Community Shake-Up: Dan Harmon Replaced as Showrunner – To 'Broaden' the Show's Appeal?

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The Greendale Gang is getting brand-new leadership.

David Guarascio and Moses Port (Just Shoot Me, Aliens in America) are joining NBC’s Community as exec producers/showrunners, TVLine has confirmed. The duo will replace series creator Dan Harmon, who will now serve as a consulting producer — which, Harmon suggests, is little more than a vanity title. READ MORE


Smallville's Justin Hartley Won't Take Shots at TV's New Green Arrow: 'He's Going to Be Great'

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In speaking with Smallville‘s erstwhile Emerald Archer, Justin Hartley — who is now playing doctor on the new CW drama Emily Owens, M.D. — and Stephen Amell, star of the network’s upcoming Arrow, it became clear …READ MORE


Community's Joel McHale: 'I Literally Am Praying' That Dan Harmon Stays on As Showrunner

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Joel McHale was on a plane when word broke that Community creator Dan Harmon might not be staying on as showrunner for Season 4. As such, when he disembarked, “My Twitter feed had about 500 ‘at’ (@) mentions” from followers curious about the unexpected wrinkle, he shares with TVLine. “I was like, ‘Oh, something must have happened.’ And it was that whole thing.”

Asked for a status report on Harmon’s possible exit …READ MORE


NBC Boss on Community's Friday Move and Possible Departures of Dan Harmon, Chevy Chase

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Although the show’s diehard fans may disagree, Community‘s relocation from Thursday to Friday is a good thing, maintains NBC president Robert Greenblatt.

“The show has its faithful audience and they will follow it to the ends of the Earth,” the exec insists. “And I really wanted to do something to invigorate Friday because we love Grimm. So I thought, let’s …READ MORE


Sherlock's Benedict Cumberbatch Takes a Shot at Downton Abbey – Does He Have a Point?

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Oh, my dears — Downton Abbey is under attack by one of its own again.

Just days after Abbey‘s leading lady, Elizabeth McGovern, took a swipe at the PBS hit’s polarizing second season, Sherlock star Benedict Cumberbatch has voiced his own disappointment with the show’s sophomore run. READ MORE


Robert Sean Leonard on Cuddy Returning for House Finale: 'I Don't Think It's Necessary'

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Robert Sean Leonard has a strong opinion on the topic of Dr. Lisa Cuddy returning for the House series finale, airing May 21 — and it may not be what you think. READ MORE


ABC's Bachelor Franchise No Longer Casts Black People: Is That OK? Does It Warrant a Lawsuit?

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I’ve got conflicting feelings regarding the recent class-action lawsuit — led by two African-American former college football players who say they got brushed off at an open casting call – alleging that ABC “knowingly, intentionally and as a matter of corporate policy refused to cast people of color in the role of the Bachelor and Bachelorette.”

I did a little non-scientific research — perusing the full cast photos for the last four seasons of The Bachelor and last two seasons of The Bachelorette, and didn’t see …READ MORE


Catwalk Bloodbath: America's Next Top Model Fires Nigel Barker, J. Alexander and Jay Manuel

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Nigel Barker, J. Alexander and Jay Manuel are in the running towards becoming America’s Next Top Model has-beens.

The show’s longtime mentors/judges were fired on Thursday as part of a major overhaul ahead of this fall’s 19th cycle READ MORE


Poll: Can Community Survive (Perhaps Even Thrive) Without Chevy Chase's Pierce?

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You couldn’t have Bones without Bones. You couldn’t have 2 Broke Girls without two broke girls. You couldn’t have Dexter without Dexter. But could you have Community without Pierce? Since the comedy is looking pretty good for renewal — and since there’s some, shall we say, backstage tension — it’s a question that may soon have to be answered. READ MORE & VOTE