TV Land announced today that television comedy legends Carol Burnett and Tim Conway will guest star on 'Hot in Cleveland' in an episode currently scheduled to air in August. Burnett will play Victoria's (Wendie Malick) mother Penny, a local TV legend and puppeteer on a children's program. Conway will make his return to the series as Nick, Elka's (Betty White) ex-boyfriend, but this time around, Nick has his heart set on Penny. Burnett and Conway are the latest in a long line of extraordinary guest stars who have appeared on the sitcom, including Regis Philbin, Mary Tyler Moore, Heather Locklear and many more.
Kirstie Alley officially has a new Broadway-themed sitcom on TV Land! The series will feature Alley's former 'Cheers' co-star Rhea Perlman and Seinfeld alum Michael Richards. The actress announced the exciting news in a YouTube video filmed in New York's Times Square. Check it out below!
CBS Television Distribution has sold HOT IN CLEVELAND to TV stations in 92% of the United States for a September 2014 launch, it was announced today by Joe DiSalvo, President of Sales, CTD.
'Best in Show' star Fred Willard guests on the TV Land comedy HOT IN CLEVELAND. In the episode, titled A Box Full of Puppies, the ladies are at the vet's office when Joy is confronted with her greatest weakness; hot men with pets. Get a sneak peek below!
TV Land has ordered a second season of 'The Soul Man' starring Cedric 'The Entertainer' and Niecy Nash and picked up a third season of 'The Exes,' it was announced today by Larry W. Jones, president of TV Land. 'The Soul Man,' which debuted in June of this year, was the channel's second highest rated original series premiere following only the series launch of 'Hot in Cleveland' in June 2010.
Betty White has once again been honored with a Screen Actors Guild Award(R) nomination for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series for her role as Elka Ostrovsky on TV Land's HOT IN CLEVELAND for the upcoming 19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards(R)
Deadline reports that Michael Richards is set to co-star in TV Lands upcoming pilot GIANT BABY. The Seinfeld star joins previously announced cast members Kirstie Alley and Rhea Perlman. Dancing With the Stars alum Gilles Marini will also guest star in the project.
TV Land's hit sitcom 'Hot in Cleveland' will premiere its summer season with a super-sized LIVE episode, it was announced today by Larry W. Jones, president of TV Land. The episode, airing Wednesday, June 19, 2013, will be live on the East Coast at 10pm ET, with the West Coast getting the live-to-tape version three hours later at 10pm PT. 'Hot in Cleveland,' which is already filmed in front of a live audience, stars television favorites Valerie Bertinelli ('One Day at a Time,'), Jane Leeves ('Frasier'), Wendie Malick ('Just Shoot Me!') and Betty White ('The Golden Girls'). The sitcom is currently shooting its fourth season and returns with new episodes on Wednesday, November 28th at 10pm ET/PT.
According to Deadline.com, PETER AND THE STARCATCHER's Eric Petersen is set to join Kirstie Alley in TV Land's 'Giant Baby.' Petersen will play Alley's l'ong-lost son.'
Deadline reports that TV Land will soon play host to a 'Cheers' reunion. Kirstie Alley and Rhea Perlman, co-stars of the long-running NBC comedy will be joining forces on a new Broadway-themed comedy pilot titled GIANT BABY for the cable network.
Rhea Perlman will reunite with longtime friend and former 'Cheers' co-star Kirstie Alley in the pilot 'Giant Baby,' it was announced today by Keith Cox, executive vice president, development and original programming, TV Land. Perlman will play Thelma, Maddie's (Alley) long-suffering assistant and best friend, who encourages her boss to form a relationship with the son she gave up for adoption, Arlo (previously known as 'Owen'). The network originally announced the Alley-headlined project as a presentation last month.
TV Land has ordered a cast-contingent presentation of the script 'Giant Baby' by Marco Pennette ('Ugly Betty,' 'Samantha Who'), it was announced today by Larry W. Jones, president of TV Land. The comedy will star Kirstie Alley in the lead role of Madison 'Maddie' Banks, a Broadway star who finds her life turned upside down when Owen, the son she gave up for adoption 26 years ago, turns up looking to connect after his adopted mother has died. However, Maddie doesn't exactly see nerdy and schlubby Owen fitting in with her luxurious lifestyle. When her attempt to change Owen backfires, Maddie finds that perhaps they both could use a little change in their lives.
Some of the biggest names in pop culture history are joining fellow TV icon Fran Drescher ('The Nanny') on new episodes of TV Land's hit sitcom, HAPPILY DIVORCED, it was announced today by Keith Cox, executive vice president, development and original programming, TV Land.
Elliott Gould ('Friends') and Missi Pyle ('The Artist') have joined previously reported stars Ben Falcone, Jay Mohr, Josh Cooke, Ellen Woglom, Geoff Pierson and Kelen Coleman in TV Land's two new pilots.
The 'Cleveland' ladies are back and hotter than ever! Valerie Bertinelli, Jane Leeves, Wendie Malick and Betty White return for the fourth season of TV Land's hit sitcom HOT IN CLEVELAND, taping in front of a live studio audience on Friday, August 31, and premiering Wednesday, November 28 at 10pm ET/PT.
CBS Television Distribution has sold the hit TV Land sitcom HOT IN CLEVELAND to TV stations in more than 65% of the United States, it was announced today by Joe DiSalvo, President of Sales, CTD.
TV Land announced today that Robin Givens ('House of Payne'), John Ross Bowie ('The Big Bang Theory'), Melissa Peterman ('Reba') and Daneel Ackles ('One Tree Hill') will guest star on the upcoming second season of the network's hit sitcom, 'Retired at 35,' premiering June 26 at 10pm ET/PT. Robin Givens will play a marriage counselor to Alan (George Segal) and Elaine Robbins (Jessica Walter), Bowie and Ackles will play the respective love interests for Amy (Marissa Jaret Winokur) and David (Johnathan McClain), and Melissa Peterman will play a pleasantly kooky wedding planner. George Wyner will also return this season as Richard, Alan's best friend and often go-to man for advice on the ladies.
Marking another milestone in TV Land's history, the network's newest original sitcom, THE SOUL MAN was the channel's second highest rated series premiere among its target audience of Adults 25-54 and Women 25-54.
Tamar and Trina Braxton ('Braxton Family Values'), Anthony Anderson ('Law & Order'), Sherri Shepherd ('The View'), Robert Forster ('Jackie Brown') and Kim Coles ('Living Single') will guest star on the first season of TV Land's new series 'The Soul Man,' starring Cedric 'The Entertainer' and Niecy Nash, premiering tonight, June 20 at 10pm ET/PT on TV Land.
TV Land is giving one of the original 'Kings of Comedy' his own sitcom. Comedians Cedric 'The Entertainer' and Niecy Nash star in the network's newest original series, 'The Soul Man' (formerly known as 'Have Faith'), which will air a total of 12 episodes. 'The Soul Man' premieres tonight, June 20 at 10pm ET/PT, immediately followed by the season two premiere of TV Land's hit sitcom, 'The Exes,' which stars Donald Faison ('Scrubs'), Wayne Knight ('Seinfeld'), David Alan Basche ('The Starter Wife'), Kelly Stables ('Two and a Half Men') and Kristen Johnston ('3rd Rock From The Sun').
