In case you didn’t know, NBC is taking a little break from its regular primetime programming soon to bring you about 10000 hours of the Winter Olympics. Then, after the Olympics are over, they will bring back all the shows you missed with brand new episodes. Plus, they will be debuting a few new shows as well.

Of course, one of our favorite shows, Community, will be returning and to get to you excited, NBC is bringing American Idol alum Katherine McPhee on the show and we’ve got a preview of that to share with you today. Also, the network will debut a new show, Parenthood, from Exec. Producers Ron Howard and Brian Grazer and based loosely on the film of the same name, after the Olympics.

We’ve got an extended preview of that show for you today as well. In the preview, the cast, which included Peter Krause, Monica Potter, Lauren Graham, Erika Christensen, Dax Shepherd and Craig T. Nelson, discusses the show and how it will find humor in real parenting situations.

Catch Community on Thursdays at 8/7C and Parenthood premieres on Tuesday, March 2 at 10/9C on NBC.

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Just because I am a chick, it doesn’t mean I am a champion of the romantic comedy. It’s quite the opposite as you’d be hard pressed to find many I care to crow about. I prefer horror and gore to a rom-com romp. There is so much drivel that tries to pass itself off as entertainment (I’m looking at YOU, Leap Year, and YOU, The Proposal), but I found this movie to be a real breath of fresh air in a genre that has long since gone stagnant.

Kristen Bell plays Beth, an art curator, who is in the middle of planning a large benefit gala. After she experiences a humiliating evening at the hands of her ex, Beth’s little sister shows up, squealing that she is engaged to be married to a man from Italy whom she has only known for two weeks. They are getting married immediately, and Beth must fly to Italy to be the maid of honor. She manages to clear a few days to attend, no thanks to her over-bearing boss played by Anjelica Huston.

During the dress rehearsal, a dashing groomsman (Nick, played by Josh Duhamel) catches her eye. The two flirt the night away, and Beth is obviously being swept off her feet. However, a misunderstanding about another woman derails her magical night, and she ends up having an impromptu pity party in a fountain with a bottle of champagne. Before she leaves, she snags a few coins from the “fountain of love,” just for spite.

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