After Lucille Ball's spunky housewife Lucy signed off on the last episode of "I Love Lucy" but before Mary Tyler Moore did away with the nuclear family sitcom model with her own self-titled show, another actress was one of the faces of womanhood in comedy. Oscar-winning actress Donna Reed headlined "The Donna Reed Show" from 1958 to 1966, playing middle-class mother and housewife Donna Stone in the popular black-and-white series. Reed starred opposite Carl Betz, who played Donna's husband, pediatrician Dr. Alex Stone. In season 5, family friends Midge and Dave joined the fun, but for the most part, the show was all about the lighthearted hijinks of the Stone family.
Though "The Donna Reed Show" was popular upon release, it's now perhaps most often referenced as a pop cultural window into a time before second-wave feminism, when women were expected to spend their time cooking, cleaning, and child-rearing while men went to work.
Though "The Donna Reed Show" was popular upon release, it's now perhaps most often referenced as a pop cultural window into a time before second-wave feminism, when women were expected to spend their time cooking, cleaning, and child-rearing while men went to work.
- 3/29/2024
- by Valerie Ettenhofer
- Slash Film
“Community” creator Dan Harmon is inching closer to the finish line for the “movie” portion of his “Six Seasons and a Movie” prophecy.
Following up on former “Community” star Donald Glover’s recent assertion that a script is already in the can, Harmon told Variety that it was almost right. According to Harmon, he’s “almost done” working on the script for the highly-anticipated film, which is set to run on NBCU’s Peacock streaming service.
“I can confirm Donald Glover’s report that I told him the script was done, but I will also say Donald’s sources are so unreliable because the script is always ‘almost done,'” Harmon quipped. “What can I tell you about it — it’s set on the campus of Greendale Community College. I’m super excited about it, and we’re almost done.”
Donald Glover told Entertainment Tonight last month that he was told “the script — literally,...
Following up on former “Community” star Donald Glover’s recent assertion that a script is already in the can, Harmon told Variety that it was almost right. According to Harmon, he’s “almost done” working on the script for the highly-anticipated film, which is set to run on NBCU’s Peacock streaming service.
“I can confirm Donald Glover’s report that I told him the script was done, but I will also say Donald’s sources are so unreliable because the script is always ‘almost done,'” Harmon quipped. “What can I tell you about it — it’s set on the campus of Greendale Community College. I’m super excited about it, and we’re almost done.”
Donald Glover told Entertainment Tonight last month that he was told “the script — literally,...
- 2/23/2024
- by Diego Ramos Bechara
- Variety Film + TV
In honor of beloved NBC sitcom Community and its upcoming movie spinoff, let’s begin with some Remedial Chaos Theory. Without the release of a tepidly-received action comedy in 2005, you wouldn’t be reading this article right now.
That’s because if the Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie-starring film Mr. and Mrs. Smith didn’t premiere 20 years ago, then there wouldn’t be a TV version starring Donald Glover and Maya Erskine today. And if there’s no 2024 Mr. and Mrs. Smith then we wouldn’t get a very honest and open Donald Glover on a press tour, eagerly answering every question about the Community movie that comes his way.
Truly, the Troy Barnes actor has been an open book when it comes to his involvement in the Community movie of late. Just last week he confirmed to Entertainment Tonight that he was “all in” on the film...
That’s because if the Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie-starring film Mr. and Mrs. Smith didn’t premiere 20 years ago, then there wouldn’t be a TV version starring Donald Glover and Maya Erskine today. And if there’s no 2024 Mr. and Mrs. Smith then we wouldn’t get a very honest and open Donald Glover on a press tour, eagerly answering every question about the Community movie that comes his way.
Truly, the Troy Barnes actor has been an open book when it comes to his involvement in the Community movie of late. Just last week he confirmed to Entertainment Tonight that he was “all in” on the film...
- 2/9/2024
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
Zombies have long been a staple of the horror genre. From the slow-moving creatures popularized by George A. Romero in Night of the Living Dead to the feral, speedy creatures found in movies like 28 Days Later and Train to Busan, zombies are typically fearsome humanoids that crave flesh and blood. Even though there are lots of variations among “traditional” zombies like those mentioned above regarding the cause of the outbreak and the behavior of the undead creatures, these TV shows have pushed the envelope even further to create some of the most unique, non-traditional depictions of zombies in pop-culture.
Zombie Butts – Doom Patrol
Yes my friends, you read that heading correctly – this entry is about zombie butts. In the third season of the wonderfully weird Doom Patrol, the superhero group finds themselves in the underworld caught between life and death. During their escape, they are attacked by a servant of Death,...
Zombie Butts – Doom Patrol
Yes my friends, you read that heading correctly – this entry is about zombie butts. In the third season of the wonderfully weird Doom Patrol, the superhero group finds themselves in the underworld caught between life and death. During their escape, they are attacked by a servant of Death,...
- 10/22/2023
- by Brynnaarens
- Den of Geek
Before the strikes brought Hollywood to a near-standstill, Dan Harmon, co-writer Andrew Guest, and Joel McHale pitched a Community movie, which Peacock gave an enthusiastic thumbs up. The film revolves around the Community gang reuniting for a Greendale Community College reunion, finally making good on the comedy’s promise of “six seasons and a movie.”
Harmon and Guest met at The Smoke House in early 2020, with Guest agreeing to board the long-gestating project. The duo’s first order of business was to determine who would return for the fan-craved feature.
“It became a very lengthy process because we wanted to include as much of the cast that wanted to be included and therefore needed to know who was interested before we knew what the movie was going to be,” recalls Guest while speaking with The Hollywood Reporter. “Because if we’re just making a movie with Jim Rash and Joel McHale,...
Harmon and Guest met at The Smoke House in early 2020, with Guest agreeing to board the long-gestating project. The duo’s first order of business was to determine who would return for the fan-craved feature.
“It became a very lengthy process because we wanted to include as much of the cast that wanted to be included and therefore needed to know who was interested before we knew what the movie was going to be,” recalls Guest while speaking with The Hollywood Reporter. “Because if we’re just making a movie with Jim Rash and Joel McHale,...
- 10/2/2023
- by Steve Seigh
- JoBlo.com
The wait for Community the Movie is going to be even longer.
The follow-up movie, which for a time seemed almost mythical but was greenlit last fall by Peacock, was to start filming in June. But like so many things, production is on hold due to the Writers Guild strike.
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“That was a bummer, because we were getting very close” to filming, series front...
The follow-up movie, which for a time seemed almost mythical but was greenlit last fall by Peacock, was to start filming in June. But like so many things, production is on hold due to the Writers Guild strike.
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“That was a bummer, because we were getting very close” to filming, series front...
- 6/1/2023
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
The characters that formed the central study group in the NBC comedy series "Community" became truly beloved by fans, and sometimes watching the series can feel like spending time with the best college friends you never had. So when someone left the study group for whatever reason, it could be brutal to both the remaining cast and the fans. The departure of Chevy Chase, who played the dumpster fire of a human being known as Pierce Hawthorne, was sad but expected given his clashes with showrunner Dan Harmon. The next departure, however, left a much bigger hole in the series. Star Donald Glover decided to leave "Community" in order to pursue his musical career (you might know him as Childish Gambino), and so his character Troy left Greendale to sail the world with LeVar Burton in order to fulfill the conditions of Pierce's will. Troy was an essential part...
- 5/12/2023
- by Danielle Ryan
- Slash Film
In the second season of "Community" -- NBC's underdog sitcom about a group of friends at a mystifyingly quirky community college -- Abed (Danny Pudi) becomes obsessed with a little-seen NBC superhero show called "The Cape." Protesting against the insistence of Jeff Winger (Joel McHale) that the show is about to be canceled, Abed insists that he needs "The Cape" to continue for "Six seasons and a movie!" The phrase would become a rallying cry for "Community" devotees, desperately hoping that the sitcom, which often found itself making headlines for its lackluster ratings, would find a way to continue.
The show did ultimately make it to six seasons, and years after it went off the air, a movie was finally announced in 2022. Details are still scarce and the participation of certain actors remains up in the air, so a lot of fans may be revisiting the original run of...
The show did ultimately make it to six seasons, and years after it went off the air, a movie was finally announced in 2022. Details are still scarce and the participation of certain actors remains up in the air, so a lot of fans may be revisiting the original run of...
- 4/9/2023
- by Eric Langberg
- Slash Film
One of the long-running gags in the college comedy series "Community" was that it would get six seasons and a movie, and allegedly the Human Beings are finally getting that movie. While many of the cast have been confirmed to appear in the film, it still hasn't begun shooting and other cast members from the series have yet to announce their involvement. There's been a lot of back-and-forth on whether or not Donald Glover will return as the football-playing himbo Troy, for example, and there's no word on Yvette Nicole Brown returning as Christian homemaker Shirley. But what about Elroy, the virtual reality inventor and head of Greendale Community College's I.T. Department, played by Keith David? The character was introduced in the Yahoo!-backed season 6, which was doomed to fail from a marketing standpoint, but he was one of the best parts of the season. Keith David automatically improves everything he touches,...
- 4/7/2023
- by Danielle Ryan
- Slash Film
The following article contains spoilers for "Community" season 1.
Your acceptance letter from Greendale Community College has arrived! Almost 10 years after we got the last of our "six seasons ... ," we're getting the "...and a movie" part of the "Community" fan rallying cry. From 2009 through 2015, we watched the absurdist adventures of Britta (Gillian Jacobs), Jeff (Joel McHale), Abed (Danny Pudi), Troy (Donald Glover), Annie (Alison Brie), Shirley (Yvette Nicole Brown), Pierce (Chevy Chase), Dean Pelton (Jim Rash), and Señor Chang (Ken Jeong) at Greendale. Perhaps you, like me, did several rewatches during the early parts of the pandemic as well.
If I were to ask you about the first episode that comes to mind when you think of "Community," it's likely either going to be the one with the "darkest timeline," which we are clearly living in, or the first paintball episode. All the way back in 2010, before the dark times (and...
Your acceptance letter from Greendale Community College has arrived! Almost 10 years after we got the last of our "six seasons ... ," we're getting the "...and a movie" part of the "Community" fan rallying cry. From 2009 through 2015, we watched the absurdist adventures of Britta (Gillian Jacobs), Jeff (Joel McHale), Abed (Danny Pudi), Troy (Donald Glover), Annie (Alison Brie), Shirley (Yvette Nicole Brown), Pierce (Chevy Chase), Dean Pelton (Jim Rash), and Señor Chang (Ken Jeong) at Greendale. Perhaps you, like me, did several rewatches during the early parts of the pandemic as well.
If I were to ask you about the first episode that comes to mind when you think of "Community," it's likely either going to be the one with the "darkest timeline," which we are clearly living in, or the first paintball episode. All the way back in 2010, before the dark times (and...
- 3/12/2023
- by Jenna Busch
- Slash Film
Community: The Movie is going low concept.
While the plot of the highly anticipated, feature-length revival is being kept under wraps, series creator Dan Harmon is revealing what you won’t see when the #SaveGreendale committee is reunited.
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“It’s a lot easier for me to rule stuff out than tell you what we are pursuing,” Harmon says on Friday’s episode of Six Seasons and a Podcast.
While the plot of the highly anticipated, feature-length revival is being kept under wraps, series creator Dan Harmon is revealing what you won’t see when the #SaveGreendale committee is reunited.
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“It’s a lot easier for me to rule stuff out than tell you what we are pursuing,” Harmon says on Friday’s episode of Six Seasons and a Podcast.
- 12/23/2022
- by Ryan Schwartz
- TVLine.com
Is Jehovah’s Most Secret Witness returning to Greendale?
Appearing at New York Comic Con Friday, Community creator Dan Harmon suggested — but stopped short of confirming — that Donald Glover will reprise his role as Troy Barnes in Peacock’s highly anticipated, feature-length revival Community the Movie.
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“I think that Donald is coming,...
Appearing at New York Comic Con Friday, Community creator Dan Harmon suggested — but stopped short of confirming — that Donald Glover will reprise his role as Troy Barnes in Peacock’s highly anticipated, feature-length revival Community the Movie.
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“I think that Donald is coming,...
- 10/7/2022
- by Ryan Schwartz
- TVLine.com
"Community" was simply playing the long game with "Six seasons and a movie," after all.
One of the funniest running gags in the entire comedy series -- which started as an incredibly niche underdog with an almost impenetrable sense of humor and consistently low ratings, only later exploding in popularity as the years have gone by -- has finally turned into a self-fulfilling prophecy. Today, after far too many false starts and hints and hopeful speculation, the news has been made official that "Community" will receive its very own feature film spin-off. Teased on social media by members of the cast like Joel McHale and Ken Jeong before the news officially broke, Peacock confirmed the rumors once and for all with the reveal that the long, long, long-awaited "Community" movie will debut exclusively on the streaming service.
You’ve been asking @Communitytv fans, and it’s finally time. #sixseasonsandamovieOnPeacock pic.
One of the funniest running gags in the entire comedy series -- which started as an incredibly niche underdog with an almost impenetrable sense of humor and consistently low ratings, only later exploding in popularity as the years have gone by -- has finally turned into a self-fulfilling prophecy. Today, after far too many false starts and hints and hopeful speculation, the news has been made official that "Community" will receive its very own feature film spin-off. Teased on social media by members of the cast like Joel McHale and Ken Jeong before the news officially broke, Peacock confirmed the rumors once and for all with the reveal that the long, long, long-awaited "Community" movie will debut exclusively on the streaming service.
You’ve been asking @Communitytv fans, and it’s finally time. #sixseasonsandamovieOnPeacock pic.
- 9/30/2022
- by Jeremy Mathai
- Slash Film
If you watch nearly any television program, you maybe haven't noticed something about the way the characters look. Very rarely does a character ever wear the same outfit on another episode. The program could be about someone very down on their luck, yet they somehow have the means for a new wardrobe every week. I have never understood the obsession some people have with never repeating the same clothes. You see this with celebrities in places ranging from red carpets to having paparazzi photos show up in a magazine. Wearing the same thing more than once is some kind of social suicide, and on...
The post Why Community Star Jim Rash Loved Wearing Dean Pelton's Ridiculous Costumes appeared first on /Film.
The post Why Community Star Jim Rash Loved Wearing Dean Pelton's Ridiculous Costumes appeared first on /Film.
- 6/3/2022
- by Mike Shutt
- Slash Film
It’s a “Community” reunion… but not really a legally sanctioned “Community” reunion. Stars Ken Jeong, Alison Brie, Danny Pudi, Yvette Nicole Brown, Joel McHale, Gillian Jacobs, and Jim Rash have filmed a new video under the hashtag #HumanBeingsforBiden — a nod to the Greendale Community College mascot.
But again — the video, in support of the Get Out the Vote Initiative, is not officially a “Community” reunion, got it?
“We’re all kind of dressed like our characters but nobody’s called anybody by name yet,” notes Pudi, who may or may not be playing his character Abed.
Asks Brie (perhaps as Annie): “Are you having another episode?”
Responds Pudi/Abed: “Like a reunion episode? Or like the kind of episode I would have in a reunion episode so it could be about a reunion episode?”
“We’re in a commercial for a presidential campaign! That’s why nobody has a name,...
But again — the video, in support of the Get Out the Vote Initiative, is not officially a “Community” reunion, got it?
“We’re all kind of dressed like our characters but nobody’s called anybody by name yet,” notes Pudi, who may or may not be playing his character Abed.
Asks Brie (perhaps as Annie): “Are you having another episode?”
Responds Pudi/Abed: “Like a reunion episode? Or like the kind of episode I would have in a reunion episode so it could be about a reunion episode?”
“We’re in a commercial for a presidential campaign! That’s why nobody has a name,...
- 10/31/2020
- by Michael Schneider
- Variety Film + TV
Humans Beings, the cast of Community reunited for a table read to raise money for Covid-19 relief efforts!
You can watch it on the Community YouTube channel.
What episode was chosen to be read on this momentous occasion -- none other than Community Season 5 Episode 4.
Titled "Cooperative Polygraphy," the episode is about the Study Group (and Chang) taking a polygraph test to rule them out as murder suspects per the terms of the recently deceased Pierce Hawthorne's will.
It's a great episode, but it's probably not on anyone's top five list of classic Community episodes. Episodes more likely remembered as Community's greatest include:
Community Season 1 Episode 22 -- the first paintball episode.
Community Season 2 Episode 8 -- the episode about Annie's missing pen and known as the show's definitive bottle episode.
Community Season 2 Episode 14 -- the first Dungeons and Dragons episode.
Community Season 2 Episode 21 -- the first clip show that wasn't a clip show episode.
You can watch it on the Community YouTube channel.
What episode was chosen to be read on this momentous occasion -- none other than Community Season 5 Episode 4.
Titled "Cooperative Polygraphy," the episode is about the Study Group (and Chang) taking a polygraph test to rule them out as murder suspects per the terms of the recently deceased Pierce Hawthorne's will.
It's a great episode, but it's probably not on anyone's top five list of classic Community episodes. Episodes more likely remembered as Community's greatest include:
Community Season 1 Episode 22 -- the first paintball episode.
Community Season 2 Episode 8 -- the episode about Annie's missing pen and known as the show's definitive bottle episode.
Community Season 2 Episode 14 -- the first Dungeons and Dragons episode.
Community Season 2 Episode 21 -- the first clip show that wasn't a clip show episode.
- 5/26/2020
- by Becca Newton
- TVfanatic
Fans hoping for a “Community” movie announcement are going to have to wait a little longer. The cast and creator Dan Harmon reunited recently for a table read, followed by a Q&a to reminisce about the show — but continue to tap dance around the notion that the second half of the show’s “Six Seasons and a Movie” prophecy might come true.
“We can’t make movies right now,” quipped Donald Glover, who was among the “Community” stars who gathered to read the Season 5 episode “Cooperative Polygraphy,” as part of an event to support Covid-19 relief charities. In particular, the reunion, which streamed on Monday on Sony Pictures TV’s “Community” YouTube page, was a benefit for Frontline Foods and José Andrés’ World Central Kitchen, two groups working to get means to frontline responders and vulnerable communities.
But here’s perhaps the breakthrough: During the Q&a, Glover said...
“We can’t make movies right now,” quipped Donald Glover, who was among the “Community” stars who gathered to read the Season 5 episode “Cooperative Polygraphy,” as part of an event to support Covid-19 relief charities. In particular, the reunion, which streamed on Monday on Sony Pictures TV’s “Community” YouTube page, was a benefit for Frontline Foods and José Andrés’ World Central Kitchen, two groups working to get means to frontline responders and vulnerable communities.
But here’s perhaps the breakthrough: During the Q&a, Glover said...
- 5/18/2020
- by Michael Schneider
- Variety Film + TV
Warning: Mild spoilers for Avengers: Endgame ahead.
With all the speed and action of Avengers: Endgame, it's tough to catch the quick Easter eggs Marvel sneaks into the background. Blink once and you might miss an essential plot point, a teaser for the next installment, or a fun cameo. For instance, did you spot the two Community alumni who made their way into the movie? That's right, Ken Jeong and Yvette Nicole Brown, aka Ben Chang and Shirley Bennett, make their way onscreen for a few seconds.
Jeong plays a security guard who discovers Ant-Man after the hero is found in a storage unit following the five-year time jump. Jeong's appearance is short and sweet, but not even a cap and mustache could keep us from figuring out his true identity. His former costar, however, is less disguised during her own cameo. Brown gets a full elevator ride with Captain America,...
With all the speed and action of Avengers: Endgame, it's tough to catch the quick Easter eggs Marvel sneaks into the background. Blink once and you might miss an essential plot point, a teaser for the next installment, or a fun cameo. For instance, did you spot the two Community alumni who made their way into the movie? That's right, Ken Jeong and Yvette Nicole Brown, aka Ben Chang and Shirley Bennett, make their way onscreen for a few seconds.
Jeong plays a security guard who discovers Ant-Man after the hero is found in a storage unit following the five-year time jump. Jeong's appearance is short and sweet, but not even a cap and mustache could keep us from figuring out his true identity. His former costar, however, is less disguised during her own cameo. Brown gets a full elevator ride with Captain America,...
- 5/1/2019
- by Karenna Meredith
- Popsugar.com
Marvel fans will be spending all weekend mining through the Easter eggs sprinkled through “Avengers: Endgame,” but the Russos have two special eggs reserved for fans of the cult TV show, “Community.”
Before they jumped into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Joe and Anthony Russo were executive producers on the first three seasons of “Community,” and were also the directors of the show’s pilot and several other episodes.
Also Read: 'Avengers: Endgame' Passes 'The Force Awakens' as Fandango's Top Preseller
With their Marvel films, the Russos have offered cameos to several members of the “Community” cast. Danny Pudi, aka Abed Nadir, appeared in “Captain America: The Winter Soldier,” while Jim Rash, aka Dean Pelton, appeared in “Captain America: Civil War,” a film where the Russos took a step further and made one of the mind control commands for The Winter Soldier the same as the title of...
Before they jumped into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Joe and Anthony Russo were executive producers on the first three seasons of “Community,” and were also the directors of the show’s pilot and several other episodes.
Also Read: 'Avengers: Endgame' Passes 'The Force Awakens' as Fandango's Top Preseller
With their Marvel films, the Russos have offered cameos to several members of the “Community” cast. Danny Pudi, aka Abed Nadir, appeared in “Captain America: The Winter Soldier,” while Jim Rash, aka Dean Pelton, appeared in “Captain America: Civil War,” a film where the Russos took a step further and made one of the mind control commands for The Winter Soldier the same as the title of...
- 4/26/2019
- by Jeremy Fuster
- The Wrap
We don’t have long now until Avengers: Endgame hits cinemas and all those burning questions raised by Infinity War will be finally be answered. Despite the film’s relative proximity, we still don’t know a great deal about it, and the first trailer didn’t give a huge amount away, either.
Right now, we’re picking through theories based on toys and leaked behind the scenes photos that seem to indicate some kind of time travel plot and maybe the death of Tony Stark. But today, we’ve actually got a concrete bit of news, as we’re learning that Ken Jeong is officially joining the cast in an undisclosed role.
Now, before some of you howl in disappointment that they’re adding Jeong, don’t expect him to play a particularly large part in the movie. Instead, he’ll simply have a cameo as part of a...
Right now, we’re picking through theories based on toys and leaked behind the scenes photos that seem to indicate some kind of time travel plot and maybe the death of Tony Stark. But today, we’ve actually got a concrete bit of news, as we’re learning that Ken Jeong is officially joining the cast in an undisclosed role.
Now, before some of you howl in disappointment that they’re adding Jeong, don’t expect him to play a particularly large part in the movie. Instead, he’ll simply have a cameo as part of a...
- 1/29/2019
- by David James
- We Got This Covered
You may know Jim Rash as Dean Pelton from TV’s Community, or perhaps from his outreached leg accepting the Oscar for writing The Descendants with his partner Nat Faxon. Rash stars in a new movie in theaters this weekend, Bernard and Huey. Bernard (Rash) and Huey (David Koechner) are estranged friends until Huey comes back into his life. Bernard helps Huey’s daughter Zelda (Mae Whitman) break into publishing, and has an affair with her too. Rash spoke with Monsters and Critics about his role, as well as other scripts he and Rash are writing. Bernard and Huey is now playing. […]
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- 6/8/2018
- by Fred Topel
- Monsters and Critics
There are so many reasons to love Halloween: parties, gratuitous amounts of sugar and the opportunity to wear absolutely anything you want.
But when October comes around we also revel in the opportunity to re-watch some of our favorite television episodes of all time.
Just as Halloween offers maximum fun for kids of all ages in the real world, it’s an un-missable goldmine of comedic and spooky potential for TV writers. Take a look at the 11 shows that have forever secured a place in our ghoulish hearts by going above and beyond the call of duty for holiday-themed specials.
But when October comes around we also revel in the opportunity to re-watch some of our favorite television episodes of all time.
Just as Halloween offers maximum fun for kids of all ages in the real world, it’s an un-missable goldmine of comedic and spooky potential for TV writers. Take a look at the 11 shows that have forever secured a place in our ghoulish hearts by going above and beyond the call of duty for holiday-themed specials.
- 10/14/2016
- by lydprice
- PEOPLE.com
One episode was provided prior to broadcast.
ABC’s new fall sitcom, Speechless, knows exactly what kind of show it wants to be from the get-go. It’s here to tell the chaotic, yet endearing stories of the Dimeo family, which includes a special needs teenager with cerebral palsy named Jj (Micah Fowler). But more importantly, it wants to be hilarious and somewhat disarming along the way, no matter which character is on screen.
Weirdly enough, this is one of those rare pilots that lends about the same comedic weight to every main character (and a good deal of the supporting cast, as well). Minnie Driver plays the family’s eccentric mother, Maya, who uproots the family for the sixth time in two years in order to find the “right fit” for Jj. We learn soon enough that she’s truly in search of a place that’s good enough...
ABC’s new fall sitcom, Speechless, knows exactly what kind of show it wants to be from the get-go. It’s here to tell the chaotic, yet endearing stories of the Dimeo family, which includes a special needs teenager with cerebral palsy named Jj (Micah Fowler). But more importantly, it wants to be hilarious and somewhat disarming along the way, no matter which character is on screen.
Weirdly enough, this is one of those rare pilots that lends about the same comedic weight to every main character (and a good deal of the supporting cast, as well). Minnie Driver plays the family’s eccentric mother, Maya, who uproots the family for the sixth time in two years in order to find the “right fit” for Jj. We learn soon enough that she’s truly in search of a place that’s good enough...
- 9/21/2016
- by Jon Negroni
- We Got This Covered
A review of Captain America: Civil War — designed, like my TV episode reviews, to be read after you've seen it, which means there will be many many spoilers — coming up just as soon as you try some of my date loaf... It's an odd thing, Civil War. During the movie this morning, I was enjoying nearly every individual scene and how well the writers and the Russo brothers managed to juggle an absurdly large cast of pre-established characters (plus a couple of new ones in Black Panther and the Tom Holland version of Spider-Man) and give everyone at least one big moment (a literal one for Ant-Man, whose brief turn as Giant-Man was wisely hidden in all the pre-release hype). The movie squeezes in over a dozen Avengers, past, present, and future, has to do a lot of heavy lifting to introduce Black Panther and the nation of Wakanda (and...
- 5/6/2016
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Hitfix
Make no mistake: This is Jeff Winger’s darkest timeline.
RelatedCommunity Reunion on Lip Sync Battle: Watch Joel McHale Take on Jim Rash
Spike TV on Wednesday released a clip from its upcoming Joel McHale vs. Jim Rash Lip Sync Battle (airing Thursday at 10/9c) that finds The Artist Formerly Known as Dean Pelton grinding on his former Community co-star. Needless to say, this is more nightmarish than anything served up during that gas leak year at Greendale.
Press Play on the clip above to witness Rash mouth along to En Vogue’s very appropriate “Giving Him Something...
RelatedCommunity Reunion on Lip Sync Battle: Watch Joel McHale Take on Jim Rash
Spike TV on Wednesday released a clip from its upcoming Joel McHale vs. Jim Rash Lip Sync Battle (airing Thursday at 10/9c) that finds The Artist Formerly Known as Dean Pelton grinding on his former Community co-star. Needless to say, this is more nightmarish than anything served up during that gas leak year at Greendale.
Press Play on the clip above to witness Rash mouth along to En Vogue’s very appropriate “Giving Him Something...
- 4/27/2016
- TVLine.com
We may not be getting a seventh season of Community, but thanks to Lip Sync Battle, Jeff Winger and Dean Pelton are once again finding themselves at odds — and this time, they’re both in drag.
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Spike TV on Monday released a sneak peek of Thursday’s episode (10/9c) in which Joel McHale fully embraces his inner Björk for a show-stopping performance of “It’s Oh So Quiet,” complete with Vegas-style backup dancers.
In fact, the only thing more mesmerizing than McHale’s performance is...
VideosClark Gregg vs. Hayley Atwell: Who Won Lip Sync Battle‘s Marvel Showdown?
Spike TV on Monday released a sneak peek of Thursday’s episode (10/9c) in which Joel McHale fully embraces his inner Björk for a show-stopping performance of “It’s Oh So Quiet,” complete with Vegas-style backup dancers.
In fact, the only thing more mesmerizing than McHale’s performance is...
- 4/25/2016
- TVLine.com
Greendale Community College may have closed its doors, but Dr. Ken continues to host class reunions.
Jim Rash, who played Dean Pelton on Community, is set to appear on co-star Ken Jeong’s freshman sitcom.
RelatedCommunity Officially Cancelled (Sorta)
According to EW.com, Rash will guest-star on an early spring episode as Devon Drake, a slick, smug lawyer who is hell-bent on proving that Ken is not qualified to be an expert medical witness on a case.
Rash will be the third Community vet dropping by Dr. Ken; Joel McHale and Danny Pudi will appear in the Feb. 5 installment.
Jim Rash, who played Dean Pelton on Community, is set to appear on co-star Ken Jeong’s freshman sitcom.
RelatedCommunity Officially Cancelled (Sorta)
According to EW.com, Rash will guest-star on an early spring episode as Devon Drake, a slick, smug lawyer who is hell-bent on proving that Ken is not qualified to be an expert medical witness on a case.
Rash will be the third Community vet dropping by Dr. Ken; Joel McHale and Danny Pudi will appear in the Feb. 5 installment.
- 1/29/2016
- TVLine.com
There are so many reasons to love Halloween: parties, gratuitous amounts of sugar and the opportunity to wear absolutely anything you want.
But when October comes around we also revel in the opportunity to re-watch some of our favorite television episodes of all time.
Just as Halloween offers maximum fun for kids of all ages in the real world, it's an un-missable goldmine of comedic potential for TV writers. Take a look at the 10 shows that have forever secured a place in our ghoulish hearts by going above and beyond the call of duty for holiday-themed specials.
Parks and Recreation...
But when October comes around we also revel in the opportunity to re-watch some of our favorite television episodes of all time.
Just as Halloween offers maximum fun for kids of all ages in the real world, it's an un-missable goldmine of comedic potential for TV writers. Take a look at the 10 shows that have forever secured a place in our ghoulish hearts by going above and beyond the call of duty for holiday-themed specials.
Parks and Recreation...
- 10/23/2015
- by Lydia Price, @lydsprice
- People.com - TV Watch
Six seasons are done - now it's time for a movie, right? Or is it season 7? We've compiled some quotes from Team Community...
Another season of Community has drawn to a close. It's not the first time the show has offered a sense of finality, so Emotional Consequences Of Broadcast Television may not be the end of the line, after all. Indeed, Community, generally, refuses to die. So, what's being planned? Does the show have a future, still?
The show's creator Dan Harmon was quick to shut down any rumours, telling Twitter "I'm gonna delete my Twitter app and take a couple weeks off the internet and no interviews and I love you."
Yahoo, who saved the show and funded season 6, were a bit more keen to chat, and released this statement: “With the season six finale of Community airing today, we’re continually excited by how much fans are engaging with the series.
Another season of Community has drawn to a close. It's not the first time the show has offered a sense of finality, so Emotional Consequences Of Broadcast Television may not be the end of the line, after all. Indeed, Community, generally, refuses to die. So, what's being planned? Does the show have a future, still?
The show's creator Dan Harmon was quick to shut down any rumours, telling Twitter "I'm gonna delete my Twitter app and take a couple weeks off the internet and no interviews and I love you."
Yahoo, who saved the show and funded season 6, were a bit more keen to chat, and released this statement: “With the season six finale of Community airing today, we’re continually excited by how much fans are engaging with the series.
- 6/3/2015
- by rleane
- Den of Geek
That has to be it, right?
Community aired its sixth — and presumably final — season finale Tuesday featuring multiple character exits and visions of a not-too-practical Season 7.
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“Emotional Consequences of Broadcast Television” found Elroy exiting for a West Coast gig at LinkedIn, Annie leaving for a D.C. internship with the FBI and Abed departing to Los Angeles to work as a production assistant on a new Fox sitcom.
Though the last shot of the Nipple Dippers faded to black and the hashtag “#andamovie,” even Abed acknowledged that the notion of...
Community aired its sixth — and presumably final — season finale Tuesday featuring multiple character exits and visions of a not-too-practical Season 7.
RelatedSummer TV Calendar: Hannibal, Liars, Mistresses, 105+ Other Dates to Save
“Emotional Consequences of Broadcast Television” found Elroy exiting for a West Coast gig at LinkedIn, Annie leaving for a D.C. internship with the FBI and Abed departing to Los Angeles to work as a production assistant on a new Fox sitcom.
Though the last shot of the Nipple Dippers faded to black and the hashtag “#andamovie,” even Abed acknowledged that the notion of...
- 6/2/2015
- TVLine.com
A review of the "Community" season finale — which may or may not be the end of the series — coming up just as soon as I get a job through LinkedIn... "TV defeats its own purpose when it's pushing an agenda, or trying to defeat other TV, or being proud or embarrassed of itself for existing. It's TV. It's comfort." -Abed Well, that wrapped things up nicely, didn't it? Dan Harmon hasn't done any advance press for the finale, though he'll be taking questions at a screening later today in La. And I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if he said that "Emotional Consequences of Broadcast Television" would be the last episode of "Community" ever. At the same time, I wouldn't be surprised if he talked of plans to keep Greendale alive, whether with the long-promised (including in the hashtag at the episode's end) movie, with another Yahoo season featuring a significantly revamped cast,...
- 6/2/2015
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Hitfix
Community season 6 returns to an activity it knows and loves: the meta-film referencing game of paintball...
This review contains spoilers.
6.11 Modern Espionage
“If I tell you, then I'll end up pretendsies-dead.”
We're far closer to the end of that “six seasons and a movie” thing than the beginning and somehow it felt like paintball might be the basis of a pretty decent movie. After all, season one's Modern Warfare was a watershed moment for the show and the following season's two-part finale A Fistful Of Paintballs and For A Few Paintballs More stand as two of the best ever episodes- the show is seldom more cinematic than when it's splattered with paint.
Aside from a cloying reprise at the end of the much maligned fourth season, Modern Espionage marks the first time we've seen it since then and it's not without reason. But far from the campus-wide carnage of previous games,...
This review contains spoilers.
6.11 Modern Espionage
“If I tell you, then I'll end up pretendsies-dead.”
We're far closer to the end of that “six seasons and a movie” thing than the beginning and somehow it felt like paintball might be the basis of a pretty decent movie. After all, season one's Modern Warfare was a watershed moment for the show and the following season's two-part finale A Fistful Of Paintballs and For A Few Paintballs More stand as two of the best ever episodes- the show is seldom more cinematic than when it's splattered with paint.
Aside from a cloying reprise at the end of the much maligned fourth season, Modern Espionage marks the first time we've seen it since then and it's not without reason. But far from the campus-wide carnage of previous games,...
- 5/19/2015
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
A longer episode of Community season 6 uses every second to create what may well be an instant classic...
This review contains spoilers.
6.14 Queer Studies & Advanced Waxing
“Gay Dean, Gay Dean, Gay Dean, Gay Deeeeean... I'm begging you to be gay for the school board.”
Back when Arrested Development packed its bags and hauled its airplane staircase over to Netflix for a fourth season, many complained that the lack of restriction in terms of airtime had hurt the new episodes, some of which ran up to almost twice the length of the traditional 22-minute spots that episodes had occupied on Fox.
As a kind of eternally college-aged spiritual cousin of that show, Community hasn't yet run into such criticisms in its “age of Yahoo”, but if it does, Queer Studies & Advanced Waxing will probably be the first one to get it. At 31 minutes, this is the longest episode the series has ever produced,...
This review contains spoilers.
6.14 Queer Studies & Advanced Waxing
“Gay Dean, Gay Dean, Gay Dean, Gay Deeeeean... I'm begging you to be gay for the school board.”
Back when Arrested Development packed its bags and hauled its airplane staircase over to Netflix for a fourth season, many complained that the lack of restriction in terms of airtime had hurt the new episodes, some of which ran up to almost twice the length of the traditional 22-minute spots that episodes had occupied on Fox.
As a kind of eternally college-aged spiritual cousin of that show, Community hasn't yet run into such criticisms in its “age of Yahoo”, but if it does, Queer Studies & Advanced Waxing will probably be the first one to get it. At 31 minutes, this is the longest episode the series has ever produced,...
- 4/1/2015
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
“Abed, stop being meta! Why do you always have to take whatever happens to us and shove it up its own ass?” Community has been on the chopping block since its first season. (“We call that Wednesday,” Dean Pelton might say.) Its small but fervid cult following can’t compensate for the alleged mammoth budget or the certifiably miniscule viewership, series creator Dan Harmon’s alleged difficulty, or Chevy Chase’s certifiable difficulty. But it returns, doggedly, season after season. NBC fired Harmon, only to bring him back a season later. Then NBC dumped the show, only for Yahoo to swoop in and save it, promising no diminished budget and no creative constraints. (The sixth season of Community now airs Tuesdays on Yahoo! Screen.) Rare is the show that can survive so many near-death experiences; it’s almost as if Community has become one of the unkillable action heroes it lampoons.
- 3/24/2015
- by Greg Cwik
- Vulture
"And Jesus wept. For there were no more worlds to conquer..."You'll excuse me for paraphrasing Dean Pelton's own paraphrasing of Hans Gruber and Alexandre The Great, but not only was his line one of the funniest bits on the second episode of season 6, but also one of many interesting little metaphors plastered across a show, which has mostly been about its own apparent destruction and rebirth. It's way of surviving all this has been about embracing the strange, amorphous nature of change, and thus, creation. It's not always been pretty, but, to paraphrase another line from today's pair of episodes, Community has always been, with great welcome, "weird, passionate and gross." Okay, maybe not that gross, actually. Anyone who's returning to my reviews...
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- 3/18/2015
- Screen Anarchy
With Community down three cast members, the theme song’s closing words (“one by one they all just fade away”) have never been more appropriate. Nonetheless, the start of Season 6 – its first on the Yahoo Screen streaming service – is a promising one.
The remainder of the Greendale 7 quickly fill their current vacancies with two distinct personalities — one of whom looks a lot like the school’s former head of It, and the other looking a heck of a lot like that guy from The Cape.
RelatedPilot Scoop: Community‘s Danny Pudi to Headline NBC Comedy Strange Calls
New Shirley | With...
The remainder of the Greendale 7 quickly fill their current vacancies with two distinct personalities — one of whom looks a lot like the school’s former head of It, and the other looking a heck of a lot like that guy from The Cape.
RelatedPilot Scoop: Community‘s Danny Pudi to Headline NBC Comedy Strange Calls
New Shirley | With...
- 3/17/2015
- TVLine.com
Class is back in session - and this time there are no rules. After five seasons on NBC, the cult sitcom Community has moved to Yahoo Screen, where the show has escaped the restraints of broadcast network regulations. "We don't have the FCC restraints anymore," star Joel McHale tells People. "But that's not to say that we will be nude and cursing all the time."While Dean Pelton (Jim Rash) would be disappointed that McHale's character Jeff Winger won't be spending episodes in his birthday suit, Community fans - and the cast - are rejoicing in the fact that there...
- 3/17/2015
- by Patrick Gomez, @PatrickGomezLA
- PEOPLE.com
Class is back in session - and this time there are no rules. After five seasons on NBC, the cult sitcom Community has moved to Yahoo! Screen where the show has escaped the restraints of broadcast network regulations. "We don't have the FCC restraints anymore," star Joel McHale tells People. "But that's not to say that we will be nude and cursing all the time."While Dean Pelton (Jim Rash) would be disappointed that McHale's character Jeff Winger won't be spending episodes in his birthday suit, Community fans - and the cast - are rejoicing in the fact that there...
- 3/17/2015
- by Patrick Gomez, @PatrickGomezLA
- PEOPLE.com
Class is back in session – and this time there are no rules.
After five seasons on NBC, the cult sitcom Community has moved to Yahoo Screen, where the show has escaped the restraints of broadcast network regulations.
"We don't have the FCC restraints anymore," star Joel McHale tells People. "But that's not to say that we will be nude and cursing all the time."
While Dean Pelton (Jim Rash) would be disappointed that McHale's character Jeff Winger won't be spending episodes in his birthday suit, Community fans – and the cast – are rejoicing in the fact that there is a sixth season at all.
After five seasons on NBC, the cult sitcom Community has moved to Yahoo Screen, where the show has escaped the restraints of broadcast network regulations.
"We don't have the FCC restraints anymore," star Joel McHale tells People. "But that's not to say that we will be nude and cursing all the time."
While Dean Pelton (Jim Rash) would be disappointed that McHale's character Jeff Winger won't be spending episodes in his birthday suit, Community fans – and the cast – are rejoicing in the fact that there is a sixth season at all.
- 3/17/2015
- by Patrick Gomez, @PatrickGomezLA
- People.com - TV Watch
Community has been resurrected from the dead for season six by Yahoo!, which means its goal of #sixseasonsandamovie is thisclose to actually happening. At the sitcom’s press day, cast members Jim Rash, Danny Pudi, and Gillian Jacobs all gave their thoughts on what that feature film should look like.
Pudi, who plays the show’s resident pop culture junkie, and Rash, famous for his role as the inept Dean Pelton, both called for a paintball episode (which made its debut in season one’s “Modern Warfare,” and had two season-two sequels, “A Fistful of Paintballs” and “For a Few Paintballs More”) blown to epic proportions. “[Paintball] is the biggest thing we’ve done and it has the most movie ‘stuff,’” said Rash. “If that day comes, and we’re at a place where we want to cap off the whole thing, it would be good to put that on grand scale.
Pudi, who plays the show’s resident pop culture junkie, and Rash, famous for his role as the inept Dean Pelton, both called for a paintball episode (which made its debut in season one’s “Modern Warfare,” and had two season-two sequels, “A Fistful of Paintballs” and “For a Few Paintballs More”) blown to epic proportions. “[Paintball] is the biggest thing we’ve done and it has the most movie ‘stuff,’” said Rash. “If that day comes, and we’re at a place where we want to cap off the whole thing, it would be good to put that on grand scale.
- 3/17/2015
- by Tara Aquino
- VH1.com
Community has been resurrected from the dead for season six by Yahoo!, which means its goal of #sixseasonsandamovie is thisclose to actually happening. At the sitcom’s press day, cast members Jim Rash, Danny Pudi, and Gillian Jacobs all gave their thoughts on what that feature film should look like.
Pudi, who plays the show’s resident pop culture junkie, and Rash, famous for his role as the inept Dean Pelton, both called for a paintball episode (which made its debut in season one’s “Modern Warfare,” and had two season-two sequels, “A Fistful of Paintballs” and “For a Few Paintballs More”) blown to epic proportions. “[Paintball] is the biggest thing we’ve done and it has the most movie ‘stuff,’” said Rash. “If that day comes, and we’re at a place where we want to cap off the whole thing, it would be good to put that on grand scale.
Pudi, who plays the show’s resident pop culture junkie, and Rash, famous for his role as the inept Dean Pelton, both called for a paintball episode (which made its debut in season one’s “Modern Warfare,” and had two season-two sequels, “A Fistful of Paintballs” and “For a Few Paintballs More”) blown to epic proportions. “[Paintball] is the biggest thing we’ve done and it has the most movie ‘stuff,’” said Rash. “If that day comes, and we’re at a place where we want to cap off the whole thing, it would be good to put that on grand scale.
- 3/17/2015
- by Tara Aquino
- TheFabLife - Movies
The cast of "Community" has come a long way from where they were when the comedy premiered on NBC in 2009 to where they are now as "Community" begins its latest rebirth on Yahoo. Not to take anything away from the career arcs of Gillian Jacobs, Danny Pudi or Alison Brie, but Jim Rash's journey from comic day player perhaps best known for a resemblance to Moby to beloved supporting performer, Oscar-winning screenwriter and acclaimed indie director seems like the biggest leap. As the cast of "Community" has shifted in recent years, Rash's Dean Pelton has become increasingly central and as Rash's creative profile has grown, thanks to "The Descendants" and "The Way Way Back," he was able to write an episode in The Lost Dan Harmon-less Season. The sixth "Community" season begins on Tuesday (March 17) on Yahoo and Rash has been able to add TV directing to his...
- 3/17/2015
- by Daniel Fienberg
- Hitfix
Over the weekend at SXSW, Yahoo threw a party for their newly acquired and revamped Community. We caught up with Jim Rash — who plays Dean Pelton on the show — on the red carpet, to discuss what we can expect from Dean this season. A quick Google search reveals how confused viewers have been about his character’s sexuality over the years. “For me in particular it was a good season because we deal with Dean’s sexuality, which will be fun. [His orientation] has not technically been revealed. People assume, but he feels he’s much more complicated than one label, so it makes it more interesting.” As Lena Dunham recently reminded us, the spectrum of human sexuality is complicated. “That’s the way it should be,” he smiles.
- 3/16/2015
- by Valentina I. Valentini
- Vulture
Yahoo! Screen has dropped a new Community clip online to remind viewers that tonight, the doors of Greendale Community College will be flung open once again. The very existence of the cult show floated in limbo for some time, until the Internet giant stepped in and coughed up for the forthcoming season. Which, by the looks of this opening teaser clip, may very well hark back to the show’s strongest eras.
As expected, Community‘s insistence on self-reflexivity is apparent from the outset. Dean Pelton (Jim Rash) welcomes the students back, and begins a meta-rollcall of previous events leading up to the current point. The regular gang make hasty appearances here as well, including Joel McHale’s Jeff Winger, Gillian Jacobs’ Britta Perry, Abed Nadir’s Danny Pudi and Alison Brie’s Annie Edison.
Thus far, the swaying consistency between seasons has alienated some fans (this writer included). However,...
As expected, Community‘s insistence on self-reflexivity is apparent from the outset. Dean Pelton (Jim Rash) welcomes the students back, and begins a meta-rollcall of previous events leading up to the current point. The regular gang make hasty appearances here as well, including Joel McHale’s Jeff Winger, Gillian Jacobs’ Britta Perry, Abed Nadir’s Danny Pudi and Alison Brie’s Annie Edison.
Thus far, the swaying consistency between seasons has alienated some fans (this writer included). However,...
- 3/16/2015
- by Gem Seddon
- We Got This Covered
This review is based on the first two episodes of season 6, which were provided for review purposes prior to broadcast.
“Welcome back to Greendale, now ranked fifth on Colorado’s alphabetical listing of community colleges,” Dean Pelton (Jim Rash) squawks over the intercom as Community kicks off its immensely promising and even more unlikely sixth season (#sixseasonsandamovie!!!!) on Yahoo Screen. That such a throwaway line is the first thing loyal viewers hear upon their re-enrollment at Greendale almost trivializes how hard Community‘s creators and Sony Pictures Television worked to find a new home for it after NBC gave the cult comedy a pink slip last year – and it’s all the more amusing for that. In spite of all the adversity this beautifully bizarre underdog of a series has faced over the years, it’s lost none of its cheek.
Indeed, season six of Community often feels like an old show made young again.
“Welcome back to Greendale, now ranked fifth on Colorado’s alphabetical listing of community colleges,” Dean Pelton (Jim Rash) squawks over the intercom as Community kicks off its immensely promising and even more unlikely sixth season (#sixseasonsandamovie!!!!) on Yahoo Screen. That such a throwaway line is the first thing loyal viewers hear upon their re-enrollment at Greendale almost trivializes how hard Community‘s creators and Sony Pictures Television worked to find a new home for it after NBC gave the cult comedy a pink slip last year – and it’s all the more amusing for that. In spite of all the adversity this beautifully bizarre underdog of a series has faced over the years, it’s lost none of its cheek.
Indeed, season six of Community often feels like an old show made young again.
- 3/16/2015
- by Isaac Feldberg
- We Got This Covered
Tonight at 12:01 a.m. Pacific, "Community" will become the latest cultish show canceled by a traditional TV network to live again via a streaming service — and the first of its kind to migrate over to Yahoo Screen, which will be debuting the rest of this sixth season every Monday night/Tuesday morning at this time(*). (*) There are two episodes tonight, then one a week going forward. So long as I have advance screeners, as well as time in which to do it, I'll be running episode reviews about a half hour (or, tonight, hour) after the episodes go live on Yahoo, for those of you who are up at that time of night (or in a more favorable time zone) to watch it. This is the latest improbable behind-the-scenes development in a series that has seen more than its fair share, including the firing and later re-hiring of creator Dan Harmon,...
- 3/16/2015
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Hitfix
Ready For Their Close-Up: Six TV Characters Worthy of a Spin-Off
Television history is littered with the bodies of ill-advised spin-offs. Their corpses, copies of reviews and overnights crumpled in their clawed little hands, defile the memories of the successful shows that spawned them and serve as cautionary tales for every writer tempted to go to the same well twice… read the full article.
Why You Should Be Watching: You’re the Worst
When it debuted in early 2014 on FX, You’re the Worst unfortunately got lumped together with all the other shows about people in relationships that were in production or released around that time. You’re the Worst was a lower-key choice for the network: a small-scale character comedy that had none of the splashy, dramatic flare of other flagship shows. This tonal difference between the network and You’re the Worst was maybe why it was...
Television history is littered with the bodies of ill-advised spin-offs. Their corpses, copies of reviews and overnights crumpled in their clawed little hands, defile the memories of the successful shows that spawned them and serve as cautionary tales for every writer tempted to go to the same well twice… read the full article.
Why You Should Be Watching: You’re the Worst
When it debuted in early 2014 on FX, You’re the Worst unfortunately got lumped together with all the other shows about people in relationships that were in production or released around that time. You’re the Worst was a lower-key choice for the network: a small-scale character comedy that had none of the splashy, dramatic flare of other flagship shows. This tonal difference between the network and You’re the Worst was maybe why it was...
- 3/14/2015
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
Community
With the release date of Community’s season six fast approaching, it’s hard not to get excited. The series was cancelled by NBC back in 2014, but like a knight in shining armor (who also happens to own a production company), Yahoo! has taken over the show, which it’s now producing as a web series for devoted audiences.
Although the previous season saw the departure of some notable characters, comedic staples like Danny Pudi, who plays Abed Nadir, and The Soup’s Joel McHale, who plays Jeff Winger, have stuck around, guaranteeing that this sixth season is bound to be a great one, as evidenced by the trailer below.
One character whose brilliance is often overlooked, however, is that of Dean Craig Pelton. Played by Oscar winning screenwriter Jim Rash, Pelton and his costume choices are a highlight of the show. His costumes, which aim to either explore...
With the release date of Community’s season six fast approaching, it’s hard not to get excited. The series was cancelled by NBC back in 2014, but like a knight in shining armor (who also happens to own a production company), Yahoo! has taken over the show, which it’s now producing as a web series for devoted audiences.
Although the previous season saw the departure of some notable characters, comedic staples like Danny Pudi, who plays Abed Nadir, and The Soup’s Joel McHale, who plays Jeff Winger, have stuck around, guaranteeing that this sixth season is bound to be a great one, as evidenced by the trailer below.
One character whose brilliance is often overlooked, however, is that of Dean Craig Pelton. Played by Oscar winning screenwriter Jim Rash, Pelton and his costume choices are a highlight of the show. His costumes, which aim to either explore...
- 3/11/2015
- by Caitlin Marceau
- SoundOnSight
It's un-Dean-iable, the trailer for the new season of Community has us super excited for season 6 to hit Yahoo! Screen on March 17. For those who have not had the chance to watch it, here are the five most hilarious quotes from the new trailer:5. "You are the worst actor I've ever directed, and I've directed both Wahlbergs!" -??? (Jason Mantzoukas)We might not know the name of the character played by Parks and Recreation's Mantzoukas, but that doesn't make it any less funny when he pours a drink over Chang's (Ken Jeong) head as he compares him to brothers Donnie and Mark Wahlberg.
- 3/3/2015
- by Patrick Gomez, @PatrickGomezLA
- PEOPLE.com
It's un-Dean-iable, the trailer for the new season of Community has us super excited for season 6 to hit Yahoo! Screen on March 17.
For those who have not had the chance to watch it, here are the five most hilarious quotes from the new trailer:
5. "You are the worst actor I've ever directed, and I've directed both Wahlbergs!" –??? (Jason Mantzoukas)
We might not know the name of the character played by Parks and Recreation's Mantzoukas, but that doesn't make it any less funny when he pours a drink over Chang's (Ken Jeong) head as he compares him to brothers Donnie and Mark Wahlberg.
For those who have not had the chance to watch it, here are the five most hilarious quotes from the new trailer:
5. "You are the worst actor I've ever directed, and I've directed both Wahlbergs!" –??? (Jason Mantzoukas)
We might not know the name of the character played by Parks and Recreation's Mantzoukas, but that doesn't make it any less funny when he pours a drink over Chang's (Ken Jeong) head as he compares him to brothers Donnie and Mark Wahlberg.
- 3/3/2015
- by Patrick Gomez, @PatrickGomezLA
- People.com - TV Watch
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