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Studios & Networks Pursue Maya Rudolph For Variety Show

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday February 25, 2013 @ 10:26am PSTTags: Big Deals TV, Maya Rudolph
Nellie Andreeva

EXCLUSIVE: When NBC’s Up All Night started to implode this month following the departure of Christina Applegate, co-stars Will Arnett and Maya Rudolph immediately began fielding pilot offers. Arnett settled on a pilot, picking Greg Garcia’s untitled CBS project, while Rudolph has been passing on pilot offers — about five of them. I hear the Saturday Night Live alumna instead wants to topline a variety show, and multiple networks and studios are interested. I hear suitors include 20th Century Fox, ABC and NBC.

Rudolph, daughter of soul singer Minnie Riperton, brought a lot of variety elements to NBC’s late-night comedy series SNL during her seven-year stint there. Her memorable impersonations and original characters often included music performances, including her recurring gig as Beyoncé Knowles in the Prince Show sketches.

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Trio Of Actors Join ‘The Way, Way Back’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Thursday June 21, 2012 @ 3:01pm PDTTags: Maya Rudolph, Rob Corddry, The Way Way Back

EXCLUSIVE: Maya Rudolph, Rob Corddry and Amanda Peet have been added to the cast of Nat Faxon and Jim Rash’s comedic drama … Read More »

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SNL: ‘Cosby Obama’ + ‘How’s He Doing’

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Sunday February 19, 2012 @ 1:04am PSTTags: Barack Obama, Bill Cosby, Maya Rudolph, SNL

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EMMYS: Final Presenters Added For Creative Arts Ceremony

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Thursday September 8, 2011 @ 10:18am PDTTags: 2011 Primetime Creative Arts Emmys, David Shore, Emily Spivey, Howie Mandel, Maya Rudolph

Maya Rudolph and Emily Spivey (Up All Night), Jesse Spencer and David Shore (House), Howie Mandel and Jason Raff (America’s Got Talent), and Josh Meyers (The Pee-Wee Herman Show on Broadway) have been added as presenters for the 2011 Primetime … Read More »

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2011 Toronto: ‘Shame’ Will Start Dealmaking Flurry, But Buyers Wait To Be Blown Away

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday September 7, 2011 @ 5:03pm PDTTags: 2011 Toronto Film Festival, Adam Scott, Alexis Bledel, Allen Hughes, Allison Janney, Anthony Hopkins, Anthony Mackie, Aung San Suu Kyi, Ben Foster, Bruce Beresford, Bruce Willis, Carey Mulligan, Catherine Keener, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Channing Tatum, Christian Bale, Danny Trejo, Eduardo Sanchez, Elizabeth Olsen, Ewan McGregor, Geoffrey Fletcher, Harvey Weinstein, Hugh Laurie, Ice Cube, James Gandolfini, Jamie Linden, Jane Fonda, Jon Hamm, Jonathan Teplitzky, Jude Law, Justin Long, Kate Mara, Kristen Wiig, Kristin Scott Thomas, Lasse Hallström, Luc Besson, Mark Wahlberg, Matthew Goode, Maya Rudolph, Megan Fox, Mia Farrow, Michael Fassbender, Michelle Williams, Michelle Yeoh, Mickey Rourke, Oliver Platt, Peter Morgan, Peter Schlessel, Rachel Weisz, Rebecca Hall, Robert Redford, Robin Wright, Rosario Dawson, Russell Crowe, Saoirse Ronan, Sarah Polley, Sarah Silverman, Selma Blair, Seth Rogen, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Frears, Steve McQueen, Terence Davies, Vince Vaughn, Will Ferrell, Woody Harrelson, Zhang Yimou
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Last year’s Toronto Film Festival started slow for acquisitions, but finished with a flurry of modest distribution deals that served notice the specialty film business had finally pulled out of its nosedive. This year’s festival hasn’t started and … Read More »

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TCA: Comedy ‘Up All Night’ Takes Oprah Route With Workplace Change

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Monday August 1, 2011 @ 4:11pm PDTTags: Lorne Michaels, Maya Rudolph, NBC, Oprah Winfrey, TCA Press Tour, Television Critics Association, Up All Night

Diane Haithman is contributing to Deadline’s coverage of TCA.

At this afternoon’s TCA panel on the new NBC comedy Up All Night — a new-baby sitcom starring Will Arnett and Christina Applegate as exhausted parents and Maya Rudolph as Applegate’s … Read More »

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Will Arnett To Co-Star In NBC’s Emily Spivey Comedy Pilot

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday March 30, 2011 @ 4:30pm PDTTags: Christina Applegate, Emily Spivey, Lorne Michaels, Maya Rudolph, Will Arnett
Nellie Andreeva

NBC’s untitled Emily Spivey comedy pilot is building a star-studded cast. Arrested Development alum Will Arnett has closed a deal to join Christina Applegate and Maya Rudolph in the project, executive produced by Saturday Night Live honcho Lorne … Read More »

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Maya Rudolph To Star In NBC Comedy Pilot Produced By Lorne Michaels

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday March 25, 2011 @ 11:35am PDTTags: Emily Spivey, Lorne Michaels, Maya Rudolph, NBC
Nellie Andreeva

Saturday Night Live alumna Maya Rudolph is reuniting with her former SNL boss Lorne Michaels, ex-SNL writer Emily Spivey and NBC on Spivey’s comedy pilot for the peacock network, which Michaels is executive producing.

Word is Rudolph is set for the … Read More »

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