image quality is noticeably better than on my DVD. But, what about the actual film? Glad you asked…
Blue Sunshine begins at a party where one of the guests is doing an impersonation of Rodan. “The artist?” asks one of the guests. “No, the monster” But a real monster is about to show up as Frannie loses his wig and his mind and begins shoving guests into the fireplace.
Jerry narrowly avoids becoming his next...
- 8/4/2022
- by Jim Morazzini
- Nerdly
Pat Carroll, a veteran actress known for her voice role as Ursula in Disney’s “The Little Mermaid” and whose career as an entertainer spanned seven decades, died Saturday in Cape Cod, Mass. while recovering from pneumonia. She was 95 years old.
Carroll’s death was confirmed by her representative, Derek Maki. Maki stated that Carroll died with her best friend by her side.
Born on May 5, 1927 in Shreveport, La., Patricia Ann Carroll’s family relocated to Los Angeles when she was five years old. There she began acting in local productions at a young age, before attending Catholic University of America and later enlisting in the U.S. Army during World War II.
Carroll’s first role came in 1947 in the film “Hometown Girl.” She became a regular presence on variety shows over the next three decades. Carroll earned an Emmy Award in 1956 for her work on “Sid Caesar’s House.
Carroll’s death was confirmed by her representative, Derek Maki. Maki stated that Carroll died with her best friend by her side.
Born on May 5, 1927 in Shreveport, La., Patricia Ann Carroll’s family relocated to Los Angeles when she was five years old. There she began acting in local productions at a young age, before attending Catholic University of America and later enlisting in the U.S. Army during World War II.
Carroll’s first role came in 1947 in the film “Hometown Girl.” She became a regular presence on variety shows over the next three decades. Carroll earned an Emmy Award in 1956 for her work on “Sid Caesar’s House.
- 7/31/2022
- by J. Kim Murphy
- Variety Film + TV
Pat Carroll, an Emmy-winning actress who appeared on “Laverne & Shirley” and was the voice of Ursula in Disney’s “The Little Mermaid,” has died at the age of 95 from pneumonia, her daughter Tara Karsian announced on her Facebook page.
“It is with a heavy heart that I write that my mother, Pat Carroll, has passed away at the grand old age of 95,” Karsian announced. “We ask that you honor her by having a raucous laugh at absolutely anything today (and everyday forward) because besides her brilliant talent and love, she leaves my sister Kerry and I with the greatest gift of all, imbuing us with humor and the ability to laugh… even in the saddest of times.”
Carroll made her onscreen debut in the 1948 film “Hometown Girl,” and subsequently made a mark in television. She won an Emmy in 1956 for her work on “Caesar’s Hour” and starred as a...
“It is with a heavy heart that I write that my mother, Pat Carroll, has passed away at the grand old age of 95,” Karsian announced. “We ask that you honor her by having a raucous laugh at absolutely anything today (and everyday forward) because besides her brilliant talent and love, she leaves my sister Kerry and I with the greatest gift of all, imbuing us with humor and the ability to laugh… even in the saddest of times.”
Carroll made her onscreen debut in the 1948 film “Hometown Girl,” and subsequently made a mark in television. She won an Emmy in 1956 for her work on “Caesar’s Hour” and starred as a...
- 7/31/2022
- by Adam Chitwood
- The Wrap
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Pat Carroll, the gregarious Emmy-winning comedienne who was a television mainstay for decades before segueing to a voiceover career that included portraying the villainous sea witch Ursula in The Little Mermaid, has died. She was 95.
Carroll died Saturday of pneumonia at her home in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, her daughter Kerry Karsian told The Hollywood Reporter.
Carroll’s perky personality, screwball wit and impeccable timing made her a great second banana, and Red Buttons, Jimmy Durante, Mickey Rooney, Steve Allen and Charley Weaver were among those who called upon her to make their programs funnier. Her antics on Caesar’s Hour earned her an Emmy in 1957, and she was nominated for her work on the classic variety show the following year.
In a 2013 interview with Kliph Nesteroff, Carroll compared Howard Morris, Carl Reiner and Sid Caesar on Caesar’s Hour to the Chicago Cubs’ legendary double-play...
Pat Carroll, the gregarious Emmy-winning comedienne who was a television mainstay for decades before segueing to a voiceover career that included portraying the villainous sea witch Ursula in The Little Mermaid, has died. She was 95.
Carroll died Saturday of pneumonia at her home in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, her daughter Kerry Karsian told The Hollywood Reporter.
Carroll’s perky personality, screwball wit and impeccable timing made her a great second banana, and Red Buttons, Jimmy Durante, Mickey Rooney, Steve Allen and Charley Weaver were among those who called upon her to make their programs funnier. Her antics on Caesar’s Hour earned her an Emmy in 1957, and she was nominated for her work on the classic variety show the following year.
In a 2013 interview with Kliph Nesteroff, Carroll compared Howard Morris, Carl Reiner and Sid Caesar on Caesar’s Hour to the Chicago Cubs’ legendary double-play...
- 7/31/2022
- by Chris Koseluk
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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Long before she commanded the stage as Vegas stand-up diva Deborah Vance on Hacks — a role that has earned her two lead comedy actress Emmy nominations — Jean Smart got her big break as a sweet but naïve Atlanta office manager.
Designing Women, the CBS half-hour comedy created by Linda Bloodworth-Thomason, followed four women — played by Dixie Carter, Delta Burke, Annie Potts and Smart — and their decorating business. “The show … could do for women in their 40s and 50s what NBC’s Golden Girls hit did for older women,” THR predicted in May 1986. When the sitcom aired that December, it delivered.
A THR review of the show said “spunky cattiness has been the calling card.”
Over the course of seven seasons, Designing Women racked up 18 Emmy nominations (though it only won one, for outstanding achievement in hairstyling in 1988). Smart was never nominated for the...
Long before she commanded the stage as Vegas stand-up diva Deborah Vance on Hacks — a role that has earned her two lead comedy actress Emmy nominations — Jean Smart got her big break as a sweet but naïve Atlanta office manager.
Designing Women, the CBS half-hour comedy created by Linda Bloodworth-Thomason, followed four women — played by Dixie Carter, Delta Burke, Annie Potts and Smart — and their decorating business. “The show … could do for women in their 40s and 50s what NBC’s Golden Girls hit did for older women,” THR predicted in May 1986. When the sitcom aired that December, it delivered.
A THR review of the show said “spunky cattiness has been the calling card.”
Over the course of seven seasons, Designing Women racked up 18 Emmy nominations (though it only won one, for outstanding achievement in hairstyling in 1988). Smart was never nominated for the...
- 7/29/2022
- by Hilton Dresden
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Bobbie Faye Ferguson, an actress who had credits in television and film, died June 25 of natural causes, according to a news report. She was 78 and lived in Sherman Oaks, Calif.
Born in Memphis, Tn on Oct. 10, 1943, she grew up in Eudora, Ar, and graduated from the University of Arkansas at Monticello with a degree in Speech and Communications.
Representing her university, she finished in the Top Ten in the Miss Arkansas Pageant. She also was Teacher of the Year in Little Rock, where she taught history at McClellan High School.
She later moved to Dallas, TX, where she taught speech and debate at Skyline High School and was one of the founding members and acting teachers at the Kd Studio.
That experience led to TV credits including Designing Women and Dukes of Hazard, and films like Superman. She also taught acting at the LA Film Actor’s Lab.
She started...
Born in Memphis, Tn on Oct. 10, 1943, she grew up in Eudora, Ar, and graduated from the University of Arkansas at Monticello with a degree in Speech and Communications.
Representing her university, she finished in the Top Ten in the Miss Arkansas Pageant. She also was Teacher of the Year in Little Rock, where she taught history at McClellan High School.
She later moved to Dallas, TX, where she taught speech and debate at Skyline High School and was one of the founding members and acting teachers at the Kd Studio.
That experience led to TV credits including Designing Women and Dukes of Hazard, and films like Superman. She also taught acting at the LA Film Actor’s Lab.
She started...
- 7/23/2022
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
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Bobbie Faye Ferguson, an actress and the mother of The Conners star Jay R. Ferguson, has died. She was 78.
A resident of Sherman Oaks, Ferguson died June 25 of natural causes, it was announced Friday by her son’s reps at Industry Entertainment.
Born on Oct. 10, 1943, in Memphis, Tennesse, Bobbie Faye was raised in Eudora, Arkansas. She graduated from the University of Arkansas at Monticello, taught speech and debate at Skyline High School in Dallas and was one of the founding members and an acting teacher at the Kd Studio.
She moved to Los Angeles and worked as a model and actress, appearing on such shows as The Dukes of Hazzard, The Fall Guy, Dallas, Designing Women, Remington Steele and Evening Shade, where her son portrayed Taylor Newton, son of Burt Reynolds and Marilu Henner’s characters.
She also taught at the Actor’s Lab in Los Angeles.
Bobbie Faye Ferguson, an actress and the mother of The Conners star Jay R. Ferguson, has died. She was 78.
A resident of Sherman Oaks, Ferguson died June 25 of natural causes, it was announced Friday by her son’s reps at Industry Entertainment.
Born on Oct. 10, 1943, in Memphis, Tennesse, Bobbie Faye was raised in Eudora, Arkansas. She graduated from the University of Arkansas at Monticello, taught speech and debate at Skyline High School in Dallas and was one of the founding members and an acting teacher at the Kd Studio.
She moved to Los Angeles and worked as a model and actress, appearing on such shows as The Dukes of Hazzard, The Fall Guy, Dallas, Designing Women, Remington Steele and Evening Shade, where her son portrayed Taylor Newton, son of Burt Reynolds and Marilu Henner’s characters.
She also taught at the Actor’s Lab in Los Angeles.
- 7/22/2022
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Rebecca Balding, the veteran stage and screen actress best known for her roles in the classic ABC sitcom “Soap” and the original “Charmed,” died on Monday following a battle with ovarian cancer. Balding died in Park City, Utah, according to a statement from her husband, writer-director James L. Conway. She was 73.
Balding was born in Little Rock, Ark., and studied acting at the University of Kansas. Before moving to Hollywood, she lived in Chicago where she began her career as a stage actress.
Balding guest starred in dozens of television series for nearly 30 years. One of her most memorable roles was playing Carol David in the ABC series “Soap.” Carol — who appeared in 19 episodes from 1978 to 1980 — is an attorney who seduces gay TV commercial director Jodie Dallas (Billy Crystal) and ultimately winds up pregnant.
Balding also appeared as Alyssa Milano’s boss Elise Rothman in the drama series “Charmed,” which...
Balding was born in Little Rock, Ark., and studied acting at the University of Kansas. Before moving to Hollywood, she lived in Chicago where she began her career as a stage actress.
Balding guest starred in dozens of television series for nearly 30 years. One of her most memorable roles was playing Carol David in the ABC series “Soap.” Carol — who appeared in 19 episodes from 1978 to 1980 — is an attorney who seduces gay TV commercial director Jodie Dallas (Billy Crystal) and ultimately winds up pregnant.
Balding also appeared as Alyssa Milano’s boss Elise Rothman in the drama series “Charmed,” which...
- 7/20/2022
- by Michaela Zee
- Variety Film + TV
It was an unusual ceremony, in which an Emmy rule change pitted series regulars against one-episode guest stars. In addition, two of the most awarded comedies of all time battled it out, a favorite drama lost the top spot and one of the most celebrated talk shows of all time finally received a top honor. This was also the last year that the Big Four networks received all the nominations for Best Drama Series and Best Comedy Series. We’re throwing it back three decades to August 30, 1992, when Tim Allen, Kirstie Alley and Dennis Miller hosted the 44th Primetime Emmy Awards on Fox. Read on for our Emmys flashback 30 years ago to 1992.
Between 1989 and 1992, “Cheers” and “Murphy Brown” volleyed the Best Comedy award back and forth. This was “Murphy’s” year, winning in this category for the second and final time. The other sitcoms up were “Brooklyn Bridge,” “Home Improvement” and “Seinfeld.
Between 1989 and 1992, “Cheers” and “Murphy Brown” volleyed the Best Comedy award back and forth. This was “Murphy’s” year, winning in this category for the second and final time. The other sitcoms up were “Brooklyn Bridge,” “Home Improvement” and “Seinfeld.
- 7/15/2022
- by Susan Pennington
- Gold Derby
Proving that Dynasty isn’t the only beloved piece of ’80s pop culture worth preserving, RuPaul paid homage to another classic TV series in Friday’s episode of Drag Race All Stars, which ended with the show’s most unexpected lip sync battle yet.
As is tradition, the episode concluded with the week’s top two queens — in this case, Monet X Change and Jinkx Monsoon — competing in a lip sync smackdown. But rather than performing a song, the queens were tasked with lip syncing to the iconic “the night the lights went out in Georgia” monologue from a 1986 episode of the sitcom Designing Women.
As is tradition, the episode concluded with the week’s top two queens — in this case, Monet X Change and Jinkx Monsoon — competing in a lip sync smackdown. But rather than performing a song, the queens were tasked with lip syncing to the iconic “the night the lights went out in Georgia” monologue from a 1986 episode of the sitcom Designing Women.
- 7/8/2022
- by Andy Swift
- TVLine.com
She has been a TV regular for 50 years. But playing a blistering, diva-like standup in Hacks has launched Smart into orbit. The actor talks about her ‘Jeanaissance’ – and ending up in an ambulance during Easttown
There are 18 participants on my video call with Jean Smart, the veteran actor whose striking return to the spotlight has brought about what US commentators are calling “the Jeanaissance”. It’s a rather grand title but it seems justified – especially if this high-security interview experience is anything to go by. The disorientating vetting procedure involves multiple texts and emails, two different Zoom calls, one “breakout room” and 16 industry bods silently observing our interview. Clearly, the 70-year-old is extremely hot property in TV land.
Smart may not be a household name in the UK but she’s an increasingly familiar face. Across the Atlantic, she’s long been both. The actor first found fame in the...
There are 18 participants on my video call with Jean Smart, the veteran actor whose striking return to the spotlight has brought about what US commentators are calling “the Jeanaissance”. It’s a rather grand title but it seems justified – especially if this high-security interview experience is anything to go by. The disorientating vetting procedure involves multiple texts and emails, two different Zoom calls, one “breakout room” and 16 industry bods silently observing our interview. Clearly, the 70-year-old is extremely hot property in TV land.
Smart may not be a household name in the UK but she’s an increasingly familiar face. Across the Atlantic, she’s long been both. The actor first found fame in the...
- 6/7/2022
- by Rachel Aroesti
- The Guardian - Film News
It’s hard to imagine the world of entertainment without Jean Smart. With “Hacks” and “Mare of Easttown” bringing her back to the forefront in the recent years, some call it a Jean Smart renaissance — but that’s not really the case. In fact, she’s never not been working — maybe we just haven’t been paying attention.
“In the last five or six years, I’ve had some extraordinary roles that were just kind of handed to me on a silver platter, which has been really amazing — ‘Watchmen,’ ‘Fargo,’ and of course, ‘Hacks.’ I couldn’t have written something for myself that I would have enjoyed more,” Smart tells Variety. “But there are other things I’ve done that weren’t as visible as most shows.”
The four-time Emmy winner has made quite an impact in the industry, so much so that she will receive a star on the...
“In the last five or six years, I’ve had some extraordinary roles that were just kind of handed to me on a silver platter, which has been really amazing — ‘Watchmen,’ ‘Fargo,’ and of course, ‘Hacks.’ I couldn’t have written something for myself that I would have enjoyed more,” Smart tells Variety. “But there are other things I’ve done that weren’t as visible as most shows.”
The four-time Emmy winner has made quite an impact in the industry, so much so that she will receive a star on the...
- 4/24/2022
- by Emily Longeretta
- Variety Film + TV
Ahead of her Hollywood Walk of Fame honor, icon Jean Smart looked back at some of her incredible roles — including the one that put her on the map globally. In 1985, she joined CBS’ “Designing Women” as Charlene Frazier Stillfield, a role she held for five seasons.
The sitcom earned 18 Emmy nominations and catapulted Smart’s career — and she completely knows why.
“There weren’t a lot of shows that were just about women back then. Linda [Bloodworth-Thomason] is such a good writer that she made the characters so distinct from each other,” she says. “A lot of times, back in the day on sitcoms, you could practically all trade lines and nobody could tell the difference. The jobs are kind of all the same.”
Since this show was different, it had a staying power others didn’t. “She was very specific about our characters,” says Smart. “She would do another thing...
The sitcom earned 18 Emmy nominations and catapulted Smart’s career — and she completely knows why.
“There weren’t a lot of shows that were just about women back then. Linda [Bloodworth-Thomason] is such a good writer that she made the characters so distinct from each other,” she says. “A lot of times, back in the day on sitcoms, you could practically all trade lines and nobody could tell the difference. The jobs are kind of all the same.”
Since this show was different, it had a staying power others didn’t. “She was very specific about our characters,” says Smart. “She would do another thing...
- 4/24/2022
- by Emily Longeretta
- Variety Film + TV
A reboot of Quantum Leap may be in the works at NBC, but that isn’t the project wrangling Scott Bakula this pilot season. (According to Deadline, Bakula currently has no involvement in the reboot.)
Instead, Bakula has been tapped to lead Unbroken, an NBC drama about “three dynastic ranch families on the central coast of California [that] make love and war in a passionate struggle to survive, ultimately setting the stage for a group of fiercely determined young women to win big for all at the National Championship of Rodeo.”
More from TVLineChicago Med: Jessy Schram Returns as Hannah, Will...
Instead, Bakula has been tapped to lead Unbroken, an NBC drama about “three dynastic ranch families on the central coast of California [that] make love and war in a passionate struggle to survive, ultimately setting the stage for a group of fiercely determined young women to win big for all at the National Championship of Rodeo.”
More from TVLineChicago Med: Jessy Schram Returns as Hannah, Will...
- 3/16/2022
- by Andy Swift
- TVLine.com
Dwayne Hickman, whose turn as eternal romantic Dobie Gillis made him a teen idol in the 1960s, has died this morning at age 87 in his Los Angeles home of complications from Parkinson’s Disease.
An actor, producer, director and artist, Hickman starred in the hit TV series The Bob Cummings Show and The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis. He died on the birthday of his dearest friend and former “Dobie …” cast member Bob Denver, whom he again costarred opposite in the CBS, movie of the week, Surviving Gilligan’s Island, playing a CBS network executive.
Born Dwayne Bernard Hickman on May 18, 1934 in Los Angeles, Hickma’s earliest screen appearances included began at age six, making his film debut, as an extra in The Grapes of Wrath.
As a teen he starred in his first television series opposite Bob Cummings, where he honed his comedic skills under the watchful eyes of...
An actor, producer, director and artist, Hickman starred in the hit TV series The Bob Cummings Show and The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis. He died on the birthday of his dearest friend and former “Dobie …” cast member Bob Denver, whom he again costarred opposite in the CBS, movie of the week, Surviving Gilligan’s Island, playing a CBS network executive.
Born Dwayne Bernard Hickman on May 18, 1934 in Los Angeles, Hickma’s earliest screen appearances included began at age six, making his film debut, as an extra in The Grapes of Wrath.
As a teen he starred in his first television series opposite Bob Cummings, where he honed his comedic skills under the watchful eyes of...
- 1/9/2022
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Dwayne Bernard Hickman, an actor, producer and television director best known for his starring role in the 1950s and ’60s sitcom “The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis,” died of complications related to Parkinson’s disease on Sunday. He was 87 years old.
Hickman’s death was confirmed to Variety by the actor’s public relations head Harlan Boll.
Born on May 18, 1934 in Los Angeles, Calif., Hickman began screen acting at a young age with appearances in “The Boy With the Green Hair” and 1940’s “The Grapes of Wrath.” As a teenager, he starred as Chuck MacDonald in “The Bob Cummings Show,” acting alongside the titular comedian across the sitcom’s four-year run.
In 1959, Hickman earned the marquee role on “The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis.” The actor starred in all 148 episodes of the 20th Century Fox sitcom. As the first major television series to feature teenagers as its primary characters, “Dobie...
Hickman’s death was confirmed to Variety by the actor’s public relations head Harlan Boll.
Born on May 18, 1934 in Los Angeles, Calif., Hickman began screen acting at a young age with appearances in “The Boy With the Green Hair” and 1940’s “The Grapes of Wrath.” As a teenager, he starred as Chuck MacDonald in “The Bob Cummings Show,” acting alongside the titular comedian across the sitcom’s four-year run.
In 1959, Hickman earned the marquee role on “The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis.” The actor starred in all 148 episodes of the 20th Century Fox sitcom. As the first major television series to feature teenagers as its primary characters, “Dobie...
- 1/9/2022
- by J. Kim Murphy
- Variety Film + TV
Among this year’s Critics Choice Awards TV acting nominees are “the lifers,” an assortment of seasoned performers with long, successful Hollywood careers — many spanning from the ’80s and early ’90s, but also a few as far back as the ’60s — who have once again delivered performances on par with their finest work. And as several actors tell Variety, they’ve each followed distinctive paths, navigating industry changes and career highs and lows, to keep in the game for the long haul.
“In a way, my acting career has been headed toward this,” says Steve Martin, nominated for his performance as former TV star-turned-amateur detective and podcaster Charles-Haden Savage in “Only Murders in the Building,” which he also co-created.
Martin recalls his journey from writer and standup comic on TV series including “The Smothers Brothers” and “Saturday Night Live” through his immensely popular film career, landing now amid modern TV’s more flexible,...
“In a way, my acting career has been headed toward this,” says Steve Martin, nominated for his performance as former TV star-turned-amateur detective and podcaster Charles-Haden Savage in “Only Murders in the Building,” which he also co-created.
Martin recalls his journey from writer and standup comic on TV series including “The Smothers Brothers” and “Saturday Night Live” through his immensely popular film career, landing now amid modern TV’s more flexible,...
- 1/3/2022
- by Scott Huver
- Variety Film + TV
An emotional Jean Smart paid a moving tribute to her late husband, “friend and soulmate” Richard Gilliland, who passed away in March, as she accepted the Emmy for Outstanding Actress in a Comedy on Sunday.
“I wouldn’t be here without him, without him putting his career on the back burner so I could take advantage of all the opportunities I have found,” she said.
Smart took home her fourth Emmy for a bravura performance as Deborah Vance, an aging caustic and spoiled female comedian in Las Vegas (a la Joan Rivers meets Debbie Reynolds) in the biting, much-nominated freshman HBO Max series. She thanked HBO Max and her team “for working through a pandemic. You’re all so creative and brave.”
The actress, 69, was also in the running tonight for a best supporting Emmy on HBO’s limited series Mare of Easttown in the midst of a fast-moving career...
“I wouldn’t be here without him, without him putting his career on the back burner so I could take advantage of all the opportunities I have found,” she said.
Smart took home her fourth Emmy for a bravura performance as Deborah Vance, an aging caustic and spoiled female comedian in Las Vegas (a la Joan Rivers meets Debbie Reynolds) in the biting, much-nominated freshman HBO Max series. She thanked HBO Max and her team “for working through a pandemic. You’re all so creative and brave.”
The actress, 69, was also in the running tonight for a best supporting Emmy on HBO’s limited series Mare of Easttown in the midst of a fast-moving career...
- 9/20/2021
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
This morning the Television Critics Association announced the winners of the group’s 37th Annual TCA Awards, shining a spotlight on the finest performances and programs from the 2020-2021 television season. In a likely preview of Sunday night’s Primetime Emmy Awards, Apple TV+’s “Ted Lasso” was the organization’s big winner, triumphing in three of the 11 categories aimed at current programming, including prizes for Outstanding Achievement in Comedy, Outstanding New Program, and Program of the Year.
The winners were determined by votes cast by the TCA’s network of more than 250 professional TV critics and journalists in the United States and Canada.
Three wins was the ceiling for any contender at the TCA Awards, with Apple TV+, Netflix, and HBO all winning three awards, though with one victory for HBO Max, it would appear that the biggest winner of day is the Warner Media empire.
While “Ted Lasso...
The winners were determined by votes cast by the TCA’s network of more than 250 professional TV critics and journalists in the United States and Canada.
Three wins was the ceiling for any contender at the TCA Awards, with Apple TV+, Netflix, and HBO all winning three awards, though with one victory for HBO Max, it would appear that the biggest winner of day is the Warner Media empire.
While “Ted Lasso...
- 9/15/2021
- by Libby Hill
- Indiewire
The winners of the 2021 Television Critics Association Awards were announced Tuesday, with “Ted Lasso,” “I May Destroy You” and “The Baby-Sitters Club” taking home trophies.
The first season of “Ted Lasso” was the biggest winner, topping the Outstanding New Program, Outstanding Achievement in Comedy and Program of the Year Award categories with its first season. In the individual achievement categories, “I May Destroy You” creator, writer, executive producer and star Michaela Coel won for drama and “Hacks” star Jean Smart took home the prize for comedy.
Smart was also selected by the critics’ group for the career achievement award for her body of work, spanning from “Designing Women” to the more recent projects “Legion,” “Watchmen,” “Mare Of Easttown” and “Hacks.”
“Television came through in a big way this year, serving up some much-needed entertainment that was a welcome distraction from the real-life dramas of the real world,” TCA President Melanie McFarland said in a statement.
The first season of “Ted Lasso” was the biggest winner, topping the Outstanding New Program, Outstanding Achievement in Comedy and Program of the Year Award categories with its first season. In the individual achievement categories, “I May Destroy You” creator, writer, executive producer and star Michaela Coel won for drama and “Hacks” star Jean Smart took home the prize for comedy.
Smart was also selected by the critics’ group for the career achievement award for her body of work, spanning from “Designing Women” to the more recent projects “Legion,” “Watchmen,” “Mare Of Easttown” and “Hacks.”
“Television came through in a big way this year, serving up some much-needed entertainment that was a welcome distraction from the real-life dramas of the real world,” TCA President Melanie McFarland said in a statement.
- 9/15/2021
- by Reid Nakamura
- The Wrap
“Schmigadoon!” star Keegan-Michael Key and “Jackass” alum Johnny Knoxville are set to star on “Modern Family” co-creator Steve Levitan’s Hulu comedy pilot “Reboot,” TheWrap has learned.
Created by Levitan, “Reboot” — which is inspired by the TV industry’s recent slew of comedy revivals — centers on the story of Hulu rebooting an early 2000’s family sitcom, and how its dysfunctional cast is forced back together and now must deal with their unresolved issues in today’s fast-changing world.
Levitan and John Enbom (“iZombie”) co-wrote the pilot script for the potential series based on a story by the “Modern Family” creator. Levitan and Enbom will executive produce alongside Danielle Stokdyk. Levitan’s home studio, 20th Television, is producing the pilot.
Should “Reboot” be ordered to series, it would mark the first streaming series for Levitan, who last year wrapped the 11-season run of ABC’s “Modern Family.” Along with that sitcom,...
Created by Levitan, “Reboot” — which is inspired by the TV industry’s recent slew of comedy revivals — centers on the story of Hulu rebooting an early 2000’s family sitcom, and how its dysfunctional cast is forced back together and now must deal with their unresolved issues in today’s fast-changing world.
Levitan and John Enbom (“iZombie”) co-wrote the pilot script for the potential series based on a story by the “Modern Family” creator. Levitan and Enbom will executive produce alongside Danielle Stokdyk. Levitan’s home studio, 20th Television, is producing the pilot.
Should “Reboot” be ordered to series, it would mark the first streaming series for Levitan, who last year wrapped the 11-season run of ABC’s “Modern Family.” Along with that sitcom,...
- 8/5/2021
- by Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
As our pal Michael Scott would say, “Well, well, well, how the turntables.” Kaley Cuoco (“The Flight Attendant”) topped the Best Comedy Actress odds nearly the entirely way through nominations phase until the final hours when Jean Smart (“Hacks”) crawled past her for the No. 1 spot. Both were nominated on Tuesday as expected, and now? It is Smart all the way.
In our early winner odds, Smart has opened up a huge lead over the field at 31/10. As of this writing, all 11 Experts and nine editors predicting have her walking away with the Emmy. Neither Cuoco nor any of the other nominees — Tracee Ellis Ross (“Black-ish”), Allison Janney (“Mom”) and Aidy Bryant (“Shrill”) — have a pundit predicting them.
The change of fortune is not surprising and also speaks to how well “Hacks” landed as a late-arriving contender — it premiered on HBO Max on May 13, exactly two months before nominations were announced.
In our early winner odds, Smart has opened up a huge lead over the field at 31/10. As of this writing, all 11 Experts and nine editors predicting have her walking away with the Emmy. Neither Cuoco nor any of the other nominees — Tracee Ellis Ross (“Black-ish”), Allison Janney (“Mom”) and Aidy Bryant (“Shrill”) — have a pundit predicting them.
The change of fortune is not surprising and also speaks to how well “Hacks” landed as a late-arriving contender — it premiered on HBO Max on May 13, exactly two months before nominations were announced.
- 7/15/2021
- by Joyce Eng
- Gold Derby
It truly is the year of Jean Smart. The “Hacks” and “Mare of Easttown” star has joined the already staggering cast of “Babylon,” Damien Chazelle’s Old Hollywood epic that stars Brad Pitt and Margot Robbie, an individual with knowledge told TheWrap.
Plot details for “Babylon” are still being kept under wraps, as are Smart’s character details, but THR is noting that Smart is expected to play a Hollywood journalist and film critic with the power to make or break careers.
Paramount’s “Babylon” is shooting now in Los Angeles, and the film last month rounded out its cast with an impressive lineup that includes Diego Calva, Jovan Adepo, Li Jun Li, Katherine Waterston, Max Minghella, Lukas Haas, Flea, Rory Scovel, Samara Weaving, Eric Roberts, P.J. Byrne, Damon Gupton, Olivia Wilde, Spike Jonze, Phoebe Tonkin and Tobey Maguire.
Chazelle is directing and wrote the script as his follow-up to...
Plot details for “Babylon” are still being kept under wraps, as are Smart’s character details, but THR is noting that Smart is expected to play a Hollywood journalist and film critic with the power to make or break careers.
Paramount’s “Babylon” is shooting now in Los Angeles, and the film last month rounded out its cast with an impressive lineup that includes Diego Calva, Jovan Adepo, Li Jun Li, Katherine Waterston, Max Minghella, Lukas Haas, Flea, Rory Scovel, Samara Weaving, Eric Roberts, P.J. Byrne, Damon Gupton, Olivia Wilde, Spike Jonze, Phoebe Tonkin and Tobey Maguire.
Chazelle is directing and wrote the script as his follow-up to...
- 7/12/2021
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Burbank, CA – With more than 11.4M Total Weekly Viewers in its fourth season, Young Sheldon remains the number one comedy series on network television. Laugh along with the iconic Sheldon Cooper as he begins his college career as Warner Bros. Home Entertainment releases Young Sheldon: The Complete Fourth Season on DVD September 7, 2021 for $24.98 Srp.
For young Sheldon Cooper, being a once-in-a-generation mind capable of advanced mathematics and science isn’t always helpful in East Texas. And while the vulnerable, gifted and somewhat naïve Sheldon deals with the world, his very normal family must find a way to deal with him. Now as Sheldon graduates high school and embarks on his college career, a whole new chapter begins. For over a decade, The Big Bang Theory audiences came to know the iconic, eccentric and extraordinary Sheldon Cooper. Now, with the release of Young Sheldon: The Complete Fourth Season, meets him as...
For young Sheldon Cooper, being a once-in-a-generation mind capable of advanced mathematics and science isn’t always helpful in East Texas. And while the vulnerable, gifted and somewhat naïve Sheldon deals with the world, his very normal family must find a way to deal with him. Now as Sheldon graduates high school and embarks on his college career, a whole new chapter begins. For over a decade, The Big Bang Theory audiences came to know the iconic, eccentric and extraordinary Sheldon Cooper. Now, with the release of Young Sheldon: The Complete Fourth Season, meets him as...
- 7/3/2021
- by ComicMix Staff
- Comicmix.com
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