Tag: Superstore
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Before ‘Barbie,’ America Ferrera Was a Fashion Outsider in ‘Ugly Betty’
America Ferrera has recently joined Barbieland as Gloria, a Mattel employee that helps Margot Robbie’s Barbie when entering the real world. Ferrera is a household name on both the small and big screens, with her more recent TV roles — Amy Sosa in Superstore and Elishia Kennedy in WeCrashed — being lauded by the audience.…
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‘American Auto’ Cancelled After Season 2
Justin Spitzer’s workplace comedy, Superstore, garnered a lot of praise since its debut in 2015 due to the show’s authentic and humorous depiction of working in retail. The series creator then followed it up with another workplace-centered sitcom in 2021 titled American Auto, this time focusing on employees and executives working for a Detroit-based automobile…
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Blockbuster Review: A Funny But Frustratingly Contradictory Network-Style Sitcom
There’s a moment in the pilot of “Blockbuster,” the new Netflix sitcom from “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” and “Superstore” writer Vanessa Ramos, when the staff of the last Blockbuster in the world reaches their hands out, going in for a morale-raising group cheer. Before they can count down (“‘Blockbuster’ on three!”), jaded employee Eliza (Melissa Fumero) pauses…
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The Push For A Superstore Musical Started With The Pilot
NBC’s “Superstore,” the working class masterpiece sitcom following a lovable oddball staff of a big-box store, left us with a tornado-blown-through-a-warehouse-size hole in our hearts when it ended in 2021. As an immunocompromised person who has isolated pretty much the entirety of the pandemic, my own 2020 binge of the show offered practical, wholesome nostalgia…
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‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3’ Adds ‘Superstore’ Star Nico Santos – Film News in Brief
Nico Santos, from “Crazy Rich Asians” and “Superstore,” will star in Marvel Studios’ “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3” in an unspecified role.Stantos joins an already sprawling ensemble, including the returning cast Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Karen Gillan, Pom Klementieff, Sean Gunn, Vin Diesel, Bradley Cooper, Sylvester Stallone and Elizabeth Debicki, as well…
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‘Mythic Quest’ Season 2 Review: TV’s Next Great Office Comedy Is Here
Two seasons in, and “Mythic Quest” is already destined to join the Saturday morning sitcom rotation — the kind of show, like “Parks and Rec,” “Superstore,” and, yes, “The Office,” that you can dial up for a quick hit of humor over breakfast, or a lengthy background binge while getting a jump on weekend chores.…
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‘Superstore’ Ends as an Exceptional Office Comedy About What Makes America Work
In the Season 6 episode of “Superstore” titled “Customer Appreciation,” Jonah (Ben Feldman) gets put in his place.The corporate executives at Zephra — a tech conglomerate that owns the Cloud 9 superstore chain — have been stressing the importance of customer appreciation surveys, using those oft-ignored links at the bottom of every receipt to rank…
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TV Bits: Female-Led ‘Zorro’, ‘Dickinson’ Season 2, ‘Vikings’, ‘Superstore’, and More
In this edition of TV Bits: A female-fronted Zorro series is in the works Superstore is ending with season 6… …but a Superstore spin-off is in development An iCarly revival is on the way Watch the trailer for Dickinson season 2 The Morning Show has added another new cast member And more! Robert Rodriguez (El…
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‘Superstore’ Season 5 Finale Wasn’t Completed Before Coronavirus Delay, America Ferrera’s Farewell Up in the Air
Back at the beginning of March, which feels like years ago, actress America Ferrera announced she was leaving the NBC comedy series Superstore after five seasons. However, it sounds like the planned departure of her character Amy might have to wait until later. That’s because, like all of the shows shooting on the Universal Studios…