Quotes from comedians about working as TV audience warm-ups
by Vanity Fair profiles some of the legion of stand-up comedians who work the trenches largely behind the scenes of sitcoms and talk shows in “Warm-Up …
Tag: sitcoms
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 …
TV Land orders George Lopez single-cam sitcom straight to series
George Lopez is heading back to cable TV with a new straight-to-series order announced today by TV Land. Lopez will air at least 12 half-hour episodes …
A postscript from Baron Vaughn on his essay regarding TV’s “ethnic casting craze”
Baron Vaughn is a stand-up comedian and actor whom I’ve described on this site before as “a quintuple threat” because of his multitude of capabilities onstage …
NBC trailers for Mr. Robinson, The Carmichael Show, premiering August 2015
As part of NBC’s Summer Media Day on Thursday, the Peacock Network also dropped a couple of teaser-length trailers for its two new multi-cam sitcoms …
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) …
The best network TV comedy programming blocks of all time
With the series finale wrapped for Parks and Recreation, and at 10:59 p.m. on a Tuesday at that, NBC no longer has any claim on …
Finalists announced for first NBC Playground comedy pitch contest
NBC has announced the 10 finalists for the first edition of the network’s NBC Playground, an open competition to seek out new voices for primetime …
Woody Allen signs deal with Amazon Studios for streaming TV series
Someone told Woody Allen that all of these bad headlines surrounding Bill Cosby meant it was a good time to come back out into the …
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, …