TV Bits: ‘Archer’, ‘Bob’s Burgers’, ‘Community’, ‘Arrested Development’, ‘Sons Of Anarchy’, ‘Boardwalk Empire, ‘Homeland’, ‘The Walking Dead’
ForgetThe Bourne Legacy— the Ludlum-inspired story I’m really eager to see is thisBob’s Burgers/Archercrossover. Also after the jump:
It starts off with Archer as Bob, making hamburgers, but he doesn’t know that he’s Archer. He’s at the restaurant and these, like, I think Russian thugs come in, and Bob dispatches them expertly. And then he’s like, What just happened? How did I do that? So he has to try to figure out why he’s so good at killing people.
As for how Bob and his wife Linda (voice ofJohn Roberts) will fit into the very different visual style of theArcheruniverse, Benjamin explains that they’ll appear as “Archer-style animations, but with all the accoutrements and characteristics of the [Bob’s] characters.” No start date for the new season has been announced, but with treats like this in store it can’t come soon enough. [EW]
Dan Harmon’s never been one to keep his thoughts, feelings, and opinions to himself, and that hasn’t changed in the months since his ousting fromCommunity. In a new interview, Harmon offers still more thoughts on how it all went down. On the one hand, he acknowledges, “I would have fired me too.” “They’re not going to hand the ball to the guy that spent three years losing in the ratings race and not turning a script over until I felt it was finished,” he says. On the other, Harmon insists he wouldn’t change a thing about the way he did the show.
Well — maybe there is one thing. Harmon revealed that the running joke about Kim being a girl’s name in the Season 3 episode “Digital Exploration of Interior Design” was a dig on (male) Sony execKim Rozenfeld. Had he known he’d get fired, he said, he might have “made a little more fun of the people I’ll never work with again.” Head toVultureto read more.
Meanwhile, Harmon’s old show is rolling along into Season 4, and it’s even picked up a new oddball for the study group to tangle with come fall.Matt Lucas, ofLittle BritainandBridesmaidsfame, is set to joinCommunityfor a multi-episode guest role. The nature of his character has not been revealed at this time, though an earlier report suggested he could be playing a history professor who used to teach at Oxford.Communitywill return to NBC on Friday,October 19. [TV Line]
As Lucas descents into Greendale, one of its best and brightest is off to cause trouble in Northern California.Joel McHalewill appear in the fifth season of FX’sSons of Anarchyas Warren, “handsome con man who double-crosses the wrong person.” Maybe make that persons — Jax (Charlie Hunnam) looks none too pleased with Warren here, and he’s got a few other guys to back him up.
Sons of Anarchy premieresSeptember 11. In addition to McHale,Ashley Tisdale,Harold Perrineau, andJimmy Smitsare also set to appear in Season 5. [viaScreen Crush]
Over at HBO,Boardwalk Empirehas just dished out a fresh batch of stills from Season 3. Get a good long look atSteve Buscemi,Kelly Macdonald,Michael K. Williams,Jack Huston,Michael Shannon, and series newcomerBobby Cannavale, and then take your best guesses as to what they’ll be up to this fall.
Tune inSeptember 16for the new season ofBoardwalk Empire. [viaScreen Crush]
If you think thoseBoardwalk Empireshots don’t give away much, the latest image from theArrested Developmentset reveals even less. In fact, not a single core cast member or familiar set is in sight. Instead, we see guest starsAnders HolmandAdam DeVine(both from Comedy Central’sWorkaholics) working the counter at what appears to be an airport terminal.Jason Batemantweetedthe photo, along with the message “First day. Away we go …”
The new ten-episode season ofArrested Developmentwill hit Netflix sometime in 2013. [viaVulture]
Carrie (Clarie Danes) and Brody (Damian Lewis) look ready to face off in the intense new poster for Showtime’sHomeland, tagged with the slogan “It hits home.”
Carrie doesn’t look so bad — we’ve seen her much, much worse — but it’s interesting that Brody’s tinted so blue he hardly even looks human.Homeland’s sophomore season kicks off Sunday,September 30. [EW]
The characters of AMC’sThe Walking Deadhave been through some seriously hellish situations over the past two seasons, and they’re looking worse for the wear. A Season 3 poster shows the group arranged in little clusters, looking ready to kill some zombies and even more ready to take some nice hot showers.
Season 3 ofThe Walking Deadbegins airing Sunday,October 14. [Screen Rant]
