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Outsourced
the race to primetime
Feb. 1, 2016
Inside Heems’ TV Dreams, With Eat Pray Thug Heems is ready to make people laugh again — and change their minds while he’s at it.
By Miles Raymer
The Social Media Graveyard of Canceled Comedies Dozens and dozens of new shows premiere each new TV season (and mid-season, and off-season) but only a handful live to see season two. These […]
By Meredith Haggerty
Andy Richter Outsourced His ‘Conan’ Job to China
Here’s a bit from Conan last night that takes a serious look at the issue of outsourcing. Andy Richter’s actions may seem appealing, but […]
By Bradford Evans
The Office Loses Major Numbers in its First Post-Carell Episode The Office dropped 17% in the ratings last night when compared to last week’s Carell sendoff, which is bad, but probably not that bad. After […]
By Adam Frucci
the industry
Feb. 9, 2011
Vulture Rates the Odds of Survival of TV’s Bubble Shows We turn the Bubble Meter on ‘Community,’ ‘CSI: Miami,’ ‘Mike & Molly’ and many more to see if they’ll be coming back.
By Josef Adalian
Fake Novelty Crap From Outsourced to Become Real Novelty Crap “NBC Universal Television Consumer Products Group and The Johnson Smith Company, announced today that the February issue of Johnson Smith’s […]
By Adam Frucci
NBC’s Thursday Night Ratings Hang On For Dear Life It’s kind of weird that tracking NBC’s Thursday night ratings feels like checking the lifeline of good comedy on TV, right? Like, if Parks and […]
By Adam Frucci
First Night of NBC’s Three-Hour Comedy Block a Success, Ratings-Wise Looks like NBC’s grand six-show comedy block experiment may be a success, at least when compared to it’s earlier Jay-Leno-at-10pm […]
By Adam Frucci
NBC Renews 30 Rock, Extends Thursday Comedy Block to 3 Hours, Brings Back […] NBC has announced it’s midseason lineup, and they went all crazy on Thursday nights. First: Parks and Recreation is returning on January 20th […]
By Adam Frucci
Is Outsourced Any More Racist Than Modern Family? One of the most-repeated criticisms of NBC’s freshman comedy Outsourced is that it features a narrow-minded portrayal of Indian culture. Nearly […]
By Erik Voss
NBC Could Be Expanding Its Thursday Night Comedy Block to Three Hours It’s been an open question since NBC picked up Outsourced for a full season: where the hell were they going to put Parks and Recreation? Would […]
By Adam Frucci
30 Rock Might Get a Ten O’Clock SpotAnd create a three-hour Thursday-night comedy block. Does it matter?
By Mike Vilensky
Indian Office of American Company Loves Outsourced The New York Times screened an episode of Outsourced for a group of employees at a company in India that, like the one in the show, does work […]
By Adam Frucci
What’s Happening with NBC’s Comedy Lineup? So, NBC went ahead and ordered a full season of Outsourced, which, OK. But worse than more mediocre comedy being ordered is what it might mean […]
By Adam Frucci
NBC’s Praise-Filled Outsourced Promo Full of Sacred Bullshit If you were watching football last night and saw an ad for Outsourced that claimed that Entertainment Weekly called it a “hilarious culture […]
By Adam Frucci
your tv ratings explained
Oct. 1, 2010
TV Ratings: Bye, Generation ! Is My Generation the next Lone Star ?
By Josef Adalian
Five Fall Shows That Would Have Done Better on a Different Network Things could have been different for ‘Lone Star’ on FX, or ‘Undercovers’ on USA.
By Kyle Buchanan
Outsourced: A Mouthful of Manmeet Let’s just get this out of the way first. In case you were unaware, Indian food makes you poop. And I don’t mean poop a little bit. I mean […]
By Halle Kiefer
So, Is Outsourced Racist? No, it just doesn’t want you to know it hates America.
By Willa Paskin
Outsourced Just As Bad As You Figured It Would Be Ouch: “Or you could have Outsourced, where a sour-faced American initially reacts to India with repulsion and travels abroad to discover that […]
By Adam Frucci
There’s Only Room For One Show With Indian Actors on NBC, Dammit .bbpBox25025924041 {background:url(http://s.twimg.com/a/1283555538/images/themes/theme2/bg.gif) #C6E2EE;padding:20px;} […]
By Adam Frucci
The New York Post Knows a Thing or Two About Racism The swamis at the New York Post think they know which three shows will be canceled first this fall: NBC’s Indian call center comedy Outsourced, […]
By Adam Frucci
NBC Picks Up Three More Series ’The Event,’ ‘Outsourced,’ and ‘Love Bites.’
By Willa Paskin