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Posted Jul 4th 2008 8:50AM by Brett Love
Filed under: Entourage, My Name Is Earl, How I Met Your Mother, The Office, Celebrities, 30 Rock, Ugly Betty, Weeds, Emmys, Pushing Daisies, Samantha Who?, Reality-Free
Here come two more lists of the ten actors and actresses that are finalists for Emmy nominations in the supporting comedy categories. As with the other awards, there are some surprises on the list, and some notable omissions. For the ladies, the headline is that last year's winner, Jaime Pressly (My Name Is Earl), didn't make the cut. Surprise finalists include Conchata Ferrell (Two And A Half Men) and Amy Poehler (Saturday Night Live). I don't mind seeing Conchata on the list because she is consistently funny on the show, but I don't know that there is enough to her role for her to actually garner a nomination when you consider the competition.
On the other side of the coin, the defending champ, Jeremy Piven (Entourage), is back. None of the boys over at SNL managed to make the leap from Variety to Comedy that Poehler did.
Continue reading Supporting comedy actor and actress finalists
Posted Jun 30th 2008 11:39AM by Jason Hughes
Filed under: The Office, Casting, Reality-Free
In last season's finale of
The Office, sparks flew between Michael Scott and Toby's HR replacement Holly. Amy Ryan, seen for four seasons on
The Wire, brought a new dynamic to the show as Holly with her interactions with Steve Carell's Michael. "Amy gave the character of Holly an openness and matured innocence that exposed a new side of Michael," said Paul Lieberstein, who played Toby and was recently promoted to executive producer on the show. "She placed her character right on his level."
All I can say is bring on more Holly and congratulations to Toby! I guess since Lieberstein will still be so involved with the show, there's always a chance of more Toby in the future, but the beautiful Ryan will add a new dynamic to the series. While
Amy Ryan's currently only set for five or so episodes, I hope they can expand that if it works. Now that Pam is back off the market and Karen's gone, Holly represents a new amorous target for the boys of the office. And having her be the HR rep at the same time makes it all the more taboo to pursue. Which means Michael will be all over it like Dwight on
Second Life.
Posted Jun 13th 2008 9:02AM by Jane Boursaw
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, TV on the Bigscreen, OpEd, Celebrities, Reality-Free
The big screen adaptation of
I Dream of Jeannie has been years in the making. Now a script writer is attached, so who knows, maybe we'll see it in theaters in the next few years (
IMDB.com lists a release date of 2010). And something tells me we'll probably see a belly button or two.
Producer Sid Ganis is bringing Rita Hsiao, who scribed
Mulan, on board to rewrite the script for a movie based on the 1960s series. Ganis is psyched for Hsiao's vision of the character -- a Jeannie who's smack in the middle of modern times.
In a
Hollywood Reporter story, Ganis said of
Hsiao's meeting with the producers, "She has a terrific, bright, fresh approach to Jeannie's story, with a twist and turn along the way. She captured all of our imaginations in the telling of it."
Continue reading Who should play Jeannie on the big screen?
Posted May 16th 2008 1:19AM by Jay Black
Filed under: OpEd, Video, The Office, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free, Episode Recaps
(S04E14) I performed tonight in Hartford, CT. Coming out of the comedy club, a woman who wasn't at the show checked me out. I heard her say
helloooooo in a guttural way, like I was a really good looking guy. A few seconds later, though, once she got a better look at me, she said, "Never mind." Then, she and her friends laughed for as long as I could hear them.
Apparently, I'm only good looking when someone is looking at me out of the corner of her eye.
I bring this up not to inform you that I'm unattractive -- my blogger profile photo does a better job of informing you of that than I ever could -- but rather because I didn't think I could be any more depressed than I was after that comment. I honestly thought their derisive laughter was going to be the low-point of my evening. Then I watched tonight's
Office finale...
Continue reading The Office: Goodbye, Toby (season finale) - VIDEO
Posted May 9th 2008 2:07PM by Kristin Sample
Filed under: Video, The Office, Reality-Free
"This is man is an impostor. Do not do business with him. This is not Dwight Schrute." --Dwight to Jim
NBC has released a sneak peek of
The Office's season finale called "Good-bye Toby." After
Thursday night's stellar episode, I'm psyched for the finale even though I tend to be underwhelmed by one-hour
Office episodes. How about you? Ready for next Thursday?
In the scene, Jim reprograms Dwight's phone to forward to his own. Dwight reacts...well, exactly how you'd expect him to. It's pretty hilarious. I love the Jim-Pam-Dwight dynamic. And I love any time Jim pulls a prank on Dwight. My favorite prank had to be when Jim sent Dwight a fax from "future Dwight" telling him not to drink the coffee.
I put the video after the jump. I also put the two-minute recap of last Thursday's show just in case you missed it.
The Office's one-hour season finale is Thursday May 15th at 9 p.m. ET / PT.Continue reading Sneak peek of The Office finale -- VIDEOS
Posted May 9th 2008 2:22AM by Jay Black
Filed under: OpEd, Video, The Office, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free
(S04E13) Remember that movie
The Chase? Okay, you probably don't, but believe me,
it exists [link NSFW]. Anyway, Charlie Sheen takes Kristy Swanson hostage, and over the course of the movie some major league Stockholm Syndrome kicks in (like, really major league: they do it while he's leading the cops on a high speed chase). The lesson of the movie is obvious: if you kidnap the original Buffy the Vampire Slayer, she'll eventually fall in love with you.
I bring this up because I'm becoming scared that I might have lost perspective on
The Office. I've sincerely loved every episode that has aired since its return from the break. Now, here's the question: is this because the writers spent the entire strike doing brain push-ups? Or is it because
The Office is Charlie Sheen to my Kristy Swanson? My (glowing) review after the jump...
Continue reading The Office: Job Fair - VIDEO
Posted May 1st 2008 11:07PM by Jason Hughes
Filed under: Video, The Office, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free
(S04E12) Jay Black couldn't be with us today because he was called away suddenly. Something about not leaving the table until he'd finished all his vegetables but he didn't like asparagus and yet that didn't matter he can sit there all night if he has to or until the asparagus evolves arms and legs and jumps off his plate and leaves on its own. So he figured since my name is the closest to his, maybe we could get away with this last minute pinch hit.
I got an episode that won't necessarily go down in the annals of time as an
Office classic, but does bring us back to the core of the show: the office. The episode takes place entirely in one day, entirely in the office, and virtually every cast member gets pulled into one storyline or the other. For me, this is when
The Office is at its best, when its presenting us barely controlled chaos. Offices are constantly bustling with activity productive or otherwise. Tonight's episode captured just that, and very well.
Continue reading The Office: Did I Stutter? - VIDEO
Posted Apr 18th 2008 12:39AM by Jay Black
Filed under: OpEd, Video, The Office, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free
(S04E10) Hey Pam will you... wait for me one second while I tie my shoe?For everything that happened this week -- a return to form for those of you who were upset that the previous two episodes strayed from the confines of Dunder-Mifflin -- I believe it's that question (and Pam's reaction to it) that will set up the conflict over the remaining episodes of the season. I'm about as good at reading female facial signals as Rain Man, but even
I could tell that Pam's face during the "proposal" wasn't exactly filled with the kind of joy you'd expect it would be. Maybe the producers are just giving us a red herring and Pam's reaction tonight will be the equivalent of
Lost's four-toed statue (interesting for a blip, then forgotten about) or maybe things are not all that well in JAM-land.
But, I'm getting ahead of myself. Let's talk about the rest of the episode first...
Continue reading The Office: Chairmodel - VIDEO
Posted Apr 11th 2008 12:47AM by Jay Black
Filed under: Video, The Office, Reviewcaps, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free
(S04E09) It feels really good to be back, doesn't it? My calculations might be a bit off, but it seems to me the amount of time we had off for the writer's strike was about the same as what we usually have off for a summer break. For some reason, though, it felt longer. Something about the cold winter months makes me long for the sweet siren song of Scranton, I suppose.
I wasn't there when we won WWII, but I imagine the joy I felt when a new
Office showed up in my TiVo was similar to what it felt like on V.E. day. I almost wanted to dress up in a sailor uniform and give Steve Carell a long, deep kiss in Times Square (though, to be fair, I almost always feel that way). I was happy
The Office was back, the only thing I worried about was whether it'd still be
good...
Continue reading The Office: Dinner Party - VIDEO
Posted Nov 19th 2007 12:38PM by Joel Keller
Filed under: Saturday Night Live, Celebrities, WGA Strike
I went to the
UCB Theatre in New York on Sunday night to see their signature show, "ASSSSCAT." It was side-splittingly funny as usual; the group last night featured UCB founder and
SNLer Amy Poehler, Jack McBrayer and John Lutz from
30 Rock, Paul Scheer and Rob Huebel from
Human Giant, among others, and the guest monologist was Samm Levine
(Freaks and Geeks). I had a fantastic time.
But I kind of wish I was at the theater about 20 hours before that, when the entire cast of
SNL put on a makeshift version of their show, hosted by Michael Cera (we mentioned this show
when it was announced last week). Fortunately,
The New York Times was there, and they not only have
an article about the event, but a nice slide show as well.
Continue reading How'd that live SNL stage show go? The NY Times was there
Posted Nov 13th 2007 10:00AM by Kristin Sample
These three guys are my picks for the hottest guys on television today. I think you'll enjoy. I've got a muscle-bound ex-convict stud, a cute guy-next-door stud, and a spicy tall-dark-and-handsome stud.
But quickly, I must explain my picture. Simply, I figured I'd pay homage to my first TV crush: Luke "Dylan McKay" Perry. Now, he's an older, wrinklier version of his former Beverly greatness but he's still hot. Enjoy my picks!
Continue reading TV male eye candy (Kristin's top three)
Posted Aug 29th 2007 7:27PM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Video, The Office
NBC has released a 3-minute promo for the next season of
The Office. First of all, it's great to see the cast again and I am now feeling very impatient for season 4 to begin (Sept. 27).
The video is like that old elementary school essay: What I Did Last Summer. The cast--supporting and main players--all talk about what their summers were like. Some of them even seem to tie up a few loose ends, especially Karen's testimonial, which is a little... bitter. We also get to see Ryan at his new job and Kelly's reaction to him is priceless.
Video after the jump and I've also embedded a great promo for
Chuck with NBC's promo guy:
Continue reading Michael Scott's summer vacation - VIDEO
Posted Jul 16th 2007 7:41PM by Michael Maloney
Filed under: Programming, Saturday Night Live, Scrubs, My Name Is Earl, The Office, Celebrities, 30 Rock, TCA Press Tour, Casting
NBC's press tour day continued with a panel on Sunday Night Football.
When it concluded, panelists including Tiki Barber, John Madden and Al Michaels tossed out signed footballs to 10 or so lucky members of the press. Score! I caught the ball thrown to me by 2006 Super Bowl champion Jerome Bettis, formerly of The Pittsburgh Steelers, now an NBC sports analyst.
In my dreams. It actually sailed over my head to a journalist behind me. "Fumble," he said as he scooped it up.
Sometimes press tour swag can be elusive.
Continue reading Free footballs and scoops from NBC's Thursday night sitcoms - TCA report
Posted Jun 26th 2007 5:55PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Late Night, TV Royalty, Programming, Celebrities, Talk Show
Charlie Ross: Adam Moss - The Daily Show: Bruce Willis
- The Colbert Report: David France
- The Late Show With David Letterman: Paula Abdul, John Krasinksi, and Bryan Ferry
- Jay Leno: Michael Moore, Justin Long, and Mandy Moore
- Jimmy Kimmel Live: Don Rickles and Keely Smith
- Tavis Smiley: Robin Roberts and Tip Harris
- Late Night With Conan O'Brien: Heather Graham, Lewis Black, and Explosions in the Sky (repeat)
- The Late, Late Show With Craig Ferguson: Janeane Garofalo, Dr. Kevin Fitzgerald, and Bob Marley
- Last Call With Carson Daly: Maria Menounos and The Format (repeat)
Posted Jun 21st 2007 7:08PM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Programming, The Office
TBS
is adding The Office into its repertoire of nightly comedy reruns starting this fall. There aren't a whole lot of details yet, like whether the net is going to be running all three seasons, and how many episodes will air each week.
TBS prides itself on its evening comedy line-ups and I have to admit that I often get sucked in to watching some of my favorite episodes of
Family Guy,
Seinfeld and
Friends. I can definitely see myself doing that with reruns of
The Office, too. The net also plays reruns of
Everybody Loves Raymond,
King of Queens, and
Sex and the City. Even though I don't particularly like those last three shows, it's nice to see
The Office joining their ranks as classic comedies.
Fox-owned stations will also get to start playing
The Office reruns during local access starting fall of 2009.
Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant must be thrilled. Syndication can make some big money for them.
**UPDATE: TBS
also bought My Name is Earl. Reruns start in fall 2009.
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