Comedy Central has given series orders to two half-hour scripted comedies – the self-titled Awkwafina starring the multi-hyphenate Crazy Rich Asians star, and co-starring Bd Wong, and Robbie, from Rory Scovel and Gary Sanchez Productions, with Beau Bridges. Sasheer Zamata and Mary Holland. Both had been previously ordered to pilot as part of Comedy Central’s 2018-2019 development slate announcement in April. Since then, Awkwafina’s popularity exploded with the success of Crazy Rich Asians, landing her a hosting gig on Saturday Night Live. She has two films going to Sundance, The Farewell and Paradise Hills.
Comedy Central has ordered ten episodes of Awkwafina and eight episodes of Robbie. The pickups come amid ratings growth for Comedy Central which finished the fiscal year up 6% among adults 18-49. It was the network’s highest-rated year among Women 18-49 (+13%) since 2014. Comedy Central also saw strong multiplatform growth with nearly 4.7 billion videos streamed across...
Comedy Central has ordered ten episodes of Awkwafina and eight episodes of Robbie. The pickups come amid ratings growth for Comedy Central which finished the fiscal year up 6% among adults 18-49. It was the network’s highest-rated year among Women 18-49 (+13%) since 2014. Comedy Central also saw strong multiplatform growth with nearly 4.7 billion videos streamed across...
- 11/29/2018
- by Nellie Andreeva and Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
The Orchard and Factory 25 has announced that they will partner for the comedy Sundowners starring Tim Heidecker (The Comedy, Tim and Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie). The Orchard has acquired the U.S. and U.K. digital rights while Factory 25 has stepped up and will release the film theatrically in the U.S. Heidecker stars alongside Phil Hanley (Comedy Central’s The Half Hour) and Luke Lalonde (musician from the rock band Born Ruffians). The movie, which premiered at the…...
- 8/23/2017
- Deadline
Ahead of the Toronto International Film Festival, Factory 25 has taken U.S. theatrical rights to Pavan Moondi's Canadian indie comedy Sundowners.
Factory 25 plans a late 2017 release, while The Orchard is partnering on the Phil Hanley and Luke Lalonde starrer by taking U.S. and U.K. digital releasing rights. Written, directed and edited by Moondi, Sundowners stars comedian Hanley of Comedy Central's The Half Hour and musician Lalonde of the rock band Born Ruffians as two struggling videographers who take a job filming a wedding in Mexico. Meanwhile, their boss (Tim Heidecker) proves fast and loose with the details and...
Factory 25 plans a late 2017 release, while The Orchard is partnering on the Phil Hanley and Luke Lalonde starrer by taking U.S. and U.K. digital releasing rights. Written, directed and edited by Moondi, Sundowners stars comedian Hanley of Comedy Central's The Half Hour and musician Lalonde of the rock band Born Ruffians as two struggling videographers who take a job filming a wedding in Mexico. Meanwhile, their boss (Tim Heidecker) proves fast and loose with the details and...
- 8/23/2017
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
[caption id="attachment_48741" align="aligncenter" width="590"] The Half Hour TV series on Comedy Central. Pictured: Andrew Santino. Photo Credit: Comedy Central./caption]
Comedy Central has announced the talent lineup for the fifth season of The Half Hour TV show. The standup comedy series is executive produced by John Bravakis and Neil Sheridan from Triage Entertainment. JoAnn Grigioni and Miro Terrell are the Executives in Charge for Comedy Central.
The Half Hour, season five, features: Cy Amundson, Erik Bergstrom, Ahmed Bharoocha, Matthew Broussard, Naomi Ekperigin, Nate Fernald, Noah Gardenswartz, Emily Heller, Martha Kelly, Joe Machi, Drew Michael, Aparna Nancherla, Jacqueline Novak, Mike Recine, Ramon Rivas II, Ali Siddiq, and Nick Turner.
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Comedy Central has announced the talent lineup for the fifth season of The Half Hour TV show. The standup comedy series is executive produced by John Bravakis and Neil Sheridan from Triage Entertainment. JoAnn Grigioni and Miro Terrell are the Executives in Charge for Comedy Central.
The Half Hour, season five, features: Cy Amundson, Erik Bergstrom, Ahmed Bharoocha, Matthew Broussard, Naomi Ekperigin, Nate Fernald, Noah Gardenswartz, Emily Heller, Martha Kelly, Joe Machi, Drew Michael, Aparna Nancherla, Jacqueline Novak, Mike Recine, Ramon Rivas II, Ali Siddiq, and Nick Turner.
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- 5/11/2016
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Lindsey Broad (The Office, 21 Jump Street), Chris Distefano (Girl Code, The Half Hour), Mark Gessner (Orange Is The New Black, The Blacklist), Ruy Iskandar (Gotham, The Blacklist) and Andrew Schulz (Guy Code) have signed on to star in IFC’s eight-episode hockey comedy series premiering October 1. Benders follows a team of friends bonded by an irrational obsession with their men's ice hockey team, The Chubbys. Paul Rosenberg (Schulz) is the insecure leader whose…...
- 6/9/2015
- Deadline TV
'Daily Show' fans may find that the new 'Weekend Update' guy looks familiar.
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart fans may find that Saturday Night Live's new Weekend Update anchor looks familiar.
Comedian Michael Che will be replacing Cecily Strong, who will remain as a cast member on SNL, and joining Colin Jost at the desk when season 40 begins on Sept. 27.
Photos: Star Shots-- What's On Instagram
Che joined SNL as a writer this past year, and will be leaving The Daily Show after just three months on the job, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The funnyman thanked The Daily Show via Twitter on Thursday night, Sept. 11, writing: "I wanna thank Jon & the entire @TheDailyShow staff for letting me do this. i had a Fantastic time there. 1st class all the way."
i wanna thank Jon & the entire @TheDailyShow staff for letting me do this. i had a Fantastic time there. 1st class all...
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart fans may find that Saturday Night Live's new Weekend Update anchor looks familiar.
Comedian Michael Che will be replacing Cecily Strong, who will remain as a cast member on SNL, and joining Colin Jost at the desk when season 40 begins on Sept. 27.
Photos: Star Shots-- What's On Instagram
Che joined SNL as a writer this past year, and will be leaving The Daily Show after just three months on the job, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The funnyman thanked The Daily Show via Twitter on Thursday night, Sept. 11, writing: "I wanna thank Jon & the entire @TheDailyShow staff for letting me do this. i had a Fantastic time there. 1st class all the way."
i wanna thank Jon & the entire @TheDailyShow staff for letting me do this. i had a Fantastic time there. 1st class all...
- 9/12/2014
- Entertainment Tonight
Comedy Central may be adding a new face to its late-night lineup: Kurt Braunohler. The comedian is set to headline the talk show pilot Getting’ Some Strange with Kurt Braunohler, which, according to the network, would cover the day’s weirdest stories, “revealing just how beautifully insane our world actually is.” Braunohler—who frequently appears on @midnight and has popped up this summer on other Comedy Central shows like Drunk History and The Half Hour—recently finished filming a Cc: Studios series titled Roustabout with Kurt Braunohler. The web series, which will premiere later this year, features Braunohler executing a...
- 8/14/2014
- by Dan Snierson
- EW - Inside TV
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Vulture analyses the state of the singing competition series, which seems to have run out of steam, especially after the lackluster debut of Rising Star. Maybe its time to try to revive a show like Making the Band or Popstars.
The View is rebooting next year. Yesterday, Sherri Shpherd and Jenny McCarthy announced that they were leaving the talk show. Additionally, TMZ reports that longtime producer Bill Gedde is leaving too. That leaves only Whoopi Goldberg staying. TMZ also says that the show is interested in bringing back Rosie O’Donnell or hiring Ross Mathews.
Ross Mathews would get my attention
TVLine reports that The Goldbergs is planning a tribute episode to 80s teen movie legend John Hughes.
Guillermo del Toro says there’s a five season plan for his upcoming vampire drama The Strain which will follow the story from the Strain book trilogy but not too strictly.
Vulture analyses the state of the singing competition series, which seems to have run out of steam, especially after the lackluster debut of Rising Star. Maybe its time to try to revive a show like Making the Band or Popstars.
The View is rebooting next year. Yesterday, Sherri Shpherd and Jenny McCarthy announced that they were leaving the talk show. Additionally, TMZ reports that longtime producer Bill Gedde is leaving too. That leaves only Whoopi Goldberg staying. TMZ also says that the show is interested in bringing back Rosie O’Donnell or hiring Ross Mathews.
Ross Mathews would get my attention
TVLine reports that The Goldbergs is planning a tribute episode to 80s teen movie legend John Hughes.
Guillermo del Toro says there’s a five season plan for his upcoming vampire drama The Strain which will follow the story from the Strain book trilogy but not too strictly.
- 6/27/2014
- by Lyle Masaki
- The Backlot
Exclusive: Rising standup comedian Cristela Alonzo is headed to television. A half-hour multi-camera comedy co-created by and starring Alonzo has received a script commitment with a sizable penalty (said to be in the six figures) at ABC. Titled Cristela, the project, inspired by Alonzo’s life, is the story of an American Latina (Alonzo) straddling two cultures while not fully belonging to either. Alonzo will co-write the script with writer-producer Kevin Hench. 20th Century Fox TV and Marty Adelstein and Shawn Levy’s studio-based 21 Laps/Adelstein produce, with Alonzo, Hench, Adelstein, Levy and Becky Clements executive producing. Alonzo, originally from the south Texas border town of San Juan, has appeared on Conan, Live At Gotham and Last Comic Standing (see video of her stand-up below). She made her acting debut on FX’s Sons Of Anarchy. Alonzo’s first stand-up special, The Half Hour, recently premiered on Comedy Central. She...
- 8/2/2013
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
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