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This Christmas, The Simpsons aims for heartwarming, lands on forgettable
“At any other time of the year, that man’s life would be worth more than a TV.”
Jane Lynch is getting a daytime talk show
Post-Glee, the world of scripted television hasn’t been particularly kind to Jane Lynch. Her CBS show Angel From Hell wa…
Jane Lynch has some kind words for Christopher Guest
Christopher Guest was at The A.V. Club’s comedy festival earlier this month to take part in The Modern School Of Film…
In the second Party Down episode, the catering crew met some okay Republicans
The possessors of beauty are reticent about their privileges or act as though it was luck that the cop didn’t give them…
Jane Lynch joins NBC pilot in role originally written for a man
According to Deadline, Jane Lynch has joined the cast of the NBC comedy pilot Relatively Happy, playing a character who…
Jane Lynch to play Janet Reno in Discovery Channel’s Manifesto
Some intriguing casting news has emerged from Discovery Channel’s upcoming fact-based FBI drama Manifesto. It looks…
Rachel Bloom, Elizabeth Banks, Adam Scott, and more sing out against Trump
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend creator and star Rachel Bloom has corralled a group of comedians and famous people—including…
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Christopher Guest returns to mockumentaries with the formulaic Mascots
Mascots, Christopher Guest’s first mockumentary since A Mighty Wind (and first feature as a director since For Your…
The teaser for Christopher Guest’s Mascots introduces The Gold Fluffy
We don’t know much about Mascots, the upcoming Netflix mockumentary from mockumentary visionary Christopher Guest, but…
“Ohio” is the sound of missing home
In Hear This, The A.V. Club writers sing the praises of songs they know well. This week, we’re picking songs about…
CBS banishes Angel From Hell from its lineup
Today’s reading from Cancellations will center on the earthbound Angel From Hell, as portrayed by Jane Lynch, who did…
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Jane Lynch elevates Angel From Hell’s lame premise
Angel From Hell has one of those premises that makes you groan as soon as you hear it: A tightly wound young woman…
“You can’t watch everything”: A pragmatic guide to peak TV, part 2
Yesterday, The A.V. Club buried itself in the first avalanche of fall programming tumbling forth from peak TV; today,…
Everyone but Eugene Levy, Catherine O’Hara returning for Christopher Guest’s Mascots
As we reported earlier this month, Christopher Guest has signed an agreement with Netflix to make his next mockumentary…
J.K. Simmons, Jane Lynch, and more will star in Kevin Pollak’s first film
As reported by Variety, Kevin Pollak is getting ready to make his directorial debut with The Late Bloomer, an…
Psych’s Maggie Lawson to get yelled at by Jane Lynch’s Angel From Hell
The producers of CBS’s comedy pilot Angel From Hell have found someone to act as the recipient of Jane Lynch’s…
Glee harmonized art and commerce, then gradually became a commercial
For most of the history of television, the barrier to syndication—and to profitability—has been 100 episodes. The shows…
Jane Lynch to play a sarcastic guardian angel in CBS’s Angel From Hell
Now that she’s done dunking soggy Cheerios at William McKinley High, Jane Lynch is taking her cutthroat counseling in a…
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Portlandia: “4th Of July”
As a result of Portlandia airing at the very start of the year, the show doesn’t have many opportunities to do holiday…
Fox will try to give away some dogs
Since cats have taken over the Internet, it’s time for dogs to take over television, at least for two hours. A Hilary…