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Fox Developing Single Camera Comedy “Birthright” Written by and Starring Joel Kim Booster

December 7, 2016

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Fox Developing Single Camera Comedy “Birthright” Written by and Starring Joel Kim Booster

Not only would a series from Joel Kim Booster be giving a very funny comedian an opportunity to tell their life story that they deserve, but it also will get visibility on national television to Asians, LBGTQ, being adopted, multiracial families, and so much more.

These are the things that should be normalized, especially in this immediate future, and making a sitcom out of them is a big, necessary step forward.

Oh yeah, as we said before, Joel is damn funny as you can see in his Conan set and we hope to see this become a show on TV soon.

Phil Lord and Chris Miller Just Got Their TV Deal Renewed at 20th Century Fox for Next 3 Years

November 9, 2016

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Phil Lord and Chris Miller Just Got Their TV Deal Renewed at 20th Century Fox for Next 3 Years

Here’s one thing to look forward to in the coming years.

Phil Lord and Chris Miller have been Hollywood golden boys of sorts with the successful launch of The Lego Movie franchise and having a hand in a good deal of Fox’s current TV comedy line-up.

Fox is making sure they’re staying in the Lord and Miller business as their deal to develop television projects has been renewed for another three years.

We can only hope that they get more wonderfully weird with their future shows that they’ll have in the works.

The Simpsons Got Renewed for 29th and 30th Season and Secured Record for Most Episodes in a Scripted Series Ever

November 4, 2016

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The Simpsons could have their own channel that just plays non-stop Simpsons 24/7 and we’re pretty sure everyone would be cool with that (in addition to the marathon that FXx does.

Announced today, the cultural institution of The Simpsons will march forward to a 29th and 30th season at Fox.

Previously, Western drama Gunsmoke had the record for most episodes of a scripted series at 635, but The Simpsons will have had 669 total episodes by the finale of their 30th season.

Anyone think that they can take on Tonight Show’s record of 11,798 episodes and counting?

Chris Garcia Is Developing Sitcom Based on His Life and Family with Fox and The Lonely Island

November 1, 2016

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Chris Garcia Is Developing Sitcom Based on His Life and Family with Fox and The Lonely Island

Chris Garcia’s story and comedy being put into a TV series is long overdue.

Son to Cuban immigrants that made it out of Cuba into the U.S. despite the odds being against them, Chris Garcia has become a truly wonderful comedian.

Over the last couple of years, he’s really delved into his identity as a Cuban American and you’ve probably heard some of the stories on NPR, WTF with Marc Maron, or his fantastic stand-up album, Laughing and Crying at the Same Time.

Now, Chris might get to tell the story of his life and his family trying to make it on television over at Fox thanks to The Lonely Island. It being Fox and The Lonely Island and Garcia, we can see how this project could potentially be like no other family sitcom you’ve ever seen before (that’s a really good thing).

Diablo Cody, Simon Cowell, and Ian Brennan Are Developing a Synchronized Swimming Comedy at Fox

October 28, 2016

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Diablo Cody, Simon Cowell, and Ian Brennan Are Developing a Synchronized Swimming Comedy at Fox

The minds behind Young Adult, many a reality competition series, and Scream Queens will be joining forces to make a sitcom about synchronized swimming.

All those names and elements are intriguing and the fact that Fox has gotten on board for a put pilot is more encouraging considering their penchant for high concept comedies.

Let’s hope following an anti-social synchronized swimming champ does a little better than The Bronze did in theaters.

Sweet Dee Crashes with the 1% in Trailer for “The Mick”

October 26, 2016

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Kaitlin Olson, best known as Sweet Dee from It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, is getting set to topline her own series over at Fox called The Mick.

From this trailer, you can see Olson still seem to live in the spirit of Dee, but getting to deal with much, much, much richer ne’er-do-wells this time around.

If you’re into it, you can catch the series premiere on New Year’s Day 2017 on Fox.

Fox Orders Two Specials of ‘Showtime At The Apollo’ with Steve Harvey as Host

October 13, 2016

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Fox Orders Two Specials of ‘Showtime At The Apollo’ with Steve Harvey as Host

Get ready for a whole new subset memes of Steve Harvey’s facial expressions.

Showtime at The Apollo is just 18 years short of a centennial. As such, it has seen so many stars hit its stage at the beginning of their career only to go on to fame and fortune. Steve Harvey was actually one of those stars.

Given the popularity of talent variety competitions on television, it only makes common sense that Showtime At The Apollo would get televised nationally by some network, especially given its reputation for booing performers that don’t get the crowd on their side.

We’ll see how much of that Fox lets on the two special they’ve ordered, but whatever Steve Harvey’s face, a thing that people have become obsessed with his hosting of Family Feud, after someone gets booed off stage should be pretty priceless.

Look for the specials to premiere on December 5th and early next year.

Fox’s Comedy Block of Bob’s Burgers, The Simpsons, Son of Zorn, Family Guy, and Last Man on Earth Returns Tonight

September 25, 2016

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Also, remember that Amy Schumer guest stars on the season openers of Bob’s Burgers, The Simpsons, and Family Guy tonight.

Bob’s Burgers (season 7 premiere) 7:30PM
The Simpsons (season 28 premiere) 8PM
Son of Zorn (series premiere) 8:30PM
Family Guy (season 15 premiere) 9PM
Last Man on Earth (season 3 premiere) 9:30PM

Fox’s primetime Sunday comedy block, slowly, but surely, keeps growing.

The Simpsons Make “Adventure Time” Couch Gag To Kick Off Season 28

September 22, 2016

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Season 28 of The Simpsons is only a few days away (Sunday, September 25th at 8PM on Fox) and to start off the season big, they’ve made their very first couch gag in the style of another highly regarded animated series, Adventure Time.

From the characters to the music, The Simpsons do another crossover couch gag right (not that it should surprise anyone at this point).

Brooklyn Nine-Nine Season 4 Premieres Tonight

September 20, 2016

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Everything has changed for the entire precinct for season 4 as they have go more undercover than ever before.

See how they’ll handle it on the season 4 premiere at 8PM on Fox.

Watch “Son of Zorn” Cast and Creators Explain the Show (and Go Off the Rails Doing So) Before Tonight’s Special Preview

September 11, 2016

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Tonight, the live-action-animation hybrid Son of Zorn will follow a NFL doubleheader on Fox around 8PM and give you a taste of what the clashing of mythical and magical Zephyrian universe and the suburbs of Orange County is like.

Before that, you should really watch the creators and cast of Son of Zorn in a panel discussion of the series for this season. It not only gives a better sense of how the show works, but the panel really got fun, silly, and loose.

Again, the special preview of Son of Zorn is scheduled for 8PM on Fox, with exception to overtime during the NFL doubleheader.

Fox Developing an X-Files Parody of Sorts ‘Ghosted’ Starring Adam Scott and Craig Robinson

September 6, 2016

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Fox Developing an X-Files Parody of Sorts ‘Ghosted’ Starring Adam Scott and Craig Robinson

A pairing of Adam Scott and Craig Robinson could be a hit in a multitude of scenarios, but this parody of Fox’s classic series X-Files from Tom Gormican is definitely intriguing.

Also, since this could potentially be on the same network as the X-Files (as well as Fringe), there can be plenty of fun pot shots at both shows as well as Fox itself.

Fox Might Be Getting Into Another Demonic Comedy with “Amy Damnation” From Allison Silverman and Jon Krisel

August 17, 2016

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Fox Might Be Getting Into Another Demonic Comedy with “Amy Damnation” From Allison Silverman and Jon Krisel

So, this project, which sounds very enticing for it having Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt/Colbert Report/Portlandia’s Allison Silverman and Baskets/Portlandia/Man Versus Woman’s Jonathan Krisel and it being a comedy about a girl seeking out the demon that her parents had exorcised, will be the latest high concept comedy working its way through development at Fox.

A few years ago, you might remember Fox’s Golan the Insatiable, which was a buddy comedy between a teenage goth girl and a demonic warlord. Its status has been vague for awhile now, but the possibility of Amy Damnation going forward make us wonder what might happen with Golan now, if anything.

Could Fox have two coming-of-age demonic comedies, maybe one animated and the other live action? If they did, it certainly would set Fox’s comedy apart even further than they already are from all the other broadcast networks.

Fox Cancels ‘Party Over Here’

August 10, 2016

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Fox Cancels ‘Party Over Here’

R.I.P. Alison Rich, Nicole Byer, and Jessica McKenna’s sketch series that we wish had more time to get on its legs because there was definite promise in the show.

We’re sure that you’ll be seeing the three of them elsewhere on big and small screens very soon. In fact, Nicole already has her own show coming out on MTV, Loosely Exactly Nicole.

‘The Simpsons’ To Air First Hourlong Episode, Taraji P. Henson & Keegan-Michael Key Guest Star

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‘The Simpsons’ To Air First Hourlong Episode, Taraji P. Henson & Keegan-Michael Key Guest Star

After 28 seasons, a full-length feature movie, and a theme park, The Simpsons will have somehow aired its first hour long episode at the beginning of 2017.

This kind of makes you wonder what else is on The Simpsons’ bucket list. Bart and Lisa growing up over the course of a season? Another whodunit?

Hulu Shifting Its Free TV Offerings to New Yahoo View | Hollywood Reporter

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Hulu Shifting Its Free TV Offerings to New Yahoo View | Hollywood Reporter

If you’ve been enjoying a free ride of the five latest episodes of Black-ish, Fresh Off the Boat, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, and Last Man on Earth a few days after they air or were looking forward to streaming new network comedies like The Good Place, Making History, or Speechless, know that you’re going to probably have to make sure to do so at Yahoo View, the new TV and Hulu distribution partner site from Yahoo.

This is all now happening because Hulu is going to be a full subscription service.

Bob’s Burgers Announces Album Coming Out This Year and “Aliens” Episode at Comic Con

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Amidst all of the things unveiled, debuted, revealed, teased, and announced at Comic Con this past weekend, Bob’s Burgers got to release some juicy details coming up including the release of the Bob’s Burgers album in December as well as their latest movie parody, which will be a very fun twist of Alien.

Watch highlights from their Comic Con panel here.

Fox Broadcasting Launches Primetime Live Stream

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Fox Broadcasting Launches Primetime Live Stream

You’ll stay have to have pay-TV authentication to do so, but at least this is a step towards the Internet and television inevitably merging together.

Perhaps, this will bode well for Making History, Son of Zorn, and The Mick, Fox’s new comedy line-up this year.

Here Is Homer Simpson Answering Questions for East Coast Feed of The Simpsons’ Live Episode

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Homer Simpson really did answer questions live this past Sunday on the latest episode of The Simpsons.

Here’s a clip from the East Coast feed, which not only features off-the-cuff, in character answers, but also features plenty sight gags in the background and foreground in case something went awry.

We’d definitely be curious to see if they could pull of a whole episode doing this.

Here’s How Fox’s Live Action-Animated Hybrid “Son of Zorn” Will Look

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(via @johnnypemberton/EW)

As Phil Lord and Chris Miller are EP’ing on Son of Zorn, the mesh of live action and animation that the upcoming series is promising more than intrigued us.

The premise of a fantasy hero character having to scale down his epic life to a “9-5 grind” sounds fascinating, especially with hybrid aspect of the show.

Above, you can start to see how that’s going to work as Jason Sudeikis will voice Zorn and Johnny Pemberton is shown as a normal human being.

So far, this all works for us.

That Live Episode of “The Simpsons” Is Happening This Sunday

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Homer Simpson will be taking questions live for three minutes at the end of the episode for both the East and West coast broadcasts.

This Sunday, May 15th at 8PM PST/EST, The Simpsons will break new ground by having the animated Homer Simpson take questions live on air.

Specifically, “To ask Homer Questions LIVE, Fans can Call (888) 726-6660 on Sunday, May 15, from 8:00-8:30 PM ET and 8:00-8:30 PM PT”.

Sorry to all those in Central and Mountain time zones for, yet again, not getting your own individual broadcasts for such a special event.

The CW Is Reviving Mad TV

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Eight hour long episodes have been ordered the network.

The long-running Fox late night sketch series, Mad TV, is getting a second life at The CW.

There is going to be a completely new cast, but old cast members will be making special guest appearances. You better bet your bottom dollar that they’re going to try to get Mad TV alums Key & Peele, Alex Borstein, Ike Barinholtz, and Bobby Lee on the show.

This Mad TV revival along with Party Over Here makes it seem like sketch comedy is having a revival on network television.

Party Over Here Shows What Else You Can Do with Time Travel Besides Saving the World

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Most movies and TV shows want to stop some catastrophe from happening if they’re invoking the technology of time travel within their premise.

Party Over Here is here to show you that time travel can be used for other things that don’t have the fate of the planet hanging in the balance and are, honestly, more fun.

Party Over Here Imagines What Uber for Planes Would Be Like

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Technology is only making the cost of transportation lower and lower everyday. Whose to say that air fare wouldn’t get to Uber prices eventually so long as you’re willing to put up with Uber Pool standards for flying?

Fox’s late night sketch show Party Over Here dreams up what that might be like with Flyte and why you might (or might not) want to take advantage of it.

Fox Renews “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” and “Last Man on Earth”

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Announced today, Fox will be renewing its two darling live action scripted comedy series, Brooklyn Nine-Nine and Last Man on Earth for a fourth and third season respectively.

Fox is now on its way to getting its live action comedy slate where its animated comedy slate has been for years.