21 01 2021
When a British show finds an international audience, we feel quite proud that something born in the UK could be seen as worthy of attention globally. So when a programme is so successful that the Americans remake it, it s a big deal. Just look at The Office, which was reimagined in the US and became a long-running beloved comedy starring Steve Carell. Sure, not all of the attempts work out, but they keep trying. Now, we ve got a new case: Miranda, the UK show from Miranda Hart, has had the remake treatment. We haven t seen it yet - a UK broadcast is TBC - so we ll reserve judgement on quality, but it s so strange to see a familiar concept given an unknown twist.
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30 Rock’s show-within-a-show TGS
welcomed Danny Baker to its cast, a Canadian performer literally picked off the street Danny was a robot impersonator that Alec Baldwin’s Jack Donaghy took a liking to because he was unafraid to shake Jack’s bedbug-infested hand. Not unlike Danny, the actor Cheyenne Jackson was green to the world of television when he joined Tina Fey’s hit comedy (though,
unlike Danny, Jackson was not Canadian, nor was he a robot street artist). “There was no acting,” Jackson says, “I was petrified, terrified, and did not know what I was doing.” Of course, Jackson’s selling himself a bit short though
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Get ready for more antics with Randi (Kyla Pratt) and Phil (Leslie Jordan) in the January 21 episode of
The two take a road trip to get his mother medicinal marijuana in “Therapy,” and pretty much goes exactly like you’d expect, Pratt tells TV Insider. “Randi is the right person to lead Phil on this trip,” she tells TV Insider. “She’s going to make sure her friend knows anything he needs she’s got his back. [And] we have some slip-ups here and there, someone is going to bite off a little more than they can chew.”
'The Big Bang Theory' co-stars Mayim Bialik and Jim Parsons are working on 'Call Me Kat' together. Here's why Bialik says she's 'immensely grateful to Parsons for the role.