Congrats to the 2016 NBCUniversal Late Night Writers Workshop participants
by NBCUniversal’s exclusive “Late Night Writers Workshop” happens over a week in April, and the TV conglomerate has released the names of the chosen few who’ll …
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Seeso, Say So: A sneak peek at the newest comedy streaming platform
The year 2016 may just be the year we’re all convinced to stop watching TV the traditional way, and Seeso will go a long way …
TV / Video / Web series
See some of Seeso in a monthlong beta sneak peek in December 2015
Seeso, the new ad-free pay comedy streaming service set to launch in January 2016, will offer a web-only sneak peek in beta mode for December …
NBCUniversal launching own comedy video subscription service: Seeso TV
NBCUniversal has announced the launch of Seeso, the company’s own comedy video subscription service online that’ll offer ad-free streaming sitcoms (both classic and new original …
Horatio Sanz, Fred Armisen help launch new Broadway Video outpost for Latino comedy: Mas Mejor
Former Saturday Night Live stars Horatio Sanz and Fred Armisen are helping their boss’s Broadway Video maintain some sense of diversity by incubating young Latino …
NBC revives “Coach” for 13-episode season, 18 years after its ABC run
NBC ultimately decided to greenlight a 13-episode straight-to-series commitment for a sitcom that went off the air 18 years ago on another network because: a) …
Yahoo! Screen revives Community just in time for sixth season online, coming Fall 2014
In the end, ’twas Yahoo! that raised Community from the dead. A last-minute reprieve, as NBCUniversal and Sony Pictures Television’s contracts on Dan Harmon and …
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and The Roots making first road trip, to Universal Studios Orlando for week in June 2014
Kimmel went to Austin for SXSW. Conan went to Dallas for March Madness. Now Fallon will take his show on the road, first stop: Orlando. …
NBC Playground drops the “Comedy” from its name, but still seeks your sitcom pitches
Two weeks ago, the folks at Comedy Playground filed suit against NBCUniversal for launching a submission-based sitcom development contest called NBC Comedy Playground. Fine, then. …
More than 1,000 people applied to NBCUniversal’s “Late Night Writers Workshop” to diversify TV writing staffs
You’re not the only person to have noticed over the years that late-night TV comedy/talk shows are predominately written by and starring white men. NBCUniversal …