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Raising Hope gets full season order & one-hour Halloween episode

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If you missed the news elsewhere, Raising Hope has been given a full season order by Fox, and a one-hour episode will be aired on October 26. Press releases, promotional pics, and episode synopses below.

FOX has ordered an additional nine episodes of the critically acclaimed new comedy RAISING HOPE, bringing the series to a full-season order, it was announced today by Kevin Reilly, President, Entertainment for Fox Broadcasting Company.

“With RAISING HOPE, Greg Garcia captures a smart take on the working-class family with a great mix of wild comedy and a big dose of heart,” said Reilly. “The show is running like a Swiss clock, and we’re very happy with how well audiences have responded so far – so we’re confident it will build an even bigger audience throughout the season.”

“I’m really happy for our incredibly talented cast and very hard-working crew. They have done an amazing job and deserve this,” said Greg Garcia, RAISING HOPE creator and executive producer. “Me? I was looking forward so some time off, but I guess that’s not going to happen.”

So far this season, RAISING HOPE is the No. 1 new comedy among Teens and Young Women, the No. 2 new comedy among Adults 18-34 and one of the Top 5 new comedies among Adults 18-49.

In next week’s all-new episode, “Say Cheese,” airing Tuesday, Oct. 12 (9:00-9:30 PM ET/PT), SABRINA (Shannon Woodward) visits JIMMY (Lucas Neff) at home for the first time. Looking through a family photo album, she points out that there aren’t any family portraits with Hope. Although past attempts have been filled with chaos and stress, Jimmy decides to organize a family photo shoot.

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RAISING HOPE “Family Secrets” Season 1 Episode 5 – When a box containing videos of Hope’s mother arrives from prison, Jimmy must decide whether or not to let Hope see them. Virginia explains that children need to be protected from the truth, leading Jimmy to question what exactly his parents have been keeping from him in the all-new “Family Secrets” episode of RAISING HOPE airing Tuesday, Oct. 26 (9:01-9:30 PM ET/PT) on FOX.

Cast: Lucas Neff as Jimmy; Martha Plimpton as Virginia; Garret Dillahunt as Burt; Shannon Woodward as Sabrina. Guest Cast: Cloris Leachman as Maw Maw; Bijou Phillips as Lucy; Linda Gehringer as Louise; E.J. Callahan as Vandy; Niko Posey as Crystal.

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FOX has booked a one-hour “Raising Hope” stunt for Tuesday, October 26, network sources have confirmed to the site exclusively.

Back-to-back new episodes of the series – including its Halloween-themed installment – will air at 9:00/8:00c, leading out of “Glee’s” much-ballyhooed “Rocky Horror Glee Show” episode at 8:00/7:00c.

Said move means newcomer “Running Wilde” will be pre-empted that night.

RAISING HOPE (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) – “Happy Halloween/Family Secrets” (One-Hour Episode)
When Sabrina’s (Shannon Woodward) boyfriend can’t make it to the deli guy’s Halloween party, Jimmy (Lucas Neff) offers to put on his costume and go in his place. Virginia (Martha Plimpton) takes Maw Maw (Cloris Leachman), who is dressed as a cat, trick-or-treating while Burt (Garret Dillahunt) plots ways to play tricks on Jimmy. Meanwhile, when a box containing videos of Hope’s mother arrives from prison, Jimmy must decide whether or not to let Hope see them. Virginia explains that children need to be protected from the truth, leading Jimmy to question what exactly his parents have been keeping from him.

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Raising Hope interviews – show premieres tonight

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Raising Hope,Garret Dillahunt,Martha PlimptonRaising Hope premieres tonight at 9 on Fox. Four new interviews showed up this week. The pics in this post (click for full size) are from episode 1×03, “Dream Hoarders.” Here is the synopsis (interviews are below):

RAISING HOPE “Dream Hoarders” Season 1 Episode 3 -When Jimmy “teaches” Hope to crawl, the family must baby-proof the house and find new places to store their belongings. It’s soon revealed that Virginia is a hoarder and has been saving junk in the storage shed, which becomes Hope’s favorite new hiding place. This leads Virginia to realize that she may have to change her ways. Meanwhile, Jimmy makes frequent unnecessary trips to the grocery store to see Sabrina in the all-new “Dream Hoarders” episode of RAISING HOPE airing Tuesday, Oct. 5 (9:00-9:30 PM ET/PT) on FOX.

Cast: Lucas Neff as Jimmy; Martha Plimpton as Virginia; Garret Dillahunt as Burt; Shannon Woodward as Sabrina. Guest Cast: Cloris Leachman as Maw Maw; Kelly Heyer as Teenage Virginia; Cameron Moulene as Teenage Burt; Trace Garcia as 3-Year-Old Jimmy; Ryan Doom as Wyatt; Mason Cook as 8-Year-Old Jimmy; Al Jones as Stunt Driver.

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Raising Hope posters and promotional stills

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Several updates for Raising Hope today, since the show premieres in less than a week (Tuesday, Sept. 21 at 9 on Fox):

First, here is an interview from the Fox All-Star Party back in August (Fancast uploaded it a couple of weeks ago):

Some posters (click to enlarge):

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Burn Notice 4×10 Hard Time – promo

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USA has posted a teaser for next week’s Burn Notice. You can see it on their site.

Here are a couple of pics from the episode (click to enlarge):

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“Hard Time” airs next Thursday (Aug. 12) at 9 on USA.

Also, since I won’t be around to post updates for a couple of weeks, don’t forget that Burning Bright is out on DVD on August 17. You can get it on Amazon:

Updates: The Glades, Raising Hope, Oliver Sherman, Amigo

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Okay, so The Glades episode aired last week (July 25) and none of the TV sites I was watching  (including the official one) posted the guest star info on time. If you haven’t seen it yet, you can still watch the ep on A&E’s site. Or just grab the clips: clip 1, clip 2, clip 3.  Screencaps are here: The Glades 1×03 A Perfect Storm.

More news below.

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Both Amigo and Oliver Sherman will have their world premieres in Canada in September. Amigo will be screened at the Toronto International Film Festival (Sept. 9 – 19) before heading to San Sebastian (Sept. 17 – 25).

We don’t know the precise date yet but TIFF runs September 9-19, so some time during that period we’ll be showing AMIGO to the public for the first time. In the view of many, Toronto is the most important film market in North America. It’s a great opportunity to screen the movie for buyers from around the world, and it’s a good place to get press, and the audiences are full of civilians, not just people from the industry. [Amigo Production Journal]

John Sayles, to whom San Sebastian dedicated a retrospective in 1994, will revisit the Festival with Amigo. This is the fourth time John Sayles will have participated at San Sebastian, following Men of War, Silver City and Honeydripper, winner of the Best Screenplay Jury Award in 2007 (tied with Siete mesas de billar francés). [San Sebastian Film Festival site]

Oliver Sherman will be shown at the Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival (Sept. 18 – 26). Sudbury Star says, “Filmed in North Bay, Oliver Sherman will be screened as a special presentation within the Northern Connections Program.”

Finally, Raising Hope had a panel at the TCA Summer Press Tour earlier today. Life.com has some pics, The Futon Critic has a new clip (can’t see it if you’re outside the U.S.), and watch this space for links to any reports that show up by this time tomorrow. For early reports, do a Twitter search for Raising Hope (several critics tweeted during the event).

Update – reports at Zap2it, Deadline.com, TV Guide, LocaleTV, Playbill, Buzzsugar, IMDB, Pittsburgh Post Gazette and Ausiello at EW, among others.