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New Girl TV Review – Fox

15 September 2011 1:13 PM, PDT | AreYouScreening.com | See recent AreYouScreening news »

Fox's new comedy, New Girl, is a dangerous enterprise, and it isn't helped by the fact that the line-up is going to change right after the pilot. It's dangerous, because it's a very particular brand of comedy, and one that is hard to categorize without using the word "silly." That may or may not make for a successful show, but it's a trickier gamble than most comedy offerings. At least, today.

There was a time when silly was all but the name of the game, and whether it was Ted Baxter, or Jack Tripper, the key descriptor of most comedy characters on television was "goofy." That's not today's game, for good or ill, and the shows that make it are largely after quotes for their commercials that run along the lines of "clever," "witty," or at least, "laugh out loud funny." Silly, even in its heyday, was rarely laugh out loud funny. »

- Marc Eastman

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Quick Clicks: ‘Workshop’ on Hulu, ‘ElfQuest’, ‘White Collar Brawler’, ‘We Break Hearts’

7 April 2011 12:30 PM, PDT | Tubefilter.com | See recent Tubefilter News news »

Online video and web series news worth clicking today… Workshop the series debuts Season 2 today on Hulu after inking a distribution deal with the network earlier this spring. Creator Nate Golon is calling it the first half-hour web comedy to premiere on the site, and looking back over our records, he may be right. “As an added bonus, we’ve also posted episode 2, since people were patient enough to wait an extra week,” said Golon on the launch. That means you’ll need to earmark about 44 minutes for this comedic look inside the world of struggling La actors. 20 minutes in, we’d have to say it’s worth it. Six episodes total are due out this season, adding up to a whopping 132 minutes of comedy. [Workshop on Hulu] ElfQuest came to life last night with the SAG screening and release of the “fan imagined” trailer for a would-be series based on the popular comic book series. »

- Marc Hustvedt

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