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Important Lists

Splitsider's Power List: The 50 Top Writer/Directors in Comedy (and Their Next Projects)

by | November 7th, 2012

There are more people working professionally in comedy now than ever before, and with so many talented funny folks running around, it can be a little hard to keep track of your favorite writer or director and what their next project is/when it's coming out. We've gone through and compiled all the known info on what 50 leading comedy writers/directors are working on right now, and when you can expect to see their new project hit the screen. It's a mix of the comedy industry's current top dogs (like Judd Apatow, Greg Daniels, and Tina Fey), the old guard (Woody Allen, Larry David, Chris Guest), cult favorites (Charlie Kaufman, [...]

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The TV Comedy Showrunners Roundtable

by | June 6th, 2011

Have an hour to spare? You should check out The Hollywood Reporter's comedy showrunners roundtable! Featuring Community's Dan Harmon, Modern Family's Steve Levitan, The Big C's Jenny Bicks, Big Bang Theory's Bill Prady, Nurse Jackie's Liz Brizius, and Parks and Rec's Mike Schur, it features these folks talking about their shows, Twitter, and Charlie Sheen. I am only a bit of the way into it now but can say that if you are a nerd about comedies on TV, it is worth checking out. That is all! [via]

Profiles in Showrunning

"50 Power Showrunners" List Includes Louis C.K., Seth MacFarlane, Lena Dunham, and More

by | October 3rd, 2012

The Hollywood Reporter put out a list today of “50 Power Showrunners,” the leading writer-producers in TV. Here’s the full roster of comedy showrunners who made the list:

Salim and Mara Brock Akil -The Game (BET) Blake Anderson, Adam Devine, Anders Holm, Kyle Newachek and Kevin Etten – Workaholics (Comedy Central) Carter Bays and Craig Thomas – How I Met Your Mother (CBS) David Caspe, Jonathan Groff and Josh Bycel – Happy Endings (ABC) Louis C.K. – Louie (FX) David Crane and Jeffrey Klarik – Episodes (Showtime) Lena Dunham and Jenni Konner – Girls (HBO) Greg Garcia – Raising Hope (Fox) Bruce Helford – Anger Management (FX) [...]

Meeting of the Minds

Top Comedy Showrunners Just Doing Some Roundtabling

by | June 11th, 2012

The Hollywood Reporter brought together showrunners Carter Bays (How I Met Your Mother), Bill Prady (The Big Bang Theory), Liz Meriwether (New Girl), Paul Lieberstein (The Office), Steve Levitan (Modern Family), and Emily Spivey (Up All Night) to have a roundtable discussion. (Though, the gang actually shared three roundtables. Also, for some reason they were arranged by who did or did not wear glasses.) They address all the many stresses of the job, like deciding on pen color:

Liz Meriwether: I was unprepared for the leadership; people are looking to you for everything, and you’re pretending to be an expert on, say, props. It’s been the hardest thing I’ve ever done. But I haven’t had a baby.

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