ABC just added another comedy pilot. Deadline reports that the network has given a pilot order to a single-cam comedy from former Friends writers/producers Sherry Bilsing-Graham and Ellen Kreamer called Three Rivers. Here’s the logline: Three Rivers centers on Rebecca who left her family’s Texas ranch years ago to work at an upscale hotel in New […]
Continue ReadingMike O’Brien’s new show A.P. Bio, whose pilot previewed on NBC last night in advance of the official series premiere on March 1st, is Glenn Howerton’s first starring role since his sort-of leaving It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia. Coincidentally, like Kaitlin Olson on The Mick, A.P. Bio casts Howerton playing a callow jerk playing off a […]
Continue ReadingSome of the most beloved, groundbreaking, and influential television comedy series have been tragically cut short before they even had the chance to reach their prime. The Ben Stiller Show, Strangers with Candy, and Freaks and Geeks all suffered the fate of short runs before later achieving cult success. Occasionally, a “gone too soon” show […]
Continue ReadingDuring his appearance on last night’s Jimmy Kimmel Live, Billy Eichner revealed that he’s teamed up with Funny or Die to launch a campaign ahead of November’s midterm elections called “Glam Up the Midterms.” According to Eichner, the aim of the campaign is to raise midterm awareness, register voters, and encourage millennial voters to show up at […]
Continue ReadingFusion. It’s a TV channel. You may have it! Once you’ve found it, starting next week you can tune in to a new weekly sketch comedy series, Happy Ending with Nando Vila. The 10-episode series explores political issues and news beyond the headlines and tries to explain it all with laughs. “America is looking for […]
Continue ReadingFusion. It’s a TV channel. You may have it! Once you’ve found it, starting next week you can tune in to a new weekly sketch comedy series, Happy Ending with Nando Vila. The 10-episode series explores political issues and news beyond the headlines and tries to explain it all with laughs. “America is looking for […]
Continue ReadingTwo new comedy pilots are in the works at ABC. According to Deadline, the network has given pilot orders to single-cam comedies called Single Parents and Steps. From New Girl’s Liz Meriwether and J.J. Philbin, Single Parents centers on a group of “dysfunctional single parents” who “lean on each other as they raise their kids, […]
Continue ReadingAli Siddiq starred in his own half-hour Comedy Central special back in 2016, and this month he returns to the network with his first hourlong special titled It’s Bigger Than These Bars. Comedy Central announced today that Siddiq’s special, which was taped at Texas’s Bell County Jail, will premiere Friday, February 23rd at 11:00pm. Here’s […]
Continue ReadingHere’s a clip from last night’s Full Frontal, where Samantha Bee recaps Donald Trump’s State of the Union address: “Rumor had it this would be an optimistic, glasses-half-full type speech. And it was — assuming that glass is half full of cyanide and I get to drink it.” Bee also recaps the Devin Nunes memo […]
Continue ReadingAfter two seasons, Showtime has decided to stop rolling the Dice with Andrew Dice Clay’s semi-autobiographical sitcom. The formal announcement came Tuesday, but the writing had been on the wall, ever since its notable absence at the winter TCA sessions. Ratings also were never great for the sitcom that pondered what “Dice” was doing now […]
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