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The ax continues to fall at NBC, which over the last several hours has severed ties with three of the four freshman comedies that were still in contention for a slot on the 2013-14 schedule.

Why does the Left always bemoan America's faults instead of promoting what makes America great? And why does it seem that it's always Aaron Sorkin who's doing it? Last year a clip from Aaron Sorkin's latest, the HBO series The Newsroom, went viral.

"The West Wing" minus all that exhausting idealism, "Veep" shares a setting but none of the pristine soul of Aaron Sorkin 's big-hearted classic NBC series of what seems like 100 years ago.

Without even knowing about Dr. Noisewater's pending guest post, I decided to make a major sacrifice for our beloved readership: I ordered Won't Back Down from the fine folks at Netflx.

"Tropic Thunder" actor Steve Coogan has signed on for the pilot, which is being written by "House M.D." creator David Shore.