Kal Penn is making a comedy about TV news

Star re-teaming with 'Harold & Kumar' writers for ABC's 'Fair and Balanced'



This sounds pretty awesome. Kal Penn is re-teaming with the guys behind the Harold & Kumar franchise to executive produce and star in the ABC comedy Fair and Balanced, set in the world of conservative cable news.

'Fair And Balanced' News Channel Comedy Starring Kal Penn From 'Harold & Kumar' Writers In Works At ABC

Written by Hayden Schlossberg and Jon Hurwitz, the creators of Harold and Kumar, the single-camera comedy revolves around an aspiring public radio reporter who is swayed to work at a Fox News-type channel.

Get ready for 'Harold & Kumar: The Animated Series'

John Cho and Kal Penn reunite for "wildly inappropriate" first table read



It's on, my friends. The Harold and Kumar animated series is on. We've known that an animated series based on comedy trilogy was in the works, with John Cho and Kal Penn returning to provide the voices for the titular stoner duo. This week, the cast reportedly reunited for the show's first table read.

The gathering included Cho, Penn and several returning cast members, including Dave Kumrholtz, Eddie Kaye Thomas and Paula Garces, and producer/creators Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg. They tweeted photos from the table read, which was described as "insane, surreal and hilarious." Also: "wildly inappropriate."

I would expect nothing less from an animated Harold and Kumar.

Things I Do Not Understand: Kal Penn tweets in support of "Stop and Frisk"

Say it ain't so, Kalpen.



Allow me to echo my blogging comrade Lakshmi over at The Aerogram, who expresses disappointment over Kal Penn's public support and defense of New York City's Stop-and-Frisk policy. This week, a judge ruled that the NYPD's "policy of indirect racial profiling" violated the constitutional rights of minorities in the city.

However, the actor we know and love from Harold and Kumar (and former aide to the Obama administration), tweeted a link to an op/ed on the merits of "Stop-and-Frisk," setting off some heated online debate: