Netflix has greenlit workplace comedy “God’s Favorite Idiot” from Ben Falcone and Melissa McCarthy, who will both star in and executive produce. Michael McDonald (“Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Nobodies”) is attached to direct and executive produce. Sixteen episodes have been ordered. Created by Falcone, “God’s Favorite Idiot” follows Clark Thompson (Falcone), a midlevel tech-support employee who finds love […]
NBC’s veteran “Saturday Night Live” capped off its highest-rated season in years as the most honored program on “The 69th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards,” with nine trophies. Included were Emmys for Outstanding Variety Sketch Series and Alec Baldwin and Kate McKinnon in the supporting comedy categories. McKinnon also won last year. Next with eight Emmy […]
Saturday prime time was minimally watched overall. CBS was tops among total viewers (3.2 million). NBC led in all key demos, thanks primarily to Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals: Ottawa Senators at Pittsburgh Penguins in the “2017 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs.” In late night for most of the country (prime time in the […]
[socialpoll id=”2427115″] NBC has picked up a primetime version of “Saturday Night Live: Weekend Update,” which will air this summer for four weeks beginning Thursday, August 10 at 9 p.m. ET. The half-hour telecast will feature “Weekend Update” anchors Colin Jost and Michael Che, with additional “SNL” cast members also set to make appearances. “Saturday […]
In this instant classic “Saturday Night Live” skit from Feb. 4, Melissa McCarthy portrays President Trump’s White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer. Here are some of its highlights:
Two months before its March 29 series premiere, optimistic TV Land has picked up a 12-episode second season of “Nobodies,” starring and executive produced by Hugh Davidson, Larry Dorf and Rachel Ramras (“Mike Tyson Mysteries”). The comedy is executive produced by Melissa McCarthy and Ben Falcone with Michael McDonald (“MADtv”) serving as executive producer, director […]
TV Land has given a 12-episode order to single-camera comedy “Nobodies” from Melissa McCarthy and Ben Falcone through their production banner On The Day. The upcoming series, which is executive produced and written by “Groundlings” alums Hugh Davidson, Larry Dorf and Rachel Ramras, revolves around the three as they try desperately to land one of […]
Melissa McCarthy appears on three late night talk shows this week: on Fallon (Apr. 4), Colbert (with her husband Ben Falcone, Apr. 5) and Corden (Apr. 6) to promote her new comedy film “The Boss” which she stars and co-wrote with its director Falcone. The following are the list of scheduled guests per talk show […]
In what always signals the beginning of awards season, “The 2016 People’s Choice Awards” on CBS last night, hosted by Jane Lynch, resulted in “The Big Bang Theory” and “Grey’s Anatomy” being cited as Favorite Network TV Comedy and Drama. Jim Parsons, Melissa McCarthy, Taylor Kinney and Ellen Pompeo won in the network acting categories, […]
