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Tag: sitcoms

Upfronts Follow-Up: The realities of pilot season and the odds of making a hit sitcom (2013-2017)
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Upfronts Follow-Up: The realities of pilot season and the odds of making a hit sitcom (2013-2017)

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyMay 18, 2017May 18, 2017

The annual song and dance of broadcast network Upfronts presentations sells advertisers on the need each May to book their 30 and 60-second commercials in …

TBS extends Conan to 2022, brings Super Deluxe into late-night TV and orders four new series for 2017-2018
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TBS extends Conan to 2022, brings Super Deluxe into late-night TV and orders four new series for 2017-2018

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyMay 17, 2017

Conan will reign in late-night on TBS for at least five more years, as the network just announced a deal keeping Conan O’Brien and Team …

Justin Theroux and Jimmy Kimmel will stage a live reading of a classic sitcom on ABC
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Justin Theroux and Jimmy Kimmel will stage a live reading of a classic sitcom on ABC

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyMay 17, 2017May 17, 2017

One of the more unusual announcement out of ABC Upfronts yesterday wasn’t the Roseanne reunion — because that news leaked out a little while ago …

CBS orders sitcom “Me, Myself & I” starring SNL cast member Bobby Moynihan
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CBS orders sitcom “Me, Myself & I” starring SNL cast member Bobby Moynihan

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyMay 12, 2017

CBS started handing out series orders to its pilot contenders today, and among them is the new sitcom, Me, Myself & I, which stars current …

Before “The Big Bang,” CBS orders up spin-off prequel “Young Sheldon” to series
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Before “The Big Bang,” CBS orders up spin-off prequel “Young Sheldon” to series

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyMarch 13, 2017

As season 10 of the CBS hit sitcom, The Big Bang Theory, nears its conclusion (with the cast in final negotiations for another two-year contract …

One Day at a Time: Behind the reimagining of a sitcom classic with Netflix showrunners Gloria Calderon Kellett and Mike Royce
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One Day at a Time: Behind the reimagining of a sitcom classic with Netflix showrunners Gloria Calderon Kellett and Mike Royce

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJanuary 6, 2017

One of Norman Lear’s classic beloved TV sitcoms has new lives breathed into it, as One Day at a Time debuts today on Netflix complete …

SNL mocks sad shows masquerading as sitcoms or TV comedy to win awards
Saturday Night Live / TV / Video

SNL mocks sad shows masquerading as sitcoms or TV comedy to win awards

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyOctober 24, 2016

CBS broadcasts the most popular sitcoms on TV, but all of the Emmys and Golden Globes for best comedy series recently have gone to series …

Amazon picks up The Tick, I Love Dick and Jean-Claude Van Johnson all to series
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Amazon picks up The Tick, I Love Dick and Jean-Claude Van Johnson all to series

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthySeptember 27, 2016

Amazon has picked up all three of its primetime comedy pilots that went up for public review in August: The Tick, I Love Dick and …

Episode #109: Ms. Pat
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Episode #109: Ms. Pat

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyAugust 22, 20161

Ms. Pat’s early career sounds a little bit like the role Sally Field’s in the 1988 movie about comedy, Punchline, except only Ms. Pat grew …

Here are the independent comedy pilots accepted into the 2016 New York Television Festival (NYTVF)
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Here are the independent comedy pilots accepted into the 2016 New York Television Festival (NYTVF)

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyAugust 15, 2016August 15, 2016

The New York Television Festival (NYTVF) announced today that it’d accepted a record 63 independent pilots for its TV and digital consideration this fall. “We …

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