Details of Poehler's Office "spin-off" finally revealed
For a variety of reasons, I decided to not go to the Winter edition of the TCA press tour. So far, my choice to stay in frigid Jersey has been justified; not much in the way of big news has come out of the tour, and it seems like the networks are very happy about that. However, if I was there, I would have apparently received the pilot script to the new Amy Poehler-led sitcom that's being written and produced by the folks from The Office , as Rob Owen of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette did y

Dispatch from NBC: Daniels, Poehler and company talk 'The Office,' the non-spin-off and an actual spin-off
NBC's executive session was so bizarre that I feel like I need to take some time and let it simmer in my head and make sure of what it was that I saw and heard. The session after it, though, was a lot of fun, as Greg Daniels, Mike Schur, Amy Poehler and company came out to talk about her upcoming, still-untitled comedy. And afterwards, I talked to Schur, Daniels and current "The Office" showrunner Paul Lieberstein about the possibility of an actual "Office" spin-off, the awesome casting of another "Wire" al

Amy Poehler Is Getting Her Own Show
Amy Poehler, formerly of Saturday Night Live is going to be getting her own show produced by the executive producer of The Office Greg Daniels. The show is still untitled but it will be in the same mockumentary style as that of The Office . I don’t see this thing taking off. Poehler was only funny as one character on

Aubrey Plaza: Amy Poehler Casts Her Sidekick (VIDEO)
Amy Poehler has a new sidekick.The Hollywood Reporter reports:Upright Citizens Brigade player Aubrey Plaza has landed a co-starring role opposite UCB alumna Amy Poehler on NBC's upcoming comedy series starring Poehler. Plaza also has been cast in the Universal comedy feature "Scott Pilgrim vs. the World" opposite Michael Cera.NBC's untitled Poehler project, from "The Office" masterminds Greg Daniels and Mike Schur, is set in the office of Amy (Poehler), deputy chairman of the department of parks and recreat

Amy Poehler Show Details Finally Revealed!
The Untitled Amy Poehler Show , one of the most highly anticipated new shows of the season, still doesn't have a real title, but it does have scoop! For example, Amy Poehler says of the show, set against the backdrop of small-town government, " There is a scene in the show when they are trying to come up with a name for their council, and they say the name is crucial." Hee!

Details On Amy Poehler's New TV Show
Saturday Night Live alum Amy Poehler is talking about her upcoming series, which as of now, is being called The Untitled Amy Poeher Show . According to the comedian, the plot centers around characters involved in small-town government.

Thank Sarah Palin for Saving 30 Rock [Happy Things]
Television comedy Will live on safely for another year. NBC has confidently ordered a new full season of 30 Rock episodes (and of The Office). Evidence of what a difference an Alaskan makes.It was kind of an obvious pick up at this point, considering its creator and star Tina Fey is just about the only NBC-related thing that people talk about these days. The rest of their lineup, while earning higher ratings, is mostly forgettable and un-buzzworthy. But this is a big change for a show—which still, des

Stringer Bell Turns to Legitimate 'Office' Work
Variety has revealed that Michael Scott will have a new enemy on The Office later this season: Idris Elba, marking the second time the series will make audiences shout, "Hey, they were on that Wire show!" Thesp Idris Elba has been cast on "The Office" as a new rival to Dunder Mifflin regional manager Michael Scott (Steve Carell). Elba, most recently seen in Guy Ritchie's "Rocknrolla," will appear in six episodes later this season. Details are slim on his plot line, other than he'll play a no-nonsense hi

Amy Poehler's New Show Details Revealed
Details on Amy Poehler's upcoming NBC sitcom were revealed Thursday at a Television Critics Association meeting. The still-untitled mockumentary-style comedy -- debuting 8:30 p.m. EST April 9 -- will follow a mid-level bureaucrat (Poehler) in an Indiana city parks and recreation department as she tries to forward her career. The Office's Rashida Jones will costar. Poehler and pal Tina Fey scored at the box office last year with Baby Mama and won over fans with their political impersonations on Saturda

Casting News: ‘The Office,’‘Chuck,’& More
to reprise her role as Holly Flax for the season finale of the show.  Executive producer Greg Daniels tells EW’s Michael Ausiello that he is also "very open" to working out a more permanent arrangement with Ryan. "Because [Michael and Holly] have such a deep connection, I don’t think she can blow in and out every so often," he explains. "It would be too hard for him as a human being. So, we’re hoping to find some very significant things for them. And i

Congratulations to The Office For PGA Nomination
The Office has been nominated for in this year’s culmination of the Producers Guild Awards. The ceremonies will be held on the 24th of January. Congratulations to Greg Daniels and Kent Zbornak for this honor! Below is the list of nominees for the Television Category: The Danny Thomas Producer of the Year Award In Episodic Television - Comedy CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM Larry David Jeff Garlin Tim Gibbons Erin O’Malley Alec Berg Dave Mandel Jeff Schaffer ENTOURAGE Stephen Levinson

Aziz Ansari, Comedian
We've been big fans of Aziz Ansari since he first hit the comedy scene all those years ago, and it seems like since then he's been speedily checking things off his To-Do list. He launched off the stand-up stage to get his own MTV series (Human Giant), is now in an anxiously awaited spin-off of The Office (he clears up the plotline below), and he's been busy filming movies with the likes of Seth Rogan and Paul Rudd. Not too shabby. This weekend he returns to New York, after moving out to Los Angeles—ca

Untitled Amy Poehler Project, Still Untitled
By Julie Zied Fancast.com

NBC Picks Up 'Office,' '30 Rock,' 'Biggest Loser'
NBC has given early pickups to "The Office," "30 Rock" and "The Biggest Loser." In addition, the network has scheduled the premiere of the new Amy Poehler comedy as well as its new cooking reality show "The Chopping Block." The Poehler project will bow Thursday, April 9, at 8:30 p.m., behind "My Name Is Earl." "Chopping Block" will air Wednesdays at 8 p.m. beginning March 11. As expected, NBC, having ordered three more episodes of "ER," has pushed the show's series finale to April 2 from 9-11 pm. It wil

NBC announces `30 Rock,' `The Office' renewals - Yahoo! News
Besides the return of the comedies and the weight-loss reality show, NBC announced Thursday that it has set a premiere date for Amy Poehler's new comedy. The show, yet to get a title, will debut 8:30 p.m. EST April 9. "Southland," a new police drama from "ER" executive producer John Wells, also will debut April 9, at 10 p.m. EST. NBC said that fans of "ER" will get three more episodes than previously announced before the show ends for good. That will pus

NBC announces `30 Rock,' `The Office' renewals - Yahoo! News
Besides the return of the comedies and the weight-loss reality show, NBC announced Thursday that it has set a premiere date for Amy Poehler's new comedy. The show, yet to get a title, will debut 8:30 p.m. EST April 9. "Southland," a new police drama from "ER" executive producer John Wells, also will debut April 9, at 10 p.m. EST. NBC said that fans of "ER" will get three more episodes than previously announced before the show ends for good. That will pus

Chuck's Dad, the Super Office, and More From NBC
News on the Gossip Girl spinoff and Amy Poehler show was just the start of the good stuff to come out of NBC's TCA session yesterday. I also got some news on Chuck and the post-Super Bowl episode of The Office. Read on for details:Yes, Chuck's dad will be found -

Aubrey Plaza and Kieran Culkin Join Michael Cera In 'Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World'
Last year, indie comedienne Aubrey Plaza was no one. This year she's starring in Judd Apatow's "Funny People," and has been additionally cast in the Amy Poehler-lead not-an 'Office' spinoff, 'Office' spinoff, plus has just nabbed a role in of the adaptation of the action/comedy/ romance comic book, "Scott Pilgrim vs. the World" opposite Michael Cera as his on and off-again girlfriend and a record store employee.According to TotalFilm, director Edgar Wright ("Hot Fuzz," "Shaun of the Dead") has also added K

The 10 Celebrities With The Most To Lose at Sundance '09 [Sundance 2009]
Sundance affords as many opportunities for career setbacks in 10 days as it does for meteoric advancement — not even Robert De Niro or Dakota Fanning could get out of Park City alive.This year's vintage features another barrel of celebrities with equally little margin for error, some less endangered than others. For your handy trajectory-watching reference, we've narrowed their ranks to 10 of the most interesting:1. Ashton Kutcher: The festival itself describes Kutcher's gigolo farce Spread as "such a

Idris Elba gets 'Office' space - Entertainment News, Web Exclusive, Media - Variety
Thesp Idris Elba has been cast on "The Office" as a new rival to Dunder Mifflin regional manager Michael Scott (Steve Carell). Elba, most recently seen in Guy Ritchie's "Rocknrolla," will appear in six episodes later this season. Details are slim on his plot line, other than he'll play a no-nonsense hire at Dunder Mifflin's corporate office who will throw Michael Scott into turmoil. NBC is expected to announce Elba's casting during the Peacock's portion of the TV Critics Assn. press tour on Thursday. Also

While You Were Redefining The Phrase “Hitting Rock Bottom”
On the British show Celebrity Big Brother, Verne Troyer was made to dress up like a teddy bear and eat a pot of honey. I'm not sure there's anything else I need to say about this. The premise of Amy Poehler's new not-an-Office-spinoff has been revealed! It will be a mockumentary style show set in the world of local government: the cameras will follow "a mid-level bureaucrat in the Parks and Recreation Department of Pawnee, Indiana." BEGIN WETTING YOUR PANTS WITH EXCITEMENT...now. Sarah Jessica Parke

Idris Elba gets 'Office' space - Entertainment News, TV News, Media - Variety
Thesp Idris Elba has been cast on "The Office" as a new rival to Dunder Mifflin regional manager Michael Scott (Steve Carell). Elba, most recently seen in Guy Ritchie's "Rocknrolla," will appear in six episodes later this season. Details are slim on his plot line, other than he'll play a no-nonsense hire at Dunder Mifflin's corporate office who will throw Michael Scott into turmoil. NBC is expected to announce Elba's casting during the Peacock's portion of the TV Critics Assn. press tour on Thursday. Also

Idris Elba gets 'Office' space - Entertainment News, TV News, Media - Variety
Thesp Idris Elba has been cast on "The Office" as a new rival to Dunder Mifflin regional manager Michael Scott (Steve Carell). Elba, most recently seen in Guy Ritchie's "Rocknrolla," will appear in six episodes later this season. Details are slim on his plot line, other than he'll play a no-nonsense hire at Dunder Mifflin's corporate office who will throw Michael Scott into turmoil. NBC is expected to announce Elba's casting during the Peacock's portion of the TV Critics Assn. press tour on Thursday. Also

Daily Links
The first of many controversial AmericanIdol pics.[ The Blemish ]There goes Lindsay Lohan's career.[ Celebrity Puke ]Lauren Budd is hotter than your girlfriend.[ Egotastic ]Amy Poehler is getting a new show.[ Fatback Media ]Barack Obama does Parade magazine.[ Celebrity Dirty Laundry ]Fergie is glamorous.[ popbytes ]Steve Carrell bought a store?[ Geno's World ]Paris Hilton lost her camera. Nudepics coming soon?[ Seriously? OMG! WTF? ]I love graffiti.[ City Rag ]

Idris Elba gets 'Office' space - Entertainment News, Web Exclusive, Media - Variety
Thesp Idris Elba has been cast on "The Office" as a new rival to Dunder Mifflin regional manager Michael Scott (Steve Carell). Elba, most recently seen in Guy Ritchie's "Rocknrolla," will appear in six episodes later this season. Details are slim on his plot line, other than he'll play a no-nonsense hire at Dunder Mifflin's corporate office who will throw Michael Scott into turmoil. NBC is expected to announce Elba's casting during the Peacock's portion of the TV Critics Assn. press tour on Thursday. Also