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 -

Amy Poehler's New NBC Show No Longer 'Office' Spin-Off
Originally set up as an "Office" spin-off, during development of the show, creators Greg Daniels and Micheal Schur, took things in a different direction entirely. VIEW THE PHOTOS: Hollywood Blondes "The idea we had was to have a group of people from a lot of different areas, citizens, people in a government, trying to work on a problem," Michael explained at NBC's TCA panel on Thursday. "And I think we thought it would be funny if that problem took a long time to solve." The comedy b

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

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!

Untitled Amy Poehler Project, Still Untitled
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If You Like Fey and Poehler and Palin and Clinton, You'll Love Them as Couric and Palin
 We're sad that Amy Poehler won't be returning to SNL after she gives birth, because no matter what happens in this election, Tina Fey and Poehler are a political team to be reconed with. After the jump, Poehler's Katie Couric interviews Fey's Palin for the opening scene of Saturday Night Live.  Related:Live from New York: Fey and Poehler do Palin and ClintonSloppy Seconds: Which "Baby Mama" Star is Knocked-Up For Real?Everyone Attacks: Obama and HillarySimple Math: Funny

NBC renews 'Office,' 'Rock,' 'Loser' - Entertainment News, TV News, Media - Variety
NBC has given early pickups to Peacock staples "The Office," "30 Rock" and "The Biggest Loser." Renewals were announced Thursday afternoon during NBC's portion of the TV Critics Assn. press tour by new primetime entertainment prexy Angela Bromstad and incoming alternative topper Paul Telegdy. "These renewals represent our faith in 'The Office' and '30 Rock' as they continue to represent the gold standard in acclaimed and award-winning series," Bromstad said. Thursday's tour stop repped Bromstad's and Telegd

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, 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

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, 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

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

Palin on SNL? ‘All in good time,’ producer says
NEW YORK (AP) -- It seems like the inevitable comedic summit of this fall’s presidential campaign: the real Sarah Palin coming on "Saturday Night Live" to meet her look-alike impersonator, Tina Fey. Tina Fey, left, portrays Gov. Sarah Palin during an SNL skit. Right, Palin waves to the crowd. "All in good time," said a cagey Lorne Michaels, longtime executive producer of NBC’s "Saturday Night Live," which has been rejuvenated this fall by Fey’s three skits

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

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

Clueless French Newspaper MisIdentifies 'Troubled' Tina Fey as Sarah Palin [Foreign Policy Debacle]
The Tina Fey-as-Sarah Palin phenomenon has officially found its absurdist zenith in France (where else), where the daily paper Le Soleil recently printed a photograph of last week's Palin/Couric SNL sketch to accompany a story about Palin's "hesitant, troubled and clumsy" press-handling skills. The minor controversy that ensued had photo source Agence France-Presse scrambling to defend itself Thursday, insisting it had accurately identified Fey and Amy Poehler in the SNL still and that the caption goof was

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

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

Candy Dish: Blame Canada (Well, Their Geese)
The US Airways flight was brought down by a bird?! Fergie works it for MAC. Barack Obama trading cards. Top Shop is finally coming to the US! Brad Pitt is just like me loves the pot. There is a silver lining to the current economic situation. It’s time to do some beauty detox. What a cute little teddy….oh, wait. That’s Mini [...]

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

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

Oops! Newspapers around the world use SNL pic as official Palin one - VIDEO
Filed under: Saturday Night Live, Video, Celebrities, Reality-FreeAs I was eating breakfast while flipping the pages of a French local newspaper this morning, my eyes caught the picture above, which accompanied an article about Sarah Palin. I couldn't put my finger on it right away, but I knew there was a problem with this picture. The caption under it says that during interviews, Palin is hesitant, troubled and clumsy but didn't offer more on where the picture was taken and who was on the right.All d