Joel McHale

Looks like Chevy Chase is finally ready for prime time.

The Emmy-winning comedian and Saturday Night Live alum has been cast in the NBC comedy pilot, Community, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Should it get picked up, the series will feature Chase's first regular prime-time role.

Community, described as "Stripes at a community college," stars Joel McHale as Jeff, a lawyer who returns to college after his degree is deemed invalid. Chase will play ...
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You know him as the wiseass host of E! Network's popular series The Soup, but Joel McHale is shaking things up these days in a serious movie with Oscar-winners Matt Damon and Steven Soderbergh in The Informant.

The dark comedy/thriller based on Kurt Eichenwald's "The Informant: A True Story," tells the tale of brilliant academic Mark Whitacre (Damon), a rising star at conglomerate Archer Daniels Midland. But some shady price-fixing tactics within his company ultimately lead Whitacre to become one of the FBI's highest-level executive to turn whistleblower in U.S history.

McHale's role as FBI agent Robert Herndon was "about as fun as it could be." What really stuck out about the experience was ... read more 3 Comments

Some of televisions funniest personalities are trading in their camera work for live audiences at the New York Comedy Festival this week. TVGuide.com caught up a few of them, including Tracy Morgan, Frank Caliendo, Joel McHale and Carlos Mencia, to find out how they compare their work on television with live stand-up routines in front of thousands of people.