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i (and undoubtedly others) joked that brian williams ought to consider taking over for jon stewart as his "credibility" as a newsreader is now in jeopardy for fibbing while trying to impress the octogenarians that still watch the nightly news. apparently i (and others) wasnt that far off base as this long expose reveals that he expressed an interest in taking over for letterman and leno upon their retiring. of course if he took over for stewart he might be forced into actually covering the news rather than just mugging for the camera.
i can see why nbc passed on the unbreakable kimmy schmidt, its actually funny and that goes against their core principles regarding comedies lately. apparently they produced this tina fey helmed sitcom, and then realizing it would make the rest of their awful comedies look terrible by comparison, they shipped it off to netflix which has already ordered a second season. its not quite the rapid fire joke machine that 30 rock was but it slowly builds over the course of the first season (ive seen seven of thirteen) into a consistently funny vehicle for ellie kemper (from the office) and her band of misfits.
live long and prosper.
the final nail in nbcs must see thursday comedy lineup gets pounded into the coffin tonight when parks and recreation ends its run. that it is being aired on tuesday at ten after a two hour episode of the biggest loser should tell you all you need to know. which is probably nothing.
Kath & Kim (Australia)
ok, watching the original Australian show (YouTube and Acorn.) Pretty nutty fare, but it's a comedy right? Set in the dial up connection 90's. Can't imagine the US version
with it's 2.5 star
status! Another TV show built around an oddball comedy act. Trending???
i think there is some snl 40th anniversary thing on sunday. seems like every year they find something to "celebrate."
five arguments for the elimination of television
House of Cards Season 3 was apparently up on Netflix for awhile today a few weeks ahead of time. I think it's down now, but it's on the torrent sites.
imagined this was a few years out. end of an era.
We are a couple episodes into The Honourable Woman:
The Honourable Woman is a 2014 British political–spy thriller television miniseries in eight parts, directed and written by Hugo Blickfor the BBC and SundanceTV. Featuring Maggie Gyllenhaal in the title role
Pretty good so far. Has this come up before?