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5 Best Bets on TV This Week: The Reworked 'Community' and 'Smash' Return to the Air

Sure, Sunday tends to be overcrowded with high-end TV, including "Downton Abbey," "Shameless," "Girls," Californication," "Enlightened" and more, but what to watch the rest of the time? Every Monday, we bring you five noteworthy highlights from the other six days of the week.

The Friends-to-Lovers Conundrum, as Explored by 'New Girl' and 'The Mindy Project'

The article below contains spoilers for the Jan. 29 episodes of "The Mindy Project" and "New Girl."

'The Mindy Project,' 'New Girl' and TV's Treatment of Mystifying Millennials

On this week's episode of "The Mindy Project," "Teen Patient," Mindy (Mindy Kaling) is approached by her 15-year-old neighbor Sophia (Kara Crane) about securing a prescription for birth control. Sophia, it seems, has a steady boyfriend named Henry (Alec George), is in lo...

5 Best Things to Watch on TV This Week: Spike Lee Does Michael Jackson, R. Kelly Does... Himself?

Sure, Sunday is incredibly overcrowded with high-end TV, including "Homeland," "The Walking Dead," "Boardwalk Empire," "The Good Wife," "Treme" and "Dexter," but what to watch the rest of the time? Every Monday, we bring you five noteworthy...

Is The Best Way To Market a New Series To Let People See It Early Online?

Yesterday the pilot for "The Mindy Project," "Office" star Mindy Kaling's new TV series, went live online courtesy of Hulu, almost a full month before the show's scheduled on-air premiere on September 25. Also getting an early internet preview window is fellow Fox co...

Can Aubrey Plaza Time Travel? 'Safety Not Guaranteed'

Safety Not Guaranteed is not a sci-fi movie, even though the story is about a group of reporters following up on an ad for a partner to time-travel with: “Must bring your own weapons. Safety not guaranteed.” And it’s not a Duplass Brothers film even though the droll, low-key s...

How 'New Girl' Went From Gratingly 'Adorkable' Star Vehicle to Winning Ensemble Comedy

Watch: "Wanderlust' Helmer David Wain Directed Tonight's 'New Girl'

"Secrets," tonight's episode of Fox's Zooey Deschanel comedy (is that its own genre?) "New Girl" was directed by David Wain, who on Twitter reminded the world that "Tonight's your chance to see how I pulled the puppet strings of @ZooeyDeschanel et al."