Showtime orders “I’m Dying Up Here” to series, looking back at 1970s Los Angeles comedy scene
The comedy boom of the 1970s in Los Angeles will explode again onscreen on Showtime in 2016 as the cable network announced today it’d ordered the adaptation of memoir I’m Dying Up Here to series. It films this fall in Los Angeles. The announcement came during Showtime’s turn at the winter TV Critics Association (TCA) convention. From Showtime’s official announcement: We’ve picked up new one-hour comedy I’M DYING UP HERE from executive producer Jim Carrey to series! Set in L.A.’s celebrated, infamous stand-up comedy scene of the 1970s, during which the careers of many of the comedy superstars began, the series...
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