We're only getting our second taste of her in tomorrow's new episode of BFFs, but is it really too early to say that Queenetta is the best new character on TV? I guess we should wait to see the full episode, but I'd say this preview clip makes the case pretty well.
Louis C.K.'s return to Parks & Rec can't come fast enough to satiate our cravings for his mumbling, misdirected sentences and doglike devotion to Leslie. Here's a clip from his upcoming episode, in which he takes out Leslie Knope (who clearly has not told her current boyfriend about her cop ex-boyfriend) and Ben "Third Wheel" Wyatt. (Take a hint, Wyatt! Go eat a calzone, or join the cast of a Ben Stiller movie, or something.)
Game on, indeed, Up All Night. Playtime's over, NBC's Thursday night comedies are back, and the rookie's stepping off the bench. Can Up All Night fit in with The Office, Parks and 30 Rock? Or will it be destined to go back to the minor leagues of Wednesdays, chewing a bitter combination of tobacco and the stale chewing gum it forgot to spit out before putting in the tobacco? Or will the same exact set of people who watched it before watch it now, since it doesn't actually matter when shows are on because everyone watches them online or DVRs them anyway? Place your bets now. More clips [...]
It's probably not great that this Portlandia clip from season 2 really makes me want to watch Battlestar Galactica. To give up all responsibilities and eat nothing but caramel after Kraft caramel, occasionally piling another blanket on top of the already heaping snuggle factory that used to be called "the couch." To let the phone ring and ring unanswered, the emails quietly settle like snow into the white thickness of an unread inbox, as the Facebook events go unattended and birthdays unremarked upon, because don't they know that I'm watching television?!
It's really coming back! January 12 is less than a month away! And most of that month is going to be spent in a drunken holiday/New Year's Eve stupor, so it'll pass even more quickly! Looks like Kelsey Grammer will be returning to the show, which means the return of con artists The Best Friends Gang, perhaps with the new goal of uncovering Liz Lemon's mysterious secret. I bet it's that she missed us. Or that she's adopting a kid or something else relevant to the character that doesn't break the rules of our universe's television-reality divide.
I'm going to tell you as much as I can about this preview for Bunk before my intern is done picking up a box of uncooked spaghetti. Patrick, pick up that spaghetti! "It looks very fun! There's Kumail Nanjiani, and Bobby Moynihan, and Thomas Lennon, doing whatever ridiculous tasks Kurt Braunohler demands, with no stakes at all. It premieres June 8 and-" BBEEEEEP, Patrick, you finished picking up the spaghetti already? Looks like you missed a strand, though, ya useless unpaid twerp. Jesus. Go get me some breakfast.
This week's episode of Parks and Recreation finds Chris brokenhearted after his recent dumping at the cruel hands of Millicent Gergich, and evidently doing a terrible job as a DJ. Being resigned to a life of loneliness is for some reason not making him want to pump the right jams. But, soft! What light through yonder DJ booth window breaks? It is the east, and Jerry is stuffing his face with chicken fingers. More clips from this week's NBC comedies below:
What I wouldn't give to be a fly on the wall at this Christmas dinner! Or an actual dinner guest, I suppose, although I wouldn't want to be Woodhouse. Poor, poor Woodhouse. His abuse will never end. More clips from the upcoming third season of Archer, starting Jan. 19, are available here.
This new preview of Funny or Die's Billy on the Street is the elderly lady edition! Elderly ladies know all about Brad Pitt and they are clearly dying to get it on with Michael Buble and Josh Groban even if they won't admit it. But who isn't? LADIES? GENTLEMEN? God I can't wait till Thursday when we can watch Billy Eichner screaming in people's faces about Jewel while brandishing dollar bills like nunchucks in full half-hour increments.
RIDDLE: What's part Sex and the City, part Fuck! I'm in My Twenties, part mumblecore film, part Bridesmaids, part every trend article about this generation? Judging by this preview, the answer is Lena Dunham and Judd Apatow's Girls, and I am going to watch it ONE MILLION TIMES OVER when it premieres in April.
If you're not the type to shy away from advance clips of awesome-looking movies, check out these three clips from the Duplass brothers' Jeff, Who Lives at Home, featuring Ed Helms, Judy Greer and Jason Segel. In just under three minutes, the footage manages to be semi-sad and very funny and a little bit scary. If you are the type to shy away from advance clips of awesome-looking movies, don't watch this, but consider taking more risks in your life. What if you died tomorrow without having seen Jason Segel ride shotgun in a tiny Porsche?
The opening sequence of Delocated's third season has pretty much everything a cool dad in the Witness Protection Program could want: a power boat chopping away on the open water, a babe in a bikini, and a sandwich complete with its own chowing-down side effect. Awhhhorrrm. (How do you spell the sound of biting a sandwich? I think this is maybe one of life's big questions.)
It's especially great that this 30 Rock scene was released before Christmas, because now we can all model our holiday adventures after Liz Lemon's. Time to start boning up on Chopped Champions. Also, doesn't the end of this clip mean that Jack owes Liz $1,000? I say it does!
Tuesday's teaser of the upcoming season of 30 Rock was but an insouciant amuse-bouche, a titillating taste that disappeared as quickly as it came. Today's five-minute preview, though, is a dazzling appetizer, a miniature melee of delicious flavors steeping in each other's pungent juices (I'm applying for a job as a food writer later today, everyone).
