TELEVISION.Byline: Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. Back for more: NBC's "Seinfeld," TV's highest-rated situation comedy, will return with its entire cast for an eighth season, TV Guide reports. TV Guide quoted unidentified sources at Castle Rock Entertainment as saying the company had reached tentative agreements with stars Jerry Seinfeld This article is about the comedian. For the character, see Jerry Seinfeld (character). Jerry Seinfeld (born Jerome Seinfeld on April 29, 1954 in New York City, New York) is a Golden Globe- and Emmy Award-winning American comedian, actor and writer. , Jason Alexander, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Michael Richards. NBC NBC in full National Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. commercial broadcasting company. It was formed in 1926 by RCA Corp., General Electric Co. (GE), and Westinghouse and was the first U.S. company to operate a broadcast network. , which refused to confirm the report, is expected to make it official next week at the West Coast gathering of television critics. "Seinfeld," a Peabody and multiple Emmy award winner, trails only NBC's hospital drama "ER" this season. No dice: "Bless This House," starring Andrew (formerly "Dice") Clay and Cathy Moriarty, has been canceled, replaced by "The Louie Show," starring comedian Louie Anderson, CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) See cell broadcast. announced Wednesday. "Bless This House," the fifth CBS series to be canceled this season, will air for the last time on Wednesday, and "The Louie Show" will premiere on Jan. 31, the eve of the February ratings sweep. On the sitcom, Moriarty and Clay played 1990s-style "Honeymooners," a working-class couple trying to improve their lives. It was the first series venture for Moriarty ("Raging Bull," "Soapdish") and Clay, a comedian whose career nosedived in the '80s after critics denounced his material as racist, sexist and homophobic. In "The Louie Show," the portly port·ly adj. port·li·er, port·li·est 1. Comfortably stout; corpulent. See Synonyms at fat. 2. Archaic Stately; majestic; imposing. [From port5. Anderson plays a psychotherapist psy·cho·ther·a·pist n. An individual, such as a psychiatrist, psychologist, psychiatric nurse, or psychiatric social worker, who practices psychotherapy. in Duluth, Minn., whose "unfailing honesty gets him into difficult and often hilarious professional and personal situations." The new series was created by Anderson and Matt Goldman, and its executive producers are Goldman, Diane English and Joel Shukovsky. CAPTION(S): PHOTO Photo ANDERSON |
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