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'1600 Penn' Preview: A Fat Man Trying On Different Sized Coats

by | January 10th, 2013

1600 Penn technically premiered with a "sneak preview" last month, but is making its "official premiere" tonight at 9:30 P.M. Eastern on NBC.

Whether you end up finding NBC's new comedy 1600 Penn funny or not will be based entirely on your feelings about physical humor and where you stand on the character played by Book of Mormon's Josh Gad. Gad plays Skip Gilchrist, the President of the United States' bumbling fool of a son who exasperates his family and causes both them and the White House press secretary several headaches whenever he tries to help, which so far is all the damn time. (The obvious comparison to Chris [...]

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Watch the Pilot to NBC's New Sitcom '1600 Penn' Right Here, Right Now

by | December 18th, 2012

Here's the pilot episode of NBC's new midseason sitcom 1600 Penn, starring Josh Gad, Jenna Elfman, Bill Pullman, and some other people as the dysfunctional family of the President (Pullman plays the President, not Josh Gad). This first episode aired in a special preview last night. The show's set to officially premiere on January 8th at 9:30 after The Office, but watch it online first so that you can feel ahead of the curve and better than everybody when January 8th rolls around.

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