Linda From Hr is down but she’s not out.
Despite failing to land a spot on Fox’s 2017-18 schedule, the Lauren Graham-fronted comedy pilot still has a pulse. “It is definitely still in consideration,” Fox Chairman and CEO Gary Newman told reporters early Monday.
The half-hour, single-camera sitcom centers on Graham’s Linda Plugh, an Hr employee whose one bad decision throws her monotonous, unfulfilled existence into an exciting but dangerous tailspin of balancing her work life, her home life and a secret that could unravel everything. The cast also includes Happy Endings‘ Zachary Knighton and Lois & Clark‘s Michael Landes.
Despite failing to land a spot on Fox’s 2017-18 schedule, the Lauren Graham-fronted comedy pilot still has a pulse. “It is definitely still in consideration,” Fox Chairman and CEO Gary Newman told reporters early Monday.
The half-hour, single-camera sitcom centers on Graham’s Linda Plugh, an Hr employee whose one bad decision throws her monotonous, unfulfilled existence into an exciting but dangerous tailspin of balancing her work life, her home life and a secret that could unravel everything. The cast also includes Happy Endings‘ Zachary Knighton and Lois & Clark‘s Michael Landes.
- 5/15/2017
- TVLine.com
Linda From Hr is making another major staffing change.
Michael Landes (Special Unit 2, Lois & Clark) has replaced White Collar vet Tim DeKay as the husband of Lauren Graham’s titular heroine in the Fox comedy pilot, TVLine has learned. According to sources, producers decided to take the character in a slightly different direction.
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This is the project’s second significant casting shuffle. Last week we reported that This Is Us‘ Ryan Michelle Bathe had replaced ER alum Angel Laketa Moore in the role of Sierra,...
Michael Landes (Special Unit 2, Lois & Clark) has replaced White Collar vet Tim DeKay as the husband of Lauren Graham’s titular heroine in the Fox comedy pilot, TVLine has learned. According to sources, producers decided to take the character in a slightly different direction.
RelatedPilot Season ’17: Scoop on This Fall’s (Possible) New Shows, Who’s In Them
This is the project’s second significant casting shuffle. Last week we reported that This Is Us‘ Ryan Michelle Bathe had replaced ER alum Angel Laketa Moore in the role of Sierra,...
- 3/29/2017
- TVLine.com
Lauren Graham‘s new comedic sidekick is getting an extreme makeover.
In an 11th hour recasting, This Is Us‘ Ryan Michelle Bathe has replaced ER alum Angel Laketa Moore in Graham’s Fox sitcom pilot Linda From Hr, TVLine has learned.
RelatedPilot Season ’17: Scoop on This Fall’s (Possible) New Shows, Who’s In Them
The half-hour, single-camera project centers on Graham’s Linda Plugh, an Hr employee whose one bad decision throws her monotonous, unfulfilled existence into an exciting but dangerous tailspin of balancing her work life, her home life and a secret that could unravel everything.
Bathe...
In an 11th hour recasting, This Is Us‘ Ryan Michelle Bathe has replaced ER alum Angel Laketa Moore in Graham’s Fox sitcom pilot Linda From Hr, TVLine has learned.
RelatedPilot Season ’17: Scoop on This Fall’s (Possible) New Shows, Who’s In Them
The half-hour, single-camera project centers on Graham’s Linda Plugh, an Hr employee whose one bad decision throws her monotonous, unfulfilled existence into an exciting but dangerous tailspin of balancing her work life, her home life and a secret that could unravel everything.
Bathe...
- 3/24/2017
- TVLine.com
Linda From Hr is staffing up.
Fox’s Lauren Graham-fronted comedy pilot has added White Collar‘s Tim DeKay and Happy Endings‘ Zachary Knighton in series-regular roles, TVLine has learned.
The half-hour, single-camera project centers on Graham’s Linda Plugh, an Hr employee whose one bad decision throws her monotonous, unfulfilled existence into an exciting but dangerous tailspin of balancing her work life, her home life and a secret that could unravel everything.
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DeKay, who’s in the midst of a...
Fox’s Lauren Graham-fronted comedy pilot has added White Collar‘s Tim DeKay and Happy Endings‘ Zachary Knighton in series-regular roles, TVLine has learned.
The half-hour, single-camera project centers on Graham’s Linda Plugh, an Hr employee whose one bad decision throws her monotonous, unfulfilled existence into an exciting but dangerous tailspin of balancing her work life, her home life and a secret that could unravel everything.
RelatedGilmore Girl: Ausiello Is Having Second Thoughts About a Second Revival and Omg What Is Wrong With Him?!
DeKay, who’s in the midst of a...
- 3/7/2017
- TVLine.com
The prospective 2017-18 TV season just got a lot more exciting.
Gilmore Girls star Lauren Graham has signed on to star in Fox’s half-hour, single-camera comedy pilot Linda From Hr, TVLine has learned. Graham’s casting lifts the cast contingency on the pilot order.
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The potential series centers on Graham’s Linda Plugh, an Hr employee whose one bad decision throws her monotonous, unfulfilled existence into an exciting but dangerous tailspin of balancing her work life, her home life and a secret that could unravel everything.
Gilmore Girls star Lauren Graham has signed on to star in Fox’s half-hour, single-camera comedy pilot Linda From Hr, TVLine has learned. Graham’s casting lifts the cast contingency on the pilot order.
RelatedGilmore Girls‘ Amy Sherman-Palladino: The Revival Post Mortem Interview You’ve Been Waiting For
The potential series centers on Graham’s Linda Plugh, an Hr employee whose one bad decision throws her monotonous, unfulfilled existence into an exciting but dangerous tailspin of balancing her work life, her home life and a secret that could unravel everything.
- 2/23/2017
- TVLine.com
Lauren Graham has been cast to star in Fox comedy pilot, “Linda From Hr.” The move lifts the cast contingency on the pilot order. The “Gilmore Girls” and “Parenthood” alum will play Linda Plugh, an Hr employee whose one bad decision throws her monotonous, unfulfilled life into an exciting but dangerous tailspin of balancing work life, home life and a secret that could unravel everything. That’s Fox’s description, of course. The 20th Century Fox project is written by Geoff Barbanell and Itai Grunfeld. Aaron Kaplan, Tracy Katsky and Dana Honor produce. Also Read: Jamie Chung Joins Fox's Untitled X-Men Pilot as Blink Graham.
- 2/23/2017
- by Tony Maglio
- The Wrap
Fox has given a cast-contingent pilot order to Linda From Hr, a single-camera comedy that hails from Tracy Katsky's Kat Co., under the company's production partnership with Aaron Kaplan's Kapital Entertainment, and 20th Century Fox TV. Written by Geoff Barbanell and Itai Grunfeld, Linda From Hr centers on the eponymous heroine. All it takes is one bad decision to throw Linda from Hr’s monotonous, unfulfilled life into an exciting but dangerous tailspin of balancing work…...
- 1/25/2017
- Deadline TV
Fox has given a cast-contingent pilot commitment to the workplace comedy “Linda From Hr.” The single-camera comedy, which comes from writers Geoff Barbanell and Itai Grunfeld, follows a woman, Linda from Hr, who makes one bad decision that throws her monotonous, unfulfilled life into an exciting but dangerous tailspin of balancing work life, home life and a secret that could unravel everything. Barbanell and Grunfeld, who previously wrote for the Disney Xd series “Kickin’ It,” as well as Aaron Kaplan, Tracy Katsky, Dana Honor. Also Read: Pilot Season 2017: TheWrap's Complete Guide The announcement comes the same day the network...
- 1/25/2017
- by Reid Nakamura
- The Wrap
Iggy Azalea paid tribute to cult teen classic Clueless in her recent music video for 'Fancy'.
The Australian rapper appears as Alicia Silverstone's iconic character Cher in the video, which was released online last week.
As stars continue to be inspired by the movie almost 20 years on, we take a fond look back at the cast and what they went on to do after Clueless:
Alicia Silverstone (Cher Horowitz)
Alicia Silverstone played seemingly shallow socialite Cher - famously branded "a virgin who can't drive" and "hymenally challenged" - in the high-school adaptation of Jane Austen's Emma.
Prior to Clueless, Silverstone's credits included ABC comedy-drama The Wonder Years and a number of Aerosmith videos. The film propelled her to further fame, and she went on to star in Joel Schumacher's 1997 movie Batman & Robin, crime-comedy Excess Baggage (1997) with Benicio Del Toro and Christopher Walken, and romantic drama Blast from the Past (1999) opposite Brendan Fraser.
The Australian rapper appears as Alicia Silverstone's iconic character Cher in the video, which was released online last week.
As stars continue to be inspired by the movie almost 20 years on, we take a fond look back at the cast and what they went on to do after Clueless:
Alicia Silverstone (Cher Horowitz)
Alicia Silverstone played seemingly shallow socialite Cher - famously branded "a virgin who can't drive" and "hymenally challenged" - in the high-school adaptation of Jane Austen's Emma.
Prior to Clueless, Silverstone's credits included ABC comedy-drama The Wonder Years and a number of Aerosmith videos. The film propelled her to further fame, and she went on to star in Joel Schumacher's 1997 movie Batman & Robin, crime-comedy Excess Baggage (1997) with Benicio Del Toro and Christopher Walken, and romantic drama Blast from the Past (1999) opposite Brendan Fraser.
- 3/11/2014
- Digital Spy
Azure Parsons (True Detective, Salem) will co-star opposite JoAnna Garcia Swisher in ABC‘s summer drama series Astronaut Wives Club. The project, from Fake Empire, Groundswell Prods and ABC Studios, tells the real story of the women who stood beside some of the biggest heroes in American history during the height of the space race. Parsons, repped by Sweeney Entertainment and Imperium 7, will play one of them, Annie Glenn, the wife of John Glenn whom she’s known since they were toddlers in Ohio. Related: 2014 ABC Pilots Kellee Stewart (Soul Man) has joined Lauren Iungerich’s ABC comedy pilot Damaged Goods. It revolves around damaged men (Justin Hartley, Steve Talley) and damaged women who explore the minutiae of love and relationships. Stewart, repped by Domain and Robyn Bluestone Management, will play one of the women, Betsy, who is living off alimony. She is coming off Lifetime pilot Hr.
- 3/5/2014
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Lifetime has given a series order to Un-Real, its hourlong pilot starring Shiri Appleby and co-written/executive produced by Marti Noxon. I hear another Lifetime pilot, dystopian-future drama The Lottery, is in negotiations for a series pickup. Meanwhile, the network’s third traditional pilot, Hr, is not going forward, with the project starring Alicia Silverstone currently being shopped to other networks. (Lifetime also has movie/backdoor pilot Deliverance Creek, which is yet to air.) Lifetime has picked up 10 episodes of Un-Real, which will be produced by A+E Studios, making it the first scripted series fully owned by the recently launched in-house production arm of Lifetime parent A+E Networks. The dark comedy, inspired by Sarah Gertrude Shapiro’s award-winning independent short Sequin Raze, was written by Shapiro and Noxon and gives a behind-the-scenes look at the chaos surrounding the production of a dating competition program. “Un-Real is unlike anything that exists on television today,...
- 2/6/2014
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Cheyenne Jackson has become a late addition to Ryan Murphy‘s HBO pilot Open, from Fox 21. Jackson will be a series regular playing a new character I hear Murphy has created for him. Open, which Murphy co-wrote with Lauren Gussis, is described as a modern, provocative exploration of human sexuality and relationships. It centers on five central characters played by Michelle Monaghan, Scott Speedman, Wes Bentley, Anna Torv and Jennifer Jason Leigh. I hear Jackson plays a handsome meth addict. Filming is expected to begin in February. Jackson previously worked with Murphy on Glee where he did an arc. The actor, repped by ICM Partners and the Schiff Co., guest stars on the Lifetime pilot Hr. Jason O’Mara (Vegas, Terra Nova) has been cast as the lead in Matt Nix’s USA Network pilot Complications, a gritty medical drama centered around John Ellis (O’Mara), a disillusioned suburban...
- 11/5/2013
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
There will be no third season of Jennifer Love Hewitt‘s Lifetime series The Client List. I hear it was a mutual decision between the network and producer Sony Pictures TV. While the show’s ratings slipped in Season 2 — from 2.7 million for the premiere to 2 million for the finale — I hear the reasons were mainly talent-related. As we reported in June, Lifetime and Sony TV were in a creative standoff with star Hewitt over storylines for a potential third season after the actress, who is an executive producer on the show, had requested that Brian Hallisay, her real-life fiance and father of her baby, also play her character Riley’s baby daddy on the show. I hear the issues eventually became too much for Lifetime and Sony TV, leading to today’s formal cancellation. Helping the decision is the fact that since the end of The Client List‘s second season,...
- 11/1/2013
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Exclusive: TV Land has given a cast-contingent pilot order to Younger, a single-camera comedy written and executive produced by Sex And the City creator Darren Star. The project has been a top priority for the network, which put it on fast-track development only two months ago. Based on the novel by Pamela Redmond Satran, Younger centers on a suddenly-single New Jersey housewife and mother in her early 40s who, unable to restart her career, decides to lie about her age and successfully passes herself off as a twentysomething. Armed with a makeover and new resume, she wins a coveted position at the city’s hottest publishing company. Pretending to be “younger” doesn’t hurt in the bar scene, either, as guys line up like never before. Younger expands TV Land’s push in the single-camera format. The network’s other pilot, Jennifer Falls starring Jaime Pressly, originally developed as a multi-cam,...
- 10/21/2013
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Exclusive: Natalie Zea, coming off roles on Fox’s The Following and CBS’ Under The Dome, has been tapped to star in the Amazon comedy pilot The Outlaws. Written by Jeremy Garelick and Jon Weinbach and directed by Jay Chandrasekhar, The Outlaws is about the ins and outs of a professional football team from the perspective of both the players and the back office. It centers on Julie Levine (Zea), the wife of a pro-football team owner who now needs to run the flailing organization after her husband dies. Zea, repped by UTA, manager Robert Semon and attorney Jamie Feldman, also recurs on FX’s Justified as Timothy Olyphant’s ex-wife. House alum Peter Jacobson has been cast as a series regular in the Lifetime pilot Hr. Written by Glenn Porter, Hr centers on Ellen (Alicia Silverstone), the uptight Director of Human Resources for a global company who after a...
- 10/10/2013
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
The Blacklist
NBC's "The Blacklist" has set a new ratings record with Live+3 ratings for the show's second episode showing an increase of 5.1 million viewers (45%) on top of the live overnight numbers of 11.3 million. That's a new record for Live+3 data.
It basically means it's a show that many are DVR-ing, in fact the new numbers confirm that the second episode retained around 97% of the pilot's sizeable audience. [Source: Unreality]
The Simpsons
Fox has picked up "The Simpsons" for a historic 26th season of the animated comedy. The longest-running, American primetime scripted show in television history, the 25th season premiere on Sunday saw a 12% rise in ratings from last season's average.
Meanwhile, a clip has gone up pointing out all the sci-fi and horror movie references in Guillermo del Toro's opening credits for this year's Halloween episode. Check it out here.
Tin Man
NBC has given an a pilot order for...
NBC's "The Blacklist" has set a new ratings record with Live+3 ratings for the show's second episode showing an increase of 5.1 million viewers (45%) on top of the live overnight numbers of 11.3 million. That's a new record for Live+3 data.
It basically means it's a show that many are DVR-ing, in fact the new numbers confirm that the second episode retained around 97% of the pilot's sizeable audience. [Source: Unreality]
The Simpsons
Fox has picked up "The Simpsons" for a historic 26th season of the animated comedy. The longest-running, American primetime scripted show in television history, the 25th season premiere on Sunday saw a 12% rise in ratings from last season's average.
Meanwhile, a clip has gone up pointing out all the sci-fi and horror movie references in Guillermo del Toro's opening credits for this year's Halloween episode. Check it out here.
Tin Man
NBC has given an a pilot order for...
- 10/6/2013
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Peter Fonda has been cast as a recurring guest star in Lifetime’s drama pilot Hr. He’ll play Jonathan Quaff, one of the founders of the company Ellen (Alicia Silverstone) works for as Director of Human Resources. After a head injury alters her outlook on life, Ellen throws standard corporate practices out the window and inspires the business to strive for new ambitions and profits. Jonathan is bowled over by Ellen’s unorthodox and shocking ideas on how to upgrade the company’s image while keeping everyone happily employed. Fonda is repped by Innovative Artists and Somers Mauldin The Rose Group. Christopher Backus (Elevator) has been set as a series regular in Lifetime’s backdoor pilot Deliverance Creek from Nicholas Sparks Prods. and Warner Horizon Television. He’ll play Jasper, the charismatic brother of Belle Barlowe in the period drama that’s set at the end of the Civil War.
- 10/5/2013
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
David Letterman will be staying up Late for the foreseeable future.
The funnyman on Friday extended his contract with CBS and the Late Show through 2015.
Photos | Fall TV Spoiler Spectacular: Exclusive Scoop on 45 Returning Faves
“There is only one Dave, and we are extremely proud that he continues to call CBS ‘home,’” network honcho Les Moonves said in a statement. Added Letterman, playfully, “Les and I had a lengthy discussion, and we both agreed that I needed a little more time to fully run the show into the ground.”
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The funnyman on Friday extended his contract with CBS and the Late Show through 2015.
Photos | Fall TV Spoiler Spectacular: Exclusive Scoop on 45 Returning Faves
“There is only one Dave, and we are extremely proud that he continues to call CBS ‘home,’” network honcho Les Moonves said in a statement. Added Letterman, playfully, “Les and I had a lengthy discussion, and we both agreed that I needed a little more time to fully run the show into the ground.”
Ready for more of today’s TV dish? Well…
• Rescue Me...
- 10/5/2013
- by Megan Masters
- TVLine.com
Lifetime's Alicia Silverstone pilot has enlisted an Oscar nominee. Peter Fonda, Academy Award-nominated for Ulee's Gold and Easy Rider, has joined the cast of drama pilot Hr, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. Hr centers on an uptight director of human resources at a global company, Ellen Bell (Silverstone), who suffers a head injury that alters her outlook on life. She throws standard corporate practices out the window and inspires the business to strive for new ambitions and profits. Ellen's newly liberated managerial style and untraditional female perspective in a predominately male company is a welcome relief to some, while
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- 10/4/2013
- by Philiana Ng, Lesley Goldberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Peter Fonda is joining Darren Star’s pilot for Lifetime, “Hr.” The two-time Oscar nominee will play Jonathan Quaff, one of the founders of the company where Ellen (Alicia Silverstone) works, a network representative told TheWrap. The role will become recurring if the pilot is ordered to series. Hr follows Ellen, the uptight director of human relations for a global company who suffers from a head injury. After the injury, she throws standard corporate practices out the window. Some dislike her new ways, others like Fonda’s Jonathan find them refreshing. He’s bowled over by Ellen’s unorthodox and shocking ideas on how to.
- 10/4/2013
- by Jethro Nededog
- The Wrap
New Release
Parkland
PG-13, 1 Hr., 33 Mins.
This episodic drama is set in Dallas during the three days after the JFK assassination, and some of it is highly charged, like the scenes inside Parkland Memorial Hospital when the president is dying. Paul Giamatti deftly traces the anguish of Abraham Zapruder as he figures out what to do with his 8mm film. Yet the movie lacks an authentic period flavor, and it ambles over so much old ground that it doesn’t add up to much. B- —Owen Gleiberman
New Release
All Is Bright
R, 1 Hr., 47 Mins.
It’s been eight years...
Parkland
PG-13, 1 Hr., 33 Mins.
This episodic drama is set in Dallas during the three days after the JFK assassination, and some of it is highly charged, like the scenes inside Parkland Memorial Hospital when the president is dying. Paul Giamatti deftly traces the anguish of Abraham Zapruder as he figures out what to do with his 8mm film. Yet the movie lacks an authentic period flavor, and it ambles over so much old ground that it doesn’t add up to much. B- —Owen Gleiberman
New Release
All Is Bright
R, 1 Hr., 47 Mins.
It’s been eight years...
- 10/2/2013
- by EW staff
- EW - Inside Movies
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