Jan 26 2018
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With no renewal from NBC in sight, “Early Retirement” might just represent the last gasp of Great News. Thus, it…
Jan 19 2018
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With Great News’ season finale next week, and no news of a third season renewal, it’s time to take stock of the…
Jan 11 2018
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As Great News heads into the homestretch, Tracey Wigfield and company chose “Competing Offer” as the episode to…
Jan 4 2018
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The Greg and Katie romance initially felt like a somewhat obligatory byproduct of Great News. Workplace sitcoms need…
Dec 28 2017
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“Love Is Dead” might be a fairly middling episode of Great News, but it has two things going for it. The first is a…
Dec 21 2017
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Though NBC previously said that “Pool Show” was the last Great News episode of the year, the network decided to fill…
Nov 3 2017
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Great News closes out its fall season with an episode that primarily develops some nascent storylines in time for…
Oct 26 2017
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Social media must be like catnip for sitcom writers because it creates new opportunities for tech-focused stories and…
Oct 12 2017
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It’s entirely coincidental that “Honeypot!” aired a week after The New York Times’ expose accusing Harvey Weinstein…
Oct 5 2017
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This might be an obvious statement, but it’s enormously fun to watch a show find and explore its true potential. In…
Sep 28 2017
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From the very beginning, Great News was comedically indebted to 30 Rock. Though the premises are pretty…
May 23 2017
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Great News closes out its debut season by concluding the Biscuit Blitz arc and reexamining Katie and Carol’s…
May 16 2017
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Last week, NBC decided to renew Great News for a 13-episode second season, and it couldn’t have come at a more…
May 9 2017
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After four episodes of relying on Katie/Carol stories and John Michael Higgins’ performance, Great News starts…
May 2 2017
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Tracey Wigfield’s new sitcom Great News, about a news producer (Briga Heelan) who struggles with her sweet-hearted…
Aug 2 2016
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We don’t know much about Mascots, the upcoming Netflix mockumentary from mockumentary visionary Christopher Guest,…
Aug 26 2015
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As we reported earlier this month, Christopher Guest has signed an agreement with Netflix to make his next…
Nov 21 2014
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We should have expected this after last season: the moment when Nickelodeon screws over The Legend Of Korra…again.…
Nov 7 2014
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The event we’ve been waiting for is finally here: Korra versus Kuvira, with the fate of Zaofu hanging in the…
Oct 31 2014
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Now that’s more like it.