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Posts Tagged ‘Community’


‘Community’ and ’30 Rock’ Renewed for Another Season

by Joe Gillis, May 11 2012 // 10:15 AM

Good news fans of quirky and eccentric sitcoms, both Community and 30 Rock will be back next season. NBC announced late yesterday that both shows will be coming back with 30 Rock getting a final seventy season of 13 episodes and Community going to a fourth season of 13 episodes as well.

It’s nice to see NBC allowing 30 Rock to wrap things up and it’s also nice that the network is giving Community a chance to stay on the air, even if the ratings don’t necessarily support it. Although, when the comedy returned from an extended hiatus the ratings had improved quite a bit making it one of NBC’s highest rated comedies.

With a renewal now secure, the next question, about Community at least, is if both creator/showrunner Dan Harmon and co-star Chevy Chase are going to return. In case you haven’t been following the story, they’ve reportedly had quite a feud going on with Chase apparently storming off the set and Harmon berating the actor at the show’s wrap party.

According to reports, both Chase and Harmon have reputations for being “difficult,” which in Hollywood-speak pretty much means they are dicks. However, its difficult to imagine Community without Harmon or Chase as each make a significant contribution to the show. It will be interesting to see how this plays out.

Posted in: News
Tagged: 30 Rock, Alec Baldwin, Alison Brie, Chevy Chase, Community, Dan Harmon, Fall 2012, Fall TV Season, Joel McHale, NBC, Tina Fey, TV


Take a Listen to Chevy Chase’s Drunk Voicemail to Dan Harmon

by Matt Raub, Apr 4 2012 // 9:00 AM

It’s been no secret for quite some time now how much of a thorn veteran comedian Chevy Chase has been in the side of just about everyone working on NBC’s Community. From rumors of a drunken Chase showing up late to shoots, to his overall difficulty to work with from the rest of the cast, there seems to have been tension for quite some time.

Now, it looks like things have escalated even further as creator Dan Harmon and Chevy had it out at the season wrap party last weekend, which resulted in an angry (and relatively inebriated) message left on Harmon’s voicemail. Here’s a bit of backstory from Deadline.

The chronology of the events, corroborated to me by multiple sources, involves Chase walking off the set of the show on the last day of shooting last month without filming one of his scenes, which reportedly was to close out the season finale.

Then at the wrap party, Harmon got up and gave a “Fuck you, Chevy” speech in front of Chase and his wife and daughter, and encouraged the crew to join him in saying “fuck you” to the actor. Chase left immediately and later left Harmon a profane-laden voice message, a portion of which found its way to the Web after Harmon played it in front of other people.

We’ve got the audio below which you can check out. Who’s to blame for all of this? Nobody can really tell, but we certainly know that it’s going to effect next season on Community as to whether or not we’ll even see the return of Chevy’s Pierce Hawthorne.

Our bet? Bill Murray steps in to replace him and nobody mentions the incident again.

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Posted in: Action · Casting · Comedy · Drama · NBC · News · TV · Video
Tagged: Bill Murray, Channel 101, Chevy Chase, Community, Dan Harmon, Deadline, Drama, Drunk, Joel McHale


‘Community’ Returns Tomorrow Night and We’ve Got Previews and More!

by Joe Gillis, Mar 14 2012 // 2:00 PM

Even though things looked a bit dire last year when NBC put one of our favorite shows, the awesome Community, on extended hiatus, all now is well in the TV Universe again as the show is set to return tomorrow night. To commemorate this great occasion, we’ve got a ton of videos to share with you today.

Among them are vids where Gillian, Yvette, and Joel (who wants to make out with all of you) discuss the big return of the show. Plus, take an early look at Greendale with some sneak peeks and get your fix of the Dean and Jeff as Jim Rash joins Joel on the NBC lot. That’s Academy Award Winner Jim rash to you.

Check out all the videos (and a coupe extra pics) after the break. Look for Community tomorrow night (Thursday) at 8/7C on NBC.

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Posted in: Comedy · NBC · News · TV
Tagged: Alison Brie, Chevy Chase, Community, Dan Harmon, Danny Pudi, Donald Glover, Gillian Jacobs, Greendale Community College, Joel McHale, Yvette Nicole Brown


Dwayne Johnson Signs On For Two Comic Book Adaptations: ‘Hercules’ & ‘Ciudad’

by Sebastian Suchecki, Mar 7 2012 // 8:45 AM

As we previously reported, Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson was in the running to helm Brett Ratner’s Hercules. Now Johnson has officially signed on for the titular role of Ratner’s Hercules film and has also signed on to do an adaptation of the graphic novel Ciudad.

Many fans are excited about the change in career choices that Dwayne Johnson has been making as The Rock is choosing more action films rather than Tooth Fairy 2. With Faster and Fast Five under his belt, as well as the upcoming G.I. Joe:Retaliation and Pain and Gain, Johnson is going back to his action roots for these 2 films.

Ciudad is an action-thriller adaptation of the upcoming Oni Press graphic novel of the same name.

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Posted in: Action · Adaptation · Announcements · Casting · Comics · Drama · Fantasy · News · Sci-Fi
Tagged: Anthony Russo, Arrested Development, Brett Ratner, Ciudad, Community, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Dwayne Johnson, Fast Five, Faster, GI Joe Retaliation, Hercules, Hercules: The Thracian Wars, Joe Russo, Man on Fire, Pain and Gain, Steve Moore, Taken, The Rock, Tooth Fairy 2, You Me and Dupree


‘Community’ Releasing New Animated Shorts Online This Week

by Sebastian Suchecki, Mar 6 2012 // 10:00 AM

Community is known for its off the wall plot lines and clever marketing, and the new promotional campaign for NBC’s cult favorite will not disappoint. Your favorite characters from Community will be getting animated for three promotional shorts designed to drum up interest in the show’s March 15 return to NBC’s schedule.

The announcement was one of many made during Community‘s PaleyFest session on Monday. For those of you unfamiliar with PaleyFest, for a quarter century they have held a festival at the Paley Center for Media in LA, which celebrates the best of television with the creative teams who make the breakthrough programs. It allows for interaction between the creative television community, television stars and their fans in a panel type environment.

The shorts, titled Abed’s Master Key, will debut on March 7 on Hulu, Hulu Plus and NBC.com. They were written by Dave Seger (Channel 101) & Tom Kauffman (Lil Wayne’s Big House).

For those Community fans who can’t wait for March 7th, here’s a preview after the jump:

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Posted in: Animation · Announcements · Comedy · Marketing · NBC · News · Shorts · Sitcoms · TV · Video
Tagged: Abed, Abed's Master Key, Channel 101, Community, Dave Seger, Lil Wayne's Big House, PaleyFest, Tom Kauffman


‘Community’ Returns to NBC In March

by Cortney Zamm, Feb 22 2012 // 2:15 PM

Human Beings everywhere rejoiced yesterday, as NBC released its spring schedule for its Thursday night programming, which included the triumphant return of the little show that could, Community.

Looks like we may get our six seasons and a movie after all. Hearlded by many as the funniest show on television right now, Community is on its third season and stars the likes of Joel McHale, Donald Glover, and Chevy Chase.

While its premise may be simple- the show revolves around a group of friends making their way through community college- the show has had episodes about parallel universes, paintball wars, zombie attacks, and D&D games.

After airing its Christmas episode in early December, Community was put on an indefinite hiatus. While the cast and crew actively assured fans via Twitter that filming was continuing, no one could really be sure whether remaining episodes would ever air. News of casting continued to flow in this week, and now with NBC’s announcement fans are most definitely relieved to have Community return to their televisions.

While Parks and Rec goes on a bit of a break until April 19th, Community takes that time slot and 30 Rock is bumped up to 9:30 PM. When Up All Night wraps up in April, Parks and Rec returns.

Posted in: Comedy · Geek · NBC · Networks · News
Tagged: Alison Brie, Chevy Chase, Community, Dan Harmon, Danny Pudi, Donald Glover, Joel McHale, NBC, Parks and Rec, TV, TV Shows, Up all Night


‘Breaking Bad’ Alum Giancarlo Esposito to Guest Star on ‘Community’

by Cortney Zamm, Feb 17 2012 // 12:30 PM

I’m always excited for NBC’s Thursday night comedy line-up, but lately something is missing. While Parks and Recreation has become one of the funniest shows on television, The Office just isn’t what it used to be, 30 Rock is winding down, and Community is on “hiatus” with no return date in sight.

However, the Community cast and crew is still hard at work filming. Joining the lineup of the already all-star cast and guest stars is Giancarlo Esposito, known best for his spectacular performance as Gus in AMC’s Breaking Bad.

In Community, Esposito will guest star as Gilbert, a long-time employee of Pierce’s deceased and super racist father Cornelius Hawthorne. Not much more is known except that Gilbert has some news concerning Pierce’s inhertiance, which should be sure to cause some hilarious hijynxs for our favorite students at Greendale Community College. Esposito is an amazing actor but we’ve only really seen him as super serious Gus, so it’ll be interesting to see him take on a more comedic role.

So far, there’s no concrete details on if, or when Community will return to NBC. And while it’s awesome that remaining epsiodes are still being shot and could just end up straight to DVD, I hope the show comes back on the air. In the meantime, we’ll just have to make do with little tidbits of news like this, as well as the rest of the Thursday night lineup, which is still pretty funny.

Posted in: Comedy · Geek · NBC · TV
Tagged: 30 Rock, Breaking Bad, Casting, Comedy, Community, NBC, Parks and Rec, The Office, TV


Check Out Previews for Tonight’s ’30 Rock’, ‘Parks and Rec’ and More!

by Joe Gillis, Jan 26 2012 // 1:30 PM

It’s Thursday again so that means more new episodes of some of our favorite shows on NBC tonight. Sure, we still miss Community and hope it’s really coming back.

Until then, at least we’ve still got brand new episodes of 30 Rock, Parks and Recreation and more to help us pass the time. Not only that, we’ve got previews for all the new episodes for you right here too.

First up on 30 Rock, Liz invokes a pact she and Jenna made to each other years before. Then on Parks and Recreation, Knope 2012 goes on a bowling adventure.

Next up, it’s a second episode of 30 Rock called “The Ballad of Kenneth Parcell.” Finally, The Firm is back with a new episode. Havent had a chance to watch that one yet but I would bet the budget for a one hour drama show would have been more than enough to cover the cost of new episodes of Community.

Come on NBC, get with the program and give the viewers what they really want. We don’t mind that you made a mistake, we all do. Just correct it. . . soon.

Check out all the previews after the break.

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Posted in: NBC · News · TV · TV Previews
Tagged: 30 Rock, Alec Baldwin, Alison Brie, Amy Poehler, Community, Jane Krakowski, Joel McHale, Parks and Rec, Parks and Recreation, The Office, Tina Fey, TV, TV Previews


Check This Out: Previews for Tonight’s All New ’30 Rock’, ‘Parks and Rec’ and More!

by Joe Gillis, Jan 12 2012 // 1:30 PM

With the holidays behind us and the second half of the traditional TV season in front, that mean some of our favorite shows are finally returning to the air with new episodes or premiering for the first time this season. Sadly, no new Community so far, but at least we have a few others to entertain us including 30 Rock, Parks and Rec and more.

Naturally, since these shows are returning, we’ve got previews for them to share with you today. We’ve got an early look at Season 6 of 30 Rock as we catch up with Tina Fey and Alec Baldwin to see what they’ve been up to.

Heading to Pawnee, the Knope campaign is in full swing – until Ron Swanson has a little tussle with the law. And in more Parks and Recreation fun… April really doesn’t care.

Meanwhile, Dwight ventures outside of Scranton on The Office and while Andy works to bump up sales. In addition to two sneak peeks, Mindy Kaling takes us on a tour of her office.

Check out all the videos after the break. It all startsd tonight at 8/7C with 30 Rock on NBC.

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Posted in: NBC · News · TV
Tagged: 30 Rock, Alec Baldwin, Community, NBC, Parks and Rec, Rain Wilson, The Office, Tina Fey, TV, TV Previews


Chris Ullrich’s Best of 2011: Movies, TV, Games, Gadgets and More

by Chris Ullrich, Dec 31 2011 // 5:00 PM

As is the usual practice almost anywhere were column inches or post counts matter, writers such as myself take to their keyboards and make lists. I am no exception and, with a great deal of difficulty and toil, have managed to cobble together a list of what I think are some of the best things of 2011.

I don’t really want to bore you with a lot of explanations as to why I picked what I did. Suffice it to say these picks are mine and mine alone. Also, they are not in any particular order, mostly because I find it hard to rank them that closely. Or, I was just too lazy.

Either way, here you go.

Movies

Drive
The Artist
Attack the Block
X-Men: First Class
Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol
The Descendants
Thunder Soul
13 Assassins
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2
Hugo

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Posted in: Best of 2011 · Comics · Games · Movies · News · TV
Tagged: 13 Assassins, 2011, Apple, Archer, Attack the Block, Batman: Arkham City, Best of 2011, Breaking Bad, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, Comics, Community, Criminal: Last of the Innocents, Drive, Forza Motorsport 4, Fringe, Gadgets, Games, Happy Ending, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, Homeland, iA Writer, iOS 5, iPad 2, Justified, Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol, Movies, New Years's Lists, Software, Sons of Anarchy, the artist, TV


‘Community’ Vies For Audience Sympathy with a ‘Save Greendale’ Campaign

by Matt Raub, Dec 8 2011 // 9:00 AM

NBC is under major scrutiny from fans as of late with their ballsy decision to pull fan-favorite Community from their Spring lineup. With that, fans have had a major outpour as to how pissed they are with NBC’s decision. Even TV Guide proved how important the show is to its dedicated community.

Now, the geniuses behind the show itself are working for your sympathy itself by putting together a campaign video to safe the show’s fictional setting, Greendale Community College.

Sure, there are a few character moments here, but also some sincerity as to where this show is going, and that it may never come back. Take a look at the heartwarming video after the jump and join the fight by signing the Save Community online petition.

Let’s win this one!

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Posted in: Announcements · Comedy · Commercials · Fandom · NBC · Networks · News · TV · TV Ratings · Video
Tagged: Allison Brie, Chevy Chase, Community, Dan Harmon, Danny Pudi, Donald Glover, Greendale Community College, Joel McHale, NBC, Yvette Nicole Brown


Web Video Roundup: 2011 Portfolio Supercut, Transformers Fan Film, ‘Community’ Mashed Up with ‘Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’

by Matt Raub, Dec 7 2011 // 4:30 PM

Fan films seem to be huge again all the sudden. This new one featuring our favorite Transformer and a bit too many lens flairs.

This new commercial for Soul Wax Radio features nudity, machinery, and Chevy Chase’s famed comedy album. Warning: Definitely NSFW.

Our favorite puppet bloggers Mario and Fafa of Glove and Boots welcomed their newest character, Jack Woods in their latest video blog.

Fans of the sueprcut fan film rejoice as the official 2011 portfolio is here to show you all of the cool flicks you saw this year.

Speaking of fan films, those who love Naruto may dig (and understand) this true-to-form fan film more than anyone that works here.

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Posted in: Comedy · Fan Films · Fandom · Movies · News · Trailers · TV · Video · Web Video Roundup
Tagged: Cellos, Chevy Chase, Community, Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Glove and Boots, Naruto, Soul Wax Radio, Star Wars, Supercut, Tim & Eric's Billion Dollar Movie, Transformers, Web Video Roundup



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