NewsRadio Turns 20 Today

[Adamantium]

It was on this day, March 21st, 1995 that NBC aired the pilot episode of "NewsRadio." The show would go on to be my all-time favorite sitcom. I still remember watching it back then. I was in the 7th grade (now I'm 33).

It's hard to believe this show was first broadcast 20 years ago! Too bad it's not more popular in syndication but at least all the episodes are available on DVD.

[Skywalker]

The link has some interesting pictures from all of the 20 episodes they listed if anyone wants to check them out.


https://www.yahoo.com/tv/newsradio-t...098413185.html

'NewsRadio' Turns 20: Here Are 20 Episodes That Prove It's a Classic

Dave Nemetz Senior Editor, Yahoo TV March 20, 2015



'NewsRadio' Turns 20: Here Are 20 Episodes That Prove It's a Classic

When you think of great ’90s sitcoms, the first shows that probably come to mind are Seinfeld, The Simpsons, Friends, Roseanne, Frasier… all of which we love, don’t get us wrong. But there’s one series that tends to get left out of these “best of the ’90s” discussions — and deserves a spot right alongside the all-time greats.

Twenty years ago this week, NewsRadio debuted on NBC as a midseason replacement; following the zany adventures of the employees at WNYX, a New York City news radio station, it was your basic workplace comedy, with an extra dose of weird. But the cast had superb chemistry from the start, and as the seasons wore on, NewsRadio found its own distinctive voice, blossoming into one of TV’s last great three-camera network sitcoms. (We don’t even mind the laugh track.)


Dave Foley — fresh off a stellar run with The Kids in the Hall — starred as news director Dave Nelson, the archetypal normal guy surrounded by crazies: pompous anchor Bill McNeal (SNL great Phil Hartman); chronic overachiever Lisa Miller (Maura Tierney); office spaz Matthew (Andy Dick); spunky secretary Beth (Vicki Lewis); regal anchor Catherine Duke (Khandi Alexander); resourceful electrician Joe (Joe Rogan); and billionaire station owner Jimmy James (Stephen Root).

These eight characters formed a drum-tight ensemble that bounced off each other in magnificent fashion, and like its predecessor Cheers, it’s amazing to see how much humor the show could squeeze out of essentially one location: the WNYX newsroom. But NewsRadio eventually got a lot crazier than Cheers ever dreamed; it’s closer in spirit to The Simpsons and Community, with the usual sitcom laughs spiked with surreal flights of whimsy.

The tragic 1998 shooting death of Hartman essentially ended NewsRadio as we knew it; the show continued for a fifth season without him (his SNL castmate Jon Lovitz joined the cast to fill the void), but it just wasn’t the same. Still, in those first four seasons, NewsRadio established a legacy of sitcom greatness that we’re still enjoying to this day. (Or we would be, if it were still available on Netflix — hint, hint.)

To celebrate NewsRadio's 20th anniversary, we've picked out 20 essential episodes that cement its place in the pantheon of great sitcoms. Good times… good times.

1. “Smoking” (aired April 4, 1995)

It didn’t take long for NewsRadio to get great. In just its third episode, we get a fantastic showcase for Hartman and Foley: A new no-smoking policy at the office forces Bill to quit cold turkey, and in a show of solidarity, Dave agrees to give up coffee. Both suffer major withdrawals and get increasingly cranky, angrily snapping at the slightest provocation. Anytime we get to watch Phil Hartman yell at someone for no reason, we’re happy.

2. “Big Day” (aired April 18, 1995)

The entire WNYX office is abuzz about the “big day”: when the staff’s annual bonuses are handed out. It’s not a great day for Dave, though, because Jimmy puts him in charge of deciding who gets the “big bonus” ($3,000, rather than the standard $400) and who gets “the shaft” (diddly-squat). The staff naturally starts sucking up and turning on each other in an effort to avoid the dreaded shaft. But they don’t want to all get equal bonuses, either; as Bill declares, “This idea is both fair and democratic. And I want no part of it.”

3. “Rat Funeral” (aired October 10, 1995)

It’s a sad day at WNYX when the staff has to say goodbye to a deceased friend: a rat named Mike, who they’ve adopted as a pet. Dave doesn’t understand his employee’s affection for Mike (“Does anyone here remember a little thing called the Black Plague?”), but he tries to play along as the rest of the staff pay their final respects and toss Mike down the trash chute. Then they spot more rats around the office, and have to say goodbye to a few more Mikes…

4. “The Cane” (aired December 12, 1995)

The story here is pretty simple: Bill gets a cane, and everyone hates it. Dave, especially, is annoyed by Bill’s ostentatious display, and immediately becomes the prime suspect when the cane mysteriously goes missing. Dave steadfastly denies any involvement as Bill hounds him to confess… until Dave finally breaks down, admitting with a devilish smile: “Bill… I stole your cane.” See? Maybe Bill McNeal isn’t so crazy after all! (OK, he’s still pretty crazy.)

5. “Xmas Story” (aired December 19, 1995)

Matthew learns the true meaning of Christmas — bitter disappointment — when Jimmy gives the rest of the staff sports cars for Christmas while Matthew just gets tapes of the old-time radio comedy Fibber McGee and Molly. Matthew puts on a brave face, though, as you can see. And the B-story is pretty funny, too, with Bill being stalked by a psychotic fan in a Santa suit. Happy holidays!

6. “Led Zeppelin” (aired March 31, 1996)

After weeks of clandestine make-out sessions, Dave and Lisa’s office romance goes bust, with Lisa only communicating with Dave via written memo and Matthew grieving like a child of divorce. Bill tries to console Dave with his own breakup story… but Bill’s ex sounds certifiable: “Why does Linda always turn herself into the police for crimes she didn’t commit? They’re women! Go figure!”

7. “President” (aired September 18, 1996)

Season 3 kicks off with some big plot developments, including Jimmy James’s announcement that he’s running for President: “You know what’s wrong with this country? Nothing!” (Bill’s response is a classic: “Your confusing thesis intrigues me. Tell me more.”) But the biggest development of all is clearly Matthew’s pushbroom mustache; Jimmy says, “You look like you belong at an amateur porn convention.” It eventually ends in a bathroom intervention, and a Bill-Matthew smooch on the (hairy) lips.

8. “Massage Chair” (aired October 2, 1996)

Bill’s megalomania hits new heights when he leads a staff revolt after Dave takes away the free snacks in the breakroom — and then Bill bargains for a swanky new massage chair, which he proceeds to hog all to himself, of course. Plus, Joe’s crush on Catherine leads him to trick out her office desk with a series of unnecessary upgrades: e.g. a video monitor so she can see what’s in her drawers without opening them. That sounds pretty handy, actually.

9. “Arcade” (aired October 23, 1996)

NewsRadio may have peaked with this Season 3 gem: Dave and Bill both freak out when the office’s sandwich vending machine gets replaced by an ’80s arcade game; Dave was addicted to the game as a teen, and Bill is a fan of the moldy, inedible sandwiches. (“They just remind me of the sandwiches my mother used to make for me.”) Meanwhile, Lisa fears she’s getting dumber and heads back to high school to take the SATs again. Everyone regresses, basically, for our viewing pleasure.

10. “Movie Star” (aired November 20, 1996)

NewsRadio's track record with guest stars is a little spotty, but James Caan does a great job here as himself; he's following Bill around to learn about the radio biz for a role, but he finds himself fascinated by Matthew: “That guy's gotta be the strangest son of a bitch I ever saw.” Plus, Dave and Lisa debate the merits of television when he tries to buy her a new TV set. We're firmly on Dave's side here: TV rules!

11. “Led Zeppelin Boxed Set” (aired January 15, 1997)

When Bill’s relentless mocking of Matthew finally crosses the line, Dave and Lisa have to patch things up between them. Dave tries to build up Matthew’s self-esteem and ends up building it up way too much, while Lisa has to listen to Bill’s wistful memories of his horrific childhood — the origin of the immortal phrase, “Good times… good times.” Plus, we get one of Catherine’s best ever plots, as she teaches Jimmy how to not get scammed at three-card monte. (The answer: Don’t play, basically.)

12. “Complaint Box” (aired January 29, 1997)

This mid-Season 3 episode marks the point at which NewsRadio started to ascend into the truly strange: Jimmy goes on vacation, but leaves behind a radio transmitter so he can communicate with his employees, Charlie’s Angels-style. Meanwhile, the WNYX newsroom gets a complaint box, which forces Dave to sift through a flurry of joke complaints, each accompanied by a sharp buzzer sound when it’s dropped in the box. By episode’s end, the buzzer alone gets a laugh.

13. “Airport” (aired February 19, 1997)

Bill’s at his most delightfully intolerant here as he and Dave get snowed in at the St. Louis airport and he unleashes his New York snobbery on the Midwestern rubes and their “politeness.” (No one could deliver a devastating insult with a smile quite like Phil Hartman.) Back at the office, Jimmy puts Lisa in charge in Dave’s absence, and Beth and Matthew have to visit Bill’s apartment: a swinging ’70s bachelor pad decked out in shag, mood lighting, and a rotating bed.

14. “Office Feud” (aired March 19, 1997)

Forget the subplots about the White House Easter egg roll and the noisy neighbors upstairs: This episode is all about the joy of watching Bill McNeal discover his inner gangsta to endorse a malt liquor (“When the party starts bouncing and the ladies start bumping, tighten up your flow with Rocket Fuel!”), infuriating Catherine in the process. To get revenge, she tricks Bill into incorporating ridiculous made-up slang into his pitch. Gazizza, my dillsnoofus!

15. “Space” (aired May 21, 1997)

You know what we said before about “surreal flights of whimsy”? Yeah, that pretty much describes this Season 3 finale, set centuries in the future with WNYX still broadcasting from a space station. Humans are nearly extinct, Matthew has a robot girlfriend, and Joe has to be thawed out of suspended animation to fix the reactor core. The show was teetering on the brink of cancellation at the time, so this episode has the feeling of “If we’re going out anyway, let’s get crazy.” (It did eventually get renewed, though.)

16. “The Public Domain” (aired October 29, 1997)

First, a slight criticism: Lauren Graham joined the cast in Season 4 as Andrea, an efficiency expert brought in to cut the fat, but her giggly Jenna Elfman act never really fit in; she only lasted four episodes. But the rest of the show, in “no f—ks left to give” mode, kept rocketing into odder realms: Bill decides to start playing the piano and singing political parodies (inexplicable, yes, but hilarious); Jimmy hires a crew to film a documentary about him, but he can’t help freezing up on camera; and Matthew grovels for his job back after being fired.

17. “Super Karate Monkey Death Car” (aired November 4, 1997)

A lie detector is always comedy gold, and we get a prime example of that when Andrea hooks the whole staff up to a polygraph and Lisa frets over revealing her secret criminal record. Meanwhile, Jimmy’s autobiography becomes a bestseller in Japan (where it’s titled Macho Business Donkey Wrestler) and he has to do a reading of the ridiculously translated text, which never fails to make us giggle: “I had a small house of brokerage on Wall Street. Many days, no business come to my hut.”

18. “Stupid Holiday Charity Talent Show” (aired December 16, 1997)

The whole WNYX gang competes in a holiday talent show in the hopes of winning Matthew his job back: Dave reveals he’s an expert knife-thrower (with a cameo from Foley’s Kids in the Hall castmate Kevin McDonald as his old rival, Throwdini), and Beth tries to sing “Makin’ Whoopee” without Bill interrupting her. But it’s Matthew’s inept ventriloquist act that wins the big prize. Sure, it’s a pity vote (Matthew: “That’s how I win everything”), but we’ll take it.

19. “Security Door” (aired February 24, 1998)


NewsRadio is at its best when it focuses on recognizable office dilemmas and then sprinkles wackiness on top, like when Dave installs a new security door with keycard access, but the rest of the staff insists on finding ways around it. This leads to an increasingly paranoid Dave conducting a fear-mongering safety seminar, complete with stick figures on fire and wizards riding unicorns. And oh, by the way, Bill gets talked into dressing up like a blue genie in a TV commercial for Czechoslovakian blue jeans.

20. “Sinking Ship” (aired May 13, 1998)


Our final adventure with the original WNYX crew — Hartman passed away just two weeks after this episode aired — is another absurd fantasy, with the WNYX crew now aboard the Titanic. (This was when the nation was still suffering from Titanic fever, you see.) Matthew’s in charge of looking for icebergs, so you know how that goes, and Hartman is in fine form as a haughty, penny-pinching aristocrat. It’s silly, it’s smart, it’s packed with laughs; basically, it’s NewsRadio.

All five seasons of NewsRadio are available on DVD from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.

I agree with most of the list. I probably would have included 1 or 2 episodes from Season 5 and gotten rid of "Movie Star"(good episode, don't think it's great) and "Sinking Ship"(not a fan of fantasy episodes, but I understand why it's on there).

[Adamantium]

Originally Posted by Skywalker

The link has some interesting pictures from all of the 20 episodes they listed if anyone wants to check them out.

I agree with most of the list. I probably would have included 1 or 2 episodes from Season 5 and gotten rid of "Movie Star"(good episode, don't think it's great) and "Sinking Ship"(not a fan of fantasy episodes, but I understand why it's on there).

Thanks for this. I literally just said to myself "Why doesn't anybody care?" And then I got on Sitcoms Online and saw this thread had another response. But I've mentioned it on a couple other sites (including Facebook) and got nothing in return from anyone. This is such a great show. I wish it was appreciated by more people.

I also agree about "Movie Star." It's in my top five least favorite episodes (and that includes season five).

[Marvo301]

I think we've all dreamed of working in a place like WNYX where any wacky thing could happen! (and it usually did!) The brilliant ensemble cast of Newsradio brought this wacky worlplace to life every week. Sadly Phil Hatrman's untimely death forever altered the chemistry of this ensemble. As much as i like Jon Lovitz (and I do) he could never replace Phil Hartman or fill the gap in this ensemble that Phil left behind. The 5th season episodes were still good just not as great as the the first 4 seasons.

[TMC]

All The Reasons There Will Never Be Another ‘NewsRadio’

[Skywalker]

http://mentalfloss.com/article/62187...bout-newsradio

21 Things You Might Not Know About 'NewsRadio'
Roger Cormier


NewsRadio, which turns 20 years old this month, was a workplace comedy that showed how an office can be like a dysfunctional family, not unlike The Mary Tyler Moore Show did before it or The Office did after it. What made the show different, however, was that it would occasionally get unapologetically absurd—setting season finales in outer space and putting the WNYX-AM staff on the Titanic.

This meant that while the sitcom was just as smart as Frasier, possessed as funny an ensemble cast as Friends, and was at times as humorously sour as Seinfeld, NewsRadio was the nineties NBC comedy destined to not be as popular or appreciated by its own network as it deserved. Here are 21 things you might not have known about NewsRadio.


1. IT WAS THE CREATOR’S FIRST TIME WORKING FOR A NETWORK SITCOM.

Paul Simms went from writing for The Harvard Lampoon and the satirical Spy magazine to working for Late Night with David Letterman and the HBO comedy The Larry Sanders Show (a comedy about a late night talk show host), to overseeing his own show at 29 years old.


2. TEN EPISODE TITLES ARE LED ZEPPELIN REFERENCES.

The final nine episodes of season two are titled after the names of Zeppelin albums, in a non-chronological, seemingly random order. One season three episode was christened “Led Zeppelin Boxed Set.” When Simms was interviewed for The New York Times to promote the launch of the series, it was noted that he was wearing jeans and a Led Zeppelin T-shirt.


3. BOTH JIMMY JAMES AND BETH WERE NAMED AFTER SONGS.

Stephen Root’s character is named after the Beastie Boys song from Check Your Head. Beth the secretary got her name from the Kiss ballad.


4. SARAH SILVERMAN AUDITIONED FOR THE ROLE OF BETH.

As did her one-time roommate and Mr. Show castmate Mary Lynn Rajskub, who went on to play Chloe on 24. The part of Beth went to Vicki Lewis.


5. RAY ROMANO WAS ORIGINALLY THE STATION ELECTRICIAN.

The part played by Greg Lee in the pilot and by Joe Rogan for the rest of the series was Ray Romano’s for two days. Romano claimed he was “relieved” when his manager told him that he had been fired, and felt deep down that he “wasn’t pulling it off” anyway.


6. THE CASTING DIRECTOR ACCIDENTALLY ERASED MAURA TIERNEY’S INITIAL AUDITION.

Showing Lisa Miller-like determination, Tierney went back to New York, passed the network audition test, and started rehearsing the same day.


7. THE CAST OF FRIENDS WENT TO THE PILOT TAPING.

The six stars of Friends watched veteran TV comedy director James Burrows direct NewsRadio’s first episode, and reportedly felt “jealous.” Burrows directed Friends' pilot and nearly half of its first season. Former NBC executive Karey Burke remembers not being able to figure out whether Friends or NewsRadio would become the network's big “hit."


8. PHIL HARTMAN’S EARLY GRAPHIC ARTIST CAREER WAS A PART OF THE SHOW.

In “Bill’s Autobiography,” Bill discovers a recording of Dave singing “A Horse With No Name” by America, a song that Lisa claimed Dave is “obsessed” with. Phil Hartman designed three album covers for America, a band managed by his brother John. What was a job in the seventies was Hartman’s hobby in the nineties; Stephen Root recalled to Grantland that the actor drew a lot on set.


9. JUDD APATOW WAS THE UNCREDITED VOICE OF GOOFY BALL.

The 1995 "Goofy Ball" episode found Mr. James tasking Matthew, Beth, and Joe with testing an “annoying” toy being made by one of his companies. Apatow had only been credited in one TV show and one movie before this voice gig, but is labeled as a celebrity guest star on the official DVD.


10. RON JEREMY IS IN MR. JAMES’ BOOK READING AUDIENCE FOR NO DISCERNIBLE REASON.

He has no lines, and is uncredited for appearing in the scene from the classic episode "Super Karate Monkey Death Car.”


11. DAVE ACCIDENTALLY HEARING THE STAFF COMPLAIN ABOUT HIM WAS BASED ON AN INCIDENT IN THE SHOW’S WRITERS’ ROOM.

“Bitch Session” came about after Paul Simms accidentally heard his writers complaining about him.


12. EVEN SIMMS WAS SURPRISED THAT THEY GOT TO MAKE SO MANY STAR WARS REFERENCES.

After “Presence” made several visual and spoken references to Boba Fett, the closing credits read that Boba Fett was provided by “J.T. Hutt.” Simms was “shocked” that LucasFilm gave them permission to discuss and show an action figure of one of their characters at all.


13. NBC RE-AIRED AN EPISODE AS ONE LONG "POP-UP VIDEO."

“Our Fiftieth Episode” got the then-popular VH1 show treatment on April Fool's Day in 1998, 364 days after its initial airing. One “fact bubble” read that Charlton Heston had turned down a request to appear on NewsRadio because he had never heard of the show.


14. KHANDI ALEXANDER LEFT THE SHOW TO DO MORE DRAMA.

The opening credits of the show were re-edited in the season four episode “Catherine Moves On” to show Alexander’s character slapping the male cast members in the face.


15. A RADIO MAGAZINE PUT PHIL HARTMAN ON ITS COVER FOLLOWING HIS DEATH.

Months after Hartman was murdered, NewsRadio returned for its fifth and final season with its characters returning from the funeral of his character. The actual Radio Ink cover that featured a remembrance of Hartman was visible on Dave’s desk throughout that season.


16. JON LOVITZ PLAYED THREE DIFFERENT CHARACTERS.

He was Fred in “Our Fiftieth Episode" and the suicidal Mike Johnson in “Jumper” before replacing the late Hartman. It took Lovitz weeks to decide whether or not to accept the role of Max Lewis, the character that would replace his close friend and former SNL co-star. Rob Schneider and Patrick Warburton were also considered to play Max.


17. NBC STANDARDS AND PRACTICES WOULD NOT ALLOW AN EPISODE TO AIR FOR OVER A YEAR.

“The Injury” was only finally allowed on television after the show’s staff cut down the number of times the word “penis” was spoken. The edited version is on the DVD, while the unedited version made its way to syndication.


18. A NETWORK EXECUTIVE THOUGHT THE SHOW WASN’T POPULAR BECAUSE THE CHARACTERS WERE MEAN.

Simms defended his show by pointing out that "Even in the most contemptuous relationship—like between Dave Foley's character and Phil Hartman's—Dave's always helping Phil save face. And... what about Seinfeld?"


19. NBC WANTED DAVE AND LISA TO GET MARRIED.

In response to the request, an episode was written where Mr. James bugs Lisa to stage a stunt wedding for the radio station.


20. A WRITER WORE A SHIRT WITH THE SHOW’S BAD NIELSEN RANKING ON IT.

It was considered to be “gallows humor,” since NewsRadio was ranked a dismal 97th at the time.


21. PAUL SIMMS BELIEVED THAT NBC KILLED NEWSRADIO.

A very frustrated Paul Simms was fed up with NBC moving his show to different days and times. He infamously gave a profanity-laced interview to Rolling Stone in 1997, near the end of the show's fourth season. Among other things, Simms said that NBC “killed the show,” and described the network's Thursday night lineup as being “like a big double-decker **** sandwich with three good pieces of bread.” After Simms told the reporter to not print the quote, he quickly changed his mind, reasoning that if NewsRadio was the lowest-rated sitcom on NBC, “it can’t get any worse.” Despite its creator adopting a sunnier public attitude about his bosses for the next year or so, low ratings finally led to the show’s cancellation in 1999 after five seasons and 97 episodes.

[TMC]

Stars And Writers Of ‘NewsRadio’ Look Back On The Show That Refused To Play By The Rules

[Adamantium]

Originally Posted by TMC

Stars And Writers Of ‘NewsRadio’ Look Back On The Show That Refused To Play By The Rules

That was a GREAT article! Thanks for posting it! I always love reading about "NewsRadio" and I don't seem to be able to find much on my own.

[Skywalker]

Originally Posted by TMC

Stars And Writers Of ‘NewsRadio’ Look Back On The Show That Refused To Play By The Rules

That's got to be the best article ever written on Newsradio. Thanks for posting the link!

Interesting to read some of the casts thoughts on the final Season and Phil Hartman. Only Stephen Root and Andy Dick appeared on The Season 5 DVD commentaries so I never knew how the others felt about that Season.

Someone mentioned in the comments section that Dave Foley appeared on Joe Rogan's podcast so I did a search for it and found a link at youtube where they talk about Newsradio. It's from 2013.

[Adamantium]

Originally Posted by Skywalker

That's got to be the best article ever written on Newsradio. Thanks for posting the link!

Interesting to read some of the casts thoughts on the final Season and Phil Hartman. Only Stephen Root and Andy Dick appeared on The Season 5 DVD commentaries so I never knew how the others felt about that Season.

Someone mentioned in the comments section that Dave Foley appeared on Joe Rogan's podcast so I did a search for it and found a link at youtube where they talk about Newsradio. It's from 2013.

Yeah I had watched this interview months ago. It's terrible what's happened to Dave because of his divorce. I'm glad he's currently working. He's in the new Odd Couple series and he was also doing a Canadian sitcom called Spun Out but it appears the show has been cancelled due to the arrest of cast member J.P Manoux.

The person who wrote the Oral History article claimed Joe Rogan wanted no part of it. I don't know why. Maybe he's just not in the mood to go down memory lane or something. As for Paul Simms, the creator, he wasn't in the oral history either. I can only assume it's because he's currently working on a pilot for former Community star Donald Glover. So maybe he didn't want to reflect on a past show and continue to focus on his new project.

[king of comedy]

Happy Birthday!

[Skywalker]

Originally Posted by Adamantium

Yeah I had watched this interview months ago. It's terrible what's happened to Dave because of his divorce. I'm glad he's currently working. He's in the new Odd Couple series and he was also doing a Canadian sitcom called Spun Out but it appears the show has been cancelled due to the arrest of cast member J.P Manoux.

The person who wrote the Oral History article claimed Joe Rogan wanted no part of it. I don't know why. Maybe he's just not in the mood to go down memory lane or something. As for Paul Simms, the creator, he wasn't in the oral history either. I can only assume it's because he's currently working on a pilot for former Community star Donald Glover. So maybe he didn't want to reflect on a past show and continue to focus on his new project.

I actually forgot that he was in the new version of the Odd Couple. I only watched the first episode and I think he was on for about a second. He's also been on Hot in Cleveland a lot lately although that show is ending soon.

Joe was probably too busy. I didn't even know he had a podcast plus he does a lot of MMA commentaries and I think he still does standup. I watched the podcast with Andy Dick and they barely talked about Newsradio other than the tension between them early on.

I had no idea Paul was working on a new pilot. The last time I heard anything about him was when he was doing that pilot with Matthew Broderick called Beach Lane.

[Adamantium]

Originally Posted by Skywalker

I actually forgot that he was in the new version of the Odd Couple. I only watched the first episode and I think he was on for about a second. He's also been on Hot in Cleveland a lot lately although that show is ending soon.

I had no idea Paul was working on a new pilot. The last time I heard anything about him was when he was doing that pilot with Matthew Broderick called Beach Lane.

I follow Yvette Nicole Brown on FaceBook because of her work on Community, which is my favorite sitcom on today. Anyways, she left Community and now does The Odd Couple (2015). I mentioned to her how much I love Dave from NewsRadio and she responded back saying he's a joy to work with. She is one of the rare celebrities that actually responds to me when I leave a comment on her page.

Here's the link about Atlanta but it doesn't really say much about it. Just that Simms is involved.
http://www.comingsoon.net/tv/news/39...-pilot-atlanta

Speaking of Paul Simms, I just started watching The Larry Sanders Show and am enjoying it. Simms, of course worked on the early seasons but since I'm watching it for the first time now, it's like getting new Simms material. It's also nice seeing a pre-Ellen Jeremy Piven.

[Skywalker]

Originally Posted by Adamantium

I follow Yvette Nicole Brown on FaceBook because of her work on Community, which is my favorite sitcom on today. Anyways, she left Community and now does The Odd Couple (2015). I mentioned to her how much I love Dave from NewsRadio and she responded back saying he's a joy to work with. She is one of the rare celebrities that actually responds to me when I leave a comment on her page.

Here's the link about Atlanta but it doesn't really say much about it. Just that Simms is involved.
http://www.comingsoon.net/tv/news/39...-pilot-atlanta

Speaking of Paul Simms, I just started watching The Larry Sanders Show and am enjoying it. Simms, of course worked on the early seasons but since I'm watching it for the first time now, it's like getting new Simms material. It's also nice seeing a pre-Ellen Jeremy Piven.

I only know her from all of her appearances on Talking Dead. She's a huge fan of The Walking Dead and always brings notes whenever she's on. Seems like a pretty cool person.

That just shows you how out of touch I am with modern tv. I had no idea Paul was involved with Girls and Flight of the Conchords.

I watched The Larry Sanders Show years ago when it aired late at night in syndication without all of the curse words. I may have to give that show another chance, the complete series is coming out soon at a more affordable price

[FanOfJim]

Now, this may be quite late but I'd also like to say Happy 20th to NewsRadio! I do remember it being on NBC back when it first aired but I never watched it. When it hit syndication, that's when I first started visiting WNYX and getting to know the oddballs rollin' around in there.

In 2008, that's when I discovered NewsRadio once again, becoming an even bigger fan, purchasing the DVD sets and knowing more about the show in general.

I guess what I'm trying to say is this is one of the best sitcoms to ever grace out TV sets!

Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go throw the ol' Goofy Ball around to celebrate!