Mike White Comedy Project in HBO Development Focused on Romance Novel Models
As reported earlier this week, Enlightened’s Mike White is returning to HBO in developing another comedy project.
For this show, White is keying in on the lives of romance novel models, which has us pretty much sold on the show. Let’s hope that whole pilot order to series order goes quickly.
Billy On The Street Returns for 3rd Season in March
Billy Eichner will be frantically roaming the streets of NYC with the likes of Lena Dunham, Seth Meyers, Amy Poehler, Nick Offerman, even Lindsay Lohan, and more for this latest season of Billy On The Street.
Make sure to catch the season 3 premiere on Mar. 12th 11PM on Fuse.
Elliott Gould, Nasim Pedrad, and Seaton Smith Stay On Board ‘Mulaney’
John Mulaney’s “Mulaney” has taken a circuitous road to get where it is now, but, it would appear, that it has managed to stay intact while doing so. Elliot Gould, Nasim Pedrad, and Seaton Smith that were cast in the original pilot over at NBC.
Good move, Fox. Actually, great move.
Sundance Unveils 2014 Competition Lineups/Potential 2014-15 Indie Comedy Darlings
In the upcoming Sundance Film Festival, The Skeleton Twins with Kristen Wiig and Bill Hader, Happy Christmas with Lena Dunham, Obvious Child with Jenny Slate, Life After Beth with Aubrey Plaza, Ping Pong Summer with Amy Sedaris will all be part of the official competition.
Here are some production stills of Life After Beth and Skeleton Twins, if you’re curious to get any sort of idea what’s coming to Park City.
Don’t be surprised to see these play in theaters later next year.
The Coen Brothers Are Working On a “Musical Comedy”
The headline really says all you need to know to start frantically searching for casting rumors, production stills, teasers, etc. Have you seen Inside Llewyn Davis/everything else they’ve done?
Even with little details outside the project to have more traditional music numbers, we’re definitely up for whatever musical comedy The Coen Brothers are going to throw our way.
HBO Making TV Special Out of Billy Crystal’s One Man Show ‘700 Sundays’
That’s right-Billy Crystal’s hit one-man show 700 Sundays is going to be produced into a special for HBO. If you haven’t seen it, you might have seen Crystal doing the late night talk show circuit and be pretty great throughout.
Basically, you should get excited for this when it comes out next year.
This .Gif Says That Broad CIty is Coming to Comedy Central in January
Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson’s Broad City is coming to Comedy Central even if you think that the only evidence of being .gif post on their blog is shaky at best.
Along with the return of Kroll Show, Jan. looks pretty exciting on Comedy Central.
Eddie Izzard Inks Talent Holding Deal with NBC
We can only hope that a groundbreaking sitcom from the mind of Eddie Izzard would come from this deal.
Let’s see what NBC does with one of the world’s biggest and most widely respected comedians.
IFC Having More ‘Trapped in the Closet’ From R. Kelly
R. Kelly’s Trapped in the Closet has become such a cult comedy phenomenon that we wonder if R. Kelly is aware how much of his show has been .gif’d?
Either way, we’re looking forward to more chapters next year, IFC.
Dave Hill’s Witch Taint Now Has a Promotional Hot Sauce
Years ago, the hilarious Dave Hill had this fun dialogue with a Norwegian Black Metal band in trying to join their group. In said dialogue, he talked about his own solo black metal band, Witch Taint, and how in touch with the darkness he was.
Even though a full album has yet to be released from Witch Taint, there’s a hot sauce now being released in promotion of the band. If anything, it’s another good excuse to post what has now become known as The Black Metal Dialogues (probably the funniest thing you read that day when you read it/the funniest thing you’ll read today)
‘Inside Comedy’ Renewed for Third Season at Showtime
The David Steinberg hosted one-on-one conversation, behind-the-mic/curtain/screen/etc. series Inside Comedy is getting a third season that will feature a wide variety of comedians in the comedic spectrum from Zach Galifianakis to Dick Van Dyke to Bette Middler to Richard Belzer to Jimmy Fallon as he takes over The Tonight Show and a few more.
Based off the last two seasons, you’ll probably hear some stories that you haven’t heard on podcasts.
‘Girls’ EP Murray Miller Inks Deal with HBO/Developing Comedy with Mike White
This is good news for a few reasons.
One, HBO is developing another comedy. Two, HBO is having one of the Girls’ brass, executive producer Murray Miller, develop a series. And three, Enlightened’s Mike White might possibly be returning to HBO.
Louis C.K. Inks Overall Deal with FX for New Series
It shouldn’t be shocking to you, but, at the same time, great news that Louis C.K. is getting an overall deal at FX/FXx to produce more series.
Perhaps, he’ll try to develop those pitches in the one episode of Louie where he walked a TV exec from having lunch with him.
‘Kroll Show’ Season 2 Premieres January 14th
Nick Kroll’s Kroll Show is returning for its 2nd season in the start of both a new year and an exciting roll out of Comedy Central programming (i.e. Andy Daly’s Review is supposed to premiere next year as well).
JASH Is Now Taking Video Submissions to Feature via Twitter
You now have the chance to submit your videos to be featured on JASH’s YouTube network by tweeting at them.
We’re not sure if this will set you on your way to being a YouTube star, but it wouldn’t hurt. Also, if you didn’t do the math, this is a free contest to submit to.
Rick and Morty Premieres Tonight on Adult Swim.
Commit to memory, set a reminder, set another reminder, and maybe mark that archaic thing that you have hanging on a wall somewhere with numbers called a calendar that tonight will be the world premiere of Dan Harmon and Justin Roiland’s new Adult Swim series Rick and Morty.
Oh yeah, it’s at 10:30PM tonight on Adult Swim. We probably should have mentioned that before everything else, but, just do all of that memorizing and reminding now because the series, of what we have seen, is so damn funny.
Set List Makes Its UK Television Debut in a Few Hours
From the walls of the Fake Gallery here in LA to the broadcast feed of Sky Atlantic HD, Set List: The Improvised Stand Up Show will premiere in the UK as a TV series.
Congratulations to them and, if you can watch it at 10:15PM in the UK, we highly suggest you do and not miss what has become an international comedy phenomenon.
Update on Kyle Kinane vs. @Pace_Foods
Within the last 24 hours since we reported this story of one Kyle Kinane hilariously taking on the automated corporate Twitter account of Pace Picante, not only have several news sources online picked up the story, but it’s become an entry in the Pace Food Wikipedia page, several other corporate higher ups got involved, and someone at Pace might have lost their job.
We’d like to think this whole incident might lead to an entire social media manual for corporations in how to handle the Internet and not implode, specifically dealing with comedians, and how they’ll still probably get it kind of wrong.
UPDATE: This entire incident was orchestrated by “master prankster” @RandyLiedtke.
First Episode of Brody Stevens: Enjoy It! is Online at Comedy Central
If you missed the premiere of Brody Stevens’ Enjoy It or really need a good introduction into the comedy and life of Steven Brody Stevens, the entire first episode is up at Comedy Central for you to watch.
So, get some positive energy in your Mondays, so you won’t even think about having “a case of them”.
Brent Weinbach’s Gangster Party Line Is a Real Number That Has Plenty of Great Voicemails
Brent Weinbach’s hilarious video Gangster Party Line, which has gone viral, uses a real phone number, which so many people call and have left “some shit talkin” voicemails. There are thousands upon thousands of voicemails that they’re going through to highlight the best, some of which are already posted on the site at the link, gangsterpartyline.com.
On occasion, “someone” will answer the phone and talk some shit like we saw last night at Underbelly, making for one of the funniest things we’ve seen all year.
Ron Burgundy Co-Anchors Real Newscast in North Dakota
Will Ferrell seems dead set to subvert the idea of art imitating life with all these live, in character, Ron Burgundy appearances. He might have just achieved that by co-anchoring a real newscast as Burgundy in North Dakota, actually delivering the news as well as peppering a little bit of “classy” here and there.
If the Anchorman property were to have more sequels, we’re guessing that this would be Anchorman 5?
And Here Are The 2013 Channel 101 Channy Nominations
Among all the nominations coming up this award season, you might have overlooked the ones for the awesome homegrown talent known and seen here in LA in Dan Harmon and Rob Schrab’s Channel 101.
There were so many great short form programs such as Car Jumper, Marquis Vs., Baby Mentalist, and more that graced the screen of the Downtown Independent as well as the screens of many a laptop connected to the Internet.
Details on the actual awards ceremony, but now enjoy the list of nominees that includes such categories as copyright infringement.
Pardcast-a-Thon 2013 Is Under Way
If you’re not doing the whole Black Friday thing, enjoy the fun of the 2013 Jimmy Pardo’s Pardcast-a-Thon being livestreamed at the link and use that money you might have spent on doorbuster deals to donate to Smile Train, the charity Pardo has been supporting with Pardcast-a-Thon for years.
TV Everywhere and Comcast Aiming to Make TV More Twitter Friendly
TV Everywhere and Comcast are developing a Twitter specific button/app that will allow users access to an embeddable link to whatever show/content they’re tweeting about.
Could this have saved Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell or Nikki & Sara Live? We will never know, but this is the sort of thing, especially given Nielsen’s new inclusion of Twitter chatter into ratings, that might have helped.
‘Rick and Morty’ Has Made a Rushed Licensed Online Game That Will Make Thanksgiving Tolerable
The highly anticipated animated series from Dan Harmon and Justin Roiland Rick and Morty has made a video game a “rushed licensed game” that’s so damn fun, just for how meta and proactively self aware it is.
If you’re having a decidedly not great Thanksgiving, this might make up for it/will keep you entertained until next Mon. Dec. 2nd when Rick and Morty premieres on Adult Swim 10:30PM.