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NBC Orders Five More Scripts of a Show That's Not 'Community'

by | November 9th, 2012

While Community is still waiting in the wings to debut its short, 13-episode fourth season in February, another NBC sitcom, Whitney, is set to start up next week. Deadline reports that the Peacock Network has ordered five additional scripts for Whitney episodes, increasing the show's chances for sticking around for the full season. Over the summer, NBC decided to order only 13 episodes of both Whitney and Community and scheduled them both for Friday nights, in what the industry refers to as the "Friday night death slot."  Then, NBC wisely backed off on that choice and slotted Whitney for October and Community for February 2013. These [...]

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Networks Buy New Comedies from Jake Johnson, Steve Dildarian, and Everyone Else in LA

by | October 23rd, 2012

We're still in the midst of the Big Four networks' development season, in which they're all buying up new pilots to turn into potential shows for fall of 2013, and a flurry of pilots were ordered in the past 24 hours. Yesterday, Fox bought a sitcom called The B Team created by New Girl star Jake Johnson and writer/director Max Winkler. The show follows a group of five guys who form a real-life Avengers, despite none of them having superpowers. Due to being locked down to New Girl, Johnson won't be able to star in the new series, but he will produce, write, and make his directorial [...]

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