I’m going to go ahead and say that the holiday break was too long and so much comedy news has piled up that I shouldn’t even jokingly have this sentence run on and on and on and on and… so forth. Along with @midnight returning, Louis C.K. is going to sell his own movie that never got released, The Pete Holmes Show got renewed, and even a Groundhog Day musical is in the works by someone that might be able to pull it off.
So, enough of that set up and on to The Biggest Happenings in Comedy Right Now!
Tina Fey/Robert Carlock/Matt Hubbard get pilot order at Fox.
Live comedy at Gotham Comedy Club to return to TV on AXS, hosted by Jim Breuer.
Season 3 of Jerry Seinfeld’s Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee premiered with Louis C.K.’s boat.
@midnight with Chris Hardwick has officially kicked off its new year-long run on Comedy Central.
The first promos for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and Late Night with Seth Meyers aired.
EW.com launches new, unique talk show, Up Close with Tig Notaro.
The Goddamn Dave Hill Show has officially taken the Best Show on WFMU with Tom Scharpling slot on WFMU in New Jersey-New York.
After auditions for black female comedians to address diversity issue, Sasheer Zamata will be the newest cast member of Saturday Night Live and Leslie Jones and LaKendra Tookes will be the show’s newest writers.
Craig Robinson’s Mr. Robinson gets a series order at NBC.
Louis C.K. will sell his never before released movie Tomorrow Night on his website.
HBO set for US remake of French porn industry comedy Hard.
TBS renews The Pete Holmes Show for 13 weeks, starting February 24th.
Danny McBride’s Chozen debuts on Xbox One before premiere on FX.
Sara Benincasa writing a pilot from her book Agorafabulous for USA Network.
NBC orders engagement comedy pilot from Happy Endings creator David Caspe.
FX orders Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll comedy pilot from Denis Leary.
Rainn Wilson’s Backstrom, rejected at CBS, gets series order at Fox.
Johnny Depp’s action comedy Mortdecai adds Aubrey Plaza, Oliver Platt, and Jeff Goldblum to cast.
According to series creator Erica Oyama, no more new Burning Love to be made.
Greta Gerwig to be in romantic comedy Maggie’s Plan directed by Rebecca Miller.
Girls renewed for a 4th season at HBO.
Lee Daniels might be the next director to attempt a Richard Pryor biopic.
Comedy Central greenlit both Moonbeam City from Scott Gairdner and Rob Lowe as well as Big Time in Hollywood, FL from Ben Stiller.
Tim Minchin co-developing a musical adapted from Bill Murray classic Groundhog Day.
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And here’s the previous Biggest Happenings in Comedy Right Now, in case you missed out.
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