Comedy Headlines for 12/21/12

What’s happening in the comedy world now…

  • FX has ordered a fifth season of The League, with 13 more episodes to kick off during Fall 2013.
  • Adult Swim has renewed the animated series adaptation of Black Dynamite for a second season. Ten episodes to come in about a year from now.
  • Rebel Wilson will host the MTV Movie Awards in 2013, to be held in April.
  • FX also is looking at another potential animated series, ordering a pilot for Chosen, from the trio of Danny McBride, Jody Hill and David Gordon Green. Grant Dekernion will write and star in the pilot, about a rapper and ex-con with a new mission for life after prison.

Sean L. McCarthy

Editor and publisher since 2007, when he was named New York's Funniest Reporter. Former newspaper reporter at the New York Daily News, Boston Herald and smaller dailies and community papers across America. Loves comedy so much he founded this site.

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