ABC has found the actors that will join Ty Burrell's new multicamera sitcom pilot FORGIVE & FORGET which follows the perennial life of the party Hank (Ty Burrell). After an unexpected diagnosis, Hank reconnects with his responsible adult son Ben (Rodriguez Marquette) in hopes of making new memories together. Rodriguez Marquette will play Ben, Hank’s responsible adult son, Diana Maria Riva will play Maria, Hank’s lively ex-wife and Ben’s nostalgic and affectionate mom. Kimia Behpoornia will play Izzy, Hank’s confident and blunt memory care therapist.
The latest new multicamera sitcom pilot to be ordered is an untitled one over at NBC which will follow Bobbie (Reba McEntire) who inherits her father’s restaurant and is less than thrilled to discover that she has a new business partner in the half-sister (Belissa Escobedo) she never knew she had. Melissa Peterman will play a bartender at the tavern who wishes she was Bobbie’s sister. Pablo Castelblanco will play Steve, the accountant for the tavern who does his work at the bar. He has OCD and doesn’t like change. Beside new Tim Allen sitcom, rival ABC has ordered a pilot for FORGIVE & FORGET which follows perennial life-of-the-party Hank (Ty Burrell). After an unexpected diagnosis, Hank reconnects with his responsible adult son Ben in hopes of making new memories together.
Multicamera sitcoms are kinda experiencing a revival of the genre with the success of Night Court at NBC which already has second season ordered, and beside the revival of Frasier at Paramount, there are some
Patricia Heaton has a new sitcom
others currently in preparation. After Carol's Second ActPatricia Heaton is currently working on a new sitcom at Fox in which she will play the host of an upscale lifestyle show, sent to prison for embezzlement and tax evasion. She gets out after two years, forgotten and broke, and moves to Tennessee to live with her estranged sister. Netflix has renewed That 90s Show for a second season. CBS has a Damon Wayans and Damon Wayans Jr. comedy about a talk radio host and happily divorced “Poppa”, who has to drag his grown son, who has all his charm and none of his drive, kicking and screaming into adulthood before he turns 40. That one is from Tim Allen's Last Man Standing executive producer, and, speaking of Allen, as Deadline reports, he is apparently looking for a new family sitcom after he finishes Santa Clauses at Disney. CBS also has in works THEY'RE WITH ME, about two soulmates whose souls come with so much baggage — each has a messed-up 20-something kid and a dependent parent. They also have THE HILSONS black multicam about mother who suddenly has to live again with her two grown up sons. ABC has a sitcom with Ty Burrell,
Donald Faison, Abigail Spencer, Jon Cryer in a new sitcom
FORGIVE AND FORGET, about a man whose life-of-the-party father is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, and he is forced to take in the one man he’s worked his whole life not to become. I've told you before that NBC has a sitcom with Jon Cryer, whose ex wife Abigail Spencer starts a relationship with Donald Faison as the owner of his favourite sports team!
LIAISON SERIES TRAILER
STARRING VINCENT CASSEL
The series streams February 24th
Apple TV Plus has released a trailer for their new six part series LIAISON which arrives February 24th starring Vincent Cassel and Eva Green as two agents and former lovers who must work together to combat international cyber attacks threatening Britain while also confronting the buried secrets of their destructive relationship. It is a contemporary thriller that explores how the mistakes of our past have the potential to destroy our future. It combines high-octane action with an unpredictable plot full of espionage and political intrigue, with a passionate and enduring love story playing out alongside it.