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Talking to Erik Griffin About 'The Half Hour', 'Workaholics', and Visual Comedy

For the past 15 years, Comedy Central’s half hour specials have showcased the future stars of standup. Looking back, the early years of Comedy Central Presents included memorable sets from the likes of Mitch Hedberg, Patton Oswalt, Maria Bamford, Dane Cook and dozens more. Re-branded The Half Hour in 2012, the series continues to feature the best up-and-coming comics in the country.

For many comedians, it’s that history that makes doing a half hour special so significant. While a half hour may once have been a comic’s first major exposure, comedians now have many ways to build an audience. Almost everyone who taped a special this year does non-standup comedy as well, branching [...]

Comedy Central Picks Up 'Drunk History' to Series and Renews 'Workaholics' for Two More Seasons

Comedy Central is turning Drunk History, Funny or Die's popular series of web videos, into a full-on TV series. The cable network has ordered an eight-episode first season to be produced by Will Ferrell and Adam McKay, making it Funny or Die's second TV show on the air after Fuse's Billy on the Street. For the uninitiated, Drunk History features intoxicated people recounting historical events while big famous actors reenact them. A Drunk History short that starred Will Ferrell as Abraham Lincoln and Don Cheadle as Frederick Douglass won Best American Short Film at the Sundance Festival in 2010. Jim Carrey, Ryan Gosling, Jack Black, Zooey Deschanel, John C. Reilly, Michael Cera, and Danny McBride [...]

Comedy Central Renews Workaholics For a Second Season

Workaholics has been doing well on Comedy Central, with ratings holding steady since the premiere and increasing for the latest episode. That last bit of good news was enough to get the show picked up for a 10 episode second season.

'Workaholics' Star Adam DeVine Is Hosting a New Stand-Up Show for Comedy Central

Comedy Central has a new stand-up series on the way. Titled Adam DeVine's House Party, the show will be hosted by comedian Adam DeVine, who also stars in the hit show Workaholics for the network. Comedy Central has yet to officially announce Adam DeVine's House Party, but they've begun advertising live tapings via Facebook that'll be taking place in LA over the next two weeks, beginning today. The show will be a mix of stand-up and narrative sketches hosted from a house party in the backyard of DeVine's mansion. House Party will become Comedy Central's fourth current stand-up series, joining John Oliver's New York Stand Up Show, [...]

Jason Bateman Got Scolded for Leaking 'Arrested Development' Info

There has been a constant leak of everything and anything that has to do with the upcoming season of Arrested Development and we've eaten it all up. Vulture asked Jason Bateman about what it felt like being one of the top leakers. To which he responded:

Well, I don’t know if it qualifies as a leak. I wish. Actually, I’ve been accidentally leaking. [Mitch] has been yelling at me because, like, stuff in the background I’m accidentally getting that actually has some relevance and I don’t realize it.

He continued to explain how he accidentally spilled the Workaholics cameo beans:

Workaholics: Responsibilities for the Irresponsible

To paraphrase Homer Simpson, the three leads on Comedy Central’s new series, Workaholics, just can’t live without workahol. By that I mean they are probably too dumb to understand what a workaholic is, and would probably confuse that word with another one. Those characters are Anders, Blake, and Adam — three recent college grads who are attempting to shoehorn jobs into the same schedule they kept during the latter-day National Lampoons movie in which they matriculated for college, apparently.

These characters are played, interestingly, by actors using their real given names. Usually, this is a move that signals to the people who pay attention to such things (i.e. nerds) [...]

Talking to the 'Workaholics' Guys About Writing Smartly for Dumb Characters, Catchphrases, and Who Would Win in a Fight

Contrary to what you might think, it takes a lot of talent to portray idiocy. It takes genius to do so week in and week out on one of the funniest shows on TV. The guys behind Workaholics, a team of four best friends, created, write, direct, produce, and star in the hit show on Comedy Central which is returning tonight for the second half of its third season. The show has just been picked up for a 4th and 5th season, so expect the idiocy to continue for quite some time. Here, we sit down with the gang and talk to them about their history, the show, and [...]

Workaholics Gets A Third Season Of Work

Get your staplers and paper clips out! Now put them away and go home and watch Workaholics because it's coming back for a third season.

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