Last night, we though we were just going to see the hilarious Nate Bargatze serve up another great set on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.
While that did happen, Fallon also announced that Nate, after his last appearance on the show, signed a sitcom development deal with NBC. So, congratulations to Nate on that and let’s all hope that NBC has this go to series soon.
Watch the set and deal announcement here.
NBC Picks Up Tina Fey & Robert Carlock Starring Ellie Kemper Comedy Series
Not only does this series have the Tina Fey/Robert Carlock stamp on it as well as Ellie Kemper starring, but the premise of a single camera sitcom of life after a cult is pretty intriguing.
So, this is pretty much a no-brainer on NBC’s part.
NBC Reviving ‘American Comedy Awards’ After 13 Years
Strangely, the American Comedy Awards are not only being revived, but changing hands as it was originally at ABC. We’re not sure what this new awards special will bring, how much it will honor ratings versus acclaim, but, as far as we know, Comedy Central is still doing their own Comedy Awards, which makes us wonder which one would be the Oscars of comedy versus the Golden Globes/Emmys of comedy.
New Episodes of Parks and Recreation Bumped to Mid November
The Voice and a SNL holiday special are putting Parks and Recreation on the backburner while in the middle of its latest season for the next month at NBC, so take up that hobby you saw on Pinterest that you’ve always wanted to take up.
Community Gets Season Premiere Date at NBC
It’s really happening that Community is coming back to the NBC line-up on Thursdays starting Jan. 2nd. This time, they won’t have any holiday specific episodes that air way after that holiday or maybe they will and they’ll both probably be great.
NBC Orders Animated Comedy Pilot Presentation From Ed Helms & The Office’s Graham Wagner
Ed Helms continues making moves as a producer racking up projects including this latest one with NBC that’s an animated comedy working with Graham Wagner who has worked with in the past on a little thing called The Office.
Over the last several months, it’s clear NBC has definitely doesn’t want to stop doing business with people from The Office.
Ed Helms Producing NBC Comedy with Parks and Recreation Writer Aisha Muharr
NBC is doing good to stay with the folks that have kept their comedies critically acclaimed over the last several years.
Ed Helms not to mention a Parks and Recreation writer in Aisha Muharrar have NBC latest project on their development slate and we can’t wait to see what comes of all of this.
Comedian Bert Kreischer to Star in NBC Comedy
The life of Bert Kreischer will possibly be turned into a sitcom and we’ll finally get to see and hear it in a non-animated, non-stand-up format.
Hopefully, it will feature that Russian mob story.
Amy and Greg Poehler’s ‘Welcome To Sweden’ Finds It Way to NBC
The only English speaking comedy series in Sweden created by the brother sister team of Amy and Greg Poehler will be able to be watched by American audiences thanks to NBC.
Good move by NBC for keeping Amy Poehler around as well as her now awards show hosting pal Tina Fey.
Nathan Fillion To Guest Star on ‘Community’
Along with bringing back John Oliver back for multiple episodes, Community is starting to put together a star studded cameo cast for this upcoming season with this news of Nathan Fillion coming on as a guest star.
Maybe, this is in a move to balance the exit of Donald Glover from the series. If so, we wonder who else they have in store.
NBC Orders Rob Lowe Comedy Pilot ‘The Pro’
Off of just the idea that Rob Lowe’s character will be a former tennis champ, we’re almost completely sold. Let’s hope that NBC is actually sold on that idea.
Casey Wilson and June Diane Raphael Are Developing a Comedy for NBC
Casey Wilson and June Diane Raphael are quickly taking over network television and we have no problem with that.
We hope that all their projects go to series.
Saturday Night Live Returns Tonight
Not only is the 39th season of Saturday Night Live going to premiere tonight with fantastic SNL alum Tina Fey hosting, but this will be the first episode of new cast members/writers Brooks Wheelan, Beck Bennett, Kyle Mooney, Noel Wells, Mike O’Brien, Michael Che, and more being part of the show.
It’s on NBC 11:30PM tonight if you’re curious (and you should be).
Tina Fey stopped by Late Night Jimmy Fallon last night leading up to her hosting the season premiere of SNL and she couldn’t be more wonderful of a parent, especially for how geeky her kids are and how she addresses an apparent nip slip from the Emmys to all of America on late night television in a family friendly way.
‘SNL’ Launches First YouTube Channel Internationally with ZEFR
So, online, you’ll be able to watch old clips of SNL on YouTube so long as you’re not in the U.S. You’ll have to go Yahoo for that if you’re stateside.
However, we wonder if the digital shorts and sketches from the latest season will still just be on Hulu and whether this will be too many different places online to watch the show or if it will make it easier for anyone, anywhere to watch whatever they want from SNL.
CommuniCon Tickets Now on Sale
If you didn’t get a chance to buy a ticket via Kickstarter for the 2nd ever fan organized convention of Community on NBC, then you’re in luck as you can pick up some tickets for $50.
Ben Queen/Rashida Jones/Will McCormack Romantic Comedy Gets NBC Put Pilot Commitment
If this series that NBC just committed to is anything like Celeste and Jesse Forever that Rashida Jones starred in, which, from the description, it sounds similar, please have this go to series.
Lexus To Have Improvisers Do Live Ad During Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
An interesting experiment is coming tonight in advertising in an attempt for you to not mute, walk away, look at your mobile device and ignore a TV commercial. In promotion of a new car model, Lexus is having improvisers take suggestions, then improvise a car commercial during the broadcast of Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.
Our guess is that they are in no way going to call this “Whose Car Is This Anyway?”, right?
NBC Developing Johnny Carson Miniseries
No word on who is Johnny Carson will be played by, but this is instantly one of the more intriguing projects that NBC has on its current development slate.
Mike White Headed to NBC with Chef Comedy Pilot
Together, Mike White, Joe Port, and Joe Wiseman have sold a pilot to NBC centering around the world of chefs.
This is yet another surprising, but also welcome move by NBC as to what direction they want to head in comedy as they’re developing a pilot from the guy who created Enlightened at HBO.
SNL to Have Cecily Strong Co-Host Weekend Update and Adds Brooks Wheelan to Cast
The next set of moves has been made over at Saturday Night Live for this upcoming season. Cecily Strong will move from Girl You Wish You Hadn’t Started a Conversation With to co-anchor of Weekend Update and LA’s very own, until recently, Brooks Wheelan, who just got added to the writing staff, got moved up to being added to the cast.
In short, we’re really excited to see what this season of SNL brings even outside of who will be hosting.
‘Community’ Brings Back John Oliver for Season 5 for Multi-Episode Arc
While Donald Glover is doing only a few episodes on this latest season of Community, you can take a bit of comfort for John Oliver returning to the series because, as this summer showed as host of The Daily Show filling in for Jon Stewart, John Oliver added to anything definitely deserves you watching it.
A Somewhat More Official Announcement of The New SNL Cast Members
Weeks ago, some source leaked out the new cast members of this upcoming season of Saturday Night Live, which was kept at a level of heavily rumored at the time. Kyle Mooney, Beck Bennett, Noel Wells, John Milheiser, and Mike O’Brien were all announced, but not officially by NBC, as joining SNL in the coming weeks. In short, we don’t like things that are just heavy rumors.
Yet, this post at The Hollywood Reporter doesn’t include the phrase “heavily rumored”, so we’re about posting about this news now and can say congratulations to all the new cast members as well as the new full time SNL staff writers Brooks Wheelan, Claire Mulaney, and Michael Che.
Justin Spitzer & Aaron Kaplan Sell Detroit Auto Co. Comedy Pilot to NBC
Another The Office-esque single camera comedy is coming from former Office writer Justin Spitzer at NBC this time, instead of a municipal government department or an office supply company, it’ll be set in Detroit at an automotive company.
So, we guess that there will be a darker tone? We’d more confidently guess, by this move, that NBC isn’t done with single camera workplace comedies though.
On the last season of America’s Got Talent, Tom Cotter was runner up in the show and that’s as far as any stand up comedian had ever placed on AGT. However, Taylor Williamson is poised to do either the same or actually win the show as he has just advanced to the finals this week.
Congratulations to Taylor and we really hope he wins it all (i.e. vote for him when the finals showdown comes around).