SUNNYSIDE: Co-creator Matt Murray on new Kal Penn comedy series – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 10/03/2019
SUNNYSIDE - Season 1 Key Art | ©2019 NBCUniversal

NBC’s new Thursday-night comedy SUNNYSIDE takes its title from the New York neighborhood where it is set (although the series is shot in Los Angeles). Kal Penn stars as Garrett Modi (Penn’s real last name), a disgraced former city council member who seeks redemption (and income) by helping a disparate group of immigrants help study for their U.S. citizenship exams. Penn created SUNNYSIDE with fellow executive producer Matt Murray, whose other credits include writing/producing on THE GOOD PLACE, BROOKLYN NINE-NINE, PARKS AND RECREATION, and COMMUNITY. Murray participates in a Q&A panel for SUNNYSIDE, then takes time for a one-on-one follow-up […]Read On »


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CSI: CYBER: Actor Charley Koontz on Season 2 – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 12/20/2015
Charlie Koontz in CSI: CYBER | ©2015 CBS

CSI: CYBER, now in its second season, is the the most recent installment in CBS’s phenomenally successful CSI franchise. Patricia Arquette stars as FBI cyber expert and psychologist Dr. Avery Ryan, who investigates Internet crime across the country and around the world, from terrorists to kidnappers who hack into baby monitors to spy on families. Charley Koontz plays FBI Special Agent Daniel Krumitz, a young “white hat” hacker and computer analyst who is part of Avery’s team. This is Koontz’s first series regular gig; he recurred as Fat Neil on COMMUNITY and appeared in the horror film RUBBER. Earlier this […]Read On »


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FEAR THE WALKING DEAD: The Scoop on Season 1 – Part 1 – exclusive interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 08/20/2015
Lexi Johnson as Gloria having a bit of a snack on FEAR THE WALKING DEAD | © 2015 Justin Lubin/AMC

Created by THE WALKING DEAD comics originator Robert Kirkman and Dave Erickson, AMC’s FEAR THE WALKING DEAD, which premieres Sunday, August 23, is set in the same universe but a little earlier. We’re in urban/suburban Los Angeles, where a large blended family of a high-school English teacher (Cliff Curtis), his high-school guidance counselor girlfriend (Kim Dickens), her two teenaged children (Alycia Debnam-Carey, Frank Dillane) and the teacher’s ex-wife (Elizabeth Rodriguez) and adolescent son (Lorenzo James Henrie), are all caught up in the early stages of a mysterious epidemic. Adam Davidson, who directed the FEAR THE WALKING DEAD pilot and then […]Read On »


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ANOTHER PERIOD star Paget Brewster talks the new Comedy Central series- exclusive interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 06/23/2015
Paget Brewster stars as Dodo Bellacourt in ANOTHER PERIOD | © 2015 Robyn Von Swank

Actress Paget Brewster is known to procedural TV viewers for her near-decade as extremely serious FBI Special Agent Emily Prentiss on CRIMINAL MINDS. However, the Massachusetts native has a passion for comedy. Brewster is currently one of the leads in Comedy Central’s new half-hour ANOTHER PERIOD, Tuesdays at 10:30 PM. She’s also part of the Season 6 cast of COMMUNITY, which streams on Yahoo, and stars in Fox’s upcoming John Stamos comedy GRANDFATHERED. ANOTHER PERIOD, created by its producers/stars Natasha Leggero and Riki Lindhome, follows the lives of the super-wealthy Bellacourt family in 1902 Rhode Island. Brewster plays the family […]Read On »


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SELFIE creator Emily Kapnek takes on PYGMALION for the tech age – interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 09/30/2014
Karen Gillan and John Cho in SELFIE - Season 1 | ©2014 ABC/Bob D'Amico

The premise of ABC’s new half-hour comedy SELFIE, premiering Tuesday September 30 at 8 PM, may sound a little familiar to anyone familiar with the musical MY FAIR LADY and/or its play progenitor PYGMALION, though there’s a contemporary twist. Eliza (Karen Gillan, previously of DOCTOR WHO) still has Henry (John Cho) helping her remake her image. However, rather than a Cockney flower seller, this Eliza is addicted to social media, so much so that she lacks skills to interact with actual human beings. Henry tries to help Eliza become someone who can make real friends, and Eliza tries to help […]Read On »


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DIVERGENT Highlights this week in Blu-ray, DVD and VOD Releases

By PETER BROWN 08/09/2014
DIVERGENT | © 2014 Lionsgate Home Entertainment

Your time is short. We know this. So in order to expedite your buying and Netflix decision making, we provide you with a list of the cool and not-so-cool titles coming out for movies, television and everything in-between. So put your feet up, grab some popcorn and check out this week’s selections. Movies: DIVERGENT – After the success of TWILIGHT, the explosion of YA oriented films drafted from books has hit a fever pitch. Most of these follow a similar theme: A dystopian society that has developed after some cataclysm and a young girl must fight against the powers that […]Read On »


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TV Review: COMMUNITY – Season 5 – “Repilot” / “Introduction to Teaching” – Season Premiere

By CARL CORTEZ 01/03/2014
COMMUNITY - Season 5 Key Art | ©2014 NBC

Stars: Joel McHale, Gillian Jacobs, Alison Brie, Yvette Nicole Brown, Donald Glover, Danny Pudi, Jim Rash and Ken Jeong Writers: Dan Harmon & Chris McKenna, Andy Brobrow (“Introduction to Teaching”) Directors: Tristram Shapeero (“Repilot”), Jay Chandrashekhar (“Introduction to Teaching”) Network: NBC, airs Thursday nights Original Telecast: January 2, 2014 First of all, let’s all breathe a sigh of relief that COMMUNITY is back and under the helm of creator Dan Harmon. The short story, he was fired at the end of Season 3 and replaced in Season 4. While the cast was still nimble and great at times (and there […]Read On »


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TV Review: COMMUNITY – Season 4 – “Conventions of Space and Time”

By CARL CORTEZ 02/22/2013
Donald Glover and Danny Pudi in COMMUNITY - Season 4 - "Conventions of Space and Time" | ©2013 NBC/Vivian Zink

Stars: Joel McHale, Chevy Chase, Gillian Jacobs, Danny Pudi, Yvette Nicole Brown, Alison Brie, Donald Glover, Jim Rash, Ken Jeong Writer: Maggie Bandur Director:  Michael Patrick Jann Original Telecast: February 21 2013 Network: NBC, airs Thursday nights I keep coming back to the reconstituted COMMUNITY without creator Dan Harmon at the helm, and the third week in, and I’m still not sold that this is the same show I once loved. COMMUNITY created its own DOCTOR WHO-like show within the show called INSPECTOR SPACETIME which has slowly become a major player in the actual show. Naturally, the new showrunners thought […]Read On »


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TV Review: COMMUNITY – Season 4 – “History 101” – Season Premiere

By CARL CORTEZ 02/09/2013
Donald Glover as Troy, Alison Brie as Annie, Danny Pudi as Abed, Yvette Nicole Brown as Shirley, Ken Jeong as Sen?or Chang, Gillian Jacobs as Britta, Joel McHale as Jeff Winger, Chevy Chase as Pierce in COMMUNITY - Season 4 | ©2013 NBC/Mitchell Haaseth

Stars: Joel McHale, Chevy Chase, Gillian Jacobs, Danny Pudi, Yvette Nicole Brown, Alison Brie, Donald Glover, Jim Rash, Ken Jeong Writer: Ben Wexler Director: Tristram Shapeero Original Telecast: February 7, 2013 Network: NBC, airs Thursday nights While it’s no secret that COMMUNITY creator Dan Harmon was unceremoniously fired last season just after the show was renewed, the unfortunate part is that with Season 4, it’s clear he was the glue and “voice” of the show that kept it together. His unique point of view and strange sense of humor kept COMMUNITY alive and well. Even when it had an uneven […]Read On »


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TCA 2012: NBC discusses the state of their Thursday night comedies THE OFFICE, 30 ROCK, and PARKS AND RECREATION

By CARL CORTEZ 07/25/2012
Amy Poehler in PARKS AND RECREATION - Season 4 - "Win, Lose, Or Draw" | ©2012 NBC/Tyler Golden

As NBC begins to transition from its aging comedy series to finding the next big breakout hits, change is inevitable. And even though THE OFFICE, PARKS AND RECREATION, COMMUNITY (now on Fridays) and 30 ROCK are critics darlings, ratings have been on the decline and NBC Entertainment Chairman Robert Greenblatt says they are looking to find broader based shows to fill those holes if and when those series go off the air. “The Thursday night shows are great shows,” says Greenblatt speaking at this week’s NBCUniversal Summer 2012 Press Tour. “They’re award-winning and incredibly sophisticated and clever, and we couldn’t […]Read On »


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