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Thomas Haden Church to star in new Austin comedy based on Texas Monthly column "The Texanist"
06 November 2020
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Austin is hitting the small screen for a new Fox Entertainment comedy series based on the popular Texas Monthly column, "The Texanist," starring big-name actor Thomas Haden Church.
<p>A column with the answers to any and all questions about Texas, "The Texanist" has been written by Dave Courtney since 2007. Texas Monthly called the series a "fairly-faithful adaptation" of the column with one change: Haden will play a radio show host.</p><p>The Texanist himself confirmed the news on his Twitter.</p><div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="0c07213e534ff93261f413b61805a4c7" id="04a2f"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1321097261200429056"><div style="margin:1em 0">The day is off to a great start. https://t.co/Hj79TmmWH7</div> — The Texanist (@The Texanist)<a href="https://twitter.com/thetexanist/statuses/1321097261200429056">1603809106.0</a></blockquote></div><p>Haden, who starred in the popular TV series "Wings," will play Dave, an opinionated Texan grappling with the ever-changing Austin landscape, giving out advice where he can.<br/></p><p>Though he was born in California, Church is a Texas man. Church, who will produce the show in addition to playing the lead, has lived all over Texas—Laredo, El Paso, Dallas, Fort Worth and he even owns a ranch outside of Kerrville—and graduated from the University of North Texas.</p><p>Texas Monthly will have some say in the show—Courtney will play a producing role on the show, alongside fellow Texas Monthly Executive Editor Megan Creydt and Texas Monthly President Scott Brown.</p><p>The show is in the early stages of development and has not revealed a release date. </p>
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HGTV stars Chip and Joanna Gaines are bringing back "Fixer Upper" but on their new network soon to launch.
"Fixer Upper" stars Chip and Joanna Gaines are casting Season Six of their beloved Waco-based home-improvement show, slated to return to your screens on their new cable channel, Magnolia Network, early next year.
<p>News of the popular show's return to the screen comes after a two-year hiatus, with Season Five ending in April 2018. <a href="https://magnolia.com/network" target="_blank">Magnolia Network</a> will be replacing Discovery's DIY Network and is set to launch early 2021.</p><p>Want to know if your home qualifies for a Fixer Upper treatment? For starters, you need to own your home (or be in the closing stages of it) within 30 miles of Waco and have a $50k renovation budget. </p><p>Learn more about the casting <a href="https://magnolia.com/network#" target="_blank">here.</a><br/></p><p>The network will also debut a new show, "Self Employed," starring Fort Worth, Texas-based entrepreneur Jonathan Morris.</p><p>"Self Employed" will be one of 10 shows to premiere on the network. In the show, Morris will travel across the U.S. and share the stories of small-business owners. The first season will likely focus on Texas towns within driving distance of Fort Worth, <a href="https://deadline.com/2020/08/fixer-upper-reboot-chip-joanna-gaines-revival-launch-magnolia-network-2021-series-ordered-brian-patrick-flynn-jonathan-morris-1203003219/?fbclid=IwAR0Q3shZiut1VjrT0BzvyTM7XRVQxPElpUhPSN1DaqyAiQRMW5Tv6e8DwPU" target="_blank">Deadline reports</a>.</p><p>"All I want to do is champion the people, places and ideas that push culture forward," Morris said in a recent Instagram post.</p><div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="08c47ecf486e28dcf3fdaca61381d32b" id="3eb29"><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-version="4" style=" background:#FFF; border:0;
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As fans gear up for another season of The Bachelorette - with Austin Chef Page Pressley as a contestant - sources revealed to E News and People Magazine that Bachelorette Clare Crawley found love early on in the show's filming, passing her spot to a new Bachelorette before the end of the season.
<p>In early July, <a href="https://austonia.com/austin-chef-on-the-bachelorette" target="_blank">Pressley was revealed as one of the contestants</a> on the unique season, in which contestants will not travel but stay on a resort to continue the show during the global coronavirus pandemic. In the delay of the show in March due to the pandemic, a source tells <a href="https://people.com/tv/tayshia-adams-to-replace-clare-crawley-on-the-bachelorette/" target="_blank">People</a>, the Bachelorette-to-be Crawley was in contact with one of her suitors. She fell in love, People reported, and wanted off the show. </p><p>Could the winning suitor be our local Austin chef? Could be, but we won't know until the show airs this fall. </p><p>What we do know is this: Replacing her is Bachelor-in-Paradise alum Tayshia Adams, <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/colton-underwood-reacts-ex-tayshia-011505366.html" target="_blank">a contestant in Colton Underwood's season.</a> </p><p>On Sunday, Bachelorette fans were buzzing about what <a href="https://www.eonline.com/news/1175689/tayshia-adams-to-replace-clare-crawley-on-the-bachelorette-after-finding-love-early-on-sources" target="_blank">E News</a> reports as Crawley appearing to "like" and quickly "unlike" a fan's post about Adams becoming the Bachelorette on Twitter. During the filming of the show, phones are taken away, verifying to many that Crawley is not filming anymore.</p>
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Netflix's hit show "Queer Eye" will resume casting in Austin after it paused production in March to abide by the shutdown, CultureMap reports.
<p>The show, which does a full makeover on its subjects, is in Texas for the first time after filming in Georgia, Missouri, Japan and the latest in Philadelphia.</p><p><br/></p><div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="30729611f3e16d36a4260b0b9594f394" id="63b2d"><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-version="4" style=" background:#FFF; border:0;
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</div></blockquote></div><p><br/></p><p>One of the hosts, Bobby Berk, told <a href="https://www.oprahmag.com/entertainment/tv-movies/a32081624/queer-eye-season-6-premiere-date-trailer-photos-news/" target="_blank">O Magazine</a> that the show was five days into filming before production was shut down. Three of the Fab Five, or hosts, stayed in Austin, even getting involved in local animal rescue.</p><p><br/></p><div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="b6dd2c24ce1a528caa3cd2b3bacb553e" id="68f3b"><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-version="4" style=" background:#FFF; border:0;
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</div></blockquote></div><p><br/></p><p>Season six was expected to premiere this fall, but will be delayed. <a href="https://www.purewow.com/entertainment/how-to-nominate-someone-for-queer-eye" target="_blank">Nominations</a> can be sent to <a href="mailto:qecasting@itv.com" target="_blank">qecasting@itv.com</a>.</p>
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