Just a day after Community ‘s fantastic three-episode finale-ganza , bad news has befallen the comedy: Creator and showrunner Dan Harmon will not be back for Season 4. Rumors have been swirling about Harmon’s possible future (or lack thereof) with the show, but they just didn’t seem real because who would leave a job like that? The cult comedy was renewed after a…
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Summer is approaching, and as the body thrills to the warm zephyrs of spring the nasal passages clog with the pollen of the blossoming flora. Sometimes you need to spend a warm windy night inside your house watching TV so you can just BREATHE DAMN IT, or you can always resort to often-addictive allergy medications, as there are a wide-ranging group of competing brands available. Competitive pills that offer relief, much like the competing comedies that side-by-side make up our midweek ABC comedy block and offer a refuge from the pollen drenched air that hangs just outside your door. But which of these television capsules will clear your mind and ready you for the rigors of the coming week, and which will plunge you into a hazy slumber…
LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) – USA Network announced its slate of upcoming projects Thursday, including a comedy project from Kelsey Grammer and a drama from Dick Wolf that the network is developing. Grammer, who’s currently starring in the Starz drama series “Boss,” will executive-produce “The DiCicco Brothers,” about a dot-com entrepreneur whose brash style clashes with the politically correct environment of Silicon Valley. The story comes from Chirs Cannistraci and Ed Cannistraci, while the latter wrote the teleplay. …
(Contains profanity in Paragraph 5) LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) – Judd Apatow, the modern master of human-scale comedy, sat down with TheWrap to review the Universal Studios archive in honor of the studio’s 100-year anniversary this year. The writer-director of “Knocked Up,” producer of “Bridesmaids” and director of the upcoming “This is 40″ was imprinted early and often by the comedies produced by the Universal machine, from Abbott and Costello to John Hughes’ “Sixteen Candles. …
CBS didn’t have a ton of space for new shows on its 2012-2013 schedule , but the network’s new offerings do look interesting. The procedural gets an interesting makeover in Elementary , a modern-day Sherlock Holmes drama with a female Watson played by Lucy Liu . And there’s a straight drama in Vegas , which has a sure bet with its all-star cast. CBS (conservative CBS!) is also taking a chance with new comedy Partners , featuring a main character who’s gay! The times they are a changin’! Let’s take a look at the new shows…
NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) – Turner Broadcasting announced a strategic partnership with Funny or Die in which the broadcasters’ digital sales force will become the exclusive seller of advertising opportunities with the humor site. TBS, TV’s highest-rated comedy network on television, and Adult Swim will collaborate with Funny or Die to boost the digital content provider’s sales and help establish the three brands as multi-platform destinations for comedy. …
With a bajillion returning shows, we didn’t expect CBS’s schedule to change that much between this season and next, but the few changes the network did make were made were pretty big. The Eye is taking aim at Thursdays, moving a longtime franchise and one of its biggest new shows to the night in hopes of crushing NBC’s comedy block for good, X-ing out Simon Cowell’s eyes, and putting Seattle Grace in the ICU. Aside from that, it’s pretty much 2011-2012 all over again. Psst! There’s an easier-to-read schedule at the bottom of the page. MONDAY The big difference here is the…
NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) – The new alien comedy “The Neighbors” will follow “Modern Family” on ABC in the fall, to be followed by the Connie Britton drama “Nashville,” the network announced Tuesday as it released its 2012-13 line-up. The network’s 10 new series – “666 Park Avenue,” “The Family Tools,” “How to Live with your Parents (For the Rest of Your Life),” “Last Resort,” “Malibu Country,” “Mistresses,” “Nashville,” “The Neighbors,” “Red Widow” and “Zero Hour” – will be split between fall and midseason. …
ABC had a pretty full sack of new shows to distribute to all the good children during this busy week of Upfront presentations, which are basically TV’s Christmas. The network’s recently announced 2012-2013 schedule features 10 new series—six dramas and four comedies—and now there are accompanying trailers to boot. Let’s take a look at these sneak peeks and make some snap judgments! THE DRAMAS Nashville ABC’s pitch: Chart-topping Rayna James (Connie Britton) is a country legend who’s…
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