Looks like Greendale is taking an extended winter break.

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The holidays are long over, but apparently the networks are still feeling generous.

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Glee is full steam ahead on the stunt casting.

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It's network upfronts week, and what a wonderful time to be alive! All the promise of new shows with great casts and expertly cut trailers, plus all the fun of prematurely mocking shows with dumb plots and even worse CGI (seriously, Once Upon a Time? What is even happening there, ABC?). But what's even better is that we can thank the TV gods for the rare moments when networks get it right and decide to pass on awful-sounding pilots. As with every year, many possible disasters were rejected this season, but these are the ones we're happiest about. (Assuming they don't get "saved" by another network or come back to haunt us next summer, of course.)

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Look who's back maybe!

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I hated the Outsourced pilot and felt similarly about its second episode, but since by that point the ratings had settled down into numbers low enough to be considered pretty irrelevant (even though the show has been renewed for an entire season), I decided to stop watching for a while. But last night, while I was waiting for Grey's and Nikita to finish recording in the other room, and the World Series game was beginning to look like the shut-out (go Giants!) it ultimately became, I decided to revisit the show to see why a few of you have defended it so passionately. And I guess I'm glad that I did, because even though it definitely wasted twenty minutes of my time, it did reinforce my confidence that I have not been unfair to this show. Here are the two biggest ongoing issues with Outsourced then and now.

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OMG more Hellcats!

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Because I know you were really stressing out about missing the first episode of Outsourced, don't worry -- it's starting on a specific date and everything.

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