We all know Leah Remini – from a sassy no-nonsense second in command at a summer resort called Malibu Sands to almost a decade married to the KING OF QUEENS, she’s been a constant presence on our TV sets over the years. Tonight on ABC, we get to see her latest jump into the comedy waters. Her latest show, FAMILY TOOLS (8:30c/7:30c), follows a handy-man (JK Simmons) with a successful home improvement company that finds himself passing the reins over
Tonight, nestled between THE MIDDLE and MODERN FAMILY (8:30/7:30c), check out the premiere of FAMILY TOOLS. The story of a handy-man who has a heart attack and decides to let his former-seminary-school-attending son take over the family business stars Kyle Bornheimer, JK Simmons, Leah Remini, and Edi Gathegi – it’s a great look at family and I found myself laughing a bit more with each episode. I spent some time chatting with Kyle and Edi about what’s coming up tonight
You remember David Faustino. He played Bud Bundy in Married with Children. Nowadays, Faustino is playing a new character with similar traits, something he calls “Bud Bundy-esque” qualities, for Netflix. Bud Bundy II? The character’s name is Dax Wendell, the series Bad Samaritans. Wendell resembles Bundy on several fronts. Says Faustino, “Bud Bundy was obviously a character who wanted to be loved and wanted to be respected, and never was. And the same goes for Dax Wendell. I think there
On tonight’s all new episode of GREY’S ANATOMY (Season 9, Episode 21 – can you believe we’re almost to Season 10??), Bailey becomes the focus of a CDC investigation when several of her patients die. It becomes a tricky situation when her friends, her former students, need to act as board members first and foremost. I recently spent some time chatting with Bailey (the incomparable Chandra Wilson) about what’s coming up tonight, what’s happening in the super-scary-sounding Season finale, and
In tonight’s episode of HOW TO LIVE WITH YOUR PARENTS (FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE), an episode that series star Brad Garrett calls “an episode about guilt,” Elaine pushes Max to confront his dying aunt, while Natalie convinces everyone that she’s getting picked on by an imaginary bully, as a way of dealing with her parents’ divorce. With each week, I enjoy the show more, and to celebrate what sounds like a somber yet hilarious episode, I spent time
Tonight on ABC Family at 8/7c, Sara Paxton, Jane Seymour, Chelsea Kane, and Drew Seeley star in a musical movie called LOVESTRUCK: THE MUSICAL, a story about a dancer, Mirabella, who wants to leave the dancing world behind when she gets married, and the mother, a former dancer herself, who will do whatever she can to make sure that doesn’t happen. When something a little crazy happens between the start of her trip and her arrival in Italy, Mom (Jane
Sunday night on ABC, Zachary Levi (CHUCK) and Alexis Bledel (Rory Gilmore, GILMORE GIRLS) star opposite each other in the latest Hallmark Hall of Fame movie, REMEMBER SUNDAY. Zac stars as Gus, a man with no short term memory, who finds himself drawn to Alexis’ go-with-the-flow Molly. Together, the find out what it can be like to fall in love with someone every single day. The movie is uplifting, the story is intriguing, and the chemistry between Zac and Alexis
When Windell Middlebrooks auditioned for the role of Dr. Curtis Brumfield on Body of Evidence (now Body of Proof), he just knew he had blown all hope of ever getting the job. No Time to Prepare He told me, “Normally, I like to get more time than I had to prepare and get ready for an audition, but this time I had no choice. “I had just returned home from Los Angeles in the middle of the night, on the
I had the chance to spend some time chatting with stars of the new series on ABC, HOW TO LIVE WITH YOUR PARENTS (FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE), which premieres tonight at 9:30/8:30c after an all new MODERN FAMILY; SUBURGATORY moves to 8:30/7:30c after an AMAZING all new THE MIDDLE. I enjoyed the pilot on second viewing and found Perkins and Garrett to have an easy charm to them. Check out the video interview for all the details about
When actor Cameron Mathison (All My Children) signed on to star in The Carpenter’s Miracle, he got more than he bargained for. Another Perspective Mathison, well-known for his charm and leading-man good looks, spent some time discussing choices with director Kristoffer Tabori. He told me, “We spent a lot of time doing readings, chatting, and talking. I was playing the character with a lot of myself in the role.” Tabori changed all that. He helped Mathison to see that he