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‘Fist Fight’ Director Richie Keen To Direct New Line’s ‘Partners’
EXCLUSIVE: Richie Keen, who made his feature film directorial debut with New Line Cinema’s Fist Fight which opens wide tomorrow, is sticking with the Warner Bros label for their next project. New Line has set him to direct Partners, its big action comedy.
Evan Turner wrote the original screenplay, with Sam Pitman…
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Mark Wahlberg To Star In New Line Buddy Comedy ‘Partners’
EXCLUSIVE: New Line has attached Mark Wahlberg to star in Partners, an Evan Turner-scripted action comedy that puts a new spin on the buddy cop picture concept that Wahlberg and so many other other actors have exploited. Instead of the prototypical bromance, this one will pair him with–eek–a female partner. The plan…
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Barbra Streisand Tussles With Jimmy Fallon For ‘Tonight Show’ Spotlight: Video
Barbra Streisand was in for a surprise when she made her first appearance on The Tonight Show in 50 years last night. She, of course, is plugging her new album, Partners — because Tony Bennett already has dibs on Duets — in which she sings standards with well-known music stars including Michael Buble, Blake Shelton…
FX’s ‘Partners’ Hits New Low, Back Order Unlikely
Facing formidable preseason Monday Night Football on ESPN and a rising Hotel Hell on Fox last night, FX's Partners fell to its lowest result yet last night. Make that limbo lows for the struggling Kelsey Grammer and Martin Lawrence sitcom. In its third week, the 10/90 series from Lionsgate TV and Debmar-Mercury drew…
Latest FX 10/90 Comedy ‘Partners’ Starts OK
If you squinted you might have thought it was the 1990s on FX last night. The debut of the cabler's legal comedy series Partners starring Kelsey Grammer and Martin Lawrence certainly had all the components – especially with its veteran leads. While not gaining any traction among Adults 18-49, compared to other…
R.I.P. TV Writer Lester Lewis
UPDATED: Comedy TV writer Lester Lewis, who worked on The Office, died last night. He was 46. Lester most recently wrote and executive produced a “shortcom” project for Fox starring Michael Kosta, which the two co-created. It is eyed for the network’s summer Short-Com Comedy Hour series. Earlier this season, Lewis…
WME Mints Seven New Partners
EXCLUSIVE: WME has expanded its partner roster by upping seven of its best and brightest to partnership status. The new partners are Warren Zavala, the talent agent who joined from CAA last year and whose clients include Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Tobey Maguire; TV lit agent Tom Wellington (clients include Burn Notice…
CBS Freshman Comedy ‘Partners’ Cancelled
I have learned that CBS has decided not to give a back order to new comedy Partners. The show will be pulled from the schedule immediately, with comedy repeats airing in the Monday 8:30 PM slot for the time being. The news comes on the heels of Partners hitting a series low (1.8 18-49 rating) on Monday while the rest…
RATINGS RAT RACE: ‘Revolution’ And ‘Partners’ Hit Lows, ‘90210’ Hits High
Producers of new CBS comedy series Partners probably wish the network made a back order decision on their show last week when the freshman sitcom was the only Monday CBS series to post ratings gains vs. its most recent airing. Because last night, Partners (1.8/5) was the only member of the CBS Monday lineup in…
RATINGS RAT RACE: ‘Partners’ Steady As Other CBS Series Drop, ‘Mob Doctor’ Back
There was encouraging news last night for modestly rated freshman CBS comedy Partners. As the CBS Monday lineup returned from a three-week break, Partners (2.1/5) was even with its most recent airing while all other CBS series were down. The hold may be enough to clinch the series a back episodic order. Partners is…
CBS' 'Partners' Creators Cope With Complicated Back Story: TCA
Ray Richmond contributes to Deadline’s TV coverage.
In 1995, Fox premiered a new sitcom entitled Partners that starred Tate Donovan and Jon Cryer as architects and best pals who have an offbeat secretary. In the pilot, one of them gets engaged, tossing their friendship and partnership into jeopardy. That pilot was…
CBS Unveils Key Art For Its New Fall Series
CBS has released the key art designs for its four new fall series: dramas Elementary, Vegas and Made In Jersey and comedy Partners. The image for Elementary, a contemporary take on the characters of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson set in New York City, features stars Jonny Lee Miller (Holmes) and Lucy Liu (Watson) with…
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