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Actors Use Angus T. Jones Parodies To Promote Own Shows: Video

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday November 29, 2012 @ 9:51am PSTTags: Angus T. Jones, Matthew Perry, Rainn Wilson, Two and a Half Men
Nellie Andreeva

It’s not surprising when a video goes viral for parodies to start cropping up. That is the case with Two And A Half Men co-star Angus T. Jones, whose “‘stop watching’ Men because it’s ‘filth’” testimonial spurred a string of video skits. But entrepreneurial actors who have comedy series on the air are using Jones parodies to plug their shows, as is the case with these mildly amusing videos of Matthew Perry of Go On and Rainn Wilson of The Office. Of course, neither of the shows hail from CBS or Warner Bros. TV, the network and studio behind Men.

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Matthew Perry Returning To ‘The Good Wife’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday November 9, 2012 @ 4:24pm PSTTags: CBS, Matthew Perry, The Good Wife
Nellie Andreeva

Matthew Perry Good Wife ReturnEXCLUSIVE: Good news for The Good Wife fans, bad news for the Florricks. Go On star Matthew Perry will reprise his guest role on the praised CBS legal drama in an episode to air in early 2013. Perry will return as Mike Kresteva, a slick Chicago attorney who clashed with Alicia Florrick (Julianna Margulies) during a blue-ribbon panel investigation into a police shooting. Kresteva later announced that he would run against Alicia’s husband, Peter (Chris Noth), for the governorship and has taken out a series of attack ads against him. Read More »

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Matthew Perry Gives Series TV Another Go With ‘Go On’: TCA

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Tuesday July 24, 2012 @ 7:00pm PDTTags: Go On, Matthew Perry, NBC, TCA

Ray Richmond contributes to Deadline’s TV coverage.

Matthew Perry’s last shot at sitcom stardom, ABC’s Mr. Sunshine in 2011, didn’t work out so well, lasting less than aMatthew Perry Go On season. Undaunted, he’s back again — and at the scene of his greatest success, NBC — for Go On, produced by Friends writer-producer Scott Silveri and starring Perry as a sports talk radio host and recent widower who reluctantly joins a grief counseling support group. “I gravitate toward broken characters who try to be better people”, Perry said this afternoon at TCA. He added that Mr. Sunshine, too, was about such a character but believes, “This is a much better setup”. He added of his Mr. Sunshine character, “That guy was sort of in a bad mood and no one really knew why”. When it was pointed that a lot of people in the room liked Mr. Sunshine, Perry was befuddled. “This is the room”? he quipped. I wish I’d just stayed in this room all year”. He even tried today to stress, clearly in jest, that this new role is the best he’s ever had. “It’s either this or The Whole Ten Yards”, he concluded. But Perry later reflected on what made Friends such a blockbuster success. “Friends was just great chemistry, great writing, great lighting, great acting — and a little bit of magic thrown in”. Read More »

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NBC Picks Up Matthew Perry Comedy Pilot ‘Go On’ To Series

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday April 20, 2012 @ 11:24am PDTTags: Go On, Matthew Perry, NBC
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Matthew Perry Go OnAnd we have the first pilot from this year’s crop to make it to the schedule for next season: I’ve learned that NBC has picked up comedy pilot Go On to series with a 13-episode order. The project brings back to NBC’s primetime former Friends star Matthew Perry and co-showrunner Scott Silveri. (Will they return to the Thursday 8 PM slot?) Perry stars in and co-executive produces Go On, a single-camera project written by Silveri and directed by Todd Holland. Produced by Universal TV, it centers on an irreverent yet charming sportscaster (Perry) who, trying to move on from a loss, finds surprising solace from the members of his mandatory support group. The series hails from Holland and Karey Burke’s production company Dark Toy, which just re-upped its overall deal at Universal TV. Silveri, Holland and Burke executive produce. The cast of the pilot also includes Laura Benanti, Julie White, Suzy Nakamura, Allison Miller and Khary Payton. The early pickup for Go On will allow the show to start staffing right away and get its pick of available writers. The move may also put pressure on the other networks to start picking up pilots they believe in so they can start locking in writers too. Read More »

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Matthew Perry To Star In Scott Silveri’s NBC Comedy Pilot ‘Go On’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday March 1, 2012 @ 12:15pm PSTTags: Go On, Matthew Perry, NBC, Scott Silveri
Nellie Andreeva

Friends alum Matthew Perry is returning to NBC and reuniting with former Friends co-showrunner Scott Silveri. Perry is set to star in and co-executive produce Go On, a single-camera NBC comedy pilot written by Silveri and directed by Todd Holland. Produced by Universal TV, Go On centers on an irreverent yet charming sportscaster (Perry) who, trying to move on from a loss, finds surprising solace from the members of his mandatory support group. “Scott has written a very funny, touching pilot,” said Perry, who was approached for several pilots this season both on the comedy and drama side. “I’m very excited to be working with him again. I asked him to turn this into an ice show. He said no. We have picked up right where we left off.”

Silveri wrote the script for Perry without actually intending to. “When I started writing the character, no matter who I was thinking of at 9 AM, by 10 AM I was writing with Matthew’s voice,” Silveri said. Despite doing it subconsciously, writing for Perry felt natural. “Writing for him (on Friends) was one of the great creative experiences of my life,” he said. Needless to say, when NBC picked up Go On to pilot, Silveri’s first choice for the lead was Perry. “Thank god he was open to it,” Silveri said, adding, “Matthew is a mightily talented actor and one of our great comedic voices. He and I worked together for eight wonderful years on Friends. I’m thrilled for this opportunity for him to learn my name.” Read More »

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Matthew Perry Lands Recurring Role On ‘The Good Wife’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Friday February 17, 2012 @ 11:07am PSTTags: CBS, Matthew Perry, The Good Wife

Matthew Perry’s recurring role on CBS’ The Good Wife begins March 25. He will play a Chicago attorney tasked with heading up a blue-ribbon panel investigating a police shooting. When Alicia (Julianna Margulies) is assigned to the panel, she begins to … Read More »

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Matthew Perry, Dean Cain, Kristy Swanson Join Indie Comedy ‘The Whole Banana’

By BRIAN BROOKS | Monday February 13, 2012 @ 3:00pm PSTTags: Matthew Perry

Matthew Perry, Dean Cain, Kristy Swanson and Dominique Swain have joined Kevin Sorbo, Stelio Savante and Jeffrey Vincent Parise in the romantic comedy based on Deb Norton’s play. Perry and Cain will appear in cameo roles in the … Read More »

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ABC Slots ‘Mr. Sunshine’ Behind ‘Modern Family’ And ‘Happy Endings’ At 10 PM

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday December 6, 2010 @ 4:07pm PSTTags: ABC Comedy Block, ABC Midseason Schedule, ABC Scheduling, Cougar Town, Happy Endings, Matthew Perry, Matthew Perry Mr. Sunshine, Modern Family, Mr. Sunshine, Off the Map, TV, TV Scheduling
Nellie Andreeva

This trend of comedies at 10 PM seems to be catching on quickly at the broadcast networks. Right after NBC announced that it will expand its 8-10 PM Thursday comedy block to 11 PM in midseason, ABC is doing the … Read More »

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Lizzy Caplan To Guest Star On ‘Mr. Sunshine’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday November 12, 2010 @ 9:11pm PSTTags: ABC Mr. Sunshine, Lizzy Caplan, Matthew Perry, Mr. Sunshine, TV, TV Deals, TV Guest Stars
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Lizzy Caplan is back in business with Sony TV and studio-based producer Jamie Tarses – she has signed on for a guest shot on their new ABC series Mr. Sunshine starring Matthew Perry. Caplan famously stepped in at the … Read More »

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TCA: Matthew Perry Talks ‘Mr. Sunshine’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Sunday August 1, 2010 @ 12:30pm PDTTags: ABC Mr. Sunshine, Matthew Perry, Matthew Perry Mr. Sunshine, Mr. Sunshine, TCA

Diane Haithman is contributing to Deadline’s TCA coverage.

At ABC’s TCA panel on his new show Mr. Sunshine, which he stars in, executive produces, and co-writes, Matthew Perry was in fine form. He was sardonic about everything, even his own well-publicized problems with Vicodin addiction in the mid-1990s that made him something less than a Mr. Sunshine. Perry made clear that his character, Ben Donovan, who’s the manager of a second-tier sports arena in San Diego and in Perry’s words a “selfish jerk, was not-so-loosely based on himself.  “The reason that my character has only thought about himself is I knew somebody for whom that was the case for a long time.. I’m much nicer now.” Perry, now 40, was asked whether anything specific changed him for the better. “I would say if you want to find out the answer to that, just pick up any newspaper from 1996 or look at any magazine cover.” Perry cracked.  “They say, hey, write what you know. I knew if I wrote something, I would like that to be a component of it.” Read More »

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