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Watch the First Episode of Fox's New Comedy 'The Goodwin Games'

by | May 15th, 2013

Hulu just added the pilot episode to Fox's new sitcom The Goodwin Games, which is set to premiere on May 20th. From the How I Met Your Mother team of Carter Bay, Craig Thomas, and Chris Harris, the show stars Becki Newton, Scott Foley, and T.J. Miller as a trio of siblings competing for their father's $23 million inheritance. Fox holding Goodwin Games until the summer means it's pretty much pre-canceled, but it's still a decent show that's worth checking out and one that Fox should have definitely aired during the regular broadcast season.

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David Koechner Is Starring in a Comedy Pilot that May End Up on the History Channel

by | April 24th, 2013

David Koechner is set to star in a pilot the could end up being his first TV role in half a decade. Deadline reports that A&E Networks (the cable conglomerate that owns History, Lifetime, and A&E) has greenlit a pilot called Whitey that will star Koechner as the lead character Guy “Whitey” White. Here's the description of the character:

"[Whitey is] a bright, conservative and frustrated guy in his 40s who is struggling to understand the changing values of a country in a world that has forever gone with the wind. Whitey graduated high school, married his high school sweetheart and spent his career working at the local engine [...]

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Andy Samberg and Mike Schur's Cop Comedy Ordered to Pilot by Fox

by | January 14th, 2013

The Fox network just ordered a pilot for a cop comedy starring Andy Samberg and created by Parks and Recreation co-creator Mike Schur and Parks writer/producer Dan Goor. Samberg signed on to the show last year, but now it's one step closer to making it to your TV screens this fall. Samberg is playing a lead detective in the untitled series, overseeing a diverse group of detectives at the edge of New York City. This is the first pilot order Fox has give for the 2013-14 TV season, and it's a strong contender to get picked up to series. Stay tuned as the supporting roles in [...]

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Watch the Pilot to NBC's New Sitcom '1600 Penn' Right Here, Right Now

by | December 18th, 2012

Here's the pilot episode of NBC's new midseason sitcom 1600 Penn, starring Josh Gad, Jenna Elfman, Bill Pullman, and some other people as the dysfunctional family of the President (Pullman plays the President, not Josh Gad). This first episode aired in a special preview last night. The show's set to officially premiere on January 8th at 9:30 after The Office, but watch it online first so that you can feel ahead of the curve and better than everybody when January 8th rolls around.

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Jim Gaffigan Sells a Show to CBS, Leslye Headland Sells to NBC

by | September 17th, 2012

Jim Gaffigan and Peter Tolan (Rescue Me creator, Larry Sanders Show writer) have sold a single-camera comedy to CBS. (Hot Pilot.) This comes over ten years after Welcome to New York, Jim's first attempt at creating and starring in his own show. The still untitled project would be based loosely on Gaffigan's life, with the comedian starring as a father of five who lives in a 2-bedroom New York City apartment and, I assume, spends hours making jokes about the food in his kitchen.

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Looking at Amazon's 10 New Comedy Pilots Currently in Development

by | May 8th, 2013

Last month, Amazon launched eight comedy pilots as part of their efforts to create a number of new original TV series. While many of these came from established TV comedy writers some such as Those Who Can’t came through Amazon’s open door submission policy. Launched almost exactly a year ago the policy allows for any aspiring writer to submit their half hour pilot script for review of up to 45 days. After that time is up Amazon can choose to either let your script go, buy it outright for $55,000, or extend their evaluation period twice for 18 months for $10,000 an extension. In the past year Amazon [...]

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Adult Swim Orders a Pilot from 'South Park's Pam Brady and 'MADtv's Arden Myrin

by | April 5th, 2013

Adult Swim has a new 11-minute cop comedy on the way. Deadline reports the network has greenlit a live-action pilot called Hole to Hole that'll be created by longtime South Park writer Pam Brady, who also penned Hamlet 2 and an early draft of Hot Rod, and will star MADtv alumnus Arden Myrin, who spent four seasons on the now-defunct Fox sketch show from 2005 to 2009 and is also a regular on Chelsea Lately. Hole to Hole is a parody of cheesy '80s cop shows and follows Ashleigh and Amelia Dangerhole, America’s sexiest billionaire detectives. If the show gets picked up, it'll be Adult Swim's fourth cop show [...]

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Enjoy a Live Reading of Jordan Morris's Sitcom Pilot

by | January 2nd, 2013

Here's a live reading of a comedy/action pilot called Freelance Beatdown that was written by and stars Jordan Morris, one of the hosts of the popular podcast Jordan, Jesse, Go! and a correspondent on IFC's The Grid. Morris is joined by a cast that includes Dave Holmes (Reno 911!), Alison Becker (Parks and Recreation), and Colton Dunn (Key & Peele). In the prospective show, Morris plays Lee Barron, a 30-year-old stoner who was trained as a secret agent as a teen before becoming a burnout. Barron starts taking freelance spy work so he can keep his crappy band going. Jordan Morris took donations via Indiegogo to produce this spiffy [...]

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Chris Hardwick Is Taping a New Comedy Central Pilot 'Hardwired' and YOU Could Be in the Audience

by | November 9th, 2012

Nerdist Industries mogul Chris Hardwick just announced via Twitter that he's filming a pilot for a new series called Hardwired for Comedy Central. The pilot is filming in Los Angeles on Thursday, November 15th, and you can shoot an email off to info@thehardwiredshow.com or go to the website to request tickets. From Hardwired's official website, here's what it'll be:

Hardwired is a live weekly wrap up of all things related to the internet, pop culture, and the tech world from Hardwick’s perspective…

Each episode follows and comments on real-time trends from internet memes to twitter wars; from pop culture to pop scandal, from tech news to Comic-Con [...]

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'Everybody Loves Raymond' Creator Phil Rosenthal Is Working on a Food/Travel Pilot

by | September 13th, 2012

Everybody Loves Raymond creator Phil Rosenthal is working on a food travel pilot with American Express to eventually be brought to networks. The show will focus on Phil being showed around a city by a great chef. The pilot for example will involve Thomas Keller (who is definitely a great chef) showing Phil around London. Phil is aware of the show's similarity to Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations but he sees one major difference: “I love him but I’m not like him — I prefer to have a reservation."  If you've seen Exporting Raymond, you know this is a great idea. Phil is very funny but even funnier [...]

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Watch Kyle Kinane's Comedy Central Pilot

by | May 6th, 2013

Kyle Kinane has been one of the funniest stand-ups going for the past few years. Last summer, he made this pilot, entitled Kyle Kinane's Going Nowhere, for Comedy Central that the network passed on. It's a pseudo-travel show that sees him visiting San Francisco and hanging out with a lot of weirdos. It's a much watch if you like Kyle Kinane, pseudo-travel shows, or footage of weirdos. (via The Comic's Comic)

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CBS Orders Jim Gaffigan and Peter Tolan's Family Sitcom to Pilot

by | January 14th, 2013

Stand-up comedian Jim Gaffigan and Rescue Me creator/Larry Sanders Show writer Peter Tolan began developing a show for CBS last year, and now the network has ordered the series to pilot, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The untitled show was created by Gaffigan and Tolan and will be written by Tolan. It's based on Gaffigan's life, with him playing a father of five living in a two-bedroom New York apartment. Last season, Gaffigan, who was recently nominated for a Grammy for his comedy album Mr. Universe, had a family sitcom in development with NBC that didn't make it. The CBS series will mark his return to the [...]

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Danny McBride Is Making an Animated Series for FX

by | December 21st, 2012

The FX network just bought a new animated comedy pilot produced by Danny McBride and his frequent co-conspirators Jody Hill and David Gordon Green, Deadline reports. FX is searching for a companion series to its animated hit Archer, and this could be it. The potential series, entitled Chosen, has been in development since February and will likely feature McBride in a supporting voice role. Chosen was created by Grant Dekernion, a former writer's assistant on McBride, Hill, and Green's HBO series Eastbound & Down. Dekernion would voice the lead character on Chosen, a rapper who's just been released from jail and is looking for redemption. So, take a look at that, [...]

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Check Out Mary Lynn Rajskub and Laura Kightlinger's New Pilot 'Drunk & Disorderly' Right Now

by | October 10th, 2012

Funny ladies Mary Lynn Rajskub and Laura Kightlinger just released their new 10-minute pilot for a show called Drunk & Disorderly, which stars the duo as inept cops, one drunk and the other with a quick temper. Kightlinger created the show with David Punch, and the pilot features a short appearance from beloved comedy figure Patton Oswalt. Irresponsible police officers are a long-held tradition in comedy, and it's nice to see these two hilarious performers keeping the tradition alive.

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