Apparently it's a reference to Dominic Chianese and his role on The Good Wife.

Quite a few long time SNL writers have left only to later return, though none of them the very next year as far as I know.

Maybe this is good for SNL.  Supposedly Seth Meyers is replacing Fallon when he takes over the Tonight Show next year.  Mulaney could become head writer and Weekend Update guy.  He was great on the segment he did briefly a few years ago.

Does anyone have an RSS link for Norm's podcast?  I don't even bother keeping up with a show that doesn't have one, as I don't use iTunes for anything but the rare purchase of a premium episode of something.  Speaking of that, I must find a google reader replacement, and soon.

One person's name is on the script because they wrote a first draft, but TV writing is a collaborative effort.  Everyone is responsible for the final product, and the bulk of what goes on the air is written in the writers room.

That was a great moment.  I've had to learn in life that many otherwise intelligent people have bizarre intellectual blind spots and that it shouldn't be held against them.  Greg's happens to be that he can't tell that casting porn is fake.  Now does that mean he's dangerously gullible, or that his interpretation of…

Was that a pre-recorded Jon Hamm cameo?  The audience reaction was strange.  There was very brief enthusiastic applause like they saw him on the video screens but then it died out quickly when they couldn't find him on the live stage.  Also he's not there at the end to waive goodby as people who drop in almost always…

Is that Xfinity?

In my day, the 23 year olds playing 18 year olds looked like 30 year olds and we liked it.   You never had to feel weird about ogling the teenagers on TV because they all had mortgages.

Six months ago, television show producer/creator guy Mike Gibbons said on Greg Fitzsimmon's podcast that he had heard Norm and Pete's pilots were the front runners for the slot on TBS.  He then said what he had heard was that Norm was actually in the lead. Mike then surmised that meant Pete would ultimately win,…

Why yes, yes there is.

Burnt Sienna Crab Louse.

The A and the B's did not disappoint, in the end we saw everything minus her C.

But how does his being so magically great at sex work into the mix?  His mere existence as someone who Tyrion trusts would suffice to make him a suitable candidate for the job.

And if they were all castrated as boys how did they grow up strong?  No matter how hard they trained, they would have a harder time gaining strength and muscle mass than an adult woman, who at least produces estrogen, some of which becomes testosterone.  A castrated male would have almost none.

I think NBC needs the money bad enough that if Steve Carrel was doing any more than a momentary guest spot, they'd be promoting it.  However, I think it could be Michael's wedding but he never shows up except for a single scene.

No, I mean, I REALLY think they should take the show in that direction, starting with the second season finale.  The entire second season builds up to it.

@avclub-44cc6099e4e6b11a473dd73a97ba9810:disqus well at least it's not Keitha.

There's no room on this planet for both of them.  They should have a bowling contest to decide which one lives.

I don't get it either.  Lots of original material and it was weird and fun.  Some people want to see Justin Timberlake do The Californians. I'd rather see something I haven't seen before and didn't expect, even if it only partially lands.