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Hollywood production ground to a halt in March amid the fast escalating coronavirus pandemic. Gradually, the industry returned to production with big adjustments, including virtual writers rooms and table reads and strict COVID safety protocols on set. It has not been easy, prolific creator/showrunner Mike Schur told…

For years, The Office and Parks & Recreation aired back-to-back in NBC’s Thursday comedy block. Now the two praised series will be reunited on Peacock, NBCUniversal’s upcoming streaming platform. NBCU has acquired exclusive streaming rights to the comedy starring Amy Poehler, which will join the service in October…

A reunion of Alias‘ writers room and a Parks & Recreation community screening have been added to the slate of the ATX Television Festival, the growing all-things-TV event which is holding its sixth edition June 8-11 in Austin. The fest has already announced reunions for a pair of iconic series, the comedy Designing Wom…

Modern Family will have to wait to set the record for most wins in the Outstanding Comedy Series category, as HBO’s Veep took home the big trophy tonight at the 67th Primetime Emmys. The win is the culmination of a big night for the HBO series, which already had taken home Emmys for comedy writing for Simon Blackwell…

Mirroring the trajectory of Vice President Selina Meyer, Julia Louis-Dreyfus has taken home her 4th consecutive Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a comedy for Veep. The win, her fifth overall, ties her with Candice Bergen and Mary Tyler Moore for most wins ever in the category. She won for the final season four…

OK, way too many pie charts, bar graphs and acronyms for a Sunday morning: At today's TCA briefings, NBC Research and Development President Alan Wurtzel tried to explain why old-school, traditional Nielsen ratings just don't mean what they used to. And  given that, he begged TV journalists to examine the much bigger…

Talk about being late to the party. Two new series, CBS comedy Bad Teacher and ABC drama Black Box, premiered last night with only two weeks to go until the upfronts. With the final days before the presentations usually dedicated to firming up the schedule, the two series have two weeks to convince network brass that…

NBC announced today it will offer digital series for four of its primetime series; Chicago Fire, Parks And Recreation, Grimm, and Parenthood to keep fans focused in February while Olympics take over NBC’s primetime. All digital series will be streamed on NBC.com, Hulu and YouTube. From today’s announcement: The…

NBC Chairman made the announcement when pressed by critics at TCA about the future of well reviewed by ratings-challenged Parks & Recreation. He initially said he was “bullish” on the show’s chances before going a step further, stating that “Parks & Recreation is going to have a seventh season.” NBC entertainment…

FXX hasn't really unveiled itself — the FX comedy-network spinoff debuts originals of It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia, The League and late-night strip Totally Biased With W. Kamau Bell launch tomorrow night — but the network's already talking about its Labor Day Warmup numbers. Seems that when you used to be Fox…

She is one of the hottest TV stars at the moment. In her first gig on a U.S. comedy series, Orphan Black leading lady Tatiana Maslany has booked an arc on NBC's Parks & Recreation, playing a love interest for Tom (Aziz Ansari). Canadian-born Maslany, repped by Resolution and Characters Talent Agency, recently won the…

NBC faces the task of scheduling six new comedies for next season with only two returning half-hour series: Community, which received an eleventh-hour 13-episode renewal, and Parks & Recreation. The network may just have the right man for the job. This is head of scheduling Jeff Bader‘s first turn at bat after moving…