Kramer returning to TV in first sitcom role since 'Seinfeld'
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Crazy Kramer is back! Controversial ?Seinfeld? actor Michael Richards has been cast in a new sitcom on TV Land, the network announced yesterday. Richards, 63, nearly dropped out of sight after Nov. 17, 2006, when he inexplicably launched a racist diatribe at the Laugh Factory in LA. Now, he?ll back in front of the camera, shooting TV Land?s ?Giant Baby,? alongside Kirstie Alley and Rhea Perlman. The pilot will be shot next week, the network said, and Richards will play a limo driver in the show. The role could become Richards? first steady gig since he played Cosmo Kramer ? the ?hipster doofus? who lived across the hall from Jerry Seinfeld ? in the iconic NBC sitcom, whose nine-season run ended in 1998.
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e of the main cast members from the hit NBC comedy "Seinfeld" will join veterans of another NBC hit, ?Cheers,? in a new pilot, Deadline.com reports. For Michael Richards, who played Kramer on ?Seinfeld,? the role marks what would be his first regular TV gig in more than a decade, the story reports. Richards will co-star with Kirstie Alley and Rhea Perlman of "Cheers" in the TV Land pilot "Giant Baby," the story notes. Gilles Marini is also joining the pilot in a guest star role, with the potential to become a recurring cast member. The project is about Madison "Maddie" Banks, played by Alley, a Broadway star whose life is changed when her long-lost son returns to reconnect with her. Richards will play Maddie's limo driver and Marini will portray her chef. Perlman will be her best friend and assistant. "The castings of Richards, Alley and Perlman are part of TV Land?s strategy to bring to its original shows some of the biggest sitcom stars of the past couple of decades," the piece points out.
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| ?Seinfeld's? Michael Richards to join Kirstie Alley for Pilot ?Giant Baby? |
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Michael Richards of ?Seinfeld? fame has signed on to appear opposite ?Dancing with the Stars alum, Kirstie Alley in her new upcoming series, ?Giant Baby? according to a report by TV Guide on Dec. 4.
| | Kirstie will star in ?Giant Baby? as Madison ?Maddie? Banks. She is an established Broadway star whose life goes topsy-turvy when her long lost son reappears. He is hoping to reconnect with her after his adoptive mother passed away. | | Richards fits into the scheme as Maddie? limo driver. Also joining Alley on the show will be her former ?Cheers? costar, Rhea Perlman in the role of Maddie?s best friend and assistant. Eric Peterson stars as Maddie?s son, Arlo. | | Richards has been away from television for more than ten years. His last series, ?The Michael Richards Show? had a brief run on NBC. He also appeared on ?Curb Your Enthusiasm briefly. | |
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