There's nothing funny about this: 'Saturday Night Live' has cut cast members Michaela Watkins and Casey Wilson, just days after NBC confirmed that comedians Jenny Slate and Nasim Pedrad would join the show for its 2009-10 run. Watkins joined 'SNL' last fall as a featured cast member, while Wilson came aboard in 2008 after the writers' strike. [The Hollywood Reporter]
Rami Malek, Julian Morris and Hrach Titizian has scored multi-episode stints on the upcoming eighth season of '24.' Malek will play would-be suicide bomber Marcos, an Arab American with radical Muslim ties. Morris will tackle the role of a CTU SWAT agent, and Titizian will portray Nabeel, the second-in-command of security for President Hassan (Anil Kapoor). [The Hollywood Reporter]
The Writers Guild of America West owes Jay Leno an apology. The WGA West trial committee has determined that the 'Tonight Show' host did not violate the guild's strike rules by writing monologue jokes for his late-night show during the labor dispute. The committee has recommended that the guild aplogize publicly to Leno for the disservice" and "harm" done to his reputation by the proceedings. [Variety]
Break out the hankies ... the Hallmark Channel has wrapped production on two new TV movies. 'Elevator Girl' stars Ryan Merriman ('Smallville') and Lacey Chabert ('Party of Five') as two strangers -- a cocky lawyer and a free-spirited artist, respectively -- who find unexpected romance when they're stuck together on an elevator. And 'The Three Gifts' stars Dean Cain ('Lois & Clark') and Jean Louisa Kelly as a couple who take in three orphan boys during Christmas. Let the heart-melting begin. [The Hollywood Reporter]
Good fortune is shining on 'It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia' writers Sonny Lee and Patrick Walsh. The scribes have sold a half-hour family/workplace sitcom pitch to ABC. Entitled 'Family Business,' the comedy centers on a dysfunctional Midwestern family that labors to keep its grocery business viable after a messy divorce. [Variety]ALSO IN TV NEWS ...
Natalie Morales, who stars in the upcoming movie 'The Bounty' (and is not the host of 'The Today Show'), has joined the cast of USA's upcoming drama 'White Collar' as a junior FBI agent tasked with catching master thieves. In other USA Network news, Eric Lively, Kari Matchett and Eion Bailey have booked roles on 'Covert Affairs,' a CIA drama starring Piper Perabo. [The Hollywood Reporter]
Reader Comments (42)
Oprah at 8:53PM on Sep 8th 2009
They are actually goin to have horse face Tina Fey play the part of everybody and save some cash now that their socialist has the country in a depression.....
Sheila at 9:13PM on Sep 8th 2009
What a crock you are! I'm a Obamamite and you are a bigget. Where does all that hatred come from?
jk at 1:30AM on Sep 9th 2009
better to be a horse face than what you are...a horses ass
ann at 11:07PM on Sep 8th 2009
COWARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
paraldahyde at 11:44PM on Sep 8th 2009
Mr. Obama is a president for the intelligent public. He's a brilliant man. I've yet to discover an Obama detractor that has even an ounce of knowledge about issues with which he is faced, yet they brainlessly rail against him.... So many Americans seem to be as dumb as dirt.
iamgod at 12:53AM on Sep 9th 2009
Right. It's Obama's fault we're in a depression. He's been president for 8 months- but I guess the 8 years of Bush in office had nothing to do with it. Suddenly in January 2009, the sh*t hit the fan. Do you even know what socialism means? You're thoroughly stupid.
Scout at 3:53AM on Sep 9th 2009
You mean people still watch this show, who knew. Its nice to see all the name calling coming from the blame everyone else but Obama crew. Personally I don't get why its wrong to ask questions and look for the truth on your own. I mean really why would "intelligent" people take things as true with out doing some research of their own? Yeah, I know, I am a racist for not agreeing with the some of the policies coming from the prez. Call me what you like and your welcome for my fighting for the rights we all share. Why can't people on both sides act like grown ups and stop with the name calling?
Christy at 7:48AM on Sep 9th 2009
Tell Shiela that it's actually "Obamite", and as I am an Obama-ite, the word that she is looking for is bigot. However, while she got the spelling (embarrassingly) wrong, she did actually use the word correctly, as a bigot is a person who is completely intolerant of other creed, belief, or opinion.
a man at 11:06PM on Sep 9th 2009
I just wish that all of you kids would grow up, learn how to spell, get your butts off of computers, and start treating EVERYBODY with what you think that you somehow deserve----respect. First off, can't you even spell "going" correctly? And, if you are going to call someone a bigot, spell the word the right way. At least Christy has the intelligence to not use "text spelling" when on a computer. Look, if you have gotten past the ninth grade in school, then you should be able to spell these words WITHOUT a spell-checker. Geez, I feel sorry for the future of our country if you kids are what will be leading it.
JB at 9:16PM on Sep 8th 2009
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