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NBC's Friday Night Dinner Adaptation Lands Two Emmy Winners As Leads

Greg Daniels (creator of the American version of The Office) has already generated a lot of buzz for another British adaptation with Friday Night Dinner, which was picked up by NBC for a pilot test a few weeks ago. Now the buzz has grown expotentially thanks to the series gaining finalized deals from Emmy winners Tony Shalhoub and Allison Janney as the stars.  read more

Creator, Writers of The Office, Parks and Rec Developing Two Animated Shows

The Office and Parks & Recreation executive producer Greg Daniels is developing not one, but two animated series for NBC. Well, co-developing.  read more

Office Producer Looks To Adapt Another British Comedy

Greg Daniels, one of the producers behind another American adaptation featuring a certain Michael Scott, is now looking across the Atlantic for another comic goldmine. Friday Night Dinner, a British comedy about a "rough-around-the-edges", but traditional English-Jewish family and the Friday night Shabbat dinners they have. According to Deadline, the series began airing its first season this past February and also recently began airing on BBC America.   read more

Script Surfaces for Lost SNL Movie Co-Written by Conan O'Brien

If you were pop culture-cognizant in the ‘90s, then there’s probably a special place in your heart for the slew of films based on Saturday Night Live sketches released in the early part of the decade. Coneheads. Wayne’s World. It’s Pat....  read more

Details emerge on "Untitled Amy Poehler Project"

The leaks just keep coming for NBC's upcoming "mockumentary" directed by The Office execs Greg Daniels and Mike Schur and starring Amy Poehler. As previously reported, it is officially not an Office spin-off, despite shared producers, a similar plot-line and the presence of ex-Office star Rashida Jones. ...  read more