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By Times staff writer In the middle of a problemJane Kaczmarek has be absent from the set of "Malcolm in the Middle" for two weeks, and the reason isn't clear. Kaczmarek's publicist issued a statement Monday saying "severe migraine headaches" diagnosed by a Fox network doctor have kept her from work on the Fox comedy. The two-time Emmy nominee plays Lois, the mother of Malcolm (Frankie Muniz) and his brothers. "There is no connection between her health issues and any contractual matters," said the statement, reported by Zap2it.com. USA Today said Kaczmarek is staying home because she wants a big raise. Neither Fox nor Regency Television, which produces Malcolm, will comment. Kaczmarek's absence has affected the production schedule. The season was already down to 23 episodes from 24 because of unrelated delays. One more episode likely will be trimmed. TV notesNBC has extended Conan O'Brien's contract to host Late Night with Conan O'Brien for four years, NBC said Tuesday. The new deal will begin immediately and run through December 2005. The terms were not disclosed, but the New York Times said that with various incentives included, O'Brien will earn more than $8-million a year.. . . ABC's The View has signed a deal with A&E to rebroadcast the daytime talk show 26 hours later on the cable channel starting April 1. Movie notesRobert Downey Jr.'s first job since his latest drug problems will be playing The Singing Detective in a remake of the BBC series that ran on PBS in the United States. Shooting is scheduled to begin April 23, Variety says. The Singing Detective is about a fiction writer hospitalized with a grotesque case of psoriasis. Most of the action takes place in his head; he reworks the fiction of his first novel and becomes the protagonist, pursuing Nazis in the 1940s. . . . Pierce Brosnan is expected back on the London set of the latest James Bond film this week after having knee surgery Friday in Los Angeles, TVGuide.com says. Brosnan was injured Feb. 15 while filming an action water sequence.
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