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Buzz News Roundup, 3/25

BuzzSugar — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 13:30:49 -0700

Freida Pinto has joined the cast of Miral, written by The Diving Bell and the Butterfly's Julian Schnabel. - Variety
George Lopez will have a late-night talk show on TBS starting in the Fall. - AP
Speaking of late-night, Chelsea Handler has signed a deal to stay at E! through 2012. - The Hollywood Reporter
Kelly Clarkson is still topping the Billboard chart this week, and the Twilight soundtrack is back up to No. 3. - Billboard
Jon Hamm has joined the cast of Howl, the Allen Ginsberg biopic starring James Franco. - Variety
A crossover episode between Bones and Family Guy - yes, really - will air May 7. - TV Guide
Conflicts with Big Love have forced Amanda Seyfried to drop out of Zack Snyder's Sucker Punch. - Entertainment Weekly
Jennifer Hudson will perform after tonight's American Idol taping, with the performance to be broadcast at a later date.

- TV.com

Web Series About Motherhood Heads for ABC Primetime

BuzzSugar — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 16:30:41 -0700

Have you ever watched In the Motherhood on the web? I saw a few clips of it earlier this year, and while I don't really fit into the show's "by moms, for moms" demographic, it's pretty cute and funny - especially Chelsea Handler as an imperfect, wisecracking mom. (Never would have thought of that casting!)

Well, now a version of the show is coming to primetime. ABC has picked up 13 episodes of the series and will likely premiere the show mid-season. The series follows three very different mothers, played online by Handler, Leah Remini, and Jenny McCarthy. Handler is apparently in for the ABC version, but Megan Mullally and Cheryl Hines are in talks to play the other two moms. The writers from Bad Mother's Handbook are moving to this show (guess this means Bad Mother's Handbook is dead?), and it's not clear whether it will still be based on real moms' stories.

I always love it when funny ladies get together for projects, and I think a Handler-Mullally-Hines combo has the potential to be insane. So even though other online series that have moved to TV have been less than successful, I'm tentatively pretty excited for this project. What about you? Do you like the casting? To check out an episode of In the Motherhood, just read more.

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What to TiVo: Wednesday

BuzzSugar — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:50:36 -0700

ABC is new with The Middle, Modern Family, Cougar Town, and Eastwick
CBS has repeats of The New Adventures of Old Christine, Gary Unmarried, Criminal Minds, and CSI: NY
FOX has Game One of the World Series
NBC has Monsters vs. Aliens: Mutant Pumpkins From Outer Space and is new with Law & Order: SVU
The CW is new with America's Next Top Model and has a repeat of Vampire Diaries
ABC Family has Hocus Pocus
AMC has House on Haunted Hill
MTV has a repeat of My Super Psycho Sweet 16 and is new with Real World/Road Rules Challenge
Bravo is new with Top Chef: Las Vegas
Comedy Central is new with South Park, Secret Girlfriend, The Daily Show With Jon Stewart, and The Colbert Report
FX is new with Nip/Tuck
Late-night highlights include Patrick Dempsey and Sting on The Late Show With David Letterman on CBS; Chelsea Handler on The Jay Leno Show on NBC; Edward Norton, Hulk Hogan, and "Weird Al" Yankovic on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon on NBC; and Madeleine Albright on The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson on CBS