Episode #264: Sabrina Jalees
by The daughter of a Swiss mother and Pakistani father, Sabrina Jalees is a Canadian by birth who became famous in her native land by starring …
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Comedy Central launches Productions unit with full slate of development deals
Determined to learn from past mistakes, Comedy Central has launched a new Comedy Central Productions unit to develop new and existing in-house talent. As Jon …
Episode #243: Gaby Dunn
Gaby Dunn is a journalist, comedian and actress, who with comedy partner Allison Raskin, wrote, performed and produced the successful YouTube comedy channel “Just Between …
This month in TV development
“Pilot Season” begins in earnest in January, so we’re in the home stretch for ordering scripts and sealing deals from the broadcast networks for potential …
This month in comedian TV deals with the broadcast networks
The new fall TV season still hasn’t introduced all of its new series, and already we have two new straight-to-series orders from the broadcast networks …
Comedians making TV network deals for the 2019 season
September doesn’t just mark the start of the new fall TV season. It also heralds the start of broadcast network buying season for potential series …
“Hammerhead” takes top honors at 2018 New York Television Festival
A hotbed for independent pilots and development deals, the first-ever summer edition of the New York Television Festival wrapped over the weekend, with Hammerhead taking …
truTV announces 15 finalists for 2018 Comedy Breakout Initiative
Here are the 15 finalists announced last week for truTV’s Comedy Breakout Initiative, designed to find new and distinct voices to join truTV’s existing roster …
Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson ink deal with Comedy Central for post-Broad City future
Broad City will end in 2019 with its fifth and final season, but Comedy Central wants you to know it’ll remain in business with Broad …
JR De Guzman wins Stand-Up NBC for diversity talent search for 2016-2017
Congrats to JR De Guzman, the 2016 winner of NBC’s Stand-Up diversity talent search! De Guzman, born in the Phillipines and raised in California, beat …