The Big Bang Theory just keeps getting bigger and bigger!
The CBS sitcom hit an all-time viewership high Thursday — the first night of February sweeps — with 16.4 million viewers and a 5.4 rating in the adults 18-to-49 demographic. If numbers hold, it would mark Big Bang's second straight win in ...
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Things are about to get awfully busy on TV, as the February sweeps kick into gear tonight, meaning an end to the midwinter repeats for several weeks and blockbuster events over the next few weekends, starting with Sunday's Super Bowl on NBC, and continuing with the Grammys on CBS and the Oscars on ABC — just a guess, but these aren't listed merely sequentially but also in terms of audience buzz. (Adele joining the Grammy live-performance lineup makes that show instantly more interesting than anything that's likely to happen with this year's underpowered Oscars lineup.)
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First news broke that Rainn Wilson may be headed out the door at The Office, and now it looks like Mindy Kaling could follow.
Less than a week after it leaked that NBC is developing a Dwight-centered Office spin-off, Fox has picked up a comedy pilot written by and starring Kaling, Vulture reports.
NBC developing The Office spin-off about Dwight Schrute
The half-hour comedy project, which NBC is said to have passed on, follows a "young...
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NBC is planting the seeds for a spin-off of The Office centered on Dwight Schrute (Rainn Wilson) and the Schrute family beet farm, Deadline reports.
The series, which would tentatively launch in early 2013, would follow Dwight's life outside of Dunder Mifflin at his family's beet farm and bed and breakfast. The beet farm has been featured in several episodes stemming back to Season 2, with The Office and Parks and Recreation executive producer Mike Schur playing the role of Dwight's business partner and...
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What's the hardest job in showbiz? It may just be seating the Screen Actors Guild Awards.
"I describe it as seating on speed! It is seating for a wedding, but the wedding is on camera," SAG Awards producer Kathy Connell tells TVGuide.com. "Nobody realizes that the SAG Awards has more actors than any other award show because we're the only one that honors casts and ensembles. Our room is ...
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