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TwitterNews roundup: 'Futurama' cast returns, 'In Plain Sight' renewed, CBS makes a 'Deal'
The future of "Futurama" has been assured with the signing of the show's voice cast to new deals.Comedy Central announced with much fanfare in June that it had ordered new episodes of the well-loved animated series, but the pickup was announced before deals with actors Billy West, Katey Sagal, John DiMaggio, Maurice LaMarche and Tress MacNeille were in place. Those deals finally got done over the weekend -- after producer 20th Century Fox TV had put out word that it was seeking replacements for the cast.
"We are thrilled to have our incredible cast back," "Futurama" creators Matt Groening and David X. Cohen said in a statement to Variety. "The call has already gone out to the animators to put the mouths back on the characters."
USA has picked up its series "In Plain Sight" for a third season, and it's close to extending "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" as well.
"In Plain Sight," which wraps its second season on Sunday (Aug. 9), will be back for a third next year, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The renewal follows on the heels of pickups for "Burn Notice" and "Royal Pains"; as with those two shows, USA has ordered 16 episodes of "In Plain Sight."
Also like those other shows, "IPS" has performed well in the ratings this season. The drama about a U.S. marshal (Mary McCormack) who works with the witness protection program is averaging nearly 5 million viewers per week.
A deal to bring "Criminal Intent" back for another season hasn't been completed yet, but the HR says USA is "finalizing" the details.
CBS is firing up a new version of the game show "Let's Make a Deal" to replace the departing soap opera "The Guiding Light" on its daytime schedule.
The network announced Monday (Aug. 3) that the new "Let's Make a Deal," to be hosted by Wayne Brady, will premiere Monday, Oct. 5. Monty Hall, who hosted the original version from 1963-77, will serve as a creative consultant on the new show.
"We are delighted to have 'Let's Make a Deal' back on the air with CBS," Hall says. "I know the audience is going to welcome the charming and engaging Wayne Brady as the new host."
"Let's Make a Deal" has had several revivals since Hall's original show left the air in 1977. The most recent was on NBC in 2003, with Billy Bush as host.
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I originally thought CBS was going to revive Pyramid. That aside, yes LMAD has had revivals since the original, but none of them really lasted. They'll need luck on their side!
You didn't have to be "Monk" to know they'd want the original cast for "Futurama".
Yes, I'm glad they didn't recast Sagal's voice. Dosen't CBS know that gameshows are even more dead than soaps? plus the show will start out with negitive views because GL fan will never watch anything that replaces their show. Just ask the people at "Ex-list".
Really like the In Plain Sight pickup but Mary's playing the pain in the *** just to tick people off all of the time is getting old.
COMEDY CENTRAL always pays their talent. Thank god they realized that the voice cast is the main reason "Futurama" has survived and people still love it.
Can't wait for the return of the HYPNO-TOAD.
Oh and screw you CBS. You let Ellen Wheeler destroy "Guiding Light" as an insult to the many men and women who went before her and as an insult to its legion of fans, you let her destroy the entire show. I hope she nver works in television again. The way it is going out just awful. Now it seems that most of the story happens off screen. If they would have just let Kim Zimmer and her stupid story and ridiculous salary demands walk a long time ago, you could have saved the show.
GOOD-BYE GUIDING LIGHT!GOOD RIDDANCE!I CAN'T WAIT FOR LET'S MAKE A DEAL!OH,BY THE WAY,I HATE SOAP OPERAS & DAYTIME TALK SHOWS!!!!!
THANK GOODNESS FOR CABLE!FUTURAMA,I CAN'T WAIT FOR YOU TO RETURN WITH NEW EPISODES!
Why the delay in renewing Criminal Intent, it's been three weeks and still no word, what's the problem USA?