Comedy Central is thinking bigly with its next late night franchise. As the network teased last week, it has ordered the new weekly series “The President Show,” starring Anthony Atamanuik as Donald Trump.
“The President Show” will air Thursdays at 11:30 p.m. Et, behind “The Daily Show with Trevor Noah,” starting April 27. The series will be produced like a talk show, with desk segments, field pieces and guest interviews – but set in the Oval Office and hosted by “Trump.”
And like any good talk show, “The President Show” will feature a sidekick ¬– Vice President Mike Pence (played by Peter Grosz).
“Laughing at the President is a proud American tradition and we hope not to disappoint anyone in that department,” Atamanuik said. “But our political system is too broken for us to be content joking about one man, even though he is a disastrous silly little toddler boy. Mostly I...
“The President Show” will air Thursdays at 11:30 p.m. Et, behind “The Daily Show with Trevor Noah,” starting April 27. The series will be produced like a talk show, with desk segments, field pieces and guest interviews – but set in the Oval Office and hosted by “Trump.”
And like any good talk show, “The President Show” will feature a sidekick ¬– Vice President Mike Pence (played by Peter Grosz).
“Laughing at the President is a proud American tradition and we hope not to disappoint anyone in that department,” Atamanuik said. “But our political system is too broken for us to be content joking about one man, even though he is a disastrous silly little toddler boy. Mostly I...
- 4/3/2017
- by Michael Schneider
- Indiewire
Can cable TV end internet outrage through comedy? The Problematic with Moshe Kasher TV show has been ordered to series by Comedy Central, and it aims to try. Kasher hosts the weekly series, and executive produces with Serious Business’ Alex Blagg, Jason Nadler and Jon Zimelis, as well as Dave Becky and Josh Lieberman of 3 Arts Entertainment. The show is slated to premiere in 2017.“I see myself as the Phil Donahue of the Internet Age except not as funny or dialed into millennial culture,” said Kasher. “This show will create a safe space for offensive comedy and more importantly engender conversations that will completely end all acrimony, racism, sexism, trolling and whatever else you find offensive online once and for all. I promise.”...
- 9/23/2016
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Time to make the “Donuts.”
CBS has given a series order to “Superior Donuts,” a new half-hour sitcom headlined by rising stand-up comedian Jermaine Fowler.
Fowler stars opposite TV veteran Judd Hirsch, who plays the gruff owner of a small donut shop in a quickly gentrifying Chicago neighborhood. Fowler is the enterprising new young employee.
David Koechner, Maz Jobrani, Anna Baryshnikov, Darien Sills-Evans, Rell Battle and Katey Sagal also star in the show, which is based on the play by Tracy Letts. “Superior Donuts” originally premiered in Chicago in 2008, and moved to Broadway for a brief run in fall 2009.
Read More: CBS Upfront Preview: Guy Comedies are Back with Matt LeBlanc, Joel McHale, Kevin James
This was the second round of development for “Superior Donuts,” which was originally shot as a pilot last spring. CBS decided to redevelop it, and a second pilot (with some re-casting, including the addition of Hirsch) was shot this summer.
CBS has given a series order to “Superior Donuts,” a new half-hour sitcom headlined by rising stand-up comedian Jermaine Fowler.
Fowler stars opposite TV veteran Judd Hirsch, who plays the gruff owner of a small donut shop in a quickly gentrifying Chicago neighborhood. Fowler is the enterprising new young employee.
David Koechner, Maz Jobrani, Anna Baryshnikov, Darien Sills-Evans, Rell Battle and Katey Sagal also star in the show, which is based on the play by Tracy Letts. “Superior Donuts” originally premiered in Chicago in 2008, and moved to Broadway for a brief run in fall 2009.
Read More: CBS Upfront Preview: Guy Comedies are Back with Matt LeBlanc, Joel McHale, Kevin James
This was the second round of development for “Superior Donuts,” which was originally shot as a pilot last spring. CBS decided to redevelop it, and a second pilot (with some re-casting, including the addition of Hirsch) was shot this summer.
- 9/21/2016
- by Michael Schneider
- Indiewire
Comedy Central has greenlit a new series starring comedian Moshe Kasher, who should look familiar to viewers already tuning in for “Another Period,” on which Kosher appears and produces. “Problematic with Moshe Kasher” will take on the most polarizing topics causing outrage, inviting audiences to log off their social media accounts and vent in the studio, along with experts and comedian guests. The weekly series, set to premiere in 2017, is executive produced by Kasher, Serious Business’ Alex Blagg, Jason Nadler and Jon Zimelis (“@midnight with Chris Hardwick”), as well as Dave Becky and Josh Lieberman of 3 Arts Entertainment. Also Read: Why Comedy.
- 9/21/2016
- by Greg Gilman
- The Wrap
CBS has given a pilot order to More Time With Family, a multi-camera comedy starring comedian Tom Papa. The project, which had a put pilot commitment, was one of the highest-profile comedy packages this season – with Ben Affleck and Matt Damon as executive producers, Cathy Yuspa and Josh Goldsmith as writers/exec producers and Papa as star. 20th Century Fox TV, where Yuspa and Goldsmith are based, is producing. Based on the stand-up of Papa and the experiences of Damon, More Time With Family centers on a husband and father (Papa) making a career change to spend more time with his family. The project originated with Papa and Damon who had worked together on two movies, The Informant and Behind The Candelabra. They teamed with Damon’s childhood friend and frequent collaborator Affleck, and Yuspa and Goldsmith came on board to write. Affleck will executive produce through his Pearl Street along with Papa,...
- 1/30/2014
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
A comedy produced by Ben Affleck and Matt Damon has found a home at CBS, EW confirms.
Titled More Time With Family, CBS has ordered it for put pilot commitment. Comedian Tom Papa is set to star in the multi-camera comedy, as well as co-write with Cathy Yuspa and Josh Goldsmith. Affleck and Damon will executive produce through their company Pearl Street Films, along with Dave Becky and Josh Lieberman of 3 Arts. Deadline first reported the news.
Tom Papa (The Colin Quinn Show, Inside Amy Schumer) will star in the half-hour comedy, as a man who undergoes a career change...
Titled More Time With Family, CBS has ordered it for put pilot commitment. Comedian Tom Papa is set to star in the multi-camera comedy, as well as co-write with Cathy Yuspa and Josh Goldsmith. Affleck and Damon will executive produce through their company Pearl Street Films, along with Dave Becky and Josh Lieberman of 3 Arts. Deadline first reported the news.
Tom Papa (The Colin Quinn Show, Inside Amy Schumer) will star in the half-hour comedy, as a man who undergoes a career change...
- 10/11/2013
- by Jennifer Arellano
- EW - Inside TV
Exclusive: TBS has greenlighted Naked Truth, a panel talk show hosted by comedian Tom Papa (The Marriage Ref) and produced by late-night guru Robert Morton (Late Show With David Letterman). On the show, Papa sits at a desk with three other comedians who form a panel to discuss and riff on topics in the zeitgeist, stories big and small, all with a comedic twist. “We thought it would be fun to have comedians help us sort through the avalanche of information falling on us every day and help expose what’s wrong with everything,” Papa said. He is executive producing the project with Morton and 3 Arts Entertainment’s Dave Becky and Josh Lieberman. This marks Morton’s return to TBS, where he recently served as executive producer on Lopez Tonight.
- 3/19/2012
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
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