All Comedy articles – Page 89
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RatingsUndercover struggles for Dave
TUESDAY: Dave’s original scripted sitcom Undercover failed to track down a big audience in the face of tough competition.
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NewsTensions surface at BBC3 comedy briefing
Shane Allen set out his ambitions for the future of BBC3 comedy at an indie briefing today where tensions over the channel’s future came to the fore.
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NewsC4 drops British Comedy Awards
Channel 4 has relinquished the rights to the British Comedy Awards after hosting the event for the last four years.
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NewsDave buys The Last Man on Earth
Dave has acquired Will Forte-fronted apocalyptic sitcom The Last Man on Earth as UKTV continues to grow its US comedy output.
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NewsRomesh Ranganathan goes back to his roots for BBC3
BBC3 has commissioned a series from Rumpus Media following comedian Romesh Ranganathan as he learns more about his Sri Lankan roots.
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NewsITV raids Objective for indie launch
ITV Studios is launching a major entertainment production company with a trio of senior execs from Objective Productions and its co-founder Andrew O’Connor.
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RatingsVicious sheds more than 2m
MONDAY: ITV sitcom Vicious returned after a two year absence with 3m fewer viewers, while the second series of Benefits Street ended with an average audience around 2.5m down on its opening run.
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NewsINFOGRAPHIC: Car Share, BBC1
The consolidated viewing figures for BBC1 comedy Peter Kay’s Car Share.
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RatingsSuntrap shines on 1.8m
WEDNESDAY: Suntrap got off to a slow start on BBC1 - unable to outperform the debuts of post-10pm sitcoms Citizen Khan and Mrs Brown’s Boys.
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NewsPorridge writers pen royal sitcom
The creators of Porridge and The Likely Lads have written a single-camera sitcom about a fictional king as part of a trio of Gold commissions.
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NewsNever Mind The Buzzcocks cancelled after 19 years
BBC2 has pulled the plug on Never Mind The Buzzcocks after 19 years.
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RatingsPeter Kay's Car Share finishes with 4.5m
FRIDAY: Peter Kay’s Car Share ended its journey on BBC1 with a series average of 4.8m after it made its debut on iPlayer.
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RatingsITV struggles as The Island ends well
WEDNESDAY: Bear Gryll’s survival documentary The Island bowed out with a series average of 2.4m viewers as ITV suffered a tough night and was overhauled by Channel 5.
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Behind The ScenesUndercover, Dave
We took inspiration from classic gangland movies and TV shows for this original sitcom set in Newcastle, says Margery Bone. That meant action and stunts - and a lot of guns
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NewsIn brief: Pact names vice chair; ITV2 re-orders sketch show
Hat Trick’s Paul Cohen lands Pact role, while Keith Lemon’s Kardashians are set to return
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NewsBBC3 orders third series of Cuckoo
BBC3 controller Damian Kavanagh and comedy controller Shane Allen have ordered a third series of Greg Davies sitcom Cuckoo.
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NewsJuliette Howell to leave Working Title UK TV
Working Title Television UK’s Juliette Howell is leaving the NBC Universal joint venture once she has overseen it existing slate.
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Behind The ScenesSuntrap, BBC1
A six-part sitcom set on a sun-drenched island was the perfect start for our newly launched indie– until we had to go to sea, says Neil Webster
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CommentBeating Twitter to the punchline
Joel Morris hopes a majority government will reinvigorate TV satire
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NewsGreg James pens pilot for BBC Comedy Feeds
Radio 1 DJ Greg James has co-written a sitcom about a luckless DJ as part of the fourth wave of Comedy Feeds pilots, which will launch on BBC iPlayer later this year.Comedy Feeds was established as a breeding ground for fresh comedy talent in 2012 and ...