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The Hunting Party: Sara Garcia on Technobabble & “The Flash” Reunion
Garcia's latest live-action series is NBC The Hunting Party, which follows a small team of investigators led by Rebecca Henderson (Melissa Roxburgh), who are assembled to track down and capture the most dangerous killers ever seen, all of whom have just escaped from a top-secret prison that's not supposed to exist. Garcia, who plays technical specialist[...]
Night Court
Lopez and Hulu's How I Met Your Father, spoke to Bleeding Cool about her latest guest starring role on NBC's Night Court, how her mother was a fan of the original Reinhold Weege series, working with series star and holdover John Larroquette, meeting Wendie Malick as fan of Just Shoot Me!, and if she's looking[...]
Night Court
Gary Anthony Williams has embraced playing all roles throughout his career with over 34 years on the screen since his debut in NBC's I'll Fly Away From dramas, animation, and comedy, the actor's tackled it all with over 260 titles to his name In recent years, he's been on both sides of DC and Marvel[...]
Night Court Star Nyambi Nyambi Talks Season 3, Wendie Malick & More
His latest venture is Night Court, continuing the classic Reinhold Weege 80s-90s courtroom sitcom in NBC's revival led by creator Dan Rubin, star Melissa Rauch and also features original star John Larroquette reprising his role as Dan Fielding Nyambi, who came in the middle of season two as the new court clerk Wyatt, spoke to Bleeding[...]
Severance Star Adam Scott on Why He’s Too Sad to Watch 'Parks and Rec'
To say quite a few of the actors behind NBC's Parks and Recreation have found greener pastures and elevated to superstardom would be an understatement featuring the talented ensemble of Amy Poehler, Rashida Jones, Paul Schneider, Aziz Ansari, Nick Offerman, Aubrey Plaza, Chris Pratt, Adam Scott, Rob Lowe, Jim O'Heir, Retta, and Billy Eichner The[...]
Auto Draft
It's a good sign when NBC can't wait for viewers to check out Melissa Roxburgh-starring The Hunting Party to the point where they move up the premiere – and with a premise like this, can you blame folks for being curious? When a mysterious explosion at a secret prison known as the Pit results in[...]
Night Court
Personally, we think it's never too soon to check out what NBC's Melissa Rauch, John Larroquette, Lacretta, Nyambi Nyambi, and Wendie Malick-starring Night Court Season 3 has in store for us this season Apparently, neither does the network because it was kind enough to post an image gallery for S03E06: "The Jakeout," Abby (Melissa Rauch) looks to[...]
A Different World Star Dawnn Lewis on Legacy & Netflix Sequel Series
Image courtesy of NBC Universal Jalessa started as Denise and Maggie Lauten (Tomei) 's sophomore roommate in season one before moving in with Freddie Brooks in her junior year from season two until the end of season five, when Lewis departed the show, and her character was written off after Jalessa gives birth to her daughter[...]
The Office: Paul Feig Reflects Steve Carell’s Watershed Series Moment
NBC's The Office, which was adapted for American TV following its successful BBC counterpart from Stephen Merchant and Ricky Gervais, wasn't the juggernaut we all see today, and that's thanks in part to director Paul Feig and star Steve Carell tweaking his character, Michael Scott. John Krasinski, Steve Carell, and Rainn Wilson in "The Office"[...]
SNL Original Cast Jane Curtin Didn’t Pay “Much Attention” to Audience
The biopic chronicles the struggles of creator Lorne Michaels (Gabriel LaBelle) as he tries to organize the series with comedic unknowns and several creative challenges by NBC along the way Co-written by Gil Kenan, the Sony Pictures/Columbia film cast Cory Michael Smith, Ella Hunt, Dylan O'Brien, Emily Fairn, Matt Wood, Lamorne Morris, and Kim Matula[...]
Saturday Night Trailer Takes Viewers Back to SNL's Opening Night
Reitman spoke with Entertainment Weekly at the Toronto International Film Festival about his stint as a guest writer in the NBC late-night variety series. Image: Sony Pictures Screencap Saturday Night Director Jason Reitman on Guest Writing Stint on SNL "One of the greatest weeks of my life," Reitman said of his time as a guest writer on SNL[...]
SNL: Darrell Hammond on How Amy Poehler Can Always Make Him Break
During his initial run from 1997-2009, Amy Poehler had her run on the NBC late-night series from 2001-2008, both left during season 34 as featured cast members Ever the consummate professional, Hammond generally maintained his composure, except certain times when he shared the screen with Poehler as he revealed appearing on the Amy & T[...]
SNL: Will Ferrell Regrets Janet Reno Drag Sketch “Hits a False Note”
Image couretsy of NBC SNL: Will Ferrell on How "Janet Reno's Fantasies" Hits Different Now "That's something I wouldn't choose to do now," Ferrell told former SNL head writer Harper Steele for The New York Times (via Variety), noting the character "hits a false note now." Ferrell and Steele's relationship is the subject of a Netflix documentary[...]
SNL
If you've checked out our reviews of NBC's Saturday Night Live in the past, then you know that we preach about all of the factors that come into play to make a show work – or really, really not work It's the host, the musical guest, the cast, the writers, and even the audience –[...]
Brilliant Minds: Quinto Medical Drama Receives Special Star Trek Guest
Susan Bay Nimoy, the widow of Star Trek: The Original Series star Leonard Nimoy, will be visiting a familiar face when she appears on Zachary Quinto's NBC medical drama Brilliant Minds, inspired by the life of Dr Oliver Sacks, the late neurologist and writer portrayed by Robin Williams in the critically-acclaimed film Awakenings Quinto played[...]
Night Court
Nightlife, someone "who's come to Night Court in the past and written sort of scathing reviews." With that in mind, it appears Gurgs (Lacretta) will be "determined to make sure they make a good impression this year." Image: NBCUniversal NBC's Night Court: An Overview The eternally optimistic Abby Stone (Melissa Rauch) follows in the footsteps of her revered[...]
Saturday Night Live
After joining the long-running late-night sketch comedy/music series as a featured player in Season 46, Punkie Johnson would make the move to main player status beginning with the 48th season – and earlier this month, she announced that she would be leaving NBC's Saturday Night Live ahead of its upcoming 50th season Checking with SNL[...]
SNL
For last weekend's edition, we examined how host/stand-up comedian Nate Bargatze, musical guest Foo Fighters, and the cast and writers helped set the tone for what worked best during this past season with the third episode.  So it seems only fitting (especially with NBC repeating the episode of Saturday Night Live tonight) that this weekend's[...]
the west wing
Tim Walz heading into the November election. Image: MSNBC Screencap So when we learned that Sheen and MCormack would be joining MSNBC's Inside with Jen Psaki to discuss the beloved series, the book, and the upcoming presidential election, it was a given that we would be checking it out What we weren't expecting was the hard kick[...]
scrubs
Zach Braff is eternally grateful for everything Scrubs has done for his career on the NBC/ABC medical sitcom, but as some would say, "Never wear out your welcome." Eight seasons was enough for the bulk of the cast in 2009 as Judy Reyes, who left the series, and Neil Flynn, who would star in his[...]
SNL
NBC's Saturday Night Live Season 49 had a decently solid opening back in October 2023, with SNL alum Pete Davidson and musical guest Ice Spice kicking things off After that, it was host/musical guest Bad Bunny – and things were starting to get a wee bit concerning Having taken the past two weeks off while[...]
Saturday Night
On October 11th, director/writer Jason Reitman and writer Gil Kenan will take us back nearly 50 years to the last moments when NBC's long-running late-night sketch comedy/music series went from being a concept to becoming a reality Based on Reitman and Kenan's interviews with the living cast, writers, and crew about the launch of SNL, Sony[...]
SNL
Tim Walz when the 50th season of NBC's Saturday Night Live kicks off on September 28th, Rudolph is sharing what it was like when VP Harris became the presumed (and now declared) nominee and everyone on social media began dropping Rudolph's name "It was wild!" Rudolph shared during an interview with Variety, showcasing that she is nominated[...]
SNL: Seth Meyers Recalls Host Peyton Manning Slipping in Brady Joke
Seth Meyers, who hosts Late Night on NBC, reflected on when Manning approached him during his days as an SNL writer and cast member about slipping a joke about Brady into his monologue in the episode that followed his first championship when the Colts defeated the Chicago Bears in Super Bowl XLI. Peyton Manning in "Saturday[...]
Olympics
Handed the Olympic flag by Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and Olympic Gold Medalist Simone Biles, Cruise hopped on a motorcycle and (pre-recorded) made his way through the city onto a carrier plane. Image: NBC Sports From there, Cruise sky-dived near the "HOLLYWOOD" sign (all to the music of the Red Hot Chili Peppers) – where he[...]
Constantine: Director Neil Marshall Wants Matt Smith R-Rated Revisit
After gaining notoriety with the cult classic action horror Dog Soldiers (2002) and Lionsgate's survival horror film The Descent (2005), the director landed major opportunities on television, including Starz's Black Sails, HBO's Game of Thrones and Westworld, NBC's Constantine, Hannibal, and Timeless, and Netflix's Lost in Space While promoting his latest crime action thriller in[...]
ABC
"Vice President Harris and former President Trump have both confirmed they will attend the ABC debate." While we're happy for ABC's good news, we wouldn't be doing any victory laps until after he actually shows up – because it's a long road between now and September 1oth. Trump also threw out there that he was going[...]
SNL
Vance during this fall's POTUS election, a lot of folks hit social media to let NBC's Saturday Night Live EP Lorne Michaels and SNL's writers know that they thought Steve Martin (Onlu Murders in the Building) would be a no-brainer as Gov Walz, standing beside SNL icon and comedy goddess Maya Rudolph's VP Harris for[...]