If Christina Applegate wins an Emmy Award this September for the NBC laffer “Up All Night,” she will have something in common with Jennifer Aniston, Candice Bergen, Helen Hunt and Lisa Kudrow. All of these funny ladies claimed trophies for episodes where their characters gave birth, and that is exactly the subject of Applegate’s possible submission if nominated as Best Comedy Actress.
In a video chat with Gold Derby, Applegate revealed that she and the flashback episode’s writer Caroline Williams had babies just two weeks apart. “We kind of went on the same journey at the same time. We really brought in a lot of things that had happened personally. I got it, and I thought it was written very full,” she added. “I had some great funny stuff that I got to do that was so bizarre, which is the kind of stuff I love, like singing that live song.”
Applegate is also a producer on the freshman laffer, so she could earn a nomination in the Best Comedy Series category as well. Her character, new mom Reagan Brinkley, is the producer of a daytime talker anchored by her pal Ava (Maya Rudolph). She juggles work and a hectic home life with husband Chris (Will Arnett) and baby Amy.
Over the course of the rookie season, Applegate said it has been a journey trying to achieve the right tone to keep things in balance. “We’re trying to find how to work these two worlds into one another,” she said. “A lot of the times it was Reagan playing over here and then Reagan coming into this world. How do you intertwine that? How do you make all three of these worlds come together?”
Applegate has been working mostly in television for the past quarter century, an achievement she recently celebrated on the Fox Network’s 25th anniversary special where she reunited with her “Married with Children” co-stars. She won an Emmy Award in 2003 for guesting on “Friends,” defeating four veterans (Georgia Engel, Betty Garrett, Cloris Leachman, and Betty White). She contended again the following year for another appearance on “Friends” and reaped lead actress bids in 2008 and 2009 for “Samantha Who?.”
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NBC just released its schedule for the Fall 2012-2013 season. It shows that the network is keeping “Up All Night” on Thursday night, but it is moving to the 8:30 PM timeslot.
MONDAY
8-10 p.m. – “The Voice”
10-11 p.m. – “REVOLUTION”
TUESDAY
8-9 p.m. –“The Voice”
9-9:30 p.m. – “GO ON”
9:30-10 p.m. – “THE NEW NORMAL”
10-11 p.m. – “Parenthood”
WEDNESDAY
8-8:30 p.m. – “ANIMAL PRACTICE”
8:30-9 p.m. – “GUYS WITH KIDS”
9-10 p.m. – “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit”
10-11 p.m. – “CHICAGO FIRE”
THURSDAY
8-8:30 p.m. – “30 Rock”
8:30-9 p.m. – “Up All Night”
9-9:30 p.m. – “The Office”
9:30-10 p.m. – “Parks and Recreation”
10-11 p.m. – “Rock Center with Brian Williams”
FRIDAY
8-8:30 p.m. – “Whitney”
8:30-9 p.m. – “Community”
9-10 p.m. – “Grimm”
10-11 p.m. – “Dateline NBC”
SATURDAY
Encore programming
SUNDAY (Fall 2012)
7- 8:15 p.m. — “Football Night in America”
8:15-11:30 p.m. — “NBC Sunday Night Football”
SUNDAY (Post-football/Winter 2013)
7-8 p.m. – “Dateline NBC”
8-9 p.m. – “Fashion Star”
9-10 p.m. – “The Celebrity Apprentice”
10-11 p.m. – “DO NO HARM”
GREAT NEWS! The Hollywood Reporter is saying that “Up All Night” has been renewed by NBC for a second season!
NBC has continued picking up comedies for next season, reneweing Parks and Recreation and Up All Night.
Up All Night
Created by Parks and Recreation veteran Emily Spivey the freshman comedy starring Christina Applegate, Will Arnett and Maya Rudolph earned a quick full-season order after opening strong following America’s Got Talent. While the comedy cooled from its bow to a 3.7 rating in the adult demo on Wednesdays, it was a solid performer after being shifted to the prime post-The Office slot on Thursdays in midseason. Its April 12 season finale garnered a 1.5 in the demo and 3.12 million viewers, decent by NBC’s reduced standards and enough to propel the comedy about new parents to see a second season.
Christina Applegate Online has been named “Fansite of the Day” by The Fan Carpet for Sunday, April 15th!
Christina Applegate, 40, (Up All Night airs on NBC Thursdays at 9:30 p.m.) shares the 25 things you don’t know about her with Us Weekly.
1. I was born on Thanksgiving.
2. I don’t have a middle name.
3. I had my first acting job in a Playtex baby bottle commercial when I was 3 months old.
4. I named my dog Tallulah after Jodie Foster’s character in Bugsy Malone.
5. I got kicked out of Brownies.
6. I’m afraid of bees. Like, stupid afraid.
7. I have six tattoos.
8. I am athletic but can’t catch a ball to save my life.
9. My favorite band is Led Zeppelin.
10. I have my own bowling ball. Not because I’m good.
11. I dress up like a chicken. A lot.
12. I’m named after my mom’s dog, who was named after a painting by Andrew Wyeth.
13. I’m scared to death of flying.
14. I still wear maternity jeans. They’re so comfortable. [Daughter Sadie, with music producer fiance Martyn LeNoble, 43, is 14 months old.]
15. Castle is my favorite show.
16. I am a pajama hoarder.
17. When I was 13, I worked as a receptionist at a gym.
18. During the last season of Married With Children, I wore a wig because I had dyed my hair purple and red. What a rebel.
19. I was not the original Kelly Bundy.
20. I haven’t made my bed since Sadie was born. Just. Can’t.
21. I’ve lived within a 1-mile radius of my childhood home my whole life.
22. All That Jazz is one of my favorite movies.
23. If I wasn’t an actress, I’d be a dancer.
24. I tried to get Alex Trebek to host a Jeopardy game for my 40th birthday. Fail.
25. I haven’t eaten meat since I was 14, but I love the smell of BBQ.
The Bundys are back!
Fifteen years after Married With Children ended its 10-year run, the series’ main stars — Christina Applegate, 40, Ed O’Neill, 66, Katey Sagal, 58, and David Faustino, 38 — reunited March 16 on behalf of Fox’s 25th Anniversary Special. To celebrate, the pilot episode of Married With Children will air April 22 at 7 p.m. EST, followed by the 500th episode of The Simpsons.
Applegate recently revealed a fun fact about her final episodes of the series to Us Weekly: “During the last season of Married With Children, I wore a wig because I had dyed my hair purple and red. What a rebel.”
FOX’s Anniversary Special airs from 8:00-10:00 p.m. EST and will pay tribute to some of the network’s most memorable shows, including Married With Children, In Living Color and That ’70s Show.
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It’s been 25 years since Bud Bundy crawled up behind his sister, Kelly, and pretended to slit her throat in the first episode of Fox’s first hit sitcom, “Married… With Children.”
Back then, Fox was the just-launched fourth-place network. Today it’s the top-rated network, but it’s feeling nostalgic for its low-rent early days. On Sunday, it is airing “Fox’s 25th Anniversary Special,” reuniting the casts of many of its past hits, including “Married … With Children.” To kick off the evening, the network is re-airing the “Married … With Children” pilot.
In the first episode, which aired on April 5, 1987, Al Bundy (Ed O’Neill) wasn’t as pathetic as he eventually became, Peg Bundy’s (Katey Sagal) hair wasn’t as big and Kelly Bundy (Christina Applegate) still had a couple of brain cells left.
The series ranked 142nd in the ratings during its first season. It eventually climbed into the top 50 shows on TV before ending its run on June 9, 1997. It aired 259 episodes over 11 seasons.
The episode will air on Fox again April 22. Another milestone episode, “The Simpsons’ ” 500th, will air immediately after, and then the 25th-anniversary special.
In a sitcom rarity, three of the main castmembers have gone on to a major follow-up success after their time on “Married … With Children.” O’Neill stars on the highly rated “Modern Family,” Sagal is on the critically acclaimed drama “Sons of Anarchy” and Applegate stars in the NBC comedy “Up All Night.” David Faustino, who played young Bud Bundy, has had a less successful acting career but has become an influential figure in the West Coast hip-hop community.
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