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Watch John Mulaney on The Tonight Show

October 3, 2014

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It has been a long time coming for John Mulaney ever since the wheels were turning for him to do a sitcom started turning. Yet, after switching networks and formats, the premiere of Mulaney is just around the corner, this Sunday in fact at 9:30PM on Fox,

Few things cement that fact more than his rounds on the late night talk show circuit which start at The Tonight Show. Also, you have to give it up for John getting who he got to do the voiceover for Mulaney’s intro.

Bill O’Reilly Takes Shots at Stephen Colbert and Colbert “Ponders” Why

October 2, 2014

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Though there have been famous verbal jousts between Bill O’Reilly and Jon Stewart in the past, it would seem the host of The O’Reilly Factor has a much different relationship with Stephen Colbert and The Colbert Report.

Bill O’Reilly called out Colbert for poking fun at his plan for a internationally funded mercenary force to deal with the conflict in the Middle East. Of course, Colbert wasn’t going to let that go, especially since they’re “on” the same side.

Watch his response here.

Fox Adapting 1988’s Big Into TV Series

September 30, 2014

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(via The Hollywood Reporter)

Enlisted’s Kevin Biegel and Mike Royce have been tapped to develop the hit comedy Big starring Tom Hanks into a comedy series for Fox.

There’s no word on who would star or how much they’ll stick to the original movie (i.e. a kid could be turned into an adult by a Zoltar machine), but there’s potential here especially if they get someone like, perhaps, Chris Pratt to star.

The Simpsons Had an Appropriately Out of This World Couch Gag The Same Night as Their Family Guy Crossover Episode

September 30, 2014

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This past Sunday, The Simpsons returned for their 26th season as well as had their highly anticipated crossover episode with Family Guy.

So, The Simpsons made sure that there couch gag on that night would be like nothing we’ve seen before. So they enlisted award winning animator and filmmaker Don Hertzfeldt to make an uber-futuristic couch gag and he did not disappoint.

If you have Hulu Plus, you can watch “The Simpsons Guy” right now and get your fix for meta Simpsons/Family guy jokes all in a few clicks.

Phil Lord and Chris Miller Setting to Remake “The Greatest American Hero”

August 30, 2014

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Having mastered the challenges of adapting 21 Jump Street and LEGO into successful film franchises, Phil Lord and Chris Miller are now being tasked with bringing 80s TV series The Greatest American Hero to the 21st century television.

Fox, which is already set to premiere Lord and Miller’s Last Man on Earth in the coming months, has made a put pilot commitment for the project that Lord and Miller will be executive producing with Rodney Rothman writing.

While reviving a sitcom about a teacher who gets a suit endowed with super powers from the 80s may seem daunting, Phil and Chris would be the duo to pull it off.

Bob’s Burgers Comic Book Out Now

August 28, 2014

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Remember that Bob’s Burgers comic book that was announced to come out this Summer?

Well, it’s fresh off the presses from Dynamite Comics and on the shelves of comic book stores and online. Pick up your copy now of the comic book that’s now based on an Emmy award winning animated series.

HBO and Fox Have Just Bought Musical Comedies

August 24, 2014

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(via Dead line)

Network development slates seem to be getting on a musical comedy train. Just this week HBO and Fox have bought musical comedies from Peter Knight/Jason Winer and Bruce Eric Kaplan respectively.

Knight and Winer’s project will be a contemporary family comedy with original songs and Kaplan’s will follow three generations of women here in LA. Both have potential to be great, especially since many of miss the days of Flight of the Conchords.

Let’s hope these projects will make for an intriguing pilot season.

Get a First Look at Brooklyn Nine-Nine Season 2

August 18, 2014

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The award winning Brooklyn Nine-Nine is returning for its second season on Sept. 28th 8:30PM on Fox, but you can get a first look now of what might happen for the series sophomore turn.

At the very least, you can enjoy fictional sitcom cops who don’t racially profile or are over militarized.

Sweet Dee/Kaitlin Olson Joining ‘New Girl’

August 13, 2014

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(via The Hollywood Reporter)

Kaitlin Olson is taking some time away from Paddy’s Pub and the crazed schemes of Mac, Dennis, Charlie, and Frank to now trying to woo Rob Reiner who plays Jess/Zooey Deschanel’s dad. Olson’s character will also be rivals to Jess and Cece as they were at odds with each other since high school.

Perhaps, there will be a nod to Sweet Dee with Kaitlin saying something like “I will eat your babies, bitch!”

Jenny Slate to Star in Season Premiere of Brooklyn Nine Nine

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(via Entertainment Weekly)

The Golden Globes winning series Brooklyn Nine Nine will be returning to Fox Sept. 28th for its second season.

While that’s certainly a reason to get excited, Jenny Slate, who we hope you all thoroughly enjoyed in Obvious Child this year, will also be guest starring on that very same season premiere episode.

We wouldn’t be surprised if this is only the start of what Brooklyn Nine Nine has up its sleeve for this season.

The Simpsons To Have Bob’s Burgers Cameo in Family Guy Crossover and The Futurama Crossover Slated for November

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(via Entertainment Weekly)

On top of their being a crossover episode with Family Guy after a decade of being hit animated series on Fox, The Simpsons will have a cameo from the titular Bob of Bob’s Burgers in the very same episode.

The Simpsons’ other big crossover, the one with Futurama, is going to air on Nov. 9th that will indeed feature the voices of the Futurama cast.

The Simpsons are really going for the fences with this season and we can’t wait to see it.

Jim Gaffigan, Jerrod Carmichael, Rob Lowe/Rob Riggle, Nick Frost/Justin Long Pilots Still Alive

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With the announcements of which pilots have been picked up for the next year well behind us, there is still hope for a handful of projects at other networks.

Jim Gaffigan’s pilot might have a chance a TV Land after going through a few rounds at CBS while Jerrod Carmichael is getting another shot at NBC. Also, Rob Lowe and Rob Riggle’s tennis comedy pilot The Pro and legal comedy Sober Companion starring Nick Frost and Justin Long are still being considered at Fox.

We’re glad to hear that all these projects are still in play and will keep our fingers crossed as long as we can in hopes that they get picked up.

Noel Wells, John Milheiser, and Nasim Pedrad Not Coming Back to SNL

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The contracts of Noel Wells and John Milhiser, much like Brooks Wheelan, were not renewed for the next season of Saturday Night Live. Nasim Pedrad is also leaving for Mulaney, which is making its series premiere this Fall on Fox.

With three cast members gone and the fate of the cast member who got bumped up from staff writer, Michael Patrick O’Brien, up in the air, one has to wonder if SNL will do a large casting overhaul for next season just like they did for this season.

Fox Adds Funny or Die Exec Conor Welch as VP of Comedy

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Fox Adds Funny or Die Exec Conor Welch as VP of Comedy

With Kevin Reilly out, Fox is having to switching up their ranks quite a bit. Namely, Conor Welch will be joining Fox as their VP of Comedy after serving as an executive at Funny or Die and working at Ben Stiller‘s Red Hour.

Given how Fox tried to bring an Adult Swim/Funny or Die sensibility with Fox ADHD, we hope that Welch will continue to be in that ball park.

Fox Signs First Look Deal with Burning Love’s Jonathan Stern and Keith Quinn

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Fox Signs First Look Deal with Burning Love’s Jonathan Stern and Keith Quinn

As they should be, Fox is thoroughly impressed by the success of Burning Love going from a web series to full fledged TV series. As a result, they have signed Burning Love producers Jonathan Stern and Keith Quinn to a first look deal where they will develop digital content that’s intended to make its way to TV.

Even though Fox is keeping Fox ADHD around, they’re still for more alternative platform comedy and signing Stern and Quinn isn’t a bad place to start.

There Will Be a Bob’s Burgers Comic Book Coming Out This Summer

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There Will Be a Bob’s Burgers Comic Book Coming Out This Summer

That’s right. Bob’s Burgers is going to expand to having its own comic book like many Fox animated series have done in the past.

It’s set to release in August from Dynamite Entertainment and will be completely be written and illustrated by the folks behind Bob’s Burgers.

So, we think it will definitely stay true to the show.

Fox’s Live Improv Game Show “Riot” Premieres Tonight

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Fox’s Live Improv Game Show “Riot” Premieres Tonight

From Steve Carell’s Carousel Television, Riot will be a brand new live improv show hosted by the very funny Rove McManus premiering tonight on Fox.

Cast regulars including John Ross Bowie, Jamie Denbo, Brian Palermo, Jordan Black, Jessica McKenna, Meryl Hathaway and Rob Gleeson will improvise in games with celebrities including Jason Alexander, D.L. Hughley, Cheryl Hines, Tom Green, Chris Kattan, Mayim Bialik, David Arquette, Oscar Nunez, Andy Dick, Orlando Jones, Nicole Sullivan, Michael Ian Black, Will Sasso, Andy Buckley, and Rob Delaney.

So, just to be clear, Steve Carell will be doing improv games and all of this goes down for the first time at 9PM tonight on Fox.

Watch Trailer for Fox’s The Last Man on Earth with Will Forte

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Will Forte is, apparently, The Last Man on Earth, which is made even better by the fact that it’s a series coming up on Fox from The Lego Movie’s Chris Miller and Phil Lord. Imagine the movie I Am Legend with no monsters and doing as he pleases and you’ll get some idea of how great this could be.

Watch this trailer directed by Key & Peele’s Peter Atencio.

There Will Be a Simpsons/Family Guy Crossover Episode Later This Year

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There Will Be a Simpsons/Family Guy Crossover Episode Later This Year

The Simpsons and Family Guy, after being on TV together, are actually, for the first time, having a crossover episode. It will be an hour long, so it will cover the time slots of both shows.

We wonder if this means that they are going to come up with the most elaborate couch gag yet. The Simpsons Guy, as it is being called, will air in September.

Here’s the First Series Trailer for Mulaney

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There’s been so much buzz about Mulaney ever since it was announced that he was doing a pilot back over at NBC last year.

Finally, we’re closer to it becoming a reality with Fox slating it for this fall and uploading this full length series trailer.

Fox Orders 10 Additional Episodes of Mulaney

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Fox Orders 10 Additional Episodes of Mulaney

Fox’s Kevin Reilly is really doubling down on ditching the pilot season model as Fox has just ordered ten more episodes of John Mulaney’s multi-cam sitcom Mulaney. This will bump the show up to a 16 episode first season, a rarity these days to the normal 6-8 episode order for new shows.

Hopefully, this move will work out in the long run, both for Mulaney and TV series, in general, getting a bit of a chance to develop.

Fox’s Animation Domination Going Off The Air, Staying Online

Fox’s Animation Domination Going Off The Air, Staying Online

Fox has just announced that Fox ADHD will no longer be on aired on Fox on Saturday nights. It would seem that trying to have an Adult Swim on network TV didn’t really gel.

Though their various series and shorts won’t be on television, the brand will thankfully continue online.

Fox Coming Out with Improv Show Riot That Will Feature Steve Carell, Jason Alexander, Cheryl Hines, and More

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Fox Coming Out with Improv Show Riot That Will Feature Steve Carell, Jason Alexander, Cheryl Hines, and More

Fox’s is joining in what might be a resurgence of improv of television. Starting next month, Riot will have feature improv from what will be the show’s regulars in John Ross Bowie, Jamie Denbo, Brian Palermo, Jordan Black, Jessica McKenna, Meryl Hathaway, and Rob Gleeson as well as the great Aussie comedian Rove McManus hosting.

They’ll also have Steve Carell, Jason Alexander, Michael Ian Black, Cheryl Hines, Oscar Nunez, Rob Delaney, Will Sasso, Chris Kattan, D.L. Hughley, and much more guest starring.

It’ll be interesting to see how this stacks up against America’s longest running televised improv show, now on the CW, Whose Line Is It Anyway?

John Mulaney Talks Origins of Stefon, Bad Wedding Planning, and a Preview of “Mulaney

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John Mulaney’s appearance last night on Late Night with Seth Meyers covered a whole lot of ground that we found out the elements that were the catalyst for Stefon, a wonderful story about a farm not to have a wedding at, and a nice brief preview of his upcoming Fox sitcom Mulaney (at min. 28).

Not that you’d be surprised, but this is all pretty great and worth watching now.

Nick Frost To Star Opposite Justin Long in Fox Comedy Pilot ‘Sober Companion’

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Nick Frost To Star Opposite Justin Long in Fox Comedy Pilot ‘Sober Companion’

Though Sober Companion is centered on another self-destructive lawyer, the fact that Nick Frost is the star opposite Justin Long has us hooked.

Good casting, Fox.