The timing couldn't be better for someone to make a commercial touting Greendale Community College, the madcap home for NBC's eternally underappreciated cult-com Community (8/7c) — but does it have to be Dean "Call me Craig" Pelton (the fearlessly funny Jim Rash) pulling the strings? With fans and critics having what seems to be a collective meltdown over the news that NBC is temporarily benching ...
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Viewers may recognize him from more lighthearted fare like One Tree Hill and October Road, but these days Bryan Greenberg is hustling as a fashion-school dropout on HBO's new series How to Make it in America (Sun, 10/9c). Greenberg, who calls the series "very timely with the economy," talked to TVGuide.com about why he responded to the project and how his musical background affects his roles.
TVGuide.com: How did you get involved in the show?
Bryan Greenberg: I actually knew Ian Edelman, the creator of the show, through basketball and a mutual friend, but I had no idea he was...
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Question: I have hung in with John from Cincinnati through the first four episodes and will probably stick with it for the first series. After all, I felt that Deadwood took a half-dozen episodes to find its feet, so I'll give John the same chance. Besides, I want to love a show that has both Luis Guzman and Ed O'Neill. Having said that, Episode 4 tested my resolve tremendously. Milch seems to be bringing in characters that serve no purpose. They don't move the plot along or illuminate the other characters — they just make me scratch my head (the motel owner, the associate drug dealer, Shaun's doctor). The porn star runaway mother dropping in out of the blue was close to the last straw. If Episode 5 brings us a memory-impaired surfer who was crippled due to Butchie's drug use, I'm outta there. Also, while some of the characters intrigue me, it all gets undone every time Rebecca De Mornay starts screaming, which is virtually every line of dialogue she utters. Does this show have a ...
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