Team writing is good for sitcoms
24/08/2012 … Writing sitcoms in teams the American way produces much funnier scripts than the British tradition of having a single writer, the creator of Modern Family has claimed.
2012 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Fri 24 August 2012
BBC One sitcom for David Walliams
24/08/2012 … David Walliams is to star in a new BBC One sitcom set it an urban secondary school.
Sorry about my heart attack...
24/08/2012 … ‘UK audiences seem to enjoy being called "cunts," which is so different than in the US, where a mob of passive-aggressive PC hipsters would record it and put it…
Thu 23 August 2012
David Tennant to host comedy panel show
23/08/2012 … David Tennant has signed up to host a Channel 4 comedy panel show.
Bea gets an A
So You Think You're Funny? winner announced
23/08/2012 … Irish comedian Aisling Bea has been crowned the 25th winner of So You Think You’re Funny?She is only the second woman ever to have won the competition, following…
The sketch show that uses real people
BBC Three confirms full series
23/08/2012 … Boom Town – the reality show-sketch comedy hybrid – has been picked up for a full series.
Going back to school
BBC Three orders more Bad Education and Live At The Electric
23/08/2012 … BBC Three has ordered a second series of Jack Whitehall sitcom Bad Education – and two more runs of live comedy showcase Live At The Electric.
When in Rome...
ITV commissions historical sitcom Plebs
23/08/2012 … ITV has commissioned a full series of the sitcom Plebs, which crosses the sensibilities of The Inbetweeners with ancient Rome.