In October, NBC decided to massively retool its Thursday night sitcom Up All Night by turning the show into a three-camera sitcom with a live studio audience. Now, Deadline reports that the network has hired a new showrunner for Up All Night, Linda Wallem. Emmy nominee Wallem co-created the Showtime hit Nurse Jackie, where she also served as co-showrunner for its first four seasons. Wallem's other credits include Cybill, That '70s Show, and the short-lived but excellent Lisa Kudrow HBO series The Comeback. Wallem replaces Tucker Cawley, an Everybody Loves Raymond vet who ran Up All Night for the first 11 episodes of its second season, who [...]
“Area Pubis Shorn.” “Karaoke Singer Will Survive.” “Fat Kid Calls Shirts.” “Hulk Smash.”
The Onion’s headlines have on innumerable occasions confirmed the maxim that brevity is the soul of wit. With such clarity and punch, delivered with such deadpan subversiveness, it’s easy to fathom how American’s Finest News Source has hooked so many readers who might have otherwise never picked up a newspaper.
In recent months, though, something has felt a little different. And I know it’s not just me. Without prompting, a few people I’ve spoken to have made a similar observation: that The Onion’s headlines have seemed unusually wordy lately. We reasoned that maybe it has to [...]
