After playing mobster Christopher Moltisanti on The Sopranos for six seasons, Michael Imperioli has been in his fair share of TV fights. But what will happen when he goes up against Dwight Schrute (Rainn Wilson)?!
Fans will find out when the Emmy winner guest-stars on The Office this spring as...
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Every time Dwight (Rainn Wilson) has been assigned a big task at Dunder Mifflin on The Office, things haven't exactly gone smoothly (see: the time when everyone almost lost their health care in Season 1, the time when newly minted manager Dwight fired a gun in the office in Season 7).
Despite his past infractions, Dwight is put in charge of hiring a new junior salesman to replace...
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Former Two and a Half Men co-star Charlie Sheen has broken his silence about Angus T. Jones' recent video, in which the young star called the CBS comedy "filth" and urged viewers to stop watching the show.
Angus T. Jones Calls Two and a Half Men "Filth," Urges Viewers to Stop Watching
"With Angus's...
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One of this fall's big programming events wasn't actually broadcast on TV. Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn, a live-action series geared toward the launch of the new Xbox 360 video game, has become a hit for YouTube, where it runs on the young male-oriented Machinima Prime channel.
YouTube is taking on the traditional TV model in a big way, with the help of major stars, original programs like Halo 4 and big events like Felix Baumgartner's space jump, which broke YouTube user records on Oct. 14. A year after YouTube parent Google unleashed an aggressive $100 million initiative to launch around 100 original programming channels (and committed $200 million to market the channels), viewership on the platform was up 11 percent year-to-year in September.
It's a slow build, and so far YouTube's original programming initiative hasn't produced a hit that was big enough to enter the public consciousness. But according to newly released comScore data, YouTube users spent an average of 419.1 minutes watching video in September, compared to 378 minutes in Sept. 2011.
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NBC may be on the rise this season, but comedy — traditionally one of the network's strong suits — hasn't played much of a role in its recovery. Freshman half-hour Go On is showing promise, but NBC's Thursday night block, once the home to "Must See TV," now limps along.
That's why execs are taking a long, hard look at its comedy brand to decide in what direction to steer the laughs next year. NBC introduced the new slogan "We Peacock Comedy" this fall, but what kind of comedy does NBC actually "Peacock"?<
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