Posts Tagged ‘NBC’
There are so many things to love about Parks and Recreation - whip-smart writing, making mundane local politics hilarious, opening the second season with earnest (and super-square) heroine Leslie Knope giving a passionate rendition of the classic Fresh Prince song “Parents Just Don’t Understand” - but the crown jewels of the show are its each-one-more-hilarious-than-the-next cast of characters. I credit the writers and producers [...]
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Tags: Amy Poehler, Andy Dwyer, Aziz Ansari, Chris Pratt, Emmys, Leslie Knope, NBC, Nick Offerman, Parks and Recreation, Ron Swanson, Tom Haverford
Spotlight on: Donald Glover
Thanks goes out to one of my faves in the blogosphere, Wacky (he of Wacky on the Junk, who commands not only my utmost respect in music selections but also television choices), for bringing to my attention this New York Times article on Community‘s Donald Glover. While seeming little more than the token black guy in the misfit [...]
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Tags: 30 Rock, Community, Danny Pudi, Donald Glover, NBC
Repeat Doldrums, or How I Spent My Holiday Vacation Evaluating 2009 and Sizing Up 2010 – NBC
Hello again gentlereaders. No, I didn’t forget about you these past two months, please blame my absence on the most hectic (wonderful?) time of the year. Now that the holiday season has passed, including the glut of repeats that come with it, I am back and focused as ever to comment, critique and celebrate the [...]
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Tags: 30 Rock, Alec Baldwin, Amy Poehler, Community, Conan O'Brien, Jack Black, James Franco, NBC, Parks and Recreation, The Office, Will Arnett
Not that I’d go so far as to call its first season a total disappointment, NBC’s Parks and Recreation did come out of the gate rather weak earlier this year with only a pedigree of being led by the minds behind fellow Comedy Night Done Right hit The Office and lead Amy Poehler to keep me hopeful that the excellent creative potential [...]
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Tags: Amy Poehler, Megan Mullally, Michael Schur, NBC, Nick Offerman, Parks and Recreation, The Office, Will & Grace
We’re halfway through a heady premiere week and Wednesday brings almost as many series premieres as season premieres. ABC, the network that continued to give us According to Jim even after we kept repeatedly screaming “Uncle!” tries to get back into the comedy game with two new laffers (one I’ve got more faith in than the other, even with the [...]
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Tags: ABC, Arrested Development, CBS, Cougar Town, Eastwick, Ed O'Neill, Modern Family, NBC, Rebecca Romijn
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