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guest appearance stories: 12 news summaries

(Newser) - As if one argument-laced show isn't enough, Kate Gosselin is about to up her on-air time with a guest spot on the View, People reports. The weary reality TV mom will fill in for Elisabeth Hasselbeck, who's out on maternity leave, on Sept. 14 and 15. She joins other guest... More »

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television • The View • guest appearance • Elisabeth Hasselbeck • Kate Gosselin • Kate Gosselin interview

(Newser) - George Clooney’s appearance on ER last night gave the NBC standby a boost, E! Online reports. Thursday’s episode, which also featured cameos by Noah Wyle, Julianna Margulies, and Eriq La Salle brought in 10.7 million viewers, 2 million more than the previous week—though CBS’ Eleventh Hour,... More »

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emergency room • TV ratings • Eleventh Hour • CSI • George Clooney • Susan Sarandon • guest appearance • cameo • Julianna Margulies • Noah Wyle • Eriq La Salle

(Newser) - Set your TiVo to stunned: George Clooney will make a return appearance on ER tonight, Entertainment Tonight reports. Clooney, who left the show in 1999, will star with his onetime on-screen love interest, Julianna Margulies. “I want their story to be very fulfilling in the end,” the... More »

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television • NBC • emergency room • reunion • George Clooney • guest appearance • ER • Julianna Margulies • Noah Wyle • Eriq La Salle

 Jack Black Lands Office Gig 

Comedian will star as himself

Dec 16, 08 10:22 AM CST
(Newser) - Not only did The Office score the sought-after post-Super Bowl slot, it will also feature Jack Black as a guest star. The comedian will play himself in a bootlegged movie the Dunder Mifflin workers try to watch, Entertainment Weekly reports. Black, who rarely appears in guest spots, is not the... More »

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television • Super Bowl • The Office • sitcom • Jack Black • TV series • guest appearance

 Liz Lemon 
 Dates a 
 Mad Man 

Jon Hamm to guest on 30 Rock

Dec 4, 08 11:38 AM CST
(Newser) - Tina Fey will finally get a decent boyfriend this season on 30 Rock, Vanity Fair reports. Jon Hamm, who plays ad exec Don Draper on Mad Men, guest stars as a pediatrician with a fondness for pie-making documentaries and ice-cream makers. Hamm has filmed "a couple of episodes" and... More »

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television • Tina Fey • celebrity • 30 Rock • guest appearance • Mad Men • Jon Hamm

Is Don Draper Hooking Up With Tina Fey?

Rumor has it Mad Men star will play love interest on 30 Rock

Oct 31, 08 12:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - Just when you thought things couldn’t get any better for Tina Fey, she’s about to get a hot, albeit fictional, new beau. A “Rock-solid mole” tells Entertainment Weekly's Michael Ausiello that Jon Hamm of Mad Men fame has signed on for a multi-episode stint on... More »

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television • Tina Fey • 30 Rock • guest appearance • Mad Men • Jon Hamm

 Feud Cuts LiLo's 
 Betty Stand Short 

Mean-girl antics between Lohan, star Ferrara trim 6-episode arc to 4

Oct 23, 08 4:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Lindsay Lohan’s stand on ABC’s Ugly Betty has been reduced from six episodes to four, and a breakdown in relations with star America Ferrera is the cause, the New York Post reports. Insiders said Lohan—signed to play a high-school rival—wouldn’t emerge from her (trashed) dressing... More »

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television • Lindsay Lohan • Ugly Betty • guest appearance • America Ferrera • diva

 SNL Wants Tina to Play Sarah 

Fey could portray VP candidate as early as tomorrow's season premiere

Sep 12, 08 11:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - Saturday Night Live creator Lorne Michaels is in talks with Tina Fey to return to the show to play Republican VP nominee Sarah Palin, Broadcasting & Cable reports. The former SNL head writer could take on "The Barracuda" as early as the show's season premiere tomorrow. "There are... More »

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Saturday Night Live • Tina Fey • celebrity • Sarah Palin • guest appearance

 'Dr. Greene' to Return to ER 

Edwards will reprise role as dead character in flashbacks

Sep 5, 08 11:20 AM CDT
(AP) - Dr. Mark Greene is coming back to ER, but he's not coming back from the dead. Anthony Edwards will reprise the role of Greene, who died of a brain tumor at the end of the 2002 season, in flashback scenes in the Nov. 13 episode, NBC says. Other County General... More »

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NBC • network television • guest appearance • cameo • ER • Anthony Edwards

 Michael J. Fox
 Returns
 to TV 

Will guest star on 'Rescue Me'

Jul 17, 08 12:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Michael J. Fox will return to the small screen next year in a four-episode guest role on FX's "Rescue Me,” the AP reports. The “Spin City” star, whose symptoms of Parkinson’s disease have become evident since his 1991 diagnosis, will play the wheelchair-bound love-interest of the... More »

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television • Parkinson's disease • celebrity • guest appearance • Michael J. Fox

 LiLo Seals Ugly Deal 

Lohan to guest-star in hit ABC series' season finale, 5 episodes next season

May 5, 08 11:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Lindsay Lohan wants to be ugly: To revive her floundering career, the 21-year-old actress will play America Ferrera's high-school buddy on the May 22 season finale of Ugly Betty, People reports. "Lindsay was on time and actually arrived to set early,” a source said. “She did a... More »

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Lindsay Lohan • Ugly Betty • Los Angeles • guest appearance

 Warren Buffett: Soap Star 

Billionaire investing guru will make a cameo on "All My Children"

Mar 19, 08 8:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - Well, sure, he can make a billion at the drop of a hat. But can the man act? We'll see. Warren Buffett, he who sits atop the list of wealthiest people, with $62 billion, will make a cameo on the soap "All My Children" during May sweeps week, Reuters... More »

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Warren Buffett • ABC • soap operas • Berkshire Hathaway • All My Children • Agnes Nixon • Susan Lucci • guest appearance • cameo

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