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‘Call Me Kat’ EPs Hand Leslie Jordan’s Baker Phil His “Happy Ending” Following Comedian’s Passing

SPOILER ALERT: The following story reveals details from tonight’s episode of Fox’s Call Me Kat titled “Call Me Fancy Puffenstuff.” Leslie Jordan made his final appearance in Fox’s Call Me Kat in “Call Me Fancy Puffenstuff,” an episode about chosen family, blossoming new love, and the enduring power…

‘Call Me Kat’: Jim Patterson & Maria Ferrari Take Over As Showrunners

EXCLUSIVE: Call Me Kat is changing showrunners again. Jim Patterson and Maria Ferrari will take over the top spot of the Mayim Bialik comedy for Fox in its third season. They are replacing season 2 showrunner Alissa Neubauer, who decided not to return. She replaced Darlene Hunt, who was showrunner in the comedy’s…

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Jim Patterson Joins New CBS Comedy ‘B Positive’ As Co-Showrunner, Reuniting With Chuck Lorre

EXCLUSIVE: Former Two and a Half Men executive producer/co-showrunner Jim Patterson is returning to the Chuck Lorre fold. He has joined Warner Bros TV/Chuck Lorre Prods’ multi-camera CBS comedy series B Positive as executive producer and co-showrunner alongside creator Marco Pennette. Patterson spent a decade working…

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Breaking The Multi-Cam Mold With ‘The Ranch’s Sam Elliott: “It Was Very Daunting”

Ashton Kutcher is sitting at a fake kitchen counter while his old That 70s Show friend Danny Masterson pretends to cook breakfast. “S**t!” Kutcher exclaims, and right on cue the studio audience laughs. We’re on the Warner Bros. lot, taping episode 19 of The Ranch–Netflix's second-ever multi-cam sitcom, after Fuller Hou…

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Netflix’s ‘The Ranch’ Toys With Sitcom Lighting, Length, And Language – TCA

“We’re doing a very traditional [sitcom] format, with a live audience, but because we're working with Netflix we get to explore” the genre, The Ranch star/EP Ashton Kutcher told TV critics this morning at TCA. Kutcher plays a failed football player who returns to Colorado to help run the family ranching business with…

Ashton Kutcher & Danny Masterson To Star In Netflix Series From ‘2.5 Men’ Duo

EXCLUSIVE: Two And A Half Men and That ’70s Show star Ashton Kutcher is reuniting with 2.5 Men co-showrunners Don Reo and Jim Patterson and That ’70s Show co-star Danny Masterson for a new multi-camera comedy series on Netflix. I’ve learned that the Internet TV network is finalizing a deal for a straight-to-series…

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‘Two And A Half Men’ Co-Showrunner Lee Aronsohn Steps Down, Don Reo & Jim Patterson To Replace Him

Two And A Half Men, whose renewal by CBS is now a formality after stars Ashton Kutcher, Jon Cryer and Angus T. Jones all have reached deals in principal to return, is reshuffling the showrunner deck for Season 10. Executive producer Lee Arohnson, who co-created Men with Chuck Lorre and has been co-running the series…