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Damon Wayans & Damon Wayans Jr. To Headline Father/Son Comedy In Works At CBS
EXCLUSIVE: In a dream on-screen sitcom pairing two decades in the making, Damon Wayans and Damon Wayans Jr. are set to star in a father-son multi-camera comedy. CBS is developing the untitled project, co-written by the elder Wayans and former Last Man Standing executive producer Kevin Hench…
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‘Cinnamon’: Damon Wayans & Pam Grier Join Village Roadshow Pictures’ Thriller For Tubi
Damon Wayans (Fox’s Lethal Weapon) and Pam Grier (Jackie Brown) have signed on to star alongside Hailey Kilgore, David Iacono and Jeremie Harris in the noir thriller Cinnamon, which will debut exclusively on Fox’s free streaming service, Tubi, later this year.
The film currently in production in Atlanta follows a…
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Damon Wayans Inks With CAA
EXCLUSIVE: Actor, stand-up comedian and bestselling author Damon Wayans has signed with CAA.
The four-time Emmy nominee starred just last night opposite Kevin Hart in ABC’s live staging of Diff'rent Strokes, as part of its Emmy-winning series, Live in Front of a Studio Audience. He played Willis Jackson, the role…
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Jon Stewart Books Surprise Role In ABC’s ‘Live In Front Of A Studio Audience: Facts Of Life’
Jon Stewart joins ABC’s Live in Front of a Studio Audience that’ll see the characters from Diff’rent Strokes and the Facts of Life back to life by a new, all-star cast of talent. The special airs Dec. 7 at 8 p.m. ET.
Stewart will appear as part of the Facts of Life cast in a surprise role. He will work opposite Jennife…
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‘Facts Of Life’ & ‘Diff’rent Strokes’ Next Up For ABC’s ‘Live In Front Of A Studio Audience’; First Stars, Premiere Date Set
ABC has pulled back the curtain on the third installment of its Live in Front of a Studio Audience franchise. Jimmy Kimmel announced on his late-night show Thursday that the 90-minute special will re-create episodes of comedies Diff’rent Strokes and its spinoff The Facts of Life.
The live event will air at from 8-9:30…
Damon Wayans Signs With APA
EXCLUSIVE: Damon Wayans, who starred for three seasons as Roger Murtaugh in the Fox series Lethal Weapon, has signed with APA.
Wayans served as writer and star of the acclaimed, Emmy-winning series, In Living Color, for three seasons where he created some of the show's most iconic sketch characters, including Homey…
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Damon Wayans Back At ABC As Star Of ‘Let’s Stay Together’ Sitcom He Is Co-Creating With Don Reo
EXCLUSIVE: Damon Wayans is returning to multi-camera comedy with a new project at ABC, where he headlined and co-created hit family sitcom My Wife and Kids. Wayans is reteaming with My Wife and Kids co-creator Don Reo on the new family comedy, Let’s Stay Together (working title), which we hear has received a script…
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‘Lethal Weapon’ Canceled By Fox After 3 Seasons
The fate of Cole and Murtaugh has been decided. After three seasons, Fox has canceled Lethal Weapon.
The news is not unexpected. As we noted in our story yesterday on Fox’s decision to pick up four new drama series, with a fifth pending, the move did not bode well for the network’s bubble dramas Star, Lethal Weapon…
‘Lethal Weapon’ Season Finale: An Explosive Wedding Leaves Future Of Fox Series In Question
SPOILER ALERT: This article contains details about the season 3 finale of Lethal Weapon.
Earlier this month at TCA, Lethal Weapon creator/executive producer Matt Miller said that the season 3 finale ends with “a little bit of a cliffhanger”. He wasn’t kidding. In fact, it was more of a huge cliffhanger that informs…
Fox Boss On ‘Lethal Weapon’ Season 4 Renewal Chances, Damon Wayans’ Future
Fox Entertainment chairman Charlie Collier avoided directly addressing Lethal Weapon star Damon Wayans’ comments that he would be leaving the show after Season 3 for health reasons, but he indicated indirectly that this might not be the end of the reboot, which underwent a co-lead change after Season 2.
Wayans made…
‘Lethal Weapon’ Gets 2 More Episodes At Fox With Damon Wayans Set To Appear
EXCLUSIVE: Fox has picked up two additional episodes of Lethal Weapon, bringing the third season of the action dramedy to 15 episodes. We have learned that the extra episodes will feature original star Damon Wayans who announced last week that he would be leaving the show after completing the initial 13-episode Season…
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Behind Damon Wayans’ Surprise ‘Lethal Weapon’ Announcement; Is He Really Leaving & Can Show Survive Second Exit?
Just as one chapter of behind-the-scenes drama on Fox’s Lethal Weapon closes, another one opens.
Shortly after the fast nationals for last night came out this morning, showing a solid Week 2 ratings performance for the revamped series with new co-lead Seann William Scott, a video interview of star Damon Wayans…
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