Jessica Walter News

Earlier today I had the extreme privilege of speaking to one of the biggest Broadway stars of the new millennium all about her new ABC Family original series BUNHEADS - two-time Tony Award-winning triple-threat dynamo Sutton Foster. Candidly recalling her professional beginnings, auditioning for the national tour of THE WILL ROGERS FOLLIES at only 17 for director/choreographer Jeff Calhoun - our recent 2012 Tony Awards special chat available here - and starring in GREASE on Broadway under his direction shortly thereafter, Foster also shares her post-Tony Awards night memories from ten years ago today, when she first won a trophy for her star-making turn in THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE. Clearly, Foster has remained busy since her Tony-winning Reno Sweeney in the hit revival of ANYTHING GOES last season, as well, with the fantastic new Amy Sherman-Palladino-penned BUNHEADS proving to be the ideal opportunity for her to bring her considerable stage chops to the small screen and show off her serious skills as a comedienne, dancer, singer and actress to a whole new audience in a major way. Of course, Broadway babies have known for over a decade that Sutton Foster is the rare star that comes along once a generation and BUNHEADS now gives her the national stage so that she may give the world everything she's got to give - and that's a whole lot. In addition to an analysis of the central character on BUNHEADS, Michelle, and a look ahead to what we can expect in the ensuing season that kicks off tonight at 9 PM on ABC Family with the enchanting and hilarious pilot episode, Sutton and I also shine a light on the many musical theatre associations in the BUNHEADS universe, current and future - such as the razzle dazzle Las Vegas opening number of the pilot, penned by songwriters Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, which was originally performed on Broadway in CATCH ME IF YOU CAN; BUNHEADS series regular and A CHORUS LINE original cast standout Kelly Bishop as Michelle's domineering ballet instructor mother-in-law; Michelle's determination to land a lead role in CHICAGO someday; and, we even discuss some possibilities for musical numbers and song sequences on BUNHEADS in the future ("At The Ballet", perhaps?). Plus, Sutton shares her thoughts on SMASH, expresses her interest in exploring a revival of THE UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN onstage soon and much, much more!

The annual 'TV Land Presents: AFI Life Achievement Award,' will be presented to Academy Award(R)-winner Shirley MacLaine by fellow Academy Award(R)-winner Meryl Streep, her co-star in 'Postcards From The Edge.'

For the first time since the launch of the network 16 years ago, TV Land is unveiling a new and re-imagined logo plus re-designed on-air packaging and graphics, it was announced today by Larry W. Jones, president, TV Land.

Arrested Development creator Mitch Hurwitz speaks at the 2012 NAB Show about the popular series' new, 10-episode release on Netflix in 2013-namely why he chose to partner with Netflix and not attempt other routes, such as bringing the show back to television. David Cross and more of the cast, including Will Arnett, Jeffrey Tambor and Jessica Walter, attended and answered audience questions.

FX has ordered season four of its Emmy(R) and Annie Award nominated animated series ARCHER, and FX Productions closed an overall production deal with the series' Executive Producers.

Burt Reynolds will lend his voice on the season premiere of FX's animated spy series ARCHER on Tuesday, January 17th at 10:00 pm/ET. The actor will play himself as a love interest for Malory, voiced by Jessica Walter.

As first reported on The Huffington Post, 'Breaking Bad' star Bryan Cranston is set to guest star on the two-part season finale of the FX animated series ARCHER.

Sterling Archer, the world's most dangerous spy, and his snarky ISIS cohorts are back for another outrageously raunchy season when ARCHER The Complete Second Season comes to Blu-ray and DVD on December 27th from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment.

Sterling Archer, the world's most dangerous spy, and his snarky ISIS cohorts are back for another outrageously raunchy season when ARCHER The Complete Second Season comes to Blu-ray and DVD on December 27th from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment.

The International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood has just announced the nominations and award recipients for the 38th Annual Annie Awards. Award recipients will claim their trophies at the 39th Annual Annie Awards scheduled for Saturday, February 4, 2012 at UCLA's Royce Hall in Los Angeles, California. The full list of nominees is as follows:

In a landmark deal, all new episodes of the Emmy Award-winning comedy series 'Arrested Development' will be coming exclusively to Netflix for its U.S. members to watch instantly, beginning in 2013.

TV Land announced that Tony(R) award-winning actress Marissa Jaret Winokur (Broadway's 'Hairspray') is joining the cast of the network's original comedy series, 'Retired at 35' when the series begins production today, Thursday, November 3. The sitcom will return to the air with 10 new episodes starting Spring 2012.

According the the Huffington Post, it was announced at Sunday's The New Yorker Festival that the cult classic television comedy ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT will be returning for nine to ten new episodes. In addition, a movie based on the hit TV show is also in development.

According to Deadline.com, Broadway veteran Marissa Jaret Winokur will co-star on TV Land's new series, 'Retired At 35.' The show 'centers on successful New Yorker David (Johnathan McClain) who moves in with his father (George Segal) and mother (Jessica Walter) in a Florida retirement community.' Winokur star as David's 'sharp-tongued, quick-witted' sister.

Ghostlight Records' new Broadway cast recording of Roundabout Theatre Company's Tony-Award winning production Anything Goes will debut at #1 on BILLBOARD's Cast Album Chart!

Ghostlight Records' new Broadway cast recording of Roundabout Theatre Company's Tony-Award winning production Anything Goes was released on September 20th and will be followed today by a Barnes & Noble In-Store performance and CD signing, featuring Sutton Foster, Joel Grey, Colin Donnell, Adam Godley and Laura Osnes, as well as an introduction by Kathleen Marshall. The celebrated album features the stellar cast of this year's best musical revival, and is available here.

Ghostlight Records' new Broadway cast recording of Roundabout Theatre Company's Tony-Award winning production Anything Goes will be released today, September 20th and will be followed on September 27th by a Barnes & Noble In-Store performance and CD signing, featuring Sutton Foster, Joel Grey, Colin Donnell, Adam Godley and Laura Osnes, as well as an introduction by Kathleen Marshall. The celebrated album features the stellar cast of this year's best musical revival, and is available here.

Ghostlight Records will release the digital cast recording of Roundabout Theatre Company's Tony-Award winning production Anything Goes on August 23rd and the physical recording on September 20th.

Ghostlight Records is thrilled to confirm release dates for the new Broadway cast recording of Roundabout Theatre Company's Tony-Award winning production Anything Goes. The album is set for August 23rd digital and September 20th physical release, and features the stellar cast of this year's best musical revival. Anchored by Tony Award Winning Best Actress Sutton Foster's commanding performance, Anything Goes was also the winner of this year's Drama Desk and Outer Circle Awards for Outstanding Revival of a Musical. Learn more about Ghostlight's CD release and pre-order, here: http://sh-k-boom.com/anythinggoes.shtml

ANYHING GOES' Colin Donnell recently performed 'I Get a Kick Out of You' on CBS' 'The Early Show' on channel 2 in New York. Click below to check it out!