Posted by Sean L. McCarthy | May 13, 2011 | TV, Uncategorized |
By far the belle of the ball among the early network TV pickups for Fall 2011 is comedian Whitney Cummings, who went two-for-two on the pilots that she had a hand in writing and producing. NBC has ordered Whitney to series,...
Read MorePosted by Sean L. McCarthy | May 13, 2011 | TV, Uncategorized |
Amid all of the TV news making waves this week, Comedy Central put out a press release acknowledging the grand future of TV — which, of course, is on our computers and our telephones. What the release actually announced...
Read MorePosted by Sean L. McCarthy | May 13, 2011 | TV, Uncategorized |
Hot off the heels of seeing NBC order six new sitcoms that employ a dozen comedians from the worlds of stand-up comedy and the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatres, ABC is also looking to stand-up and the UCB for its own sitcom...
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OK, readers. Before we get to the Friday the 13th promise that I made to myself and to the Internet, let's take a look around and see what else is going on in comedy this week that's not just about who's on TV and...
Read MorePosted by Sean L. McCarthy | May 13, 2011 | Late-night TV credit |
Tim Minchin's current two-hour show is great. Fantastic. Wonderful. Magical. As I've said and written before, he's much more than a musical comedian. I saw him last week in New York City, and there's something...
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