November 19, 2008

Page Six Confirms Rashida Jones On The Spin-Office… 4 Months Late

Page Six with the New York Post is now confirming what I told you four and five months ago: Rashida Jones will be on NBC’s still untitled comedy project created by Greg Daniels (The Office, King of the Hill) starring Amy Poehler and Aziz Ansari:
Jones, who had a role on “The Office” for a year, [...]

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November 19, 2008

NBC’s “The Office” Launches New Webisode Series: The Outburst

NBC is bucking its usual trend of releasing “The Office” webisode series in the off-season with its launch of “The Outburst,” an online mini-series featuring most of Scranton’s finest paper sellers. Over the summer we had Kevin’s story of trying to land a fraudulent bank loan to pay off his gambling debts, but now [...]

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November 18, 2008

Brooke Shields Says ‘Lipstick Jungle’ NOT Canceled

Despite reports last week to the contrary, Brooke Shields is claiming that her NBC drama, “Lipstick Jungle” now in its second season, has not been canceled:
“They thought that because My Own Worst Enemy has been shut down that the same thing had happened to us, and it’s not true,” she told reporters at Sunday’s Kidsfest [...]

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November 13, 2008

NBC Cancels ‘My Own Worst Enemy’ And ‘Lipstick Jungle’

This has not been the year for television and you can put two more names on the tombstones. NBC has cancelled two of its more hyped series starring one-time headliners: “My Own Worst Enemy” and “Lipstick Jungle”.
Christian Slater’s “Enemy” was in its first season with nine episodes already in the can while “Lipstick” had [...]

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November 13, 2008

Jennifer Aniston Guest Stars On Tonight’s 30 Rock

Don’t miss Jennifer Aniston’s guest appearance on “30 Rock” tonight after “The Office.” Word is that Aniston had such a good time showing up as Jack’s stalker that she’s considering a return to the set. Check out a preview scene from tonight’s episode with Aniston suggesting Tina and Alec join her in a [...]

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November 6, 2008

Please Welcome OoooooPRAH To 30 Rock Tonight

You get a cameo! And you get a cameo! Everyone gets a cameo!
I’m thrilled with the return of 30 Rock for its third season. NBC continues to pull out all the stops in a rush to build up interest in the Tina Fey led comedy series with its season launch burst of [...]

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November 4, 2008

‘Meet The Parents’ Writer Working On TV Project

Jim Herzfeld, co-writer of Ben Stiller’s comedy “Meet the Parents”, has just inked a deal with NBC Universal to lead the new comedy series “Changing Positions.”
“Positions” follows on the same awkward family moments that made “Meet the Parents” and its sequel, “Meet the Fockers,” so uncomfortably funny. This time around it’s the parents making [...]

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November 3, 2008

NBC Picks Up ‘Kath & Kim’ For Full Season

Get ready for more “Kath & Kim” on NBC. The peacock network has just picked up “Kath & Kim” for the back half of its freshman season with nine additional episodes on top of its current run of thirteen:
NBC’s nine-episode order of “Kath,” also made Friday, follows a Nielsen uptick Thursday, when the show [...]

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November 2, 2008

John McCain On SNL With Host Ben Affleck

Last night on Saturday Night Live, Ben Affleck returned to host along with several appearances by John McCain. Affleck’s best skit was his impersonation of Keith Olbermann. It was reported that Olbermann learned of the skit in advance and snuck in to watch the SNL rehearsals. Needless to say, Affleck was not [...]

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October 31, 2008

NBC Ready To Make ‘Mistakes’

Do you miss those days of “choose your own adventure” books? Well NBC hopes so because the network has secured rights to develop the novel “Pretty Little Mistakes,” a reader driven story, by Heather McElhatton.
“Mistakes” starts out after a high school graduation and poses the choice of college or travel. By the end [...]

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