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  1. weddings!
    How Not to Get Out of Getting MarriedIf you need to resort to bomb threats to tell your partner you messed up, it probably wasn’t meant to be.
    By Kat Stoeffel
  2. The American Version of ‘The IT Crowd’ That Never Made It to TVThere’s no formula for good TV. Networks and studios shuffle through hundreds of new projects every year, but when it comes down to it, it’s […]
    By Matt Schimkowitz
  3. ‘Peep Show’ Creators Are Writing a Cop ShowNoted UK comedy writers Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong are creating a new show. Chortle that Channel Four has ordered a six-part season of an […]
    By Bradford Evans
  4. Humphrey Ker Sells a Sitcom to ABCUK comedian Humphrey Ker is making his first US TV show. Deadline reports that Ker has sold a show to ABC loosely based on his own life that […]
    By Bradford Evans
  5. Watch a Trailer for HBO’s New Comedy ‘Getting On’ Here’s a new trailer for Getting On, HBO’s upcoming remake of the UK medical comedy of the same name. Premiering Sunday, November 24th, […]
    By Bradford Evans
  6. HBO’s Remake of the UK Series ‘Getting On’ Premieres Nov. 24HBO announced today that the network’s adaptation of the acclaimed UK medical comedy Getting On will debut Sunday, November 24th at 10pm. The […]
    By Bradford Evans
  7. lies
    Women More Likely to Lie About Reading ClassicsWe saw the Keira Knightley version, okay?
    By Kat Stoeffel
  8. Watch Simon Pegg Do Standup on TV in 1995 This surfaced online a few years ago, but here’s video of a 25-year-old Simon Pegg doing standup on the BBC in 1995, a year before he started […]
    By Bradford Evans
  9. ‘The Inbetweeners Movie’ Is Being Remade for the US as ‘Virgins America’There’s going to be a US remake of The Inbetweeners Movie, the 2011 UK film based on the popular E4 comedy series about a quartet of horny […]
    By Bradford Evans
  10. The Alan Partridge Movie Is Getting a US Release in 2014Steve Coogan’s Alan Partridge movie is coming to the US. Deadline reports that Magnolia Pictures has acquired the rights to the film, entitled […]
    By Bradford Evans
  11. Talking to ‘Borat’ and ‘Bruno’ Co-Writer Dan Mazer About His New Movie ‘I […]As Sacha Baron Cohen’s longtime writing/producing partner, Dan Mazer is responsible for co-scripting Borat, Brüno, and both the US and UK […]
    By Bradford Evans
  12. ‘The Inbetweeners Movie’ Sequel Is Definitely HappeningThere’s going to be another The Inbetweeners movie. Iain Morris and Damon Beesley, creators of the beloved UK TV series about the trials and […]
    By Bradford Evans
  13. ‘Peep Show’ Co-Creator Sam Bain Has Screenwriting Tips for YouSam Bain, co-creator of the UK series Peep Show and co-writer on the movie Four Lions, wrote a list of 10 screenwriting tips for The Guardian […]
    By Bradford Evans
  14. Quote of the Day
    U.K. Restaurant Chain Little Chef Boots Heston BlumenthalHis dishes have been on the menu for six years.
    By Hugh Merwin
  15. You Have a Chance to Be in ‘The IT Crowd’ FinaleWe reported last month that beloved UK sitcom The IT Crowd is returning for a special 40-minute finale episode that’s currently filming, and […]
    By Bradford Evans
  16. Watch John Oliver and Armando Iannucci Have a Chat UK comedy god Armando Iannucci, creator of Veep, The Thick of It, and tons more, was John Oliver’s guest on The Daily Show last night. Here’s […]
    By Bradford Evans
  17. woolwich murder
    Arrests and Attacks Mount Over Woolwich KillingA day after 2,000 far-right demonstrators took to the streets, David Cameron announced a plan to combat Muslim extremism.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  18. terrorble
    Men Arrested for ‘Joking’ Plane Bomb ThreatA Pakistan International Airlines flight had to be diverted as a result.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  19. The ‘Peep Show’ Creators Turned Down ‘Flight of the Conchords’UK comedy writers Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong, who co-created Peep Show and Fresh Meat, were forced to say no to the opportunity to create […]
    By Bradford Evans
  20. Ricky Gervais Refuses to Admit He’s Pretty Much David Brent NowRicky Gervais gave a nice long interview to GQ as part of their new comedy issue, and, in it, interviewer Chris Heath takes Gervais to task for […]
    By Bradford Evans
  21. ‘The IT Crowd’ Is Coming Back for a Finale, Filming This MonthBeloved British sitcom The IT Crowd is coming back for an extra-long finale episode after ending its run in 2010. Bleeding Cool reports that […]
    By Bradford Evans
  22. Watch a New Short from Peter Serafinowicz and Robert Popper Look Around You co-conspirators Peter Serafinowicz and Robert Popper reunited to make this new short together, which they just uploaded to […]
    By Bradford Evans
  23. Dave Gorman Is Getting a New TV Show in the UK British comedian and author Dave Gorman is getting a new show, the UK TV channel Dave announced today. Gorman, best known for Are You Dave […]
    By Bradford Evans
  24. Former Head of Comedy at BBC Says He Wishes He Made ‘Brass Eye,’ Passed on […]Jon Plowman, the BBC’s former Head of Comedy, has been responsible for some of the most successful UK comedy series ever, including The Office, […]
    By Bradford Evans
  25. UK Panel Show ‘Have I Got News for You?’ Is Coming to the US Have I Got News for You?, a comedic UK panel show, has been a staple of British television since it was launched 22 years ago, and now […]
    By Bradford Evans
  26. Ian McKellen to Star in a Gay UK Sitcom from ‘Family Guy’ WriterUK network ITV has just signed two-time Oscar nominee Sir Ian McKellen to star alongside Derek Jacobi as an elderly gay couple in a new series […]
    By Bradford Evans
  27. azaelia banks
    Watch Precious Little British Children Evaluate Azealia Banks’s ‘212’Well, they are the future, so we might as well listen.
    By Eliot Glazer
  28. david bowie
    See Lost Footage of a 1973 Performance by David BowieThe BBC recently broadcast lost footage of Bowie performing on Top of the Pops, like, a million years ago (38, to be exact).
    By Eliot Glazer
  29. Options
    Turkey Day in the U.K.?It’s better than meat pie.
    By Alyssa Shelasky
  30. christmas
    See a Charming Christmas Ad for John LewisBest holiday commercial of 2011? Could be.
    By Eliot Glazer
  31. scandal-stained wretches
    Britain’s Defense Minister in ‘Best Man’ ScandalReport into conflict of interest due Monday.
    By Andre Tartar
  32. scandal-stained wretches
    Rupert Murdoch Says Chase Carey Will Succeed Him [Updated]At least in the “short-term.”
    By Noreen Malone and Jessica Dweck
  33. Mediavore
    Cops Bust Granny For Torturing Her Bacon-Loving Grandson; Ohio O.K.s ConcealedPlus: Booze is increasingly being sold at fast-food joints; and bumper corn crops might mean there’s a chance of food costs going down, all in our morning news roundup.
  34. freedom of tweet
    30,000 Twitter Users May Face Legal Action for Tweeting About a Soccer Player’s Affair With a Reality TV StarRyan Giggs’s super injunction gets no respect.
    By Nitasha Tiku
  35. revolt like an egyptian
    Allies Split Over Military Action in Libya, Obama Tries to Mend the GapFrance doesn’t want NATO to lead the mission.
    By Nitasha Tiku