"Television is a goddamned amusement park."
In a statement, Comedy Central has confirmed that Jon Stewart will be leaving his post as the host of The Daily Show “later this year.” Stewart announces his departure on tonight’s episode. Beginning his career as a stand up comic, Stewart hosted Short Attention Span Theater on The Comedy Channel beginning in 1990 and …
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Orphan Black returns to BBC America on April 18
Episode one of the two night premiere of AMC’s Breaking Bad spinoff Better Call Saul ended with a familiar face pointing a gun at Saul (Bob Odenkirk). Spoiler alert, it was unpredictable and violence-prone Tuco Salamanca (Raymond Cruz) who made such a strong impression over the course of four episodes in the original series. I …
TV Casting News from The Flash, Extant, Bones and more featuring Linda Lavin, Cuba Gooding Jr. and others
The ABC Family and HBO sitcoms have essentially the same fate, but one is seen as cancelled and the other renewed
TV Casting news from Vice Principals, Rogue, Angie Tribeca and more featuring Walton Goggins, Shea Whigham, Amy Smart, David Koechner, Richard Schiff, Colin Hanks and others
If nothing else, the new family drama from Netflix promises a great cast
For Steve Coogan in Happyish, life is either being soft and happy or miserable and hard
The spinoff shows a lot of promise, but needs to get away from the fan service and pandering to Breaking Bad nerds, tout de suite.
This week at the Water Cooler, the AwardsDaily TV gang talks about HBO’s award-winning miniseries Olive Kitteridge, an adaptation of Elizabeth Strout’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel starring Frances McDormand, Richard Jenkins, Zoe Kazan and Bill Murray available on DVD 2/10/15. They also discuss the TV winners of the Directors Guild of America (DGA) Awards which were …
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