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ABC Pulls Fred Willard-Hosted Improv Show ‘Trust Us With Your Life’ Off The Schedule

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday July 30, 2012 @ 4:48pm PDTTags: ABC, Fred Willard, Trust Us With Your Life
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Fred Willard Trust Us With Your LifeABC has pulled new improv comedy series Trust Us With Your Life after two weeks on the air. The series was hosted by Fred Willard, and the move comes two weeks after his arrest for lewd contact. Insiders insist that the two incidents are not related. Indeed, unlike PBS, which fired Willard as the as the voice of Market Warriors right after the alleged incident, ABC kept Trust Us on the air last week as scheduled. Willard himself tweeted about that, “I was not fired from “TUWYL,” so B sure 2 watch,” he wrote last Tuesday. But the controversy didn’t translate to a ratings bump, with Trust Me tumbling 33% from its anemic premiere to a 0.6/2 in adults 18-49 and less than 2 million viewers to become ABC’s lowest-rated telecast of the summer. The network will replace the remaining episodes of Trust Me with Wipeout repeats.

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TCA: Fred Willard Would Have Been “A Distraction”, PBS CEO Says

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Saturday July 21, 2012 @ 1:47pm PDTTags: Fred Willard, Paula Kerger, TCA, Television Critics Association

Diane Haithman contributes to Deadline’s TV coverage.

PBS president and CEO Paula Kerger fielded questions about Fred Willard during today’s TCA presentation. Willard was dropped from the PBS show Market Warriors after his Wednesday arrest … Read More »

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Fred Willard Loses PBS Job After Arrest

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Thursday July 19, 2012 @ 4:43pm PDTTags: Fred Willard

Veteran actor-comedian Fred Willard has lost his job as narrator of PBS’ new Antiques Roadshow competition spinoff Market Warriors. This follows his arrest Wednesday night on charges of lewd conduct at an adult theater in Hollywood. Boston station WGBH, which produces the show, said “Given the unfortunate news reported today, effective … Read More »

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