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June 16, 2007 ~ John Larroquette has been announced by ABC on Wednesday that he will be joining the Boston Legal cast next season. John has done a series of ten mystery movies for Hallmark playing Mike McBride, a cop-turned-lawyer fighting for unfortunate underdogs who are being crushed under the wheels of justice. For more information, just click link below to read the article: E Online - Larroquette in, Four Dismissed on Boston Legal Also, John was awarded a commemorative plaque for The John Larroquette Show from the Sunset Gower Studio where the show was filmed. The studio is celebrating its 86th anniversary and in honor of John's show they have permanently affixed a silver plate to the entry of Stage 14. Sunset Gower Studios Honors ‘The John Larroquette Show'
 January 7, 2007 ~ In the fourth season, John Larroquette is directing the latest McBride movie, Semper Fi, which is set to air Saturday, January 20th and Sunday, January 21st on the Hallmark Channel. Hallmark Channel: McBride Schedule February 11, 2006 ~ A new McBride mystery movie will air on the Hallmark Channel on March 11. In McBride #8: Fallen Idol, McBride defends a teenager caught pawning a rolex watch from a famed defense attorney who was murdered in front of McBride's house. Hallmark Channel: McBride Schedule
September 23, 2005 ~ John Larroquette will be guest starring on the Matt LeBlanc sitcom Joey. The first of two episodes will air on September 29. He will also be a guest on Fox's new show Kitchen Confidential on October 3rd. TV.com
September 3, 2005 ~ Many celebrities have rallied together to help support relief efforts for the victims of hurricane Katrina. John has donated some artwork to a charity auction for the Red Cross and done some Public Service Announcements urging people to give donations. Here is what it said on MSNBC:
MSNBC USA Today - Stars come out to offer support, money for victims USA Today - Morgan Freeman Charity Folks: The American Red Cross Disaster Relief Auction
August 1, 2005 ~ Well, it's been awhile since I've had any news to report but happily the TV Land channel is going to have a 48-hour Night Court Marathon starting at 6 a.m. on Saturday, August 13th. Then on Monday, August 15th you can watch Night Court at its regular time slot at 11:30 p.m every night.
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March 27, 2005 ~ Happy to report that the Hallmark Channel mystery movies have been a big success and Hallmark is ordering 6 more movies of its three detective series. So that means John Larroquette will be portraying McBride in two new movies.
December 4, 2004 ~ The Hallmark Channel is airing 12 mystery movies with three different detectives. John Larroquette is in four of the Hallmark Channels' Mystery movies and plays the part of McBride, a cop-turned-attorney. The first movie John will appear in premieres Friday, January 14 at 9pm. You have a chance to win $10,000 by registering at the Hallmark site and getting clues to each weeks mysteries. Hallmark Channel Mystery Movies
November 29, 2004 ~ Very happy news for Night Court fans. The first season of Night Court will be released on DVD on February 8, 2005. If you would like to pre-order your copy of the DVD, just click on the link below.
August 2, 2004 ~ John will be starring in a series of Hallmark crime movies. He will play a cop-turned- lawyer. Here's what it says on the Zap2it site: John Larroquette will star in a series of crime movies on the Hallmark Channel, which is launching three separate mystery franchises. The "Night Court" Emmy winner and recent star of "Happy Family" begins shooting "McBride," about a cop-turned-lawyer, in a couple of weeks. Hallmark is also developing two other franchises with female leads. "McBride," scheduled to premiere in January, was created by Dean Hargrove, a TV-mystery veteran whose credits include "Columbo," "Matlock" and several "Perry Mason" movies. Larroquette will play Jim McBride, an attorney and former cop with an innate ability to flash back to the scene of a crime.
May 23, 2004 ~ Sadly, Happy Family has been cancelled. Reality programming has taken over the air waves and replaced many of the sitcoms on television. I hope one day that the situation will reverse because I'm not a fan of watching people eat bugs or men and women competing to win the affection of one bachelor or bachelorette. Undaunted, John has been volunteering his time to community benefits. On Wednesday, May 12th, in Mobile, Alabama, John spoke at the Drug Education Council's annual luncheon about his ordeal with alcoholism and credits organizations like them for saving his life.
"It's through your work, it's through your dedication and it's through your sacrifice that lives like mine are saved. You saved my life," Larroquette said. Read more here. Earlier, John helped to serve meals to the needy over the Easter holiday at the Los Angeles Mission on Skid Row.
John Larroquette of "Happy Family" said he came because when celebrities are involved in an event, it gets more news coverage. "A face like mine that's slightly recognizable comes down here to help -- that means the news media comes. That means the place gets coverage. That means more people get to know about the mission and it's mission," he said in a broadcast report. ABC7.com: Homeless Served on Good Friday
October 2, 2003 ~ Happy Family is a ratings hit for NBC. In the Neilsen Ratings, Happy Family came in 5th with 14.7 viewers. Click here to read more. Prime-time ratings compiled by Nielsen Media Research for September 8-14.
1. "NFL Monday Night Football: Tampa Bay at Philadelphia," ABC, 19.4 million viewers
September 1, 2003 ~ BURBANK, Calif. - John Larroquette said the father he plays on his new show called "Happy Family" is much like himself. And the situations are so much like his own family, he "felt like Ozzy Osbourne for a moment." "Of all the characters I've played, this is the closest to me as a human being," Larroquette told AP Radio. "The similarities are striking." Like the dad on "Happy Family," Larroquette said he has three young adult kids who can't seem able to start their own lives. Even if they're not living under the same roof, he said "philosophically, they're still in the house." And, there's another comparison. One of his own sons in real life — like one of the sons on the show — is with a much-older woman. "(It) was a little scary, actually," Larroquette said. "Happy Family" premieres Tuesday, Sept. 9, on NBC
February 20, 2003 ~ Five-time Emmy winner John Larroquette will star in NBC's "Happy Family" a comedy about a couple whose grown children keep returning to the fold. In addition to his portrayal of Assistant District Attorney Dan Fielding on "Night Court," Larroquette starred in "Payne" and has done a number of guest appearances as charismatic sociopath Joey Heric on "The Practice."
Zap2it July 29, 2002 ~ John has been nominated in the 54th annual Primetime Emmy Awards as Guest Actor in a Drama Series for his reappearance on The Practice as Joey Heric. Complete List of Emmy Nominations ~ Courtesy of Night Court Fan ~
June 13, 2002 ~ Here's more info on John's appearance on "Oscar and Felix."
Neil Simon's 'Odd Couple' finds new life as 'Oscar and Felix'
LOS ANGELES - One day, as Neil Simon was driving to his home in West Los Angeles, he turned on the radio and heard something familiar. An acting troupe was performing his classic 1965 play, "The Odd Couple." After listening for several minutes, the playwright mused to himself, "I can do better."The result of that chance encounter is "Oscar and Felix, A New Look at the Odd Couple," which will have its premiere at the Geffen Playhouse in Westwood Village on June 19. John Larroquette, who collected a quartet of Emmys as the assistant district attorney in TV's "Night Court," plays the unkempt sports writer Oscar Madison. Joe Regalbuto, best known as Candice Bergen's reporter sidekick Frank Montana on the old TV series "Murphy Brown," acts the counterpoint as the fastidious photographer Felix Unger. In individual interviews during a lunch break, the two stars of "Oscar and Felix" talked about working with Neil Simon. "I think with Neil, you don't get a finished script until a couple of days after you close," joked Larroquette. "Every day he's there. It's great because he's probably the most successful playwright in history; years from now they'll be doing 'The Odd Couple' in space. Working with him in a room, what else could an actor want?" "Neil keeps throwing in new lines," Regalbuto said. "He listens, absolutely. If we're uncomfortable with lines, he'll address it. He'll either explain to us what he's looking for or he'll say, `You're right, it doesn't work as well,' and he'll tweak. Or he'll spot something we didn't notice, and he'll say, 'I need to do this here.'" The actors, both veterans in episodic comedy, claim they have no concerns about continually learning new lines. "My memory is still pretty good; that artery hasn't hardened. Just from doing it, you start to learn through osmosis," Regalbuto said. "I was a DJ in New Orleans when I was a kid, and 15 minutes of every hour I would 'rip and read' the AP news wire. I got in the habit of being able to read far ahead of where I was, absorbing the stuff that I was looking at," said Larroquette. The key to Oscar and Felix, observed Regalbuto, is that "these guys love each other, they're great friends; they just happen to drive each other nuts." "Oscar and Felix" is scheduled for a five-week run at the 500-seat Geffen (named for benefactor David Geffen, co-founder of DreamWorks SKG), with a possible extension of one or two weeks. Whether Simon is thinking of a tour and eventually New York, he's not saying. Both Regalbuto and Larroquette are currently unencumbered by TV series and willing to take the play wherever Simon desires. To read the rest of the article, just click here.
April 25, 2002 ~ John will be playing Oscar Madison at the Geffen Theatre in Los Angeles. Neil Simon has revised his "Odd Couple" as "Felix and Oscar" with John Larroquette so far set to play Oscar at the Geffen. ~ Courtesy of Night Court Fan ~
April 10, 2002 ~ John returns to The Practice on Sunday April 14th at 10:00pm-11:00pm on ABC! "The Corsairs" is the title of ABC's one-hour pilot scripted by Larry Gelbart, who also co-exec produces with Ken Topolsky; Michael Dinner directs. The cast of the show about media moguls and how they affect society includes John Larroquette, Martin Landau, Philip Baker Hall, Mary McDonnell and Mimi Rogers. ~ Courtesy of Night Court Fan ~
March 16, 2002 ~ A new ABC television series based on the HBO movie "Barbarians at the Gate" will soon be on our screens and John will star as one of the ensemble cast. Here's what it said at E! Online:
. . . ABC folks are hopping back on track, having already assembled what may be three of the best cast ensembles for fall 2002 pilots. ~ Courtesy of Night Court Fan ~
John Larroquette was to guest star on NBC's "Imagine That" sitcom series on Tuesday, January 29, 2002 but the series got cancelled. Below is the promo for the episode that John was slated to appear on. JOHN LARROQUETTE GUEST-STARS AS JOSH'S FATHER-IN-LAW -- Josh (Hank Azaria) is convinced that Wendy's (Jayne Brook) dad, Jack (guest star and multi-Emmy winner John Larroquette), doesn't like him because he isn't included on Jack's wall of photos. So, when Josh and Kenny (Joshua Malina) get a call from the White House asking them to write some jokes for the President, Josh sees the perfect photo opportunity to impress his father-in-law. When his plan backfires, Josh's fantasy of himself and Kenny as Lucy and Ethel in the oval office comes a little too close to the truth. Meanwhile, Barb (Katey Sagal) relives her youth as a '60s radical. ~ Courtesy of Night Court Fan ~
John guested on the 'Live with Regis and Kelly' morning talk show on Monday, June 11, 2001 at 9 a.m. John talked about his boyhood days when he grew up Louisiana in a Catholic boys school called the Holy Cross and enjoyed riding the bus home as it passed the girls Holy Angels school. He also said that he now lives in Idaho and enjoys being able to go fishing in his pajamas if he wants. He still has a home in California for when he has to work but now he is a citizen of Idaho. John Larroquette also appeared with his former co-star Markie Post on the ABC morning talk show "The View" on Tuesday, June 12, 2001. John talked about his DJ days and how he once got locked out of the radio room when he had to make a trip to the restroom.
A&E has a new show called The Incurable Collector that will be hosted by John. It's about people who like to collect things and different collections will be featured for each show. Here's what it said on the A&E site: "The Incurable Collector is a one-hour A&E series that focuses on the passion for collecting and the endless hunt for the ultimate collectible." About A&E's Incurable Collector series
John Larroquette has signed on for a lead role in ``The Heart Department,'' a CBS drama pilot. Larroquette is best known for his long-running comic role on 1980's comedy ``Night Court.'' He also had his own NBC sitcom, as well as a short-lived CBS comedy ``Payne.''
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John is also teaming back up with Markie Post in the new movie called "Till Dad Do Us Part." In the new Fox Channel movie, Larroquette is married to Markie Post and he doesn't like his daughter's new boyfriend. He has a far better choice of partners for his daughter and tries to break up her relationship with her current boyfriend.