Dane Cook

Disney’s ‘Planes’ Lands Dane Cook as Lead Character
Disney’s ‘Planes’ Lands Dane Cook as Lead Character
Disney's upcoming 'Planes' was already on turbulent ground with many film fans before it cast Dane Cook as the lead character, so expect the eye rolling and the weary sighs that tend to happen whenever this project is mentioned to be extra pronounced today. 'Planes' just went from being a cash-in spin-off of Pixar's worst film to being a cash-in spin-off of Pixar's worst film starring a not partic
Don’t Worry, Dane Cook Still Getting His Own NBC Series
Don’t Worry, Dane Cook Still Getting His Own NBC Series
Love him or hate him, reactions certainly ran the gamut when NBC announced that it had partnered for a single-camera sitcom featuring controversial comedian Dane Cook as the acerbic radio host of 'Next Caller.' Initially picked up to series, NBC reportedly changed their minds about the series after shooting four episodes, pulling the plug on production, but Cook seems to have found yet another hom
NBC Makes Dane Cook’s ‘Next Caller’ Its Next Cancellation
NBC Makes Dane Cook’s ‘Next Caller’ Its Next Cancellation
And lo, yet another NBC series goes gentle into that good night, prior to even airing a pilot episode.  But where 'Mockingbird Lane' still gets to air its expensive debut episode as a Halloween special, NBC's Dane Cook comedy 'Next Caller' seems to have been replaced with dead air.  The as-yet-unaired sitcom saw the controversial comedian as an acerbic, jockish radio host, but what might have caus
Dane Cook Lands NBC Sitcom, Audible Groan Heard Throughout Country
Dane Cook Lands NBC Sitcom, Audible Groan Heard Throughout Country
Like it or not, America, the three-camera sitcom is here to stay, and in the wake of its problematic ratings NBC is looking to make further strides into the genre even beyond the tepidly received 'Whitney' and 'Are You There, Chelsea?' And clearly, someone somewhere must have asked aloud the question, "how could they get any worse," because the TV gods have very much set their sights on