Tuesday, February 24, 2015

The CW Adds British Comedy for Summer 2015; Dancing with the Stars Season 20 Cast Announced, Includes Suzanne Somers

Dates - Ben Chaplin and Oona Chaplin

Continuing its push to more year-round programming, The CW has ordered two series for summer 2015, including a new unscripted series called A Wicked Offer, which will test how far couples will go for money, and acquired the scripted comedy from the United Kingdom called Dates, featuring Oona Chaplin and Ben Chaplin. Premiere nights and times will be announced at a later date. In the outrageous, darkly comic one-hour series A Wicked Offer, couples are presented with a series of Faustian bargains, as they must decide to complete a series of scandalous and controversial tasks involving their unsuspecting friends, families and co-workers for cash prizes. With each challenge testing the couple's moral and ethical boundaries, the couples must weigh the potential havoc wreaked on their relationship with each other and everyone involved. As each task is completed, the stakes and the cash value are raised, forcing the couple to decide how far they're willing to go for money.

The CW has also acquired nine episodes of the British comedy Dates, in which each episode focuses on a first date between two people who have met on an online dating service. The series explores the issues, intricacies, romance, and danger of modern relationships and the thrills, calamities, lies, and truths of first dates. Featuring a cast that largely changes with each episode, Dates includes such stars as Oona Chaplin (Game of Thrones), Ben Chaplin (Thin Red Line), Andrew Scott (Sherlock), Katie McGrath (Dracula), Amanda Hale (The White Queen) and Gemma Chan (Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit). Bryan Elsley created the series that aired on Channel 4 in Great Britain. Stay with us for continued updates.


Dancing with the Stars - Season 20 Cast

ABC has announced the 10th anniversary celebrity cast of Dancing with the Stars. The lineup of celebrity dancers includes a television icon, a party rocker, a football star and a Shark, to name a few. The 20th season will premiere on Monday, March 16 at 8:00-10:01 p.m. ET.

Sitcom star Suzanne Somers (Three's Company, Step by Step) will be partnered with Tony Dovolani. Other celebrities include Noah Galloway (U.S. Army veteran and motivational speaker), Robert Herjavec (Shark Tank), Patti LaBelle (music great), Nastia Liukin (gymnast), Riker Lynch (singer and actor), Charlotte McKinney (model and actress), Redfoo (singer), Michael Sam (football player), Willow Shields (actress) and Rumer Willis (actress). The reigning Mirrorball champion, Witney Carson, will be partnered with a surprise celebrity to be announced at a later date, completing the cast of twelve celebrity dance couples.

This season of Dancing with the Stars will be filled with surprises as they celebrate the last 10 years. The show will bring back fan favorite theme nights including Disney and Latin night and also introduce new themes, including Spring Break Night. Viewers will also have more access to the show than ever before with #DWTSAllAccess offering viewers a behind the scenes look with six live stream videos from key positions in the ballroom. Additionally, viewers will have access to the DWTS rehearsal studio like never before, with live streaming videos available throughout the week on ABC.com.


Sitcoms Airing Tonight / Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows

Tuesday, October 15

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Complete TV Listings


Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of October 14)

Tuesday, October 15

  • Sabrina Carpenter (Girl Meets World) - Sabrina is a musical guest on a repeat of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:35pm on NBC.
  • Jason Segel (Shrinking/How I Met Your Mother/Undeclared) - Jason appears on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert at 11:35pm on CBS.
  • Rachel Bloom (Reboot) and Jim Rash (Community/Help Me Help You/Thanks/Katie Joplin) - Rachel and Jim are guests on After Midnight at 12:37am on CBS.
  • Stanley Tucci (Central Park) - Stanley talks about What I Ate in One Year (and Related Thoughts) on NBC's Today some time between 7-9am.
  • Pamela Anderson (Stacked/Home Improvement) - Pamela talks about I Love You: Recipes from the Heart on NBC's Today in the 10am hour.
  • Henry Winkler (Barry/Arrested Development/Out of Practice/Monty/Happy Days) - NBC's Today catches up with Henry in the 10am hour. He also talks about his new children's book Detective Duck: The Case of the Missing Tadpole on Access Daily with Mario & Kit, so check your local listings.
  • Kathy Bates (Disjointed) - Kathy talks about Matlock on CBS Mornings some time between 7-9am.
  • Melissa McCarthy (God's Favorite Idiot/Nobodies/Mike & Molly/Samantha Who?) and Ben Falcone (God's Favorite Idiot/Nobodies/Joey) - Melissa and Ben are guests on Live with Kelly and Mark, so check your listings.
  • Gael García Bernal (Mozart in the Jungle) - Gabriel and Diego Luna are telling Drew about their groundbreaking new show La Máquina, the first Spanish language original on Hulu, on The Drew Barrymore Show, so check your local listings.
  • Alex Wolff (The Naked Brothers Band) - Alex tells Drews about his suspenseful campus drama The Line and opens up about having a famous sibling on The Drew Barrymore Show, so check your local listings. He will also be onABC's GMA 3: What You Need to Know at 1pm.
  • Tia Mowry (Family Reunion/The Game/Sister, Sister) - Tia talks about her new reality series Tia Mowry: My Next Act on Access Daily with Mario & Kit, so check your local listings.


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