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August 29, 2012 - Deadline - Dropping The New Normal is Censorship - Georgia King (S3E6 ELENA FROM MERLIN)

Ellen Barkin Says Utah NBC Affilate Dropping of ‘The New Normal’ Is “Censorship”

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Wednesday August 29, 2012 @ 11:31am PDTTags: Ellen Barkin, KSL-TV, The New Normal

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Ellen Barkin came out swinging again against the NBC Utah affiliate that decided not to show The New Normal. “Yes, it’s an affiliate’s right to ban something but I think it is censorship,” the actress told Deadline today of the KSL-TVdecision. “For our brand, this program simply feels inappropriate on several dimensions, especially during family viewing time,” announced Jeff Simpson, CEO of the station’s parent company, Bonneville International last week. Soon afterwards Barkin took to her Twitter account, calling the affiliate’s decision “blatantly homophic.” On a conference call today, Barkin, after some initial hesitation, reiterated her position and asked why KSL-TV would air a violent show like Law & Order: SVU but not a show about “a same sex couple that want to have a child.” Created by Glee boss Ryan Murphy and Ali Adler, The New Normal is about a gay couple that is having a baby through a surrogate. Andrew Rannells and Justin Bartha play the couple, Barkin plays June the bigoted 58-year old grandmother of their surrogate Goldie, played by Georgia King.  Calling the series “a show full of love, sensitivity and more fun than a barrel of monkeys,” Barkin said that she thought it dealt with a “very important issue” of “what makes a family” in “a very divisive county.” The actress, who called herself “overly opinionated,” added, “controversy is a good thing.” The action last week by the Mormon Church owned station, which also doesn’t broadcast Saturday Night Live, received blunt criticism from GLAAD and other organizations.The New Normal debuts on September 11 on NBC.

March 17, 2014 - Deadline - Georgia King to star in CBS Comedy called TheOdd Couple

Georgia King To Co-Star In CBS Comedy Pilot ‘The Odd Couple’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday March 17, 2014 @ 2:29pm PDTTags: CBS, Georgia King, The Odd Couple

EXCLUSIVE: Georgia King, the breakout female star of NBC’s comedy series The New Normal, has been tapped as the female lead of another comedy project with two guys at the center, CBS‘ multi-camera pilot The Odd Couple starring Matthew Perry and Thomas Lennon. Co-written and executive produced by Perry, the project, a take on the Neil Simon classic, revolves around two mismatched roommates — the messy Oscar Madison (Perry) and neat freak Felix Unger (Lennon). Scottish-born King, repped by Paradigm and Independent Talent Group, will play Katie, a model who lives in Oscar and Felix’s building.