Month: December 2021

Jimmy Kimmel announced on Jimmy Kimmel Live! that Jennifer Aniston, Kathryn Hahn, Gabrielle Union and Allison Tolman will play ‘Facts of Life’ characters in the new special Live in Front of a Studio Audience. ABC previously aired Live in Front of a Studio Audience specials that recreated episodes of All in the Family, The Jeffersons and Good Times.

The special will feature characters from Facts of Life and Diff’rent Strokes. Aniston will play Blair (originally played by Lisa Whelchel), with Union as Tootie (Kim Fields), Hahn as Jo (Nancy McKeon) and Tolman as Natalie (Mindy Cohn). Ann Dowd was previously announced as Mrs. Garrett (Charlotte Rae), and  John Lithgow will play the Diff’rent Strokes character Mr. Drummond (Conrad Bain), with Kevin Hart as Arnold (Gary Coleman) and Damon Wayans as Willis (Todd Bridges).

Diff’rent Strokes was created by Jeff Harris and Bernie Kukoff and had an eight-season run from 1978 to 1986. The Facts of Life was created by Dick Clair and Jenna McMahon and aired for nine seasons from 1979 to 1988.

The new special will air Dec. 7 at 8 p.m. EST on ABC, and stream on Hulu the next day.

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Amazon Prime Video announced that ‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ will return for a fourth season in February 2022, and shared a release date (Feb. 18th) as well as a teaser for the season. Amazon also shared a poster for Season 4 on social media with the tagline “We’re just getting started.”

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel follows Miriam “Midge” Maisel (Rachel Brosnahan), a housewife who decides to pursue stand-up comedy in the late 1950s. Season 4 takes place in 1960, and an official description reads: “Looking to hone her act, Midge finds a gig with total creative freedom. But her commitment to her craft — and the places it takes her — creates a rift between her and the family and friends around her.”

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel is created by Amy Sherman-Palladino and co-stars Alex Borstein, Michael Zegen, Marin Hinkle and Tony Shalhoub. Gilmore Girls alum Kelly Bishop has joined the cast for Season 4.

‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ Takes Centerstage in Season Four

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HBO Max’s new trailer for “And Just Like That…”, the revival of “Sex and the City,” reveals where Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker) and the rest of her friends are more than 11 years after we last saw them in the movie “Sex and the City 2.”  “Sex and the City” ran for six seasons on HBO from 1998 to 2004, based on Candace Bushnell’s 1996 book of the same title.

Along with Parker, Kristin Davis and Cynthia Nixon have returned to their roles as Charlotte and Miranda, respectively.  Chris Noth, Mario Cantone, David Eigenberg, Evan Handler and Willie Garson (who passed away in September) also reprise their past roles.  Sara Ramírez, Sarita Choudhury, Nicole Ari Parker and Karen Pittman have also been added to the cast.

The 10-episode season of And Just Like That… will premiere on HBO Max on Dec. 9 with two episodes, and will then air weekly on Thursdays through Feb. 3. Take a look at the trailer – here.

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Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett will perform together as part of a new installment of MTV Unplugged, which will premiere on Dec. 16 at 9 p.m. EST. The duo will perform stripped down versions of songs from their latest collaborative album Love for Sale, which was released in September.  The episode featuring Gaga and Bennett was filmed earlier this year in New York City in front of an intimate audience.

MTV Unplugged returns during MTV’s month long ‘Love Music with MTV’ event which celebrates the brand’s top music shows and moments. Gaga and Bennett’s MTV Unplugged is their second planned special after the pair starred in CBS’ One Last Time: An Evening with Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett.  A third special, a documentary titled The Lady and the Legend, is set to arrive on Paramount+ at a later date.

Love for Sale was nominated for Album of the Year at the 64th annual Grammy Awards. The album marks Bennett’s final studio album after the music legend announced that he was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in 2016.

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NBC has announced that Miley’s New Year’s Eve Party, hosted By Miley Cyrus and Pete Davidson, is set to air live on NBC from Miami, FL on Friday, December 31 from 10:30pm-12:30am ET, and will also be live-streamed on Peacock.  Saturday Night Live exec producer Lorne Michaels will executive produce the show, with the network promising “a star-studded lineup of special guests and musical performances for a must watch evening” to be determiend at a later date.  Miley’s New Year’s Eve Party succeeds NBC’s New Year’s Eve special, hosted and produced by Carson Daly, which aired on the network from 2004 until last year.

Jen Neal, Executive Vice President, Live Events, Specials and E! News, NBCUniversal, said: “In what is sure to be an exciting and fun evening, we are looking forward to partnering with Lorne Michaels and ringing in 2022 with a night of incredible entertainment, led by Miley and Pete.”

Miley’s New Year’s Eve Party will air live on NBC and Peacock beginning at 10:30 p.m. ET on Friday, Dec. 31st.

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