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The Golden Globe Nominations Ignore All Your Favorite Comedies Once Again

by | December 13th, 2012

The 2013 Golden Globe nominations came in this morning, and, as usual, they snubbed a bunch of TV's best comedies. Community and Happy Endings didn't receive a single nomination (and never have, from the Globes), whereas Parks and Recreation and Louie only got one nomination each for acting and not for Best TV Comedy. To put things into perspective, the Matt LeBlanc Showtime series Episodes got a Best TV Comedy nomination, an honor that was not bestowed upon 30 Rock, Community, Happy Endings, Parks and Recreation, and Louie. And most important of all, Parks and Recreation's Nick Offerman has never been nominated for a Golden Globe (or an [...]

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No Comedies Thursday Because Sandy Is Making NBC Rerun 'The Voice' ('30 Rock' Airs Tonight)

by | October 31st, 2012

NBC is re-airing Monday night's episode of singing competition The Voice from 8 to 10pm this Thursday for those who missed it for weather-related reasons, bumping its beleaguered Thursday comedy block off the schedule. The latest episodes of Parks and Recreation, The Office, and Up All Night have been pushed back to next week, while 30 Rock, however, will be airing at a special time, tonight at 8 in Animal Practice's now-vacant slot. Hopefully, the Voice rerun won't do so amazingly well that it'll prompt NBC to just rerun the show in place of its low-rated comedies every Thursday.

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