Ed Asner

‘Carl’s Date’ plays in theaters before Pixar’s ‘Elemental.’

Asner was a screen staple for decades.

Will Ferrell's 'Elf' has long become a Christmas classic in its own right, but while NBC busies itself with live-action musicals of 'Peter Pan,' Buddy will have his own song to sing with a brand-new animated musical special 'Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas.' 'The Big Bang Theory''s Jim Parsons will lend his voice to the title role, but who else will be heard when NBC sings loud for all the world to hear?

Oh, CBS.  You couldn't just leave well-enough alone by re-booting 'Hawaii Five-0' into a successful late night drama, now you're going to start pilfering its old characters with the same actors?  Love Ed Asner as we do, this move is a little more '2 Broke Girls' than 'The Good Wife.'