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The New Season of 'Childrens Hospital' Takes Place on a Military Base in Japan

by | May 10th, 2013

TV's craziest fake medical drama is about to get even crazier. This week, Adult Swim released info on Season 5 of Childrens Hospital, which is set to debut sometime in July, and the entire season takes place at a pediatric clinic on a U.S. Army base in Japan. It sounds pretty incredible and exactly like the kind of ambitious, unconventional stuff this show is known for. Here's a description of the season via Adult Swim:

Childrens Hospital returns for its fifth season to find the doctors relocated to a pediatric clinic on a U.S. Army base in Osaka, Japan. With the loss of recently murdered co-worker Dr. Blake Downs [...]

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Maya Rudolph Spills the Beans About an Amy Poehler SNL Cameo

by | February 17th, 2012

Dreams do come true, Jimmy Fallon! Maya Rudolph has dropped an itsy bitsy hint about an SNL cameo this week from a certain short blonde lady whose name sounds like Jamie Zoeller. You know what this means, everyone: MAMIE BOWLER is coming back to Studio 8H! I didn't think we would ever see her again outside of her raunchy FX comedy where she stars with Paul Rudd and Matt Leblanc as a trio of orthodontics students (it's called Brace Yourself).

No, I'm pulling your leg. It's Amy Poehler. And with this news, it's not too much to hope for that we get a little bit of Bronx [...]

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Jack Donaghy Will Reign Over 30 Rock Through a Potential Seventh Season

by | January 6th, 2012

Alec Baldwin will stay on 30 Rock for the foreseeable future, according to NBC's Bob Greenblatt (that guy's just full of good news today). Thank goodness. What would that show even be like without Jack Donaghy pouring scotch, dating high-powered politicians and making sweeping pronouncements about media and business? I'll tell you what, it would be one long Tracy Jordan monologue. Which would actually be amazing, in a different way.

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Mike Judge Is Making a Show for HBO

by | December 6th, 2012

HBO just picked up a new comedy pilot from King of the Hill and Office Space mastermind Mike Judge, Deadline reports. The show, titled Silicon Valley, is a live action single-camera series set in the tech industry in modern Silicon Valley. Judge created the show with John Altschuler and Dave Krinsky, two longtime King of the Hill writers with whom he created the short-lived ABC series The Goode Family. Judge, Altschuler, and Krinsky are also producing Silicon Valley, alongside Hollywood mega-producer Scott Rudin (No Country for Old Men, The Social Network). This is just the latest in a string of comedies from talented, high-profile creators HBO has ordered [...]

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The Full Original Cast & Writers of Arrested Development Are Coming Back for the New Season

by | January 30th, 2012

Somewhere, right now, someone is writing lines for all eight major Arrested Development characters to say to each other. Can you even stand it? Or are you literally not able to stand because your body has thrown itself to the floor, wracked with joyful convulsions at the mere thought that the full cast of the series will be back for the new season on Netflix, along with the show's original writers? I will take your silence as a tacit affirmative response to that last question. That's it. Deep breaths.

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Tig Notaro Is All Better

by | October 4th, 2012

"I am a very, very excited person that gets to say that I do not have cancer, as far as I know."

- Tig Notaro, on the latest episode of her podcast Professor Blastoff. The album recording of her remarkable Largo set where she announced her diagnosis will be released for $5 on Louis C.K.'s website tomorrow.

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Melissa McCarthy Heroically Prevents the Travesty of a Wiig-less Bridesmaids 2

by | January 9th, 2012

Benevolent genius Melissa McCarthy has this to say about the prospect of doing a Bridesmaids sequel without Kristen Wiig: "God, I wouldn't want to. I would never want to. I think it's a terrible idea." Ding ding ding correct answer! Melissa McCarthy wins a combination high-efficiency washer-dryer, a brand new cherry red convertible, and a lifetime supply of our appreciation for her artistic integrity!

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