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Hannibal Buress Is Getting a Comedy Central Pilot and Co-Starring in 'Broad City'

by | May 22nd, 2013

You're going to be seeing a lot of Hannibal Buress on Comedy Central in the coming years. The cable network announced today they've signed a deal with Buress, a popular stand-up and former writer for 30 Rock and SNL,  to star in and executive produce his own pilot. He'll also be playing a recurring role on the upcoming Comedy Central show Broad City, starring/created by Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer and based on their web series of the same name. Buress has previously appeared on the web version of the show. The Comedy Central deal will also find Buress headlining a nationwide tour and starring in a new [...]

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Paul Feig Signs a Deal to Develop Comedies for Fox

by | January 10th, 2013

Bridesmaids director and Freaks and Geeks creator Paul Feig just signed a new first-look deal with 20th Century Fox to develop comedies for the studio, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Apparently, Fox was so impressed with his upcoming movie The Heat, which comes out in April and stars Sandra Bullock and Bridesmaids' Melissa McCarthy as an FBI agent and a cop teaming up to take down a drug lord, that they wanted to lock the in-demand director down. Feig released a statement about the dealsaying, "I had an amazing time working with the gang at Fox on The Heat and am very excited to team up with them to make [...]

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'Modern Family' Director/Producer Jason Winer Signs a New TV Deal with Fox

by | October 31st, 2012

Emmy-winner Jason Winer, who produces Modern Family and is the show's former house director, just signed a new three-year deal with 20th Century Fox TV, Deadline reports. Winer has also directed episodes of New Girl, Don't Trust the B, and is writing and directing for the upcoming NBC First Family sitcom 1600 Penn, which stars Josh Gad, Bill Pullman, and Jenna Elfman and debuts January 10th. He also directed last year's poorly-received Arthur remake starring Russell Brand, which was his feature film debut, but on TV, Winer's had nothing but success. Jason Winer's new three-year Fox deal will see him building a production company at the studio, where [...]

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'Up All Night' Creator Emily Spivey Finds a New Home at Fox

by | February 22nd, 2013

Emily Spivey, the creator of NBC's troubled sitcom Up All Night who left the show last month, has already found a new gig at Fox. Spivey signed a  two-year deal with 20th Century Fox to develop new series and work on existing Fox shows. The deal brings Spivey home to Fox, where she began her career as a writer for MADtv and King of the Hill in 2001 before spending a decade on Saturday Night Live. Her first assignment at Fox is to serve as co-executive producer on the upcoming animated series Murder Police, which has an order for a 13-episode first season. The show [...]

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Tina Fey's '30 Rock' Co-Showrunner Jack Burditt Signs a Two-Year Deal with NBC

by | December 19th, 2012

30 Rock stars Tina Fey and Alec Baldwin signed new deals with NBC earlier this year, and now, Fey's co-showrunner at the long-running series, Jack Burditt, has renewed his contract too, Deadline reports. Burditt has signed a two-years deal with Universal, which will keep him at the network after 30 Rock's series finale next month. Burditt joined the show during its first season and has been there ever since – although he took a short break in the fall of 2011 to create the Tim Allen show Last Man Standing on ABC, which doesn't seem at all like a show that's written by 30 Rock's showrunner. Jack [...]

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Get Your Next Showrunner in the '30 Rock' Producer Fire Sale

by | May 9th, 2012

Last night, it was announced that longtime 30 Rock executive producer John Riggi signed a very lucrative deal with Warner Brothers TV. Riggi has been with the show since its first season and before that he worked on Will & Grace, The Bernie Mac Show, The Comeback and The Larry Sanders Show. He is the latest in a series of 30 Rock staffers who have signed similar deals. Earlier this week Josh Siegal and Dylan Morgan, who've been with the show for three seasons, signed a big deal with Sony Pictures TV. Two weeks ago, Matt Hubbard, who's been a 30 Rock writer for all six seasons, signed a [...]

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Rashida Jones and Writing Partner Will McCormack Sign a Two-Year TV Deal

by | February 1st, 2013

Parks and Recreation star Rashida Jones and her writing partner Will McCormack just signed a two-year development deal with Warner Bros. Television. As writers, the duo is best known for penning the screenplay to the movie Celeste & Jesse Forever, starring Jones and Andy Samberg, which premiered at Sundance last year and received generally positive reviews. In addition to the Warner Bros. deal, Jones and McCormack are writing the movie version of Jones's graphic novel miniseries Frenemy of the State, about a 20something socialite working undercover for the CIA. Under their new TV deal, Jones and McCormack will write and produce comedy and drama shows for both network [...]

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NBC Is Keeping Alec Baldwin Around a Little While Longer

by | December 3rd, 2012

Alec Baldwin just signed a new two-year deal with Universal TV that will keep him at NBC a little while after 30 Rock ends its run on January 31st. Deadline reports that the deal will involve Baldwin, who's also a producer on 30 Rock, developing and producing TV shows, one of which might be a starring vehicle for himself. This news comes just after NBC locked Tina Fey into a new four-year deal a few months ago. Alec Baldwin sticking with TV comes as a bit of a surprise since he's been talking about quitting acting for years now. There have also been longstanding rumors about [...]

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