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Great news everyone!!! “Cougar Town” will officially be coming back on the air on Tuesday, February 14th at 8:30/7:30c on ABC!
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Spoiler Chat has revealed some news about “Cougar Town”!
Rebecca: Is Cougar Town in danger?
Depends who you ask. ABC did not put the show on its midseason schedule, as you probably heard, but I’m told by multiple show and network sources that the series will most definitely return this season. Just a bit later than expected. I’m told Cougar Town’s return date will be announced in January at ABC’s day during the Television Critics Association Press Tour. Also hearing some awesome things about the new season, including a very funny storyline for Sarah Chalke and a plot that sends a main character to the hospital.
Here are seven words guaranteed to leave you feeling drunk with happiness: Sarah Chalke is headed to Cougar Town.
Sources confirm to TVLine exclusively that the Scrubs MVP is joining ABC’s wine-soaked comedy for a major arc as a love interest for Brian Van Holt’s Bobby. The gig reunites Chalke with her former Scrubs boss (and C-Town co-creator) Bill Lawrence.
Her character, Angie, is described as a natural beauty with a cool vibe who meets Bobby through his son Travis (she’s his photography professor at college).
I’m told Chalke, who last headlined CBS’ short-loved sitcom Mad Love, is signed for multiple episodes of the show’s still-unscheduled (grrrr) third season.
This marks the third Scrubs vet Lawrence has welcomed into the cul-de-sac crew, following stints by Ken Jenkins (as dad to Courteney Cox’s Jules) and Sam Lloyd (reprising his role as Scrubs‘ Ted). The number jumps to four if you include Zach Braff’s “cameo” last spring and Scott Foley’s Season 1 arc as Jules’ boyfriend.
Actress Sarah Chalke has signed a development/talent holding deal with 20th Century Fox Television. Under the pact, the studio will develop a half-hour comedy project for her targeted for fall 2012.
20th TV first got in business with Chalke when she recurred on the studio’s CBS comedy How I Met Your Mother from 2008-09 and then cast her as a lead in Greg Malins’ 2010 ABC pilot Freshmen. After the pilot didn’t make the cut to series in May 2010, the studio wanted to sign Chalke in a deal right away, but she was cast in CBS’ midseason comedy series Mad Love, so 20th TV brass were “determined to get her this year,” studio’s chairman Gary Newman said. “She is incredibly talented as a comic force — she can do physical comedy and has great timing. There is almost a Lucy quality to her,” he said, referring to comedy icon Lucille Ball.
Sarah Chalke will start meeting with writers shortly. Once she and the studio settle on a concept, the focus will be on developing that project but 20th executives will also keep an eye on other comedies in the works with characters that could be right for her. “She is incredibly castable,” Newman said. “We hope that the project we develop for her goes, but if it doesn’t, we will cast her in one of our other pilots.”
Indeed, Chalke, repped by UTA and John Carrabino, has been in great demand. In her first pilot season after Scrubs in 2010, she was cast in two pilots, Freshmen and CBS’ Team Spitz, the latter in second position. But ever since she started as a child actress on Roseanne, Chalke has always been cast into existing projects. “I’ve always been curious what would it be to develop and get involved in the project from the very beginning; I think it will be neat,” said Chalke, who also liked working with 20th on HIMYM and Freshmen and is a fan of the studio’s roster of series. She said she’d love to collaborate with How I Met Your Mother creators Carter Bays and Craig Thomas, who “have a rare ability to find a balance in creating a characters that are funny but also make you care about them.” As for a possible return on HIMYM, “I have no idea (whether that can happen), but I would do it in heartbeat,” she said.
Canceled by the network over a month ago, the 13-episode sitcom “Mad Love” starring Jason Biggs, Sarah Chalke, Tyler Labine and Judy Greer is coming to DVD from CBS/Paramount, according to a pre-order listing from Amazon.com. The set, titled Mad Love – The DVD Edition, hasn’t been formally announced by the studio yet, so we only have the details provided by the e-tailer. They show a list price of $39.98 SRP, and a street date of August 30th.
Disney Channel has found some big talent to entertain the little viewers of Special Agent Oso.
Mel Brooks, Sarah Chalke, Rebecca Romijn, Jenna Elfman and Freddy Rodriguez are among the stars who have signed on to provide guest voices on the animated preschool series.
The star-studded episodes will air the week of April 4 on Disney Channel’s Disney Junior block. In one episode, Brooks will play a sleepy grandfather, while in another Romijn is featured as a department store clerk. Also, Elfman plays a safety-conscious mom, Rodriguez is a health-minded dad, Chalke is a preschool director and Doris Roberts is a forgiving grandmother.
“I did Special Agent Oso because my five-year-old grandson Henry watches the show,” says Brooks. “I wanted to surprise him with an appearance.” Special Agent Oso stars Sean Astin as the voice of Oso, a stuffed panda bear who completes his missions with the help of young viewers. The show airs weekdays at 6:30 a.m and 1 p.m.
Walt Disney Animation Studios will be releasing a new short on ABC for December called Prep and Landing: Operation Secret Santa. The short will air on Tuesday, December 8th between 8pm and 9pm EST during the “Charlie Brown Christmas’ and the short will air again on Thursday, December 16th during the same time slot. The short is seven minutes long and is a sequel to last years animated story ‘Prep and Landing’.
This short film follows the comic adventures of Santa’s stealthiest elves Lanny and Wayne. In the film it is only a few short days from Christmas, Mrs. Claus voiced by the iconic Betty White, and Magee voiced by Sarah Chalke enlist Wayne voiced by Dave Foley and Lanny voiced by Derek Richardson on a secret mission. Lanny and Wayne are asked to find a mysterious item hidden deep within Santa Claus office. The intrepid duo must acquire the item in time before being discovered by the Big Guy voiced by Morgan Sheppard.
Last year we saw Wayne getting ready for an anticipated promotion and leaving Prep and Landing only to discover his former partner got the promotion instead. We are then introduced to Lanny a new rookie to train as his new partner. Their antics almost cost a young boy Timmy his Christmas, but at the last minute they save the day and give Timmy a happy Christmas.
For nine years “Scrubs” has managed to keep the audience laughing with its hilarious punch lines and outrageous antics. Now, the fans can relive JD and the gang’s adventures in “The Complete Ninth and Final Season” of the ABC sitcom on DVD.
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment will be releasing the show’s final season, complete with the season’s 13 episodes plus bonus features, including deleted scenes and bloopers.
Other features include “Scrubbing In,” a bonus feature that allows viewers to meet the newcomer actors, along with insights from creator Bill Lawrence and stars Zach Braff and Sarah Chalke; and “The Todd’s High Five Scrubs Trivia Challenge,” a contest led by Dr. Todd Quinlan (Robert Maschio) that challenges viewers to a test knowledge of all nine seasons.
The packaging of the DVD will be a delight to fans as well. It includes a collectible X-ray/Lenticular cover of the cast, official Sacred Heart Hospital ID badge in-pack, and photo booth strip of the cast.
In its ninth and final season, the show now focuses at a med school led by Lucy (Kerry Bishe), a med student who takes over the narrating of the show from JD. Donald Faison and John C. McGinley were the only cast members who came back as series regulars in the latest season.
Also starring were Eliza Couple, Michael Mosley, and Dave Franco.
The complete ninth and final season will be released September 28.
