A funeral service for actress SUZANNE PLESHETTE was held on Wednesday, and ET was there to capture the heartfelt thoughts of her friends and colleagues in attendance, including BOB NEWHART and BILLY CRYSTAL.
Suzanne passed away from lung cancer on Saturday at the age of 70. The TV and Broadway star is perhaps best known for playing the no-nonsense wife of Bob Newhart on his eponymous 1970s TV show.
ET has confirmed that actress SUZANNE PLESHETTE passed away from lung cancer Saturday. The TV and Broadway star died at her Los Angeles home surrounded by family, her step-son JASON POSTON tells us. He describes it as a "quiet, elegant passing." She was 70 years old.
Emmy-winning sitcom sidekick TOM POSTON, who memorably starred alongside BOB NEWHART on "Newhart," passed away on Monday night. He was 85.
The veteran comic actor was nominated three times for an Emmy during his tenure as lovable lunk George Utley on the popular '80s show. He was also nominated for an Outstanding Guest Actor Emmy for his appearance on "Coach"; he won a Best Supporting Actor Emmy in 1959 for his role on "The STEVE ALLEN Show."
If tongue-in-cheek 'Indiana Jones'-type adventure films are up your alley, check out TNT's "The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines," premiering Sunday, Dec. 3 at 8 p.m. Former "ER" doc NOAH WYLE is back for a second go-round as Flynn Carsen, a 30-something man who spent the majority of his life in academia, until he became "The Librarian."
Flynn's new job is top secret. Not normal for a librarian, but he doesn't work at a normal library. Rather, he is the guardian of a secret institution where all the mythological artifacts of the world are stored. While Flynn loves being surrounded by these wondrous relics -- The Holy Grail, the Spear of Destiny, Excalibur and the goose that lays the golden egg -- what he is still getting used to are the dangerous missions he is required to make.
Forget photo shoots, TERI HATCHER -- well, her "Desperate Housewives" character at least -- will be facing a new problem as she runs into a bump on her road to romance when her meddling mother, played by LESLEY ANN WARREN, cramps her style when she comes to Wisteria Lane!
"I bring quite a storm with me," Lesley tells MARK STEINES about her character. "This character has all of it. She's volatile and girlish and kind of desperate for a man. She's a wonderful mother but she gets everything wrong."
TV Land takes to the airwaves with its third annual "TV Land Awards: A Celebration of Classic TV," a 90-minute tribute to the best of television, airing simultaneously on TV Land and Nick at Nite, Wednesday, March 16, at 9 p.m.
One of the special awards presented is the 2004 Future Classic Award, which is given out annually to the one new show that looks to become a classic. Last year, "Arrested Development" received the honor. This year, the immediate hit "Desperate Housewives" takes home the coveted prize.
LONI ANDERSON, famous for her amusing role on the hit show "WKRP in Cincinnati," opens up to ET about her secret bond with the late, great JOHNNY CARSON as we catch up with her at the "TV Land Awards: A Celebration of Classic TV."
"He produced a television series I did with LYNDA CARTER called 'Partners In Crime,'" she reveals of the comic. "He was fabulous."
As "ER" top doc John Carter, NOAH WYLE saves lives, one at a time, but as Flynn Carsen in TNT's "The Librarian: Quest for the Spear," he is charged with saving the world.
"The Librarian" is a classic, fish-out-of-water story about a 30-something man who has spent his entire life in academia. He has never had a girlfriend or a real job. Then one day, his professor throws him out of graduate school and he receives a letter inviting him to apply for a job as The Librarian.
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