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  • July 2008

    • Larry David, Curb Returning

      Reuters  |  Jul 11, 08 10:06 AM CDT

      Larry David, Curb Returning

      (Newser) - Irascible Larry David will be bringing Curb Your Enthusiasm back for a seventh series, reports Reuters. New episodes of the edgy comedy are expected to air early next year, more than a year after last year's series ended in November 2007. HBO bosses says the Seinfeld creator is—you guessed it— enthusiastic about the return to the small screen. More »

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      television  • HBO  • sitcom  • Larry David  • Curb Your Enthusiasm  • Seinfeld

  • May 2008

    • Seinfeld : Still a Classic?

      Newsweek  |  May 4, 08 7:45 PM CDT

      Seinfeld : Still a Classic?

      (Newser) - Does the sitcom "about nothing” still evoke something—like laughs? Two TV critics revisited Seinfeld and emerged with different takes on the nutty New Yorkers. David Noonan argues that great actors—including an awesome string of small-part oddballs—still make the comedy sparkle. "They add a deep and essential layer of psychosis to the show," he writes in Newsweek . More »

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      television  • comedy  • Jerry Seinfeld  • sitcom  • stand up comedy  • Seinfeld  • Julia Louis Dreyfuss

  • March 2008

    • Britney Solid in TV Cameo

      Associated Press  |  Mar 25, 08 9:51 AM CDT

      Britney Solid in TV Cameo

      (Newser) - Britney Spears looked "fresh-faced and relaxed" in her role on How I Met Your Mother last night, AP reports. The pop tart played a love-struck receptionist with a big crush on Josh Radnor in her cameo on the CBS sitcom. Reviewers—relieved to see Britney on-screen and acting normally—said she turned in an OK performance. More »

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      television  • Britney Spears  • sitcom  • cameo  • How I Met Your Mother  • Josh Radnor

    • Writers Strike Breathes New Life Into Scrubs

      Hollywood Reporter  |  Mar 24, 08 11:58 AM CDT

      Writers Strike Breathes New Life Into Scrubs

      (Newser) - The Writers Guild strike not only didn't deliver the death blow to Scrubs —it may have resurrected the veteran sitcom, according to the Hollywood Reporter . Production restarted today on the show, which NBC had already decided not to renew beyond a handful of episodes left over from before the job action. In stepped ABC, which owns the studio that produces the show, and a deal is near for an eighth season. More »

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      television  • NBC  • Writers Guild of America  • ABC  • sitcom  • Scrubs

    • Brit Behavin' in Sitcom Cameo

      People  |  Mar 13, 08 6:49 PM CDT

      Brit Behavin' in Sitcom Cameo

      (Newser) - Britney Spears is acting like a lady on the set of the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother , her cast-mates report—and Spears is "having a blast" herself, she tells People . Spears arrived promptly for work at a Los Angeles studio early yesterday morning, then again this afternoon after keeping a scheduled visit with her two young sons, the mag adds. More »

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      Britney Spears  • CBS  • Jamie Spears  • Lynne Spears  • sitcom  • cameo  • How I Met Your Mother  • Josh Radnor

  • October 2007

    • Seinfeld Spot May Backfire for 30 Rock

      New York Observer  |  Oct 5, 07 5:15 PM CDT

      Seinfeld Spot May Backfire for 30 Rock

      (Newser) - Seinfeld played Seinfeld once again in an irony-drenched cameo on "30 Rock" last night: In order to boost ratings, a fictional NBC exec decides to digitally insert Jerry into all prime-time shows. The kicker is that the self-parodic comic may not liven things up anymore, the New York Observe r's Jake Brooks writes—and heretofore-fab "30 Rock" might be done for. More »

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      television  • Jerry Seinfeld  • Tina Fey  • 30 Rock  • sitcom  • cameo

    • Sitcom Promises Syriana , Delivers Wonder Years

      Slate  |  Oct 2, 07 4:42 PM CDT

      Sitcom Promises Syriana , Delivers Wonder Years

      (Newser) - The new sitcom Aliens in America courts controversy by planting a Muslim Pakistani in an American high school—but it ends up just another suburban comedy. A mom orders a foreign exchange student as an insta-friend for her dorky son, only to find the equally dorky Raja Musharaff waiting at the airport. The setup all but ensures “post-9/11 hijinx,” Slate says. More »

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      Pakistan  • television  • Islam  • high school  • sitcom

  • September 2007

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