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Nov 16 2012 12:00 PM ET

InsideTV Podcast: What is this season's best returning TV show?

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A lot has been made about which new shows have been sinking and swimming this season. We all waited with bated breath to see which show would be cancelled first (sorry, Made in Jersey), and which shows would become breakout hits (umm…still waiting). And then there are the new shows that alternately thrill and exasperate us depending on the week (we’re talking to you, Last Resort).

But what of the returning shows? Which ones have come back just as strong — or even stronger — than last season? James Hibberd, Jessica Shaw, and I tackle that very topic on the latest edition of the InsideTV Podcast as each of us gives our pick for the best returning show this fall. What shows are aging like a fine wine? We’ll tell you. Although I have a bone to pick with Jessica’s selection. Click on the audio player icon below to find out why!

Then, Jessica and I turn our attention to another returning show that is having a stellar season: Survivor: Philippines. We discuss who we are loving and loathing in this installment and then take a call form the man who was just ousted from the tribe, Artis Silvester. Artis has some harsh words for his former tribemate Michael Skupin, whom he describes as “not a nice person.” Listen in to find out what has Artis so hot, even months after the game ended. READ FULL STORY »

Oct 30 2012 06:56 PM ET

'New Girl' photos: Schmidt dominated by sexy new boss Carla Gugino

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Carla Gugino is coming to Fox’s New Girl as Schmidt’s sexually adventurous boss — want to take a look? EW.com exclusively has the first photos of Gugino (Entourage, Californication) dominating the hit comedy’s ladies’ man (Max Greenfield). The Nov. 13 episode plays like a gender switch on the bestseller Fifty Shades of Grey, with Schmidt getting more than he can handle after signing a sex contract. New Girl returns for its Halloween episode tonight on Fox. READ FULL STORY »

Oct 23 2012 04:17 PM ET

'New Girl': See the first-ever meeting between Nick and Schmidt in college -- EXCLUSIVE VIDEO

The concept of male friendship is up for debate, discussion, and dissection on tonight’s episode of New Girl, as the one between Schmidt (Max Greenfield) and Nick (Jake Johnson) seems headed toward destruction. Why? Because Schmidt gave Nick a cookie, that’s why! In addition to explaining how a cookie can be so much more than a cookie, this installment of New Girl whisks us back to college for the first meeting of Nick and Schmidt.

You can see this historic comedic moment before the rest of America simply by clicking on the video below. (WARNING: Video contains a mustache, dry ramen, and Fat Schmidt.) READ FULL STORY »

Oct 16 2012 02:25 PM ET

'Daily Show,' 'SNL,' 'Colbert,' and 'Fallon' writers assemble for New York Television Festival panel

“Live from New York…” is Saturday Night Live‘s proprietary catchprase, but those four iconic words might just as easily more broadly describe the best and brightest of American comedy — period. Within a three-block radius in midtown Manhattan lies the home bases for Saturday Night Live, The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, and Late Night With Jimmy Fallon. So it only makes sense that during the comically fertile election season, the New York Television Festival is celebrating the talent behind those shows with a special discussion panel, “Long Day’s Journey Into Late Night: 2012 Election Edition – The Politics of Funny.”

Next Tuesday night at the 92Y Tribeca, NBC’s Willie Geist will welcome a Barry Julien (head writer, The Colbert Report), Steve Bodow (co-executive producer and former head writer, The Daily Show), Colin Jost (co-head writer, Saturday Night Live), and A.D. Miles (head writer, Late Night) for a lively discussion about their favorite moments from the 2012 campaign so far and their take on the current state of the late-night genre. (Tickets are free but will surely “sell out.”) READ FULL STORY »

Sep 27 2012 02:02 PM ET

Olivia Munn joins 'New Girl' as Nick's love interest

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Who will win the adorkable face off?

Olivia Munn is joining Zooey Deschanel’s New Girl for an arc this season. She’s going to play “Angie,” a love interest for Nick (Jake Johnson). She’s described as sexy (duh), as well as “earthy, charming and can hold her own with the group.”

Deadline says Munn will shoot her New Girl arc before re-joining HBO’s The Newsroom for season two. New Girl returned Tuesday night to 5.2 million viewers, down a bit from last year, but managed to tie NBC’s Go On.

Sep 26 2012 11:29 AM ET

'Mindy Project' premiere ratings soft; 'New Girl' fights 'Go On'

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Mindy Kaling vs. Ellen Barkin! Zooey Deschanel vs. Matthew Perry! Tuesday night unleashed a trio of new shows into competitive time slots: Fox’s Ben & Kate, CBS’ Vegas and — probably the most buzzed-about of the bunch — Fox’s The Mindy Project. Here’s how they stacked up.

First, Kaling’s debut disappointed a bit. The Mindy Project (4.7 million viewers, 2.4) was down 23 percent from last year’s Raising Hope premiere in this slot and dropped from its lead in. Still, Mindy Project fended off its 9:30 p.m. comedy rival, NBC’s The New Normal (5.2 million, 2.0). Mindy also performed better than Fox’s other new sitcom. At 8:30 p.m., Ben & Kate (4.2 million, 2.0) opened weak.

Both Mindy Project and Ben & Kate had the benefit of the same lead-in (weirdly). Fox aired a special New Girl (5.3 million, 2.7) at 8 p.m., then aired New Girl‘s official regular time-period debut at 9 p.m. (5.2 million, 2.7). Both episodes delivered the same demo number, down a steep 44 percent from last fall’s series premiere. The 9 p.m. New Girl tied NBC’s Go On (7.3 million, 2.7). The Matthew Perry comedy was down a bit this week, but NBC will gladly accept this outcome against the return of a tough rival. Oh, why can’t all these sitcoms just be friends? (Friends?).

At 10 p.m., CBS rolled out Vegas. I gotta confess: READ FULL STORY »

Sep 25 2012 04:54 PM ET

'New Girl:' Exec producer Liz Meriwether teases jobless Jess, Schmidt's Kanye obsession and more

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In case you haven’t already heard, there are some changes in store for the new season of New Girl (which premieres tonight at 8 p.m.): Jess will lose her job, Schmidt will lose his cast (and gain an exciting new mission in life), Nick will contemplate publishing a zombie book (see below), and Winston…well, he’ll actually be on the right track. We spoke to exec producer Liz Meriwether to get the scoop on what’s coming up for each character this season.

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Sep 25 2012 02:54 PM ET

'New Girl': Schmidt as a Jewish assassin! Magic Mike! Mark Zuckerberg! -- EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS

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What does a new season of New Girl bring? A new Schmidt. When the metrosensitive douche sensation who’s been sidelined sexually finally has his penis cast removed in the season 2 premiere (Fox, tonight, 8 p.m.), he rebrands himself with a bash at Nick’s bar (and has the displeasure of meeting Cece’s new boyfriend). “He’s felt he’s been held back by having this cast on his nether regions and this is his big coming out party,” says Max Greenfield, a.k.a. Schmidt. “He’s ready to take on the world again. He doesn’t feel like he’s got a crutch anymore so he feels like he needs to reintroduce his brand, and what better way to do that than to have a rebranding event?” The plan was for the episode to feature a slide show with Schmidt showing off a multitude of looks, but time constraints left that sequence on the cutting room floor. The good news is that it has found a home right here on EW.com. You can see the highlights in the following photos, complete with commentary from Greenfield. “I had so much fun,” he says of the shoot. “It was a week before we started up the show again, and it was just confirmation to me after a hiatus, ‘Oh, we’re back.’ Just when I thought it couldn’t get any weirder, I’m now dressed up in a Jewish assassin costume as well as a Magic Mike outfit. I don’t know what’s happening but I guess we’re shooting the show again.” READ FULL STORY »

Sep 18 2012 10:38 AM ET

'New Girl' promo: Schmidt plays with fire -- VIDEO

The quipless summer is almost over, Newbies! This may be an election year, but we know where the True Americans are — over at Jess and the boys’ loft. Since there’s still a full week until New Girl returns, the good folks at Fox have released a new promo called “Fired Up.”

Fired up? Why yes, yes we are, good sirs! Below, watch as Jess explores her artistic side, Schmidt does a seductive flame dance, and Nick just shakes his head in shame. READ FULL STORY »

Sep 14 2012 07:30 PM ET

Jamie Lee Curtis, Rob Reiner to play Jess' parents on 'New Girl'

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New Girl fans will have at least one thing to be thankful for come Thanksgiving: They will finally get to meet the two people biologically responsible for the wacky wonder that is Jess (Zooey Deschanel). EW has learned that actress/author Jamie Lee Curtis and actor/director/producer Rob Reiner will assume the roles of her divorced parents, Joan and Bob, who cross paths again in the loft at Thanksgiving. Jess is not happy that they are not together, and uses the holiday to try to  romantically reunite them in what’s being described as a “Parent Trap.” (What could go wrong? See: last year’s dryer turkey and corpse special.) READ FULL STORY »

Sep 14 2012 04:21 PM ET

'New Girl': Carla Gugino to play Schmidt's boss -- EXCLUSIVE

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Max Greenfield’s Schmidt is no stranger to romantic entanglements with the boss, so perhaps it’s no surprise that things are about to get stranger at the office on New Girl. EW has learned that Carla Gugino (Political Animals, Entourage) has signed on to the Fox comedy to play Emma, Schmidt’s sweet-seeming new superior who’s actually a high-powered sex freak. The two will engage in a Fifty Shades of Grey-esque relationship when Schmidt is forced to sign a contract that binds him to Emma. READ FULL STORY »

Aug 9 2012 05:49 PM ET

Fox to screen fall premieres early nationwide and host live online Q&A with casts

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Fox will hold 10 nationwide advance screenings of its new comedies Ben and Kate and The Mindy Project on Aug. 26, followed by a question-and-answer session in person and online with the shows’ stars.

The casts of New Girl and Raising Hope — Fox’s two returning comedies that will join Ben and Mindy on Tuesday nights this fall — will also participate in the Los Angeles-based panel moderated by EW’s Annie Barrett. The comedy pilots and the subsequent question-and-answer session will be broadcast online and to screening rooms in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Dallas, San Francisco, Boston, Washington, D.C., Atlanta, and Houston.

Questions can be submitted to the casts via Twitter and Facebook using the hashtag #FOXTuesdays and the individual shows’ Facebook pages. Participants in the panel will be New Girl’s Max Greenfield, Lamorne Morris, and Jake Johnson; Raising Hope’s Martha Plimpton and Garret Dillahunt; Ben and Kate’s Dakota Johnson and Nat Faxon; and The Mindy Project’s Mindy Kaling and Chris Messina. READ FULL STORY »

Aug 7 2012 05:00 PM ET

'New Girl' scoop: 'Justified' actor to play future Nick

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On Fox’s New Girl, what would Nick act and look like many years from now?

That’s going to be explored in an upcoming episode of the hit comedy, which has just cast an actor from Justified to play “Older Nick.”

Raymond Barry (Training Day, Cold Case) has signed on for the guest star role in season two. In the episode, Nick (Jake Johnson) meets an old man in a bar who claims to himself from the future. The would-be time traveler acts like an older and drunker version of Nick and seems to know everything about his future, er, past.

The casting comes after executive producer Liz Meriwether gave EW.com some scoop on Jess’ story taking a dramatic turn next season and the casting of a former NBC star as Jess’ new love interest.

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