Let’s go, Ms. Teagues! Abbott Elementary’s Quinta Brunson will host Saturday Night Live on April 1, marking her hosting debut on the venerated NBC show. SNL announced the news on Twitter, adding that Lil Yachty will be that episode’s musical guest in the Grammy-nominated rapper’s own SNL debut. Brunson, of course, is no stranger to comedy, as the creator and star of Abbott Elementary, a hit sitcom for ABC. But she’s also no stranger to sketch comedy: Before Abbott, Brunson starred in the first season of HBO’s A Black Lady Sketch Show. Her other TV credits include roles in Miracle Workers, Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, Party Down, and History of the World: Part II. She also had voice roles in Magical Girl Friendship Squad, Lazor Wulf, Big Mouth, and Harley Quinn. Quinta and Lil Yachty! pic.twitter.com/QYLO0UqYzG — Saturday Night Live...
- 3/12/2023
- TV Insider
In 1954, Eve Arden made history as the first woman to win a lead acting Emmy for a specific comedy series. She achieved the honor for playing the titular character on “Our Miss Brooks,” who made her living as a high school teacher. While more than a quarter of all Best Comedy Actress-winning characters have been housewives, teaching has proven to be the category’s second most favorable occupation. After Arden, Bea Arthur (“The Golden Girls”) and Melissa McCarthy (“Mike & Molly”) took the 1988 and 2011 prizes, respectively, for portraying educators. Now, “Abbott Elementary” star and first-time Emmy nominee Quinta Brunson has a shot at becoming the fourth member of this group.
Brunson, who also created “Abbott Elementary,” entered the pilot, which aired on ABC in December, as her episode submission. The installment introduces her character, Philadelphia public school teacher Janine Teagues, an optimistic, conscientious molder of second grade minds. A scant budget...
Brunson, who also created “Abbott Elementary,” entered the pilot, which aired on ABC in December, as her episode submission. The installment introduces her character, Philadelphia public school teacher Janine Teagues, an optimistic, conscientious molder of second grade minds. A scant budget...
- 8/24/2022
- by Matthew Stewart
- Gold Derby
At this point, you might know Anna Akana from any number of places. Her popular YouTube channel, a recurring role on Comedy Central’s excellent Corporate, the voice of Daisy on Syfy’s Magical Girl Friendship Squad, former co-host of the podcast Explain Things To Me—the point is, Akana has done a lot. But it’s on her…...
- 11/12/2020
- by Alex McLevy on Music, shared by Alex McLevy to The A.V. Club
- avclub.com
What would you pay for Rihanna's bidet? We are thinking this very question while watching this exclusive clip from Saturday, Oct. 3's all-new episode of Syfy's Magical Girl Friendship Squad. The new animated series, which airs Saturdays at midnight as a part of Tzgz (Syfy's late-night animation block), follows friends Alex and Daisy as they learn to use their newfound powers. For example, in the exclusive clip below, Alex and Daisy use magic to collect "celebrity trash" to sell. Why? So, they can make rent in time. "These sites are so sinister," Alex (voiced by Quinta Brunson) starts off. "Why do people want this s--t?" Meanwhile, Bff Daisy (voiced by Anna...
- 10/2/2020
- E! Online
Exclusive: There’s some new brass at Cartuna. The Brooklyn-based animation house behind Loafy and the upcoming Magical Girl Friendship Squad has hired Mike Flavin as SVP, Head of Development. He most recently was VP Development at Gunpowder & Sky.
Flavin’s credits during his stint at WarnerMedia’s indie studio including the horror-mystery pic Summer of ’84, which premiered at Sundance in 2018.
“Development has always been a part of Cartuna’s DNA, and we’re excited to be doubling down on it,” Cartuna founder and CEO James Belfer said. “We feel strongly that animation should be treated as a medium, not a genre. The experience and expertise Mike brings from live-action development will help us expand upon this principle and redefine ‘adult animation.'”
Cartuna’s Loafy premiered on Comedy Central in August and its series Magical Girl Friendship Squad debuts Saturday on Syfy as part of the cable net’s Tzgz block.
Flavin’s credits during his stint at WarnerMedia’s indie studio including the horror-mystery pic Summer of ’84, which premiered at Sundance in 2018.
“Development has always been a part of Cartuna’s DNA, and we’re excited to be doubling down on it,” Cartuna founder and CEO James Belfer said. “We feel strongly that animation should be treated as a medium, not a genre. The experience and expertise Mike brings from live-action development will help us expand upon this principle and redefine ‘adult animation.'”
Cartuna’s Loafy premiered on Comedy Central in August and its series Magical Girl Friendship Squad debuts Saturday on Syfy as part of the cable net’s Tzgz block.
- 9/25/2020
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Quinta Brunson (A Black Lady Sketch Show) is heading to school with a single-camera workplace comedy that has landed a put pilot commitment at ABC in a competitive situation. The project hails from Brunson, Justin Halpern and Patrick Schumacker’s Ehsugadee Productions and Warner Bros. TV, where Halpern and Schumacker are under a deal.
Created by, starring and executive produced by Brunson, the Untitled Quinta Brunson project is about a group of teachers brought together at one of the worst public schools in the country, simply because they love teaching. But is their love of educating children enough to counteract the school district’s bullsh*t attitude toward educating children?
Brunson executive produces with Halpern and Schumacker via their Ehsugadee Pros. Warner Bros. TV is the studio.
This marks a reunion for Brunson, Halpern and Schumacker. They first met when Brunson starred in the 2019 CW/Wbtv pilot The End...
Created by, starring and executive produced by Brunson, the Untitled Quinta Brunson project is about a group of teachers brought together at one of the worst public schools in the country, simply because they love teaching. But is their love of educating children enough to counteract the school district’s bullsh*t attitude toward educating children?
Brunson executive produces with Halpern and Schumacker via their Ehsugadee Pros. Warner Bros. TV is the studio.
This marks a reunion for Brunson, Halpern and Schumacker. They first met when Brunson starred in the 2019 CW/Wbtv pilot The End...
- 9/3/2020
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
With Hollywood production sideswiped by the coronavirus pandemic for five months, TV networks and streamers’ pipeline is starting to dry up. There are promising signs, with a handful of series already back in production and a couple of dozen more on track to start filming in the next couple of weeks.
While the situation remains fluid as we swing into the fall season, here are the fall premiere dates for new series and new seasons of returning shows that have been set so far. It covers nearly 200 broadcast, cable and streaming series bowing from September 1 through December 31 in various dayparts but does not include specials or movies.
The list includes two series whose production was impacted by Covid-19 and have just resumed filming, the CW’s Supernatural and FX’s Fargo. We will continue to update the roster as more new and returning fall series begin filming and set premiere dates.
While the situation remains fluid as we swing into the fall season, here are the fall premiere dates for new series and new seasons of returning shows that have been set so far. It covers nearly 200 broadcast, cable and streaming series bowing from September 1 through December 31 in various dayparts but does not include specials or movies.
The list includes two series whose production was impacted by Covid-19 and have just resumed filming, the CW’s Supernatural and FX’s Fargo. We will continue to update the roster as more new and returning fall series begin filming and set premiere dates.
- 8/24/2020
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
In today’s TV news roundup, Disney Plus has released the premiere date for “The Right Stuff,” and HBO Max has greenlit three new stand-up specials.
Dates
Syfy will debut two original animated series, “Magical Girl Friendship Squad” and “Wild Life,” for its new late-night adult programming block called “Tzgz” on Sept. 26 at 12 a.m. “Magical Girl Friendship Squad” follows directionless twenty-somethings Alex (Quinta Brunson) and Daisy (Anna Akana), who are given magical powers by a red panda named Nut (Ana Gasteyer). Together, they must learn to harness their abilities to save the universe and protect their panda friend. “Wild Life” is about a group of zoo animals living in a post-apocalyptic world who must learn to entertain themselves to keep from going crazy. The lineup for “Wild Life” includes a cheetah (John Reynolds), dolphin (Claudia O’Doherty), fox (Baron Vaughn), koala (Reggie Watts), panda (SkittLeZ Ortiz) and sloth (Natalie Palamides...
Dates
Syfy will debut two original animated series, “Magical Girl Friendship Squad” and “Wild Life,” for its new late-night adult programming block called “Tzgz” on Sept. 26 at 12 a.m. “Magical Girl Friendship Squad” follows directionless twenty-somethings Alex (Quinta Brunson) and Daisy (Anna Akana), who are given magical powers by a red panda named Nut (Ana Gasteyer). Together, they must learn to harness their abilities to save the universe and protect their panda friend. “Wild Life” is about a group of zoo animals living in a post-apocalyptic world who must learn to entertain themselves to keep from going crazy. The lineup for “Wild Life” includes a cheetah (John Reynolds), dolphin (Claudia O’Doherty), fox (Baron Vaughn), koala (Reggie Watts), panda (SkittLeZ Ortiz) and sloth (Natalie Palamides...
- 8/20/2020
- by Ellise Shafer
- Variety Film + TV
Syfy has set premiere dates for its first two Tzgz animated original series. Magical Girl Friendship Squad and Wild Life will premiere Saturday, September 26 with back-to-back episodes. Magical Girl Friendship Squad will kick it off at midnight, followed by Wild Life at around 12:15 Am Et/P on Syfy’s late-night adult animation block Tzgz.
Voiced by Ana Gasteyer, Quinta Brunson and Anna Akana, in Magical Girl Friendship Squad, when a little red panda named Nut (Gasteyer) arrives in the apartment of two directionless twenty-somethings and gives them the ability to transform into badass magical girls, Alex (Brunson) and Daisy (Akana) are forced to get their shit together in order to save the Universe from otherworldly threats.
The 6-episode, 15-minute anime-inspired comedy also stars Matteo Lane.
Produced by Cartuna, the Magical Girl Friends Squad franchise is created by Kelsey Stephanides, who also serves as showrunner. James Belfer, Adam Belfer and Max Benator executive produce,...
Voiced by Ana Gasteyer, Quinta Brunson and Anna Akana, in Magical Girl Friendship Squad, when a little red panda named Nut (Gasteyer) arrives in the apartment of two directionless twenty-somethings and gives them the ability to transform into badass magical girls, Alex (Brunson) and Daisy (Akana) are forced to get their shit together in order to save the Universe from otherworldly threats.
The 6-episode, 15-minute anime-inspired comedy also stars Matteo Lane.
Produced by Cartuna, the Magical Girl Friends Squad franchise is created by Kelsey Stephanides, who also serves as showrunner. James Belfer, Adam Belfer and Max Benator executive produce,...
- 8/20/2020
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
There may not be new Outlander episodes for a while, but there’s still fresh content coming your way: A four-part thematic conversation series will launch beginning this Sunday, Aug. 23, on the Outlander Collector Facebook page in advance of the upcoming Collector’s Edition Blu-Ray release, our sister site Deadline reports.
The planned installments include “Book Corner With Diana Gabaldon and Maril Davis” (on Aug. 23), featuring a tease about the upcoming ninth book; “A Taste of Outlander” (Aug. 30), in which cast members Lauren Lyle (Marsali) and John Bell (Young Ian) learn to make a historically-inspired dish of fish and chips...
The planned installments include “Book Corner With Diana Gabaldon and Maril Davis” (on Aug. 23), featuring a tease about the upcoming ninth book; “A Taste of Outlander” (Aug. 30), in which cast members Lauren Lyle (Marsali) and John Bell (Young Ian) learn to make a historically-inspired dish of fish and chips...
- 8/20/2020
- by Vlada Gelman
- TVLine.com
Syfy has acquired an adult animated series called “Dallas and Robo” starring John Cena and Kat Dennings.
The series makes its cable premiere on August 8 at “midnight-ish” Et/Pt, according to the network.
The 8-episode half-hour adult animated comedy from Shadow Machine and YouTube Originals first aired online in 2018 but will begin its cable run during Syfy’s Tzgz late-night animation block. Episodes will also be available to watch on Syfy On Demand.
Here is the official logline:
“Dallas And Robo is a space-trucking comedy following the mis-adventures of foul-mouthed ex-stock car racer Dallas (Dennings) and her ass-kickin’ artificially intelligent good buddy, Robo (Cena). Together, they navigate their way around cannibal bikers, rival space truckers and vending machine burritos as they try to make a buck in the seedy world of interplanetary big rigging.”
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The series makes its cable premiere on August 8 at “midnight-ish” Et/Pt, according to the network.
The 8-episode half-hour adult animated comedy from Shadow Machine and YouTube Originals first aired online in 2018 but will begin its cable run during Syfy’s Tzgz late-night animation block. Episodes will also be available to watch on Syfy On Demand.
Here is the official logline:
“Dallas And Robo is a space-trucking comedy following the mis-adventures of foul-mouthed ex-stock car racer Dallas (Dennings) and her ass-kickin’ artificially intelligent good buddy, Robo (Cena). Together, they navigate their way around cannibal bikers, rival space truckers and vending machine burritos as they try to make a buck in the seedy world of interplanetary big rigging.”
Also Read: 'Wynonna Earp' Season 4 Finally Gets Premiere Date at Syfy - Watch the Trailer (Video...
- 7/22/2020
- by Margeaux Sippell
- The Wrap
Dallas & Robo is heading to Syfy. The NBCU cable network has acquired the eight-episode adult animated comedy starring John Cena and Kat Dennings to air during its Tzgz late-night animation block. The YouTube series will launch Saturday, August 8, at midnight-ish Et/Pt. Episodes will also be available on Syfy on Demand.
Dallas & Robo is a space-trucking comedy following the mis-adventures of foul-mouthed ex-stock car racer Dallas (Dennings) and her ass-kickin’ artificially intelligent good buddy, Robo (Cena). Together, they navigate their way around cannibal bikers, rival space truckers and vending machine burritos as they try to make a buck in the seedy world of interplanetary big rigging.
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From ShadowMachine and YouTube Originals, Dallas & Robo is executive produced by series creator Mike Roberts and showrunners Matt Mariska and Andy Sipes, alongside Cena.
Dallas & Robo is a space-trucking comedy following the mis-adventures of foul-mouthed ex-stock car racer Dallas (Dennings) and her ass-kickin’ artificially intelligent good buddy, Robo (Cena). Together, they navigate their way around cannibal bikers, rival space truckers and vending machine burritos as they try to make a buck in the seedy world of interplanetary big rigging.
‘Van Helsing’ Adds Kim Coates & Others As Production Resumes On Syfy Series’ Final Season
From ShadowMachine and YouTube Originals, Dallas & Robo is executive produced by series creator Mike Roberts and showrunners Matt Mariska and Andy Sipes, alongside Cena.
- 7/22/2020
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
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