When NBC announced its new sitcom Animal Practice—a.k.a. That One Show With the Monkey In It—plenty of critics, myself …
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TCA 2012: Palins, Monkey Join NBC Media Circus
When you have a successful lineup of acclaimed shows at the Television Critics Association, all you need to do to get attention is to bring out the talented stars and creators who made the shows. When your network is in a, er, “rebuilding year,” you haul out all the stunts you can.
At NBC’s “meet the stars” cocktail party, poolside at …
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TCAs 2012: NBC’s Monkey Business
NBC, in the past several years, has not had a lot of ratings success. But at least it had some respect. The Office was a hit, and then when it wasn’t a huge hit, it still received praise for performances like Steve Carell’s. …
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NBC Sets Fall Schedule, Hopes You Don’t Have Plans in August
Beginning in late July, NBC will air the Olympics, which many, many people will watch. NBC also has to launch a new schedule of shows, whose success is not as certain a matter. To better connect the two, Thursday NBC announced a …
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NBC Gets a Jump on Upfronts with J.J. Abrams, Lots of Comedy
You may have heard that the NBC network has had a touch of trouble in the ratings lately. A slew of its new shows failed this season; Smash and Grimm will be back but have been, at best, far less than a smash and just better than grim; and its once must-see Thursday now does ratings that would be just respectable on basic cable.
But …
