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At the movies, a getaway to a cabin in the woods always spells disaster. Nothing good comes of it. It’s either something grotesquely violent or a wrenchingly grim vision that exposes carefully constructed facades. In such a space, with isolation hovering intensely, it becomes impossible to rescue shards of hope and joy if there’s not authenticity in place. The remote cabin is primed as a unique space that unleashes long-caged demons and gives utterance to hidden scars. There can be no escape. Nora Kirkpatrick’s “A Tree Fell In The Woods” attunes itself to the complications and conundrums that may sprout in such a space.

She weaves a tale of couples, revealing tensions simmering underneath loyalty and mutual trust that had earlier seemed rock-solid, immutable. Gradually, the frays show when individuals are put in a situation and forced to reckon with its ugly but imperative consequences. Should they...

Going into a title like “A Tree Fell in the Woods,” many potential plot ideas might come to mind. Are we in store for a new horror comedy flick, a la "The Cabin in the Woods?" Will we witness an inspiring tale about a hard-working lumberjack? Most likely, though, the title will serve as a reminder of that age-old question most of us have been asked at least once in our lives: “If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?” For better or for worse, this new movie, from writer-director Nora Kirkpatrick in her feature debut, doesn’t attempt to provide an answer to that. Yes, there are woods, and a tree does...

A chamber piece about long-term relationship woes, Nora Kirkpatrick’s feature debut “A Tree Fell in the Woods” rests on the considered performances of its four lead actors, who play entwined couples considering their futures. However, this single-location comedy-drama seldom draws its power from the space in which it’s set. The comforts of its isolated mountain cabin not only refuse to enhance the bubbling pressures, but in many ways deflate them. The result is a film of casual observations from afar, and scenes strung together almost vignette-style, rather than unfolding as a result of toppling domestic dominoes.

Set in a cozy rented cabin, the New Year’s Eve getaway re-unites a pair of college best friends: novelist and editor Debs (Alexandra Daddario) and financier Mitch (Josh Gad). They each bring along their respective spouses, who’ve only met in passing: Debs is not-so-happily married to nature photographer Josh (Daveed Diggs...

If pop culture is to be believed, nothing good has ever come from a couple dashing off to a cute little cabin in the woods. This year alone, the sly sci-fi Companion, Netflix’s drab dramedy The Four Seasons and the twisted Sundance rom-com Oh, Hi! have each taken turns considering the many, many different ways a weekend getaway might pressure-test a relationship, until fault lines become chasms big enough to swallow entire lives whole.

Adding to that collection now is Nora Kirkpatrick’s debut feature, A Tree Fell in the Woods, premiering at Tribeca. In the canon of vacation-set marriage exposés, it’s mid-tier, entertaining in parts but neither profound nor original enough to blaze any new trails. But in its epiphany that our most complicated relationships are the ones we have with ourselves, it delivers an intriguing if incomplete snapshot of Millennial anxiety.

The falling tree of the...

Spin-offs aren't always a good idea. For every "Frasier" or "Young Sheldon," which originated from "Cheers" and "The Big Bang Theory" respectively, there's a "Joey," the follow-up to "Friends" that spectacularly crashed and burned. "The Office" didn't get a spin-off immediately after it ended in 2013, but it almost did — and one of the show's last episodes was a backdoor pilot for the spin-off that never was. It's a good thing it never came to fruition, frankly ... because it would have screwed up the happy ending between main characters Dwight Schrute (Rainn Wilson) and Angela Martin (Angela Kinsey).

The 17th episode of the ninth and final season of "The Office," simply titled "The Farm," was intended as a backdoor pilot — a seemingly bygone practice where showrunners would center an episode around characters and scenarios that they hope will result in a spin-off later. In the episode as it aired, Dwight goes...

Exclusive: Duplass Brothers Production recently wrapped production on the Katie Aselton-directed feature Magic Hour, starring Daveed Diggs. Aselton stars alongside Diggs in the project which she co-wrote with Mark Duplass.

Details regarding the project’s plot and character descriptions are under wraps. Magic Hour is executive produced by Duplass, Mel Eslyn and Jay Duplass. Emily Neumann produced.

Aselton is a multi-hyphenate with directing credits including The Freebie (2010), Black Rock (2012) and most recently, Mack & Rita (2022) and acting credits that span both TV and film. On TV, she starred in FX’s Legion and Apple TV+’s The Morning Show; and on the big screen, in Old Dads (2023), The Unholy (2021), Bombshell (2019) and the John Lithgow and Blythe Danner feature The Tomorrow Man. She is repped by CAA and Untitled Entertainment.

Up next for Diggs, he will star as Josh in the indie film A Tree...

Nominees have been announced for the 76th annual Writers Guild Awards, and Star Trek: Picard squeaked in just under the wire.

The concluded Paramount+ quasi-revival saw its series finale nominated in the Episodic Drama category. Other first-time nominees include freshman shows Shrinking, The Last of Us, The Curse and The Diplomat.

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Of course, usual suspects like Succession,...

The 2024 Writers Guild Awards nominations have been revealed.

The nominees in the category of original screenplay are Air, Barbie, The Holdovers, May December and Past Lives.

In the adapted screenplay category the nominees are American Fiction, Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret, Killers of the Flower Moon, Nyad and Oppenheimer.

In an unusual move this year, the WGA Awards will take place after the Oscars, with the winners awarded on April 14.

A complete list of this year’s nominees follows.

Screenplay Nominees

Original Screenplay

Air, Written by Alex Convery; Amazon MGM Studios

Barbie, Written by Greta Gerwig & Noah Baumbach; Warner Bros. Pictures

The Holdovers, Written by David Hemingson; Focus Features

May December, Screenplay by Samy Burch, Story by Samy Burch & Alex Mechanik; Netflix

Past Lives, Written by Celine Song; A24

Adapted Screenplay

American Fiction, Screenplay by Cord Jefferson, Based upon the novel Erasure by Percival Everett; Amazon MGM Studios

Are You There God?...

We’ve all made the “Cop Rock” jokes. The Steven Bochco musical drama, which premiered in fall 1990, was a big swing: marrying original music with procedural storytelling. It was a colossal flop that we still talk about three decades later, and a reminder that musicals are hard.

Music has been a part of the TV landscape going back to the 1950s and shows like “Your Hit Parade.” But few series have successfully integrated regular music performances into their storytelling: “The Monkees” and “The Partridge Family” worked in the 1960s and ’70s. “Fame” did it in the early ’80s. And then “Cop Rock” scared people off the concept.

The 1990s animation boom incorporated music in shows like “The Simpsons” and “Animaniacs.” But not until the 21st century did scripted series really figure out how to make musical numbers work as part of the narrative. “Flight of the Conchords” did it with satiric tracks,...

Exclusive: Established TV Literary agent Zach Carlisle is leaving ICM Partners to join Tfc Management, the company launched in 2020 by senior TV lit agents Ben Jacobson and David Stone, which represents creators, showrunners, filmmakers and producers.

Carlisle’s exit from ICM is amicable, with many of his clients planning to remain at ICM and join Carlisle as a manager. It is the latest departure from the agency ahead of its pending acquisition by CAA.

Carlisle began his career at Verve, where he was one of the agency’s first employees. He was promoted to agent in 2011, and helped launch Verve’s television group. He left to join ICM in 2018.

While at ICM, Carlisle has built a solid roster of creators and filmmakers, including Steve Yockey (The Flight Attendant), Jonathan Igla (Hawkeye), Megan Park (The Fallout), Nora Kirkpatrick (Daisy Jones & The Six), Robert Munic (Power: Force), Scott Gold (Chicago Pd), among others.

Warning: contains spoilers for The Office seasons 1-9.

“Geese and goats and Schrutes and hijinks at the Bed and Breakfast” is how Rainn Wilson, the actor behind The Office‘s Dwight K. Schrute, summed up proposed spin-off The Farm, which never went beyond its pilot episode. Speaking to fans on a Reddit Ama back in 2012, Wilson called the Dwight-focussed show a terrific, weird yet accessible rural family comedy. Had it been ordered to series, it would have told the story of the Dunder Mifflin paper salesman running a 1,600 acre farm and B&b with his brother and sister.

“It would have been a really big hit,” The Farm writer-director Paul Lieberstein told ‘The Office Deep Dive with Brian Baumgartner’ podcast in 2021. Lieberstein was co-showrunner on The Office for seasons five to eight, and played Hr manager Toby Flenderson on the comedy. He told podcast presenter Brian Baumgartner how disappointed he...

Exclusive: Oscar- and Emmy-winning director Barry Levinson is moving into the world of interactive storytelling. Levinson and his The Levinson Fontana Company is teaming with interactive video entertainment company eko on a new live-action drama series in which the viewer decides the course of the story. The Jury Room (working title), which will be directed by Levinson, is slated for a 2020 release on eko’s platform.

The Jury Room (wt) is set in the trial of a domestic terror event, in which unearthed evidence of possible government involvement and a subsequent cover-up is debated by twelve jurors. The viewer is one of them, navigating the social dynamics of the jury room as well as the evidence itself to decide the verdict.

“At eko, we are all about giving viewers meaningful choices that deeply shape the narrative. So it is a particular thrill to collaborate with a master of filmmaking like Barry.

Exclusive: Sony Pictures Television has begun accepting applications for its sixth annual Diverse Directors Program, which is part of Spt’s overall strategy to identify and engage emerging talent from a wide range of backgrounds.

Up to 15 semi-finalists will be selected from as many as 300 participate in the Diverse Directors Program’s episodic directing workshop consisting of evenings of discussion and instruction from working directors, production personnel and entertainment professionals. Finalists then will be to shadow television directors on various Spt series.

“One of the best ways for programming to reflect the true, diverse experiences of our viewers is to have diversity behind the camera as well,” said Jeffrey Glaser, Evp Scripted Programming. “Over the years, our Diverse Directors Program has given a platform to talent that has historically been underrepresented. We’re looking forward to ushering in another class of talented directors.”

Last year’s finalists worked on Spt series including Schooled,...

Nora Kirkpatrick and Funny or Die are teaming on The Coop, an eight-episode interactive series for Eko. Production is underway with casting to begin this week.

Created by Kirkpatrick, who directs all episodes, the first season of The Coop is described as Big Brother meets an Agatha Christie novel. After a housemate on a reality TV show is mysteriously murdered on New Year’s Eve, you, ‘the viewer’ will have to decide which of the remaining cast mates killed him, and why they did it. ‘The viewer’ is an integral part of the story, given the responsibility of choosing what path to take and how the story will continue.

Kirkpatrick developed The Coop with Kate Lilly, former director of digital for Funny Or Die, who remains a producer on the project. Funny Or Die’s Adrien Finkel is a producer.

Kirkpatrick is the creator, writer, director of Hulu live-action Vr series,...

Updated with semifinalists, 10:15 Am: Sony Pictures Television has announced the 15 semifinalists in its 2018 Diverse Directors Program. The shortlisted folks for fifth annual initiative are Amir Farhang, Charissa Sanjarernsuithikul, Darien Sills-Evans, James Sims, Jeannette Godoy, Kim Nguyen, Leena Pendharkar, Lynda Reiss, Maria Burton, Mel Rodriguez III, Nora Kirkpatrick, Ryan Richmond, Stephanie Martin, Tiffanie Hsu and X. Dean Lim.

Previous Exclusive, June 18: Sony Pictures Television has begun accepting applications for its fifth annual Diverse Directors Program, aimed at providing opportunities to talented artists of diverse backgrounds.

Fifteen semi-finalists will participate in the Diverse Directors Program’s episodic directing workshop consisting of six evenings of discussion and instruction from working directors, production personnel and entertainment professionals. About five finalists will then be chosen to work closely with established TV directors on episodes of hour and half-hour scripted Spt series. Last year’s program finalists worked on such shows as The Blacklist,...

“We wanted to do something where the viewer is the lead character,” reveals “Door No. 1” creator Nora Kirkpatrick, who wrote and directed the first-ever interactive live-action Vr comedy. “We wanted you to have a sense of responsibility in this story and be a part of the story” so that “the story can’t continue without you.” Watch our exclusive video interview with Kirkpatrick above.

See Emmy spotlight: Hulu showcases virtue of Vr with ‘Door No. 1,’ an interactive comedy series by Nora Kirkpatrick

Viewers walk through the shoes of Alex, who is attending his 10-year high school reunion. Shown in a full 360 degrees, the Hulu original allows audiences to pick and choose what paths to take at key points in the story. You can bust a move on the dance floor, pursue a former flame, confront a bully, or get high with the janitor (Snoop Dogg).

“Every viewer who watches will...

The TV academy is to be applauded for embracing new technology with the introduction of Emmy Awards for the likes of Best Original Interactive Program. One of the most innovative contenders in that category this year is the Hulu live-action Vr comedy series, “Door No. 1.”

Nora Kirkpatrick, who was a standout on season 9 of “The Office” as Dwight’s would-be girlfriend, goes behind the camera as both writer and director of this breakthrough program. The immersive experience is shown in a full 360 degrees and allows the viewer to pick and choose at key points in the story.

See 2018 Emmys calendar: Two-week voting starts June 11, nominations on July 12, ceremony on September 17

You walk in the shoes of Alex, who is attending a 10-year high school reunion. Part of the appeal of “Door No. 1” is that repeated viewings take the audience on different paths, with new decisions to be made at various junctures in the story.

On Wednesday, June 6, in Hollywood, Gold Derby’s 2018 Emmy party welcomed more than 200 performers, executives, publicists and industry insiders to the Spare Room at the Roosevelt Hotel to celebrate the TV awards season. The many celebs included Emmy contenders like Louie Anderson (“Baskets”), Rachel Bloom (“Crazy Ex-Girlfriend”), Logan Browning (“Dear White People“), Marc Maron (“Glow”), and J.B. Smoove (“Curb Your Enthusiasm”), as well as contestants from this season of “RuPaul’s Drag Race.” Click through our photo gallery above to see many of the famous folk who let loose at Gold Derby’s private shindig, which included an open bar and passed hors d’oeuvres.

See Over 100 video interviews with 2018 Emmy contenders

Here’s the who’s-who list of the various TV programs that were represented at our 2018 Emmy party (complete photo gallery above):

“Adam Ruins Everything” (Adam Conover)

“Barry” (Anthony Carrigan)

“Barry” (Paula Newsome)

“Baskets” (Louie Anderson...

Any time a new technology is introduced into the creative space, the challenge for creators is what they might choose to do with it. So this week, the Hulu Vr app launched a new interactive 360 video experience… that might give you the opportunity to get high with Snoop Dogg.

The new Vr experience “Ryot’s Door No. 1,” which premiered this week on the Hulu Vr app, aims not just to explore the boundaries of this tech but also create a funny and entertaining experience. Set at a 10-year high school reunion and shot from a first-person Pov, you’re in the center of the story as a guy who hopes to hook up with his high school crush. The risks standing in your way: old friends, drugs, a long-lost time capsule, a show choir reunion, and/or Snoop Dogg.

The “and/or” part of that sentence comes courtesy of the...

As demonstrated by the passion of thousands of geeks, filmmakers and executives who crowded the Vrla expo in downtown Los Angles on May 4-5, virtual reality may well be emerging as the next hot storytelling technology.

To be sure, Vr’s road is still a bumpy one. Some filmmakers, including Steven Soderbergh, have expressed doubts about the tech being useful for longer narratives. By contrast, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences symbolically gave its seal of approval to the format by awarding “Carne y Arena,” created by director Alejandro González Iñárritu and cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki, a special Oscar at the Governors Awards in November.

Among helmers taking virtual reality a step further are Angel Manuel Soto and Nora Kirkpatrick.

Soto, a Puerto Rican director who’s work-ed mainly on shorts and documentaries, helmed Vr short “Dinner Party,” an immersive experience based on the avowed alien abduction in 1961 of Betty and Barney Hill,...

Hulu publicly unveiled the trailer and a behind-the-scenes video for its new virtual reality (Vr) comedy “Door No. 1” Friday. The comedy, which was written and directed by Nora Kirkpatrick of “The Office” fame and produced by AOL’s Ryot exclusively for Hulu, is set to debut on the service on May 24.

Door No. 1 is a kind of live-action multiple choice comedy adventure about a ten-year high school reunion. The show puts the viewer into the middle of the action by making her or him a protagonist of the show: Alex, one of the former students attending the reunion.

Alex doesn’t talk throughout the show, but can decide to take multiple paths through the story, and make many bad decisions along the way — it’s a high school reunion, after all.

The cast for Door No. 1 included Steve Little (“Eastbound and Down”), Ravi Patel, Kyle Bornheimer (“Casual”), Missi Pyle...

CBS is jumping on the retirement home comedy hot trend this buying season with Assisted Living. The network has put in development the hybrid comedy from actress, writer and musician Nora Kirkpatrick, CBS Television Studios and Gloria Sanchez Productions. The project stems from a first-look deal Will Ferrell and Adam McKay's Gary Sanchez Prods. and its female-centric production arm Gloria Sanchez, have with CBS Studios. Written by Kirkpatrick, Assisted Living centers on…...

Exclusive: The creative team behind Hulu’s five-part sketch Vr comedy Virtually Mike And Nora is now mounting a Vr comedy series for the platform network called Door No. 1, which is pushing the interactive envelope further. Door No. 1 is a narrative, choose-your-own-adventure, Vr comedy series about going to your 10-year high school reunion. It is being done exclusively for Hulu as an advertiser-integrated Vr app series and is from Nora Kirkpatrick (The Office), who stars…...

HuffPost Ryot today announced the launch of the first virtual reality comedy series, “Virtually Mike & Nora,” and the first virtual reality world news show, “The Big Picture: News in Virtual Reality,” both to premiere this fall on the Hulu Vr app.

Read More: Why the Future of Virtual Reality Isn’t Movies or Video Games

“Virtually Mike & Nora” is a sketch comedy series co-created, written and directed by Nora Kirkpatrick (“The Office”) and Mike O’Brien (“SNL”). “The Big Picture” will be hosted by Oscar-nominated filmmaker and HuffPost Ryot co-founder Bryn Mooser, and will feature HuffPost Ryot journalists exploring the key issues to create an immersive way to experience the news. The inaugural season of “Virtually Mike and Nora” will have five episodes & “The Big Picture: News in Virtual Reality” will premiere as a 10-part show.

“We’re so excited to partner with Hulu on the first-ever global news show...

The American Film Institute announced today the films that will screen in the World Cinema, Breakthrough, Midnight, Shorts and Cinema’s Legacy programs at AFI Fest 2015 presented by Audi.

AFI Fest will take place November 5 – 12, 2015, in the heart of Hollywood. Screenings, Galas and events will be held at the historic Tcl Chinese Theatre, the Tcl Chinese 6 Theatres, Dolby Theatre, the Lloyd E. Rigler Theatre at the Egyptian, the El Capitan Theatre and The Hollywood Roosevelt.

World Cinema showcases the most acclaimed international films of the year; Breakthrough highlights true discoveries of the programming process; Midnight selections will grip audiences with terror; and Cinema’s Legacy highlights classic movies and films about cinema. World Cinema and Breakthrough selections are among the films eligible for Audience Awards. Shorts selections are eligible for the Grand Jury Prize, which qualifies the winner for Academy Award®consideration. This year’s Shorts jury features filmmaker Janicza Bravo,...

"I'm excited to be forced to get to know you." From filmmaker Michael Mohan comes a charming short film about romance and relationships titled Pink Grapefruit, starring Wendy McColm who goes on a blind date that doesn't go as planned at first. The cast includes Nora Kirkpatrick and Matt Peters, plus Nathan Stewart-Jarrett. It's an interesting twist on the typical idea of a romance or even a blind date, and it works well as a refreshing short film that makes you think about relationships and how everything is supposed to work can be different. Watch out - it is Nsfw so wait until you're home. But it's a great short. A young married couple brings two of their single friends out to Palm Springs for a long weekend. It does not go as planned. The short premiered at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, and also played at SXSW.

Straight outta my email inbox...  A short film titled "Pink Grapefruit" by from director Michael Mohan which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January of this year, and went on to win a jury award at South by Southwest in March. The story: A couple (played by Matt Peters and Nora Kirkpatrick) arrange a blind date of sorts in Palm Springs for mutual friends (Wendy McColm and Nathan Stewart Jarrett)... and, well, things happen. Director Mohan and co-screenwriter Chris Levitus' intent here was to freshen up a simple, familiar premise with a slightly disorienting end-product. Did they succeed? Sundance and SXSW certainly think so.  You...

Network: TV Land

Episodes: 10 (half-hour)

Seasons: One

TV show dates: June 4, 2014 -- August 13, 2014

Series status: Cancelled

Performers include: Jaime Pressly, Dylan Gelula, Jessica Walter, Ethan Suplee, Nora Kirkpatrick, and Missi Pyle.

TV show description:

This comedy series revolves around Jennifer Doyle (Jaime Pressly), a former high-powered executive who has fallen from grace and hit every bump on the way down to rock bottom.

With her teenage daughter Gretchen (Dylan Gelula) in tow, Jennifer moves back in with her meddling therapist mother Maggie (Jessica Walter) and takes a job in the bar owned by her good-natured (but often submissive) brother Wayne (Ethan Suplee) and his passive aggressive wife, Stephanie (Nora Kirkpatrick).

At the bar, Jennifer reunites with her former best friend Dina Simac (Missi Pyle) who...

There won't be a second season for TV Land's Jennifer Falls sitcom. The cable channel has cancelled the comedy after one season of 10 episodes.

Created by Matthew Carlson, Jennifer Falls follows single mother Jennifer Doyle (Jaime Pressly) after she loses her high-paying job. She and her daughter move in with Jennifer's mother Maggie (Jessica Walter) so that she can reassess her life. The rest of the cast includes Missi Pyle, Ethan Suplee, Nora Kirkpatrick, and Dylan Gelula.

This marks the second one-season cancellation by TV Land. Kirstie -- starring sitcom vets Kirstie Alley, Michael Richards and Rhea Perlman -- was dropped in July after a 12 episode run.

What do you think? Did you enjoy Jennifer Falls? Do you think it should have been renewed for a second season or, do you agree with the cancellation?

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Jennifer Falls will not return for a second season, EW has confirmed. TV Land canceled the half-hour, single-camera comedy, starring Jaime Pressly, after its 10-episode season. The show followed Jennifer, a woman who, along with her daughter, moved back in with her mother after losing her job. Matthew Carlson (The Wonder Years) created the series, which also starred Jessica Walter, Missi Pyle, Ethan Suplee, Nora Kirkpatrick, and Dylan Gelula. Michael Hanel and Mindy Schultheis executive produced the show. The network announced it has picked up two more single-camera comedies: Impastor, starring Michael Rosenbaum, and Teachers, which Alison Brie is executive producing.

TV Land‘s gimmick of creating new sit-coms that are throwbacks to the style and general effort of those classic shows from the ’80s and ’90s is one that is proving more and more a hit-or-miss venture. What at first seemed a no-fail stroke of genius, has now put out its share of failures, and though it has led to some truly great shows, we’re learning that you can’t always spin success out of the concept.

For every Hot in Cleveland, there’s a Retired at 35. For every The Exes, we get a Happily Divorced. Not that those shows were terrible. They weren’t. They just didn’t work out, and were perhaps not as solid in their construction as the real hits. Now we have Kirstie, which I admit seemed like a good idea on paper, and that one is mostly difficult to watch. This leads us to Jennifer Falls,...

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Buzzfeed declares that Faking It is “changing the nature of queer representation” as it avoids assigning a sexuality to its two lead characters , even as the sexual tension builds between them.

Cougar Town alum Brian Van Holt has joined the cast of Syfy’s upcoming mini-series Ascension, according to EW. He’ll play the ship’s captain, who I’m sure is also the ship’s Penny Can champion.

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How did an inappropriate reference to Kelis‘ “Milkshake” make it into the Scripps Spelling Bee? The event hires comedy writers to keep things lively by writing jokes and pop culture references for the clues. Multiple possibilities are written and, while the “Milkshake” reference was rejected, it ended in the announcers’ cards by mistake.

I need to start stocking up on rage in case this Walking Dead spoiler turns out to be true. I’m positive I can...

Jaime Pressly stars in the new TV Land sitcom Jennifer Falls (Wednesdays beginning June 4 at 10:30pm Et/Pt) as Jennifer Doyle, a fired executive who falls on hard times. After losing everything except her mountain of debt, Jennifer and her teenage daughter are forced to move back in with her psychotherapist mother (Jessica Walter). Jennifer has to take a job working at a sports bar owned by her brother (played by Pressly’s My Name Is Earl costar Ethan Suplee) and passive-aggressive sister-in-law (Nora Kirkpatrick). And while she’s rebuilding her life, Jennifer has to make amends with an old friend (Missi Pyle) … Continue reading →

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In TV Land’s first original single-camera sitcom, Jennifer Falls (Wednesdays beginning June 4 at 10:30pm Et/Pt), Jaime Pressly stars as Jennifer Doyle, a high-powered executive who’s forced to start over after she’s fired for having “anger issues.” Also See: 7 Questions With … Jaime Pressly of TV Land’s Jennifer Falls Losing everything except her mountain of debt, Jennifer and her teenage daughter move in with Jennifer’s mother (Jessica Walter), an emotionally detached psychotherapist. Jennifer takes a job in a sports bar owned by her brother (Ethan Suplee) and his passive-aggressive wife (Nora Kirkpatrick), and has to make amends with an … Continue reading →

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The past few years has seen rejected pilots get second chances. In 2007, CBS rejected Babylon Fields, an ahead-of-its-time zombie drama about a town where people rise from the dead and return to their old homes. Now, NBC is giving the series another try according to Deadline. I expect it will have to work to avoid seeming like a copycat of shows that came afterward like In the Flesh and Les Revenants.

It’s official. Ronan Farrow will host a show on MSNBC starting in 2014. Farrow says he wants to create a show that works as “a guide on how people can have agency in the story”. In the meantime, expect to see more of Farrow on MSNBC.

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Last night, South Park missed an air date for ths first time in 240 episodes due to a power outage the previous night that made it impossible to get those last-minute touches done.

Alcatraz alum David Hoflin and Yasmine Al Massri have been cast as regulars in the NBC pirate drama Crossbones, from Luther creator Neil Cross. The series is set in 1715 on the Bahamian island of New Providence where the diabolical pirate Edward Teach, aka Blackbeard (John Malkovich), reigns over a rogue nation of thieves, outlaws and miscreant sailors. Aussie Hoflin, repped by Resolution and Genesis, will play Vane, a pirate captain known for being a vicious, villainous and murderous predator. Al Massri will play Selma, a poised and elegant Arabian woman who is Blackbeard’s one confidante. Filming is set to begin right away in Puerto Rico. Nora Kirkpatrick (The Office), Joel David Moore (Avatar) and Jessica Walter (Arrested Development) will co-star opposite Jaime Pressly in the TV Land single-camera comedy pilot Jennifer Falls. It centers on Jennifer Doyle (Pressly), a hot-tempered, high-flying businesswoman who gets fired from her job and...

It's all coming to an end on "The Office," but not without some more awkward situations in "A.A.R.M.," the penultimate episode.

Angela (Angela Kinsey) and her son have moved in with Oscar (Oscar Nunez) -- yes, it's perfectly fine if you hear "The Odd Couple" theme song in your head at this point -- and Oscar is finding irony in the situation: Now Angela is living in his closet.

Read NBC's official description of the episode below.

Jim Holds Tryouts For The Assistant To The Assistant To The Regional Manager -- As the office readies for the premiere of the documentary that night, Jim (John Krasinski) convinces Dwight (Rainn Wilson), who is planning to propose to Esther (Nora Kirkpatrick), that he needs an Assistant to the Assistant Regional Manager, and holds tryouts to find the best candidate. Angela (Angela Kinsey) brings her baby to work after her daycare turns her away.

Lionsgate Home Entertainment has unveiled the trailer for Sexy Evil Genius, starring Seth Green, Katee Sackhoff, Michelle Trachtenberg and an all-star cast.

Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned and one woman will get her revenge this April. The sexy, crime thriller follows a group of people who are lured to the same bar in downtown Los Angeles by Nikki, an ex-girlfriend they all have in common. Beautiful, conniving and downright insane, Nikki has one last surprise in store for her ex-lovers...

Sexy Evil Genius Trailer

Sexy Evil Genius will be released April 9th, 2013 and stars Michelle Trachtenberg, Katee Sackhoff, Seth Green, Anthony Michael Hall, Harold Perrineau, William Baldwin, Nora Kirkpatrick, Alix Elizabeth Gitter. The film is directed by Shawn Piller.

Tuesdays are about to get a whole lot funnier. After an agonizingly long wait, ABC is debuting TV's most hilarious comedy double act in years by pairing "Happy Endings" with "Don't Trust The B---- In Apartment 23" (Season 2 premieres Tues., Oct. 23 from 9 p.m. Et).

Not only does HuffPost TV have Maggie Furlong's a hilarious interview with "Happy Endings" Mvp Casey Wilson to whet your appetite, we also caught up with James Van Der Beek, who plays himself, Dreama Walker (June) and executive producer Nahnatchka Khan of "Apartment 23" to find out more about what's in store for our favorite gang of apartment-dwelling lunatics in Season 2.

Naturally, there are spoilers ahead, so turn back now if you want to be surprised by the show's upcoming insanity.

June Gets A Job

Farewell, coffee shop! "June finally, after a long struggle, gets a job back on Wall Street, which she moved to...

Tuesdays are about to get a whole lot funnier. After an agonizingly long wait, ABC is debuting TV's most hilarious comedy double act in years by pairing "Happy Endings" with "Don't Trust The B---- In Apartment 23" (Season 2 premieres Tues., Oct. 23 from 9 p.m. Et).

Not only does HuffPost TV have Maggie Furlong's a hilarious interview with "Happy Endings" Mvp Casey Wilson to whet your appetite, we also caught up with James Van Der Beek, who plays himself, Dreama Walker (June) and executive producer Nahnatchka Khan of "Apartment 23" to find out more about what's in store for our favorite gang of apartment-dwelling lunatics in Season 2.

Naturally, there are spoilers ahead, so turn back now if you want to be surprised by the show's upcoming insanity.

June Gets A Job

Farewell, coffee shop! "June finally, after a long struggle, gets a job back on Wall Street, which she moved to...

Well, it was a quick run for Fox’s Breaking In, which fell victim to the executive axe earlier this week. The show will air its seventh and final episode this Tuesday, titled 21.0 Jump Street.

Here’s some photos from the upcoming episode.

Episode Synopsis :

When Contra Security is hired to find a teen cyber-bully, Cameron finds himself back at his former high school, where he must relive his un-glory days in the all-new “21.0 Jump Street”

Cast: Christian Slater as Oz; Bret Harrison as Cameron; Odette Annable as Melanie; Alphonso McAuley as Cash

Guest Cast: Mike Tyson as Himself; Michael Rosenbaum as Dutch; Trevor Moore as Josh; Jennifer Irwin as Creepy Carol; Zack Perlman as Leslie; Nora Kirkpatrick as Patty; Nick Jandl as Kip O’Bannon; Heather Sossaman as Megan...

Ray (Laurence Fishburne) and David (David Berman) are called in after a Db is found in the desert. along with a nylon bag, containing styrofoam. David finds a key chain on the Vic; who appears to have puncture marks on his back, which Ray points out are uniform in pattern, resembling bite marks. Ray supposes the bitemarks are from "Godzilla." Doc Robbins (Robert David Hall) comments on the monster on the loose. Cod is brain injury caused by sudden deceleration, such as a car accident. There is perforated skin, muscle. Hodges (Wallace Langham) can't resist getting involved in the investigation, after his analysis on the bag reveals what was found inside is used to construct simulated muscle. Thus there are dinosaurs in town! Hodges wants to "go now, go now" in the words of the song. For the first time, this season, CSI (TV) delves into two separate cases. Nick...

Greek has never been shy about its ’80s pop culture references, and this coming season, the show is going all out — dedicating itself to the spirit of St. Elmo’s Fire. And it’s not just the promo art (seen here in an exclusive first look) that pays deep homage to the Brat Pack classic: With the ABC Family show in its final ten episodes (alas!) and the season kicking off (at 9 p.m. on Jan. 3) with the graduation of the upperclassmen characters, much of the Greek gang will be dealing with the tricky transition to adulthood that wracked Demi Moore,...

ABC Family comedy Greek will begin its final season early next year, it has been confirmed. The ten-episode last season will begin in January and feature the return of a number of notable guest stars from past seasons, reports Entertainment Weekly. Charisma Carpenter will return as Grand Council member Tegan Walker, along with Martha MacIsaac, Tiffany Dupont, and Nora Kirkpatrick. The fourth season of Greek will focus (more)...

Get your calendar out, ABC Family fans, and prepare to program your DVR.

The network has announced the return dates for Greek and Pretty Little Liars: Monday, January 3.

Dish on the return of these shows in our Pretty Little Liars forum!

We've posted the full press release below:

The mystery and ominous messages continue for best friends Emily Fields, Spencer Hastings, Hanna Marin and Aria Montgomery in the mid-season return of ABC Family’s hit series “Pretty Little Liars.” No longer just threatening to reveal secrets, the all-knowing “A” has stepped up the game and nothing is off limits in the second half of the first season. And while they work hard to protect what they know, the four girls are also on the hunt to learn the truth about what happened to Alison the night she disappeared. But when those truths start to come out, will the Liars...

ABC Family is moving its break-out summer hit "Pretty Little Liars" to Monday nights and pairing it up with another fun, young show in "Greek." Both shows will premiere Monday, Jan. 3, 2011 at 8 p.m.  and 9 p.m. Et, respectively.

"Liars" will return with the second half of its first season, as the mysterious A continues to terrorize the girls of Rosewood and a couple new faces come to town to stir up some trouble as well.

"Greek" is back for its fourth season, where Casey, Ashleigh and Evan are facing the big scary real world after having graduated. Viewers can also expect to see the return of guest stars Charisma Carpenter, Sam Page, Martha MacIsaac, Nora Kirkpatrick and Tiffany Dupont.

What do you think, "Liars" and "Greek" fans? A good pairing on your Monday nights?

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Cue up the Vitamin C -- ABC Family has finally announced the premiere date for the fourth and final season of 'Greek.' You can hit the play button on your quality graduation jams (like Ms. C's 'Graduation') beginning Mon., Jan. 3 at 9Pm, when the first of the final ten episodes of 'Greek' will air.

What's new with the Cyprus-Rhodes University crew? Well, according to ABC Family's press release, we'll see Casey, Ashleigh and Evan tackle post-grad life, while the rest of the gang continues their college exploits. A fun bonus for longtime fans: there will be "throw-back references from past seasons" aplenty, along with returning guest stars Charisma Carpenter, Sam Page, Martha MacIsaac, Nora Kirkpatrick and Tiffany Dupont.

In happier news, 'Greek''s debut will follow the 8Pm mid-season premiere of ABC Family's newest hit, 'Pretty Little Liars.' Though,...

Greek fans, it’s time to start preparing your goodbyes: Sources confirm that my favorite ABC Family series ever will kick off its 10-episode final season on Monday, Jan. 3 at 9 p.m. New episodes of Pretty Little Liars will lead into Greek at 8 p.m.

Mild Greek/Pll spoilers (courtesy of ABC Family) can be found after the jump.

Pretty Little Liars: The mystery and ominous messages continue for best friends Emily Fields, Spencer Hastings, Hanna Marin and Aria Montgomery. No longer just threatening to reveal secrets, the all-knowing “A” has stepped up the game and nothing is off...

TheFABlife has been at 2010’s Austin City Limits all weekend catching as many bands as possible and hanging out at backstage interviews with our colleagues at VH1. We thought about writing a serious review of the music fest, but we aren’t exactly a serious music blog. So we decided to write about something that every living human being with half a pulse cares about. Who’s the hot? Here’s our list, counting down to #1. Lest you think we’re only about objectifying the fairer sex, check back later to see our list of Acl’s Hottest Indie Rock Boys. 10. Kim Schifino of Matt & Kim Sure, Kim Schifino has a great figure, a larger-than-life smile, bright eyes, and taut arms from years of banging on the drums. But what really makes Kim sexy is that nobody gets a party started like Matt & Kim, because they both put 100 percent into...

Lou Taylor Pucci, Stella Maeve, James Duval and Nora Kirkpatrick are starring in "All Together Now," an indie rock drama being directed by Alexander Tavitian."Together" follows a group of twentysomethings during the course of a night as they attend a noise-rock concert in the middle of the woods. The movie is shooting on 16mm, and the film's style will be reminiscent of Penelope Spheeris' punk rock docs of the 1980s. Daniel Dubiecki ("Up in the Air") is exec producing the movie, which was put together by Tavitian, producers Michael Younesi and Leah Fong and screenwriter Ryan Kasmiskie, all fresh-faced filmmakers out of USC. Pucci, repped by UTA and Authentic Management, is best known for starring in "Thumbsucker" and has "Brotherhood" in the can. Maeve appeared in "The Runaways" and "Brooklyn's Finest."...