TBS's 'Wedding Band' Rocks Saturday Night Television

December 8th, 2012 9:00am EST
Wedding Band
Now there's a great reason to stay home on Saturday nights. TBS's Wedding Band is the best new comedy of the TV season: a show that delivers great laughs, fantastic music and even a few genuinely touching moments.

The premise sounds like standard sitcom fare: it tracks the exploits of the titular band, called Mother of the Bride and made up of lead singer and ladies' man Tommy (Brian Austin Green), guitarist and family man Eddie (Peter Cambor), the drummer who doesn't know they're not rock stars Eddie (Derek Miller), and bassist and session musician Stevie (Harold Perrineau). Often invol...
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Wife, Mother, Badass: Kathryn Fiore Takes Us Inside TBS's 'Wedding Band'

November 10th, 2012 9:30am EST
Kathryn Fiore
Imagine that you're an actress and a character description comes across your desk: loving wife, devoted mother...and crime scene investigator. You also get to work with a cast that includes Brian Austin Green, Harold Perrineau and Peter Cambor. It's not hard to see why Kathryn Fiore calls TBS' new comedy series ​Wedding Band​ "my favorite job I've ever had."

The ​MadTV​ veteran plays Ingrid, the loving wife of band member Eddie (​Cambor, who was a regular in the first season of ​NCIS: Los Angeles​) and mother of his two kids. However, her role is far from the typical 'spouse of a ma...
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Conan O'Brien Gets Cornrows And A Spray Tan (Video)

October 26th, 2012 5:32pm EDT
Conan O'Brien
Conan O'Brien did his best Jersey Shore impression Thursday night when he showed up to host his hit TBS show wearing cornrows and a fake tan.

"My audition for 'Jersey Shore' went really well, I aced that thing," he joked.

The star, who promised fans he'd have the crazy makeover done if they raised enough money during Sunday night's "Night Of Too Many Stars: America Comes Together for Autism Programs" telethon on Comedy Central. Conan made good on his promise, really having his famous ginger coif put into cornrows.

"I wish we had time to get a slow-mo shot of you coming out of the ocean,"...
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Steve Byrne Aims For An Honest Sitcom With 'Sullivan & Son'

July 19th, 2012 10:30am EDT
Steve Byrne
"I think if you're going to sit around and look at graphs and charts, then you're just kind of making a show that isn't genuine," says comedian Steve Byrne. "I think I've learned that from my stand-up. I've always tried to be an inclusive person. It's just speaking from an honest place instead of trying to please everyone."

After fourteen years as a stand-up comedian, Byrne is now looking to bring that same honesty to the situation comedy with Sullivan & Son, the new TBS sitcom that he co-created and stars in, which premieres tonight at 10 PM ET/PT. The show focuses on his eponymous charac...
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Jesse Metcalfe Was Hesitant About Taking On 'Dallas' Remake Role

May 11th, 2012 3:43pm EDT
Jesse Metcalfe
Actor Jesse Metcalfe was initially cautious to sign up for a starring role on the new Dallas revamp because he felt the TV industry was already flooded with too many series remakes.

The former Desperate Housewives star had just filmed another new TV show in Texas when he was approached to join the original cast members of the 1980s night time soap opera, Larry Hagman, Patrick Duffy and Linda Gray, for an updated version of the drama.

However, Metcalfe was "critical of the idea" and wasn't convinced a modern-day Dallas would be a hit - until he gave the script a proper read through.

He...
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'Vampire Diaries' Star Nina Dobrev Shows Off Her Sexy Yoga Moves For Conan

May 10th, 2012 8:38pm EDT
Nina Dobrev and Conan O'Brien
Conan O'Brien made it no secret how he feels about Vampire Diaries star Nina Dobrev on Wednesday night's Conan show.

"You're - obviously - so beautiful and you're in great shape," he says while explaining how he ran into her backstage before the show and she explained to him that she does a lot of yoga.

Conan then begged her to do a move for him, and after the gorgeous 22-year-old agreed he quickly climbed right over the top of his desk to help her do a move called "the scorpion."

Nina then stood on her head and put her feet right in Conan's crotch; after which the host ran around the s...
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'Cougar Town' Finds A New Home On TBS

May 10th, 2012 6:41pm EDT
Cougar Town
Actors Courteney Cox, Busy Philipps and Josh Hopkins are celebrating after finding a new network to call home for their comedy Cougar Town.

The TV sitcom's future has been in jeopardy over the last few months, with Cox and Phillips famously launching independent promotional campaigns in a bid to boost ratings amid fears the show, which premiered in 2009, was facing cancellation.

The Friends star also took a stand against ABC network bosses and accused them of failing to properly market the series, but on Thursday, it was announced that executives had landed a deal with rival channel TBS t...
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Conan O'Brien Signs Two Year TBS Deal

February 23rd, 2012 12:20pm EST
Conan O'Brien
Oh, happy day. Conan O'Brien has signed a new deal that keeps his late-night show, Conan, on TBS until the year 2014.

We have recent ratings trends to thank for the extension of Conan O'Brien's late-night talk show, Conan.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, TBS announced Conan O'Brien will stick around until 2014, reasoning, "Conan has been a hit with TBS's core audience of young adults."

It's not the overall ratings that were examined while making the decision, it was the recent ratings that played a factor.

The network said, "The success of Conan also extends well beyond the show's...
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Conan O'Brien Gives Amanda Seyfried His Stuffed, Jetpack Wearing Raccoon (Video)

February 22nd, 2012 11:08pm EST
Amanda Seyfried
One of actress Amanda Seyfried's biggest passions is collecting dead animals.

The star, who was recently cast in an upcoming remake of Les Miserables, stopped by the Conan show Tuesday night to promote her new film, Gone, and she explained to host Conan O'Brien that she has an affinity for collecting taxidermy.

"I have a three-week-old miniature horse and I have a chick, who I just got," she said. "Her name's Linda. She's not alive, but her name would have been Linda. And then I have an owl, named Beatrix and I have a few butterflies - that's about it for now. I'm just getting started."

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TV Goodbye: Shows That Ended & Shows That Were Cancelled In 2011

December 31st, 2011 12:00pm EST
Canceled and Ended Shows in 2011
Ask the typical American to name 20 currently airing primetime television shows and they probably can't without doing some serious thinking. They'd probably even ramble off a few that were cancelled during the year or the year before without even realizing it.

In 2011 a myriad of television shows come to an end with over 80 leaving the airwaves, most of which you probably never even heard of (some were so small we didn't even include them in this year-end roundup).

Some had tearful goodbyes after long runs (Oprah, Big Love, Rescue Me), and others were canceled so fast we hardly even knew ...
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