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NBC's Thursday night comedy block had a solid batch of all-new episodes this week, with many of them celebrating Valentine's Day with a side of hilarity. I watched them all — Community, Parks and Recreation, 30 Rock, The Office, Outsourced, and Perfect Couples, and like last week, I want you to weigh in on which comedy you thought was the best this week. Troy and Abed fight over a girl on Read more
When April and Andy confessed their love for each other during the Harvest Festival on Parks and Recreation, I thought the writers were unnecessarily rushing their fledgling relationship (they haven't even been together for a whole season yet!). Well, little did I know that their romance was about to take an even bigger step, as the intern and shoe-shiner threw themselves a surprise wedding on Read more
Good news for devoted fans of NBC's Thursday night community block: the network has given early renewals to The Office, Community, and Parks and Recreation. (30 Rock was already picked up earlier this year). It's no surprise that The Office is coming back, but I'm happy that I won't be biting my nails about Parks and Rec and Community for the next six weeks. We'll have to wait until upfronts to Read more
Amy Poehler dressed up in green last night to attend a panel for her show Parks and Recreation at LA's Paley Center For Media. Rashida is back in California after a quick press tour in NYC to chat about life at the fictional Pawnee Parks Department with her fellow EW cover stars like Aziz Ansari, Nick Offerman, and Aubrey Plaza, who just nabbed another comedy role opposite Andy Samberg and Bill Read more
This week's episode of Parks and Recreation contains one of Tom Haverford's greatest moments on the show ever. After Leslie reluctantly asks him out on a date to see if they have chemistry, he goes through a thorough explanation of the slang words he has for his favorite foods. Sample: sandwiches are "sandoozles" and cakes are "big 'ol cookies." The real joy, though, are the expressions and Read more
As some of today's hottest TV casts make the rounds at PaleyFest, the festival has been releasing these covetable limited-edition posters to commemorate the star-studded panels for Glee, The Walking Dead, and several other series. I'm kind of obsessed with the film noir-style Parks and Recreation sign and the artistic True Blood version. If you like what you see, you can purchase the posters at Read more
NBC delivered another all-new block of episodes with its Thursday night comedy line-up, so now it's time for the battle of the funniest. Community seemed to switch places with The Office in its documentary-themed episode, while The Office adopted Community's film-reference style. Parks and Recreation saw the meltdown of Ben, and Liz tries to get over her breakup with Carol on 30 Rock. Todd Read more
The Parks and Recreation cast gets two Entertainment Weekly covers! — PopWatch In honor of The Eagle, see how the movies have portrayed Rome through the years — Rotten Tomatoes Watch the trailer for the new A&E series Breakout Kings — TV.com Find out why Michael Cera's next role is so unusual — Moviefone Jersey Shore's action-filled midseason trailer is surprisingly compelling — Read more
NBC has had mostly good tidings for fans of its comedies so far, renewing 30 Rock and Community, and now it's also given additional seasons to Parks and Recreation, Whitney, and Up All Night. However, we've also got some cancellation news to report: Are You There, Chelsea, Awake, Bent, and Best Friends Forever have all gotten the ax. All four shows were midseason entrants, and I'm not terribly Read more
NBC is the first network to take center stage at the upfronts this week, which means we'll be hearing more about NBC's new Fall shows in the coming days. But for now, we've got your first peek at the new schedule. Most of NBC's veteran series are staying in their old time slots, but the network has also added The Voice to the Fall lineup, and notably moved Whitney and Community to Friday nights. Read more
