A shocking discovery was made this week on Community: Abed isn’t a pariah -– he’s a prophet, or a “Middle Eastern eight ball,” according to Shirley.
This conclusion about the quirky and eccentric Abed is reached after his student films are brought back into the show. This time, instead of imaging the cast as members of [...]

This week’s episode didn’t seem all that funny. At first I just thought it was because I was secretly hoping Abed would continue his Batman voice from last week’s high-larious episode (it was the only think I could bear to listen to during my Halloween hangover Sunday morning), but then I realized the writers [...]

In this episode:
Like last week’s episode, the study group is fragmented into separate storylines, each involving a few of the main characters. Jeff agrees to “represent” Britta in a satirical tribunal after she is caught cheating by their creepy Spanish teacher.
Jeff overly “friendly” flirting with his crush persists throughout their [...]

In this episode:
This week, most of the group is seen outside the classroom. Jeff is afraid he and Shirley’s long walk to the other side of campus will be filled with terribly awkward silences. But he is surprised to find himself bonding with his maliciously nosy study buddy (not that the group ever [...]

Finally, NBC has given 30 Rock and The Office fans a chance to stick around for the rest of Thursday’s “Comedy Night Done Right.” The studio’s new sitcom, Community, is the first successful addition to the Thursday lineup since the departure of Scrubs.
The show stars Joel McHale from The Soup as Jeff Winger, [...]

I didn’t realize it until a few weeks ago, but Facebook’s news feed turned journalism upside down.
What do you check first to find out what’s happening in your world? A news site or Facebook?

For centuries, journalists have asked questions and recorded names. But the limiting factor in all journalism is what people are willing [...]

If you want to know what really threatens a chunk of The Daily Northwestern, visit the new Backfence.com for Evanston. I found it through Medill grad Patrick Cooper.
Backfence calls itself “do-it-yourself local news,” which means anyone in the community can post their own news and thoughts about what’s going on. Right now, a lot [...]

From the ever-fabulous Micro Persuasion: washingtonpost.com is going to add comments to all of its news stories, then allow readers to create profiles where all of their comments can be seen.
The question really is, why did it take so long? Every piece of blogging software, including the Wordpress software that powers this site, already has [...]