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Peacock comedy series “Killing It.” “I love working with those guys,” Robinson, 50, told The Post. “They’re funny, they’re smart, they have great instincts, and we collaborate well together.

Mark Cuban — who plays a pivotal role in Wednesday night’s episode (9:30 on ABC).“He’s made cameos [before] and this was an idea our writers had and we thought it was a great use of our show,” series star Topher Grace, 43, told The Post.Cuban plays himself in the episode, in which Tom (Grace) and his sister, Sarah (Caitlin McGee), try to cheer up their wealthy kid brother, Connor (Jimmy Tatro), who runs a private equity firm and is depressed after his girlfriend, JoJo (Tetona Jackson) left town to pursue her dreams. Tom figures he and Sarah will bring a copy of the much-maligned 1996 movie “Dunston Checks In” — Connor’s “second favorite movie where a monkey wears clothes” — over to his house for a sibling bonding session.When they arrive, Connor tries to get rid of them, feigning drowsiness — when, in fact, he’s hosting a high-stakes ($800 ante) poker game that includes Cuban, who’s friends with goofy family friend Spags (Dustin Ybarra) in a “no one saw that coming” twist.

Katie Lowes, “Scandal”), his preteen son Sam (Mason Wells), his mom Helen (Julie White) and his mentor, Archie (Chi McBride).“I read [the script] with my wife and we were happy that the wife wasn’t a nagging sitcom cliché. And I liked that my son, Sam wants to be a tap dancer, and my character Tom – who’s not from that [arts] world – doesn’t make fun of him,” said Holmes.

appearance on “Late Night With Seth Meyers,” Brunson, 32, shared the comedy of errors that eventually led to her to acting.Before starring in her own sitcom, the writer found an audience at BuzzFeed, who scooped up the comedienne after a skit she published online went viral. Since then, she’s lent her voice to multiple animated characters on Adult Swim’s “Lazor Wulf” and to her eponymous character on Netflix’s “Big Mouth.” But not every work transition has been so charmed, the “She Memes Well” author revealed during the interview.

abruptly departed the ABC sitcom last year while still filming its ninth season.McLendon-Covey, 52, derided the 59-year-old actor as not wanting “to be there” on set to film scenes and suggested he would want to leave “mid-scene.” She shared her opinions in response to a tweet by freelance journalist Noel Murray, who suggested the series should either kill off Garlin’s character, family patriarch Murray Goldberg, or should get canceled entirely, rather than repurpose already-shot footage in an attempt to make scenes gel.“They should either cancel The Goldbergs or kill off Jeff Garlin’s character because the workarounds they’ve been using this season ain’t working,” Murray wrote, adding a clip of a wedding scene that appeared heavily edited.His tweet brought a sharp response from McLendon-Covey.“Thanks for the great suggestion Noel!” McLendon-Covey shaded right back before alluding to Garlin’s alleged disinterest appearing in the sitcom. “This season threw us for a loop because a.) it’s hard to incorporate someone who doesn’t want to be there and wants to leave mid-scene, and b.) we werent about to re-write the 2nd half of the season.”She concluded her retort: “We’re doing our best.”McLendon-Covey and ABC both declined to comment through representatives when contacted by The Post, which has also reached out for a statement from Garlin.Thanks for the great suggestion Noel! This season threw us for a loop because a.) it's hard to incorporate someone who doesn't want to be there and wants to leave mid-scene, and b.) we werent about to re-write the 2nd half of the season.

statement to the New York Times.Born Feb. 11, 1928, to famed Manhattan art collectors Sidney and Harriet Janis, the entertainer got his start at age 13, appearing in the play “Junior Miss.” Several years later, he starred in his first Broadway show, “Dark Side of the Moon” — one of 12 Broadway productions Janis would appear in during his storied career, Deadline reported.In a 2012 interview with film historian Alan K.

remains popular for the hilarious — and sometimes inappropriate — hijinks of four single, aging women who share a home in Miami. But while the on-camera chemistry between Rose Nylund (Betty White), Dorothy Zbornak (Bea Arthur), Blanche Devereaux (Rue McClanahan) and Sophia Petrillo (Estelle Getty) still charms viewers, the mood was decidedly different behind the scenes.The latest episode of “The Originals,” a podcast hosted by entertainment journalist Andrew Goldman and produced in partnership with Los Angeles Magazine [LINK TK], includes an April 2021 interview with the sitcom’s casting director Joel Thurm, who recounts how the leading ladies, especially Arthur, really felt about White — who died this past New Year’s Eve, weeks before her 100th birthday.“Literally Bea Arthur, who I cast in something else later on, just said, ‘Oh, she’s a f – – king c – – t,’ using that word,” Thurm says on the podcast.

his departure from the show following a series of misconduct allegations. Deadline revealed the shocking disclosure in a tweet Thursday, citing anonymous sources.

and created “Superstore” — so he knows a thing or two about workplace comedies as his new series, “American Auto,” launches on NBC. Ana Gasteyer stars in the ensemble sitcom, premiering Monday (Dec.

“Facts Of Life” revival episode. The program is part of the ABC’s third installment in the nostalgic “Live in Front of a Studio Audience” special, produced by Norman Lear and Jimmy Kimmel, which airs tonight at 8 p.m.

“A Black Lady Sketch Show”), revolves around life at an inner-city elementary school in Brunson’s native city of Philadelphia — notably its staff of harried teachers and its unqualified principal, Eva Coleman (Janelle James), who’s there only because she caught the school superintendent in a compromising position.

announced his death in a Facebook post on Monday, although he didn’t disclose the cause.“After 91 years, and a great life, my friend Lou Cutell went home,” the bereaved buddy wrote, along with pictures of the late thespian. “A film, theater and character actor.

“Happy Days” solidified a place for him in Hollywood. However, the filmmaker recently claimed that network executives treated him poorly once Henry Winkler’s character Arthur “The Fonz” Fonzarelli rose in fame.Howard, 67, appeared on Britain’s “The Graham Norton Show” on Friday and looked back on his time making the 1970s sitcom.“We immediately bonded and became great friends,” the “A Beautiful Mind” director said of his relationship with Winkler, 76.

“B Positive” (Thursdays at 9:30 p.m.) took a turn this season by veering away from its Season 1 focus on hard-partying Gina’s quest to donate a kidney to Drew (co-star Thomas Middleditch) — and all the complications (comedic and otherwise) that followed.

Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz’s “I Love Lucy,” according to the upcoming biopic “Being the Ricardos.”“I did this show so Desi and I could be together,” says Nicole Kidman, 54, as Ball in the minute-long first teaser for the upcoming Aaron Sorkin film.

social media influencer Jayden (Michael Hus Rosen); and tarot card and crystal loving healer Solana (Cinthya Carmona). “When I first read the script, my head went to ‘Cheers,’” said Osment, 29 (“The Kominsky Method”).

who lives with him in suburban Ohio, jettisoned its planned Season 2 opener on Aug. 12 when the US pulled out of Afghanistan.Instead, its writers, several of whom are Afghan or Afghan-American, quickly penned a new episode about the impact of the pullout on interpreter Al (Adhir Kalyan) and his best friend, Riley (Parker Young) as the drama unfolded in real time overseas.

Utkarsh Ambudkar), inherit a stately, if slightly ramshackle, upstate mansion. It was bequeathed to the spunky Samantha by an aunt she barely knew.

told People and other journalists at Citi Field on Sept. 29.“My philosophy of life is that just happened the way it happened, and we’re going to go from here.

People. “She had seen the show that night and said, ‘Daddy, don’t kiss the girl.’ She wasn’t very keen on all the Fran and Maxwell chemistry.” Shaughnessy shares daughters Jenny, 31, and Maddy, 26, with his wife, Susan Fallender.When asked if he would be down for a “Nanny” reunion sometime in the near future, the “Harry & Meghan: Becoming Royal” star admitted that “it would be a lot of fun.”Shaughnessy continued, “It’s hard because people see ‘The Nanny’ now, it’s 30 years old, so we’re all

Deadline reported. There was reportedly a third installment in development at the time of his death, this time set in the family’s native Greece.

confirmed to TMZ that — thanks to a shortage of hospital beds caused by the surge of Delta variant infections in California — her husband of 41 years spent “24 hours” suffering in the waiting room before being treated.

sitcom’s recent reunion show.“Of course, I didn’t watch the reunion interview, but I heard from others what Schwimmer said,” Mike Morris, 53, told the Sun of the primate-like poop-slinging.The animal handler was referring to the show’s Q&A segment, in which the sitcom star revealed that he didn’t like working with “the monkey.” Schwimmer was referring to Katie and Monkey, the two capuchin monkeys who played the simian sidekick of his “Friends” character, Ross Geller.

according to an obituary. He was diagnosed with vascular Alzheimer’s in 2013.Born in Queens, New York, Hogan enlisted in the Army after high school and served in Korea.

according to Variety. The Chicago native studied theater there until moving to New York City at age 19, where she would go on to land roles in shows including “The Night Circus” (her debut), “Come Blow Your Horn,” “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” and more.

an interview on The Daily Beast podcast “Fever Dreams,” the “Seinfeld” staffer — who worked on the show during its first five seasons — offered a glimpse of where he believes Jerry’s pals Elaine (played by Julia Louis-Dreyfus), George (Jason Alexander) and Kramer (Michael Richards) would be if they were to fast-forward to 2021.“When I thought about how Seinfeld would survive in this kind of environment and this television environment, and I look around, I think about bringing those characters to

and quite publicly — reconciled with her former “Fresh Prince” nemesis Will Smith, while Horsford has kept a place in her heart for her late “Amen” co-star Sherman Hemsley.

You seemed to have put a lot of stock into making an immediate first impression with the opening credits.The “B Positive” theme song and the animation in the opening credits was theresult of my weird hunch that we could set a comic tone to an otherwise grimtopic. I’ve never had any set rules for when or how to go about creating an openingtitle sequence.

Ed Helms, who is absolutely a comedy icon that has become a comedy mentor — I almost don’t have words to describe how exciting that has been for me,” said Schmieding, who is Lakota and enrolled in the Cheyenne River Lakota Sioux Tribe. “And I also got to work closely with Michael Greyeyes, who is a Native performing mentor and a Native icon.

Dean Norris’ memorable role as DEA Agent Hank Schrader on “Breaking Bad” led him, in a roundabout way, to Chuck Lorre’s new CBS sitcom “United States of Al.”“Chuck was a big fan of ‘Breaking Bad’ and he cast me in six episodes of ‘The Big Bang Theory’ as a colonel,” said Norris, 58, who also plays Uncle Daddy on TNT’s “Claws,” returning in June for its fourth and final season.