While NBC didn't make the aggressive plunge into pre-upfronts announcements that FOX took on Tuesday, the Peacock still began its series pickups on Wednesday with a pair of dramas and a pair of comedies.
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Will Arnett ("Arrested Development") will join Christina Applegate and Maya Rudolph in NBC's untitled comedy pilot, written by "SNL" alumna Emily Spivey, according to Deadline.
The pilot, execut...
Emmy-winner Christina Applegate, one of the most in demand talents this pilot season, will star in a comedy pilot produced by Lorne Michaels ("Saturday Night Live") for NBC, according to NY Mag's Vulture Blog.
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It's strange that the Farrelly Brothers have become known for and identified by the most outrageous moments in their comedies.
Sure, they love to push buttons, and in "Hall Pass," their latest film, there...
My experience with the Farrelly Brothers goes back to ShoWest 1999. That was one of the first press events I attended as Moriarty, and it was hard to get stars and filmmakers to agree to talk to someone who arri...
One of the hardest things in playing best friends in a movie is finding a way to create the shorthand that exists between people who have genuinely known each other for years or even decades And as an actor, you...
Noomi Rapace as Sim, Robert Downey, Jr. as Sherlock Holmes and Jude Law as Dr. Watson in Warner Bros. Pictures' and Village Roadshow Pictures' action adventure mystery "Sherlock Holmes II."
I've railed about the state of the art of the studio romantic comedy many times here on the blog. There was a time when "romantic comedy" was a broad descriptor that could be used to define "The P...
The Four Seasons hotel was the site of a rambunctious gathering of the most of the cast and filmmakers of "Going The Distance," the new romantic comedy starring Drew Barrymore and Justin Long. The film explo...
Go ahead, trendwatchers. Write your "Emmy voters stick it to Jay Leno" stories, but Emmy voters have always preferred Conan O'Brien to Jay Leno, so this morning was just a reaffirmation of Emmy precedent, ra...
