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The question is no longer “what’s the best comedy on TV right now?” Rather, it’s “how did so many comedies become so funny all of a sudden?

Last week’s episode of Community (Citytv, NBC, 8 p.m.) -a cult hit, one of TV’s funniest comedies at the moment and New York Magazine’s pick as the best series of 2010 -was dazzling in its dexterity, and was laugh-out-loud funny. It also had one of the sharpest, most cutting shout-outs to a Canadian band ever heard on a TV comedy.
Read more: http://www.montrealgazette.com/entertainment/Lots+love+Community+less+love+Barenaked+Ladies/4298785/story.html#ixzz1EEf79J9x

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Zap2It has an article about Community star Yvette Nicole Brown. Here is the highlight:
A solid role on a sitcom gives an actor recognition and a steady paycheck as NBC’s “Community,” airing Thursdays, has done for Yvette Nicole Brown, who plays Shirley. But it took a supporting role on a kids cable station comedy to give her celeb status.

It was her stint as Helen, the loud theater manager on Nickelodeon’s “Drake & Josh,” that made Brown a star among kids.

“The greatest gift I got from ‘Drake & Josh’ is I am ridiculously famous with children,” Brown, 38, says. “If you are going to be famous, that’s the segment to be famous with. I cannot walk down the street without a face peeking out from behind a tree. It’s a ball of joy that greets me everywhere in the world. It was my first bit of steady employment.”

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“Shirley is becoming me at a rate I am really afraid of,” Brown says. “I love people and am such a cheerleader.”

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Peoples Choice has their annual award, and “Community” is nominated for “favorite new TV comedy”.
Show your Community support and vote now for Community!