David Faustino: A ‘Married with Children’ spinoff is in the works

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David Faustino: A Married with Children spinoff is in the works

Faustino says he’s developing a spinoff with Sony. Speaking at the premiere of Vacation, where Faustino attended to support Married “sister” Christina Applegate,” Faustino tells E! News: “The whole cast, including Christina, is down to do little bits in it…The idea would be a pilot for a spinoff. That’s all I can say right now. It involves me and few other people.”


The Bachelor
’s Chris Harrison calls UnReal “really terrible”

“It’s complete fiction,” Harrison said when Variety asked about Lifetime’s behind-the-scenes Bachelor-like series. “As much as they would love to jump on our coattails — they were begging for us to talk about it and for people to write about it — at the end of the day, no one is watching. I mean, absolutely nobody is watching that show. Why? It is terrible. It is really terrible.”


True Detective
’s orgy scene porn stars learned that filming fake sex takes a lot longer than the real thing

“For that one little spot that I was in for 30 seconds… I spent three days doing that!” says Alix Lynx, one of the real-life porn stars who participated in Sunday’s orgy scene.


Chelsea Handler says she’ll do her Netflix talk show at least twice a week

Handler said at TV press tour that her talk show, set to launch in 2016, is still being figured out. But she said it’s “going to be a lot broader,” unlike Chelsea Lately. PLUS: Handler calls each of her Netflix documentaries a “feature-length film – I’m a big girl!”


Josh Duhamel joins Hulu’s 11/22/63

Duhamel will have a regular role on the JFK miniseries from J.J. Abrams and Stephen King.


“King Joffrey” doesn’t watch Game of Thrones, says he’s worried about the show’s “unjust” misogyny

When Jack Gleeson was asked by the Daily Beast about the Sansa Stark rape scene in Season 5, Gleeson admitted he hadn’t watched it. That’s because, he says, there’s no suspension of disbelief when you’ve worked on the set and know the actors in real life. PLUS: “Shireen” mocks her gruesome death.


Sense8
creators are “cautiously optimistic” of a Season 2 renewal

At the Television Critics Association, producers addressed questions about the graphic sex scenes on the Netflix series. “We wanted to do a show that was really for adults and grownups,” says co-creator J. Michael Straczynski. “There’s a tendency for science fiction to be seen as something other than for adults. It tends to be the device, the gadget, the mission and not about the journey so much.” PLUS: Producers on breaking transgender barriers.


Pedro Pascal on going from Game of Thrones to Narcos: “We don’t need dragons. We got cocaine!”

Pascal, who famously played Prince Oberyn Martell, says the HBO series and his new Netflix series are “very comparable to one another.”


The Muppets
poster features “full frontal nudity”

“Finally, states the poster showing a naked Kermit the Frog. “A network  TV show with full frontal nudity.” PLUS; TV has “finally hit its beak.”