truTV rebrands, new tagline for 2017: “Funny Because It’s tru”
by Plenty of cable channels/networks have rebranded and renamed themselves since first launching in the 1980s or 1990s, and now truTV has fully embraced its newer …
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Episode #61: truTV’s “Those Who Can’t” red carpet premiere
Those Who Can’t, teach. Those who can, pitch a TV show about the follies of three high-school teachers as a sitcom, and not only get …
Episode #29: The Grawlix (Ben Roy, Adam Cayton-Holland, Andrew Orvedahl)
You don’t have to be high or a cartoon obscenity nerd to appreciate The Grawlix. But you did have to be a mile high to …
Variety’s 10 Comics to Watch: 2015
Plenty of magazines and websites post slideshows of their hottest 50 up-and-coming stand-up comedians to keep an eye out for before they blaze a trail …
truTV orders Adam Conover’s “Adam Ruins Everything” to series, more from #Upfronts 2015
truTV showed up for its part of the Turner Networks 2015 Upfront presentations today with two new series ordered up, an extended trailer for another …
truTV orders “Those Who Can’t” series from The Grawlix for 10-episode debut season
Those who can’t succeed on a newfangled streaming TV service should go back to the drawing board and try regular cable TV instead. It worked …
The Grawlix gets second chance at “Those Who Can’t” pilot with TruTV
If you feel like Amazon Studios snubbed The Grawlix by not picking up their sitcom pilot to series, then feel good about today, because today, …
Preview season 2 of Adam Devine’s House Party on Comedy Central
The second season of Adam Devine’s House Party premieres tonight on Comedy Central at 10:30 p.m., before settling into its regular time slot, overnight Thursdays …
Amazon Studios announces slate of comedy pilots for 2013
Amazon Studios announced six new orders for comedy pilots to head into production for 2013. Amazon.com began soliciting original pitches for comedy series for the first …
Comedy Headlines for 10/31/12
What’s happening in the comedy world now…TRICK OR TREAT! I posted yesterday about the impending holes in NBC’s Thursday-night lineup for 2013, and yesterday, the …