Hoping to follow in the footsteps of The Office and 30 Rock by securing an early renewal, NBC's My Name Is Earl (Thursdays at 8 pm/ET) will be playing to all its strengths in the coming months, combining list work with a standalone arc, all of which will lead up to a buzzworthy season finale.
"Last week we aired the first in a five-episode arc, where Darnell's Witness Protection identity was exposed, so he had to flee," series creator Greg Garcia tells TVGuide.com. "We're now going to spend some time with [Darnell, Joy and the kids] away from Camden County, with different identities." As the mystery is finally solved ...
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Judging by the way Joy's been carrying on for the past few months on NBC's My Name Is Earl (Thursdays at 8 pm/ET), you'd think she'd been pregnant for a year now. Jaime Pressly, who plays the trash-talking, trailer-park diva, herself isn't due until the end of May, and frankly she's a bit tired of waiting to pop out her son with fiancé Eric Cubiche. But thankfully, the 29-year-old North Carolinian didn't have a trace of Joy's ire when she called TVGuide.com to discuss Joy's impending trial (for stealing a truck and an employee from a discount store), her own impending motherhood, and how Earl has managed to avoid the
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This week's My Name Is Earl (Thursdays at 8 pm/ET, on NBC) — the second in a three-episode arc of the season finale — is where Earl (Jason Lee) gets a job. What's different about this episode is that it features Laugh 'N Sniff cards.
I've always been a fan of John Waters and his movie Polyester, featuring "Odorama." When he guest-starred on My Name Is Earl [in "Kept a Guy Locked in a Trunk," Jan. 18], I asked him if he minded if I stole his idea. He said it wasn't his idea, so go ahead. Because of the planning and cost of creating the cards, we needed to get a sponsor for the promotion, so TV Guide and Oreo got involved. We also knew that it had to air on May 3.
We were told we could
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Variety reports that CBS has made a pilot commitment to Fugly, a new half-hour comedy from My Name Is Earl creator Greg Garcia, which concerns three unattractive siblings who pool their money to give one a dramatic makeover. The trio then move to Hollywood to cash in on the pretty one's new looks. Pamela Anderson was once envisioned to star.... Two and a Half Men creators Chuck Lorre and Lee Aronsohn are teaming with West Wing Emmy winner Allison Janney on a comedy about a successful woman re-examining the relationships in her life.
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Tonight, Earl Hickey claims that which is rightly his: a berth on NBC's Must-See TV slate, as the freshman hit My Name Is Earl relocates from Tuesday to Thursday at 9 pm/ET, where it will be followed by the equally worthy tagalong The Office. The shake-up also shuffles Will & Grace to the 8 o'clock slot, begging the question — and TVGuide.com wasn't afraid to ask it — of whether Earl will be adding "aided and abetted the bumping of Joey from NBC's lineup" to his famous list of wrongdoings.
Earl creator Greg Garcia a
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