TV Bits: ‘Parks & Recreation’, ‘Game of Thrones’, ‘Once Upon a Time’, ’1600 Penn’, ‘The League’, Kristen Schaal, Amazon Prime, and More

Posted on Friday, December 21st, 2012 by Angie Han

Today’s TV Bits comes with the caveat that none of this applies if the world actually ends on 12/21/12. After the jump:

• Black Dynamite, Catfish, The League, and Psych get renewed
• Cinemax sets a January premiere date for Alan Ball‘s Banshee
• Game of Thrones gets more screen time and its own beer
• Jason Schwartzman and Jenny Slate head to Parks & Rec
• Rose McGowan is Once Upon a Time‘s young Barbara Hershey
• Amazon Studios orders pilots from Kristen Schaal, Garry Trudeau, and more
• The premiere episode of NBC’s 1600 Penn hits the web

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Looney Tunes Being Rebooted in Feature Film Scripted by Jenny Slate of ‘SNL’

Posted on Thursday, September 20th, 2012 by Russ Fischer

The Warner Bros. stable of cartoon characters is about to get another reboot. Looney Tunes: Back in Action hit theaters almost a decade ago, in 2003, and there have been new, “younger” versions of the characters on TV, along with a couple theatrical shorts.

Now Jenny Slate, a former SNL cast member, is writing a new features for Warner Bros. that will likely become another hybrid CG/live-action film featuring the likes of Bugs, Daffy, and more. But, wait, there’s more, after the break. Read More »

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