All Comedy articles – Page 86
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NewsComedy Central acquires US prank shows
Comedy Central has acquired celebrity prank shows Billy on the Street and Fameless as part of a non-scripted push.
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NewsThe Kennedys writer slams BBC's scheduling ‘gamble’
Writer Emma Kennedy has blamed the “massive gamble” of scheduling her sitcom, The Kennedys, in a primetime slot for its failure to be picked up for a second outing.
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RatingsMultichannel: top 50 comedies 2006-2016
The most-watched multichannel comedies and comedy / dramas from the past decade.
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RatingsRatings analysis: multichannel scripted comedy
Digital channels often struggle to attract the kind of audiences enjoyed by their terrestrial rivals, but comedy has been one way for them to compete. Stephen Price reports
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RatingsPartridge fails to pep up Sky ratings
TUESDAY: There was no “A-Ha!” moment for Sky Atlantic as Alan Partridge’s Mid Morning Matters returned with a meagre 60,000 viewers.
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NewsKeeping Up Appearances tops BBCW sales
BBC Worldwide has revealed that classic sitcom Keeping Up Appearances is its most-sold TV programme of the last 40 years, beating the likes of Doctor Who and Top Gear.
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NewsBBC2's The Trip heads to Sky
Sky Atlantic has swooped on Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon’s comedy travelogue The Trip after BBC2 opted not to commission a third series.
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NewsComedies dominate US pilots
US broadcasters are hunting for the next Modern Family, with UK indie Kindle Entertainment getting in on the act as family comedies dominate the line-up of around 85 scripted pilots ordered for the 2016/17 season.
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FeaturesBest original programme: Car Share
Not only was Car Share one of the standout comedy hits of 2015, it was also groundbreaking in many ways.
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FeaturesSpecial Recognition: Have I Got News For You
Have I Got News For You is TV’s most popular satirical news format… allegedly.
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FeaturesBest comedy programme: Catastrophe
So perfectly formed was Channel 4’s hit comedy upon its arrival in January 2015 that it was hard to believe this was the first collaboration between its writers/stars Sharon Horgan and Rob Delaney.
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NewsC5 returns to original comedy
Channel 5 has ordered a raft of new commissions, including its first improvised comedy and a major new wildlife series, as part of an overall channel rebrand.
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NewsC4 orders immigration sketch show
Greenbird network indie Rumpus Media is to produce a light-hearted format examining British immigration etiquette for Channel 4.
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NewsRoughcut lands BBC NI chatshow
Patrick Kielty is to dig into the internet histories of celebrity guests in a chatshow format for BBC1 Northern Ireland.
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CommentSatire is the perfect way to take our politicians to task
UK has a fine tradition of satirical shows, but we need to keep it alive, says Simon Lupton
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NewsOne Direction producers secure C4 script
The owners of Luti Media, the production company behind music videos including Drake’s Hotline Bling and One Direction’s Best Song Ever, have secured a script development from Channel 4.
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RatingsAttenborough helps BBC1 to monster ratings
SUNDAY: BBC1 enjoyed a barnstorming evening, as a special from David Attenborough and the Still Open All Hours finale helped lift its primetime average to 6.6m viewers.
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NewsShakespeare to get Philomena Cunk treatment
Weekly Wipe’s Philomena Cunk will provide a ‘comprehensive’ guide to the life and work of William Shakespeare in a 30-minute show for BBC2.
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RatingsTop 10 shows of 2015: by genre
Downton Abbey, Britain’s Got Talent and The Great British Bake Off ride high in our breakdown of the year’s biggest shows - by genre.
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NewsBBC comedy hit by second exit
The BBC’s in-house comedy unit has suffered its second departure of the week – after it emerged executive producer Ben Farrell is returning to Objective Productions.