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Emmy-winning docuseries Who Do You Think You Are? is returning to NBC for a second go-round. The network has ordered 13 episodes of the docuseries from executive producers Lisa Kudrow and Dan Bucatinsky. Ancestry and Shed Media are producing. In the docuseries, each week a different celebrity will go on a poignant…

Carlos Gomez (Law & Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders), Being Mary Jane‘s Lisa Vidal, Scandal alum Dan Bucatinsky and newcomer Belissa Escobedo are set as series regulars in ABC’s pilot The Baker and the Beauty, a one-hour romantic comedy based on the Israeli series. The adaptation hails from The Brave creator…

EXCLUSIVE: As Freeform is preparing to kick off its 2018 edition of 25 Days of Christmas, the network has greenlighted its first original holiday movie for the 2019 event. Ghosting (working title ) comes from executive producers Lisa Kudrow and Dan Bucatinsky and stars Aisha Dee (The Bold Type) and Kimiko Glenn (The…

In an interview discussing how her own coming out story became fodder for the Emmy Award-winning episode of Netflix’s Master of None, Lena Waithe talked about proudly entering into a room knowing she would make people uncomfortable. Waithe was asked to expand on this idea of embracing disruption today at the Produced…

Sam Harowitz has joined Lisa Kudrow and Dan Bucatinsky’s Is Or Isn’t Entertainment as SVP Development and Production. This is the first time Kudrow and Bucatinsky have brought in a senior development executive at the company, which the duo launched 15 years ago. Harowitz, who comes from FremantleMedia where he served…

Emmy winner Dan Bucatinsky (Scandal) has been tapped for a series regular role opposite Sasheer Zamata and Sean Kleier in NBC comedy pilot So Close from Greg Malins (Will & Grace, Life In Pieces), Hazy Mills and Universal TV. Written by Friends and Will & Grace alum Malins, So Close centers on hopeless romantics Riley…

There will be a familiar face in an upcoming episode of NBC’s Will & Grace. Dan Bucatinsky, who played Neil in the original series, will reprise his role as a guest star in an upcoming episode. He’ll be joined by fellow guest stars Matthew Letscher, Andy Favreau and Barry Bostwick in the same episode. The current…

Longtime producing partners Lisa Kudrow and Dan Bucatinsky have signed a multi-year first-look deal with Sony Pictures TV Studios. Under the pact, the pair will develop new scripted television projects for network, cable, and streaming services via their production company Is or Isn’t Entertainment. "We are excited to…

EXCLUSIVE: Dan Bucatinsky has signed on to the cast of Second Act, the romantic comedy at STXfilms toplined by Jennifer Lopez, Leah Remini and Vanessa Hudgens. Peter Segel is directing the script from Justin Zackham and Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas. In the vein of Maid In Manhattan meets Working Girl, the film follows a…

Robert Michael Morris' passing on May 30 was a blow to the cast and crew of The Comeback – the show on which the 77-year-old actor played best friend and hairdresser to Lisa Kudrow’s Valerie Cherish.  During a panel discussion today at the ATX fest in Austin, Kudrow paid tribute to the actor, as did EPs Dan Bucatinsky…

CBS has bought Rebel Law, a legal drama project from EastSiders creator Kit Williamson, former Royal Pains showrunner Michael Rauch and Lisa Kudrow & Dan Bucatinsky’s Is Or Isn't Entertainment (Web Therapy). Written by Williamson with Rauch supervising, Rebel Law centers on an openly gay attorney who returns home to…

Scandal’s Dan Bucatinsky has been cast opposite Miranda Otto and Corey Hawkins in Fox pilot 24: Legacy, which reboots the 24 franchise with brand new characters and cast. Coral Pena (Blue Bloods) and Charlie Hofheimer (Mad Men) also have joined the cast as series regulars. Written by 24 veterans Manny Coto and Evan…