There are two breaking developments on the Office spinoff front, one confirmed, another still basically grist for the rumor mill.
This week, the first official cast member was hired for the new sitcom, and he is Human Giant star and Flight of the Conchords guest star Aziz Ansari. Says spinoff co-executive producer Greg Daniels, “We met him pretty early on and thought he was very funny.”
Variety speculates in its article on Ansari’s casting that the new show will not be a spinoff in the traditional sense because it appears that none of the regular characters on the original series will …read more

Former Office worker Rashida Jones stopped by the Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson last week to help promote her new Fox sitcom Unhitched.
As viewers know, tonight’s episode “Pole-Dancing Toddler” is the show’s first-season finale. If you check out the video of the interview after the jump, you can get a sneak peek at a scene from the installment.
There’s also plenty of interesting conversation, most of it about Unhitched’s premise, Craig’s cool accent, and cults — yes, cults — in Los Angeles.
Unhitched airs Sundays on Fox at 9:30pm EST.
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It’s a finale for Fox’s latest sitcom, Unhitched. And, the Farrelly Brothers show has at least a little to celebrate since it made it this far despite all the early negative reviews.
On “Pole-Dancing Toddler,” both Gator and Kate become involved with people who work around other species: Gator an animal-rights proponent and Kate an exterminator (Ew!). What that has to do with poles, pole-dancing, or toddlers is beyond me, though.
Unhitched airs Sundays on Fox at 9:30pm EST.

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Unhitched is starting the spring television season with two episodes on one night, “Mardi Gras Croc Attack” at the special time of 8:30pm EST and “Yorkshire Terrier Sucked Into the Internet” in the regular 9:30pm time slot.
On the first episode, Gator and Kate get into all kinds of trouble at her boxing gym, and on the second, Kate hooks up with Gator’s employee.
Freddy and Tommy are around, too, learning all about tantric sex in the first episode and online dating in the second.
Unhitched airs Sundays on Fox at 9:30pm EST.

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…and a shorts-wearing Will Ferrell — get a look at those legs!
Former Office worker Rashida Jones took some time out of her busy schedule a few weeks ago to promote her new Farrelly Brothers sitcom Unhitched on Late Night with Conan O’Brien.
After O’Brien got over his pleasant surprise that Jones is one quarter Irish — thanks to her mother Peggy Lipton’s mother — she and the host discussed lots of things.
O’Brien is well aware of the Farrelly style of outlandish comedy, although he’s never met the siblings. But, even he recognizes a lawsuit just waiting to happen when Jones …read more

The next episode of Unhitched, “Conjoined Twins Pitch No-Hitter,” goes international — sort of — when Gator and Freddy hook up with two women from Iceland. One of the ladies is played by actress Valerie Azlynn, who had/has a regular role on CBS’ recent, ill-conceived new sitcom Welcome to the Captain.
Elsewhere, cowardly Kate persuades Tommy to accompany her to a party because her former significant other will also be going.
Unhitched airs Sundays on Fox at 9:30pm EST.

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On the “Woman Marries Horse” episode of Unhitched, the ill-fated hookups range from a not-so-perfect potential partner for one of the singles to a musician with a unique talent for another. I’m guessing true love will continue to elude them both, as well.
Unhitched airs Sundays on Fox at 9:30pm EST.

Photo: Scott Schafer/FOX

Original Air Date: March 2, 2008
Finally we get the new series that everyone’s been dumping on so much lately. Is all of the flak justified? Kinda.
I expected the premiere episode to be stupid in an offensive and/or repulsive way, Farrelly Brothers-style. That wasn’t the problem for me, though. Instead, I felt the “comedy” was too tame and, of course, not particularly amusing.
Even worse, the funniest moments were courtesy of guest stars playing peripheral characters, such as Jackass star Johnny Knoxville’s jackass pimp Chuck and Ben Giroux’s very enthusiastic Tim, also known as Kate’s short-statured date who …read more

Fox has been doing everything possible to counteract the tide of negative reviews for the network’s latest new sitcom, Unhitched, including releasing three Sneak Peeks on YouTube. I’ve embedded all three in this post so interested readers can take a look at them in one place.
The first clip features the series’ central character Gator (Craig Bierko) getting a little couch therapy.
In the second video, the show’s main female player, Kate (Rashida Jones), experiences a shock when a performer takes the stage at a nightspot.
And, in the third snippet, Gator, Kate, and Tommy (Johnny Sneed) have one of I presume …read more

Tonight at 9:30pm EST, Fox will debut its latest sitcom, the Farrelly Brothers concoction Unhitched. Siblings Bobby and Peter are the creative production team behind the series, and they’re also the same comedic minds that brought the world such feature films as Dumb & Dumber starring Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels, There’s Something About Mary with Ben Stiller and Cameron Diaz, and Me, Myself & Irene featuring Jim Carrey again, along with Renée Zellweger.
All of those flicks have their fair share of fans, not to mention a number of individuals who think they’re just plain silly. It’s not …read more