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Steve Carell's Returning to TV! Which Show Is He Guesting on?
Byron Cohen/NBC
He's baaack.
Michael Scott may have long since upped sticks from Scranton, but Steve Carell is nevertheless set to return to prime-time next year when he makes a cameo—kind of—in another long-running comedy hit.
Which show is he set to guest star on?
TV Writers Are Nominees, Too: 30 Rock, Game of Thrones, Modern Family Score WGA Nods
NBC, Showtime, HBO, ABC, AMC
The big screen doesn't get all the glory at this time of year.
Modern Family, Boardwalk Empire and Breaking Bad garnered three nominations apiece heading into the first leg of the 2012 Writers Guild of America Awards—the one that honors achievements in TV, news, radio, promotional writing and graphic animation.
Except for The Good Wife, the Best Drama Series category is an all-cable affair, with the grittiness of Boardwalk and Breaking Bad also going up against Best New Series nominees Homeland and Game of Thrones.
The comedy categories, meanwhile, were a bit more broadcast-friendly...
UPDATE!
The Simpsons Stars Agree to Pay Cuts—and Get a Two-Year Lease on Life!
FOX
Mr. Burns would say "excellent." But he's probably the only one.
The Simpsons' six principal vocal talents have agreed to a pay cut in order to keep the pioneering, record-setting show on the air past its current 23rd season. And sure enough, after the back room dealing was over, Fox proudly announced that it had renewed The Simpsons for a 24th and 25th season.
Meanwhile the salary cut was not the reported 45 percent that Fox was looking to slash from the budget, But guess who's willing to take a 70 percent(!) cut—in exchange for what he feels he and his fellow actors are rightly owed, of course?
Just Cancel The Simpsons Already?!
FOX
Nothing lasts forever. And maybe nothing, not even Bart Simpson's Bart Simpson-ness, should.
As the showdown between Fox and The Simpsons' voice actors reaches its reputed drop-dead date, and threatens the future of the animation classic, the devil's-advocate question begs:
Is it time for the longest-running prime-time comedy series in TV history to go?
Out of D'oh? Will The Simpsons End Because of Money?!
Fox
Springfield somehow has avoided a Homer Simpson-induced nuclear meltdown all these years, but is the town about to fall victim to a financial collapse?
Ay caramba!
Fox said Tuesday that it loves The Simpsons as much as anybody, but that the current cost of production is unfeasible into the future. After 23 seasons, the Emmy-winning sitcom the longest-running scripted show of all time.
EXCLUSIVE!
Lisa Simpson on Lady Gaga's Guest Appearance: "She Was Awesome!"
Something tells us Springfield is never going to be the same.
Yeardley Smith, who gives voice to Lisa Simpson on The Simpsons, filled E! News in last night on just how Lady Gaga did when she recently lent her voice to an upcoming episode.
"She was awesome! She was so good," said Yeardley. "She looked like a f--king rock star. It was off the shizzle. It was amazing."
Such a positive response will no doubt be, er, music to Gaga's ears, who told EW last month that she found the experience to be "a little nerve-wracking," but still "one of the coolest things" she's ever done.
The episode, titled "Lisa Goes Gaga," is scheduled to air in spring 2012.
Which Actor Turned a $10 Million Home Into Kid-Friendly Pad?
Photography by Roger Davies/Architectural Digest
Ay, caramba, indeed!
While a certain television and movie actor's home may not be as massive as some of the neighboring estates in his Bel-Air neighborhood, his abode certainly ain't shabby. Said actor, who was once married to an Academy Award-winning actress, shares the home with his longtime girlfriend and their two-year-old son.
And now he's showing off the pricey property (he paid $10 million for it two years ago, according to the Los Angeles Times) in Architectural Digest just as his new bluesy flick is about to hit theaters.
Can you guess who owns this corner of West Coast charm?
Simpsons Episodes Featuring Nuclear Disaster Jokes Pulled
FOX
Understandably, some of the humor on The Simpsons is being viewed as a little too radioactive right now.
Sensitive to the nuclear power plant problems that Japan is currently facing, television stations in Germany, Austria and Switzerland are in the process of reviewing episodes of the long-running animated series—seeing how Homer Simpson works at a power plant in Springfield and all—to weed out any that feature references to nuclear disaster.
EXCLUSIVE!
Joan Rivers Whores Herself Out to The Simpsons
We all know Joan Rivers is a piece of work. But who knew she's an "animation whore" as well?
That's exactly how the comic legend and our Fashion Police chief described herself on Monday while taking a break from lending her distinctive voice to an upcoming episode of The Simpsons.
Bill O'Reilly Won't Be Having Another Cow Over The Simpsons (For Now)
Unfair and unbalanced, maybe. But it was sure fun.
After tweaking Fox News not once but twice in the last two weeks, the brain trust behind The Simpsons are backing off the good-natured satirical jabs at its sister network that have provoked the ire of resident FNC curmudgeon Bill O'Reilly, among others.
But don't blame Rupert Murdoch.
