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Assuming there will be football this fall, the long-delayed announcement of NBC’s fall primetime schedule will feature just one new series — drama “Law & Order: Organized Crime” (with Christopher Meloni reprising his role from “Law & Order: SVU”) and, of course, the return of primetime’s perennially top-rated event, “Sunday Night Football.” In an unusually […]
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NBC’s veteran “Saturday Night Live” will open season 45 next month without Emmy nominated Leslie Jones. After five seasons, Jones opted to exit “SNL” to focus on her current career outside of late night, which will include upcoming indie films “I Am Maurice” with Chris Rock and “Queenpins” with Kristen Bell. Jones is currently filming the […]
NBC is partnering with international organization Just For Laughs for a competition featuring comedians called “Bring the Funny,” which will feature a variety of comedy acts. The logline: The 10-episode series will bring together some of the most prolific comedians in the industry to serve as judges – “Saturday Night Live’s” longest-running cast member Kenan Thompson, […]
“Saturday Night Live’s” Kenan Thompson could be heading to NBC in primetime. The network has picked up his single camera comedy pilot, “Saving Kenan” (formerly known as “Saving Larry”), which center on a newly widowed dad (Thompson) determined to be everything for his kids while begrudgingly letting his persistent father-in-law become more involved in their […]
NBC, which is intent on reviving the variety format in primetime, has confirmed upcoming “Maya and Marty in Manhattan,” hosted by former “SNL” players Maya Rudolph and Martin Short and produced by Lorne Michaels. Also featured will be “SNL’s” Kenan Thompson. The series, which will telecast live from 30 Rockefeller Center and will feature sketches […]
