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Hot In Cleveland (season 3)
The third season of the TV Land original sitcom ''Hot in Cleveland'' premiered on November 30, 2011. TV Land originally ordered 22 episodes but later increased the order to 24. The series stars Valerie Bertinelli, Wendie Malick, Jane Leeves, and Betty White. Cast Main * Valerie Bertinelli as Melanie Moretti * Jane Leeves as Rejoyla "Joy" Scroggs * Wendie Malick as Victoria Chase * Betty White as Elka Ostrovsky Recurring * John Mahoney as Roy * Jon Lovitz as Artie, the Opera Guy Special guest stars * Don Rickles as Bobby * Kathie Lee Gifford as Christal * Laura San Giacomo as Caroline * Sandra Bernhard as Nan * Sean Hayes as Chad * Jennifer Love Hewitt as Emmy Chase * Joe Jonas as Will * Susan Lucci as herself * Baron Davis as himself * Huey Lewis as Johnny Revere * Carl Reiner as Max * Steven Weber as K.C. * Edward Asner as Jameson * Alex Borstein as Preshi * Rhea Perlman as Jacki * Georgia Engel as Mamie Sue Johnson * Rick Springfield as Tom * Andy Richter as Father Brian * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TV Land
TV Land is an American pay television channel owned by Paramount Global through its networks division. Originally a spinoff of Nick at Nite consisting exclusively of classic television shows, the channel now airs a combination of recent and classic television series (ranging from the 1960s to the 2010s), original scripted series and limited theatrically released movies. The network is headquartered at One Astor Plaza in New York City. TV Land is available to about 90 million households in the United States as of January 2016. History Launch and debut The network launched at 10:00 p.m. Eastern on April 29, 1996, as Nick at Nite's TV Land. Following a seven-minute short film introducing the network, the first program aired was a syndicated edit of ''The Best of The Ed Sullivan Show'' featuring the Beatles' American debut along with routines by Joan Rivers, Richard Pryor and Señor Wences. The show led off a launch-day lineup that rebroadcast numerous series premieres, pi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susan Lucci
Susan Victoria Lucci (born December 23, 1946) is an American actress, television host, author and entrepreneur, best known for portraying Erica Kane on the ABC daytime drama ''All My Children'' during that show's entire network run from 1970 to 2011. The character is considered an icon, and Lucci was called "Daytime's Leading Lady" by ''TV Guide'', with ''The New York Times'' and the ''Los Angeles Times'' citing her as the highest-paid actor in daytime television. As early as 1991, her salary had been reported as over $1 million a year. During her run on ''All My Children'', she was nominated 21 times for the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. She won only once, in 1999, after the 19th nomination; beginning in the late 1980s her status as a perpetual nominee for the award attracted significant media attention. Lucci has also acted in other TV series, as well as occasionally in film and on stage. She had multi-episode guest appearances on the serie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joan Rivers
Joan Alexandra Molinsky (June 8, 1933 – September 4, 2014), known professionally as Joan Rivers, was an American comedian, actress, producer, writer and television host. She was noted for her blunt, often controversial comedic persona—heavily self-deprecating and acerbic, especially towards celebrities and politicians. She is considered a pioneer of women in comedy by many critics. Rivers started her career in comedy clubs in Greenwich Village alongside her peers George Carlin, Woody Allen, and Richard Pryor. She then rose to prominence in 1965 as a guest on ''The Tonight Show''. Hosted by her mentor, Johnny Carson, the show established Rivers's comedic style. In 1986, with her own rival program, '' The Late Show with Joan Rivers'', Rivers became the first woman to host a late night network television talk show. She subsequently hosted ''The Joan Rivers Show'' (1989–1993), winning a Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Talk Show Host. From the mid-1990s, she became known for her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Nealon
Kevin Nealon (; born November 18, 1953) is an American comedian and actor. He was a cast member on ''Saturday Night Live'' from 1986 to 1995, acted in several of the Happy Madison films, played Doug Wilson on the Showtime series '' Weeds'', and provided the voice of the title character, Glenn Martin, on ''Glenn Martin, DDS''. Early life and education Nealon was born on November 18, 1953, in St. Louis, Missouri, one of five children of Kathleen M. (née Kimball; 1928–2020) and Emmett F. Nealon (1925–2018), an aircraft company executive. A few months after he was born, the family moved to Bridgeport, Connecticut; when he was six, they moved to Germany for four years. He is of Irish descent and was raised Catholic. He graduated from St. Joseph High School in Trumbull, Connecticut, in 1971 and earned a bachelor's degree in marketing from Sacred Heart University. He then took night courses at Fairfield University, where he played quarterback on the football team. Career Nealon pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Dooley
Paul Dooley (born Paul Brown; February 22, 1928) is an American character actor, writer and comedian. He is known for his roles in ''Breaking Away'', ''Sixteen Candles'', and ''Popeye''. Early life Dooley was born Paul Brown on February 22, 1928, in Parkersburg, West Virginia, the son of Ruth Irene (née Barringer), a homemaker, and Pete James Brown, a factory worker. He has said that Parkersburg had few attractions that interested him, as there were not many cultural opportunities. He enjoyed listening to comedians on the radio, especially Jimmy Durante. Dooley was a cartoonist as a youth and drew a strip for a local paper in Parkersburg. In 1946, he joined the United States Navy and served for 2 years before then returning home and graduating from West Virginia University in 1952. Career After graduating from West Virginia University, Dooley went to New York City to try his luck in the entertainment industry. He initially found work as a clown for children's birthday pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andy Richter
Paul Andrew Richter (born October 28, 1966) is an American actor, comedian, writer, and talk show announcer. He is best known as the sidekick for Conan O'Brien on each of O'Brien's talk shows: '' Late Night'' and ''The Tonight Show'' on NBC and '' Conan'' on TBS. He was also star of the cult classic TV series Andy Richter Controls the Universe. He voiced Mort in the ''Madagascar'' film franchise and Ben Higgenbottom in the Nickelodeon animated television series ''The Mighty B!''. Early life Richter, the second of four children, was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, to mother Glenda Swanson (née Palmer), a kitchen cabinet designer, and father Laurence R. Richter, who taught Russian at Indiana University for more than 32 years. Richter was raised in Yorkville, Illinois. He graduated from Yorkville High School in 1984, where he was elected Prom King. His parents divorced when he was 4 and his father later came out as gay. Career In the late 1980s, Richter attended the Universit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rick Springfield
Richard Lewis Springthorpe (born 23 August 1949), known professionally as Rick Springfield, is an Australian-American musician and actor. He was a member of the pop rock group Zoot from 1969 to 1971, then started his solo career with his debut single, "Speak to the Sky", which reached the top 10 in Australia in mid-1972. When he moved to the United States, he had a No. 1 hit with "Jessie's Girl" in 1981 in both Australia and the US, for which he received the Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance. He followed with four more top 10 US hits: "I've Done Everything for You", " Don't Talk to Strangers", "Affair of the Heart" and " Love Somebody". Springfield's two US top 10 albums are '' Working Class Dog'' (1981) and ''Success Hasn't Spoiled Me Yet'' (1982). As an actor, Springfield starred in the movie ''Hard to Hold'' in 1984 and the television series ''High Tide'' from 1994 to 1997. He appeared in supporting roles in ''Ricki and the Flash'' and ''T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgia Engel
Georgia Bright Engel (July 28, 1948 – April 12, 2019) was an American actress. She is best known for having played Georgette Franklin Baxter in the sitcom ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'' from 1972 to 1977, Pat MacDougall on ''Everybody Loves Raymond'' from 2003 to 2005 and Mamie Sue on Hot in Cleveland from 2012 to 2015 She was nominated for five Primetime Emmy Awards. Early life Georgia Engel was born in Washington, D.C., the daughter of Ruth Caroline (née Hendron) and Benjamin Franklin Engel, who was a Vice Admiral in the United States Coast Guard. Engel attended the Kodiak Island Borough School District, Walter Johnson High School, and the Academy of the Washington Ballet from which she graduated. She earned her theater degree from the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Career After college, Engel appeared in musical productions with Washington's American Light Opera Company. She moved to New York City in 1969, appearing off-Broadway in ''Lend an Ear'', and for a year as Min ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhea Perlman
Rhea Jo Perlman (born March 31, 1948) is an American actress. She played head-waitress Carla Tortelli in the sitcom ''Cheers'' (1982–1993). Over the course of 11 seasons, Perlman was nominated for ten Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actress – winning four times – and was nominated for a record seven Golden Globe Awards for Best Supporting Actress in a Television Series. She has also appeared in films, including ''Canadian Bacon'' (1995), ''Matilda'' (1996), ''The Sessions'' (2012), and ''Poms'' (2019). Early life and family Perlman was born on March 31, 1948, in Coney Island, Brooklyn, to Philip Perlman, a Polish immigrant who was a manager at a doll parts factory and Adele, a bookkeeper. She grew up in Bensonhurst in a Jewish family with additional roots in Russia. She has a sister, Heide, who is a television writer, story editor, and producer who worked on ''Cheers'', ''Frasier'' and ''The Tracey Ullman Show''. In the mid-1980s, her parents moved to Los Angeles, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Borstein
Alexandrea Borstein (born February 15, 1971) is an American actress, comedian, writer and producer. Borstein voices Lois Griffin on the animated comedy television series '' Family Guy'' (1999–present), and won a Primetime Emmy Award for the role. She gained acclaim for starring as Susie Myerson in the comedy-drama series ''The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel'' (2017–present), which has earned her two Primetime Emmy Awards. Borstein also had lead roles as various characters on the sketch comedy series ''MADtv'' (1997–2009), as well as Dawn Forchette in the medical comedy series '' Getting On'' (2013–2015). She had supporting roles in numerous films, including ''The Lizzie McGuire Movie'', ''Catwoman'' (2004), ''Good Night, and Good Luck'' (2005), ''Dinner for Schmucks'' (2010), ''Ted'' (2012), ''ParaNorman'' (2012), and '' A Million Ways to Die in the West'' (2014). Borstein spent her childhood in Deerfield, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, before moving with her family to Northridge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Asner
Eddie Asner (; November 15, 1929 – August 29, 2021) was an American actor and former president of the Screen Actors Guild. He is best remembered for portraying Lou Grant during the 1970s and early 1980s, on both ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'' and its spin-off series ''Lou Grant'', making him one of the few television actors to portray the same character in both a comedy and a drama. Asner is the most honored male performer in the history of the Primetime Emmy Awards, having won seven – five for portraying Lou Grant (three as Supporting Actor in a Comedy Television Series on ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'' and two as Lead Actor in a Dramatic Television Series on spin-off ''Lou Grant''. His other Emmys were for performances in two television miniseries: '' Rich Man, Poor Man'' (1976), for which he won the Outstanding Lead Actor for a Single Performance in a television series award, and ''Roots'' (1977), for which he won the Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actor in a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steven Weber (actor)
Steven Robert Weber (born March 4, 1961) is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for his role as Brian Hackett on the television series ''Wings'' which aired from April 1990 to May 1997 on NBC, as Sam Blue in '' Once and Again'', and Jack Torrance in the TV miniseries adaptation of Stephen King's '' The Shining''. He had a recurring role on '' iZombie'' as Vaughn du Clark. He played Mayor Douglas Hamilton on '' NCIS: New Orleans'' in a recurring role, and as Sergeant First Class Dennis Worcester in ''Hamburger Hill'' (1987). Early life Weber was born in Queens, New York. His mother, Fran (née Frankel), was a nightclub singer, and his father, Stuart Weber, was a nightclub performer and manager of Borscht Belt comedians. Weber embraces his Jewish heritage despite not having received a formal religious education. Weber graduated from Manhattan's High School of Performing Arts (1979) and the State University of New York at Purchase. Career Weber started appearing in TV ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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