Pop Culture Roundup, January 21

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The Biz
Thinking Outside the Box: Web TVs Skirt Cable Giants
I can’t wait until we choose exactly what we want to watch, when we want to watch it without having to subscribe to a bunch of worthless channels. I mean, really, The Military Channel? No thank you, but to get E! and [...]

Some of Our Favorites Return

By now, you’ve probably heard the news that Lauren Graham is joining the cast of NBC’s Parenthood.
You may also have heard that Matthew Perry is coming back to network television with a show for ABC and Amy Sherman-Palladino is writing a series for HBO.
I was happy to see Jenna Elfman, Courteney Cox, and Dan Byrd [...]

Interesting Developments in the #savechuck World

Nikki Finke of the amazing Deadline Hollywood Daily posted some interesting scoop on the behind-the-scenes wrangling about Chuck.
Follow Nikki on Twitter to get the latest Hollywood reports.

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Still No Word about Chuck

I just don’t know what to do with the folks at NBC. They announced their fall line-up today, but they didn’t announce whether any of their bubble shows were included in the line-up.
Read more about it.

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Problems for Parks and Recreation

The news series by the creators of The Office, Parks and Recreation, has apparently not wowed the consumers testers. Nikki Finke has posted excerpts from the focus group report at Deadline Hollywood Daily. The showrunners have their work cut out for them.

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A New Landscape for Television?

NBC is all over the press talking about its “revolutionary” approach to selling advertising and scheduling shows. I’m interested in a year-round programming schedule, but I’m wondering what will happen to the back end, the reruns and syndication deals.
Here’s a good story on the topic: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/20/business/media/20adco.html?ref=television
I will say that I don’t hate the occasional rerun–in [...]