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The Final 8 Episodes of 'Don't Trust the B' Will Debut Online Next Month

by | April 18th, 2013

ABC canceled its critically-acclaimed comedy Don't Trust the B—- in Apartment 23 in January with eight new episodes left unaired, and now, it looks like you'll finally be able to see those episodes. Star Krysten Ritter revealed yesterday the the final eight episodes are set to debut on Hulu, iTunes, and ABC.com on May 17th. As you may recall, the series was canceled earlier this year after its ratings dropped following ABC moving it to a highly-competitive Tuesday night timeslot and premiering the season in late October for some reason. One thing ABC is doing right, however, is releasing the unseen episodes online next month. If [...]

pilot season

David Alan Grier, Krysten Ritter, Annie Mumolo All Land Pilots

by | February 20th, 2013

Network TV's pilot season continues, and here are the latest actresses and actors who have been

  • David Alan Grier and Ari Graynor (The Guilt Trip, For a Good Time, Call…) have been cast in CBS's TV adaptation of the 2011 movie Bad Teacher. Graynor will be taking over Cameron Diaz's role as an attractive but morally-bankrupt  middle school teacher. Grier is playing her clueless principal, a role originated by John Michael Higgins. Community writer Hilary Winston is scripting the pilot, and original Bad Teacher screenwriters Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky are producing.
  • Bridesmaids co-writer Annie Mumolo booked the lead role in an ABC pilot called Middle [...]
Am I Right Ladies?

Ladies Be Actin': The NYTimes Profiles The New Female Faces Of Network TV

by | September 15th, 2011

The New York Times' David Itzkoff writes an interesting if somewhat meandering profile of several women starring in brand-new shows this fall, including Zooey Deschanel, Whitney Cummings, Kat Dennings, Krysten Ritter, and Amber Heard. Each performer has a differing opinion about why there seems to be more TV-untested actresses heading up prominent new shows this year, though superior writing, a noticeable decrease in fulfilling feature film roles and the ever-shifting culture zeitgeist are offered as explanations. The Playboy Club's Laura Benanti really takes A to C when trying to explain it how the premise of her show (being a Playboy Bunny) is, in actuality, the reason we'll have [...]

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