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NBC will debut new sitcom, Whitney, at 9:30 p.m. Thursdays (8:30 p.m. Central/Mountain) after The Office in Fall 2011. This means moving Parks and Recreation back to 8:30 p.m. and pushing 30 Rock to midseason due to Tina Fey's pregnancy. The pilot for Whitney was created and written by Whitney …
Word on the street has it that CBS has ordered How to Be a Gentleman to series as one of its new sitcoms for Fall 2011. The comedy from creator David Hornsby stars Hornsby as a magazine writer who has to learn about life with the help of his high-school …
My panel at SXSW Interactive 2011 on social media and comedy was so much fun ("F**k Yeah!"), that when The Comedy Store's Alf LaMont told me about Internet Week New York, it took me no time at all to say, let's do it again! But different. So. Please. Come and …
I'd already told you about the headlining acts for the 7th annual coming in June. Among them: A panel with The Whitest Kids U Know, record-setting efforts for the URDB, Channel 101, and Marvel Comics' "What The" series. Now they've unveiled the full lineup, happening June 8-11, 2011, at the …
NBC's new sitcom, Free Agents, will debut in the 8:30 p.m. Wednesday timeslot. It stars Hank Azaria and Kathyrn Hahn as co-workers with benefits. Sort of. The workplace comedy also has roles for stand-up comedians Al Madrigal, Mo Mandel and Natasha Leggero. And Jo Lo Truglio has a role as …
NBC kicked off the beginning of the end of Upfront Week today by presenting its new fall lineup of shows. Here's a look at Up All Night, scheduled for 8 p.m. Wednesdays in Fall 2011. Starring Christina Applegate, Will Arnett, Maya Rudolph, and James Pumphrey. Arnett's a stay-at-home dad while Applegate's …
Speaking of Funny or Die, here's a new Webseries starring 30 Rock's Sue Galloway and Pam Murphy, written by Galloway and directed by Becky Drysdale. It's called "Namedroppers." Need I explain more? Roll the first two episodes, please!
Here's something you haven't seen before. Funny or Die's CEO, Dick Glover, on film. Talking about the site and how FoD has adapted to social media by adding buttons atop each video to encourage viewers to share their vids through Reddit, StumbleUpon and the usual suspects of Tumblr, Twitter and …
It's fair to say that few people aside from movie critics have seen the 1987 film, Ishtar, despite boasting a celebrated comedy icon in the director's chair in Elaine May, and a bonafide A-list duo of Warren Beatty and Dustin Hoffman in the lead roles as a singing duo deployed …
As part of this week's TV issue of New York magazine, everyone's favorite stand-up comedian of today, Louis CK, gets himself profiled in advance of the second season of his revolutionary FX sitcom, Louie. For background on his process for season one, read my interview with Louis CK from June …