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When Tom Hanks took the stage late during last night's 50th anniversary celebration of "Saturday Night Live," he appeared to be headed into somber territory. The lights were dimmed to blue, his tone was reverent and, as he worked into his prepared comments, the subject one that hits so very close to home for the show's alumni and friends. "As we celebrate the achievements of the past 50 years," he said, "We must also take a moment to honor those we've lost. Countless members of the 'SNL' community taken too soon." Hanks paused briefly for effect, then continued. "I'm speaking, of course, about 'SNL' characters that have aged horribly."

No comedic institution can last 50 years without finding the third rail on occasion. For "SNL," a sketch comedy series both emerged from and tore apart 1960s counterculture humor, jolting viewers with gasp-inducing gags that seemed to fly under...

Tony Roberts, the actor who collaborated with such filmmakers as Woody Allen and Sidney Lumet, has died. He was 85.

The Broadway actor’s daughter and sole survivor Nicole Barley confirmed Roberts death to The New York Times after he died on Friday at his Manhattan home following complications with lung cancer.

In Play It Again, Sam (1972), Annie Hall (1977), Stardust Memories (1980) and Hannah and Her Sisters (1986), Roberts was known for playing Allen’s nonchalant friend, balancing the auteur and star’s anxious onscreen presence.

The actor also appeared in Lumet’s Serpico (1973) and Just Tell Me What You Want (1980).

Roberts’ other film credits include Star Spangled Girl (1971), The Taking of Pelham 123 (1974) and Amityville 3-D (1983), as well as episodes of shows like The Love Boat, Trapper John, M.D., Matlock, The Carol Burnett Show, All My Children and Law & Order.

Woody Allen, Tony Roberts and Diane Keaton in ‘Annie Hall...

Jim Carrey wanted to perform from a very young age and when he was just 10 years old wrote to “The Carol Burnett Show” offering his services as an impressionist. While his request was politely declined it would only be another decade before he was all over television with his antic comedic act. He ultimately achieved the brass ring for comedians of this era when he got to appear on “The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson.” In 1984 the 22-year-old Carrey was cast as the lead in a TV series called “The Duck Factory” which was supposed to be a star-making vehicle for the actor. Despite its prime placement on NBC’s Thursday night lineup the show quickly failed. Carrey bounced back with small other roles including the lead in the film “Once Bitten” which was a mild box office hit in 1985.

Carrey had auditioned for the cast of “Saturday Night Live...

Anita Bryant, a Grammy nominated singer, TV personality and orange juice pitchwoman whose show business career was submerged in the public eye by her anti-gay crusades of the late 1970s, died December 16 at her home in Edmond, Oklahoma. She was 84.

Her death was announced in an obituary in The Oklahoman. A cause of death was not revealed.

Born on March 25, 1940, in Barnsdall, Oklahoma, Bryant grew up in a devoutly Christian family, with her love of music and singing leading to her own TV show at the age of 12, according to the obituary. At 18 she was crowned Miss Oklahoma, and would soon appear on the CBS variety show hosted by Arthur Godfrey and the Dick Clark-hosted American Bandstand.

Her chart hits in the late 1950s and early 1960s included “Till There Was You,” “Wonderland by Night,” “Paper Roses” and “In My Little Corner of the World,” the latter two made...

There’s a glimmer of hope amid Hollywood’s continued contraction. The Los Angeles City Council approved a $1 billion Television City project on Tuesday, according to the LA Times.

Roughly 980,000 square feet of offices, soundstages, production facilities and retail space are expected to be added from the renovation project, which aims to expand and modernize the storied production center. Additionally, a 15-story office tower will be erected in the interior of Television City. By the project’s completion, the property, which is on Fairfax at Beverly Boulevard, would encompass nearly 1.7 million square feet.

Television City is 25-acre site that’s owned by Hackman Capital Partners. Beloved shows like “American Idol,” “The Carol Burnett Show,” “The Price Is Right” and “Dancing With the Stars” have all been filmed there. Repeatedly, Hackman has faced opposition to this expansion led by A.F. Gilmore Co., which owns the Original Farmers Market, and the Grove LLC,...

Hacks is back on top at the Golden Globes. The reigning Best Comedy Series Emmy champ won the Globe equivalent, Best Comedy/Musical Series, for the second time on Sunday — and in doing so, it joined an elite club.

The Max series is now the second show after All in the Family to reclaim the comedy/musical series prize after suffering a loss. Nine other shows have won the category more than once, but they all scored their awards in consecutive years: two-time champs The Carol Burnett Show (1970-71), Barney Miller (1976-77), Fame (1983-84), Ally McBeal (1998-99), Desperate Housewives (2005-06), and Glee (2010-11); and three-time champs Taxi (1979-81), The Golden Girls (1986-88), and Sex and the City (2000-02).

All in the Family, the sole four-time champ, won three in a row from 1972-74 and once more in 1978 with two losses in between (it had an additional nomination in 1979). Hacks prevailed...

It’s the kind of honor that makes you tug at your ear.

Since 2019, the Golden Globes have been handing out the prestigious Carol Burnett Award for a talented individual who demonstrates “outstanding contributions to television on or off the screen.” The award’s namesake, Carol Burnett, was the first person to receive the statuette, with the organization calling her a “television icon” for her storied career that began with the variety program The Carol Burnett Show.

“I’m really gobsmacked by this,” Burnett declared at the podium after learning the honorary award would bear her name. “Does this mean I get to accept it every year?” She went on to say, “Growing up … what fascinated me was the way the stars on the screen could make people laugh or cry, or sometimes both. And I wished and I hoped that maybe — just maybe — someday I could have the chance to do the same thing.

The ‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’ Oscar nominee stars in new original rom-com murder mystery series.

Ruby Yao is a single woman looking for love and leaving behind a body count… literally. Oscar nominee Stephanie Hsu (“Everything Everywhere All At Once”) stars in the brand-new Peacock Original series “Laid,” premiering this Thursday, Dec. 19. The new comedy series from the creative team behind “Don't Trust the B—— in Apartment 23,” and “Fresh Off the Boat” follows the 33-year-old Ruby, who finds herself at the center of a murder mystery after her exes start dying in mysterious ways. Half raunchy rom-com, half whodunit, the eight-episode “Laid” Season 1 will be available all at once— binge the whole season with a subscription to Peacock!

How to watch ‘Laid’ When: Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024 at 3:01 a.m. Et Where: Peacock Stream: Watch with a subscription to Peacock. From anywhere: Watch with a subscription to a Vpn.

Chicago – It’s last minute gift time! Let’s start with something perfect for a Star Wars fan. A long time ago (1978) in an America far far away, the one and only showing of the “Star Wars Holiday Special” took place on CBS-tv. The infamous show is chronicled in a new book “A Disturbance in the Force,” written by Steve Kozak.

The full title is “A Disturbance in the Force: How And Why the Stars Wars Holiday Special Happened” and Kozak takes a deep dive into the history and audacity of how this special came to be … which is of this date still not acknowledged as part of the canon by the Lucas/Disney confluence, even though it had most of the original cast participating and was the first story beyond “A New Hope.”

‘A Disturbance in the Force’ by Steve Kozak

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On November 17th, 1978, CBS...

Few shows have had the staying power of The Dick Van Dyke Show. Premiering on October 3, 1961, and wrapping up in ‘66, unlike most shows that end due to low ratings, this one simply concluded because the cast was ready to move on to fresher pastures.

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With such a talented team, it made sense to spread the creativity around. Even 10-year-old Larry Mathews, who played Ritchie, was already looking ahead to his next big break. There were no big speeches or tearful goodbyes on the final day of filming. Instead, the cast spent their last moments together cracking jokes, recording tracks, and trading one-liners.

Created by comedy legend Carl Reiner, the series saw the incomparable Dick Van Dyke and Mary Tyler Moore bring performances to life that won the show 15 Emmy Awards in a five-season run. But what happened to...

Spanning seven decades, Dick Van Dyke’s career has captivated audiences across generations. From his early days in vaudeville and radio to his roles on Broadway, film, and television, he has consistently charmed viewers. His remarkable talent has been recognized with a Grammy, Emmy, and Tony Award, solidifying his status as one of the most beloved and legendary stars in entertainment.

Born Richard Wayne Van Dyke in West Plains, Missouri in 1925, his career began unexpectedly. Denied entry into the Air Force due to his weight, he served in World War II as a radio announcer. Post-war, he continued his radio career, working as a DJ and comedian emcee and appearing on Wdsu-tv New Orleans Channel 6 between 1947 to 1954.

His television debut came in 1954 on Chance of a Lifetime, followed by a series of bit parts. He then transitioned to Broadway, making his debut in The Girls Against the Boys. This led...

One neat aspect of the original "Frasier" series is that it featured a bunch of bonafide Hollywood legends as guest stars we never actually got to see. While many renowned actors showed up in the physical — from Michael Keaton to Linda Hamilton — many more only lent their voice to the beloved sitcom, calling into Frasier's Kacl talk radio show for some advice from the good doctor. In fact, before she appeared on the show's fourth season as Molly, a potential love interest for Frasier who quickly gets away, Linda Hamilton herself called into Dr. Crane's radio show in the pilot episode, voicing the character of Claire, a woman struggling to get over her ex-boyfriend.

Over the course of 11 seasons, many more prestigious guest stars called Frasier for advice. Kevin Bacon, Mary Tyler Moore, Carrie Fisher, Billy Crystal, Macaulay Culkin, Helen Mirren, and Bill Paxton are just some examples. But it wasn't just actors.

The hit NBC sitcom, Lopez Vs Lopez, combines family comedy vibes with a touch of dramatic gravitas thanks to themes of addiction and recovery that permeate every episode. George Lopez stars as an alcoholic who is forced to move in with his estranged daughter and her fiancee, Quinten (Matt Shively), with the ensuing hijinks making for quality sitcom entertainment with an extra dose of pathos and serious moments for a somewhat more mature viewing experience.

Season 1 saw the introduction of Quinten's father, Sam, played by Stephen Tobolowsky, but for Season 3's "Lopez Vs In-Laws," Sam has backup in the form of his wife, Ruthie, played by comedy legend Vicki Lawrence. Best known for her role as Thelma Harper in the 1980s sitcom, Mama's Family, Lawrence originated that role as part of her tenure on the classic sketch comedy variety program, The Carol Burnett Show.

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Apple's comedy series Palm Royale will reunite Carol Burnett with legendary comedian and her former The Carol Burnett Show and Mama's Family co-star, Vicki Lawrence, who has been cast in an undisclosed role. The two met on The Carol Burnette Show more than half a century ago and have since enjoyed a long friendship. Burnett, who plays Norma, one of the main characters in the period drama, recently spoke up about wanting Lawrence to be on the show, and asked the showrunner if they could find a role that the actor could sink her teeth into.

While promoting Lopez v Lopez, Lawrence told Screen Rant's Zak Wojnar that Burnett lived up to her words and managed to bring her over to Palm Royale. The star teased that she "will be on season two," and she has "shot a few scenes." Though none of them was with Burnett so far,...

Grammy-winning singer Jack Jones, the voice behind the iconic theme song for The Love Boat, died Wednesday following a battle with leukemia. He was 86.

Jones was known primarily as a pop singer, with hits that included “Lollipops and Roses,” “Wives and Lovers,” “The Race Is On,” “The Impossible Dream” and “Call Me Irresponsible.”

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The F-word is very important to Carol Burnett.

That is, at 91 years old, with 25 Emmy nominations, two Peabodys and a Presidential Medal of Freedom, she’s only looking for one thing when it comes to work: fun.

“It’s my F-word. If it looks like it’s going to be fun, I want to do it,” she says.

Burnett has spent more than seven decades making people laugh. One of the best physical comedians of all time, she did it again as Norma Dellacorte in Apple TV+’s 2024 comedy “Palm Royale,” about a social climber (Kristen Wiig) desperate for her aunt-by-marriage’s inheritance. Burnett plays the conniving aunt.

In the first three episodes, Burnett didn’t even have lines, since her character was in a coma. However, being immobile couldn’t hold her back from stealing every scene.

It seems nothing could. In 1958, she landed her first gig, as a supporting comedian,...

Derrick Comedy was the memorable and influential sketch series by Donald Glover and two of his NYU classmates, and almost two decades later, their comedy still holds up. Sketch comedy shows have been a staple of the genre even long before Saturday Night Live gained control of the pop culture narrative in 1975. Monty Python, The Carol Burnett Show, and other variety series popularized the rapid-fire style of often absurd and occasionally scandalous comedy sequences.

Sketch can be traced back even earlier to vaudeville acts like the Marx Brothers, whose movies were more like a series of strung-together sketches than a complete film. Plenty of famous comedians, actors, and writers have got their start in sketch comedy, with nearly every notable comic actor having at least some history in the format. When the internet was coming out of its infancy, it was quickly proven to be the perfect vehicle for sketch comedy,...

The “In Memoriam” segment of the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday paid tribute to a host of small-screen stars who have died in the past year, but users on social media were quick to point out the notable names that did not make the montage.

The poignant segment saw rapper Jelly Roll say a few words before performing his 2024 song “I Am Not Okay” as a montage of late stars was shown inside the Peacock Theater and on television. Among those included in the segment were Donald Sutherland, James Earl Jones, Martin Mull, Richard Lewis, Richard Simmons, Shannen Doherty, Gena Rowlands, Chance Perdomo and Carl Weathers.

There was general confusion online in some quarters due to the omission of Friends star Matthew Perry, who died Oct. 28, 2023 at 54. Perry’s absence was explained by the Television Academy paying a special tribute to the actor at the 74th edition of the Emmys held in January,...

2016 was a pretty good year for FX as five wins at the Primetime Emmys for The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story helped it to a total 18 trophies at the 68th Emmy Awards.

Eight years on, with new owners in the shape of The Walt Disney Company, it was an even better night for John Landgraf’s team.

FX won 36 awards across Primetime Emmys and the Creative Arts Awards, helped by record-breaking showings for Shōgun and The Bear. It was FX’s best ever Emmy performance and its most significant since the night Courtney B. Vance, Sarah Paulson, Sterling K. Brown picked up awards for the Ryan Murphy-created limited series, as well as a win for Baskets’ Louie Anderson.

The network managed to break the hegemony of HBO and Netflix, which have been battling it out for most wins since the Reed Hastings-founded company entered original programming over a decade ago.

“Can satire save the Republic?”

— May 2017 cover story of The Atlantic featuring Alec Baldwin as Donald Trump

“Mad TV would have done a Barron Trump School Shooter skit the week after Columbine. Donald would show up in a diaper having sex with Ivanka.”

— Redacted podcaster

Saturday Night Live means many things to many people. In its recent There’s a Cheeto in the Damn White House era, the show’s adopted a level of self-importance and, frankly, smug ruling-class unfunniness that’s made it somewhat of a punching bag for the dispossessed young left. But go back: the rot has been pretty present for a while, as evidenced by Aaron Sorkin’s short-lived series maudit Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, a Bush-era fantasy where every week a group of overpaid TV writers and comedians seemingly were able to get evangelical America to put a gun in their mouth through the...

Eric Gilliland, a television producer and writer known for his work on the hit sitcom “Roseanne,” died of colon cancer on Sunday, his sister Lisa confirmed to Variety. He was 62.

Gilliland served as a producer and writer on the ABC series “Roseanne” from 1992 to 1996. He received a Writers Guild of America Award nomination for the show’s 1992 episode, “The Dark Ages.”

Gilliland went on to work as a consulting producer for two episodes of the “Roseanne” spinoff series “The Conners” in 2019.

After his time on “Roseanne,” Gilliland worked as a consulting producer on “That ’70s Show” from 1998 to 1999, as well as wrote the first season’s third episode, titled “Streaking.” In the episode, Eric (Topher Grace), Kelso (Ashton Kutcher), Hyde (Danny Masterson) and Fez (Wilmer Valderrama) plan on running naked in front of President Gerald R. Ford during his visit to Point Place, Wis.

Gilliland also worked as a producer...

Eric Gilliland, a longtime comedy writer best known for his work on Roseanne, died Sept. 1. The cause was cancer.

Gilliland, an Illinois native and 1984 graduate of Northwestern University, wrote for the ABC comedy from 1992 to 1996. He went on to consult on The Conners in 2019.

His first big writing gig in TV was on Who’s the Boss? He went on to write for Living Dolls, The Wonder Years, Doogie Howser, M.D., That ’70s Show and My Boys. His most recent project was the podcast The Cinnamon Bear: A Holiday Adventure.

Gilliland received WGA Award nomination in 1994 for Roseanne. In 2019, he received a Daytime Emmy nomination for writing the children’s show The Was Was? Show.

Away from TV, Gilliland was quite the whistler. His tooting was featured on Sam Winch’s The Lullabadeer and on the soundtrack for an episode of Penn & Teller: Bullshit!.

Tributes to Gilliland continue to pour in on Facebook,...

With the exception of a few soap operas and public affairs programs, no TV show has been on the air longer than NBC’s Saturday Night Live, which will embark on its 50th season Sept. 28. And as we approach the 76th Emmys, which will take place just a few weeks before that, it is the most celebrated show in the history of that event. Indeed, SNL holds the records for most Emmy nominations with 341 (Game of Thrones is second with 159) and wins with 89 (GoT is second with 59). And Lorne Michaels, its creator and overseer for all but five of its seasons, holds the record for most Emmy noms for an individual with 106 (Sheila Nevins is second with 77) and has racked up the second most wins for an individual with 21 (behind only Nevins’ 31).

Given that history, it may be hard to feel sorry for SNL and Michaels when it comes to the Emmys — but this year,...

Like stadiums full of sports fans carrying brooms to a game where their team has a chance to complete a sweep against an archrival, the Emmys have been home to a string of dominant showings in recent years. But while sweeps can be thrilling to fans of the shows that have run the table on Emmy night, can we just admit that they’re not much fun for most of us?

And with final voting now underway, can we remind voting members of the Television Academy that it might be a good thing to divvy up those golden statuettes?

First, a little background: In 2020, “Schitt’s Creek” became the first comedy series ever to go 7-for-7 at the Primetime Emmy Awards, winning all of the ceremony’s comedy categories: Outstanding Comedy Series, awards for directing and writing, plus the two for lead acting and two for supporting acting.

The next year,...

With her 23rd Emmy nomination coming 62 years after she was first nominated for “The Garry Moore Show” in 1962, Carol Burnett has now been nominated for 14 different shows. The one she’s best known for is “The Carol Burnett Show,” her long-running and wildly popular variety show that ran from 1967 until 1978.

But there were also variety specials, dramas and comedies. And now, at the age of 91, one of the most beloved entertainers of the television age has been nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for the Apple TV+ comedy “Palm Royale,” in which she steals more than a few scenes as Norma Dellacorte, a rich society dame who spends a third of the season in a coma and then another big chunk of it conscious but unable to talk except in grunts and squawks.

The show’s 11 nominations include lead actress Kristen Wiig, who plays a desperate social...

Some actors are so good they can consistently draw attention without even trying. But Carol Burnett might be the only living legend who can literally steal scenes in her sleep. The 91-year-old actor just received her 23rd Primetime Emmy nomination for her supporting work in the satirical comedy “Palm Royale” — for playing a character who spends a good part of the season in a coma.

Created by Abe Sylvia and set in 1969, “Palm Royale” casts Burnett as Norma Dellacorte, a beloved and feared grand dame of Florida society who has been bedridden since a pulmonary episode. Her caretaker becomes Maxine Simmons-Dellacorte (played by fellow Emmy nominee Kristen Wiig), the wife of Norma’s nephew, but can only communicate her disdain through a series or groans and gibberish. Yet Burnett makes her limited capacities a master class in acting.

While that might sound difficult, Burnett dismisses such ideas. “It wasn’t a challenge at all,...

Gold Derby can exclusively reveal that Carol Burnett is entering the “Palm Royale” episode “Maxine Shakes the Tree” as her 2024 Emmy Award submission for Best Comedy Supporting Actress. “Maxine Shakes the Tree” aired on April 3 and is the fifth episode of the first season of the Apple TV+ series.

In this episode, Norma (Burnett) has awaken from her coma but is unable to pronounce words, engaging in conversations through lots of mumbling and groaning. Maxine interprets one of Norma’s murmurs to mean she should confront Douglas (Josh Lucas) about his past engagement to Linda (Laura Dern), so she brings Norma along in a wheelchair. A flashback reveals that Norma was the one who helped Douglas run away to Chattanooga for Maxine and ditch Linda at the altar. At the end, Linda tells Norma that it’s over and tosses her Rolodex’s contents into the fire while all Norma can do is groan.

Jeopardy! fans recently flew off the handle at recent players on the show for being “too young” to catch an obvious answer. So, what happened with this situation that had viewers so livid?

Jeopardy! Contestants Are Typically The Smartest Around

When most viewers think of Jeopardy! as a competition game show, the first thing that often comes to mind is brain power. While most competition shows on the air today rely on physical strength and endurance, this show is one of the few out there that rewards someone for being smart.

Just by watching the show as a fan, viewers can learn a lot. Sometimes it may be obscure facts that might never see the light of day in someone’s everyday life. However, other times, they may learn something that could come in handy someday. At the very least, the show does entertain.

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“A fart joke is easy.”

This may be, but executed by Mel Brooks, it can get a crowd going more than anything on view at this summer’s Paris Olympics. So was the case this past weekend at a 50th anniversary screening of his western comedy classic, “Blazing Saddles,” which played at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles and was followed by a Q&a with the 98 year-old filmmaker himself. Moderated by Brooksfilms producer Kevin Salter, Brooks dazzled and enraptured the audience with tidbits on the making of the film and stories from his colorful past. One such story involved his hard-to-believe Oscar win for his first film, “The Producers.”

“I didn’t have a speech because Stanley Kubrick was in the same category for ‘2001,’” Brooks said of being nominated for Best Original Screenplay. “There was a brilliant director called Pontecorvo who did ‘The Battle of Algiers,’ a great picture...

Vicki Lawrence was the standout star, holding Mama's Family together for all six seasons with her iconic role as "Mama" Harper. Despite initial cancellation after two seasons, Mama's Family found renewed success in syndication and continued for four more seasons. The misadventures of the Harper family kept viewers coming back for more, with the entire series available for purchase on various platforms.

It was one of the defining series of the 1980s, but some fans wonder who died from Mama's Family. Devised as a spinoff of the recurring sketch "The Family" on The Carol Burnett Show, Mama's Family further explored the world of "Mama" Harper (Vicki Lawrence) and her wacky kinfolk. Picking up right where the characters left off from their sketch origins, Mama's Family introduced more of the Harper clan and even saw the return of cast members from The Carol Burnett Show. Mama's Family had an impressive six-season...

As "The Twilight Zone" was nearing the end of its third season in 1962, creator Rod Serling was feeling the strain of having to generate over half of the series' scripts. Though Serling was fortunate to have a regular network outlet through which he could prick the increasingly troubled consciences of an American public confronted with the Civil Rights Movement, the Cold War, and the military's expanding involvement in the Vietnam conflict, he was, off-camera at least, a very funny man. He liked to laugh. And if he had his druthers, he'd have a separate network outlet to make television viewers laugh as well.

So, late in the third season, Serling revisited "Mr. Bevis," a pilot premise he'd attempted in the first season of "The Twilight Zone," and gave it broader comedic spin. The result was "Cavender Is Coming," which, if it pleased his CBS overlords, would've become a sitcom vehicle...

The soaps are seeing a lot of shakeups in casting this summer. Bold & Beautiful fans will be excited to know that Ted King, who plays Jack Finnegan, will be returning to the soap opera world. Keep reading for the details about his return.

Ted King Shares News Of His Return To B&b

Ted King will reprise his role as Jack Finnegan on Bold & Beautiful on Monday, July 1. The criminal defense attorney will have an unexpected run-in with his ex-wife Dr. Li Finnegan (portrayed by Naomi Matsuda).

The first time Ted appeared on the daytime soap opera was in 2021. Since then, he has starred in 37 episodes, but Jack Finnegan was last seen on June 24, 2023.

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He snapped a selfie of himself in front of the sign for The Carol Burnett Show. Both Carol Burnett and Bold & Beautiful are filmed at CBS Television City in Los Angeles. Ted King shared the selfie on Instagram,...

Ted King is returning to “The Bold and the Beautiful” as Jack Finnegan, father of John “Finn” Finnegan (Tanner Novlan), on Monday, July 1, the daytime drama series recently confirmed. This marks the first time King will be back on the series since last appearing in the July 24, 2023 episode.

Earlier this month, King teased he was back in the building when he shared a photo of himself standing outside the soundstage where “The Carol Burnett Show” once taped at Television City in Los Angeles. This left many to wonder if he was making his way back to “The Bold and the Beautiful.”

“Love being back in this building where icons have roamed the hallways for years!” read the caption of King’s post, which has since received more than 700 likes on Instagram.

In addition to King, fans of the show can look forward to seeing Aaron D. Spears back as Justin Barber...

Al Schultz, makeup artist on TV shows such as “The Carol Burnett Show” and “Good Times,” died June 19 at his home in Long Beach, Calif. He was 82.

Born in Fond du Lac, Wis. in 1942, Schultz played college football at the University of Missouri until a knee injury ended his sports career. He then moved to Hollywood, initially working as a grip and camera dolly operator before finding his passion in makeup artistry.

Schultz began his career as a makeup artist in the mid-1960s. His initial break came with NBC-tv, where he contributed to shows like “Hollywood Squares” and “Laugh-In.” He later worked on “The Dean Martin Show.”

In 1968, the Makeup Artist’s Union sent him to CBS Television City where Carol Burnett noticed him walking by her dressing room. From then on, he worked on “The Carol Burnett Show,” where he met his wife, Vicki Lawrence. He served as...

Al Schultz, a top CBS makeup artist for The Carol Burnett Show and several groundbreaking Norman Lear sitcoms including All in the Family and Good Times and was married to Vicki Lawrence for nearly 50 years, has died. He was 82.

His publicist said today that Schultz died June 19 at his home in Long Beach, CA, but did not give details.

Born Alvin Schultz in 1942 in Wisconsin, he moved to Los Angeles and found work in Hollywood as a camera dolly operator and grip before pivoting to become a makeup artist. He joined variety hit The Carol Burnett Show during its third season in 1969 and would work in its makeup department for more than 180 episodes through 1977.

It was there he met Lawrence, the show’s co-star and future Mama’s Family lead. They would have celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary this year.

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It was a surprise to many of her admiring fans that the legendary Carol Burnett was not already immortalized with her handprints in the iconic Hollywood cement. That fact finally changed on Thursday as she was surrounded by friends, co-stars and family at a brief ceremony outside of the Tcl Chinese Theater.

Before cementing herself for decades of tourists to visit, she said, “I grew up just a few blocks from here, Yucca and Wilcox. It was a block north of Hollywood Boulevard. And when I was a little girl, I can’t begin to count the times my grandmother and I would walk up her to Grauman’s Chinese Theater. Betty Grable was one of my favorites, and I remember bending down and putting my hands on her handprints, never dreaming that someday I’d be putting my hands here 80 years later.”

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Receiving the IndieWire Honors Vanguard Award at Citizen News on June 6, Carol Burnett reflected on her years spent as a teenage reporter. The comedy legend further praised journalists as “essential” to the entertainment industry and described the evening as a “full circle” moment in her illustrious career. (Watch her interview on our red carpet above.)

“This actually happens to be the neighborhood I grew up in just a few blocks from here,” Burnett said in her speech. “At one point, I was editor of my Hollywood High School newspaper and one of my assignments was to interview the editor of the Hollywood Citizen News. That was in this building.”

Speaking to IndieWire in May, the actress said that in addition to interviewing Citizen News editor Lowell E. Redelings — who Innovation Award winner John Mulaney would later accuse of Communism during his predictably hilarious acceptance speech — she narrowly missed a chance to speak with Lana Turner.

Apple TV+’s “Palm Royale” is packed heels to highlights with legendary actresses, but Carol Burnett wants to add at least one more when they’re back for Season 2.

In an exclusive interview ahead of the 2024 IndieWire Honors — which took place on June 6 at Citizen News in Hollywood and saw the beloved comedienne winning the Vanguard Award for a lifetime of achievements in television — Burnett revealed that her old scene partner Vicki Lawrence not only watched but “loved” creator Abe Sylvia’s sparkling ‘60s satire about well-to-do Palm Beach.

“I wish they could find something for [Vicki] on the show,” said Burnett, who guest starred as the larger-than-life Norma Dellacorte in “Palm Royale” Season 1. “I’m going to ask Abe if there’s a part that might come up because that would be fun to have Vicki on. That would really be something. And not just a mercy booking. That’s not what I mean.

Carol Burnett is unstoppable. The coolest 91-year-old in show biz, Burnett is a contender for her 25th Emmy nomination for her role as Norma Dellacorte, the powerful maven of Palm Beach society who knows where all the bodies are buried and is not above a little blackmail in Apple TV +’s “Palm Royale.” She won her first Emmy in 1962 for her work on CBS’ “The Garry Moore Show” and her 25th last year for NBC’s “Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love.” And her beloved CBS 1967-78 comedy variety series “The Carol Burnett Show’” won 25 Emmys.

But did you know Burnett was a Broadway baby? She made her debut as the “Shy” Princess Winnifred on the Great White Way in 1959 in the musical comedy “Once Upon a Mattress” for which she was nominated for a Tony and received a Theatre World honor. She also reprised her role in...

On June 6, the 2024 IndieWire Honors ceremony will celebrate thirteen creators and stars responsible for some of the most stellar work of the TV season. Curated and selected by IndieWire’s editorial team, this event is a new edition of its IndieWire Honors event focused entirely on television. In the days leading up to the event, IndieWire is showcasing their work with new interviews and tributes from their peers.

Ahead, “Palm Royale” executive producer and star Laura Dern tells IndieWire about the extraordinary experience of working with Vanguard Award winner Carol Burnett.

As told to Alison Foreman. The following has been edited and condensed for clarity.

When you have the privilege of being raised by extraordinary people and being raised in the business and meeting your heroes — then you get to meet your ultimate hero and you work with them, and they’re not just everything you dreamt of but they...

On June 6, the 2024 IndieWire Honors ceremony will celebrate thirteen creators and stars responsible for some of the most stellar work of the TV season. Curated and selected by IndieWire’s editorial team, this event is a new edition of its IndieWire Honors event focused entirely on television. We’re showcasing their work with new interviews leading up to the Los Angeles event.

Carol Burnett can’t wait for you to get her drink right.

At 91 years old, the radiant history-making actress and producer of variety television isn’t so much an impatient icon as she is excited to see you shine. Ask “Palm Royale” executive producer and star Laura Dern, who by casting Burnett in the glittering period comedy for Apple TV+ snagged a front row seat to watch one of Hollywood’s most legendary scene partners at play.

“Carol doesn’t just have a favorite cocktail, she’s had a business card made up,...

Before she was one of America's most famous sitcom daughters, actor Sally Struthers made her primetime debut dancing on "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour," the variety show that's now best-remembered for featuring performances from some of the best musical acts of the '70s. The gig wasn't the flashiest thing in show biz, but it was enough to get Struthers on the radar of Norman Lear, the up and coming writer-producer who would soon take the nation by storm with "All in the Family."

In a retrospective interview with Closer Weekly in 2021, Struthers spoke about the fortuitous circumstances that eventually led to her casting in "All in the Family." As with many big breaks, it came hot on the heels of a rejection that stung. "I had just come off 'The Tim Conway Comedy Hour.' I should have been on all 13 weeks of it, but after the fifth show,...

In the first few episodes of Apple TV+ series Palm Royale, Carol Burnett is entirely horizontal. And rightly so, since her character Norma Dellacorte in a coma. Fortunately though, Norma recovers in time to rip through some seriously juicy scenes with Kristin Wiig, who names Burnett, who turned 91 in April, as her career inspiration. “When they told me who was going to be in it,” says Burnett, “Kristen Wiig and Allison Janney and Laura Dern and Ricky Martin and Julia Duffy, I said, ‘I don’t care what it is. I want to be a part of it.’” From Burnett’s early days hosting long-running comedy-variety series The Carol Burnett Show, to films like A Wedding, Annie and Mad About You, to Better Call Saul, she has blazed a trail, garnering seven Emmys, a Tony and a Grammy along the way. Here, she recalls some favorite memories, picks her best...

For more than 60 years, Bob Mackie has reigned as the over-the-top couturier for Hollywood’s elite. After gaining attention as the costumer for The Carol Burnett Show, The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour and Cher’s solo variety show, the designer became the go-to choice for divas like Judy Garland, Diana Ross, Barbra Streisand, Madonna and Elton John, and created clothes for 60 Barbies. In the process he won an impressive nine Emmys, a Tony and a Cfda lifetime achievement award, plus three Oscar nominations.

Now with a long-awaited documentary devoted to his life in showbiz, Bob Mackie: Naked Illusion, arriving this summer (a distribution deal has not yet been finalized), the so-called Sultan of Sequins, Rajah of Rhinestones and Guru of Glitter seems to be having yet another major moment, with his archival pieces worn today by the likes of Anya Taylor-Joy and Zendaya.

“It’s kind of weird,” the 85-year-old designer tells THR.

Exclusive: Shout! Studios has re-acquired the previously held worldwide home entertainment, broadcast and digital distribution rights for Paul Reubens’ Pee-wee’s Playhouse. In addition, the studio has newly acquired AVOD (advertising supported video on demand) rights, bringing the show to AVOD and the streaming service Shout! TV for the first time as part of the deal. Shout! TV channels include Mystery Science Theater 3000, The Carol Burnett Show, Johnny Carson TV, TokuSHOUTsu, Alf, Farscape, Non-Stop ’90s, and Wild West TV.

Under the pact, Shout! Studios now has extensive distribution rights to all 45 episodes of Pee-wee’s Playhouse as well as Pee-wee’s Playhouse Christmas Special. You can watch a promo below.

Since its initial premiere on CBS in 1986, the multiple Emmy-winning Pee-wee’s Playhouse became Saturday morning appointment viewing for kids in the ’80s and ’90s and has been a staple in the pop culture zeitgeist ever since.

Pee-wee’s Playhouse is an educational, artistic, and...

Oscar-winning director Barry Levinson has enjoyed success on the big and small screens throughout his five decades. Take a tour of our photo gallery ranking his 12 greatest feature films from worst to best.

Levinson began his career as a comedy writer on various variety shows in the 1970s ultimately landing a steady job writing for 72 episodes of “The Carol Burnett Show,” for which he won Emmys in 1974 and 1975, competing again in 1976. When that show ended he began writing screenplays and had a remarkably successful run co-writing two Mel Brooks movies — “Silent Movie” and “High Anxiety” — as well as two acclaimed dramas “Inside Moves” and “and Justice for All.” He would receive his first Oscar nomination for the screenplay of “And Justice for All.”

That success led Levinson to a feature film directing career. His semi-autobiographical film “Diner,” about a group of young men hanging out in his native Baltimore, became...

Carol Burnett is paying respects to her friend and long-time collaborator Steve Lawrence, the singer and Blues Brothers actor who died Thursday, March 7. He was 88. “Steve was one of my favorite guests on my variety show, appearing 39 times. He was also my very close friend … so close that I considered him ‘family.’ He will always be in my heart,” Burnett wrote on Instagram alongside a black-and-white photograph of them performing together on The Carol Burnett Show. Lawrence, best known as part of the music duo Steve and Eydie, passed away at his home in Los Angeles, California, on Thursday, his family confirmed in a press release. His cause of death was a result of “complications due to Alzheimer’s disease.” Born on July 8, 1935, in New York City, Lawrence’s showbusiness career started as a teenager when he was hired by Steve Allen to be one of the singers on his late-night show on Wnbc-tv.

Steve Lawrence, the singer who teamed with his wife Eydie Gormé to form one of the most popular nightclub and concert duos of their generation, died of complications from Alzheimer’s disease today. He was 88.

His son, the composer and performer David Lawrence, said in a press statement, “My Dad was an inspiration to so many people. But, to me, he was just this charming, handsome, hysterically funny guy who sang a lot. Sometimes alone and sometimes with his insanely talented wife. I am so lucky to have had him as a father and so proud to be his son. My hope is that his contributions to the entertainment industry will be remembered for many years to come.”

Popularly know as Steve and Eydie, the couple achieved nationwide recognition in the mid-1950s after appearing on The Tonight Show Starring Steve Allen. They continued performing together until Gormé’s retirement...

Steve Lawrence, the charismatic Grammy- and Emmy-winning crooner who delighted audiences for decades in nightclubs, on concert stages and in film and television appearances, died Thursday. He was 88.

Lawrence, who partnered in a popular act with his wife of 55 years, the late Eydie Gormé, died of complications from Alzheimer’s disease, a publicidst announced.

With his boyish good looks, silky voice and breezy personality, Lawrence broke into show business when he won a talent competition on Arthur Godfrey’s CBS show and signed with King Records as a teenager. The singer chose to stay old school and resist the allure of rock ‘n’ roll.

“It didn’t attract me as much,” Lawrence once said. “I grew up in a time period when music was written by Irving Berlin and Cole Porter and George and Ira Gershwin and Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein and Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart and Sammy Cahn and Julie Stein.