November 6th, 2009 | 0 Comments
Comedy Central will premiere The Goode Family on January 6. The network will run the entire first season of The Goode Family, which originally aired on ABC in the summer. “We started building a nice cult fan base (on ABC) and hope those fans will come back and we would be able to reach new fans on Comedy Central, where people are used to such shows,” said John Altschuler, who created the series with Mike Judge and Dave Krinsky. The series, from MRC, Ternion Pictures and 3 Arts, will air Wednesdays at 10:30 PM/ET.
If a success, Comedy Central could pick up more of The Goode Family beyond the 13 produced episodes with new episodes. “If the show works, the intention is to do more (episodes),” MRC co-CEO Modi Wiczyk said said.
November 6th, 2009 | 0 Comments
Comedy Central is teaming with satirical newspaper the Onion for a half-hour scripted comedy. The untitled pilot will be based on the Onion Sports Network online video series and will take on teams, fans, sports products and sports coverage. The pilot will be geared toward sports lovers and long-time followers of the Onion. The project will be executive produced by Onion News Network’s Julie Smith and Will Graham.
October 27th, 2009 | 0 Comments
Comedy Central has closed a deal with comedian Ron White for an animated project titled Hounds. White will voice the lead character and co-executive produce Hounds, with Chris Thompson set to write. The show is described as a blue-collar Southern neo-gothic comedy. White will voice Chicken, “a countrified Yoda with a bottle of Jack and a bag of weed, an opinionated Southern philosopher who considers himself the center of the universe.” In the show, Chicken mentors his relatives and roommates in an eccentric small town.
August 13th, 2009 | 0 Comments
Comedy Central has canceled the mocumentary series Reno 911! after six seasons. “Reno 911! was cancelled at 1:30 pm today,” the show’s co-creator/star Thomas Lennon wrote on his Twitter feed Thursday afternoon. “Won’t be wearing the shorts again.” The sixth season of Reno 911! wrapped its run July 8.
The show, a parody of Cops-type law enforcement documentary shows,” co-stars Kerri Kenney-Silver, Cedric Yarbrough, Niecy Nash and Robert Ben Garant.
July 22nd, 2009 | 0 Comments
Comedy Central is working on a movie version of Drawn Together that is set for a 2010 video release. The Drawn Together Movie: The Movie! was unveiled Wednesday by Lauren Corrao, president, original programming and development, Comedy Central. The network said that the film currently in production will be the first animated film based on the Drawn Together series. It is set to be released in March.
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July 9th, 2009 | 0 Comments
Jon Heder has landed a sitcom deal at Comedy Central. The network has ordered 10 episodes of a new scripted comedy starring Heder as an out of work computer IT specialist who returns to his small home town and moves back in with his parents and younger brother. The project is from Gary Sanchez Productions and Debmar-Mercury.
