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Freshman series Indebted, which marked The Nanny star Fran Drescher's return to network comedy, has been cancelled at NBC. It joins Bluff City Law and Sunnyside, which have also both now been officially axed. Indebted, which comes from writer Dan Levy, Sony Pictures Television and Doug Robinson Productions, launched…

Last week, NBC pulled its freshman comedy Sunnyside from its Thursday night schedule and will air the fourth episode on Thursday, which will be the last on the linear network. The comedy co-created by Kal Penn and Matt Murray and executive produced by Mike Schur will air its remaining seven episodes on NBC’s digital…

The gridiron battle between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Denver Broncos on Thursday Night Football looks like it was a blowout in more ways than one. Over on TNF,  the Chiefs crushed the struggling Colorado team 30 – 6, the victory did not take the spoils when it came to Patrick Mahomes. The Chiefs' QB suffered a…

This week’s upcoming fourth episode of new NBC comedy Sunnyside will be the last on the linear network. Starting the following Thursday, October 24, NBC will debut the 11th and final season of Will & Grace in Sunnyside‘s Thursday 9:30 PM slot. NBC has ordered an additional episode of Sunnyside, bringing its order from…

Snapshot: New series premieres: CBS’ The Unicorn (0.8 n 18-49 Live+Same Day rating, 6 million viewers), Carol’s Second Act (0.7, 5.97 million) and Evil (0.6 after a downward adjustment in the finals, 4.6 million); NBC’s Perfect Harmony (0.5, 2.6 million) and Sunnyside (0.4, 1.8 million). While Fox had a good Premiere…

There are two things that Kal Penn loves: making people laugh and America. This is reflected in his résumé, which includes the successful sitcom How I Met Your Mother, the cult stoner comedy Harold and Kumar franchise (which we will get to later), and his work in the Obama administration as an associate director in…

Sunnyside, the new NBC comedy starring Kal Penn, follows Garrett Modi (Penn), the youngest New York City Councilman ever who was living the American Dream but gets lost in his way amidst the power and glamour of politics. When his career ends after being busted for public intoxication, he’s hired by a diverse group of…

NBC has set fall premiere dates for its new and returning series. New comedies Perfect Harmony starring Bradley Whitford and Sunnyside with Kal Penn will join the Thursday lineup, and the freshman Jimmy Smits drama Bluff City Law gavels in on Mondays after The Voice. Check out the list below. As for the veteran…

NBC has released some of the first trailers for its new comedies and dramas as part of its series orders for the 2019-20 season. You can watch above and below. We’ll update as more come in. Bluff City Law — Drama (see above) Coming from a famous Memphis family known for taking on injustice, brilliant lawyer Sydney…

As usual, NBC has kicked off its pickups of new series with orders to pilots from its sister studio Universal Television. The network has picked up to series Memphis legal drama Bluff City Law, starring Jimmy Smits, from The Brave creator Dean Georgaris and producer David Janollari; and Queens immigrant comedy Sunnysid…

EXCLUSIVE: NBC’s comedy pilot Sunnyside (formerly Untitled Kal Penn/Matt Murray) has cast the seven co-leads opposite Kal Penn. Kiran Deol, Moses Storm, Diana Maria Riva, Samba Schutte, Poppy Liu, Joel Kim Booster and Tudor Petrut will co-star in the single-camera comedy executive produced by…

NBC has given a pilot green light to an untitled single-camera comedy starring and executive produced by Kal Penn (Designated Survivor), writer-producer Matt Murray, The Good Place creator/executive producer Michael Schur and Universal TV. Co-written by Penn and Murray, the comedy, which had a put-pilot commitment…