September doesn’t just mark the start of the new fall TV season. It also heralds the start of broadcast network buying season for potential series they may need come the following fall! It’s an endless circle of money! The 2019 sitcom shopping season started early on Aug. 17 with CBS giving a put-pilot order to […]
Continue ReadingUs & Them, the FOX sitcom that adapted James Corden and Ruth Jones’s British hit Gavin & Stacey, only to never air as part of its planned 2013-2014 season, will finally see the light of viewers screens thanks to Crackle. Sony owns Crackle, and Sony Pictures TV made seven episodes of Us & Them in […]
Continue ReadingWith Netflix, Hulu and Amazon in a rush not only to create new original content, but also have all of the best stuff you enjoyed watching years ago on TV to watch over and over again, it’s newly notable whenever some other channel/platform acquires series syndication rights. And so Comedy Central announced today that it’ll […]
Continue ReadingThis week is Upfronts and you know what that means, all the networks are out there showing off their Fall… MORE
Here’s a look at Lil Rel Howery’s new FOX sitcom, “Rel” appeared first on The Laugh Button.
This week is Upfronts and you know what that means, all the networks are out there showing off their Fall… MORE
Here’s a look at Lil Rel Howery’s new FOX sitcom, “Rel” appeared first on The Laugh Button.
Thanks to an outpouring of fans after the news broke yesterday that Fox had canceled Brooklyn Nine-Nine, it appears to be extremely likely the show will find another home. According to a new report from The Hollywood Reporter, Universal Television “has plans to fight to revive the series” and has received “a number of incoming […]
Continue ReadingIt’s a comedy bloodbath over at Fox today, with cancellations going out to three comedies. First up is the cancellation of Will Forte’s The Last Man on Earth, which aired its season 4 finale just a few days ago. In addition, Fox has canceled The Mick and Brooklyn Nine-Nine after two and five seasons, respectively. […]
Continue ReadingDespite the defensive stance the writers on The Simpsons took just weeks ago about their Apu problem, the white man who’s voiced Apu from the start has said he’s finally ready to stop doing so, based on hearing the complaints from the Indian-American community. Hank Azaria, appearing this week on The Late Show with Stephen […]
Continue ReadingOn Sunday night’s episode of The Simpsons, the writers had little Lisa give advice to her mom about something or other, using it instead as an opportunity to defend themselves against charges of racism for having a white actor voice an Indian character with a heavily stereotyped accent. “It’s hard to say,” Lisa bemoans. “Something […]
Continue ReadingOn Sunday night’s episode of The Simpsons, the writers had little Lisa give advice to her mom about something or other, using it instead as an opportunity to defend themselves against charges of racism for having a white actor voice an Indian character with a heavily stereotyped accent. “It’s hard to say,” Lisa bemoans. “Something […]
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