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Back when Will Smith was starring in “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air”, the idea emerged for RuPaul to appear on the show.

Smith, however, decided to pass up a cameo from the now-iconic drag queen, who at the time was experiencing a burst of fame as the single “Supermodel (You Better Work)” was rising in the charts.

According to Thea Glassman’s new book, Freaks, Gleeks, and Dawson’s Creek: How Seven Teen Shows Transformed Television, Smith was discussing an upcoming episode with executive producer David Steven Simon when the idea emerged.

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“I remember him saying that would be a really bad idea,” Simon recalled in the book, as reported by People. “And I said, ‘No, listen, hear my story —’”

Smith, however, would not have it, and dismissed the notion of bringing a drag queen onto the show.

Exclusive: The story of one of America’s most beloved TV personalities, Johnny Carson, may finally be coming to the screen. A high-profile series, starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Carson, written by Deadwood creator David Milch and to be directed by Jay Roach, was recently taken out and has been heating up the premium marketplace. The project, titled King Of Late Night, is a co-production between wiip and Anonymous Content.

The series will follow the life and career of late-night TV pioneer Johnny Carson from New York to Los Angeles to the Las Vegas strip. King Of Late Night will reveal how Johnny’s diehard connection to his audience overlapped with his lifelong desire for a basic quality of life, and how his beloved on-screen persona came into conflict with the more colorful aspects of his personal life.

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It’s been something of an open secret for a while that “Mad About You” had potential to be the latest ’90s sitcom to be revived for a new audience. In a surprise move on Wednesday, though, Spectrum announced that it would be the new home for a continuation of the series, slated to arrive in late 2019.

The series, which co-starred Helen Hunt and Paul Reiser as a PR rep and documentary filmmaker navigating both their marriage and the pitfalls of daily life in New York. Wednesday’s announcement confirmed that both Reiser and Hunt would be returning for these new episodes and will serve as executive producers.

Original series co-creator Danny Jacobson is on board as an executive consultant, but this continuation will be overseen by TV vet Peter Tolan. Previously, Tolan was a creator on the long-running FX series “Rescue Me” and a co-creator of “The Jim Gaffigan Show.

Planning on staying in for the weekend and not sure what to watch? TV Guide's Editor-in-Chief Mickey O'Connor has a few suggestions. Here's what you should stream this weekend.

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After months of sitting in limbo, Paul Reiser’s period comedy “There’s… Johnny!” has finally been given a premiere date: All seven episodes launch November 16, on Hulu.

For Reiser, it’s a relief to finally get to show his pet project to the world. “There’s… Johnny!” had its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival earlier this year and was originally set to debut on NBC Universal’s Seeso digital platform in August. But then Seeso was shut down, leaving all of its original series hanging.

Some of Seeso’s existing programs, including “Harmontown,” were sold to another digital company, Vrv. After three or four months of conversations with various potential homes, “There’s… Johnny!” finally landed at Hulu, as part of an overall distribution deal the streaming service signed with NBCU.

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As Seeso further winds down operations, insiders have confirmed that upcoming comedy “There’s…Johnny!” won’t launch at the end of the month as originally planned.

“There’s… Johnny!” was originally set to debut on August 24, but according to insiders close to the show, producers are now looking to find a new home for the period comedy, set in the world of “The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson” circa 1972.

The decision at Seeso to shelve “There’s… Johnny!” comes after other shows also haven’t premiered as planned, including Season 2 of Dan Harmon’s “HarmonQuest,” which was supposed to return at the end of July.

Created by Paul Reiser and his “Mad About You” producer David Steven Simon, “There’s… Johnny” premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in April.

Get ready to go behind the scenes of The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. This week, Seeso announced their new TV show There's... Johnny! will debut in August.From Paul Reiser and David Steven Simon, the scripted comedy follows "19 year old Nebraskan Andy Klavin (Ian Nelson - "The Hunger Games," "Teen Wolf") stumbles his way into a gig as a gofer at Carson's "The Tonight Show" and into a world that will change his life." The cast also includes Jany Levy, Tony Danza, Roger Bart, and T'keyah Keymah.Read More…...

Here’s… the first trailer for Seeso’s new Johnny Carson show!

Feast your eyes on the colors of the 1970’s, also known as “the decade that taste forgot”: The putrid chartreuse of a shag carpet, blinding mustard swivel chairs, busy cutouts on a wood paneled desk. Set to the hum of a snappy tune evoking earlier days, this trailer drums up enough excitement without actually showing anyone’s face — though the talent on board boasts Seeso’s biggest names to date.

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Created by Paul Reiser and his “Mad About You” producer David Steven Simon, “There’s… Johnny” follows 19-year-old Nebraskan Andy Klavin (Ian Nelson) as he stumbles his way into a gig as a gofer at Carson’s “The Tonight Show” in 1972. Billed as a “fictional comedic trip back in time,” it sounds like a period riff on “The Larry Sanders Show.

Turn on the sirens: CBS has picked up the docuseries Ambulance.

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The one-hour reality show — based on a UK format — chronicles the intense world of emergency medical workers and 911 dispatchers as they make split-second decisions during life-threatening emergencies.

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* Tyler Labine (Reaper) will co-star in the CBS comedy pilot Hannah Royce’s Questionable Choices as the first husband of Hannah (played by Alice Eve) and the father of her eldest child, our sister site Deadline reports.

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Comedy streaming channel Seeso has unveiled its summer programming slate with premiere dates for the anticipated There’s…Johnny!, Season 2 of Harmonquest, Flulanthropy series premiere and more. There's… Johnny!, an original comedy series written by Paul Reiser and David Steven Simon revolving around The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, premieres August 24. The coming of age story is set in 1970s Los Angeles, when The Tonight Show first moved from New York to Burbank…...

There's ... Johnny! has some new company. Deadline reports Tony Danza, Roger Bart, Jane Levy, and more have joined the upcoming Seeso TV show.From Paul Reiser and David Steven Simon, the comedy series is set behind the scenes of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. The cast also includes Ian Nelson, T’keyah Keymah, Nate Smith, David Hoffman, Daniel Strauss, and Andrew Schulz.Read More…...

Johnny is back! Sort of. Today, Seeso announced they've ordered a new series called There's... Johnny!From Paul Reiser and David Steven Simon, the comedy "follows the lives and challenges of Andy, a wide-eyed 19-year-old Nebraskan who stumbles his way into a job at “The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson,” and Joy, a young Talent Coordinator on the show, as they both try to find their way and prove themselves in this period of cultural and political upheaval."Read More…...

Seeso has greenlighted There’s Johnny!," an eight-episode scripted comedy series set behind the scenes at The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, from Mad About You creator Paul Reiser. It’s slated to premiere in 2017, 55 years after Carson's first appearance in The Tonight Show and 25 years after his last show. Written by Reiser and David Steven Simon (The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Mad About You), the coming of age story is set in 1970s Los Angeles, when The Tonight Show…...

Director David Wain, who helmed the Sundance Film Fest fave Wet Hot American Summer, has been signed by DreamWorks to direct an untitled high school comedy, Variety reports. The film will be based on David Simon 's original script Stolen High School Security Tapes, and will be produced by Mary Ellis Bunim and Jonathan Murray, producers of MTV's The Real World. No stars are yet attached.