Saturday Night Live alumna Abby Elliott and Dan Fogler (Man Up, Hannibal) have landed co-starring roles in TBS’ comedy pilot Living the Dream, TVLine has learned exclusively.
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The project, which hails from Conan O’Brien’s production company, is a post-recession half-hour about charismatic twenty-something Connor Logan and his best friends, who reinvigorate a town on the verge of losing its identity by acquiring and re-opening the local brewery.
Elliott — whose TV credits also include How I Met Your Mother and Happy Endings — will...
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The project, which hails from Conan O’Brien’s production company, is a post-recession half-hour about charismatic twenty-something Connor Logan and his best friends, who reinvigorate a town on the verge of losing its identity by acquiring and re-opening the local brewery.
Elliott — whose TV credits also include How I Met Your Mother and Happy Endings — will...
- 11/11/2013
- by Vlada Gelman
- TVLine.com
TV projects are being green lit left and right at CBS as the network gave the go order to four more shows on Thursday: Super Fun Night, Applebaum, Quean, and an untitled Ralph Lamb project. These four pilots join the Widow Detective, Golden Boy, Baby Big Shot, Trooper and Elementary. A few of these look to reinforce the procedural lineup at CBS, while others look like watered down remakes of stronger and more original concepts.
Super Fun Night – will be multi-camera comedy written and starring Australian actress-comedian Rebel Wilson (Bridesmaids) and is about three nerdy ladies and their “funcomfortable” quest to liven up their Friday nights with “super fun”. The team producing Super Fun Night is also of note as Conan O’Brien, Jeff Ross and David Kissinger will executive produce. Wilson will also get a co-executive producing credit. The pilot hasn’t been shot yet and we’re already...
Super Fun Night – will be multi-camera comedy written and starring Australian actress-comedian Rebel Wilson (Bridesmaids) and is about three nerdy ladies and their “funcomfortable” quest to liven up their Friday nights with “super fun”. The team producing Super Fun Night is also of note as Conan O’Brien, Jeff Ross and David Kissinger will executive produce. Wilson will also get a co-executive producing credit. The pilot hasn’t been shot yet and we’re already...
- 1/27/2012
- by Ernie Estrella
- BuzzFocus.com
Could Rebel Wilson join her Bridesmaids co-star Melissa McCarthy on CBS’ Monday night comedy lineup?
CBS just ordered a comedy pilot that will star the Aussie comedic actress called Super Fun Night that’s produced by none other than Conan O’Brien. Wilson will also write and co-executive produce the project.
The logline: “A half-hour multi-cam comedy following three nerdy female friends on their ‘funcomfortable’ quest to have Super Fun every Friday night.” Executive producers include O’Brien, Jeff Ross, and David Kissinger.
How I Met Your Geeky Mother? Is that Katy Perry song available for the opening credits?
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CBS just ordered a comedy pilot that will star the Aussie comedic actress called Super Fun Night that’s produced by none other than Conan O’Brien. Wilson will also write and co-executive produce the project.
The logline: “A half-hour multi-cam comedy following three nerdy female friends on their ‘funcomfortable’ quest to have Super Fun every Friday night.” Executive producers include O’Brien, Jeff Ross, and David Kissinger.
How I Met Your Geeky Mother? Is that Katy Perry song available for the opening credits?
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- 1/26/2012
- by James Hibberd
- EW - Inside TV
[1] Good things are happening to good people in today's TV Bits, which sees new sitcoms in the works for Conan O'Brien, Judy Greer, and Mandy Moore, among others. After the jump: TBS orders a sitcom from Conan O'Brien ABC develops new projects with Judy Greer, Mandy Moore, and Desperate Housewives creator Marc Cherry The CW buys a thriller from Easy A scribe Bert V Royal CBS yanks the already-cancelled How to Be a Gentleman from its Saturday lineup Watch the first 9 minutes of ABC's Once Upon a Time Conan O'Brien and TBS are apparently enjoying a very happy and fruitful relationship. The late night host already has his talk show Conan on the cable network, and now he may have two sitcoms coming up as well. Last month, TBS gave a pilot order [2] to an untitled multi-camera sitcom from O'Brien about a man who quits his job and returns to his hometown.
- 10/21/2011
- by Angie Han
- Slash Film
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