*Karen fangirls* BEN & LESLIE ARE GETTING MARRIED! *Fangirling over* Back-to-Back Episodes! Thursday, February 21 8:30/7:30c LESLIE AND BEN / CORRESPONDENTS’ LUNCH (TV-PG) THE CLOCK IS TICKING – Leslie (Amy Poehler) and Ben (Adam Scott) have two hours to complete a years-long project. Meanwhile, Ron (Nick Offerman) gets in trouble when his temper gets the best of him. Elsewhere, Leslie is ... Read More »
British actress Katie McGrath, who currently stars as Morgana on the Syfy series Merlin, which is in its final season, has joined the cast of the upcoming NBC thriller Dracula that will star Jonathan Rhys Meyers (from Bend It Like Beckham and The Tudors fame) as Alan Grayson, an American entrepreneur, who arrives in London and maintains that he wants ... Read More »
I must preface my review by saying I have no clue how Parks & Rec manages to fit three stories into a half hour – AND keep it fun and entertaining. I love this show. In this episode, Leslie fights for equality in city politics, Ron babysits, and Tom needs help understanding basketball. Let’s go with Leslie first. She finds ... Read More »
Now that the holidays are over and all of the major network shows have returned to the primetime landscape over the last couple of weeks, it is time to take another look at how the 2012-2013 TV season is performing. As mentioned last month, NBC has had a remarkable season, finishing in the number one spot over the other major ... Read More »
LESLIE FOCUSES ON WOMEN’S EQUALITY IN GOVERNMENT – LUCY LAWLESS (“SPARTACUS”) GUEST STARS In order to get more women hired in government, Leslie (Amy Poehler) and April (Aubrey Plaza) handle a garbage route. Meanwhile, to help his growing business, Tom (Aziz Ansari) enlists the help of Andy (Chris Pratt) and Ben (Adam Scott) to teach him about basketball, and Ron ... Read More »
One of the reasons I love this show is how innovatively it handles what appear to be run-of-the-mill sitcom plots. This week, P&R threw bachelor parties for the guys, and a bachelorette party for Leslie. You read that right – the party that started out as a last bachelor hurrah for Ben soon evolved into a progressive wish-fulfillment night. After discussing guy ... Read More »
NBC doesn’t plan to bring the new series Revolution back until March 25, but they aren’t wasting anytime adding to the cast roster. Actress Leslie Hope, best known for her role as Teri Bauer on 24 and who starred in last season’s short-lived thriller The River, will play President Foster, the “tough, seasoned leader of the powerful Georgia Federation”, the ... Read More »
ANN AND CHRIS PLAN THE PERFECT BACHELORETTE AND BACHELOR PARTIES – Ann (Rashida Jones) throws a bachelorette party for Leslie (Amy Poehler) but her plans are derailed when Councilman Jamm interferes. Chris (Rob Lowe) throws a game night at Ben’s (Adam Scott) but things take a turn when he realizes none of the guys ever had their own bachelor parties. ... Read More »
Our Nice Boy this week is Victor Garber. If you haven’t heard of Victor Garber is you might want to sit down and do a little evaluating because the man has been in everything from Broadway to TV to movies. I’ll give you a few career facts before I get too carried away telling you how awesome he is: he ... Read More »
Today’s Women Behind the Scenes spotlight is shone on executive producers, series developers and writers Sherri Cooper and Jennifer Levin. Both ladies have been working in the entertainment industry since about the mid-90’s with Jennifer getting her start as a writer and story editor on Chicago Hope from 1995 to 1997 while Sherri worked on the short projects called Second ... Read More »