Upfronts Follow-Up: How did the rookie class of 2015 broadcast network sitcoms fare?
by It’s Friday the 13th on your calendar, which marked a dark day for several network TV series awaiting their fates for renewal or cancellation. But …
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A flowchart explaining the differences between 27 broadcast network sitcom pilots in 2016
Modern Family remains a hit for ABC in its seventh season, and that network has successfully expanded that family sitcom template in the past couple …
Episode #41: Jermaine Fowler
Today’s guest is Jermaine Fowler, who was supposed to get his big break in 2012 as part of a much-ballyhooed reboot of FOX’s seminal sketch …
Watch the 2014 “Unemployable” pilot for Hannibal Buress that Comedy Central should have ordered
“I’m Hannibal Buress, and this is my job: Stand-up comedy. This is the only job I’ve ever had. Most people in America do real jobs …
NBC Playground announces first two comedy pilot winners: “Imaginary Friend” and “Sunset PPL”
NBC announced its first winners of its “NBC Playground” development contest to seek out new comedic shows, producers and writers. Kassia Miller’s Imaginary Friend, and …
Kurt Braunohler’s “The Love Butt Tour” for Comedy Central
Last summer, comedian Kurt Braunohler jet-skiied the Mississippi River to raise money for charity and filmed it all for a Comedy Central webseries. For his …
Whitney Cummings filming HBO stand-up special, comedy pilot in 2015
Whitney Cummings is getting back in front of the cameras by 2016, inking a new deal with HBO for a stand-up comedy special to film …
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Scenes from a 1995 TV pilot starring Del Close, Amy Poehler and Matt Dwyer: RVTV
Before Parks and Recreation, before SNL, before the Upright Citizens Brigade set up shop in New York City, Amy Poehler was a fresh-faced college grad …
Maybe See TV? Pilot Season 2015 for network, cable sitcoms
Despite proclamations last year that “pilot season” was dead or dying, it’s alive and well as we head into the final week of January 2015. …
Maybe See TV? The month in pilots, script commitments and development deals (Dec. 27, 2014)
You’ll hear a lot in the trades and the trade winds from now through pilot season, which starts in earnest in January, all the way …