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What’s in development at IFC for 2019

IFC has revealed its slate of potential new comedies in development for the coming year.

They include:

  • Almost Asian, about a perpetual outsider, Katie (Katie MaliaThe Mindy Project), and her desperate journey to find her identity as both a dancer and a mixed-raced millennial struggling in Los Angeles. As with the web-series on which it’s based, Malia stars and serves as executive producer. The series is also executive produced by Margaret Cho (30 Rock)Sarah Martin (Margaret Cho: PSYCHO)Jessie Boemper (Thugs, the Musical!) and Evan Shapiro (Please Like Me, Harmonquest).
  • Annika Erotica, about Claire Radkowski, a sweet and simple Associate Junior Pastor whose life is turned upside down after her self-published erotic novel, written under the nom de plume “Annika Erotica,” suddenly goes viral. With the help of her fame-obsessed best friend Jilly as well as Chaste Hymen, Claire’s mentor in romance novel writing, Claire must choose between keeping her secret passion hidden from her conservative Colorado Springs community or finally living openly as her fullest (and potentially horniest) self. Produced by Funny or Die and Nate Dern (Comedy Central’s Every Damn Day).
  • Art Thieves follows three misfit master criminals who infiltrate the houses of the super-rich and attempt to steal their beloved masterpieces. The series is executive produced by Mitch Magee (Funny or Die Presents) and Daniel Powell (Inside Amy Schumer), head of the production company Irony Point.
  • Beth, about an agoraphobic man who, though happy with his current lifestyle, is thrust out of his comfort zone and back into the outside world after a long time ex-girlfriend contacts him out of the blue. Beth is executive produced by Timm Sharp (Blunt Talk, Enlightened)Jonathan Ames (Bored to Death, Blunt Talk) and Lighthouse Management & Media. 
  • The Middle Passage satirizing America’s racial and sociopolitical climate through long-form narrative sketches. The series provides thought-provoking and comical commentary on today’s cultural landscape and touches on a variety of social issues through a blend of mystery, sci-fi, thriller, horror and fantasy sketches. The series is produced by Big Breakfast, an Electus company, with Jillian Vogel (I Want My Phone Back), Luke Kelly-Clyne (Hot Date) and Drew Buckley (Running Wild with Bear Grylls) serving as executive producers. Co-executive produced by Jonathan Braylock (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt)James Carr (TripTank)James III (Adam Ruins Everything) and Jerah Milligan (Broad City),

Whether or not these shows make it to the air, IFC already has two new series in the offing for 2019: Sherman’s Showcase and Year of the Rabbit. 

Existing series continuing into next year: The upcoming third season of the Emmy-nominated original comedy Documentary Now!, returning February 20, 2019; the third season of the horror-comedy series Stan Against Evil, premiering October 31; the all-female sketch comedy Baroness von Sketch Show, returning for Season 3 on November 8; and the third season of the critically-acclaimed sports comedy Brockmirereturning to air in spring 2019.

Sean L. McCarthy

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