Exclusive: A new single-camera comedy series is in the works at Fox from Denis Leary, Jack Leary and Joel Church-Cooper.
The series, titled Going Dutch, is part of Denis Leary’s development deal with Fox Entertainment, which he inked in 2020. Church-Cooper will pen the series, while Denis and Jack Leary will executive produce.
In Going Dutch, a decorated, hard-ass colonel is tasked with running the least important U.S. Army base in the world, located in the tulip-hugging, wine-chugging Netherlands.
Denis Leary previously starred in Fox’s The Moodys for two seasons. His deal with Fox, which runs through his recently launched production company Amoeba, tasks him with developing and producing comedy, drama and animation. He is repped by WME and Ziffren Brittenham.
His son Jack is a writer, producer and director who runs Amoeba alongside Denis. Under the Amoeba banner, Jack oversees development for various projects across the television, film and new media landscape.
The series, titled Going Dutch, is part of Denis Leary’s development deal with Fox Entertainment, which he inked in 2020. Church-Cooper will pen the series, while Denis and Jack Leary will executive produce.
In Going Dutch, a decorated, hard-ass colonel is tasked with running the least important U.S. Army base in the world, located in the tulip-hugging, wine-chugging Netherlands.
Denis Leary previously starred in Fox’s The Moodys for two seasons. His deal with Fox, which runs through his recently launched production company Amoeba, tasks him with developing and producing comedy, drama and animation. He is repped by WME and Ziffren Brittenham.
His son Jack is a writer, producer and director who runs Amoeba alongside Denis. Under the Amoeba banner, Jack oversees development for various projects across the television, film and new media landscape.
- 1/18/2024
- by Katie Campione
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Former Avalon manager Olivia Wingate has launched the solo production company Wingate Media, bringing all her projects and team with her, we hear.
The company will be headquartered in New York, focused on developing, incubating and producing premium and cutting-edge projects aimed toward a worldwide audience, and committed to prioritizing unique and underrepresented artists and perspectives.
A London native, Wingate has been New York based, with a presence in Los Angeles and London, for more than 25 years. Her career has spanned theater, film, comedy, documentary and scripted drama. Wingate Media combines all her experience to incubate and elevate stories that will aim to inspire and provoke debate.
Prior to starting the company, Wingate was SVP Scripted Development at Left/Right, the studio that behind Bobcat Goldthwait’s Misfits & Monsters, Joe Mande’s award-winning Standup Special (Netflix) and more. Before that, Wingate ran Avalon’s New York office and represented clients including Marc Maron,...
The company will be headquartered in New York, focused on developing, incubating and producing premium and cutting-edge projects aimed toward a worldwide audience, and committed to prioritizing unique and underrepresented artists and perspectives.
A London native, Wingate has been New York based, with a presence in Los Angeles and London, for more than 25 years. Her career has spanned theater, film, comedy, documentary and scripted drama. Wingate Media combines all her experience to incubate and elevate stories that will aim to inspire and provoke debate.
Prior to starting the company, Wingate was SVP Scripted Development at Left/Right, the studio that behind Bobcat Goldthwait’s Misfits & Monsters, Joe Mande’s award-winning Standup Special (Netflix) and more. Before that, Wingate ran Avalon’s New York office and represented clients including Marc Maron,...
- 7/20/2021
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Hank Azaria gives a lot of credit to the show’s co-creator, Joel Church-Cooper, in terms of knowing the right way to wrap up the story of Jim Brockmire. “We always knew that this guy was going to find his way back to being a human being. Joel really got onto the idea Brockmire as a character who personally got better as the world got worse,” Azaria tells us in our recent webchat (watch the exclusive video above). But as much as he loved playing the unfiltered sportscaster on “Brockmire,” he admits that it wasn’t hard that hard to say goodbye to the show and even hinted that we might still hear from him again. “I don’t get sentimental like that about playing characters because it’s such hard work. I think it’s a character I’ll continue to do in one way or another, but it...
- 6/24/2020
- by Charles Bright
- Gold Derby
When it comes to TV series chemistry, the old jazzman might say, “You either got it or you ain’t.”
The stars of IFC’s “Brockmire,” Hank Azaria and Amanda Peet, most definitely got it. Their sizzling, sexy comic chemistry was a key factor in transforming an initial cult hit into a hilarious, time-jumping must-watch in its just-aired fourth and final season.
Their bond is very much in evidence in a warm “Series Rewind” video get-together hosted by award-winning entertainment expert Dave Karger. Throughout the reunion, their genuine affection and shared wry humor are plain to see.
Karger inquires into the source of their appeal, and after cracking wise (“We’ve been asked this so much that I’ve now thought about it a lot”), Azaria attempts an earnest reply: “I think we basically approach comedy the same way. I really do. We don’t try to be funny per se,...
The stars of IFC’s “Brockmire,” Hank Azaria and Amanda Peet, most definitely got it. Their sizzling, sexy comic chemistry was a key factor in transforming an initial cult hit into a hilarious, time-jumping must-watch in its just-aired fourth and final season.
Their bond is very much in evidence in a warm “Series Rewind” video get-together hosted by award-winning entertainment expert Dave Karger. Throughout the reunion, their genuine affection and shared wry humor are plain to see.
Karger inquires into the source of their appeal, and after cracking wise (“We’ve been asked this so much that I’ve now thought about it a lot”), Azaria attempts an earnest reply: “I think we basically approach comedy the same way. I really do. We don’t try to be funny per se,...
- 5/26/2020
- by Bob Verini
- Variety Film + TV
There’s no crying in baseball, but there were plenty of teary eyes while shooting the final episode of Brockmire.
“I didn’t really plan on tearing up myself, but I think the combination of ending it all and just the beauty of the moment overtook me and I got really choked up on a couple of takes,” says star Hank Azaria as he recalls the emotional final scene.
“I was really gratified to look up and see everybody on the crew wiping their eyes at the end of it too. [Jim Brockmire’s] a guy who’s finally learned to shut up and appreciate what’s around him, including baseball. And I found myself, a lot like with the show, I underestimate the emotion of it until I do it.”
The weight that Brockmire carried during its four seasons snuck up on nearly everyone from fans to critics to those directly involved with the show.
“I didn’t really plan on tearing up myself, but I think the combination of ending it all and just the beauty of the moment overtook me and I got really choked up on a couple of takes,” says star Hank Azaria as he recalls the emotional final scene.
“I was really gratified to look up and see everybody on the crew wiping their eyes at the end of it too. [Jim Brockmire’s] a guy who’s finally learned to shut up and appreciate what’s around him, including baseball. And I found myself, a lot like with the show, I underestimate the emotion of it until I do it.”
The weight that Brockmire carried during its four seasons snuck up on nearly everyone from fans to critics to those directly involved with the show.
- 5/7/2020
- by Chris Longo
- Den of Geek
[Note: The following interview contains spoilers for the series finale of “Brockmire.”]
If you’d have told Hank Azaria during the filming of the first season of “Brockmire” that the show would have continued for the better part of a half-decade, become a nuanced character study of a man in search of meaning, and ended in a place that had worldwide emotional and psychological relevance, he might not have believed you.
“We shot that whole first season in 22 days,” series star Hank Azaria told IndieWire. “They were longer scripts then, because we didn’t know any better. So we were shooting like 35-page scripts. It was insane. I had no idea that first season whether we’d even get anything usable, let alone be good. It was nuts.”
As it turned out, that first season was not only usable, it was sustainable. An underdog IFC comedy of sorts, the show became more than a thin sketch about Jim Brockmire, a baseball...
If you’d have told Hank Azaria during the filming of the first season of “Brockmire” that the show would have continued for the better part of a half-decade, become a nuanced character study of a man in search of meaning, and ended in a place that had worldwide emotional and psychological relevance, he might not have believed you.
“We shot that whole first season in 22 days,” series star Hank Azaria told IndieWire. “They were longer scripts then, because we didn’t know any better. So we were shooting like 35-page scripts. It was insane. I had no idea that first season whether we’d even get anything usable, let alone be good. It was nuts.”
As it turned out, that first season was not only usable, it was sustainable. An underdog IFC comedy of sorts, the show became more than a thin sketch about Jim Brockmire, a baseball...
- 5/7/2020
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
Brockmire just ended its four-season run with a rare moment of silence for its title character, who received some much-needed good news as the baseball comedy drew to a close.
During Wednesday’s series finale, the newly wedded Jim and Jules brokered a deal with artificial intelligence Limón, which, in its pursuit to rule the world, was determined to take over and save baseball. We then cut to Opening Day 2034, where Jim received confirmation that his body was responding to an experimental Parkinson’s medication, which would offset some of the debilitating symptoms for at least some time.
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During Wednesday’s series finale, the newly wedded Jim and Jules brokered a deal with artificial intelligence Limón, which, in its pursuit to rule the world, was determined to take over and save baseball. We then cut to Opening Day 2034, where Jim received confirmation that his body was responding to an experimental Parkinson’s medication, which would offset some of the debilitating symptoms for at least some time.
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- 5/7/2020
- TVLine.com
The fantastic final season of IFC’s baseball comedy Brockmire takes place in the early 2030s, in a world ravaged by climate change, income inequality, and an inescapable sense that the apocalypse is already happening. Yet there is still baseball, and the series ends on a hopeful note for its announcer hero Jim Brockmire (Hank Azaria), his longtime love Jules (Amanda Peet), and best friend Charles (Tyrel Jackson Williams). Still, our current nightmare — which includes the ongoing lack of baseball, or any other sport — makes the dystopian near-future of this final season seem almost quaint.
- 5/5/2020
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Rollingstone.com
So much for never, ever, ever getting back together.
In the penultimate episode of Brockmire, Jim and Jules got their happy ending — but it came with a pretty big asterisk: The Mlb commissioner wedded the ex-owner of the Morristown Frackers after he discovered that he’s in the early stages of Parkinson’s Disease.
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“When I read the script is...
In the penultimate episode of Brockmire, Jim and Jules got their happy ending — but it came with a pretty big asterisk: The Mlb commissioner wedded the ex-owner of the Morristown Frackers after he discovered that he’s in the early stages of Parkinson’s Disease.
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“When I read the script is...
- 5/3/2020
- TVLine.com
With no real baseball this spring, at least we’ve got “Brockmire.” For another two weeks, that is.
Jim and Jules have a weird relationship. Currently, the main point of contention is Polly Pop-its — that’s Jules’ handgun, a scary sight she whips out while Brockmire is just trying to take a leak. That “bad bitch” got her through the (hopefully) fictitious Pennsylvania Water Riots, the Amanda Peet character says in the comedy series’ penultimate episode, which airs on Wednesday.
Brockmire (Hank Azaria) is anti-gun, a minority point of view in the 13-years-ahead dystopian future that the end of the IFC comedy occupies.
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“America has more guns than trees now,” Jim quips in the preview clip, which is exclusive to TheWrap. At this pace, our reality may not need to wait...
Jim and Jules have a weird relationship. Currently, the main point of contention is Polly Pop-its — that’s Jules’ handgun, a scary sight she whips out while Brockmire is just trying to take a leak. That “bad bitch” got her through the (hopefully) fictitious Pennsylvania Water Riots, the Amanda Peet character says in the comedy series’ penultimate episode, which airs on Wednesday.
Brockmire (Hank Azaria) is anti-gun, a minority point of view in the 13-years-ahead dystopian future that the end of the IFC comedy occupies.
Also Read: 'Brockmire' Season 4 Premiere: It's 2030, and Jim Brockmire Just Wants to Watch Vr Porn in Peace (Exclusive Video)
“America has more guns than trees now,” Jim quips in the preview clip, which is exclusive to TheWrap. At this pace, our reality may not need to wait...
- 4/27/2020
- by Tony Maglio
- The Wrap
It's the biggest day of Jim Brockmire's life on Brockmire Season 4 Episode 6.
Well, that's an iffy statement, now that I think of it.
But, two of the most important things in Jim's life converge on the worst possible day, and it affects a moment Jim has been waiting for his entire life.
Beth has discovered that everything she thought she knew about her father's relationship with his mother is a lie.
That's challenging enough for a man like Jim, but his entire world spirals as that tragic reveal coincides with his dream -- getting inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Jim spends the entire day worrying over the day because his daughter, the most important person in his life, is nowhere to be found for one of his life's most significant moments.
Due to give a big speech memorializing his induction, Beth writes a speech that cuts Jim to the core.
Well, that's an iffy statement, now that I think of it.
But, two of the most important things in Jim's life converge on the worst possible day, and it affects a moment Jim has been waiting for his entire life.
Beth has discovered that everything she thought she knew about her father's relationship with his mother is a lie.
That's challenging enough for a man like Jim, but his entire world spirals as that tragic reveal coincides with his dream -- getting inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Jim spends the entire day worrying over the day because his daughter, the most important person in his life, is nowhere to be found for one of his life's most significant moments.
Due to give a big speech memorializing his induction, Beth writes a speech that cuts Jim to the core.
- 4/22/2020
- by Carissa Pavlica
- TVfanatic
“God, what the hell is going on down there?” Jim Brockmire asks his producer, upon being told about the latest national tragedies they’ll have to acknowledge while broadcasting that day’s baseball game.
“The apocalypse,” she replies bluntly.
“Well,” Jim considers, “I guess everything else moves so much faster these days. Why not the end of times, as well?”
Jim and his producer aren’t exaggerating much, if at all. The IFC comedy’s fourth and final season is largely set from 2030 to 2033. Earth has been ravaged by the...
“The apocalypse,” she replies bluntly.
“Well,” Jim considers, “I guess everything else moves so much faster these days. Why not the end of times, as well?”
Jim and his producer aren’t exaggerating much, if at all. The IFC comedy’s fourth and final season is largely set from 2030 to 2033. Earth has been ravaged by the...
- 3/17/2020
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Rollingstone.com
It all started with a short. Posted to Funny or Die’s YouTube channel in 2010, “A Legend in the Booth with Hank Azaria (Gamechangers Ep 3)” was the world’s first introduction to baseball announcer Jim Brockmire. Played by Azaria, the golden-voiced Brockmire capably called baseball games while also sprinkling in graphic details of his wife’s infidelities amid the total destruction of his life.
Now it’s a decade later and the IFC comedy that bears Brockmire’s name is set to air its fourth and final season. Only the story that began with a simple, if well-executed four-minute short now flashes forward 10 years to a dystopian, climate-ravaged future. Yes, in the world of Brockmire season 4 there are food shortage riots, “moderate” summer temperatures of 114 degrees, and a section of the continental U.S. known as “The Disputed Lands” (of which Arizona is obviously a part). We’ve come a...
Now it’s a decade later and the IFC comedy that bears Brockmire’s name is set to air its fourth and final season. Only the story that began with a simple, if well-executed four-minute short now flashes forward 10 years to a dystopian, climate-ravaged future. Yes, in the world of Brockmire season 4 there are food shortage riots, “moderate” summer temperatures of 114 degrees, and a section of the continental U.S. known as “The Disputed Lands” (of which Arizona is obviously a part). We’ve come a...
- 3/4/2020
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
The future has arrived in a newly released trailer for the fourth and final season of Brockmire, premiering Wednesday, March 18 on IFC.
The upcoming farewell run jumps ahead “10 years into the future of Jim’s life and all the other characters’ lives,” showrunner Joel Church-Cooper previously told TVLine. “Amanda Peet [is back for] five episodes, so it’s really a return to the Jules and Jim dynamic, but it’s different because both people have changed and been without each other for a long time… Charles is back, Jules is back and there’s a circular nature to the storytelling of Season 1 to...
The upcoming farewell run jumps ahead “10 years into the future of Jim’s life and all the other characters’ lives,” showrunner Joel Church-Cooper previously told TVLine. “Amanda Peet [is back for] five episodes, so it’s really a return to the Jules and Jim dynamic, but it’s different because both people have changed and been without each other for a long time… Charles is back, Jules is back and there’s a circular nature to the storytelling of Season 1 to...
- 1/17/2020
- TVLine.com
Hank Azaria’s IFC comedy “Brockmire” may be coming to an end with its fourth and final season in March, but the actor isn’t ready to say goodbye to Jim Brockmire’s voice just yet.
“I’ll still do [the voice], believe me. I’ve been doing it since I was 15 years old, I’m not going to stop now,” Azaria told TheWrap Thursday at the Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour in Pasadena. “I bet we find some other life for it, whether it’s a podcast or another version of a weird show.”
“Brockmire” is based on the viral video from Funny or Die that featured Azaria as sportscaster Jim Brockmire, who suffers a hilarious public breakdown following his wife’s infidelity. The IFC series picked up Brockmire’s story a decade later as he tries to recapture his former glory.
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“I’ll still do [the voice], believe me. I’ve been doing it since I was 15 years old, I’m not going to stop now,” Azaria told TheWrap Thursday at the Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour in Pasadena. “I bet we find some other life for it, whether it’s a podcast or another version of a weird show.”
“Brockmire” is based on the viral video from Funny or Die that featured Azaria as sportscaster Jim Brockmire, who suffers a hilarious public breakdown following his wife’s infidelity. The IFC series picked up Brockmire’s story a decade later as he tries to recapture his former glory.
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- 1/17/2020
- by Margeaux Sippell
- The Wrap
Alec Bojalad Jan 17, 2020
The story of baseball announcer extraordinaire, Jim Brockmire, will come to a close with Brockmire season 4 on IFC.
There will be no extra innings for Jim Brockmire.
IFC announced that it has ordered Brockmire season 4, which will serve as the show's final. Brockmire season 4 will contain the show's usual eight episodes and then Jim Brockmire, played by Hank Azaria, will sign off for good.
“From the beginning, Brockmire was conceived as a four-season story, and we are so proud to see it written and produced to its creative conclusion,” said IFC Executive Director Blake Callaway. “Blazers off to the amazing crew, our fantastic partners at Funny Or Die, and the incredible cast, especially the incomparable Hank Azaria, who lives, sleeps and breaths Jim Brockmire, as well as Amanda Peet who makes an indelible contribution to the show as Jules, and Tyrel Jackson-Williams who completely shines as Charles.
The story of baseball announcer extraordinaire, Jim Brockmire, will come to a close with Brockmire season 4 on IFC.
There will be no extra innings for Jim Brockmire.
IFC announced that it has ordered Brockmire season 4, which will serve as the show's final. Brockmire season 4 will contain the show's usual eight episodes and then Jim Brockmire, played by Hank Azaria, will sign off for good.
“From the beginning, Brockmire was conceived as a four-season story, and we are so proud to see it written and produced to its creative conclusion,” said IFC Executive Director Blake Callaway. “Blazers off to the amazing crew, our fantastic partners at Funny Or Die, and the incredible cast, especially the incomparable Hank Azaria, who lives, sleeps and breaths Jim Brockmire, as well as Amanda Peet who makes an indelible contribution to the show as Jules, and Tyrel Jackson-Williams who completely shines as Charles.
- 12/13/2019
- Den of Geek
IFC announced on Thursday that the upcoming fourth season of Hank Azaria-led comedy “Brockmire” will be the show’s last.
The fourth season will premiere in March. Reina Hardesty is joining the cast for the final season.
“From the beginning, ‘Brockmire’ was conceived as a four-season story, and we are so proud to see it written and produced to its creative conclusion,” IFC executive director Blake Callaway said. “Blazers off to the amazing crew, our fantastic partners at Funny Or Die, and the incredible cast, especially the incomparable Hank Azaria, who lives, sleeps and breaths Jim Brockmire, as well as Amanda Peet who makes an indelible contribution to the show as Jules, and Tyrel Jackson-Williams who completely shines as Charles. Fans and critics alike will love watching how the story ends.”
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The fourth season will premiere in March. Reina Hardesty is joining the cast for the final season.
“From the beginning, ‘Brockmire’ was conceived as a four-season story, and we are so proud to see it written and produced to its creative conclusion,” IFC executive director Blake Callaway said. “Blazers off to the amazing crew, our fantastic partners at Funny Or Die, and the incredible cast, especially the incomparable Hank Azaria, who lives, sleeps and breaths Jim Brockmire, as well as Amanda Peet who makes an indelible contribution to the show as Jules, and Tyrel Jackson-Williams who completely shines as Charles. Fans and critics alike will love watching how the story ends.”
Also Read: 'Brockmire' Season 3 Finale: Hank Azaria Needs a Break From 'This Tornado of S--' (Exclusive...
- 12/12/2019
- by Tim Baysinger
- The Wrap
IFC’s Brockmire is coming to an end. The network confirmed today that the upcoming fourth season will be the last for the critically acclaimed series, starring and executive produced by Hank Azaria. The eight-episode final season will premiere in March.
Amanda Peet, Tyrel Jackson Williams and Katie Finneran will return for the final season. Additionally, Reina Hardesty (The Flash) has joined the cast for the final eight episodes.
“I really loved this season in several very right and a few very wrong ways. I hope you will too,” said Azaria. The series was renewed for seasons 3 and 4 in 2018.
“From the beginning, Brockmire was conceived as a four-season story, and we are so proud to see it written and produced to its creative conclusion,” said IFC Executive Director Blake Callaway. “Blazers off to the amazing crew, our fantastic partners at Funny Or Die, and the incredible cast, especially the incomparable Hank Azaria,...
Amanda Peet, Tyrel Jackson Williams and Katie Finneran will return for the final season. Additionally, Reina Hardesty (The Flash) has joined the cast for the final eight episodes.
“I really loved this season in several very right and a few very wrong ways. I hope you will too,” said Azaria. The series was renewed for seasons 3 and 4 in 2018.
“From the beginning, Brockmire was conceived as a four-season story, and we are so proud to see it written and produced to its creative conclusion,” said IFC Executive Director Blake Callaway. “Blazers off to the amazing crew, our fantastic partners at Funny Or Die, and the incredible cast, especially the incomparable Hank Azaria,...
- 12/12/2019
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
IFC has announced that the fourth season of “Brockmire,” premiering March 2020, will be the Hank Azaria comedy’s last.
As well as Azaria, the show’s stars Amanda Peet, Tyrel Jackson Williams and Katie Finneran are all returning for the final eight-episode send off. Additionally, “The Flash” star Reina Hardesty is joining the cast.
“I really loved this season in several very right and a few very wrong ways. I hope you will too,” said Azaria, who also serves as an executive producer on the series.
“Brockmire” follows Jim Brockmire (Azaria), a famed major league baseball announcer who suffered a notorious public breakdown after stumbling upon his wife’s (Finneran) infidelity. The breakdown was so bad that “Brutal Brockmire” became a viral internet meme. Season 3, which finished airing in May 2019, took place one year after a stint in rehab for Brockmire, with the main character doing play-by-play in the radio...
As well as Azaria, the show’s stars Amanda Peet, Tyrel Jackson Williams and Katie Finneran are all returning for the final eight-episode send off. Additionally, “The Flash” star Reina Hardesty is joining the cast.
“I really loved this season in several very right and a few very wrong ways. I hope you will too,” said Azaria, who also serves as an executive producer on the series.
“Brockmire” follows Jim Brockmire (Azaria), a famed major league baseball announcer who suffered a notorious public breakdown after stumbling upon his wife’s (Finneran) infidelity. The breakdown was so bad that “Brutal Brockmire” became a viral internet meme. Season 3, which finished airing in May 2019, took place one year after a stint in rehab for Brockmire, with the main character doing play-by-play in the radio...
- 12/12/2019
- by Will Thorne
- Variety Film + TV
It’s the bottom of the ninth for Brockmire. The underrated Hank Azaria comedy — one of TVLine’s Peak TV Treasures — will end with its previously announced fourth season, TVLine has learned.
IFC confirmed the final season news on Thursday. In addition, it was revealed that Reina Hardesty (The Flash) will join returning cast members Amanda Peet, Tyrel Jackson Williams, Katie Finneran and Azaria.
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IFC confirmed the final season news on Thursday. In addition, it was revealed that Reina Hardesty (The Flash) will join returning cast members Amanda Peet, Tyrel Jackson Williams, Katie Finneran and Azaria.
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- 12/12/2019
- TVLine.com
NBC is in tune with “Perfect Harmony” executive producer Jason Winer, developing another show from Winer’s 20th Century Fox TV-based Small Dog Picture Company. The Peacock network has bought the script “Forever Family,” a comedy from writers Austen Earl and Joel Church-Cooper.
Winer will serve as a non-writing executive producer on “Forever Family,” which centers on three different families that live “miles away but worlds apart” and who discover that their adopted children all share the same birth father. Earl and Church-Cooper will executive produce the project, along with Winer and Jon Radler, who heads up development at Small Dog.
“Forever Family” is part of a growing slate for Winer, who sealed a new overall deal with 20th Century Fox TV, now a part of Disney, earlier this year. Winer has been based at 20th for 13 years, and his current credits include “Perfect Harmony,” which premiered on NBC last month,...
Winer will serve as a non-writing executive producer on “Forever Family,” which centers on three different families that live “miles away but worlds apart” and who discover that their adopted children all share the same birth father. Earl and Church-Cooper will executive produce the project, along with Winer and Jon Radler, who heads up development at Small Dog.
“Forever Family” is part of a growing slate for Winer, who sealed a new overall deal with 20th Century Fox TV, now a part of Disney, earlier this year. Winer has been based at 20th for 13 years, and his current credits include “Perfect Harmony,” which premiered on NBC last month,...
- 10/3/2019
- by Michael Schneider
- Variety Film + TV
The second season of IFC’s “Brockmire” ended on a very questionable and note. The titular character, brilliantly played by Hank Azaria, is surprisingly revealed to have gotten sober for the better part of a year. His producing partner, Charles (Tyrel Jackson Williams), tracks him down and tells him of a job offer to call spring training games for the Oakland team. Of all the questions it raised, the paramount one had to be, how in the world would the show be enjoyable if Jim Brockmire isn’t inebriated in any way? Fortunately, the show’s creator, Joel Church-Cooper, had an even better plan for this and it easily made “Brockmire” for Season 2 one of the best shows of the year.
Season 3 of the program has the main character in central Florida for spring training. He and his new announcing partner, Gabby (Tawny Newsome), are being shown as the replacement for former pro-player Matt Hardesty,...
Season 3 of the program has the main character in central Florida for spring training. He and his new announcing partner, Gabby (Tawny Newsome), are being shown as the replacement for former pro-player Matt Hardesty,...
- 6/7/2019
- by Charles Bright
- Gold Derby
In Wednesday’s Brockmire finale, Jim and Gabby finally got a chance to call their first regular-season Mlb game, only to be confronted by unexpected protestors at the hands of bigot Art Newlie. Just about everything that could possibly go wrong went wrong, but Jim managed to come out the other side without throwing away his sobriety.
Below, showrunner Joel Church-Cooper reflects on the evolution of Brockmire and its title character, the significance of Jim’s relationships with Gabby and Matt the Bat, and Season 3’s “emotional crescendo.”
Tvline | This year’s arc really started at the end of last season,...
Below, showrunner Joel Church-Cooper reflects on the evolution of Brockmire and its title character, the significance of Jim’s relationships with Gabby and Matt the Bat, and Season 3’s “emotional crescendo.”
Tvline | This year’s arc really started at the end of last season,...
- 5/23/2019
- TVLine.com
It was bound to be a freewheeling discussion about comedy on television in the #MeToo era at the AMC Networks Summit when moderator Jill Kargman, creator and star of the Bravo series Odd Mom Out, began asking stars, writers and showrunners about the challenges of being funny in the “political hellscape sh*t-show” we’re currently living in.
The panel, part of AMC Networks’ second annual summit event in New York, focused on the shifting limits of comedy in a redefined age of what is or isn’t appropriate, the new freedoms afforded by greater content options in the streaming era, and a defiance among diverse creators to make their own brave choices.
Tackling the “political hellscape” question, Joel Church-Cooper, executive producer of IFC’s series Brockmire, stressed the safe comedic value of “punching up. There are plenty of stupid, incompetent people in power,” he said. “Punching upwards is very safe territory.
The panel, part of AMC Networks’ second annual summit event in New York, focused on the shifting limits of comedy in a redefined age of what is or isn’t appropriate, the new freedoms afforded by greater content options in the streaming era, and a defiance among diverse creators to make their own brave choices.
Tackling the “political hellscape” question, Joel Church-Cooper, executive producer of IFC’s series Brockmire, stressed the safe comedic value of “punching up. There are plenty of stupid, incompetent people in power,” he said. “Punching upwards is very safe territory.
- 4/9/2019
- by Robert Edelstein
- Deadline Film + TV
“Going from drunk asshole to sober asshole isn’t the makeover you think it is,” Jim Brockmire’s new broadcast partner Gabby tells him in the third season premiere of IFC’s astonishingly filthy — and even more astonishingly sincere — baseball comedy Brockmire.
Season One chronicled the return of the titular honey-voiced play-by-play man (Hank Azaria, never better in live action) from decades of debauched international exile following an on-air meltdown about his wife’s adultery. Starting over at rock bottom for a barely-viable indie league team, Brockmire rediscovered his love...
Season One chronicled the return of the titular honey-voiced play-by-play man (Hank Azaria, never better in live action) from decades of debauched international exile following an on-air meltdown about his wife’s adultery. Starting over at rock bottom for a barely-viable indie league team, Brockmire rediscovered his love...
- 4/2/2019
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Rollingstone.com
Chris Longo Apr 3, 2019
Series creator Joel Church-Cooper and star Hank Azaria break down the upcoming Brockmire season 3.
When spring starts anew, baseball fans tend to buy high on offseason narratives. Pitcher X learned how to throw a more effective slider. Batter Y added 20 pounds of muscle. Players Z is out of rehab and sober, ready to make good on his heaps of athletic potential. More often than not, the patterns of behavior that generate a newspaper headline during spring training languish by June. Baseball is about replicating consistent mechanics over and over, from March to October, and even the best players in the world fall into slumps, or worse, get the yips. The game keeps players honest because there are few short term rewards. One or two good months of production doesn’t make a season. One focused, grind of an offseason is no guarantee of future success.
In Brockmire...
Series creator Joel Church-Cooper and star Hank Azaria break down the upcoming Brockmire season 3.
When spring starts anew, baseball fans tend to buy high on offseason narratives. Pitcher X learned how to throw a more effective slider. Batter Y added 20 pounds of muscle. Players Z is out of rehab and sober, ready to make good on his heaps of athletic potential. More often than not, the patterns of behavior that generate a newspaper headline during spring training languish by June. Baseball is about replicating consistent mechanics over and over, from March to October, and even the best players in the world fall into slumps, or worse, get the yips. The game keeps players honest because there are few short term rewards. One or two good months of production doesn’t make a season. One focused, grind of an offseason is no guarantee of future success.
In Brockmire...
- 4/2/2019
- Den of Geek
Some 778 showrunners and screenwriters have signed a statement saying that they will fire their agents if the WGA fails to reach an agreement with the Association of Talent Agents for a new franchise agreement. Signers include a slew of A-listers, including Greg Berlanti, Alfonso Cuaron, James L. Brooks, Aaron Sorkin, Norman Lear, Shonda Rhimes, Seth MacFarlane, Mike Schur, Tina Fey, Joss Whedon, Kenya Barris, Peter Farrelly, Oliver Stone, John Wells, Matthew Weiner, Noah Hawley, Vince Gilligan, John Singleton, David Chase, Barry Jenkins, Amy Sherman-Palladino, Colin Trevorrow, Eric Roth, David Shore, David Simon, Shawn Ryan, Lena Waithe, Paul Haggis, Mindy Kaling, Drew Goddard, Jenji Kohan, Carlton Cuse, Howard Gordon, Kurt Sutter, Krista Vernoff, Mara Brock Akil, Danny Strong, Rob McElhenney, Jason Katims, Terence Winter, Peter Lenkov, Michelle and Robert King, Al Jean, Robert Towne, Gloria Calderon Kellett, Kevin Williamson, Darren Star, Rashida Jones, Pamela Adlon, WGA West president David A. Goodman...
- 3/23/2019
- by David Robb and Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
AMC Networks set premiere dates for several new and returning original series, BBC America’s Top Gear and Luther, IFC’s Brockmire and SundanceTV’s Ministry of Evil, Unspeakable and The Name of the Rose. The announcements were made at winter TCA.
As previously announced, AMC’s The Walking Dead and Ride with Norman Reedus return with new episodes tomorrow, February 10, at 9:00 p.m. Et/8:00 p.m. Ct and midnight Et/11:00 p.m. Ct, respectively; and BBC America and AMC will simulcast the second season of Killing Eve on Sunday, April 7 at 8:00 p.m. Et/7:00 p.m. Ct.
Premiere date and series information is below (by network)
BBC America
Top Gear
Thursday, April 25 at 9:00 p.m. Et/8:00 p.m. Ct
Top Gear Season 26 sees Matt LeBlanc, Chris Harris, Rory Reid and The Stig return. Five hour-long episodes are planned, including discovering the very...
As previously announced, AMC’s The Walking Dead and Ride with Norman Reedus return with new episodes tomorrow, February 10, at 9:00 p.m. Et/8:00 p.m. Ct and midnight Et/11:00 p.m. Ct, respectively; and BBC America and AMC will simulcast the second season of Killing Eve on Sunday, April 7 at 8:00 p.m. Et/7:00 p.m. Ct.
Premiere date and series information is below (by network)
BBC America
Top Gear
Thursday, April 25 at 9:00 p.m. Et/8:00 p.m. Ct
Top Gear Season 26 sees Matt LeBlanc, Chris Harris, Rory Reid and The Stig return. Five hour-long episodes are planned, including discovering the very...
- 2/9/2019
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Martha Plimpton has been cast in “Brockmire” Season 3 in a recurring guest role, Variety has learned exclusively.
Plimpton will play Brockmire’s newest sponsor, Shirley. She is described as a cigarette-smoking, no-nonsense woman who has been 8 years sober. She’s seen every excuse in the book and finds Brockmire’s attempts at explaining his bad behavior hilarious. She’s about to show him the harsh realities of sobriety, the ones they don’t teach you in meetings.
Plimpton most recently appeared in the critically-acclaimed series “Younger.” Her other recent TV credits include “The Real O’Neals,” “The Blacklist,” and “Raising Hope.” Plimpton is also known for her roles in films like “The Goonies,” “The Mosquito Coast,” and “Parenthood.”
She is repped by Innovative Artists.
Back in March, IFC announced that it had renewed “Brockmire” for both Season 3 and Season 4. Season 3 is slated to air in 2019, with Season 4 following in 2020. The...
Plimpton will play Brockmire’s newest sponsor, Shirley. She is described as a cigarette-smoking, no-nonsense woman who has been 8 years sober. She’s seen every excuse in the book and finds Brockmire’s attempts at explaining his bad behavior hilarious. She’s about to show him the harsh realities of sobriety, the ones they don’t teach you in meetings.
Plimpton most recently appeared in the critically-acclaimed series “Younger.” Her other recent TV credits include “The Real O’Neals,” “The Blacklist,” and “Raising Hope.” Plimpton is also known for her roles in films like “The Goonies,” “The Mosquito Coast,” and “Parenthood.”
She is repped by Innovative Artists.
Back in March, IFC announced that it had renewed “Brockmire” for both Season 3 and Season 4. Season 3 is slated to air in 2019, with Season 4 following in 2020. The...
- 10/17/2018
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Tawny Newsome has been cast in a recurring role for the upcoming third season of “Brockmire” at IFC, Variety has learned exclusively.
Newsome will play Gabby Taylor, described as a straightforward and hardworking Ncaa Champion softball player and Brockmire’s newest partner in the announcing booth. A genuinely good person trying to make her way in an unwelcoming league, Gabby has no interest in letting Brockmire muck up her career, but she does recognize when he finally tries to do the right thing and is willing to help him along.
Newsome is the host of the podcast “Yo, Is This Racist?” and has appeared on shows like “Bajillion Dollar Propertie$,” “The Comedy Get Down,” and “The Carmichael Show.” She is repped by CAA.
Back in March, IFC announced that it had renewed “Brockmire” for both Season 3 and Season 4. Season 3 is slated to air in 2019, with Season 4 following in 2020.The series...
Newsome will play Gabby Taylor, described as a straightforward and hardworking Ncaa Champion softball player and Brockmire’s newest partner in the announcing booth. A genuinely good person trying to make her way in an unwelcoming league, Gabby has no interest in letting Brockmire muck up her career, but she does recognize when he finally tries to do the right thing and is willing to help him along.
Newsome is the host of the podcast “Yo, Is This Racist?” and has appeared on shows like “Bajillion Dollar Propertie$,” “The Comedy Get Down,” and “The Carmichael Show.” She is repped by CAA.
Back in March, IFC announced that it had renewed “Brockmire” for both Season 3 and Season 4. Season 3 is slated to air in 2019, with Season 4 following in 2020.The series...
- 10/2/2018
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Brockmire, the IFC comedy starring Hank Azaria as disgraced, debauched baseball announcer Jim Brockmire, wasn’t as much fun in its second season (which concluded last night) than in its first. This was by design, though. As part of a planned three-season arc that has since morphed into a four-season one, Brockmire boss Joel Church-Cooper wanted his loquacious hero to hit rock bottom. This required more sex and liquor and drugs than ever before, but also an estrangement from his Season 1 girlfriend Jules (Amanda Peet, who appeared only a handful...
- 6/21/2018
- Rollingstone.com
[Editor’s Note: The following contains spoilers for the “Brockmire” Season 2 finale, “In the Cellar.”]
Right around the point when Elle (Carrie Preston) picks up a revolver for a game of Russian Roulette, the Season 2 finale “Brockmire” stops being funny. It’s only for a short while, but you’d understand why filming that pivotal scene may have caused some of the crew members to think the show had changed for good.
“As I always would tell people on set, like when the stunt coordinator’s handling the gun, ‘Don’t worry guys, this is a comedy. It’s a comedy. I’m telling you right now, it’s going to be funny. It’s funny before this scene and it’s going to be funny after,'” series creator Joel Church-Cooper told IndieWire. “We’re trying to push the character and push the content and explore new spaces in TV. It’s the golden age of television. Why the hell not explore and go...
Right around the point when Elle (Carrie Preston) picks up a revolver for a game of Russian Roulette, the Season 2 finale “Brockmire” stops being funny. It’s only for a short while, but you’d understand why filming that pivotal scene may have caused some of the crew members to think the show had changed for good.
“As I always would tell people on set, like when the stunt coordinator’s handling the gun, ‘Don’t worry guys, this is a comedy. It’s a comedy. I’m telling you right now, it’s going to be funny. It’s funny before this scene and it’s going to be funny after,'” series creator Joel Church-Cooper told IndieWire. “We’re trying to push the character and push the content and explore new spaces in TV. It’s the golden age of television. Why the hell not explore and go...
- 6/21/2018
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
Fans of Brockmire may be upset to learn that the last two episodes of Brockmire are going to air later than originally scheduled — but there is a silver lining to this news. In lieu of next week’s episode, Jim Brockmire (played by Hank Azaria) will be live-tweeting the NBA Finals between the Golden State Warriors and Cleveland Cavaliers on the official Brockmire Twitter account.
While you are waiting for the season finale, you can follow Brockmire’s tweets at @BrockmireIFC. The show will return to IFC with a brand new episode titled “Caught in a Rundown” on June 13 with the season 2 finale, “In the Cellar” airing on June 20.
Brockmire follows Jim Brockmire, a famed major league baseball announcer who suffered a notorious public breakdown after stumbling upon his wife’s infidelity – a breakdown so bad that “Brutal Brockmire” became a viral internet meme. Season 2 had Brockmire chasing an opportunity...
While you are waiting for the season finale, you can follow Brockmire’s tweets at @BrockmireIFC. The show will return to IFC with a brand new episode titled “Caught in a Rundown” on June 13 with the season 2 finale, “In the Cellar” airing on June 20.
Brockmire follows Jim Brockmire, a famed major league baseball announcer who suffered a notorious public breakdown after stumbling upon his wife’s infidelity – a breakdown so bad that “Brutal Brockmire” became a viral internet meme. Season 2 had Brockmire chasing an opportunity...
- 6/2/2018
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
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Brockmire
Network | IFC
Created By | Joel Church Cooper (Undateable), based on a character from the Funny or Die web series Gamechangers
PhotosMemories From the Set: Brockmire‘s Amanda Peet Revisits Studio 60, Togetherness and More
Number Of Episodes | Eight (in Season 1)
Episode Length | 30 mins.
Premise | TVLine Dream Emmy Nominee...
Brockmire
Network | IFC
Created By | Joel Church Cooper (Undateable), based on a character from the Funny or Die web series Gamechangers
PhotosMemories From the Set: Brockmire‘s Amanda Peet Revisits Studio 60, Togetherness and More
Number Of Episodes | Eight (in Season 1)
Episode Length | 30 mins.
Premise | TVLine Dream Emmy Nominee...
- 7/1/2017
- TVLine.com
It's a doubleheader for Jim Brockmire. IFC has renewed its new Brockmire TV show, ahead of tonight's linear series premiere, at 10:00pm on IFC. The series kicked off early online, on March 27th. A scripted comedy series, Brockmire stars Hank Azaria, Amanda Peet, and Tyrel Jackson Williams. The series comes from writer Joel Church-Cooper and is directed by Tim Kirkby. Azaria executive produces with Church-Cooper, Kirkby, and Funny Or Die’s Mike Farah, Joe Farrell, and Anna Wenger. Read More…...
- 4/5/2017
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
One of the crown jewels in IFC’s original programming lineup is their category-eluding “Documentary Now!,” a dutiful series of pitch-perfect documentary parodies that, by some great beneficence, has managed to stay on air for multiple seasons. On its surface, some of that show’s standout elements also power “Brockmire,” the network’s new comedy focusing on a fallen baseball play-by-play announcer who’s given a second chance with a minor league outfit.
While lower-level professional sports has a fandom as niche as that for classic nonfiction filmmaking — complete with a specific visual style and an upper echelon of legendary figures — the eight-episode first season still struggles to find the level of specificity that makes other IFC comedies hum.
“Brockmire” still has its appeals: As the title character, Hank Azaria brings that same level of verbal versatility and comedic bona fides that Bill Hader and Fred Armisen bring to their program.
While lower-level professional sports has a fandom as niche as that for classic nonfiction filmmaking — complete with a specific visual style and an upper echelon of legendary figures — the eight-episode first season still struggles to find the level of specificity that makes other IFC comedies hum.
“Brockmire” still has its appeals: As the title character, Hank Azaria brings that same level of verbal versatility and comedic bona fides that Bill Hader and Fred Armisen bring to their program.
- 4/5/2017
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
IFC and Funny Or Die have released the first episode of “Brockmire” ahead of its April 5, two-episode premiere. The first episode is now available to stream on VOD, IFC.com, Funny Or Die and the social platforms for those sites.
Read More: Hank Azaria and IFC Jump Into March Madness with ‘Brockmire’ Commentary on Cult Classics — Watch
The half-hour IFC comedy series was developed from a 2010 Funny or Die viral short video. The series follows Jim Brockmire (Hank Azaria), a baseball announcer who returns to the booth a decade after suffering an embarrassing meltdown on the air upon learning of his wife’s serial infidelity. Now, the heavy-drinking former Mlb broadcaster is working for a minor league team. Amanda Peet, Tyrel Jackson Williams, Hemky Madera and Paul Rae co-star in the show.
Read More: ‘Brockmire’ Teaser: Hank Azaria’s New IFC Comedy Takes on the Super Bowl in Joe Buck...
Read More: Hank Azaria and IFC Jump Into March Madness with ‘Brockmire’ Commentary on Cult Classics — Watch
The half-hour IFC comedy series was developed from a 2010 Funny or Die viral short video. The series follows Jim Brockmire (Hank Azaria), a baseball announcer who returns to the booth a decade after suffering an embarrassing meltdown on the air upon learning of his wife’s serial infidelity. Now, the heavy-drinking former Mlb broadcaster is working for a minor league team. Amanda Peet, Tyrel Jackson Williams, Hemky Madera and Paul Rae co-star in the show.
Read More: ‘Brockmire’ Teaser: Hank Azaria’s New IFC Comedy Takes on the Super Bowl in Joe Buck...
- 3/31/2017
- by Yoselin Acevedo
- Indiewire
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