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TBS Orders Half Hour Amy Hoggart Series That’s About Making People Feel Better Rather Than Politics

May 15, 2019

TBS is putting their money now on Amy Hoggart, who was a correspondent at Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, for a new half-hour series that aims to take on the “societal angst” and be non-political. The series order got announced today at WarnerMedia’s upfronts.

Hoggart’s delightful brashness stood out at Full Frontal and we’re curious to see how she takes on American anxiety (she’s from the UK in case you didn’t know)

The series has yet to get a title and we’d curious to see if it would have as much double entendre as Sam Bee’s show.

Adult Swim Orders a Pilot of Vernon Chatman’s “The Shivering Truth”, a Stop-Motion ‘Dark Surreal Anthology Comedy’

May 22, 2017

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Adult Swim Orders a Pilot of Vernon Chatman’s “The Shivering Truth”, a Stop-Motion ‘Dark Surreal Anthology Comedy’

Given Chatman’s resume of South Park, Louie, Wonder Showzen, and The Heart She Holler, and an eclectic mix of many facets of comedy, one has to wonder if this project is the culmination of all of Chatman’s previous work.

What we imagine, at this stage, is a stop motion animation, probably like Anomalisa, take on Edgar Allen Poe with the darkly comic twist of Damian Szifron’s Wild Tales.

If anything like that comes out of the pilot process into being a show on Adult Swim, we’re on board.

TruTV Is Developing Projects from Liza Treyger, Austin Martinez, Rose Schlossberg, The Kloons, and Michael Torpey

May 22, 2017

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In the whirlwind of upfronts these last several days, there are some things that we’d like to mention now as we didn’t get around to them right when they were announced.

In addition to TruTV’s current solid slate full of returning series like Adam Ruins Everything and Those Who Can’t as well as the upcoming new show Bobcat Goldthwait’s Misfits & Monsters, they’ve got plenty in development to be excited about

Specifically:
-a Liza Treyger sitcom pilot
-a musically inclined sketch comedy pilot from Molly Austin and Shamikah Martinez AKA Austin Martinez (the comedy duo featured in Rachel Dratch’s Late Night Snack)
-a how to apocalypse survival guide comedy pilot End Times Girls Club from Rose Schlossberg
-presentation of a fake ad competition from The Kloons
-presentation of a game show that challenges what people studied in college in order to pay of their student debt from Michael Torpey

It’s almost like that time where TruTV almost exclusively made reality TV was long, long ago.

Watch TBS’ Sizzle for Their New Series Including Cops, Close Enough, Tarantula, Final Space, The Guest Book, Miracle Workers, and the Last O.G.

May 17, 2017

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With a slate that has been so well-received that you probably have a bit of a hard time remembering what TBS used to be like a few years ago.

Now, with plenty of accolades collected for their shows, they’re pushing boldly forward with a plethora of new series including animated series such as Cops from Louis C.K. and Albert Brooks, Close Enough, Tarantula from Danny McBride and Carson Mell, and Final Space from Conan O’Brien and Olan Rogers as well as live action shows The Last O.G. from Jordan Peele with Tracy Morgan starring, The Guest Book and Miracle Workers, which comes from Simon Rich (Man Seeking Woman creator) with Daniel Radcliffe and Owen Wilson starring.

Here’s a small sampling of all of that coming soon to TBS.

Conan Re-Ups with TBS Through 2022

May 17, 2017

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Conan and Team Coco have secured their place at TBS for the next four years and are aiming to expand the mutli-platform outreach of Conan beyond just the talk show through the cable network.

There are no specifics on how many international trips that Conan will get to take under the banner of “Conan Without Borders” or how might Clueless Gamer grow, but we imagine that plenty of good stuff is in the works.

On the announcement of this renewal, O’Brien commented, “The TV landscape has changed dramatically since I inherited the traditional talk show format in 1993. In the past few years I’ve stumbled across many new and exciting ways of connecting with my audience, and I’m eager to evolve my show into something leaner, more agile, and more unpredictable. I also want a pony.”

Here’s the First Teaser for Alien Abduction Comedy “People of Earth”

May 18, 2016

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Turner did their Upfronts presentation today and unveiled a teaser for their new scripted series at TBS, People of Earth.

While time travel seems to be a big trend this time around, People of Earth is a high concept comedy that follows a support group of alien abduction survivors and their latest member played by Wyatt Cenac.

Get a look of what TBS has cooked up with the teaser here.

Jimmy Kimmel Gets 3 Year Extension at ABC

May 17, 2016

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We have a feeling that the Jimmys of late night will be battling well beyond 2019.

As part of ABC’s Upfronts presentation, the network announced Jimmy Kimmel and Jimmy Kimmel Live will remain at ABC through Fall of 2019. The other Jimmy in late night, Fallon, has his contract currently extended through 2021. However Kimmel and Fallon are the current top ratings winners and that, for now, should keep them going in the late night arena for quite some time.

Comedy Central Brass Say They Believe in Trevor Noah and Are Definitely Keeping Him Around

April 2, 2016

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Despite recent unfavorable reviews and pieces written about The Daily Show’s new host, Trevor Noah, the heads of Comedy Central want to assure you that they’re still jazzed about Noah and where he could take the show.

This week’s Comedy Central Upfronts presentation had Network President Michelle Ganeless and Original Programming Chief Kent Alterman commenting on the reception of Noah after a few months of hosting The Daily Show. They redoubled the confidence in their choice by saying, “We fully believe in him, we feel like he keeps finding his voice more and more,” and adding that they have “a deep reservoir of patience”.

If you’re in the camp that pines for the days of Jon Stewart, you should know that there’s plenty of that to be had with Daily Show with Jon Stewart alums John Oliver and Samantha Bee and their respective shows Last Week Tonight and Full Frontal.

Marc Maron To Host Vice’s “VICE Portraits”

May 19, 2015

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Rather than just talks, this will be walks and talks with Marc Maron.

As part of Vice’s new VICE TV, Marc will be doing the sort of intimate interviewing that has put him at the forefront of podcasting for a new show called “VICE Portraits”.

According to an e-mail to his fans, he’ll be chatting with guests to and fro to a place that may be relevant or challenging to that guest.

Already, we can imagine something like an anything goes chat with Dave Anthony in something that’s enclosed and close quarters perhaps like a submarine.

TBS Orders Alien Abduction Comedy Pilot “The Group” From Conan O’Brien and Greg Daniels

May 14, 2015

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(via Deadline)

TBS is really stepping up their game this year.

Shows from Samantha Bee and Jason Jones as well as Angie Tribeca already has raised anticipation of the new of programming coming to TBS.

TBS/TNT President Kevin Reilly is trying to keep that anticipation up on the TBS end with a pilot from the minds of Conan O’Brien and The Office’s Greg Daniels.

Their project, “The Group”, is centered on a support group for folks that think they’ve been through an alien abduction as they’re profiled by a very skeptical journalist. Of course, he becomes unsure of what’s going on the further he explores their stories.

We’d definitely hope this goes to series just so we can see the pilot of this.

If this goes well, maybe all those fake shows that Conan makes faux promos for might get reconsidered?

TruTV Announces Pick Up of “Adam Ruins Everything” as Series and a Pilot From Tom Segura and Christina Pazsitzky

May 14, 2015

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TruTV really wasn’t kidding with their rebranding.

Their portion of this year’s Upfronts consisted of an intriguing slate that includes a series order of Adam Conover’s Adam Ruins Everything, which should bring an air of funny bittersweetness to us all with Adam’s explanation of things we unfortunately take for granted, and a pilot from stand-up comedians and real life husband and wife Tom Segura and Christina Pazsitzky.

Along with Those Who Can’t and gaining Billy On The Street, TruTV’s line-up becomes more enticing everyday.

Samantha Bee Is Coming To TBS and She Has Lost Her Appetite For “Sausages”

May 14, 2015

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As part of TBS’ Upfronts presentation, Samantha Bee had a little teaser for her arriving at a new network and joining the male dominated late night club.

So far from this year’s Upfronts, other shows should take note on how to make an entrance from Bee.

Conan O’Brien To Go on Six Week Long Remote Trips Next Year

May 13, 2015

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(via Brian Steinberg/@bristei)

Whether they read this thing we wrote awhile back, we’re thrilled to hear that Conan is going to roam more “in the wild” so to speak in 2016.

Probably one of the best parts of this era of Conan O’Brien’s late night talk show career is when he steps away from the desk and couch and goes out into the world. For years, O’Brien has made situations that wouldn’t seem to have any inherent comedy in them like delivering Chinese food, going into doll store, or doing commercial auditions, and make something absolutely hysterical. It’s comedy alchemy making comedy gold from seemingly nothing.

Conan’s trip to Cuba is proof positive of how doing an entire show of remotes would work quite well.

So, ahead of what is sure to be a memorable week at Comic-Con for Conan and company next month, we all have way more remote segments to look forward to from Conan in the form of six week-long trips starting next year.

Hopefully, this means more trips to breweries, distilleries, etc. where Conan tries to shorten the guided tour to get to drinking.