The Roku Channel is breaking out their wreaths. The streaming platform announced two new holiday projects to their lineup.
“How to Fall in Love by the Holidays,” led by Teri Hatcher, follows a writer-turned-ceo who must write a column about love in time for the holidays. Things become more complicated, thanks to the handsome photographer working alongside her.
The Reel One Entertainment film is executive produced by Tom Berry, Suzanne Chapman, Breanne Hartley, Louisa Cadywould, Sebastian Battro and Laurence Braun, written by Ansley Gordon and directed by Michael Kennedy. The movie streams on Friday, November 3.
The Holiday Shift
Roku will also debut a five-episode holiday series titled “The Holiday Shift,” from CBS Studios and Fulwell73. The show follows intersecting love stories of employees at a mall working during the holiday rush. Varun Saranga, Jean-Luc Bilodeau, Devyn Nekoda, Nadine Bhabha, Brielle Robillard, Michael Delleva, Sarah Levy and Jon Dore star.
Tommy Johnagin,...
“How to Fall in Love by the Holidays,” led by Teri Hatcher, follows a writer-turned-ceo who must write a column about love in time for the holidays. Things become more complicated, thanks to the handsome photographer working alongside her.
The Reel One Entertainment film is executive produced by Tom Berry, Suzanne Chapman, Breanne Hartley, Louisa Cadywould, Sebastian Battro and Laurence Braun, written by Ansley Gordon and directed by Michael Kennedy. The movie streams on Friday, November 3.
The Holiday Shift
Roku will also debut a five-episode holiday series titled “The Holiday Shift,” from CBS Studios and Fulwell73. The show follows intersecting love stories of employees at a mall working during the holiday rush. Varun Saranga, Jean-Luc Bilodeau, Devyn Nekoda, Nadine Bhabha, Brielle Robillard, Michael Delleva, Sarah Levy and Jon Dore star.
Tommy Johnagin,...
- 10/12/2023
- by Emily Longeretta
- Variety Film + TV
Updated, 12 Pm: HBO Max has set an August 20 premiere date for the first round of its previously announced stand-up specials as part of its Summer Comedy Festival programming lineup. Solo specials from Rose Matafeo, Beth Stelling, and James Veitch, as well as a multi-act special from the Ha Comedy Festival, hosted by Anjelah Johnson, and featuring a lineup of America’s top Latinx comics, will all launch on that date. You can watch a preview here.
Previous, July 22: HBO Max has set five previously announced stand-up specials produced by Conan O’Brien’s Team Coco. Beginning in August, the platform will air hour-long specials from Conan alums Beth Stelling and James Veitch filmed before the production shutdown.
Hour long specials from Chris Redd and Moses Storm will be filmed and released at a later date along with two multi act specials hosted by O’Brien featuring Naomi Ekperigin, Solomon Georgio,...
Previous, July 22: HBO Max has set five previously announced stand-up specials produced by Conan O’Brien’s Team Coco. Beginning in August, the platform will air hour-long specials from Conan alums Beth Stelling and James Veitch filmed before the production shutdown.
Hour long specials from Chris Redd and Moses Storm will be filmed and released at a later date along with two multi act specials hosted by O’Brien featuring Naomi Ekperigin, Solomon Georgio,...
- 8/3/2020
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Saturday Night Live regular Chris Redd will star in a comedy special on HBO Max.
The show is one of a set of stand-up specials produced by Conan O'Brien's Team Coco. The first two, featuring comedians Beth Stelling and James Veitch, will debut on Aug. 20 on the WarnerMedia-owned streamer. Specials from Redd and Moses Storm will film later.
O'Brien will also host two multi-act specials featuring comics Naomi Ekperigin, Solomon Georgio, Ismo and Tommy Johnagin.
A solo special starring Rose Matafeo, titled Horndog, and the multi-act Ha Comedy Festival: The Art of Comedy, hosted by Anjelah Johnson, also premiere Aug....
The show is one of a set of stand-up specials produced by Conan O'Brien's Team Coco. The first two, featuring comedians Beth Stelling and James Veitch, will debut on Aug. 20 on the WarnerMedia-owned streamer. Specials from Redd and Moses Storm will film later.
O'Brien will also host two multi-act specials featuring comics Naomi Ekperigin, Solomon Georgio, Ismo and Tommy Johnagin.
A solo special starring Rose Matafeo, titled Horndog, and the multi-act Ha Comedy Festival: The Art of Comedy, hosted by Anjelah Johnson, also premiere Aug....
- 7/22/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Exclusive: In a competitive situation, Fox has given a put pilot commitment to Grow Up, a coming-of-age single camera-comedy from writer-comedian Tommy Johnagin (Man with a Plan), Justin Halpern and Patrick Schumacker’s Ehsugadee Productions, Aaron Kaplan’s Kapital Entertainment and Warner Bros. TV, where Halpern and Schumacker are under an overall deal.
Written by Johnagin, Grow Up, inspired by a true story, is a central Florida–set dual coming-of-age comedy about a boy becoming a man and a man becoming an adult, framed by conversations between those two men later in life.
Johnagin executive produces with Halpern and Schumacker for Ehsugadee, and Kaplan and Dana Honor for Kapital.
The project is a co-production between Warner Bros. TV, Ehsugadee Productions, Kapital Entertainment and Fox Entertainment.
Johnagin is currently a supervising producer on CBS’ Man With a Plan, which is going into its fourth season. He has been performing standup since...
Written by Johnagin, Grow Up, inspired by a true story, is a central Florida–set dual coming-of-age comedy about a boy becoming a man and a man becoming an adult, framed by conversations between those two men later in life.
Johnagin executive produces with Halpern and Schumacker for Ehsugadee, and Kaplan and Dana Honor for Kapital.
The project is a co-production between Warner Bros. TV, Ehsugadee Productions, Kapital Entertainment and Fox Entertainment.
Johnagin is currently a supervising producer on CBS’ Man With a Plan, which is going into its fourth season. He has been performing standup since...
- 9/12/2019
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: As Crazy Ex Girlfriend is coming to an end, the CW is setting its sights on a new musical comedy series, which puts a contemporary spin on classic fairytale princesses. The network has put in development Nobody’s Princess, from Life Sentence creators Erin Cardillo and Richard Keith, songwriters/screenwriters Alan Zachary and Michael Weiner (First Date musical), Fulwell 73 (Late Late Show with James Corden) and CBS TV Studios where Fulwell 73 is under a deal.
Written and executive produced by Cardillo, Keith, Zachary and Weiner, Nobody’s Princess is a musical comedy that reimagines the stories of four classic fairy tale princesses for today’s generation. Instead of being set “once upon a time, in a land far away” where princesses were waiting around for true love to find them, the time is now, the setting is New York City, and the princesses are a group of friends in...
Written and executive produced by Cardillo, Keith, Zachary and Weiner, Nobody’s Princess is a musical comedy that reimagines the stories of four classic fairy tale princesses for today’s generation. Instead of being set “once upon a time, in a land far away” where princesses were waiting around for true love to find them, the time is now, the setting is New York City, and the princesses are a group of friends in...
- 11/15/2018
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
CBS has bought Be Here Now, a multi-camera comedy from comedian-writer Tommy Johnagin (Man with a Plan), Fulwell 73 and CBS TV Studios where Fulwell 73 has a deal.
Penned by Johnagin, Be Here Now centers on a young widower who decides to move his life and kids from Los Angeles to a small town in Illinois to be closer to his wife’s large family.
Johnagin executive produces with Fulwell 73’s James Corden, Ben Winston and Jeff Grosvenor.
Johnagin has been performing standup since he was 18. He has appeared on a number of programs, including CBS’ Late Late Show, produced by Fulwell and hosted by Corden. As a writer-producer he has been working on CBS/CBS TV Studios’ multi-camera comedy Man With a Plan.
In May, Fulwell 73 landed its first scripted series order for comedy Happy Together on CBS, which debuted this fall.
Penned by Johnagin, Be Here Now centers on a young widower who decides to move his life and kids from Los Angeles to a small town in Illinois to be closer to his wife’s large family.
Johnagin executive produces with Fulwell 73’s James Corden, Ben Winston and Jeff Grosvenor.
Johnagin has been performing standup since he was 18. He has appeared on a number of programs, including CBS’ Late Late Show, produced by Fulwell and hosted by Corden. As a writer-producer he has been working on CBS/CBS TV Studios’ multi-camera comedy Man With a Plan.
In May, Fulwell 73 landed its first scripted series order for comedy Happy Together on CBS, which debuted this fall.
- 11/2/2018
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Last week, in the wake of Eddie Huang's complaints that he felt ABC's "Fresh Off the Boat" was distorting and softening his childhood experiences, this column examined how hard it is for any biographical or autobiographical sitcom to be true to the life of its source and still be a crowd-pleasing primetime network entertainment. You'd think, after decades of trying, TV writers and network programming executives would be aware of this.
Nonetheless, according to The Hollywood Reporter, the networks have no fewer than ten such sitcom pilots in production, as the first episodes of potential 2015-16 primetime series. Some are based on the lives of already famous entertainers, some on the self-referential stand-up comedy routines of not-quite-famous comics, and some on memoirsts who've lived interesting lives.
Here's a rundown of these pilots, with a look at who these shows are about, who's starring in them, what the series might be like,...
Nonetheless, according to The Hollywood Reporter, the networks have no fewer than ten such sitcom pilots in production, as the first episodes of potential 2015-16 primetime series. Some are based on the lives of already famous entertainers, some on the self-referential stand-up comedy routines of not-quite-famous comics, and some on memoirsts who've lived interesting lives.
Here's a rundown of these pilots, with a look at who these shows are about, who's starring in them, what the series might be like,...
- 4/17/2015
- by Gary Susman
- Moviefone
Weeds alum Kevin Nealon and Malcolm In the Middle‘s Jane Kaczmarek are set to co-star opposite comedian Tommy Johnagin and JoAnna Garcia Swisher in CBS' untitled CBS comedy pilot inspired by Johnagin's life. The pilot, from writers Justin Halpern and Patrick Schumacker, Wbtv and Bill Lawrence's studio-based Doozer, stars Johnagin as Tommy, a stand-up comic raising a family in a small Midwestern town. Nealon plays Tommy’s dad Jack, a charming but manipulative loose cannon…...
- 3/21/2015
- Deadline TV
The entertainment industry is constantly changing, and it's important to stay aware of what’s going on. Want to find out who’s casting? What projects are happening? What’s coming up? Call Sheet highlights will help you stay in-the-know: Jane Lynch recently joined the CBS pilot “Angel from Hell” which is being cast by Dorian Frankel. The currently Untitled Tommy Johnagin Project comedy with JoAnna Garcia Swisher about a comic (Tommy Johnagin) bringing up his family in the American Midwest has nabbed Romano/Benner Casting. La Padura/Hart Casting has jumped on the drama “Code Black,” a CBS pilot about the busiest emergency room in Los Angeles. “Doubt” cast by Mark Saks added Laverne Cox to the drama pilot that centers on a New York criminal defense attorney who falls in love with a client. Anika Noni Rose portrays an FBI agent balancing career and home in the pilot...
- 3/4/2015
- backstage.com
If you haven’t been able to catch an episode of CBS’ The Odd Couple reboot yet, fret not: The network uses many of the same elements in its newest procedural crime drama, Battle Creek, which debuted Sunday.
There’s the disheveled curmudgeon — in this case, Detective Russ Agnew (Dean Winters, Law & Order: Svu). There’s the well-dressed know-it-all: Special Agent Milton Chamberlain (Josh Duhamel, Las Vegas). And there’s a series of unfortunate circumstances that bring the unlikely duo together, forcing them to be a team in spite of their differences.
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There’s the disheveled curmudgeon — in this case, Detective Russ Agnew (Dean Winters, Law & Order: Svu). There’s the well-dressed know-it-all: Special Agent Milton Chamberlain (Josh Duhamel, Las Vegas). And there’s a series of unfortunate circumstances that bring the unlikely duo together, forcing them to be a team in spite of their differences.
RelatedPilot Season ’15: Scoop on This Fall’s (Possible) New Shows,...
- 3/2/2015
- TVLine.com
Alicia Florrick has a gay brother who happens to be one of her closest confidantes — an inconvenient truth my brain struggled mightily to suppress during this week’s installment of The Good Wife.
After all, to acknowledge the Alicia-Owen bond while big sis made not a peep of protest during a homophobic rant by a potential fat-cat campaign donor (a fantastically nasty Ed Asner) raised some painful questions: Has a heated run for state’s attorney cracked Alicia’s moral compass? Has her desire for victory and thirst for power turned her into a “bad person”? Or has Alicia always...
After all, to acknowledge the Alicia-Owen bond while big sis made not a peep of protest during a homophobic rant by a potential fat-cat campaign donor (a fantastically nasty Ed Asner) raised some painful questions: Has a heated run for state’s attorney cracked Alicia’s moral compass? Has her desire for victory and thirst for power turned her into a “bad person”? Or has Alicia always...
- 3/2/2015
- TVLine.com
Madam Secretary‘s Elizabeth McCord is always one cool politico, no matter what tricky feat of international diplomacy is demanded of her. But those behind the scenes of CBS’ Sunday-night drama admit that its Season 2 pickup last month provided a welcome respite from the nerve-racking renwal waiting game.
“It was a big relief to get it early,” executive producer Lori McCreary says with a laugh.
“Huge,” chimes in fellow Ep Barbara Hall.
Video | CBS Sneak Peek: Madam Secretary Under Fire and More
And now that the pressure is off the series’ team, they can focus on how it’s about...
“It was a big relief to get it early,” executive producer Lori McCreary says with a laugh.
“Huge,” chimes in fellow Ep Barbara Hall.
Video | CBS Sneak Peek: Madam Secretary Under Fire and More
And now that the pressure is off the series’ team, they can focus on how it’s about...
- 2/28/2015
- TVLine.com
After dramatic turns as a mermaid and an astronaut’s wife, JoAnna Garcia Swisher‘s new gig will bring her back to her comedic roots.
The Reba alum has joined a CBS multi-cam comedy pilot written by and starring comedian Tommy Johnagin, TVLine has learned.
Related Pilot Season ’15: Your Guide to This Fall’s (Possible) New Shows, Who’s In Them
Swisher will play Michelle, a successful pediatrician married to Johnagin’s character, Tommy. The pair have a daughter named Ashley.
The potential series, about a standup comic raising a family in the Midwest, will be co-written by Justin Halpern...
The Reba alum has joined a CBS multi-cam comedy pilot written by and starring comedian Tommy Johnagin, TVLine has learned.
Related Pilot Season ’15: Your Guide to This Fall’s (Possible) New Shows, Who’s In Them
Swisher will play Michelle, a successful pediatrician married to Johnagin’s character, Tommy. The pair have a daughter named Ashley.
The potential series, about a standup comic raising a family in the Midwest, will be co-written by Justin Halpern...
- 2/27/2015
- TVLine.com
JoAnna Garcia Swisher (Better With You, Once Upon A Time) is set as the female lead opposite Tommy Johnagin in CBS’ untitled CBS comedy pilot inspired by the comedian’s life. The pilot, from writers Justin Halpern and Patrick Schumacker, Wbtv and Bill Lawrence's studio-based Doozer, stars Johnagin as Tommy, a stand-up comic raising a family in a small Midwestern town. Garcia Swisher, repped by Wme and John Carrabino, plays Michelle, an accomplished pediatrician married to…...
- 2/27/2015
- Deadline TV
JoAnna Garcia Swisher will star opposite Tommy Johnagin on CBS’s upcoming comedy pilot, an individual with knowledge of the project told TheWrap on Friday. The actress is set to play Michelle on the untitled Midwestern-set project, inspired by Johnagin’s own life. Her character is an accomplished pediatrician, Tommy’s (Johnagin) wife and mother to a daughter named Ashley. See Photos: The Faces of Pilot Season 2015 Currently, Garcia Swisher stars on two ABC dramas, “Astronaut Wives Club” and also “Once Upon a Time,” where she portrays the Disney princess Ariel. Recently she filmed a run on Fox’s “The Mindy Project...
- 2/27/2015
- by Travis Reilly
- The Wrap
Marti Noxon is checking into the hospital with CBS.
The network has ordered a pilot for the medical drama “Code Black,” which counts Noxon (“Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Glee”) among its executive producers.
Also Read: CBS Orders ‘Rush Hour’ Pilot, Projects From Greg Garcia, ‘Modern Family’ Ep
The drama is set in the busiest and most notorious ER in the nation – La County Hospital – where the extraordinary staff confronts a broken system in order to protect their ideals and the patients who need them the most.
Michael Seitzman, who created the CBS drama “Intelligence,” is writing and serving as executive producer,...
The network has ordered a pilot for the medical drama “Code Black,” which counts Noxon (“Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Glee”) among its executive producers.
Also Read: CBS Orders ‘Rush Hour’ Pilot, Projects From Greg Garcia, ‘Modern Family’ Ep
The drama is set in the busiest and most notorious ER in the nation – La County Hospital – where the extraordinary staff confronts a broken system in order to protect their ideals and the patients who need them the most.
Michael Seitzman, who created the CBS drama “Intelligence,” is writing and serving as executive producer,...
- 1/28/2015
- by Tim Kenneally
- The Wrap
Bill Lawrence and Blake McCormick will write the adaptation of the New Line Cinema film franchise starring Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker
CBS picked up three projects Monday, ordering comedy pilots from “My Name Is Earl” and “Raising Hope” creator Greg Garcia and “Modern Family” executive producer Bill Wrubel. On the drama side, the network has greenlit a pilot for a television adaptation of the New Line Cinema film franchise “Rush Hour.”
Like the film, the pilot is about a stoic, by-the-book Hong Kong police officer who finds himself partnered with a cocky Lapd officer after he’s assigned to a case in Los Angeles.
CBS picked up three projects Monday, ordering comedy pilots from “My Name Is Earl” and “Raising Hope” creator Greg Garcia and “Modern Family” executive producer Bill Wrubel. On the drama side, the network has greenlit a pilot for a television adaptation of the New Line Cinema film franchise “Rush Hour.”
Like the film, the pilot is about a stoic, by-the-book Hong Kong police officer who finds himself partnered with a cocky Lapd officer after he’s assigned to a case in Los Angeles.
- 1/27/2015
- by Jason Hughes
- The Wrap
Pilot will explore a clan through the separate stories of its members
CBS is going to “Pieces” with its latest comedy pilot order.
The network has ordered the single-camera comedy pilot “Life in Pieces” from Justin Adler (“Better Off Ted,” “Samantha Who?”).
See photos: The Faces of Pilot Season 2014
The pilot, which Adler (pictured) is writing and executive producing, examines one family through the separate stories of its members.
Aaron Kaplan is also executive producing the pilot, which is being produced by Kapital Entertainment in association with 20th Century Fox Television.
See photos: CBS’s ‘Supergirl’ Is ‘Glee’s’ Melissa Benoist
On Wednesday,...
CBS is going to “Pieces” with its latest comedy pilot order.
The network has ordered the single-camera comedy pilot “Life in Pieces” from Justin Adler (“Better Off Ted,” “Samantha Who?”).
See photos: The Faces of Pilot Season 2014
The pilot, which Adler (pictured) is writing and executive producing, examines one family through the separate stories of its members.
Aaron Kaplan is also executive producing the pilot, which is being produced by Kapital Entertainment in association with 20th Century Fox Television.
See photos: CBS’s ‘Supergirl’ Is ‘Glee’s’ Melissa Benoist
On Wednesday,...
- 1/23/2015
- by Tim Kenneally
- The Wrap
Untitled project will be inspired by standup comic’s real life
CBS added to its development arsenal Wednesday, ordering a comedy pilot starring comedian Tommy Johnagin and a drama from “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Madam Secretary” duo Tony Phelan and Joan Rater.
The untitled Johnagin pilot, which the comic will star in and co-executive produce, is inspired by Johnagin’s life and revolves around the standup comic raising a family in the small Midwestern town where he grew up.
Also Read: Fox Orders Drama Pilots for ‘Luther’ Remake, ‘Frankenstein’ and Crime Series From ‘Psych’ Producer
Johnagin (pictured above) is also...
CBS added to its development arsenal Wednesday, ordering a comedy pilot starring comedian Tommy Johnagin and a drama from “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Madam Secretary” duo Tony Phelan and Joan Rater.
The untitled Johnagin pilot, which the comic will star in and co-executive produce, is inspired by Johnagin’s life and revolves around the standup comic raising a family in the small Midwestern town where he grew up.
Also Read: Fox Orders Drama Pilots for ‘Luther’ Remake, ‘Frankenstein’ and Crime Series From ‘Psych’ Producer
Johnagin (pictured above) is also...
- 1/22/2015
- by Tim Kenneally
- The Wrap
Stand-up comic Tommy Johnagin may soon have his own prime-time sitcom series.
The Last Comic Standing finalist has landed a half-hour pilot order from CBS. The “multi-camera”-style show from Warner Bros. TV is inspired by Johnagin’s own life as a standup comic raising a family in a small Midwest town. Johnagin will star in the project, and he’ll co-write it along with Justin Halpern (I Suck at Girls, $#*! My Dad Says) and his writing parter Patrick Schumacker (Surviving Jack). Executive producers include Halpern, Schumacker, Bill Lawrence and Jeff Ingold.
This fall another young standup, John Mulaney, is...
The Last Comic Standing finalist has landed a half-hour pilot order from CBS. The “multi-camera”-style show from Warner Bros. TV is inspired by Johnagin’s own life as a standup comic raising a family in a small Midwest town. Johnagin will star in the project, and he’ll co-write it along with Justin Halpern (I Suck at Girls, $#*! My Dad Says) and his writing parter Patrick Schumacker (Surviving Jack). Executive producers include Halpern, Schumacker, Bill Lawrence and Jeff Ingold.
This fall another young standup, John Mulaney, is...
- 9/25/2014
- by James Hibberd
- EW - Inside TV
“Black-ish” opens strong The first major network black family sitcom in years held on to nearly all of “Modern Family’s” audience, coming in 2nd place for the night with 10.8 million viewers. meanwhile, “Survivor” returned up from last year. Kenan Thompson on the report of him leaving “SNL”: "You don't have to worry about stuff like that” "We need to worry about the premiere Saturday,” Thompson said on this morning’s “Today” show. "It's the 40th anniversary! That's what we need to focus on." “South Park's" skewered the Washington Redskins and the entire NFL Last night’s episode took shots at the Redskins name, Roger Goodell, all the NFL owners, especially Dallas Cowboys’ Jerry Jones. "South Park" even benched Rgiii from the promo and put in his backup, Kirk Cousins. Click Read Full Post For More “Duck Dynasty” is getting a video game Check out footage of the “Duck Dynasty” game,...
- 9/25/2014
- by Norman Weiss
- Hitfix
Tim Wilson, the comedian and country singer known for his hit parody songs, died on Wednesday in Columbus, Ga. He was 52.
Tim Wilson Dies
Wilson’s death was the result of an apparent heart attack, his manager Chris Dipetta told CNN. Wilson had been in the middle of a small tour – having played a gig in Bay City, Mich., and heading to Birmingham, Ala., for two more shows at The Comedy Club Stardome.
“I am very sorry to report that my dear friend Tim Wilson passed away this evening,” Stardome owner Bruce Ayers said on the club’s Facebook page. “I like the entire comedy community am shocked and saddened by this tragic news. Tim was old school, he was on our second show (when the club opened in 1983). I just can’t tell you how much he will be missed.”
Throughout his career, Wilson blended comedy and song, penning...
Tim Wilson Dies
Wilson’s death was the result of an apparent heart attack, his manager Chris Dipetta told CNN. Wilson had been in the middle of a small tour – having played a gig in Bay City, Mich., and heading to Birmingham, Ala., for two more shows at The Comedy Club Stardome.
“I am very sorry to report that my dear friend Tim Wilson passed away this evening,” Stardome owner Bruce Ayers said on the club’s Facebook page. “I like the entire comedy community am shocked and saddened by this tragic news. Tim was old school, he was on our second show (when the club opened in 1983). I just can’t tell you how much he will be missed.”
Throughout his career, Wilson blended comedy and song, penning...
- 2/28/2014
- Uinterview
Exclusive: Standup comedians used to rule primetime comedy in the 1980s and 1990s with Seinfeld, Home Improvement, Roseanne and Everybody Loves Raymond. The trend has cooled off in the past decade, but in a rare pilot deal for a standup, NBC has bought a comedy project co-written and starring comedian Tommy Johnagin. The untitled project, which Johnagin will co-write with Mike Pennie (My Name Is Earl), is based on the standup comedy and life of Johnagin and chronicles the evolution of a modern relationship, where moving in together, getting married and having a baby don’t always happen in that order. After dating for a year, a couple decides to take the next step and move in together and then quickly learn that they’ll be skipping a few steps when they find out that they’re pregnant. The comedy, which has received a script commitment, will be produced by Universal TV and Avalon TV.
- 10/5/2012
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
After five hosts, one extended hiatus, one cancellation, and a whole lot of laughs, Last Comic Standing has been silenced again by NBC, as the network will not order another cycle for the upcoming summer season. NBC has yet to release a full summer schedule, so it's unclear if this means more room for new unscripted shows or more room for repeats, but it's hard to think that this is the last time we've seen the show in some format (it could conceivably make a channel jump again if need be).
Felipe Esparza was the most recent winner that Last Comic produced, as he beat out the likes of Tommy Johnagin and Roy Wood, Jr. to win the development contract with NBC. Futon Critic originally broke the story, citing some fairly low ratings in the previous season (3.91 million viewers).
Tags: cancellation, Last Comic Standing, NBC, Summer TV...
Felipe Esparza was the most recent winner that Last Comic produced, as he beat out the likes of Tommy Johnagin and Roy Wood, Jr. to win the development contract with NBC. Futon Critic originally broke the story, citing some fairly low ratings in the previous season (3.91 million viewers).
Tags: cancellation, Last Comic Standing, NBC, Summer TV...
- 3/18/2011
- by Shilo Adams
- TVovermind.com
I was thinking about doing a Pajiba After Dark about 80's TV but the only TV I watched during the 80's starred Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch, because I was born in 1986. I don't actually have any memory of the 80's, most of what I "know" about the 80's comes from the entertainment of the era, ironically, so it's all kind of a jumble of shoulder pads, perms, neon, and cocaine as far as I'm concerned. And the more I learn about it, the more I'm glad that I wasn't old enough to form permanent memories before then. Of course, the 90's gave us low rise bell bottoms again, belly button piercings, boy band hair, and dark lipstick in the daytime so it's not like I've got bragging room. So if you'd like to talk about the television of the 80's, my 80's week gift to you is that I won't call you old.
- 9/2/2010
- by Intern Rusty
Stand-up comic Myq Kaplan has a knack for winning comedy contests: The rising comedian won NY's Funniest Stand-Up Competition as part of the NY Comedy Festival, and "March Comedy Madness" at Carolines on Broadway. He was a finalist in the Boston Comedy Festival and Comedy Central's "Open Mic Fights." Earlier this year, Kaplan was given the "Emerging Comic Award" at NYC's Ecny Awards. He has also performed on the New Faces show at the Just for Laughs Festival in Montreal, as well as Comedy Central's Live at Gotham and Comedy Central Presents.Which is why we think Kaplan, one of five remaining finalists on the seventh season of the NBC reality competition series "Last Comic Standing," has a good chance to win America's vote and take home the title. The voting has now ended, and he has already outlasted hundreds of other funny people from Los Angeles, New York City,...
- 8/9/2010
- backstage.com
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