A common trait shared among successful writers and performers is an awareness that everything they have worked for could be gone in an instant. Chris Geere spent years building his career, acting in the Royal Shakespeare Company and eventually landing a lead role in FXX’s You’re The Worst, which now enters its fourth season. It’s […]
Continue ReadingThis week is a transition of sorts as one of our favorite sitcoms of the summer ends (I’m Sorry) the… MORE
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Pamela Adlon and Louis C.K.’s show Better Things returns to FX for its second season next month, and today the network released a trailer. Since earning a season 2 renewal back in September, the show has won a Peabody Award and scored an Emmy nomination, and notably, Adlon directed all ten episodes of the upcoming […]
Continue ReadingFX Networks just revealed premiere dates for returning comedies You’re the Worst and Better Things. The network announced today that You’re the Worst will return to FXX for its fourth season with a special hourlong premiere on Wednesday, September 6th at 10:00pm, while Pamela Adlon’s Better Things will debut its second season on FX Thursday, September […]
Continue ReadingA comedian, actor and writer, Jim Jefferies has established himself as one of the most respected comics of his generation with a controversial and belief-challenging stand-up style that continues to surprise and entertain audiences around the globe. He recently wrapped an international stand-up tour, “The Unusual Punishment Tour,” to rave reviews which came on the […]
Continue ReadingCongrats to Donald Glover, Pamela Adlon, Louis CK and the cast of Veep for joining the illustrious list of winners of The Peabody Awards. CK pulled off a double-win, as he co-created FX’s Better Things and also fully funded and created his own streaming dramedy, Horace and Pete, on his own website. Here’s the announcement […]
Continue ReadingMatt Thompson has been one of the driving forces behind FX’s Archer from the very beginning. Working alongside series creator Adam Reed, Thompson has served as executive producer since the animated, acclaimed project began in 2009, and he’s still with the show in that capacity this season as it moves to sister station FXX. Thompson […]
Continue ReadingBaskets is sticking around at FX for another season. According to Variety, the network has officially renewed the series starring Zach Galifianakis for a third season, which will debut sometime in 2018. Created by Galifianakis, Louis C.K., and Jonathan Krisel, the show was ordered to series back in 2014 and wraps up its second season […]
Continue ReadingBaskets is sticking around at FX for another season. According to Variety, the network has officially renewed the series starring Zach Galifianakis for a third season, which will debut sometime in 2018. Created by Galifianakis, Louis C.K., and Jonathan Krisel, the show was ordered to series back in 2014 and wraps up its second season […]
Continue ReadingThere are countless examples of pivots in TV comedy history, some the creative conceit of showrunners, others foisted on shows by circumstances outside their producers’ control (think of Steve Carell leaving The Office, and the way that show changed, for better and worse, in his absence). Pivots don’t always succeed, of course – for every […]
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