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“China, IL”, “The Comedians”, and “HAPPYish” All Got the Ax This Week

July 24, 2015

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(via Deadline/The Hollywood Reporter/The AV Club)

We’re pretty sure this isn’t how the rule of three in comedy is supposed to go.

Adult Swim, FX, and Showtime all cancelled comedies on their networks this week. As the next pilot season is rolling around, this is the first wave of cancellations. We can only hope won’t be as bloody as the last round of cancellations where many freshman shows got axed.

China, IL made it to third season at Adult Swim, but The Comedians, and HAPPYish only made it to the end of their first season at FX and Showtime, respectively.

Perhaps, it won’t be before too long before we see what’s next for Brad Neely, Billy Crystal, Josh Gad, and Steve Coogan.

Showtime Letting You Watch Premiere Episode of “HAPPYish” Right Now

April 24, 2015

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Get more than 48 hours ahead of the premiere.

Right now, Showtime has put up the premiere episode of HAPPYish at Sho.com entirely for free.

It’s Friday, so you can probably drop whatever you’re doing, right?

Watch it all right here.

Showtime’s “Happyish” To Follow Middle Aged Ad Man That’s Not Don Draper

April 21, 2015

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The Hollywood Reporter chatted with the cast of Showtime’s upcoming Happyish which gave a little more insight into the show and how it might be, according to star Steve Coogan, an “…antidote to Mad Men…”

We got a brief glimpse of Happyish with the trailer posted over a month ago, but the specific plot details were a little fuzzy.

The cast made the story all the clearer in this THR interview as Coogan plays Thom Payne, middle-aged man working at an ad agency that apparently is going to confront many of the questions that Mad Men posed in the era, but answer them with more present day morality in mind. Kathryn Hahn who has been on a role over the last couple of years including arcs on Transparent and Parks and Recreation, is the wife of Thom that won’t be like Sally or Betty either as their marriage will be focal point for keeping things together on the show.

On top of all of that, they’ll be taking on real brands like Dora The Explorer, etc. and serving them up satirically.

Now that’s all cleared up, we’ll be looking forward to the premiere on Apr. 26th on Showtime at 9:30PM.

Showtime Airing “HAPPYish” Pilot After “Shameless” Finale

March 28, 2015

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(via Deadline)

The premiere of HAPPYish isn’t until Apr. 26th on Showtime, but you can get a preview next Sun. Apr. 5th.

Following the finale of Shameless, which is Sun. at 9PM, Showtime will air the pilot of HAPPYish starring Steve Coogan. After that, you’ll have to wait three weeks for the actual series premiere, but it’s better than watching a trailer over and over.

Watch First Trailer for Showtime’s HAPPYish

March 7, 2015

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This series has taken more than its fair share of bizarre turns as the original starring role was going to Philip Seymour Hoffman until he suddenly and tragically passed away.

Showtime opted to not give up on the show and brought the great Steve Coogan on board in place of Hoffman. You can see by this trailer that Coogan will be just fine in this role.

Now, HAPPYish is set to premiere Apr. 26th on Showtime at 9:30PM.

Also, it’s interesting to note that along with the upcoming Blunt Talk, Last Week Tonight, Episodes, there’s a pretty interesting trend of Brits rising in premium cable comedy series.

Showtime Gives “Knock Knock, It’s Tig Notaro” and “Happyish” Premiere Dates in April

January 13, 2015

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Showtime is really, quite literally picking up its comedy line-up. They already re-upped Inside Comedy with David Steinberg for a fourth season.

Now, they also have Tig Notaro’s traveling live comedy show docu-series and the dramedy that was set to star Philip Seymour Hoffman on deck for this year.

In April, Knock Knock, It’s Tig Notaro will premiere on the 17th (via TV Guide) and Happyish, which just got a series pick-up now starring Steve Coogan will premiere on the 26th (via Deadline).

So, it would appear that we should all be on the look out for Showtime in 2015.

Steve Coogan To Replace The Late Philip Seymour Hoffman in Showtime’s “Happyish”

October 22, 2014

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(via Deadline)

Earlier this year, Showtime landed something big when they ordered the dark comedy series Happyish that was going to star Philip Seymour Hoffman.

As you probably know, Hoffman passed away tragically not long after Showtime picked up the series.

Steve Coogan has now been appointed in filling the role that Hoffman was set for and given just his recent work on Philomena and Alan Partridge, he’ll fill in quite nicely.