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Fox Orders Rob Lowe Comedy ‘The Grinder’ To Pilot
Fox has greenlit comedy pilot “The Grinder,” starring Rob Lowe, Variety has learned. The single-cam laffer will be directed by “New Girl’s” Jake Kasdan, who will also serve as an exec producer with...
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Rob Lowe Comedy Coming to Fox, Along With Miami Medical Drama
Rob Lowe will be back on TV next season with “The Grinder,” a new comedy ordered at Fox, Variety has learned. The network also picked up medical drama “Rosewood,” starring Morris Chestnut. Both series...
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Watch Trailers for Fox’s Upcoming Shows
Fox unveiled a new crop of trailers for their upcoming shows, including a Rob Lowe comedy and “Minority Report,” during the network’s upfront presentation on Monday. Along with Rob Lowe’s “The...
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‘The Grinder’ Showrunner Greg Malins Exits Rob Lowe Sitcom Over Creative...
Greg Malins has exited Fox’s Rob Lowe vehicle “The Grinder” as showrunner, just about one month before its premiere, Variety has confirmed. Today marks the first day of shooting on episode two. A...
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Casting Roundup: ‘Grinder’ Adds Christina Applegate
“The Grinder” gets a girlfriend and an “SVU” alum is on the case in “Survivor’s Remorse” in today’s casting roundup … Fox’s “The Grinder” may be down a showrunner, but that hasn’t stopped its casting...
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Showrunner Shuffle: Last Minute Departures Explained by Booming TV Biz
The 2015-16 television season has yet to begin, but high drama is already taking place behind the scenes. With less than one month until new shows premiere, four network series have seen their...
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‘The Comedians’ Co-Creator Ben Wexler Boards ‘The Grinder’ as Showrunner
Fox’s new fall comedy “The Grinder,” starring Rob Lowe and Fred Savage, has found a new showrunner: Ben Wexler. Wexler, who co-created and exec produced the Billy Crystal/Josh Gad vehicle “The...
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Casting Roundup: ‘Scream Queens’ Adds Chad Michael Murray; Omar Epps Joins...
“Scream Queens” adds a former teen heartthrob, “Shooter” sets its sights on Omar Epps and a “Seinfeld” alum gets ready for “The Grinder” in this casting roundup … Former “One Tree Hill” star Chad...
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TV Review: ‘Grandfathered,’‘The Grinder’
Seldom do two new programs arrive looking as compatible as “Grandfathered” and “The Grinder,” for good and ill. John Stamos and Rob Lowe both play image-spoofing versions of their red-hot-in-the-’80s...
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Rob Lowe Wanted to Star in ‘The Grinder’ Because It’s ‘Not About Hollywood’
Fresh off of “Parks and Recreation,” Rob Lowe returns to TV Tuesday night with his own comedy vehicle “The Grinder,” a family sitcom, which he says, “You’ve never seen on television.” “I was looking...
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Donald Trump’s Reality TV Campaign Heightens Need for Media Literacy
The new Fox series “The Grinder” is built around an amusing premise that’s really just a variation on an old joke: An actor played a lawyer on TV for so long that people — including the star himself —...
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Fox’s ‘Grinder,’‘Grandfathered’ Get Additional Script Orders
Fox has given six additional script orders each to freshman series “The Grinder” and “Grandfathered,” the network announced Thursday. “The Grinder” stars Fred Savage as a small-town lawyer and Rob Lowe...
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Rob Lowe’s ‘The Grinder’ Gets Full Season at Fox
Fox has given a full-season order to “The Grinder,” its freshman comedy starring Rob Lowe as an actor famous for playing a lawyer on TV and Fred Savage as his younger brother, who actually is an...
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Rob Lowe Graduates From Teen Heartthrob to Walk of Fame Honoree
When Rob Lowe emerged onto the scene in the 1980s he was a teenage heartthrob with sky-blue eyes and a winsome smile that drove swooning girls to wallpaper their bedrooms with posters featuring his...
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Ratings: Fox’s ‘New Girl’ Up With Wedding, But ‘Grandfathered,’‘Grinder’ Exit...
The two-part season finale of Fox’s ” New Girl,” featuring the unconventional wedding of Schmidt and Cece, produced a ratings uptick for the comedy on Tuesday but also highlighted the wide ratings gap...
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Fox Cancels ‘The Grinder,’‘Grandfathered,’‘Bordertown’ After First Seasons
Fox has cancelled “Grandfathered,” “The Grinder” and animated comedy “Bordertown,” Variety has learned. “The Grinder” starred Rob Lowe, “Grandfathered” starred John Stamos, and “Bordertown” hailed from...
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TV Cancellations: ‘Agent Carter’ Killed, but ‘Good Wife’s’ New Life Offers Hope
It’s tough to love TV, and there’s no tougher time than late spring, when the several waves of broadcast network cancellations herald the arrival of Upfronts. I have a few thoughts on the most recent...
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Stars React to ‘Castle,’‘Nashville’ and More TV Cancellations After a Bloodbath
Thursday’s news cycle was inundated with TV show cancellations, with networks bidding adieu to the likes of “Nashville,” “Castle,” “Grandfathered” and “The Grinder,” among others. The news prompted...
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