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Fox cancels 'Grandfathered' and 'The Grinder'

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Fox cancels 'Grandfathered' and 'The Grinder'

Fox gave the axe to John Stamos sitcom "Grandfathered" and Rob Lowe comedy "The Grinder," in addition to "Bordertown" and "Cooper Barrett."

Corey Hawkins from 'The Walking Dead' lands lead in '24: Legacy'

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Corey Hawkins from 'The Walking Dead' lands lead in '24: Legacy'

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'24: Legacy' pilot won't feature Kiefer Sutherland as Jack Bauer

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'24: Legacy' pilot won't feature Kiefer Sutherland as Jack Bauer

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New episodes of the U.S. television series "24" are to be shot in London next month, producers announced.

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William Joseph Devane (born September 5, 1937) is an American film, television and theater actor.

Devane was born in Albany, New York, the son of Joseph (Joe) Devane, who was Franklin D. Roosevelt's chauffeur when he was Governor of New York. Devane graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York.

In 1966, Devane portrayed Robert Kennedy in the Off-Broadway spoof MacBird. He gained acclaim for his role as President John F. Kennedy in a TV movie about the Cuban Missile Crisis, The Missiles of October (1974), and again when he played blacklisted radio personality John Henry Faulk in the Emmy Award-winning TV movie, Fear on Trial (1975). He is widely known for his ten years as the villainous Greg Sumner on Knots Landing

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