August 26, 2011 08:33 AM PST

Exclusive: Richard Dean Anderson to MacGuest Star on Raising Hope

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Richard Dean Anderson will bring laughs to Fox’s Raising Hope this season — and he’ll do it by combining a wad of chewing gum with some pipe cleaners, a teaspoon of drain cleaner, and a transistor radio.

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TVLine has learned exclusively that the erstwhile MacGyver and Stargateverse alum will guest star on the sophomore comedy as Keith, an imposing patriarch who finds Jimmy (played by Lucas Neff) talking to his daughter at Howdy’s. Based on when he steps into the conversation, Keith suspects that Jimmy is hitting on his little girl — which is kind of an issue, you see, since the lass will be played by Anderson’s 13-year-old real-life daughter, Wylie.

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In addition to the aforementioned MacGyver and this and that Stargate series, Anderosn’s myriad TV credits also include General Hospital (has Liz’s dad ever come to visit?), Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Legend and, most recently, several episodes of USA Network’s Fairly Legal.

Raising Hope premieres its new season on Tuesday, Sept. 20, at 9:30 pm, now leading out of the Zooey Deschanel-fronted freshman comedy New Girl. The Andersons are set to appear in the fourth episode.



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Comments (17)

  • Wylie? Really? All I can think is “Coyote”.

    Comment by sarah – August 26, 2011 08:45 AM PST  Reply To This Post

    • Seeing as how Richard Dean Anderson is a Simpsons fan,I wouldn’t be surprised at all to learn that she is in fact named for the most famous coyote in the world

      Comment by me – August 27, 2011 12:14 AM PST  Reply To This Post

  • Colonel Jack O’Neill is coming to Raising Hope!?! How amazing. :)

    Comment by Mikaylah – August 26, 2011 09:16 AM PST  Reply To This Post

  • All Jimmy needs to get out of this is a paper clip, copper wire, plastic bag, etc…

    Comment by brutony – August 26, 2011 10:34 AM PST  Reply To This Post

  • Wishing RDA would appear on MAC-GH where he started out.

    Comment by sandee – August 26, 2011 01:31 PM PST  Reply To This Post

  • i love rda… i hope he bring a little jack o’neill to this role, with a dash of macgyver..lol

    Comment by kelly – August 26, 2011 03:20 PM PST  Reply To This Post

  • I hate when brilliant actors, such as R.Dean Anderson go into oblivion as soon as the serial’ Gods decide it’s time to change the actors. I grew up with this guy, my child grew up loving him, as well. I want to see him act, and act and act until he decides enough is enough!

    Comment by Darinka Horvat – August 26, 2011 05:01 PM PST  Reply To This Post

    • He left Stargate to spend more time with his daughter, no one forced him out, or would have forced him out. That’s also probably the reason he’s only been doing bit parts lately.

      Comment by fffdfd – August 27, 2011 08:02 AM PST  Reply To This Post

    • Rick did not leave SG1 for being too old. He was a single father and wanted to be there for her.

      Comment by The Wraith Lover – August 27, 2011 01:29 PM PST  Reply To This Post

  • God, yes! I missed seeing him on my screen.
    But about Stargate, if only they could give us a Sam & Jack reunion though… So we could FINALLY see them together! We deserve it, darn it, after all these years!

    Comment by Liz – August 26, 2011 06:19 PM PST  Reply To This Post

  • I agree with Liz. I wish they would go back and finish what they started with Sam and Jack in Stargate. I loved that show! Still love to see RDA in any new show.

    Comment by Ileana – August 26, 2011 07:18 PM PST  Reply To This Post

  • Such a great news! I really miss RDA and his sense of humor. And for me, Raising hope is one of the best comedy at the moment along with Modern Family, so a lot of awesomeness to come!

    Comment by Hélène – August 29, 2011 05:14 AM PST  Reply To This Post

  • not to disappoint, but it is for only 1 episode gals. I check into RDA’s website daily and he said as much. I am so excited for him and his daughter for this opportunity together, his daughter is following in her dad’s foot steps. as for more stargate, sorry. MGM is broke, no more movies either. I too am sad. The Jack/Sam love story is to remain with us. There was to be a 3rd but no $$$ and the times were really bad I think it was 2010. It has been wrtten but shelved for good.

    Comment by RDA FAN – August 29, 2011 01:23 PM PST  Reply To This Post

  • Don’t get me wrong, I don’t mean to be a kill joy. But I just miss those Stargate SG-1 days. When RDA was Col/Gen. O’Neill going to distant plants with the team fighting bad guys, getting into all kinds of trouble, and then there’s him and Sam. Thank goodness I have the whole series on Netflix. But I still miss RDA just as much. Im with you Helene, I miss his sense of humor too.

    Comment by RDA FAN – August 29, 2011 01:34 PM PST  Reply To This Post

  • They wouldn’t let Sam and jack be together because they wanted to follow Airforce regs closely to make series more realistic. Darn those regs! But yes they could make a new movie and make an exception for our two heroes. Please???? Maybe be an online petition would help?

    Comment by hanlonzone – August 31, 2011 06:56 AM PST  Reply To This Post

  • love this man sooo much wish him all the best hope that someone youtubes it so i can see it in the uk :)

    Comment by sarah – September 5, 2011 01:49 PM PST  Reply To This Post

  • I love so much RDA so I’m hapy to watch him play again. But I would like to see it again star in a beautiful series !

    Comment by eleonora – September 15, 2011 01:04 PM PST  Reply To This Post

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