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  1. two friends
    A Thesis on Cord JeffersonHis pal Mike Schur puts the career of the Oscar-winning American Fiction writer in context.
    By Vulture Editors
  2. vulture festival 2023
    Cord Jefferson Has Thoughts on the Art of a Good Adaptation“You know it when you see it.”
    By Jennifer Zhan
  3. the industry
    The Binge PurgeTV’s streaming model is broken. It’s also not going away. For Hollywood, figuring that out will be a horror show.
    By Josef Adalian and Lane Brown
  4. tv review
    Let Primo Fill the Feel-Good Comedy Void in Your LifeJust in case other formerly feel-good comedies are no longer working for you!
    By Kathryn VanArendonk
  5. into it
    The Good Place Helped Us GrieveThat final episode had nothing to do with morality. “It’s really about love and attention and caring.”
    By Sam Sanders
  6. cancelations
    Rutherford Falls Canceled After Two SeasonsTerry’s casino is closing down for good.
    By Alejandra Gularte
  7. coming soon
    Fall Into These Rutherford Falls Season-Two First LooksThe Peacock comedy series is back June 16.
    By Jennifer Zhan
  8. some good news
    Shea Serrano Is Going to Tweet This Story About Primo Getting A Series Order“Do you remember when the Spurs won the 2014 title after having their hearts broken in the 2013 Finals? That’s what I feel like right now.”
    By Natalie Lin
  9. nostalgia
    If Mike Schur Builds a Field of Dreams Series, They Will ComeThat’s Peacock’s plan, anyway.
    By Rebecca Alter
  10. renewals
    Rutherford Falls Invites You to Return for Season TwoThe Peacock series broke ground for Native American representation with its first season.
    By Justin Curto
  11. [fremulon voice]
    Mike Schur and Shea Serrano’s Family Sitcom Is Going to … IMDb TV?Primo is about a Mexican American teen vibing and living.
    By Devon Ivie
  12. a long talk
    The Co-Creators of Rutherford Falls On Sitting in the Mess of American History“We’re piss-poor, frankly, at trying to live in nuance.”
    By Jen Chaney
  13. tv review
    Rutherford Falls Reckons Optimistically With America’s Flawed Past and PresentThe Peacock comedy tackles heavy topics like Indigenous erasure and revisionist history with the light touch expected of a Mike Schur co-production.
    By Jen Chaney
  14. a long talk
    Mike Schur Talks Morality and Ethics in The Good Place — and Everywhere ElseIt feels right that a chat about the show’s Emmy-nominated finale would lead to a philosophical discourse on bad tweets, blackface, and wearing masks.
    By Jen Chaney
  15. reunions
    A Parks and Recreation Reunion Episode Was Off the Table. Then a Pandemic Hit.Showrunner Mike Schur and Amy Poehler agreed against a reunion long ago, but the prospect of a quarantine-era episode proved too compelling to resist.
    By Maria Elena Fernandez
  16. books
    Mike Schur’s Upcoming Book Will (Hopefully) Help You Become a Better PersonHow to Be Good: A Definitive Answer for Exactly What to Do, in Every Possible Situation will hit bookstores in 2021.
    By Megh Wright
  17. oral history
    ‘What the Hell Is Skimbleshanks?’ The Oral History of SNL’s Cats SketchJames Van Der Beek, Chris Parnell, and Mike Schur revisit a forgotten SNL classic.
    By Dan Reilly
  18. dammit janet
    NBC’s The Good Place Will End After Upcoming Fourth SeasonAs planned, says creator Mike Schur.
    By Halle Kiefer
  19. advice
    What 4 Showrunners Look for When Staffing a Writers RoomMike Schur, Nahnatchka Khan, Liz Flahive, and Carly Mensch offer some helpful advice.
    By Priyanka Mattoo
  20. animation
    Netflix Orders Mike Schur–Produced LGBTQ Superspy ComedyQ-Force hails from Schur, Sean Hayes, and Gabe Liedman.
    By Megh Wright
  21. good one podcast
    What’s It Like Writing for The Good Place?On this week’s Good One podcast, we broadcast The Good Place writers panel from Vulture Festival L.A.
    By Jesse David Fox
  22. the industry
    Mike Schur Signs Long-term Deal With NBC, Maybe This Is the Good Place?Holy forking shirtballs.
    By Josef Adalian
  23. vulture lists
    A Handy Guide to Mike Schur’s Favorite ActorsFrom Kristen Bell to Adam Scott. And more!
    By Devon Ivie
  24. pilots
    NBC Elects to Order Kal Penn’s Immigration Comedy Pilot, Produced by Mike SchurPenn stars as a former councilman called to help a group of immigrants newly arrived in New York City.
    By Halle Kiefer
  25. jokes
    You’ll Need Great Vision to Spot The Good Place Showrunner’s Favorite Easter EggDid you catch it?
    By Devon Ivie
  26. vulture lists
    Every Parks and Recreation Crossover in The Good PlaceLi’l Sebastian and Paunch Burger, they live!
    By Devon Ivie
  27. vulture festival la
    The Good Place Has Very Specific Rules About How the Bad Place WorksNo to torturing kids, yes to toxic masculinity demons.
    By Devon Ivie
  28. vulture festival la
    How The Good Place Came Up With Its ‘Jeremy Bearimy’ Joke“It’s a bit of a middle finger,” says showrunner Mike Schur.
    By Devon Ivie
  29. vulture festival la
    Ted Danson Is So Nice, He’ll Call You Just to Say How Much He Enjoyed Work TodayAs Mike Schur explained, sometimes his Good Place star will phone him just to say thanks.
    By Devon Ivie
  30. ethical quagmires
    Mike Schur Would Work with Aziz Ansari Again“The cure for any bad behavior, any systematic bad behavior, any calcified bad behavior, is to be like, sorry!”
    By Bethy Squires
  31. easter eggs
    Holy Fork, Did You Spot Li’l Sebastian on The Good Place?The Parks and Recreation icon paid an afterlife visit to Michael’s neighborhood.
    By Devon Ivie
  32. in development
    Kal Penn to Star in Mike Schur–Produced Immigrant Comedy in Development at NBCMike Schur is involved, so it’s got to be good.
    By Megh Wright
  33. easter eggs
    Wait, Do The Good Place and Parks and Recreation Exist in a Shared Universe?Pawnee’s famous Paunch Burger makes it to Australia!
    By Kathryn VanArendonk
  34. sdcc 2018
    The Good Place Cast Reveals Who — In Real Life — Is Destined for the Bad PlaceThis group is not optimistic about their own afterlives!
    By Jordan Crucchiola
  35. NBC Renews ‘A.P. Bio’ and Adds Comedies from Mike Schur and Amy PoehlerThere’s a lot of comedy news happening at NBC this week. According to The Wrap, the network has given a season 2 renewal to freshman comedy […]
    By Megh Wright
  36. the industry
    Parks and Rec’s Natalie Morales Is Reuniting With Mike Schur for a New ShowFor NBC, of course.
    By Devon Ivie
  37. NBC Orders Four Multi-Cam Comedy Pilots from Mike Schur, Sean Hayes, and […]NBC just added four multi-cam comedy pilots – the first four comedy pilot orders of the 2018-2019 season. According to The Wrap, the network […]
    By Megh Wright
  38. vulture festival la 2017
    Mike Schur on Kevin Spacey: ‘It Was the Most Open Secret That’s Ever Existed’“I remember very distinctly when he was hitting on the [network] pages.”
    By Scott Huver
  39. louis c.k.
    Mike Schur Apologizes for Having Louis C.K. on Parks and RecreationSchur says he heard rumors about C.K. before the comedian’s last appearance on the sitcom.
    By Hunter Harris
  40. ABC Is Developing a Family Comedy from Mike Schur and Shea SerranoMike Schur has another television project in development. According to The Hollywood Reporter, ABC has given a put-pilot commitment to a […]
    By Megh Wright
  41. the industry
    Mike Schur Developing a Mexican-American Family-Sitcom Pilot With Shea SerranoThe series is based on Serrano’s real life growing up in Texas.
    By Halle Kiefer
  42. vulture festival la 2017
    How You Can See Natalie Portman, James Franco, and Issa Rae in L.A. Next MonthThe pop-culture extravaganza is coming to L.A. with a lineup filled with your favorite stars and creators from movies and TV.
    By Vulture Editors
  43. chat room
    The Good Place’s D’Arcy Carden Shows Us How Janet Fell on Her Face 40 TimesI went from, “Oh my god this is such a good twist” to “This is so sad. This is very tragic.”
    By E. Alex Jung
  44. Mike Schur Has Two New Comedies in Development at NBCThe Good Place and Brooklyn Nine-Nine creator Mike Schur has two new shows in the works. According to Deadline, NBC is developing two shows […]
    By Megh Wright
  45. on comedy
    Mike Schur Solidifies His ‘King of NBC Comedy’ Status With Two More PilotsWhen does this man have time to sleep?
    By Devon Ivie
  46. The Good Place Creator Michael Schur on Season 2, Food Puns, and Big Twists“It’s not a double switchback reversal where we pull the rug out from under you again.”
    By Jen Chaney
  47. ‘The Good Place’ Returns with a One-Hour Season 2 Premiere in SeptemberNBC is bringing back Mike Schur’s The Good Place with an hourlong season premiere. According to Deadline, the network will air the premiere […]
    By Megh Wright
  48. Writing Black Mirror Made Rashida Jones Buy a DumbphoneJones and Mike Schur, who co-wrote the show’s “Nosedive” episode, discuss technology and 10-year-old Rashida’s interactive murder mystery.
  49. NBC Renews ‘The Good Place’ for a Second SeasonGreat news for fans of Mike Schur’s new comedy The Good Place: NBC just gave the series a season 2 renewal. According to Deadline, the network […]
    By Megh Wright
  50. 2016 election
    Parks & Rec’s Mike Schur Rips Into Trump Voters“I thought the country had progressed enough to shout down a man whose campaign was fueled only by fear and hate. It has not.”
    By Devon Ivie
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