Cash Cab Chicago comes to Discovery weeknights at 6pm and 6:30pm e/p beginning Monday, February 14. It.s a full hour of new Cash Cab with the Emmy award winning cabbie Ben Bailey hit the streets Monday, February 14 at 6pm e/p on Discovery Channel followed by series premiere of Cash Cab Chicago at 6:30pm e/p. Second City alum and comedian Beth Melewski steps behind the wheel to host the brand new Windy City edition of everyone.s favorite game show-on-the-go. A native of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Melewski is a longtime Chicagoan and member of Chicago.s famed Second City, the home and proving ground of countless comedy greats including Bill Murray, Steve Carell, Bonnie Hunt and Tina Fey. In addition to being part...
- 2/1/2011
- by April MacIntyre
- Monsters and Critics
Two notable announcements from Discovery Communications' portion of TCA's winter press tour: - Feature director Ridley Scott has signed on for Prophets of Science Fiction, a new eight-episode series for the Science Channel, which will profile sci-fi visionaries such as Isaac Asimov, Gene Roddenberry and George Lucas and examine how their work inspired future discoveries decades before they took place. The series will premiere in the second half of 2011. Ridley and Tony Scott are producing. - Discovery Channel has greenlighted a Chicago spinoff of game show Cash Cab. Hosted by comedian Beth Melewski, the new series will premiere in the summer. The original New York Cash Cab with Ben Bailey returns with new episodes in the spring.
- 1/6/2011
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
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Damian Lewis, formerly of NBC's "Life," will star alongside Claire Danes in the Showtime pilot "Homeland." He plays a former prisoner of war being investigated by a C.I.A. agent (Danes) for a suspected terrorist plot. [Deadline]
Brace yourself, America: A "Jersey Shore" spinoff is in the works. MTV says it's closed a series option deal with cast member Paul "DJ Pauly D" Delvecchio for a show about his life away from the Shore. He filmed a pilot presentation for the spinoff in September. [MTV]
Discovery's "Cash Cab" is getting a companion series. The network will air a Chicago version of the semi-staged quiz show in 2011. Emmy-winning host Ben Bailey won't be along for the ride, though. He's staying put on the original, with comic Beth Melewski playing chauffeur/emcee. [AP]
Kevin Newman, who briefly hosted "Good Morning America...
Damian Lewis, formerly of NBC's "Life," will star alongside Claire Danes in the Showtime pilot "Homeland." He plays a former prisoner of war being investigated by a C.I.A. agent (Danes) for a suspected terrorist plot. [Deadline]
Brace yourself, America: A "Jersey Shore" spinoff is in the works. MTV says it's closed a series option deal with cast member Paul "DJ Pauly D" Delvecchio for a show about his life away from the Shore. He filmed a pilot presentation for the spinoff in September. [MTV]
Discovery's "Cash Cab" is getting a companion series. The network will air a Chicago version of the semi-staged quiz show in 2011. Emmy-winning host Ben Bailey won't be along for the ride, though. He's staying put on the original, with comic Beth Melewski playing chauffeur/emcee. [AP]
Kevin Newman, who briefly hosted "Good Morning America...
- 12/22/2010
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
The Discovery Channel is launching a spin-off of Cash Cab set in Chicago, with Second City comedienne Beth Melewski playing Ben Bailey’s cabbie role. Can Cash Cab pay me back for the years Giordano’s has taken off my life? [Associated Press]
Gayle King and Robin Meade are set to moderate four primetime specials on Own called Ask Oprah’s All Stars. The talk maven’s group of all-stars: Dr. Phil McGraw, Dr. Mehmet Oz, Suze Orman, and sweeeet potato. [The Wrap]
Ed Burns will appear alongside Megan Fox and Jon Hamm in Jennifer Westfeldt’s Friends With Kids. In the film, Burns...
Gayle King and Robin Meade are set to moderate four primetime specials on Own called Ask Oprah’s All Stars. The talk maven’s group of all-stars: Dr. Phil McGraw, Dr. Mehmet Oz, Suze Orman, and sweeeet potato. [The Wrap]
Ed Burns will appear alongside Megan Fox and Jon Hamm in Jennifer Westfeldt’s Friends With Kids. In the film, Burns...
- 12/21/2010
- by Kate Ward
- EW.com - PopWatch
Bite-sized TV news for your Tuesday:
The prodigal dad is returning, again, to "Gossip Girl." William Baldwin has signed on reprise his role as William van der Woodsen in a couple more episodes of The CW's drama. Elsewhere on the casting front, "24's" Mary Lynn Rajskub will guest on Fox's "Raising Hope," and Jason Wiles ("Persons Unknown") will visit "Castle." [Deadline]
We've known for a while that Season 2 of "Justified" would start in February, but not the specific date until now. FX says the series will premiere at 10 p.m. Et Wednesday, Feb. 9. It will run for 13 weeks. [FX]
CBS and news anchor Katie Couric have begun contract talks, and if she wants to stay at the network, it could mean taking a pay cut from her current $15 million annual salary. A wider role -- including a possible syndicated show -- at CBS News is also up for discussion. Couric's current deal expires in May.
The prodigal dad is returning, again, to "Gossip Girl." William Baldwin has signed on reprise his role as William van der Woodsen in a couple more episodes of The CW's drama. Elsewhere on the casting front, "24's" Mary Lynn Rajskub will guest on Fox's "Raising Hope," and Jason Wiles ("Persons Unknown") will visit "Castle." [Deadline]
We've known for a while that Season 2 of "Justified" would start in February, but not the specific date until now. FX says the series will premiere at 10 p.m. Et Wednesday, Feb. 9. It will run for 13 weeks. [FX]
CBS and news anchor Katie Couric have begun contract talks, and if she wants to stay at the network, it could mean taking a pay cut from her current $15 million annual salary. A wider role -- including a possible syndicated show -- at CBS News is also up for discussion. Couric's current deal expires in May.
- 12/21/2010
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
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