By Dylan P. Gadino | September 14, 2012 at 11:29 am | 3 comments
One half of comedy's favorite television nerd bromance (Troy + Abed), Donald Glover, is producing a comedy series for NBC! It seems Glover -- also known as Childish Gambino in the hip-hop world -- is busying himself outside of the stand-up comedy world and playing Troy on...
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By Laughspin Staff | September 10, 2012 at 2:26 pm | 7 comments
A few weeks ago, we learned 20 staffers were laid off from the Tonight Show and that Jay Leno took a “tremendous” pay cut in order to prevent additional employee cuts. And now we know just how “tremendous” that cut was: 50 percent! The Wall Street Journal today reports...
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By Dylan P. Gadino | August 29, 2012 at 1:31 pm | One comment
Salt Lake City's NBC affiliate may have banned The New Normal from airing in and around their gay-hating, Mormon-soaked, God-fearing city but they cannot ban the Internet. The more human citizens of that locale will be able to peep the show, which centers around a gay couple...
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By Dylan P. Gadino | August 27, 2012 at 12:42 pm | 2 comments
One of NBC's most buzzed-about new Fall comedies has been banned in the Mormon capital of the world Salt Lake City Utah, because it's super gay. That's not exactly the official word from NBC affiliate KSL-TV about why they won't be airing The New Normal when it premieres Sept....
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By Samantha Simon | August 22, 2012 at 12:27 pm | No comments
NBC has dibs on the Michael J. Fox sitcom networks were fighting over last week. The project has Sam Laybourne (Arrested Development, Cougartown) on board as writer and Will Gluck (Easy A) as executive producer and director so it's understandable that such a comedic...
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By Dylan P. Gadino | August 22, 2012 at 11:39 am | No comments
As the only network that’s seen an increase in late night talk show viewership this year, ABC has, for good reason, a lot of confidence in Jimmy Kimmel. So much, in fact, they’re repositioning Jimmy Kimmel Live in their schedule so that it faces off directly against the...
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By Laughspin Staff | August 21, 2012 at 5:57 pm | No comments
On last night's Tonight Show, Jay Leno didn't hide from the fact that 20 staffers were laid off from the show on Friday. Instead, he opened his monologue with a series of quips about it. "Welcome to The Tonight Show, or as Comcast calls us, The Expendables!" Leno announced. "As...
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By Samantha Simon | August 21, 2012 at 5:28 pm | One comment
After the conclusion of its ninth season this year, The Office will be gone forever. Though the show will be missed, after the departure of Steve Carell (included in the photo above) and plummeting ratings, it's time for the show to go gracefully. And The Office showrunner...
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By Laughspin Staff | August 18, 2012 at 9:40 pm | No comments
In order to stem the financial hemorrhaging that's been plaguing NBC, the network has been laying off personnel for months. But last night came perhaps the biggest blow yet. Deadline reports that 20 staffers at The Tonight Show with Jay Leno have been relieved of their jobs and...
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