2013 Emmy Nominations for Comedy
by Here’s the thing you have to remember about the Emmys: As much as the TV people like to send out mixed messages (they love to …
Tag: Parks and Recreation
Jim Meskimen auditions with impersonations on America’s Got Talent
Bet you didn’t think your nerd love for Parks and Recreation would come in handy while watching auditions for NBC’s America’s Got Talent, did you? …
Upfront about Upfronts: The state of the sitcom at NBC, May 2013
Welcome to Upfronts! The annual TV pageant in which each network puts its new shows and returning hit series on display for potential advertisers. This …
Retta’s stand-up on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
You may recognize Retta as Donna from NBC’s Parks and Recreation. But you better Retta recognize her as a stand-up comedian, too — she performed …
Patton Oswalt’s fully-improvised “Star Wars” plot, cut from NBC’s “Parks and Recreation”
Patton Oswalt guest-stars on this week’s episode of Parks and Recreation on NBC as a Pawnee resident who filibusters a city council meeting by talking …
Ron Swanson’s, er, Nick Offerman’s 10 Secrets to Life
Where does Nick Offerman end and Ron Swanson begin? To be fair, Offerman isn’t the first comedian to portray a fictitious and yet slightly realistic …
New York Times seeks a food critic; top editor acknowledges Aziz Ansari’s interest in same
Social media sure is bringing us all together more than ever, isn’t it? Yesterday, the New York Times announced that it was moving Sam Sifton …