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

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

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

Untitled Amy Poehler Project, Still Untitled
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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

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!

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

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 -

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.

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

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

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, 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

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

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

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

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

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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

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

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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

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

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