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  • Fox Cancels ‘Ghosted’ After One Season, With Three Episodes in Limbo

    Welp, the truth is out there: “Ghosted” is now deceased.

    That’s also it for Fox’s entire live-action comedy slate. The network is starting fresh this fall.

    Fox has been slashing and burning everything in sight (including “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” and “Lucifer”), so it’s sad but not a huge shock to see the Adam Scott-Craig Robinson supernatural comedy get the chop.

    However, Fox had ordered 16 episodes, and only 13 have aired as of last Sunday, June 24. TVLine said the show has been yanked from Fox’s Sunday schedule effective immediately, and a rep told them it’s “TBD” if/when the final three episodes will ever air.

    “Ghosted” had a rough run through its first season, with Fox bringing in a new showrunner in Paul Lieberstein (“The Office”) to replace Kevin Etten halfway through Season 1.

    Plus, as Deadline noted, “Ghosted” ghosted on fans during its own run:

    “Ghosted was pulled off the schedule in April after nine of its 16-episode first season had run. The remaining seven — including the back six overseen by Lieberstein — started airing on June 10. As could be expected for most summer scripted series, Ghosted’s deliveries have been soft, between 1.1-1.4 million viewers and 0.4-0.5 adults 18-49 rating (Live+same day). It is unclear when the remaining three episodes will air.”

    Here’s more from TheWrap on why “Ghosted” was axed:

    “An individual with knowledge of the decision tells TheWrap that, while the network was ‘proud of the show,’ the addition of ‘Thursday Night Football,’ as well as new comedies on Fridays and Sundays, and the large amount of returning shows next season, Fox’s schedule couldn’t accommodate a second season of ‘Ghosted.’ However, a few unaired episodes from the first season may still become available for viewing at a later date.”

    Fox is bringing back ABC’s “Last Man Standing” this fall, along with new comedies “The Cool Kids” and “Rel,” among other new offerings — including more sports.

    [Via: TVLine, Deadline, Variety, TheWrap]

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  • ‘Parks and Recreation’ Stars Blast NRA for Using a Leslie Knope GIF

    Even Ron Swanson thinks this is the woooooooorst.

    “Parks and Recreation” co-creator Michael Schur and stars Amy Poehler, Adam Scott, and Nick Offerman were not happy that the National Rifle Association used a GIF from their NBC show to thank an NRA spokesperson.

    Here’s the GIF the NRA used, showing Poehler’s character Leslie Knope:

    That was sent as thanks to Dana Loesch, who represented the NRA in a CNN town hall with Parkland, Florida residents, a week after the mass shooting that killed 17 people.

    For the NRA to use a GIF of left wing idealist Leslie Knope of all people didn’t sit right with show co-creator Schur, who tweeted a message from himself, and from Poehler:

    “Hi, please take this down. I would prefer you not use a GIF from a show I worked on to promote your pro-slaughter agenda.

    Also, Amy isn’t on twitter, but she texted me a message: “Can you tweet the NRA for me and tell them I said f*ck off?”

    Nick Offerman played the very conservative Ron Swanson, a more likely character to have anything to do with the NRA. The actor himself is very different, and he shared his own message:

    Adam Scott, who played Leslie’s husband Ben, tweeted his own foul-mouthed response:

    “Hey @nra please stay the f*ck away from Leslie Knope.”

    The NRA isn’t taking the GIF down. But if you’re a “Parks and Rec” fan, you can treat yo self to the debate raging in the tweet replies.

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  • ‘Wet Hot American Summer: 10 Years Later’ Clip Explains How Bradley Cooper Turned Into Adam Scott

    All it takes is one little nose job and Bradley Cooper can transform into Adam Scott.

    This Friday, Netflix’s “Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later” reunites most of the cast of the original series and 2015’s prequel/follow-up, including Amy Poehler, Christopher Meloni, Elizabeth Banks, Ken Marino, Kristen Wiig, Marguerite Moreau, Michael Ian Black, and Paul Rudd.

    But one cast member who won’t be back is Bradley Cooper, due to a scheduling conflict. Instead, the role of Ben will be filled by Adam Scott. But how will the show address why Ben suddenly looks so different?

    Well, this clip provides the explanation — and it involves plastic surgery.

    The clip also provides a nice reunion for “Parks and Recreation” co-stars Poehler and Scott.


    All eight episodes of “Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later” will be available to stream starting Friday on Netflix.

  • Adam Scott Meeting His Childhood Hero Mark Hamill Will Give You Chills

    Last night, Adam Scott‘s childhood dream came true, when Mark Hamill finally answered his birthday party invitation. Sure, the “Star Wars” icon was nearly 40 years late, but Scott still called it “one of the best moments of my life.”

    The “Parks and Recreation” and “Big Little Lies” star was on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” yesterday, which also happened to be Star Wars Day. Kristen Bell was guest host for Jimmy, who is taking time off to tend to his newborn son, and she got Adam to talk about his lifelong love for Star Wars. Adam, now 44, said he invited Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker) to his birthday party back when “The Empire Strikes Back” was about to come out, which would’ve been in 1980.

    So Adam wrote Mark Hamill a letter, asking him to the party, and kinda thought the actor might really show up. But he didn’t. (Liam Neeson would’ve.) Adam said he wasn’t crushed, he imagined Hamill must’ve been incredibly busy. In the middle of telling his story, the “Star Wars” theme music started playing, and Adam was visibly surprised. They cut to Mark Hamill, with a lightsaber in hand, coming in from backstage.

    Adam Scott’s reaction. He was all of us. You can tell he’s a real fan, and that was real shock.

    Watch and love:

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  • ‘Krampus’ Will Scare the Holiday Stuffing Out of You

    This Christmas, you better watch out: “Krampus” is coming to town.

    A family enduring a miserable holiday dinner suddenly has a lot more to worry about than bad cooking and annoying relatives when the electricity goes out and something big and nasty and hooved — the “shadow of St. Nicholas” — pays a visit and all hell breaks loose.

    In the first trailer for the yuletide horror film “Krampus,” Adam Scott, Toni Collette and David Koechner shudder, scream, run and hide from this most unwelcome late-night visitor who really does know when you’re sleeping. “Krampus” opens Dec. 4.

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  • Best of Late Night TV: Mindy Kaling’s Thoughts on Weddings and Two James Taylors On a Seesaw

    If you’re like us and value your sleep, you probably nodded off into your Ambien dreamland before the party started on post-prime time TV. Don’t worry; we’ve got you covered. Here’s the best of what happened last night on late night.

    Late Night with Seth Meyers:”

    Speaking of weddings, Adam Scott and Paul Rudd managed to get themselves kicked out of one because they flashed their man-parts during a video that was shown to the entire reception. We’re traumatized just hearing this story.

    James Taylor visited “The Tonight Show,” so naturally Jimmy Fallon dressed up as him, put him on a seesaw, and then forced him to sing “Two James Taylors On a Seesaw.” There are literally no words for how incredible this is.

    The Late Late Show” and dished on her celebrity crush: JTT. Or, for all you people that didn’t grow up in the ’90s, Jonathan Taylor Thomas. Get in line, friend.

    We’ve saved the best for last: Alan Rickman visited “The Tonight Show” and inhaled some helium with Jimmy Fallon. Listening to Alan Rickman say the words “Harry Potter” in a high pitched voice is truly amazing, so give this a watch:
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  • Best of Late Night TV: Slow Jam the News with Jeb Bush, Donald Trump Game Show, OITNB Star Sings ‘Fame’

    If you’re like us and value your sleep, you probably nodded off into your Ambien dreamland before the party started on post-prime time TV. Don’t worry; we’ve got you covered. Here’s the best of what happened last night on late night.

    And so it begins — the serious presidential push, with more and more candidates getting air time on late-night, either in person to mock themselves or to be mocked by the hosts from afar. Republican candidates Jeb Bush and The Tonight Show” welcomed Jeb in person, and “The Late Late Show” had a sketch poking fun at Trump’s announcement speech. The Donald was not there in the flesh, but it’s only a matter of time before the new White House hopeful stumps on late-night himself.

    Jimmy Fallon revived his “Slow Jam the News” segment, this time with Jeb Bush on backup. Jeb is not exactly a natural comedian with his stiff posture and cue-card-reading stare, but he was game to listen to Jimmy called him a “master debater” (wink wink) and drop a “Fifty Shades of Grey” whip line, then reply with “Jimmy, I think for all Americans when I say, ‘Ew.’” Yeah. James Corden also got political on “The Late Late Show” when hosting a show called “Trump Stumpers: The Donald Trump Game Show,” quizzing contestants on real Trump quotes from The Donald’s classic stump speech. This is great. James Corden wants to be the Grand Marshal of next year’s L.A. Pride parade, so he went to the event to ask what he had to do. While there, he was deemed “a bear cub.” So he rounded up a bunch of “bears” for a game of “bear guitar” and they went walking around together collecting more bears for their “musical bears” game. “When we lose a bear, she takes a chair!” The winner even got a Build-a-Bear. Bless James. He seemed to have so much genuine fun. James for Grand Marshal! Kathy Griffin, Derek Luke, and the Lone Bellow were guests on “The Late Late Show” and Derek talked about “Empire” love scenes with Taraji P. Henson. Tongue or no tongue? Lea DeLaria of “Orange Is the New Black” is also a jazz singer. She she and Conan O’Brien sang David Bowie’s “Fame,” and it’s pretty darn awesome. Lea loves “Labyrinth” more than anything, since it’s a family movie that’s really about David Bowie’s crotch. So true. That’s it’s charm. Amanda Seyfried was on “Late Night with Seth Meyers” and discussed how she jokingly asked to be part of “Ted 2.” She said, for tentpole movies, this is as far as she’ll go. Actors are all supposed to do things for business reasons and international value, she said, so this is her version of a big summer movie. She did a cameo for the movie “Pan” and had to do some wire work and she hated it, so she wouldn’t do stuff like that. Judd Apatow talked to Seth about why he was so critical of Bill Cosby. He got some pushback from that. Jimmy Kimmel has been doing Game Night, but Tuesday night he returned to talking to some non-sports people on “Jimmy Kimmel Live.” They showed a clip of Viola Davis and Jennifer Lopez in “Lila & Eve,” and Viola talked more about that. She also discussed her love for the show “Snapped” about women who have snapped: Adam Scott was on JKL and admitted he invited Mark Hamill to his 9th birthday party. He wrote the “Star Wars” actor a letter and gave it to his mom. He told all his friends to come to his party, because Luke Skywalker might be there. Luke was not there. A while later, Mark was answering fan questions on Twitter and Adam asked the actor why he didn’t show up at his birthday party. Adam didn’t expect a response, but Mark asked if it was too late to RSVP. Adam was moved by it, and lost his mind. He also lost his mind when he once got a nod from Harrison Ford, aka Han Solo.
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  • Adam Scott Gets It on in New ‘The Overnight’ Poster (EXCLUSIVE)

    “So how does one go about selecting their prosthetic penis? Is it like Build-a-Bear or something?”

    That’s the type of question “The Overnight,” in select theaters June 19, invites one to ask.

    The very funny (and surprisingly emotional) Sundance hit — which stars Parks & Rec”) and is produced by his wife, Naomi — centers on Scott’s character, Alex, who recently moved from Seattle to Los Angeles with his wife, played by “Orange is the New Black’s” Taylor Schilling. The couple accepts a dinner invite from neighbor Kurt, the self-described “mayor” of the neighborhood, played by Jason Schwartzman. Soon, their nice evening escalates to include “swinging,” a kinky pool-side chat and full frontal male nudity.

    But “The Overnight,” from writer-director Patrick Brice, is more than just clever dick jokes. It also has a refreshing amount of heart and unflinching honesty as it explores the risk that relationships run of growing cold and how to preserve one’s spark before that happens.

    In addition to premiering the poster for the film (below), Moviefone recently talked with Scott about making the film — the first feature from the Scott’s Gettin’ Rad Productions — as well as juggling the film’s tonal shifts, its very relatable themes and, of course, the aforementioned stunt junk.Moviefone: As great as the humor is in “The Overnight,” its thematic aims — about relationships and the pressures to re-invent ourselves within them — are just as important. How did you and your wife go about developing the film’s story?

    Adam Scott: It all started with the script that Patrick wrote. I’ve been a dad for eight years now, so a lot of the themes — they really resonated with me. Because, at a certain point — for good reasons — you realize who you are, and where you fit in the world. You realize you’re not in your 20s or early 30s anymore, when you were sort of navigating the world to find your place in it. But I do believe it’s healthy to do once in a while, and these characters are kind of yearning for that [kind of reinvention] and sometimes they don’t even realize it.

    Right. And I like how the audience — we’re never ahead of the characters on that learning curve.

    Exactly. That’s something we set out to do.

    Now Mark Duplass brought the script to your company. What was that process like?

    Well, the script was ready to go. Mark brought it to Naomi and I, and usually when you read a script — there’s like a ten or twenty percent chance it’ll get made. But we really wanted to make it, and get our company’s first feature under our belt… I’m really happy that we did it, because I love the movie – and it resonated even more with me as we were making it.

    It got a great reaction at Sundance earlier this year. How gratifying was that to see it resonate with audiences as well?

    Well, the really gratifying reaction is seeing how much of crowd pleaser it’s turned out to be.

    Were you expecting that?

    No. No, we really didn’t know that going in — and we certainly didn’t know it until we showed it to that first audience at Sundance and they had that wonderful reaction. You know, we had that wonderful problem of wanting the audience to “shut up” more than anything [laughs] because, they would be laughing at one joke and there would be laughs covering the next joke that you wanted everyone to hear. But that’s just a problem you crave for because you never think it’s one you’re gonna have. We’re hoping that once it hits the public, they’ll enjoy it just as much.

    One of the scenes that gets a big reaction is your bit of full frontal nudity. It’s really unexpected.

    Yeah. Yeah, the reactions have been interesting there.

    So just how does one go about selecting their prosthetic penis? Is there a catalog? Is it like “Build-a-Bear” or something?

    Yeah, it’s actually at a store at the Glendale Galleria.

    Nice. Do they validate, or…

    [Laughs] Yeah, for sure. It’s great service. Actually, the four of us — me, Naomi, Patrick and [producer] Mark Duplass — we kind of went through, over email, the whole process of choosing just the right penises. At first, it was kind of “giggle-filled” but once we really got down to it, we adopted this very business, workman like attitude toward it. Talking about girth and length –

    — Things like “D2F” ratio —

    Right, yeah. But sort of in the coldest, most scientific manner you could.

    Other than that, what was the working relationship like making this film with your wife? Did you guys have any challenges keeping a work-life balance?

    We kind of agreed that, obviously there are some sensitive scenes in the movie so me and Naomi agreed that — on days when me and Taylor may share an intimate scene in the movie, Naomi would maybe stay away from set on those days. But while we were shooting, we were having such a good time and getting along so well, it never really came up. It really wasn’t that big of a deal, so it was never awkward. It was just fun.

    Are they any deleted scenes fans can expect on the Blu-ray?

    There wasn’t a lot left on the floor. We shot it really quickly — we shot the whole script, but I think there may be some extended scenes. And some bloopers — we’re working on some stuff — but in terms of big, missing scenes, there really aren’t any.

    Was there a particular scene for you, while shooting, when you thought “Wow, we may have a good movie here?”

    There’s a scene where Taylor and I are out on the patio, after my character has this “spiritual breakthrough” of sorts — we have this conversation, and it was so great working with Taylor… and I really felt like it was one of those moments you get once in a while when you’re working with someone so talented you just forget that you’re acting. It doesn’t happen all the time.

    And it’s not a huge scene, but a very important moment in the movie. And I just sort of thought this could be something special.

    “The Overnight” hits theaters June 19.
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  • Best of Late Night TV: Snoop Dogg’s Plizzanet Earth and Craig Robinson’s Jam Session (VIDEO)


    If you’re like us and value your sleep, you probably nodded off into your Ambien dreamland before the party started on post-prime time TV. Don’t worry; we’ve got you covered. Here’s the best of what happened last night on late night.

    Time for another addition of Plizzanet Earth with Snoop Dogg, who stopped by “Jimmy Kimmel Live” to muse on –– what else? An enormous cold-blood seal humping an innocent penguin. It goes without saying that his profound thoughts are not to be missed. Also, why hasn’t Animal Planet picked up this show yet?

    Kelly Ripa also stopped by “Kimmel,” and Jimmy shared a super old-school clip of her chatting about how men and women should alternate paying for dinner. Sigh, a progressive feminist even when rocking an 80s perm and a turtleneck, guys. Also, please prepare yourself for the best dance moves you’ve ever seen.

    Time for a game of Word Sneak on “The Tonight Show!” This week’s contestant was comedy legend Martin Short, who had to work random words into a casual conversation with Jimmy Fallon. Our favorites include Bill Paxton, fishsticks, enchiladas and back hair.

    Mae Whitman visited “Late Night” (sob, RIP “Parenthood”), and told Seth Meyers that she’s made out with not one, not two, but three “Friday Night Lights” cast members. Living the dream, to be honest.

    Over on “Late Show,” Don Cheadle chatted about the first time he went to The Oscars and was told by some angry paparazzi to “get the f–– out of the way” because Cher and Jack Nicholson were coming through. Honestly, it’s a realistic hazard of trying to share the spotlight with Cher.

    Finally, Craig Robinson, Clark Duke and Adam Scott teamed up on “Conan” to play a live rendition of the song from Flashdance…only with customized lyrics about “Hot Tub Time Machine 2.” It was literally, utterly and completely amazing. And no, those electric guitars are not plugged in.
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