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  1. the race to primetime
    Inside Heems’ TV Dreams, With Eat Pray ThugHeems is ready to make people laugh again — and change their minds while he’s at it.
    By Miles Raymer
  2. The Social Media Graveyard of Canceled ComediesDozens and dozens of new shows premiere each new TV season (and mid-season, and off-season) but only a handful live to see season two. These […]
    By Meredith Haggerty
  3. Andy Richter Outsourced His ‘Conan’ Job to China Here’s a bit from Conan last night that takes a serious look at the issue of outsourcing. Andy Richter’s actions may seem appealing, but […]
    By Bradford Evans
  4. tv
    NBC Cancels Outsourced, Law & Order: LA, and The EventIt was a rough year for freshman shows.
    By Margaret Lyons
  5. The Office Loses Major Numbers in its First Post-Carell EpisodeThe Office dropped 17% in the ratings last night when compared to last week’s Carell sendoff, which is bad, but probably not that bad. After […]
    By Adam Frucci
  6. breaking
    Michael Scott Gets Extended Good-bye to The Office’Parks and Rec’ gets supersized that night, too.
    By Josef Adalian
  7. Fake Novelty Crap From Outsourced to Become Real Novelty Crap“NBC Universal Television Consumer Products Group and The Johnson Smith Company, announced today that the February issue of Johnson Smith’s […]
    By Adam Frucci
  8. NBC’s Thursday Night Ratings Hang On For Dear LifeIt’s kind of weird that tracking NBC’s Thursday night ratings feels like checking the lifeline of good comedy on TV, right? Like, if Parks and […]
    By Adam Frucci
  9. First Night of NBC’s Three-Hour Comedy Block a Success, Ratings-WiseLooks like NBC’s grand six-show comedy block experiment may be a success, at least when compared to it’s earlier Jay-Leno-at-10pm […]
    By Adam Frucci
  10. NBC Renews 30 Rock, Extends Thursday Comedy Block to 3 Hours, Brings Back […]NBC has announced it’s midseason lineup, and they went all crazy on Thursday nights. First: Parks and Recreation is returning on January 20th […]
    By Adam Frucci
  11. Is Outsourced Any More Racist Than Modern Family?One of the most-repeated criticisms of NBC’s freshman comedy Outsourced is that it features a narrow-minded portrayal of Indian culture. Nearly […]
    By Erik Voss
  12. NBC Could Be Expanding Its Thursday Night Comedy Block to Three HoursIt’s been an open question since NBC picked up Outsourced for a full season: where the hell were they going to put Parks and Recreation? Would […]
    By Adam Frucci
  13. 30 rock
    30 Rock Might Get a Ten O’Clock SpotAnd create a three-hour Thursday-night comedy block. Does it matter?
    By Mike Vilensky
  14. Indian Office of American Company Loves OutsourcedThe New York Times screened an episode of Outsourced for a group of employees at a company in India that, like the one in the show, does work […]
    By Adam Frucci
  15. What’s Happening with NBC’s Comedy Lineup?So, NBC went ahead and ordered a full season of Outsourced, which, OK. But worse than more mediocre comedy being ordered is what it might mean […]
    By Adam Frucci
  16. breaking
    NBC Orders The Event, Law & Order: L.A., and Outsourced for Full Seasons’Undercovers’ and ‘Chase’ have to wait, and so will ‘Parks and Rec.’
    By Josef Adalian
  17. NBC’s Praise-Filled Outsourced Promo Full of Sacred BullshitIf you were watching football last night and saw an ad for Outsourced that claimed that Entertainment Weekly called it a “hilarious culture […]
    By Adam Frucci
  18. your tv ratings explained
    TV Ratings: Bye, Generation!Is My Generation the next Lone Star?
    By Josef Adalian
  19. tv
    Five Fall Shows That Would Have Done Better on a Different NetworkThings could have been different for ‘Lone Star’ on FX, or ‘Undercovers’ on USA.
    By Kyle Buchanan
  20. Outsourced: A Mouthful of ManmeetLet’s just get this out of the way first. In case you were unaware, Indian food makes you poop. And I don’t mean poop a little bit. I mean […]
    By Halle Kiefer
  21. globalism
    So, Is Outsourced Racist?No, it just doesn’t want you to know it hates America.
    By Willa Paskin
  22. Outsourced Just As Bad As You Figured It Would BeOuch: “Or you could have Outsourced, where a sour-faced American initially reacts to India with repulsion and travels abroad to discover that […]
    By Adam Frucci
  23. There’s Only Room For One Show With Indian Actors on NBC, Dammit .bbpBox25025924041 {background:url(http://s.twimg.com/a/1283555538/images/themes/theme2/bg.gif) #C6E2EE;padding:20px;} […]
    By Adam Frucci
  24. The New York Post Knows a Thing or Two About RacismThe swamis at the New York Post think they know which three shows will be canceled first this fall: NBC’s Indian call center comedy Outsourced, […]
    By Adam Frucci
  25. Your Vulture Upfronts: Judge the New NBC ComediesThere are five of them!
    By Willa Paskin
  26. pickup lines
    NBC Picks Up Three More Series’The Event,’ ‘Outsourced,’ and ‘Love Bites.’
    By Willa Paskin
  27. trends
    TV’s Latest Trend: Shows About Indian-AmericansThanks RAAAAAAAANDY!
    By Adam K. Raymond