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Joe Otterson TV Reporter Charlie Sheen and Chuck Lorre are officially back in business together, with the actor joining Lorre’s HBO Max series “How to Be a Bookie.” Variety has confirmed with sources that Sheen will recur in the upcoming HBO Max series (with the streamer set to be renamed Max in the next month). The show stars Sebastian Maniscalco and was ordered to series in October. Reps for Warner Bros. Television and HBO Max declined to comment. Sheen and Lorre previously worked together on the hit CBS sitcom “Two and a Half Men.” Lorre co-created and executive produced the show, with Sheen starring. Sheen earned four Emmy nominations during his time on the show, but infamously left in the eighth season amid a public meltdown that included his viral “tiger blood” interview with ABC News and entering drug rehab. Sheen proceeded to make a number of disparaging remarks about Lorre publicly, with Lorre killing off Sheen’s character on “Two and a Half Men.” It was revealed in the series finale that Sheen’s character was not really dead, but died in the finale when a piano fell on his head.

EXCLUSIVE: Time does heal all wounds. Twelve years after Charlie Sheen and Chuck Lorre’s dramatic falling out on Two and a Half Men, the pair are back in business together, reuniting on Lorre’s first Max comedy series How To Be a Bookie, I have learned.

Big Bang Theory officially ended in 2019. Although fans were devastated when the show ended after 12 seasons, it looks like the door may not be completely shut yet, with news of a new spinoff series. Watch Below: We teach the cast of Young Sheldon Aussie slangFollowing in the footsteps of prequel show Young Sheldon, show creator Chuck Lorre has announced he is in the early stages of developing another series in the franchise.A presentation at Warner Bros. Discovery's press day revealed that the new spin-off is currently in the works at HBO Max.

“The Big Bang Theory” is approved for additional funding.

The Big Bang Theory signed off on CBS as , it appears to be back in the form of an upcoming new series set in the same world. (What world that is…well, we're not sure yet). The news also comes on the heels of Warner Bros.

Coming back for another round! A second spinoff series inspired by The Big Bang Theory is officially being developed at Warner Bros. Television.

The Big Bang Theory universe is expanding. Max, the combined HBO Max-Discovery+ service, and Big Bang co-creator/executive producer Chuck Lorre are developing a new comedy series in The Big Bang Theory universe. The project, from Warner Bros. Television and studio-based Chuck Lorre Prods., was revealed during Max’s presentation Wednesday. No further details were disclosed, with sources indicating that the project is very early in the development process, and it has not been determined yet what character(s) it would center on.

Selome Hailu Another addition to the “Big Bang Theory” universe is on its way. Chuck Lorre, who co-created “The Big Bang Theory” as well as its spinoff “Young Sheldon,” is in the early stages of developing another comedy series derived from that IP via his overall deal at Warner Bros. Television. The news came out of Warner Bros. Discovery’s press day announcing its new streaming service. If ordered to series, the new “Big Bang” project would stream on Max, the company’s rebranded platform combining HBO Max and Discovery+. No plot details were revealed during the WBD presentation. And though nothing is set in stone, it is believed to be an hour-long series featuring a mostly new cast with potential for known “Big Bang” stars to appear in guest spots.

EXCLUSIVE: CAA on Tuesday announced its signing of Allison Janney — the Academy Award-winning actress who has also been recognized over the course of her career with six Emmys, a Golden Globe, 7 SAG Awards, 2 Critics’ Choice Awards, a BAFTA, an Independent Spirit Award and other accolades.

Award-winning writer, producer, comedian, and actor Quinta Brunson, creator of ABC and Warner Bros. Television’s TV series , will receive the ICG Publicists (International Cinematographers Guild, IATSE Local 600) 2023 Television Showperson Award. 

There will be two new additions to HBO Max’s December lineup. The platform has landed streaming rights to past seasons of CBS comedy Bob Hearts Abishola, and Fox’s Call Me Kat.

EXCLUSIVE: Sebastian Maniscalco has gone full 60’s Rat Pack for his latest Netflix comedy special.

Omar J. Dorsey, Andrea Anders, Vanessa Ferlito and Jorge Garcia are set as series regulars opposite Sebastian Maniscalco in HBO Max’s original comedy series How To Be A Bookie, from The Big Bang Theory co-creator-exec producer Chuck Lorre and Warner Bros. Television.

EXCLUSIVE: Rachel Bay Jones and Will Sasso have joined Young Sheldon. The pair will have recurring guest roles on the current season of the CBS sitcom as the parents of Mandy (Emily Osment).

2022 Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Gala Barker Hangar, Santa MonicaJustin Timberlake and Jessica Biel (clad in a feathery Giambattista Valli Haute Couture gown) led the charge at the 2022 Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Gala, helping to raise a record-breaking $5.5 million for that medical center dedicated to healing children. Timberlake put on a show that had the whole place up and dancing, as Chris and Robert Pine served as hosts of the party held at the Barker Hangar, which is a perfectly mutable space with plenty of parking, making it a favorite of the charity gala crowd.

boss is sending his well wishes to Kaley Cuoco! In an interview with ET on Wednesday, producer Chuck Lorre gushed over Cuoco's pregnancy announcement and was sure to wish her congratulations. «I found out today,» he shared with ET's Nischelle Turner, while sitting down with writer Jessica Radloff to discuss her new oral history book, .The 36-year-old actress announced this week that she and her boyfriend, actor Tom Pelphrey, are expecting their first child -- a baby girl.«She and Tommy are so perfect together,» said Radloff, who worked closely with Cuoco while crafting the book. «They are just so happy. I'm so thrilled for her and they're gonna be such great parents, I absolutely know it.»As for what kind of mother Cuoco will be, Lorre cracks: «She's gonna be a helicopter mom! Gonna be all over this kid.» Radloff adds, «For as busy as Kaley is, she is so on top of things.… She will have a chart for this kid, I mean, it will be amazing.»Cuoco previously starred as Penny on the hit sitcom, which ran from 2007 to 2019.

A dramatic reveal. The cast of The Big Bang Theory have candidly discussed their reactions to Jim Parsons‘ 2018 exit from the show — and several actors said they weren’t prepared for the big change.

Kaley Cuoco once had a horseback riding accident that nearly saw her leg amputated. In an excerpt of The Big Bang Theory: The Definitive, Inside Story of the Epic Hit Series posted by Vanity Fair, the Big Bang Theory star told the story of a horseback riding accident that occurred over a decade ago. Her co-star Johnny Galecki and series creator Chuck Lorre helped tell the story in the excerpt.

Ever since Kaley Cuoco announced her big news, we’ve been wondering just what the other stars of The Big Bang Theory are doing now.

Kaley Cuoco very nearly lost her leg.

“The Big Bang Theory: The Definitive Inside Story of the Epic Hit Series,” when the news broke that Parsons would leave the show after 12 seasons, and it would not continue without him, “there was a lot of crying in the room,” especially from co-star Kaley Cuoco, 36.“The Big Bang Theory” aired on CBS from 2007 to 2019, with a total of 279 episodes. The plot followed a nerdy group of friends, including  physicists Sheldon Cooper (Parsons) and Leonard Hofstadter (Johnny Galecki), their aspiring actress neighbor Penny (Cuoco) and their pals: engineer Howard Wolowitz (Simon Helberg), astrophysicist Raj Koothrappali (Kunal Nayyar), and neuroscientist Amy Farrah Fowler (Mayim Bialik).

The ‘do that shook CBS! Kaley Cuoco opened up about her dramatic hair transformation ahead of season 8 of The Big Bang Theory — and the effect it had on her character, Penny.

dated from 2008 to 2010, and their characters on the show were also dating. When the two split, the show writers already had a plan for Penny and Leonard’s on-screen split as well. For many couples, a split doesn’t necessarily stop hook ups or the occasional getting back together — which is what started happening with Cuoco and Galecki’s on-screen characters after the end of their real-life relationship.“All of a sudden, we started noticing there were extra makeout scenes for our characters, and/or sex scenes,” Cuoco told Vanity Fair while doing press for Jessica Radloff’s new book “The Big Bang Theory: The Definitive, Inside Story.”“I was like, ‘I think Chuck is f—king with us!’ We were convinced.

HBO Max has given an eight-episode straight-to-series order to How To Be a Bookie, the first comedy for the streamer from one of Warner Bros. Television’s top showrunners, Chuck Lorre, co-creator/exec producer of HBO Max’s most watched off-network series, The Big Bang Theory. Actor-comedian Sebastian Maniscalco (The Irishman) is set to star in the single-camera series, which Lorre is co-writing with one of his close associates over the past decade, Nick Bakay. It is comedy king Lorre’s first sale since the start of the pandemic.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter HBO Max has given a straight-to-series order to a new comedy series from Chuck Lorre and Nick Bakay with Sebastian Maniscalco set for the lead role, Variety has learned. The single-camera show is titled “How to Be a Bookie.” HBO Max has given it an eight-episode order. Per the official logline, “A veteran bookie (Maniscalco) struggles to survive the impending legalization of sports gambling, increasingly unstable clients, family, co-workers, and a lifestyle that bounces him around every corner of Los Angeles, high and low.” Lorre and Bakay serve as co-writers and executive producers on the show. Maniscalco will executive produce in addition to starring, with Judi Marmel also executive producing. Warner Bros. Television is the studio. Chuck Lorre productions is currently under an overall deal at WBTV. The show marks Lorre’s first series at HBO Max.

Zack Sharf Kaley Cuoco and Johnny Galecki will forever be associated with their respective roles as Penny and Leonard on CBS’ long-running sitcom “The Bing Bang Theory.” The actors, similar to the characters they played on the show, fell in love while working together and dated from 2008 to 2010. “Bing Bang” writers were already planning Penny and Leonard’s breakup when Cuoco and Galecki split in real life. During interviews for Jessica Radloff’s new book “The Big Bang Theory: The Definitive, Inside Story” (via Vanity Fair), both Cuoco and Galecki shared their belief that series creator Chuck Lorre added more Penny-Leonard kissing and sex scenes after their real-life split just to mess with them.

EXCLUSIVE: Abishola will be seeing more of her mom in the upcoming season of Bob ♥ Abishola. Saidah Arrika Ekulona, who heavily recurred as Ebunoluwa in seasons 2 and 3 of the CBS/Warner Bros. TV comedy, has been promoted to series regular for Season 4.

EXCLUSIVE: Bob♥Abishola co-creator/co-executive Gina Yashere and co-executive producer Matt Ross have been promoted to executive producers and co-showrunners alongside co-creators Al Higgins, who has been running the hit Warner Bros. TV comedy, and Chuck Lorre, who serves as showrunner on all of his series.

More than 400 WGA screenwriters, showrunners and TV and streaming writers have signed a pledge saying they’re “committed to fighting for WGA coverage for all animation projects we create, write or produce moving forward. We want to be treated equal to live-action writers, not less than.” Signers include J.J. Abrams, Seth MacFarlane, Chuck Lorre, Amy Poehler and Mike Schur. See the full list below.