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 Best TV Series of the '00s 

Joss Whedon, Judd Apatow, HBO prominently featured

Nov 13, 09 2:49 PM CST
(Newser) - From the standard (No. 16, Friday Night Lights) to the quirky (No. 29, Wonder Showzen), the long-running (No. 8, Lost) to the canceled-too-soon (No. 4, Freaks and Geeks), The Onion runs down the 30 best shows of the '00s:
  • No. 1, The Wire: This drama “unfolded like
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entertainment • television • Lost • The Office • The Sopranos • TV shows • Arrested Development • Judd Apatow • The Wire • TV series • Battlestar Galactica • The West Wing • Friday Night Lights • Undeclared • Wonder Showzen • Freaks and Geeks

TV REview

 Office Wedding Draws 
 Cheers, Tears, Few Jeers 

Jim and Pam's nuptials tug on critics' heartstrings

Oct 9, 09 1:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - Jim and Pam's wedding on The Office last night was a bit syrupy, but that's A-OK with most critics. And an ingenious twist made a YouTube gag bearable—even funny. Spoilers ahead:
  • "Dunder Mifflin's golden couple managed to pull it off," Tanner Stranksy writes for Entertainment Weekly,
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entertainment • NBC • The Office • wedding • TV shows • television review • television program

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 Sitcoms Adapt to Find Success 

New comedies borrow from drama, reality TV

Oct 5, 09 4:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - Once, sitcoms ruled the television landscape. Their stellar ratings and cheap production costs made them unstoppable in the ‘90s, but their success was also their undoing: With so many options, viewers tired of the format. TV moved on to serious dramas and trashy reality programming. Now, the sitcom,... More »

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television • The Office • Seinfeld • sitcom • How I Met Your Mother • Nurse Jackie

Ballsy Move Helped Gervais Cast New Movie

Phillip Seymour Hoffman has a really good sense of humor

Sep 25, 09 3:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - Ricky Gervais, perhaps best known for the original version of The Office, bids for movie stardom with The Invention of Lying, out next week. Gervais co-wrote, co-directed, and stars as the only person on earth with the ability to lie. He tells the Telegraph about the experience, and what jumps... More »

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entertainment • film • The Office • film director • Ricky Gervais • Philip Seymour Hoffman • screenwriters • movies • The Invention of Lying

tv rant

 Fie on the Office Wedding 

Jim and Pam are the height of bland

Sep 24, 09 3:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - After 5 years of the will-they-or-won't-they dance, Jim and Pam of The Office will tie the knot in the Oct. 8 episode, and the prenuptial PR blitz has sent one blogger around the bend. "We're already sick of these two insufferable lovebirds," enemy of drawn-out romance Brian Moylan... More »

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entertainment • television • NBC • The Office • wedding • sitcom • John Krasinski • weddings • Entertainment Weekly • Jenna Fischer • sitcoms

emmy awards

 Mad Men, 30 Rock Clean Up 

Close, Cranston snag back-to-back drama awards for leading roles; Collette, Baldwin top comedy winners

Sep 20, 09 10:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Emmy Awards ended with a spell of deja vu as Mad Men won its second consecutive best drama trophy and 30 Rock captured its third straight best comedy award tonight in Los Angeles. Glenn Close of Damages and Bryan Cranston of Breaking Bad, last year's winners for lead roles... More »

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Saturday Night Live • 24 • Alec Baldwin • The Office • Tina Fey • award show • 30 Rock • Emmy Awards • Mad Men • Pushing Daisies • Toni Collette • United States of Tara • Kristin Chenoweth • Jon Cryer • Two and a Half Men

(Newser) - It jiggles. It droops. It covers naughty parts. Let's face it, fat is funny, especially when a guy knows how to work it. Super Tremendous lists the funniest fat men:
  • Jason Alexander: His George Costanza character on Seinfeld revealed the tragic life of "a short, stocky, slow-witted bald
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Saturday Night Live • The Office • Seinfeld • Ricky Gervais • comedian • John Belushi • Chris Farley • Jason Alexander • John Candy • George Costanza

 All-Time Best 
 TV and Movie Drunks 

Norm, Frank the Tank make the list

Sep 19, 09 11:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - Everyone likes a funny drunk, right? Barstools lists the most lovable movie and TV boozehounds of all time:
  • Who comes to mind first? Norm Peterson from Cheers, of course. "The crowd shouted 'Norm' every time he walked through the door to belly up to the bar."
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entertainment • television • alcohol • alcoholism • The Office • sitcom • Charlie Chaplin • Will and Grace • Will Ferrell • movies • drunk • Billy Bob Thornton • John Belushi • Cheers • Animal House • Old School

(Newser) - We job-obsessed Americans like to say we work like dogs, but over in Russia they call it "working like Americans," notes Stephen Marche in Esquire, where he probes the "insane" American addiction to work. It's a habit we may finally break, but only thanks to soaring unemployment.... More »

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The Office • unemployment • work addiction • job • workplace

emmy awards

 Family Guy Scores Nod; 
 30 Rock Leads With 22 Noms 

Mad Men also rakes them in

Jul 16, 09 8:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - The list of Emmy nominations, out today, is full of familiar names. One surprise: Family Guy is nominated for best comedy series—it's only the second animated show to get a nod in the category, the Los Angeles Times reports. The Fox stalwart is up against Entourage, 30 Rock, The ... More »

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entertainment • television • The Office • comedy • award show • 30 Rock • Emmy Awards • Weeds • Family Guy • How I Met Your Mother • Battlestar Galactica • Neil Patrick Harris • Mad Men • Grey Gardens • True Blood • Flight of the Conchords

(Newser) - The proliferation of wide-screen televisions and the rising tide of high-definition programming have created viewing troubles on both sides of TV’s technological divide, the Minneapolis Star-Tribune reports. On older models, with a 4:3 screen aspect ratio, new HD shows often have a huge chunk of picture missing; old... More »

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television • HDTV • The Office • high definition • aspect ratio


 Office's Angela, Hubby Split Up  

Pair split after 8 years, but she must keep working with his bro

Feb 18, 09 3:28 PM CST
(Newser) - Angela Kinsey, who plays Angela on The Office, and her husband of 8 years are separating less than a year after having their first child, Us Weekly reports. "They are taking some time apart to figure out what is best," her rep said, adding, "They continue... More »

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The Office • gossip • celebrity divorces • Angela Kinsey • Warren Lieberstein • Paul Lieberstein

(Newser) - NBC today made official what everyone expected: The network renewed 30 Rock and The Office for the 2009-10 TV season. The Biggest Loser also got picked up for another run, though the fates of fan favorites such as Heroes, Chuck, Lipstick Jungle, Friday Night Lights, and Life are on shakier... More »

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NBC • The Office • Tina Fey • 30 Rock • network television

 Jack Black Lands Office Gig 

Comedian will star as himself

Dec 16, 08 10:22 AM CST
(Newser) - Not only did The Office score the sought-after post-Super Bowl slot, it will also feature Jack Black as a guest star. The comedian will play himself in a bootlegged movie the Dunder Mifflin workers try to watch, Entertainment Weekly reports. Black, who rarely appears in guest spots, is not the... More »

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television • Super Bowl • The Office • sitcom • Jack Black • TV series • guest appearance

Poehler Bids Funny-Sad Farewell to SNL

New mom is leaving to focus on baby, online series, Office spinoff

Dec 14, 08 10:45 AM CST
(Newser) - In her second week back from maternity leave, Amy Poehler bid a heartfelt goodbye to Saturday Night Live, reports Access Hollywood—and was promptly upstaged. As the actress became choked up, cast member Fred Armisen, playing blind New York Gov. David Paterson, wandered in front of the camera. Poehler... More »

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Saturday Night Live • The Office • Amy Poehler • Fred Armisen • David Paterson • Weekend Update

 Poehler's 
 SNL Return 
 Only a Cameo 

Reprised role just a cameo for new mom

Dec 8, 08 8:36 AM CST
(Newser) - Amy Poehler made a surprise return to Saturday Night Live as Hillary Clinton, reports TV Guide, but the appearance was only a cameo. With Darrell Hammond at her side as husband Bill, Poehler lampooned Clinton's appointment as secretary of state in an opening sketch. The comedienne gave birth 6 weeks... More »

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Saturday Night Live • Hillary Clinton • NBC • Bill Clinton • The Office • Seth Meyers • Amy Poehler • Darrell Hammond • Mike Schur

How Jim Popped the Question

Long-awaited Office proposal cost big bucks and required huge
rain machines

Oct 26, 08 7:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - Jim’s proposal to Pam at a gas station rest stop may have looked spur-of-the-moment, but a top creative on The Office says it took weeks of planning and high-tech special effects. To create the 52-second scene, the production team built a replica of a rest stop on Merritt Parkway... More »

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television • NBC • The Office • John Krasinski • Jenna Fischer

Who Ya
Gonna Call? Ghostbusters Gear Up Again

Original cast will return for second sequel

Sep 5, 08 3:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Mystical evildoers, beware: The Ghostbusters are back. A team of writers from The Office will provide the script for the third installment of the blockbuster franchise, Variety reports. The stars of the 1984 film and its 1989 sequel, including Bill Murray and Dan Aykroyd, are slated to return,... More »

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Hollywood • The Office • Bill Murray • Dan Aykroyd • sequel • Ghostbusters

GLOSSIES

 The Office Jinx Strikes Again 

Wilson repeats big-screen failures to which his sitcom-mates have become accustomed

Aug 22, 08 2:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - Do The Rocker's poor reviews and sagging ticket sales prove there's an Office curse? Office stars can't replicate that show's success on the big screen, Dan Kois writes in New York, and the evidence backs him up: After The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Steve Carell starred in a series of mostly forgettable... More »

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television • film • The Office • Steve Carell • movie review • box office • Ricky Gervais • John Krasinski • Rainn Wilson • Jenna Fischer • The Rocker • Leatherheads

 Office Actor Charged
 With Possession, DUI

Craig Robinson was on speed, coke, cannabis, police say

Aug 15, 08 8:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Office actor Craig Robinson has been hit with drug possession and misdemeanor DUI charges, according to a complaint released today. Los Angeles police say they pulled Robinson over for a traffic violation this summer, discovered drugs in his car, and found him high on amphetamines, cocaine, and cannabis. The... More »

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The Office • DUI • actor • Craig Robinson • television personality • drug charges

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