In 1977 Carl Reiner directed Oh, God!, starring octogenarian George Burns, then the elder statesman of comedy. Today, at 96, it is Reiner who is comedy's elder statesman—still funny and still sharp, despite the inevitable ailments that come with a long life. "I’m at the age now where you see doctors every day," he…

At the age of 96, Carl Reiner remains impressively engaged with life. He tweets daily to his 237K Twitter followers, often in criticism of President Trump. A tweet he posted on Friday garnered 12,000 likes: "I ask: Is there anything more upsetting than having our blow-hard, self serving President meet with foreign…

CBS will spend some holiday time with Rob, Laura, Sally, Buddy and Ritchie for a second consecutive year. The network said today that it will air two colorized episodes of classic sitcom The Dick Van Dyke Show on December 22. This year’s special will feature the Season 1 episode "My Blonde-Haired Brunette," written by…

TV comedy pioneer Carl Reiner, five years shy of 100, is urging Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy to keep the robe on. “The country needs justices like you,” Reiner pleads in a New York Times opinion piece written as an open letter to Kennedy, who turns 81 later this month. Beltway rumors about a Kennedy…

In a youth obsessed industry, the Turner Classic Movies Classic Film Festival, which runs through Sunday in Hollywood, is an oasis of cinematic treasures in the midst of a business that doesn’t always value its storied past. Once again the brain trust behind this unique orgy of movie magic from another time has…

In the days following the death of beloved Turner Classic Movies host Robert Osborne, the network has found cause for celebration—not only in Osborne’s legacy, but in the legacy of father-son filmmakers Carl and Rob Reiner, who will be honored with a shared hand and footprint ceremony on April 7 outside Hollywood’s…

Carl Reiner in 2013 talked to Conan OBrien about casting Mary Tyler Moore in her first big TV role, as Laura Petrie, wife of Rob, on The Dick Van Dyke Show. The series ran from 1961-66 on CBS. “I saw 26 girls!” he told Conan of the difficulty in casting the role. Reiner said he was struck with Moore and her “great…

UPDATED SUNDAY MORNING Donald Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway told George Stephanopoulos that Gennifer Flowers won’t be getting a debate ticket, at least not from Conway’s boss. “She has not been invited by the campaign,” Conway said on This Week With George Stephanopoulos. “She has a right to be there if…

Netflix has added several actors to its Kevin James action comedy True Memoirs Of An International Assassin. Zulay Henao (The Single Moms Club), Andy Garcia (Kill the Messenger), Maurice Compte (Narcos), Kelen Coleman (The McCarthys), Andrew Howard (Taken 3), Rob Riggle (22 Jump Street), Leonard Earl Howze (Memphis Bea…

TV pioneer Sid Caesar has died at the age of 91 in Los Angeles. The Yonkers, NY-born comedian made his first appearance on TV in 1949 on Milton Berle's Texaco Star Theater. On February 25, 1950, Caesar was among the ensemble cast on the premiere of Your Show Of Shows. With Caesar, Imogene Coca and Carl Reiner in front…

It was completely appropriate that AFI‘s 41st Life Achievement Award honoree Mel Brooks made his entrance at the Dolby Theatre to the Steven Sondheim song, “Comedy Tonight”.  It set the tone immediately for a very different evening than any that had come before at this annual event. Look at the list of the 40 previous…

Last night the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences honored Carl Reiner. Deadline’s own Pete Hammond (Pete describes the evening here) moderated panels which included Dick Van Dyke, Bill Persky, Bonnie Hunt, Eva Marie Saint, Gary Shandling, Larry Matthews, Lily Tomlin, and Paul Reiser. Pete then intro’ed a surprise…