Wednesday, December 12, 2018

ABC Picks Up Comedy Starring Lake Bell, Dax Shepard; EPIX Dark Comedy Gets 3rd Season

Lake Bell and Dax Shepard

Bless This Mess, a new single-camera comedy, has been picked up to series by ABC. The comedy, starring Lake Bell and Dax Shepard, is a co-production from 20th Century Fox Television and ABC Studios. Elizabeth Meriwether (Single Parents, New Girl) and Bell are executive producers and co-creators of the series, which will air next year (2019-2020 season) on The ABC Television Network. In Bless This Mess, a newlywed couple's (Bell, Shepard) plan to ditch big city living for a simpler life in Nebraska doesn't go as expected. Jake Kasdan and Melvin Mar (Fresh Off the Boat, Speechless) are non-writing executive producers, as are Shepard and Katherine Pope. Bell also directed the pilot. The original pilot was passed on by Fox in May and starred Lake Bell, Dax Shepard, Ed Begley Jr., Christina Offley, J.T. Neal and Pam Grier.


Get Shorty

Premium pay television network EPIX(R), an MGM company, has renewed its original dark comedy Get Shorty for a third season. The dark comedy from MGM Television, based in part on the 1990's bestselling Elmore Leonard novel of the same name and created for television by Davey Holmes (Shameless, In Treatment) will return in 2019 with all-new episodes. The series follows Miles Daly (Chris O'Dowd), muscle for a Nevada crime ring who tries to become a movie producer in Hollywood with the help of a washed-up producer, Rick Moreweather (Ray Romano), as a means to leave his criminal past behind. In season two, Miles struggles to reconcile his ambitions as a filmmaker and a family man with his skill set as a career criminal. His progress in Hollywood is jeopardized when the washed-up producer, with whom he partnered in season one, agrees to wear a Federal wire. In season three, Miles embraces more ruthless methods as he settles scores and attempts to climb the Hollywood ladder.

The cast of Get Shorty season three is led by Screen Actors Guild Award(R) and BAFTA TV Award nominee O'Dowd (Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, The Sapphires, Bridesmaids) and multiple Emmy(R) winner Romano (Everybody Loves Raymond, Men of a Certain Age, Parenthood), and also includes Sean Bridgers (Rectify, Room), Lidia Porto (Horrible Bosses 2), Carolyn Dodd (The Adventures of Catty Wompus), Goya Robles (11:55), Megan Stevenson (Review), Steven Weber (Ballers, Wings) and Sarah Stiles (I'm Dying Up Here).

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Tuesday, July 14

  • Ike Barinholtz (The Studio/The Afterparty/Bless the Harts/The Mindy Project/Eastbound & Down) - Ike guest hosts Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
  • Joel McHale (Animal Control/The Great Indoors/Community) - Joel talks about The 1% Club on Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
  • Anthony Michael Hall (The Goldbergs/Awkward/Claude's Crib) - Anthony is a guest on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:35pm on NBC.
  • Molly Shannon (The Hawk/I Love That for You/The Other Two/Divorce/Kath & Kim/Craking Up) - Molly stops by Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC.
  • Jake Johnson (Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed/Minx/New Girl) - Jake appears on Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC.
  • Jimmy Tatro (The Hawk/Home Economics/The Guest Book) - Jimmy talks about The Hawk on ABC's Good Morning America sometime between 7-9am and on ABC's GMA 3: What You Need to Know at 1pm.
  • Jennifer Garner (Party Down/Camping) - Jennifer talks about The Five-Star Weekend on NBC's Today sometime between 7-9am and in the 10am hour. She also chats with the ladies of The View on ABC at 11am ET/10am CT-PT.
  • Hannah Waddingham (Ted Lasso) - Hannah talks about Ride or Die on Live with Kelly and Mark, so check your local listings.
  • Alan Ritchson (Blue Mountain State) - Alan talks about War Machine on CBS Mornings sometime between 7-9am.
  • Himesh Patel (The Franchise) - Himesh talks about The Odyssey on NBC's Today in the 10am hour.
  • John Leguizamo (The Brothers Garcia) - John talks about The Odyssey on NBC's Today in the 10am hour.
  • Valerie Bertinelli (Hot in Cleveland/Cafe Americain/Sydney/One Day at a Time) - Drew is covering the headlines with pals Ross Mathews and Valerie on a repeat of The Drew Barrymore Show, so check your local listings.
  • Halle Berry (Living Dolls) - Drew, Halle and Kristina Zias are celebrating aging helping a viewer over 50 achieve a glow up look on a repeat of The Drew Barrymore Show, so check your local listings.

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