John Oliver has found a lasting home on premium cable. Today, HBO renewed his Last Week Tonight with John Oliver TV show for season five, season six, and season seven. The three year renewal, for 30 episodes in each new season, will take Last Week Tonight into the year 2020. On Last Week Tonight, John Oliver takes a satirical look at the week's news. The host and Daily Show vet created the TV series for HBO, and executive produces with Tim Carvell, Liz Stanton, Jon Thoday, and James Taylor. David Kaye serves as announcer. Read More…...
- 9/12/2017
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Are you ready for some more laughs? Today, Comedy Central announced is has ordered three new TV shows and nine new TV series pilots.The New Negroes is a standup comedy and musical variety series from creator Baron Vaughn who is co-hosting and executive producing with Open Mike Eagle (Michael W. Eagle II). Also executive producing are Betsy Koch, Funny Or Die, and Lance Bangs, who will direct.Taskmaster is a new game show, starring Reggie Watts in the title role. Series creator Alex Horne serves as his assistant. Watts will judge five unwitting comedians as they compete against each other. Watts, Horne, Richard Allen-Turner, Rob Aslett, David Martin, James Taylor, Jon Thoday, Kara Baker, and director Andy Devonshire executive produce.Read More…...
- 4/18/2017
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Comedy Central’s latest development slate is diverse in more ways than one.
Not only has the cable network put together several new series with performers of color at the center, but the three shows picked up Tuesday by Comedy Central are all very different.
Ordered to series are the stand-up/musical show “The New Negroes,” the comedy game show “Taskmaster” and the scripted comedy “Corporate.” In development are shows from creators including Awkwafina, Neal Brennan, Arturo Castro, Franchesca Ramsey, Noël Wells and Flint Wainess, among others.
“The network when I got here was pretty traditionally targeted toward young white guys, both in terms of who the audience was and who was creating the shows for the audience,” said Comedy Central president Kent Alterman. “We started changing that a few years ago by expanding that into having funny women on the network, with Amy Schumer and Broad City and a lot more since.
Not only has the cable network put together several new series with performers of color at the center, but the three shows picked up Tuesday by Comedy Central are all very different.
Ordered to series are the stand-up/musical show “The New Negroes,” the comedy game show “Taskmaster” and the scripted comedy “Corporate.” In development are shows from creators including Awkwafina, Neal Brennan, Arturo Castro, Franchesca Ramsey, Noël Wells and Flint Wainess, among others.
“The network when I got here was pretty traditionally targeted toward young white guys, both in terms of who the audience was and who was creating the shows for the audience,” said Comedy Central president Kent Alterman. “We started changing that a few years ago by expanding that into having funny women on the network, with Amy Schumer and Broad City and a lot more since.
- 4/18/2017
- by Michael Schneider
- Indiewire
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