Entertainment Briefs: Saturday, Sept. 13, 2008
Entertainment Briefs: Saturday, Sept. 13, 2008

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Published: September 13, 2008

TV NEWS

David Arquette visits "My Name Is Earl”

There will be more than one Arquette on NBC this season, just not at the same time.

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Actor David Arquette will join his sister, "Medium” star Patricia Arquette, on the network when he guest stars on an episode of "My Name Is Earl” in fall. "Medium” is scheduled to return after the new year.

In the "Earl” episode, Arquette will play an amateur stuntman named Sweet Johnny. Earl (Jason Lee) wants to cross Johnny off his list by making up for the fact that he slept with Johnny's girlfriend a decade earlier. But after he tracks Johnny down, he finds the daredevil in no shape to receive Earl's goodwill.

"My Name Is Earl” is the second guest spot Arquette has booked in fall. He's also set to appear in an episode of ABC's "Pushing Daisies” in the early part of the season.

Ted Danson is feeling "Bored to Death”

After his Emmy-nominated turn in FX's "Damages,” Ted Danson is stepping back into the comedy realm for his next TV job.

Danson has signed on to HBO's pilot "Bored to Death,” where he'll star opposite Jason Schwartzman. He'll play a "pompous” magazine editor in the show, The Hollywood Reporter said.

"Bored to Death” centers on Schwartzman's character, Jonathan, a young and not-very-successful writer who has a drinking problem. His ennui leads him to place newspaper ads offering his services as a detective, hoping to emulate his fictional heroes Philip Marlowe and Sam Spade. Danson's character is a friend and sometime mentor to Jonathan. He's set to appear in a handful of episodes on the show's second season, set to premiere in early 2009.

Source: Wire Services