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Some new residents are heading to the neighborhood. Community alum Joel McHale, Maggie Lawson (Psych), Gerald McRaney (This Is Us) and Zachary Knighton (Happy Endings) are joining Season 2 of Netflix’s Santa Clarita Diet in guest-starring roles. McHale and Lawson will play Chris and Christa, married realtors in Santa…

“No publication was more consequential to changing culture in the world as much as National Lampoon,” said director David Wain (Wet Hot American Summer, They Came Together) of the subject of his latest film, A Futile and Stupid Gesture. “Until the advent of Deadline.” And with that flattering and obviously 100%…

Joel McHale will host new topical series The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale on Netflix, launching globally on Sunday, February 18. McHale announced the new project this morning via Twitter with a “first look” at his new “set.” (See below). In addition to hosting, his is executive producer, along with Bridesmaids…

EXCLUSIVE: Actor and comedian Joel McHale has signed with UTA and Anonymous Content for representation. Previously with WME, McHale is perhaps best known for starring as Jeff Winger for six seasons on the NBC/Yahoo comedy Community and spent twelve seasons as the host of E!’s satirical series The Soup. Most recently…

After the shock cancellation of 2 Broke Girls last night, an expected one today: struggling freshman CBS sitcom The Great Indoors will not be returning for a second season. There was no hope for the comedy staring Joel McHale, which didn’t pass the test of two trial airings on Monday. The series, from CBS TV Studios…

Joel McHale was a guest on Jimmy Kimmel Live’s first primetime post-Bachelor premiere show. McHale was slated to talk about hosting the People’s Choice Awards on January 18. But first, the former The Soup star took down The Bachelor: Among his observations, McHale snarked of participants, “They pretend they want to…

Joel McHale is set to host the 2017 People’s Choice Awards next month. The Great Indoors star will emcee the ceremony on January 18 from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, which CBS will air live in the East and delayed in the West. “The people have spoken, and they want Jimmy Kimmel to host the 2017 Oscars,&#8221…

War broke out today between millennial media and the cast and creators of CBS’ new comedy series The Great Indoors, in which Joel McHale stars as an adventure reporter who becomes boss to a group of millennials in the digital department of their magazine. The apocalypse struck TCA this morning. It started when EP Mike…

The Great Indoors star Joel McHale and Modern Family‘s Sarah Hyland have signed on to the cast of Dimension 404, Hulu's six-episode sci-fi/fantasy anthology scripted series from RocketJump and Lionsgate. They join previously announced Lea Michele, Robert Buckley and Ryan Lee. Inspired by the Internet's "404" error…

Joel McHale hosted last night’s Council of Fashion Designers of America Fashion Awards at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York. It marked the first year that the annual show was produced by Harvey Weinstein and the Weinstein Company, and the ceremony featured film and TV names from Harvey’s world including Jennifer…

Christopher Mintz-Plasse (How To Train Your Dragon 2) has been cast opposite Joel McHale in The Great Indoors, CBS' multi-camera pilot written and executive produced by Mike Gibbons. The comedy, from CBS TV Studios, centers on Joel (McHale), an adventure reporter who must adapt to the times when he becomes boss to a…

Community star Joel McHale is making a comedy series return as the lead in The Great Indoors, CBS‘ multi-camera pilot written and executive produced by Mike Gibbons. The project, from CBS TV Studios, centers on Joel (McHale), an adventure reporter who must adapt to the times when he becomes the boss to a group of…