Patricia Kunken: Last News

Eli Countryman In today’s TV news roundup, Disney Plus unveiled a trailer for “High School Musical: The Musical: The Holiday Special,” and Amazon Prime Video announced a release date for “The Wilds.”Cybill Shepherd has joined the cast of Showtime’s comedy pilot for “I Love This For You,” which will star Vanessa Bayer, who also co-created the show, inspired by her own life. The show will follows a woman who beats childhood leukemia and pursues her dream of hosting a home shopping channel.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorEXCLUSIVE: Cybill Shepherd is set as a lead opposite Vanessa Bayer and Molly Shannon in Bayer’s half-hour Showtime comedy pilot I Love This For You (fka Big Deal).Your Complete Guide to Pilots and Straight-to-Series ordersCo-created and executive produced by Bayer and Jeremy Beiler (Saturday Night Live), I Love This For You is a grounded comedy in which Bayer plays a character, inspired by her own past, who overcame childhood leukemia to achieve her lifelong dream of landing a job as a successful home shopping channel host.Shepherd will play Patricia Kunken, the icy, enigmatic founder and CEO of a popular home shopping network.Emmy winner Jessi Klein (Inside Amy Schumer, Black Monday) will serve as