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Erik Charles Nielsen
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Nah. At the beginning of the season, sure. But by the end, Outsourced was down to 3-3.5 million viewers an episode.

Last year's Community ratings at 8:00 Thursdays were comparable to P&R's ratings at 8:00 Thursday this year. And we're talking about the first two episodes of P&R (Community did, I believe, a 2.0 and 1.8 in its first two episodes last season), and conversely, we're talking about Community Season 4. (We're also talking

Frequently, it's just a matter of needing a new character for one or two scenes, and it certainly doesn't HURT to use some actors who the audience already knows. (It also saves on casting?)

Fighting off the depredations of a mutant Mark E. Smith.

And also it was the '80s. And she was either not insane at the time, or at least less totally insane.

And here I was thinking "wait, worse than 'Band of Horses'?"

Wow… I didn't pick up on the fact that he was the guy from The Wire OR Conchords. That's some career.

And The IT Crowd! And Fawlty Towers, like, four times! And Father Ted!

Does Univision have affiliates like US broadcast channels, or is more of a cable model?

Yeah, my wife's first reaction was "those are surprisingly good production values for Spanish-language TV."

Wait a minute, Mac Day features Charlie Day? 

Old Jack Black's still picking cotton for your ribbons and bows?

Bossanova and Teenager of the Year are my two favorite albums he's been involved with. Not that I don't love a bunch of the rest of them.

The weird thing about that show is, it is campy in a lot of ways which are clearly intentional, but also it is campy in a lot of ways that are clearly unintentional.

Occasionally. Not in the show, and not well, but occasionally.

I'm in this!

And yet… the track record of shows where Dominic West plays a serial adulterer is a pretty strong one.

Hannibal Buress did write for SNL for a season, before his tenure on 30 Rock. I would guess, possibly incorrectly, that he's focusing on his stand-up and/or developing his own projects?

Exactly. Pilot. Possibly still being retooled for Fox? I haven't heard about it lately, so maybe not.

Is she, though? I've only seen her non-SNL work a couple times, but both times, it was truly grating.