Tag Archive: THE LEAGUE

THE SURF REPORT: Holiday haze: PSYCH, AMERICAN HORROR STORY, new SOUP–12/14/11

TweetApologies for the radio silence. I got swamped with day job tasks and I was working on a submission for the new HuffPo TV which is what AOL TV has morphed into; that post about ENLIGHTENED should appear on the site tomorrow or Friday, I’m not sure because they have a lot of contributors so…

THE SURF REPORT: WOMEN WHO ROCK on PBS tonight, Jason Segel hosts SNL Saturday, AMAs Sunday

TweetCOMMUNITY: This week’s episode was one of my favorites this season and the documentary redux worked brilliantly a second time as Jim Rash’s Dean Pelton directed a commercial to attract new students to Greendale and went mad with directorial power. Rash got a lot of story time and it was great to see him at…

THE SURF REPORT: Ben Stiller hosts SNL, BREAKING BAD sure to be a nail-biter season finale Sunday

Tweet NBC cancelled FREE AGENTS yesterday which was expected as the show was anemic in the ratings.  It was reported today by Joe Adalian of Vulture.com that CBS comedy HOW TO BE A GENTLEMAN will move to Saturday nights as of October 15 which is never a good change for a show.  It lost a…

THE SURF REPORT talks dirty with THE LEAGUE’s Jeff & Jackie Schaffer

TweetI had a quick phone conversation with husband & wife showrunners/creators Jeff and Jackie Schaffer as they sprinted toward the goal line of Season 2 on THE LEAGUE, one of my favorite comedies because it kills me week in and week out. Thirteen episodes aren’t enough but they’ll have to suffice because that’s all FX…

THE SURF REPORT: R.I.P. TERRIERS, THE CLOSER & MEN OF A CERTAIN AGE return, DAVE BRUBECK docu–12/6/10

TweetTERRIERS: Alas, it was too good to be true. FX officially cancelled the show this morning and classy guy that he is, John Landgraf (FX’s President and fearless leader) spent a half hour on the phone with reporters this morning explaining why the tough decision had to be made. There was great internal love at…