While I personally adore Jason Lee (Almost Famous, Chasing Amy, Mallrats, A Guy Thing, Kissing a Fool, et cetera), I'm sure his quirky pilot for the show My Name Is Earl won't be properly pushed by NBC, if they even pick it up... *sigh*

Anyway, here's what a writer at E! had to say... "My Name Is Earl (NBC), a comedy starring Jason Lee as a low-rent crook who wins the lottery, is the funniest damn thing you've seen since Arrested Development."

Hey, Steve, where's that site where you download TV shows? I wonder if this pilot is floating around in cyberspace...

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i LOVE jason lee. do you know when this is going to air? what time slot is it getting?

It's only in "pilot" format so far... I don't know if it gets picked up... but I do ♥ Jason Lee. I'll keep ya posted if I find out anything...

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rock on. thanks.

if nbc is smart, they'll at least give it a try. they're in last place last i knew, and they'll be needing a network savior. it certainly can't be any worse than Joey.

NBC has announced it's fall schedule, and they apparently did pick it up:

NBC cancels 'Jury,' 'Dreams'
Announces six new series for fall; 'Joey' to return
Monday, May 16, 2005 Posted: 12:35 PM EDT (1635 GMT)


NEW YORK (AP) -- Seeking to climb out of the ratings cellar, NBC will have Martha Stewart picking a protege and singer Amy Grant making wishes come true when the new season begins this fall.

NBC said Monday that it will introduce six new series in September, including only one comedy: "My Name is Earl," featuring Jason Lee ("Chasing Amy") as a downtrodden lottery winner.

NBC is canceling the fourth installment of the "Law & Order" series, "Trial By Jury," which lost star Jerry Orbach shortly after production began. The Mark Burnett/Sylvester Stallone boxing series "The Contender," "American Dreams" and "Third Watch" are also not returning.

Illustrating how television schedules are constantly in flux, NBC promised two other new comedies would come on the air sometime next season. Two shows not on the September schedule, "Scrubs" and "Fear Factor," will also return at some point, NBC said.

NBC is moving the political drama "The West Wing" to Sunday nights, with the campaign to replace Martin Sheen as the mythical president continuing.

All the broadcast networks release their fall schedules this week, and NBC was first in line. The network is finishing up a miserable season, slipping to fourth among the 18-to-49-year-old viewers its advertisers want. NBC failed to replace the departed "Friends" and "Frasier" with any new hits.

Despite losing ground to CBS on what was once its most popular night, NBC said it is returning its Thursday schedule intact: including the troubled "Friends" spinoff "Joey."

Stewart's starring role in "The Apprentice" will give NBC two versions of the boardroom game running this fall. The home improvement queen's show will air Wednesday night, with Donald Trump keeping his Thursday time slot.

Gospel singer Grant stars in "Three Wishes," a reality show where she travels across the country trying to transform lives by paying medical bills, making dreams come true and the like. It's a nod to the popularity of makeover shows like ABC's "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition."

NBC will air three new dramas: "E-Ring," a Jerry Bruckheimer production with Dennis Hopper and Benjamin Bratt, about life in the Pentagon; "Fathom," about a creepy new form of sea life; and "Inconceivable," a medical show set in a fertility clinic.

thanks for the info. i can't wait to check it out.

i can't believe Joey is coming back. that show should be euthanized.

last night's hourlong "earl" was sooo gooood.
dare i say i like it more than "the office"?

Yeah, it was great. Randy was so out of character though! I just couldn't get over a bossy, half-smart Randy.

And Joy being nice was too much