Tuning In

Mr. MacFarlane (“Family Guy”) executive produces the series along with fellow co-creators Mike Barker and Matt Weitzman.

Off his game

John Stamos has apologized after making an unusual appearance on the Australian talk show “Mornings With Kerri-Ann.”

According to People.com, the actor, 43, who was Down Under to promote his long-running medical series “ER,” wandered around the set of the morning show, read host Kerri-Anne Kennerley’s lines from the teleprompter and made lewd gestures in front of her.

“John has been traveling extensively for the past few weeks in Greece, Egypt and Tokyo and had a difficult time adjusting to the time difference in Australia, which in turn led to many sleepless nights since his arrival,” the actor’s representative, Lewis Kay, told People magazine. “He acknowledges that his behavior was completely out of character during these interviews and apologizes.”

During a segment with Miss Kennerley, Mr. Stamos took issue with a Sydney Daily Telegraph newspaper claim that he was “bleary-eyed, staggering and slurring,” saying, “[The reporter] took a shot at me in the papers today at being tired.” Mr. Stamos also insulted the writer.

Later in the broadcast, during a discussion about deceased celebrities, Mr. Stamos asked, “Who else died?” and then answered jokingly, “My career after coming to Australia.”

‘Wed’s‘ Williams on ‘M&J;’

Hyper funnyman Robin Williams drops by Fox TV’s “The Morning Show With Mike and Juliet” (airing live today at 9 a.m. on Fox5-WTTG) to announce the winner of the show’s “License to Wed” contest — which just happens to be the name of the actor’s new film, arriving in theaters on Wednesday.

The contest measured the compatibility of two competing couples — April and Tony and Mary Elise and John — with the winner chosen by votes cast by viewers.

The winning couple will receive an all-expenses paid week-long stay at Jamaica Sandals Resort.

Platt in ‘Nixon,’ ‘Nip’

Oliver Platt has signed on to play Bob Zelnick in Working Title and Universal Pictures’ big-screen adaptation of “Frost/Nixon” and has also landed a recurring role on FX’s “Nip/Tuck,” notes the Hollywood Reporter.

Mr. Zelnick was the executive editor of the Frost-Nixon interviews.

Ron Howard is directing “Frost/Nixon,” which Peter Morgan adapted from his hit play. Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner and Brian Grazer are producing the film, which sees Frank Langella and Michael Sheen reprising their Broadway roles as Nixon and Frost, respectively. Kevin Bacon, Sam Rockwell, Toby Jones and Matthew Macfadyen also are on board.

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