Day: May 7, 2019

Just For Laughs muscles up on TV production, hires Spencer Griffin to head it

Just For Laughs muscles up on TV production, hires Spencer Griffin to head it

Posted by | May 7, 2019 | |

Just For Laughs, under new ownership over the past year, has gotten more and more involved in additional projects outside of its well-known comedy festivals. JFL recently launched an original web series, “It’s A Date!” starring Jessie Jolles. And now JFL has a new head of TV development in Spencer Griffin. Griffin’s responsibilities will include soliciting, procuring and developing new properties with both new and established talent. He comes to JFL after heading up live-action development and production for Stoopid Buddy Stoodios, where he shepherded Adult Swim’s Robot Chicken and Crackle’s Supermansion. Before that, he was senior vice president of...

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Adult Swim orders up “Three Busy Debras” to series

Adult Swim orders up “Three Busy Debras” to series

Posted by | May 7, 2019 | , |

Adult Swim is adding some actual live women to the late-night cable channel’s programming. Three Busy Debras, starring, written and created by Sandy Honig, Mitra Jouhari and Alyssa Stonoha, will come to TV. Their sketch comedy series will follow the aforementioned Debras as housewives in the fictional well-to-do suburb of Lemoncurd, Conn. It’ll get real weird, real quick. It’s executive produced with Amy Poehler and Kim Lessing executive produce through Paper Kite Productions. .@ThreeBusyDebras gets a series order on Adult Swim. Created and written by @tweetrajouhari, @sandyhonig and @astonoha. Production starts later this year by Amy Poehler's #PaperKiteProductions. pic.twitter.com/LqHFjdy2E3—...

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NBC orders “Sunnyside” sitcom with Kal Penn and co-starring comedians Joel Kim Booster and Moses Storm

NBC orders “Sunnyside” sitcom with Kal Penn and co-starring comedians Joel Kim Booster and Moses Storm

Posted by | May 7, 2019 | , |

Congrats to my neighbors in Queens!? NBC has ordered the sitcom Sunnyside to series for the upcoming Fall 2019 schedule. The sitcom stars Kal Penn as a young New York City Councilman from the Queens neighborhood of Sunnyside whose career crashes and burns, and then gets rescued, sort of, by a group of younger immigrants. His co-stars include stand-up comedians Joel Kim Booster and Moses Storm, plus Diana Maria Riva, Kiran Deol, Poppy Liu, and Samba Schutte. Sunnyside comes from Michael Schur (and casting by Allison Jones), for whom we currently have Brooklyn Nine-Nine and The Good Place on...

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Watch the “Reality Bites” reunion from the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival

Watch the “Reality Bites” reunion from the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival

Posted by | May 7, 2019 | |

The cast and producers of 1994’s Reality Bites reunited 25 years later for a screening and panel retrospective over the weekend at the Tribeca Film Festival. Lisa Loeb even showed up onstage to play her hit song, “Stay,” over the end credits. Watch Ben Stiller, Janeane Garofalo, Winona Ryder and Ethan Hawke reminisce about the seminal comedy film for Generation...

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