TV News Update: Details On Amy Poehler's New Sitcom

Amy PoehlerTV.com reports that Amy Poehler's Office-like (but not a spin-off) NBC sitcom will feature her as a mid-level bureaucrat in the Parks & Recreation department in Pawnee, Indiana, and be shot in the same style as The Office . Rashia Jones, Aziz Asnari and Aubrey Plaza will co-star.

Tim Kring, the producer of Heroes , says that the next story arc will be accessible to new viewers and please disgruntled fans of the series. TV Guide reports that Kring states that "This volume [Fugitives] starts us pretty much from scratch. There is almost nothing that the audience needs to know from the previous volume in order to follow the storyline." Angela Bromstad, NBC's president of primetime entertainment, notes that she spoke with Kring about whether the series had gotten too complicated. "They may have taken on too much in terms of characters and multiple storylines," she said. Fugitives will guest-star Damages actor Zeljko Ivanek as a government operative hired by Nathan Petrelli (Adrian Pasdar) to hunt the rest of the cast down and imprison them.

The CW has given the greenlight to a spin-off of Gossip Girl . E! reports that GG creators and producers Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage are working on the new series, which will feature young versions of the Lily and Rufus characters in 1980s Los Angeles. "Caught between two worlds, Lily dives into the fast-paced Sunset Strip and the Hollywood lifestyle of the '80s, journeying over the hill to a world of wealth and excess that used to be her own,"is how the CW describes the show in a statement.

NBC announced yesterday that it has renewed three series for next season. TV Guide reports that the series which will definitely be on the air this year and next are The Office, 30 Rock and The Biggest Loser.