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‘Glee’ Cast To Return For Season 4, Chord Overstreet In Talks To Become A Regular

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday July 2, 2012 @ 4:41pm PDTTags: Big Deals TV, Chord Overstreet, Glee, Ryan Murphy
Nellie Andreeva

Glee Cast Season 4Some of the characters may have left McKinley High and Ohio but practically none of Glee‘s regulars is leaving the show. Additionally, I’ve learned that Chord Overstreet is in talks to return next season, this time as a regular. Overstreet joined Glee in Season 2 as a recurring, left at the end of the season and then came back midway through Season 3.

At the end of last season, which saw several seniors from the New Directions glee club graduate, series co-creator Ryan Murphy extended an open invitation to all 15 regulars to return for Season 4. It appears that virtually all accepted it and are set to come back, though not everyone will be in every episode. Leading couple Lea Michele and Cory Monteith are among those likely to be in most if not all episodes. Also coming back are Matthew Morrison, Jane Lynch, Chris Colfer, Naya Rivera, Kevin McHale, Darren Criss, Amber Riley, Jenna Ushkowitz, Jayma Mays, Dianna Agron, Mark Salling, Harry Shum Jr and Heather Morris. READ MORE »

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Fox Sets Fall Premiere Dates: ‘The X Factor’, ‘Glee’, ‘Bones’, ‘Mob Doctor’ To Debut Early

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday June 18, 2012 @ 10:00am PDTTags: Bones, Fox, Glee, The X Factor
Nellie Andreeva

Fox is keeping with the trend this year of rolling out a major portion of its fall lineup outside the official premiere week. The network, which debuted most of its series during premiere week last year, will unspool three nights — Wednesday, Thursday and Monday — in the two weeks leading to premiere week, which this year starts September 24. That includes the season premieres of The X Factor, Glee and Bones and the series debut of The Mob Doctor. The second-season premiere of The X Factor falls on the same week as the third-cycle debut of NBC rival The Voice. Kiefer Sutherland’s drama Touch will be held until end of October, with Kitchen Nightmares warming up its new Friday 8 PM slot until then. Of the nights launching during premiere week, Fox is kicking off its new all-comedy Tuesday with two New Girl originals serving as lead-ins for the network’s two new comedy series, Ben & Kate and The Mindy Project.

NBC last week announced fall premiere dates staggered over two months — from mid-August until mid-October, with only one series, veteran Law & Order: SVU, opening during premiere week. And the CW said at its upfront that it will roll out its lineup in October. Here are Fox’s fall premiere dates:

Wednesday, September 12

8-10 PM  THE X FACTOR (Season Premiere, Part One)

Thursday, September 13

8-9 PM  THE X FACTOR (Season Premiere, Part Two)

9-10 PM  GLEE (Season Premiere) Read More »

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Obama Hits Up Gay Hollywood For Campaign Cash At Fundraisers

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Thursday June 7, 2012 @ 2:26pm PDTTags: Barack Obama, George Clooney, Glee, Hollywood campaign fundraising, Ryan Murphy

BREAKING… 2:26 PM 5th UPDATE Before attending his publicly scheduled Thursday fundraiser, President Obama had a private early meeting this morning at the Beverly Hilton with a number of young Hollywood stars who are supporting his re-election. The meeting, which was keep off the official White House itinerary, had no media present. However celebs like Jessica Alba, The Avengers’ Jeremy Renner, Bryan Greenberg (pictured left with Obama), Jared Leto, Glee’s Dianna Argon, Tatyana Ali, Sophia Bush and Kal Penn, who quit Hollywood for a year to work for the administration, took to social media like Twitter to give POTUS shout-outs and post photos of themselves meeting Obama.

The President’s 9 AM Thursday morning fundraiser was at the View Park home of developer Charles Quarles and his wife. Tickets for that event are $2,500. All the money the President raised during his time in LA goes to the Obama Victory Fund. After the Quarles event, Obama left LA for more events in Las Vegas and then to head back to D.C. in the evening.

There’s more glitz money in the incumbant’s near future. The President and the First Lady will be in NYC on June 14 for a fundraiser at Sarah Jessica Parker’s house co-hosted by the Sex and The City actress and Vogue editor Anna Wintour. Like the May 10 dinner at George Clooney’s house, the Parker/Wintour event will include a raffle for donors who give $3 to the campaign to win two tickets to attend. No word on how much the face value price of the tickets to Parker’s house are or how many people are expected. New York, like LA is fertile fundraising territory for the incumbent. Obama was in the Big Apple earlier this week fundraising with former President Bill Clinton and Jon Bon Jovi by his side.

4th UPDATE  9:10 PM

“I will not be singing tonight,” President Obama told the crowd tonight at Glee creator Ryan Murphy and his fiancé David Miller’s house. Obama made the joke after being introduced to the crowd of around 70 people by Murphy at the $40,000 per-couple fundraiser. Obama spoke for about 12 minutes starting at 8:15 PM and then took questions from the audience. That audience included HBO’s president of programming Michael Lombardo, Julia Roberts, CAA’s Kevin Huvane and Bryan Lourd, Glee star Jane Lynch and Reese Witherspoon. The President hit similar themes as he had at the LGBT gala earlier in the evening, talking about the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” and the record of his first term. Obama left Murphy and Miller’s house at 9 PM. The motorcade drove by supporters out on the street and headed back to the Beverly Hilton where Obama is staying tonight.

Here’s the scene from the pool report:

The scene: outdoor interior courtyard paved in brick. Obama spoke framed by a white arch. Eight tables of 8 to 10 arrayed around a central fountain. Chairs draped in white. Very pleasant weather. Neighbors with impossibly well groomed lawns seemed not tons thrilled to see all the cars and have us tramp on their grass a bit.

Witherspoon, a fellow Harvard Law graduate of the president if you count Legally Blonde, was in a place of honor at one of the closer-in tables.

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Kate Hudson And Sarah Jessica Parker To Recur On ‘Glee’ Next Season

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday May 14, 2012 @ 6:20am PDTTags: Glee, Kate Hudson, Sarah Jessica Parker
Nellie Andreeva

Sarah Jessica Parker GleeKate Hudson GleeKate Hudson will do an extensive six-episode arc on Fox’s Glee next season, Fox entertainment president Kevin Reilly announced during the network’s conference call … Read More »

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Fox’s Fall Schedule: All-Comedy Tuesday, ‘Glee’ Moves To Thursday, ‘Touch’ To Friday

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday May 14, 2012 @ 5:00am PDTTags: Fox, Glee, The Mindy Project
Nellie Andreeva

Fox Fall 2012 ScheduleAfter testing the waters for an all-comedy block on Tuesday this spring, Fox as expected is making it a permanent feature next season with Raising Hope and New Girl returning as a 8 PM and 9 PM anchor, respectively. Also as expected, Mindy Kaling’s new office comedy, which had been groomed as a companion to New Girl, will launch behind the Zooey Deschanel half-hour. (It has been renamed from It’s Messy to The Mindy Project). Sandwiched between Raising Hope and Mindy Project Fox SeasonNew Girl is new adult sibling comedy Ben And Kate. With Tuesday taken over by half-hour comedies, musical dramedy Glee, which anchored the night for the past two years, is relocating to Thursdays to air after The X Factor results show in the fall and American Idol results in midseason. This marks a reunion of sorts as Glee‘s preview and first season aired behind the Idol performance show on Tuesdays. The series that is airing after Idol‘s results show now, midseason drama Touch, will relocate to Fridays, paired with another paranormal drama, departing Fringe.

Previous: Rumored Fox Schedule: ‘Glee’ To Move To Thursdays, ‘Touch’ To Fridays?

Kevin Bacon FollowingIn addition to the two new comedies on Tuesday, Fox is introducing a new drama series in the fall, medical drama The Mob Doctor, which is taking over the Monday 9 PM slot currently occupied by Fox’s departing medical drama House. Fox’s other newly picked up drama series, Kevin Williamson’s The Following starring Kevin Bacon, will also premiere on Monday but in midseason. Per Bacon’s deal, the series will film 15 episodes a season, making a midseason launch a logical option. Also held for midseason is a second new comedy series about siblings, The Goodwin Games. After being benched for sports in the fall, veteran Cops is slated to return for its 25th season in midseason, which is when Fox’s new animated Saturday late-night block is also eying a launch.

Related: ‘American Idol’ To Undergo Creative Changes Next Season

Here is the schedule with synopses of new series:


MONDAY
8:00-9:00 PM BONES
9:00-10:00 PM  THE MOB DOCTOR THE FOLLOWING (new) joins in midseason.

TUESDAY
8:00-8:30 PM RAISING HOPE
8:30-9:00 PM  BEN AND KATE (new)
9:00-9:30 PM NEW GIRL
9:30-10:00 PM THE MINDY PROJECT (new)
THE GOODWIN GAMES (new) joins in midseason.
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Rumored Fox Schedule: ‘Glee’ To Move To Thursdays, ‘Touch’ To Fridays?

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Sunday May 13, 2012 @ 4:37pm PDTTags: Fox, Fringe, Glee, Touch
Nellie Andreeva

Fox will follow NBC in presenting its fall lineup tomorrow. But unlike the peacock network, which is overhauling its schedule with four nights of comedies, Fox is not expected to make drastic changes. The network would not comment, … Read More »

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‘Glee’s Brad Buecker To Helm Lionsgate-Summit Tuner ‘Time After Time’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Friday May 4, 2012 @ 7:46am PDTTags: Big Deals Film, Glee
Mike Fleming

Brad Buecker Time After TimeBREAKING: Lionsgate-Summit has set Brad Buecker to direct the musical Time After Time. Buecker, a protege of Ryan Murphy, is co-executive producer of Glee and American Horror Story and has helmed episodes of both … Read More »

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RATINGS RAT RACE: ‘Private Practice’ And ‘Glee’ Rise, ‘LA Complex’ Debut Disappoints

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday April 25, 2012 @ 9:53am PDTTags: Glee, Private Practice, Ratings
Nellie Andreeva

ABC’s Private Practice had a strong second week in its new Tuesday 10 PM time slot. With a lead-in and competition on par with last week, the medical drama (2.2/6 in adults 18-49, 8.4 million) shot up 29% in 18-49 from its Tuesday debut. The Grey’s Anatomy spinoff posted its most-watched telecast in more than a year and a half and its best 18-49 result in more than two months. Private Practice‘s lead-in, the Dancing With The Stars results show (2.4/6), matched its fast national from last week, down a tenth from the final. Cougar Town (1.5/4) was up a tenth following a Last Man Standing repeats vs. an original last Tuesday. Read More »

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Ratings Rat Race: ‘Private Practice’ Down In New Slot; ‘Glee’, ‘Last Man’, ‘NCIS’ Hit Lows

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday April 18, 2012 @ 9:56am PDTTags: Glee, Private Practice, Ratings, The Voice
Nellie Andreeva

Last night featured two season finales and a time-slot premiere. Fox’s Raising Hope, which has already been renewed for next fall, wrapped its second season with a 1.9/5 in adults 18-49, even with last week’s fast national (up a tenth from the final). Its lead-in, New Girl (2.7/7), … Read More »

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Fox Renews ‘Glee’, ‘New Girl’ And ‘Raising Hope’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday April 9, 2012 @ 11:01am PDTTags: Glee, New Girl, Raising Hope
Nellie Andreeva

Fox has renewed three more series for next season: freshman comedy New Girl, hourlong musical comedy Glee and family comedy Raising Hope. It will be a second season for New Girl, fourth for Glee and third for Raising Hope. “Over … Read More »

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‘Glee’ Enlists Whoopi Goldberg & Lindsay Lohan

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday March 27, 2012 @ 2:46pm PDTTags: Big Deals TV, Glee, Lindsay Lohan, Whoopi Goldberg
Nellie Andreeva

Whoopi Goldberg is joining Fox dramedy Glee for a multi-episode arc, while tabloid fixture and occasional actress Lindsay Lohan will appear in one episode. According to our sister site TVLine, which has the news, Goldberg will play Carmen Tibideaux, a … Read More »

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Ratings Rat Race: ‘Cougar Town’ Slips More, ‘River’ Bottoms Out, ‘Unforgettable’ Hits Low

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday February 22, 2012 @ 9:13am PSTTags: Cougar Town, Glee, Last Man Standing, Ratings, The River
Nellie Andreeva

In its winter finale, Fox’s Glee (2.9/8) recouped some of the 15% ratings drop last week with an 4% uptick. New Girl (3.0/8) was down a tenth, while Raising Hope (2.2/5) was up 5%. ABC’s Last Man Standing proves to … Read More »

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‘Glee’s Jane Lynch Joins Indie Film Comedy

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Friday February 10, 2012 @ 4:20pm PSTTags: A.C.O.D., Black Bear Pictures, Glee, Jane Lynch
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning Glee star Jane Lynch has boarded Black Bear Pictures’ feature film A.C.O.D. She joins Richard Jenkins and Adam Scott in the Stuart Zicherman-directed comedy which Zicherman wrote with Ben Karlin. Karlin is the co-creator of The Colbert Report and long time exec producer of The Daily Show who most recently got a Golden Globes nomination for producing 50/50. Teddy Schwarzman is producing and fully financing the project through his Black Bear Pictures’ shingle. Karlin and Tim Perell will also produce. Read More »

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Sony Reports Year-End Loss And More Bad News Ahead

By DAVID LIEBERMAN, Executive Editor | Thursday February 2, 2012 @ 3:46am PSTTags: Arthur Christmas, Glee, Howard Stringer, Kazuo Hirai, Sony Earnings

Now we know why Sony wanted to announce yesterday that Kazuo Hirai will replace Howard Stringer as CEO in April. U.S. shares are down about 5.4% in pre-market trading after the electronics and entertainment giant released a fiscal 3Q … Read More »

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RATINGS RAT RACE: ‘Glee’ Gets MJ Bump

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday February 1, 2012 @ 9:33am PSTTags: Celebrity Wife Swap, Glee, Ratings, Ringer, The Biggest Loser
Nellie Andreeva

Fox topped a quiet pre-February sweep night where it was the only network, along with the CW, to air an all-original lineup. The heavily promoted Michael Jackson-themed episode of Glee (3.6/10) was up 16% from the dramedy’s last original two … Read More »

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RATINGS RAT RACE: ‘Remodeled’ Tanks In Debut, Fox Comedies Steady, ‘Last Man’ Up

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday January 18, 2012 @ 9:56am PSTTags: Glee, Last Man Standing, New Girl, Remodeled
Nellie Andreeva

The CW hasn’t been able to successfully launch a reality series in its six-year history. (Long-running hit America’s Next Top Model originated on UPN.) That is not going to change after the premiere of the network’s latest unscripted effort, fashion docu series Remodeled, which opened last night with miniscule 707,000 viewers and 0.3/1 among adults 18-49 to rank as the CW’s lowest-rated series premiere ever. That was well below the CW’s two most recent reality series, the short-lived H8R, which opened with 1.3 million viewers and a 0.6 18-49 rating in September, and Shedding For The Wedding (1.2 million, 0.5). In Remodeled‘s defense, the other two series had America’s Next Top Model as lead-in, while it followed a new 90210, which returned from a five-week hiatus with 1.3 million viewers and a 0.6/2 in 18-49, down 25% in the demo from its last original. Still, the CW put a lot of muscle behind the reality series starring modeling industry veteran Paul Fisher, scheduling multiple runs of its first two episodes. In fact, the network delayed the return of freshman drama Ringer by three weeks to launch Remodeled in its Tuesday 9 PM slot. After a similar pre-emption of New Girl by Fox to accommodate new reality series The X Factor, the freshman comedy never regained the ratings strength it once had. We will see what the impact will be on Ringer. Read More »

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Fox’s ‘Glee’ Casts Rachel’s Gay Dads

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday January 17, 2012 @ 11:27pm PSTTags: Glee, Jeff Goldblum
Nellie Andreeva

Jeff Goldblum GleeFox’s Glee has cast the roles of Rachel Berry’s (Lea Michele) adoptive parents. Jeff Goldblum and Brian Stokes Mitchell have been tapped to play the gay couple, Hiram and LeRoy Berry, our sister site TVLine.com reports. The … Read More »

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Kevin Reilly On The Future Of ‘House’, ‘Terra Nova’ And ‘Fringe’; No ‘Glee’ Spinoff: TCA

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Sunday January 8, 2012 @ 12:22pm PSTTags: Allen Gregory, Fringe, Glee, House, Terra Nova
Nellie Andreeva

Fox Launches Animation Unit To Supply Saturday Late-Night Block & Digital Network

With so many Fox series in limbo for next season, the network’s entertainment president Kevin Reilly spent the entire TCA executive session fielding questions about the future … Read More »

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‘Glee’ & ‘Sons Of Anarchy’ Headed To Amazon Prime As Part Of Fox Pact

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Friday December 9, 2011 @ 10:20am PSTTags: Amazon Prime, Glee, Sons of Anarchy

SEATTLE– (NASDAQ: AMZN) Amazon.com, Inc. today announced an extended licensing agreement with Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution that will bring the popular FOX and FX television shows, Glee and Sons of Anarchy, to Amazon’s Prime Instant Video service. Prime

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