Everyone, rest at ease! The set from The Late Show With David Letterman has been saved from demolition. It now rests in the hands of Fusion's The Chris Gethard Show. The reproductions of the George Washington Bridge and Brooklyn Bridge were unveiled Tuesday afternoon during a live stream. Although the heroic gesture was exciting in it of itself, the saved sets served another important function: They were the backdrop for one of three weddings the host put on alongside Will Ferrell, per A.V. Club. Sadly enough, not all of David Letterman's set was salvaged, as members of the crew were seen tearing apart the set and throwing the pieces in the dumpster outside of the Ed Sullivan Theater. The crew...
- 6/24/2015
- E! Online
With The Chris Gethard Show finally making its cable debut on Fusion tonight, after nearly four years on public access, this moment represents the culmination of over 15 years of doing comedy in New York. So it made sense that when we asked him to pick a friend to interview him about his experience in the industry, Gethard would pick someone who knew him since the beginning. We assumed it would be one of his old Upright Citizens Brigade friends, like Zach Woods or Bobby Moynihan, whom he spent years performing with, but instead he went with New Girl's Jake Johnson, a comedian and actor who had a pretty terrible experience at the theatre. So, earlier this month, the two met at Soho's Toad Hall and had a long, honest conversation about failing and succeeding at Ucb, career frustrations, the desire to go underground, the differences between David Letterman and...
- 5/28/2015
- by Jake Johnson,Jesse David Fox
- Vulture
'Cop Show,' an eight-episode Web series written by and starring comedian and Saturday Night Live SNL alum Colin Quinn, has been ordered by LStudio LStudio.com for the series debut season tonight, February 18th. The comedy is executive produced by Morris S. Levy of Mega Films HBO's 'Seduced and Abandoned', Brian Stern Comedy Central's 'Big Time in Hollywood, Fl' and Colin Quinn and directed by J.D. Amato 'The Chris Gethard Show'. Shooting began last month in New York City.
- 2/18/2015
- by TV News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
An original, cutting-edge comedy program with a NYC-specific brand of weirdness, "The Chris Gethard Show" has been picked up by Fusion for 10 half-hour long episodes. The network has also acquired the rights to 20 episodes previously shown on the Manhattan Neighborhood Network. In conjunction with Fusion, the show is also being produced by Funny or Die. If you've never heard of "The Chris Gethard Show," you should head over to its YouTube channel and become acquainted immediately. Accurately described on its website as "the most bizarre and oftentimes saddest talk show in New York City," the hilarious and mostly improvised show is hosted by comedian Chris Gethard. Beginning its run at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater in 2009, the show quickly gained popularity, along with some publicity after a successful campaign to get Sean 'P Diddy' Combs to appear as a guest on the show -- in 2011, the show moved...
- 2/5/2015
- by Jena Keahon
- Indiewire
'Cop Show,' an eight-episode Web series written by and starring comedian and Saturday Night Live SNL alum Colin Quinn, has been ordered by LStudio LStudio.com for the series debut season on February 18th. The comedy is executive produced by Morris S. Levy of Mega Films HBO's 'Seduced and Abandoned', Brian Stern Comedy Central's 'Big Time in Hollywood, Fl' and Colin Quinn and directed by J.D. Amato 'The Chris Gethard Show'. Shooting began last month in New York City.
- 2/3/2015
- by TV News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Chris Gethard has finally succeeded at turning his madcap cable-access show into an actual cable show: After an abortive stint at Comedy Central, The Chris Gethard Show will premiere on Fusion in March for a ten-episode run. Now that Gethard is going to be super-famous, now is the right time to remind you that, among all his other gigs, he has written for Vulture; you should definitely read this moving piece about doing improv with Robin Williams.
- 1/29/2015
- by Nate Jones
- Vulture
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