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Comedy Central extends “Key & Peele,” developing “Vandaveon and Mike” animated series

March 12, 2014 Jeff Pfeiffer

Good news for Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele, as well as for fans of their hit show Key & Peele — Comedy Central has extended the previously announced fourth season order of the series to 22 episodes. This will bring Season 4 to a total of 20 original episodes, plus two “best of” episodes. Along with this news, Comedy Central announced that it has given a development deal to Key and Peele to expand their Critiquer’s Corner “Vandaveon and Mike” characters into an animated series. The animated project in development is based on the Vandaveon and Mike characters set as […]

FOX ending “Raising Hope” in April after four seasons

March 10, 2014 Jeff Pfeiffer

FOX announced today that the comedy Raising Hope will air its series finale with a special one-hour “farewell event” April 4 at 9pm ET. The series will end after four seasons, having debuted in the fall of 2010. “On behalf of myself, [creator] Greg Garcia and Raising Hope’s amazing cast and crew, I would like to thank our audience for tuning in and supporting us over the last four seasons,” said executive producer Mike Mariano, in a release. “We planned our Season Four finale with this possibility in mind, and hope our loyal fans enjoy the way we’ve chosen to […]

Rating life itself: Review on Comedy Central

March 4, 2014 Ryan Berenz

Review on Comedy Central: In this new comedy series, Forrest MacNeil (Andrew Daly) reviews the experiences of life itself, including racism, petty theft, the prom, smashing a car with a baseball bat, eating 15 pancakes and more. Review premieres on Comedy Central Thursday, March 6, at 10pm ET/PT. Review Get More: Comedy Central,Funny Videos,Funny TV Shows Andrew Daly (Eastbound & Down) stars in this new comedy series as Forrest MacNeil, a critic who doesn’t trifle with reviews of restaurants, films, books or TV shows. He reviews the experiences of life itself. He reviews anything his TV audience throws at him: […]

Talking with the cast of USA’s hilarious new “Sirens”

February 27, 2014 Jeff Pfeiffer

USA Network has dominated the cable ratings landscape over the past several years — recently finishing as the No. 1 cable network in total viewers for an eighth consecutive year. This was primarily accomplished through the strength of its very popular drama series, including White Collar, Covert Affairs, Suits and the recently ended Burn Notice. But USA Network’s new foray into half-hour, original scripted comedy series looks like it will continue to wow viewers. The first of USA’s comedy projects out of the block is Sirens, a hilarious new series created and executive-produced by Denis Leary and Bob Fisher. Like […]

First Lady Michelle Obama to cameo on “Parks and Recreation” season finale

February 27, 2014 Jeff Pfeiffer

Following in the footsteps of other notable political figures like Vice President Joe Biden, Sen. John McCain, Sen. Barbara Boxer and former Sen. Olympia Snowe, First Lady Michelle Obama will be making a cameo appearance on NBC’s hit comedy Parks and Recreation. Michelle Obama’s special appearance will be on the show’s season finale April 24 from 8-9pm ET. Mrs. Obama’s scene in the episode, titled “Moving Up,” was filmed in late February in Miami, where she celebrated investments in healthier out-of-school programs as part of Let’s Move initiative dedicated to solving the challenge of childhood obesity. (You may have seen […]

Belly up with Blake Lee and Ginger Gonzaga in “Mixology”

February 24, 2014 Barb Oates

Blake Lee and Ginger Gonzaga in Mixology offer the perfect chemistry to give this midseason comedy potential. “I honestly never loved a pilot more,” says Ginger Gonzaga, of Mixology coming to ABC Wednesdays at 9:30pm ET/PT beginning Feb. 26. The actress, who was in 2012’s top-grossing comedy Ted, knows funny. The series was one of 60-70 pilots she read last year and it was the standout. “It’s addictive. It’s very avant-garde.” Created and executive produced by Jon Lucas and Scott Moore (the writers who penned The Hangover), the series follows the misadventures of 10 singles at one bar, over one […]

“Legit” moves to FXX for Season 2

February 24, 2014 StayTuned Staff

Without a doubt, Legit is one of the crudest comedies on TV, what with star Jim Jefferies’ penchant for foulmouthed humor often laced with sexual and drug-addled content. But it’s also, amazingly, one of TV’s most thoughtful and sincere shows. Moving to FXX for its sophomore season, Legit follows the exploits of Jefferies and his motley band of friends as they struggle through everyday life. In addition to Jefferies and his sad-sack buddy Steve (Dan Bakkedahl), the other main character is Billy (DJ Qualls), Steve’s quadriplegic brother with muscular dystrophy. Instead of the show merely treating Billy like a saintly […]

David Walton says “About a Boy” series “not beholden” to Nick Hornby novel or film

February 21, 2014 Jeff Pfeiffer

People who have read Nick Hornby’s novel About a Boy, and/or seen the 2002 film adaptation starring Hugh Grant, may have a sense of deja vu when watching the premiere episode of NBC’s half-hour series adaptation. The pilot episode pretty much encapsulates almost the entirety of those previous two projects. “We kind of tell the story of the movie in 20 minutes,” series star David Walton pointed out when I talked to him last month. Walton thinks that approach worked, because, “now we’re in uncharted territory. The book doesn’t really address where the series is going, and the movie doesn’t. […]

Jimmy Kimmel and Kate Hansen explain “Sochi Wolf” hoax video

February 21, 2014 Jeff Pfeiffer

Late Wednesday night/early Thursday morning, you may have seen the viral video that exploded onto a number of media outlets after being tweeted out by U.S. Olympic luger Kate Hansen. The video purported to show what looked like a wolf roaming the hallway outside of Hansen’s dorm in Sochi, Russia. Given all the press regarding Sochi’s incredible number of stray dogs, it wasn’t too much of a stretch for most viewers to believe that perhaps the city had a problem with wolves, as well. And a debate even raged as to whether the animal seen in the video was actually […]

7 Questions With Jenna Elfman of NBC’s “Growing Up Fisher”

February 20, 2014 Jeff Pfeiffer

Emmy-nominated actress Jenna Elfman may be best remembered as the first half of the titular couple Dharma & Greg on that hit 1997-2002 sitcom, but she’s back on TV in another comedy, NBC’s Growing Up Fisher. The series is being previewed following coverage of the Winter Olympics Closing Ceremony Feb. 23 at 10:30pm ET before moving to its Tuesdays at 9:30pm ET timeslot starting Feb. 25. Elfman plays young-at-heart mom Joyce Fisher — a mom who is perhaps too young at heart, Joyce’s teenage daughter Katie might argue. “[Joyce] wants to be able to actually shine because she was very […]