Television legend Cloris Leachman, who died Tuesday at the age of 94, earned the last of her whopping 22 Emmy nominations for her role as the larger-than-life Maw Maw on Greg Garcia’s 2010 family comedy Raising Hope.
Originally conceived as a guest-starring role, Leachman’s Maw Maw, the occasionally lucid, often confused unpredictable great-great-grandmother to Hope, was an instant fan favorite, and Leachman was upped to a series regular in Season 2. She was a main cast member of the praised Fox comedy for three seasons in her last series regular role.
Garcia had a memorable first meeting with Leachman on the stage of the 2006 Emmy Awards where the eight-time Emmy-winning actress presented him with the comedy writing Emmy for his NBC series My Name Is Earl. As she has done her entire career, Leachman stole the scene, and Garcia shared...
Originally conceived as a guest-starring role, Leachman’s Maw Maw, the occasionally lucid, often confused unpredictable great-great-grandmother to Hope, was an instant fan favorite, and Leachman was upped to a series regular in Season 2. She was a main cast member of the praised Fox comedy for three seasons in her last series regular role.
Garcia had a memorable first meeting with Leachman on the stage of the 2006 Emmy Awards where the eight-time Emmy-winning actress presented him with the comedy writing Emmy for his NBC series My Name Is Earl. As she has done her entire career, Leachman stole the scene, and Garcia shared...
- 1/28/2021
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Ty Pennington’s new HGTV series “Ty Breaker” has a pretty cool concept and a really good title — so which came first, the idea or the pun? TheWrap asked the “Trading Spaces” and “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” alum exactly that.
“The concept for the show came first and once we realized how important a big change to a certain area of the family’s home was … we realized it really was the ‘Ty Breaker’ in which design they eventually chose to go with,” Pennington told TheWrap. “And let’s face it — it’s a great title (laughs).”
“Here’s the crazy part, right? I don’t think there has ever been a show that, like, the person’s name — on HGTV — was in the title,” Pennington said. “So the fact that they did it, I was blown away. I was like, wow, that’s a bold move.”
Pennington has an older brother named Wynn,...
“The concept for the show came first and once we realized how important a big change to a certain area of the family’s home was … we realized it really was the ‘Ty Breaker’ in which design they eventually chose to go with,” Pennington told TheWrap. “And let’s face it — it’s a great title (laughs).”
“Here’s the crazy part, right? I don’t think there has ever been a show that, like, the person’s name — on HGTV — was in the title,” Pennington said. “So the fact that they did it, I was blown away. I was like, wow, that’s a bold move.”
Pennington has an older brother named Wynn,...
- 1/11/2021
- by Tony Maglio
- The Wrap
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