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Instant Karma: NBC Gives 'Earl' a Full Season
(Tuesday, October 04 02:33 PM)
LOS ANGELES (Zap2it.com) With "My Name Is Earl," NBC has hit on a rare commodity on network TV: a single-camera, laugh track-free comedy that's drawing strong ratings. So the network wants to keep it around for a while.
"Earl" earned a full-season pickup Tuesday (Oct. 4), hours before its third episode was set to air. The ratings for the first two shows, along with wide critical acclaim, were enough for NBC to give the series a full complement of 22 episodes.
"We are extremely encouraged by the response to 'Earl' from the audience and critics alike," NBC Entertainment chief Kevin Reilly says. "[Creator] Greg Garcia and the producers are doing a great job creatively, and Jason Lee's Earl is a truly original TV comedy character that we hope will be around for years to come."( Read more... )