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Comedian-writer Hannibal Buress (30 Rock) has signed a development deal with Comedy Central. The pact includes a pilot commitment for a project Buress will executive produce; a one-hour stand-up special; a nationwide Comedy Central Live stand-up tour; and a recurring role on the network’s upcoming series Broad City.
Comedy Central‘s latest original series, Inside Amy Schumer, debuted last night to 1.6 million total viewers and 1.2 million Adults 18-49 (1.1 rating) and a 2.4 rating among Men 18-34. The show starring comedian … Read More »
EXCLUSIVE: Comedy Central is expanding its late-night block with a new show hosted by comedian/producer Chris Hardwick and co-produced by Funny Or Die. The untitled show, which will launch in the fall, will air four … Read More »
Comedy Central has picked up freshman series The Jeselnik Offensive and Nathan For You for 10-episode second seasons. Jeselnik Offensive, executive produced by Anthony Jeselnik, head writer Tom … Read More »
Exactly a decade after it was originally cancelled by Fox, Futurama is coming to an end on Comedy Central. The cable network announced that the upcoming seventh season of the futuristic animated comedy, which kicks off on June 19, will be its last. The series finale is slated for … Read More »
Comedy Central has ordered 12 episodes of Brody Stevens: Enjoy It!, a documentary-style series starring comedian Brody Stevens and executive produced by his close friend, Hangover star Zach Galifianakis. The project originated at HBO … Read More »
Comedy Central has given an eight-episode order to stand-up series Adam Devine’s House Party, which will spotlight 24 of Adam Devine’s favorite up-and-coming comedians and is slated to premiere this fall. … Read More »
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Australian production outfit Jungleboys has signed with Mosaic as the company pursues a U.S. remake of its comedy series A Moody Christmas. Jungleboys principles Trent O’Donnell and Phil Lloyd created the Australian … Read More »
Comedy Central has given a 10-episode series order to Broad City, an adaptation of Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer’s digital series, for a 2014 premiere. The project, originally set up at FX in 2011, was … Read More »
EXCLUSIVE: Bad Advice From My Brother, a half-hour comedy project based on Jordan Pope Roush’s blog of the same name, has received a cast-contingent pilot order from Comedy Central, where the project was originally set up last April. Written/executive produced by Roush and executive produced by Brad Copeland (The Inbetweeners), the project follows the adventures of two brothers: Jason, the older, not necessarily wiser brother who has spent most of his post-college life chasing women and the almighty dollar on Wall Street, and Ben, his younger brother, who moves to Manhattan to live with Jason. Jason sees this as an opportunity to reflect on his mistakes and steer Ben onto an opposite path. Unfortunately for Ben, Jason’s advice is usually misguided and creates more problems than solutions. Read More »
EXCLUSIVE: Comedy Central has put in development River Dogs, a comedy written, executive produced by and starring actress-comedian Andrea Savage (Dinner For Schmucks). Produced by Will Ferrell and Adam McKay’s Gary Sanchez Prods, River … Read More »
Comedy Central has created CC Studios, a new in-house production unit that will develop content, concepts and talent for digital platforms. It will be headed by Allison Kingsley, who has been named VP Digital Development. She was previously VP Digital at Ovation. The move comes a week after Comedy Central’s head of original program Kent Alterman was promoted to president, adding the channel’s website to his purview to oversee the development and production of original content across all platforms. ”Allison uses techy words I don’t understand, so I know she’s the right person for the job,” Alterman said. “Plus, as an added bonus, she has a great comedy sensibility.” The new division will centralize the network’s digital efforts which have previously spread out through marketing, as digital extensions to the linear channel’s existing series, and through atom.com’s production unit among other venues. “We took a step back from all of that, and we wanted to develop in a multi-platform way to make it more organic,” Alterman said. CC Studios will work with Comedy Central on-air talent, some of whom, like Daniel Tosh, already have an extensive digital presence, as well as up-and-coming talent. Projects that lands themselves more to digital development will be steered to the new division. After evolution online, some of them can make the transition to the linear channel. CC Studios’ inaugural slate includes four projects currently available for viewing. The first three were developed through the digital unit, the fourth was originally set up at the network. Here are details: Read More »
Two weeks into its freshman run, Nick Kroll’s sketch pop culture series Kroll Show has been renewed by Comedy Central for a second season with a 10-episode order. “Nick plays his characters with such comedic conviction, it’s become obvious he has a serious personality disorder,” said Comedy Central’s president of original programming Kent Alterman. “We hope another season will help him discover who he really is.” Added Kroll, “All of me are very excited.” Read More »
Comedy Central and Open Road Films have made a deal for a film package that includes the first-window broadcast premiere of Marlon Wayans’ new comedy A Haunted House and Dax Shepard’s Hit & Run. … Read More »
The Writers Guild of America West and Comedy Central have reached an agreement two months after the Guild ordered members to stop working on the cable networks shows if there was no WGA contract in place. Members were informed via email … Read More »
Comedy Central‘s head of original programming and production Kent Alterman is getting a president title. Alteman has been promoted to President, Content Development & Original Programming. He will continue to be based in Santa Monica and report to Comedy Central president Michele Ganeless. In his previous role as EVP and head of original programming and production, Alterman oversaw the development and day-to-day operations of all original programming on Comedy Central’s linear channel. Now he is adding the channel’s website to his purview, overseeing the development and production of original content across all platforms. Alterman plans to use the Web as a “digital marketing extension (of Comedy Central’s existing shows) to engage viewers with original content.” Additionally, he plans to boost the development of original digital programming, some of which could migrate to TV as traditional series. Speaking of the linear channel, in the next six months Comedy Central will launch more original content than any other time in the network’s history, Alteman said. Read More »
Diane Haithman contributes to Deadline’s TCA coverage.
Nick Kroll, star of Comedy Central’s new Kroll Show, said today at TCA the show will feature about “46%” characters he has created before, including “The Ed Hardy Boyz” and … Read More »
Viral hit Drunk History is becoming a TV series. Comedy Central has given an eight-episode series pickup to the project after originally ordering a pilot presentation in the spring. The announcement was made at TCA where the … Read More »
Stephen Colbert last night on The Colbert Report premiered scenes from Breaking Abbey, or “Breaking Bad as performed by the men of Downton Abbey.” In it, Downton stars Hugh Bonneville, Jim Carter and Rob James-Collier cook meth and deal with an unsavory character played by Mark Consuelos, all … Read More »
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