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Hot In Cleveland (season 2)
The second season of the TV Land original sitcom ''Hot in Cleveland'' premiered on January 19 and ended on August 31, 2011. Twenty episodes were initially ordered, but the order was later extended to 22 episodes. The series stars Valerie Bertinelli, Wendie Malick, Jane Leeves, and Betty White. After being on hiatus since March 23, 2011, ''Hot in Cleveland'' returned on June 15, 2011, to air the remaining 12 episodes of season 2 ending on August 31, 2011. Plot The second season picks up 24 hours after the storm and Elka's arrest on hiding stolen property. While in jail, Elka reveals that her late husband was involved with a crime family after she recognizes a fellow inmate named Diane. But that isn't the only revelation coming from Elka, for it turns out that she also had a tryst with Rick, the neighbor and ''The Plain Dealer'' columnist who tried to seduce Melanie in the first season. In addition, Max's son is running for political office and Elka realises that dating Max could a ... [...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] |
Wayne Knight
Wayne Elliot Knight (born August 7, 1955) is an American actor. In television, he played Newman on '' Seinfeld'' (1992–1998) and Officer Don Orville on '' 3rd Rock from the Sun'' (1996–2001). He also voiced Igor on ''Toonsylvania'' (1998–1999), Mr. Blik on '' Catscratch'' (2005–2007) and Baron Von Sheldgoose on '' Legend of the Three Caballeros'' (2018). In film, he played Dennis Nedry in '' Jurassic Park'' (1993), which earned him a Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor nomination. He also portrayed Pete "Piccolo" Dugan in ''Dead Again'' (1991), John Correli in ''Basic Instinct'' (1992), Stan Podolak in ''Space Jam'' (1996) and Zach Mallozzi in ''Rat Race'' (2001) and provided the voices of Tantor in ''Tarzan'' (1999), Al McWhiggin in ''Toy Story 2'' (1999) and The Elf Elder in '' Tom and Jerry: The Lost Dragon'' (2014). Early life Wayne Elliot Knight was born on August 7, 1955, in New York City to a Catholic family. They moved to Cartersville, Georgia, where hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amy Sedaris
Amy Louise Sedaris (; born March 29, 1961) is an American actress, comedian, and writer. Most recently, she has appeared in both ''The Mandalorian'' (2019–2020) and ''The Book of Boba Fett'' (2022) as Peli Motto. She played Jerri Blank in the Comedy Central comedy series ''Strangers with Candy'' (1999–2000) and the prequel film ''Strangers with Candy'' (2005), which she also wrote. Sedaris appeared as Hurshe Heartshe in the Adult Swim comedy series ''The Heart, She Holler'' (2013–2014), as Princess Carolyn in the Netflix animated comedy series '' BoJack Horseman'' (2014–2020), and as Mimi Kanasis in the Netflix sitcom ''Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt'' (2015–2020). She received further critical acclaim as the creator and star of the TruTV surreal comedy series ''At Home with Amy Sedaris'' (2017–2020) which earned her two nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Sketch Series. Sedaris appeared in various films, including ''Maid in Manhattan'' (200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jon Lovitz
Jonathan Michael Lovitz (; born July 21, 1957) is an American actor and comedian. He was a cast member of ''Saturday Night Live'' from 1985 to 1990. Lovitz starred as Jay Sherman in ''The Critic'' and played a baseball scout in ''A League of Their Own''. He has appeared in 20 episodes of ''The Simpsons''. Early life Lovitz was born on July 21, 1957, in the Tarzana neighborhood of Los Angeles, to Harold and Barbara Lovitz. His family is Jewish, and emigrated from Romania, Hungary, and Russia. His paternal grandfather, Feivel Ianculovici, left Romania around 1914. After arriving in the United States, he Americanized his name to Phillip Lovitz. In a 2011 interview, Lovitz described his comedic influences: "When I was 13, I saw Woody Allen's movie ''Take The Money and Run'', and I wanted to be a comedian. Then when I was 16, I saw the movie '' Lenny'', about Lenny Bruce, starring Dustin Hoffman. I thought the movie was so great, and I'd never heard of Lenny, so I went to the record ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie Adler
Charles Michael Adler (born October 2, 1956) is an American voice actor and voice director. He is known for his roles as Buster Bunny on ''Tiny Toon Adventures'', Ed and Bev Bighead on ''Rocko's Modern Life'' and Ickis on ''Aaahh!!! Real Monsters''. His credits also include '' Avengers Assemble'', '' Brandy & Mr. Whiskers'', ''Cow and Chicken'', ''Earthworm Jim'', '' G.I. Joe: Renegades'', ''I Am Weasel'' and '' SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron''. Early life In the mid-1960s, Adler's family moved to Nanuet, New York and later to Massachusetts. He was given the nickname "Beanie" due to always wearing a Beanie cap. His sister Cheryl Adler is a psychotherapist who wrote the book ''Sober University''. Growing up, Adler was a self-described "TV junkie", and an avid fan of ''Rocky and Bullwinkle'', ''The Three Stooges'' and Irene Ryan's Granny Moses from ''The Beverly Hillbillies''. Career Adler's first professional acting job was in a commercial in 1971. Afterward, he took a hiatus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darnell Williams
Darnell Williams (born 3 March 1955) is a British-born soap opera actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Jesse Hubbard on the ABC soap opera '' All My Children'' from 1981 to 1988, and from 2008 to 2011, a role which has earned him two Daytime Emmy Awards. Personal life Williams was born in London, England. In the mid-1970s, he was a regular dancer on TV's '' Soul Train''. Career Williams began portraying Jesse Hubbard on '' All My Children'' in 1981. His character became involved in a love affair with upper middle class Angie Baxter (Debbi Morgan). The characters eventually married and thus Darnell Williams was one half of the first African American supercouple on an American soap opera. Williams won two Daytime Emmy Awards for his work on ''All My Children'' in the 1980s. During the mid-1980s, both he and Morgan co-hosted a dance show titled "New York Hot Tracks," that also featured music videos. In 1988, Williams left ''All My Children''. However, he returned to soap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peri Gilpin
Peri Gilpin (born Peri Kay Oldham; May 27, 1961) is an American actress. She portrayed Roz Doyle in the television series ''Frasier'' and Kim Keeler in the ABC Family television drama ''Make It or Break It''. She is due to reprise the role of Roz in the upcoming revival of ''Frasier''. Early life Gilpin was born in Waco, Texas, as Peri Kay Oldham, daughter of James Franklin Oldham, a broadcaster who became known as Jim O'Brien, and his wife Sandra Jo Hauck. After her parents divorced, her mother married Wes Gilpin in 1969. Gilpin then took her stepfather's surname. Gilpin grew up in Dallas, where her family encouraged her acting abilities. After studying at the Dallas Theater Center, she pursued acting at the University of Texas at Austin and the British American Drama Academy in London. Career Gilpin appeared on the TV series ''Cheers'', playing Holly Matheson in the 21st episode of the 11th season, which aired in April 1993. From 1993 until 2004, Gilpin played Roz Doyle in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmy Kimmel
James Christian Kimmel (born November 13, 1967) is an American television host, comedian, writer, and producer. He is the host and executive producer of ''Jimmy Kimmel Live!'', a late-night talk show that premiered on ABC on January 26, 2003, at Hollywood Masonic Temple in Hollywood, California; and on April 1, 2019, at a secondary home, the Zappos Theater on the Las Vegas Strip. Kimmel hosted the Primetime Emmy Awards in 2012, 2016 and 2020, and the Academy Awards in 2017 and 2018. Before hosting ''Jimmy Kimmel Live!'', Kimmel was the co-host of Comedy Central's '' The Man Show'' and ''Win Ben Stein's Money''. Kimmel has also produced such shows as ''Crank Yankers'', ''Sports Show with Norm Macdonald'', and ''The Andy Milonakis Show''. In 2018, ''Time'' named him as one of " The World's 100 Most Influential People". Kimmel is the longest-working of all current late-night talk show hosts in the United States, following Conan O’Brien’s retirement from hosting a late-nigh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Wagner (actor)
Peter John Wagner II (born October 3, 1959) is an American actor and singer who has appeared in roles on the soap operas ''General Hospital'', '' Santa Barbara'', ''The Bold and the Beautiful'', and ''Melrose Place''. Early life Wagner was born in Washington, Missouri to Peter John Wagner, a car salesman (died 1990), and Scotty Wagner, a homemaker. He has a brother, Dennis. Raised Catholic, he attended St. Gertrude's parochial school and St. Francis Borgia Regional High School in his hometown, where he played football and basketball. He attended the University of Missouri for one year, then East Central College, in Union, Mo., before eventually enrolling at the University of Arizona, where he tried out for the golf team and drama department. The drama department offered him a full scholarship. Acting career Wagner first appeared on the scene in 1982 in the role of Clint Masterson, in Douglas Marland's short-lived cable soap opera, ''A New Day In Eden'' (co-produced by Susan Flan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sherri Shepherd
Sherri Shepherd (born April 22, 1967) is an American actress, comedian, author, broadcaster, and television personality. She currently hosts the daily syndicated daytime talk show, ''Sherri''. From 2007 to 2014, Shepherd was a co-host of the daytime talk show '' The View'', for which she received multiple Daytime Emmy Award nominations, winning one in 2009. She also starred in the sitcoms ''The Jamie Foxx Show'' (1999-2001), ''Less than Perfect'' (2002–2006), ''Sherri'' (2009), '' Trial & Error'' (2017–2018), and '' Mr. Iglesias'' (2019–2020). In 2009, she published the book ''Permission Slips: Every Woman's Guide to Giving Herself a Break''. In 2012, she appeared as a contestant on the 14th season of the reality competition series '' Dancing with the Stars''. Shepherd had a recurring role as Angie Jordan on ''30 Rock'' and hosted the game show ''Best Ever Trivia Show''. Early life Shepherd was born in Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of LaVerne (d. 1991) and Lawrence A. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Schneider (screen Actor)
John Richard Schneider (born April 8, 1960) is an American actor and country music singer. He is best known for his portrayal of Beauregard "Bo" Duke in the American television action/comedy series ''The Dukes of Hazzard'' (opposite Tom Wopat, Catherine Bach and James Best), Jonathan and Martha Kent, Jonathan Kent in the 2001–11 TV series ''Smallville'', and James "Jim" Cryer on the television series ''The Haves and the Have Nots (TV series), The Haves and the Have Nots'', created by Tyler Perry. Alongside his acting career, Schneider has been a singer since the early 1980s, releasing nine studio albums and a greatest hits package, as well as eighteen singles. This total includes "I've Been Around Enough to Know", "Country Girls", "What's a Memory Like You (Doing in a Love Like This), What's a Memory Like You", and "You're the Last Thing I Needed Tonight", all of which reached the top of the Billboard (magazine), ''Billboard'' country singles charts. Early life Schneider was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bonnie Franklin
Bonnie Gail Franklin (January 6, 1944 – March 1, 2013) was an American actress, known for her leading role as Ann Romano in the television series '' One Day at a Time'' (1975–1984). She was nominated for Emmy, Tony, and Golden Globe Awards. Early life Franklin was born January 6, 1944, in Santa Monica, California, the daughter of Claire (née Hersch) and Samuel Benjamin Franklin, an investment banker who founded the Beverly Hills chapter of B'nai B'rith. Her parents were both Jewish immigrants, her father from Russia and her mother from Romania; they married in Montreal before moving to the United States. Her family moved to Beverly Hills when she was 13 years old, and she graduated from Beverly Hills High School in 1961. She attended Smith College, performing in an Amherst College production of '' Good News'' as a freshman. She moved back to California to attend UCLA, and earned a bachelor's degree in English in 1966. Career Franklin first appeared on television at age ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
