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barwars · 11-21-2003, 05:52 PM

I got this from imdb.com

"Theo" and "George" To Team Up

Malcolm-Jamal Warner and Jason Alexander will play co-anchors on a cable-TV sports show in an upcoming comedy pilot for CBS, the Hollywood Reporter reported today (Friday). Both actors have experienced somewhat checkered careers since appearing on top-rated TV sitcoms, Warner in The Cosby Show and Alexander in Seinfeld. Alexander's casting in a role based on Washington Post columnist/ESPN commentator Tony Kornheiser had been announced in early October ("We have the same hair," Kornheiser commented at the time.) Originally titled Shut Up and Listen, the series is now listed as "untitled." The casting of Warner, whose last series, Malcolm and Eddie on the low-rated UPN, folded in 2000, had been widely rumored. "Malcolm came in and owned the room," Regency TV exec Erin Simon Berenson told the Reporter. "He was so sexy and funny and cool, there was no way not to cast him."

Elaine Benes · 11-21-2003, 08:35 PM

sounds like another winner.

Brian Damage · 11-21-2003, 08:50 PM

It sounds like a clunker, but then again so did Seinfeld when it started so who knows.

Elaine Benes · 11-21-2003, 09:05 PM

Seinfeld had bad reviews when it started?

sinatrastar · 11-22-2003, 01:42 AM

I recall Seinfeld went away for a time before it came back.

Brian Damage · 11-22-2003, 11:41 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Elaine Benes
Seinfeld had bad reviews when it started?

I just meant that I'm sure the concept about a show about nothing was mocked at before people actually watched it. Besides, the first couple of episodes of Seinfeld were less than memorable.

11-21-2003, 05:52 PM	#1
barwars .. Forum Star Join Date: May 04, 2002 Posts: 13,273	Jason Alexander's New Show I got this from imdb.com "Theo" and "George" To Team Up Malcolm-Jamal Warner and Jason Alexander will play co-anchors on a cable-TV sports show in an upcoming comedy pilot for CBS, the Hollywood Reporter reported today (Friday). Both actors have experienced somewhat checkered careers since appearing on top-rated TV sitcoms, Warner in The Cosby Show and Alexander in Seinfeld. Alexander's casting in a role based on Washington Post columnist/ESPN commentator Tony Kornheiser had been announced in early October ("We have the same hair," Kornheiser commented at the time.) Originally titled Shut Up and Listen, the series is now listed as "untitled." The casting of Warner, whose last series, Malcolm and Eddie on the low-rated UPN, folded in 2000, had been widely rumored. "Malcolm came in and owned the room," Regency TV exec Erin Simon Berenson told the Reporter. "He was so sexy and funny and cool, there was no way not to cast him."

11-21-2003, 08:35 PM	#2
Elaine Benes Vixxxen Senior Member Join Date: Oct 23, 2003 Location: NYC Posts: 1,333	sounds like another winner.

11-21-2003, 08:50 PM	#3
Brian Damage I'm Rich Bitch Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 03, 2002 Location: What Ain't No Country I Ever Heard Of...They Speak English in What? Posts: 63,108	It sounds like a clunker, but then again so did Seinfeld when it started so who knows.

11-21-2003, 09:05 PM	#4
Elaine Benes Vixxxen Senior Member Join Date: Oct 23, 2003 Location: NYC Posts: 1,333	Seinfeld had bad reviews when it started?

11-22-2003, 01:42 AM	#5
sinatrastar Indian Summer Forum Veteran Join Date: Jul 22, 2003 Location: 78 W 86th St. Apt 3E Posts: 6,027	I recall Seinfeld went away for a time before it came back.