By Andrew Warren
TV Media
Gilded age giggles:
She’s
barely wrapped up one blast
to the past, and already Chris-
tina Hendricks is headed for
another time-traveling romp.
The five-time Emmy nomi-
nee has only just helped turn
out the lights on the set of
AMC’s “Mad Men,” the
1960s-era period drama, and
she’s already signed to guest
star in Comedy Central’s new
period show.
“Another Period” premieres
Tuesday, June 23, but unlike
“Mad Men,” this period show
is no serious drama.
Set in beautiful Rhode Is-
land in the opening years of
the 20th century, “Another Pe-
riod” is being billed as a spoof
of “Downton Abbey” mixed
with “Keeping Up with the
Kardashians” and similar real-
ity shows.
Starring Paget Brewster
(“Criminal Minds”), Natasha
Leggero (“Suburgatory”), Riki
Lindhome (“Gilmore Girls”),
David Koechner (“The Office”)
and Lauren Ash (“Super Fun
Night”), “Another Period” fo-
cuses on the Bellacourt family,
the wealthiest family in town.
Mostly, the action — and
the laughs — will be centered
around the efforts of sisters
Lillian (Leggero) and Beatrice
(Lindhome) to become famous.
After all, when you’re a pair of
wealthy, attractive socialites,
why shouldn’t everyone know
who you are?
Unfortunately for them,
though, in the days before
television, the Internet and
24-hour news networks, it’s a
lot harder to become a house-
hold name.
It’s not all about these self-
centered aristocrats, though.
In true “Downton Abbey”
style, the downtrodden ser-
vants are also along for the
ride — and for whatever their
narcissistic employers happen
to throw their way.
The regular cast itself is de-
serving of the “all-star” moni-
ker, and with guest stars of
Hendricks’ caliber already lin-
ing up, it looks like “Another
Period” could have a success-
ful life ahead of it. The comedy
premieres Tuesday, June 23, on
Comedy Central.
Another day at the beach:
Something’s lurking at the
beach. No, it’s not a man-eat-
ing shark or some building-
sized monster from the depths.
This time it’s ... movie charac-
ters?
In 2013, Disney Channel’s
“Teen Beach Movie” told the
story of a hip young surfer
dude (Ross Lynch, “Austin &
Ally”) and his girlfriend (Maia
Mitchell, “Trapped”) being
swept away by a giant wave
and winding up inside his fa-
vorite movie, “Wet Side Sto-
ry.”
Well, after a big tease at
the end of that film, a sequel
is finally heading to Disney
Channel Friday, June 26.
“Teen Beach 2” will be an
exciting reunion for most of
the cast of the first film. Along
with Lynch and Mitchell, Gar-
rett Clayton (“The Fosters”),
Grace Phipps (“Baby Daddy”)
and John DeLuca (“Twisted”)
will all be reprising their roles
from the first film, along with
many others.
While “Teen Beach Movie”
transported two hip young
teens to a 1960s-era movie
world, “Teen Beach 2” will be
doing the opposite: bringing
the movie characters into the
modern-day world.
Someone from the real
1960s suddenly appearing in
our modern world would al-
ready be a hard enough ad-
justment. Someone from an
idealized movie world filled
with glittering white smiles
and where rivalries are settled
by song and dance routines,
adjusting would be nearly im-
possible!
Or would it? The only way
to find out is to watch Disney
Channel’s “Teen Beach 2,”
premiering Friday, June 26.
Who’s there?:
After a long,
long time, “American Idol” is
finally coming to an end. Fox
has announced that the one-
time juggernaut will wrap up
after its next season, finishing
with 15 seasons under its belt
— a true accomplishment re-
gardless of what you think of
the show.
Ryan Seacrest, who’s served
as the competition’s host since
its inception, isn’t going any-
where, though. In fact, he’s al-
ready hard at work on what
might be this summer’s next
big reality hit.
“Knock Knock Live” is
planned to debut Tuesday, July
21, on Fox, with Seacrest serv-
ing as both host and as execu-
tive producer.
The show will feature aver-
age folks getting a knock on
their front door. When they
answer it, they’ll be offered
the chance of a lifetime: a big
sum of cash, meeting a celeb-
rity or perhaps some other
life-changing opportunity.
The kicker, though, is that
“Knock Knock Live” will be
just that — live TV. Without
clever video editing, the reac-
tions that audiences at home
see from ordinary people be-
ing offered extraordinary op-
portunities will be nothing but
real.
“Knock Knock Live” marks
a return to live summertime
TV for Seacrest. In 2013, he
hosted “The Million Second
Quiz” on NBC, a much-hyped
game show that ended up be-
ing panned by critics and
avoided by audiences.
Summertime, though, is a
time for happy vibes and good
feelings — exactly what
“Knock Knock Live” is offer-
ing. The latest Ryan Seacrest
offering premieres Tuesday,
July 21, on Fox.
Riki Lindhome and Natasha Leggero star in “Another
Period”
Gilded age giggles: ‘DowntonAbbey’ meets the Kardashians
Stars
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