Amy Ryan Hangs Around THE OFFICE

Variety reports that Amy Ryan will be returning for at least five episodes when The Office returns in the fall. Ryan first appeared in the season finale as human resources rep (and potential love interest for Michael) Holly Flax.
“I don’t know what they’re going to do with the character,” Ryan said, “but as it was [...]

THE OFFICE Spinoff Gets Its First Castmember

After being shrouded in secrecy for months, some news is finally trickling out about the planned spinoff of The Office. Aziz Ansari of MTV’s sketch comedy Human Giant has signed a one-year talent hold with Universal Media Studios as part of his deal to join the cast of the new NBC series. (Some of you [...]

Thursday Night’s Alright (For Laughing)

All is right with the world once more. That’s right, after five long months of deprivation, we’ve finally got our Thursday nights back again. I’m referring, of course, to NBC’s comedy lineup–My Name Is Earl, 30 Rock, The Office and Scrubs–which is back tonight with all new episodes for the first time since the writers [...]

Peabody Awards Honor Truthiness

The Peabody Awards–given each year for excellence in electronic media–have a great track record for honoring quality TV that sometimes isn’t the most visible. Previous honorees include fare as diverse as The Office, Battlestar Galactica, Good Eats, and Viva Blackpool (leading, sadly, to the debacle that was Viva Laughlin). This year’s winners include 30 Rock, [...]

Foreign Imports Drive Pilot Season

With this year’s pilot season truncated by the writers strike, networks seem to be relying increasingly on foreign imports to pad their schedules.
Canadian imports Flashpoint and The Listener recently were handed series orders by CBS and NBC, respectively. David E. Kelley is doing a remake of the BBC series Life on Mars for ABC that [...]

Picking Up the Pieces: What’s Left of the TV Season?

Assuming the outcome of today’s WGA vote is positive, we’re only hours away from an end to the strike. So, in the immortal words of President Josiah Bartlet, “What’s next?”
A number of showrunners have already gone back work, making plans for the remainder of the season and scrambling to figure out how many episodes they [...]

MAD MEN Happier After Taking WGA Award

As were drug dealers, mafiosos, and officials at Dunder-Mifflin and the Sheinhardt Wig Company.
Hard on the heels of the announcement that a settlement on the strike may have been reached, the Writers’ Guild of America handed out their annual awards. They said goodbye to The Sopranos with a prize for best episodic drama and hello [...]

SOPRANOS, 30 ROCK Get SAG Love

“Welcome to the most glamorous and exciting evening in the history of the world,” said presenter Steve Carell, summarizing the prevailing, if slightly hyperbolic, sentiment at the Screen Actors Guild Awards tonight. Celebs of all stripes were out in full force, taking advantage of the red carpet opportunity provided by the WGA-approved ceremony, which was [...]

2007 PGA Television Nominees

The Producers Guild of America unveiled its television production award nominations on Tuesday. The winners will be announced on Saturday, Feb. 2, at–you guessed it–the Beverly Hilton Hotel.
A complete list of television nominees is behind the cut…

The 10 Best Television Moments of 2007

Oh, television. How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
The year 2007 is drawing to a close, which can mean only one thing: lists! In consequence of which I present you with my list of the 10 best moments on television this year.
This is only my list, of course, made up of shows [...]