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NEW YORK -- NBC today said it plans to develop at least 10 original series this year for its new comedy-focused Web site. DotComedy, which launched in beta form a [...]

The demise of NBC sitcom 20 Good Years came one week earlier than expected, with the freshman sitcom as well as its lead-in, 30 Rock, being replaced last week with [...]

For broadcasters, finding comics with distinct points of view was always the holy grail of sitcoms. But following Seinfeld's 1998 finale, the format seems to have vanished. That is, until [...]

As network comedy remains mired in decline, it's no surprise that broadcasters would look to the Friends formula for inspiration. Among the notable trends to emerge from May's upfront presentations [...]

Two years after rebranding itself as cable's 'very funny' destination, building an audience on a foundation of off-net sitcoms like Seinfeld and Sex and the City, TBS has announced it [...]

Vuguru, the digital media production firm launched earlier this year by former Disney CEO Michael Eisner, last week announced plans to produce a new Web series dubbed The All-For-Nots, a [...]

NEW YORK ABC is developing a program featuring the cavemen from Geico's ads, the network confirmed last week. Produced by ABC TV Studio, the half-hour comedy project, based on the [...]

I ADMIT IT. THIS IS MY FAVORITE COLUMN OF THE YEAR. AND IF I AM SITTING at this desk 10 years from now, I can promise you a TV Turkeys, [...]

Showtime has announced that it will fire up a third season of its hit comedy Weeds, ordering 15 episodes with an eye toward a summer 2007 premiere. Production begins this [...]

Fox will adapt Canadian comedy The Tournament for U.S. audiences, with The West Wing director and executive producer Thomas Schlamme overseeing the project. The original comedy followed a not-so-hot youth [...]

NBC last week announced plans to launch at least 10 original series by the end of 2006 for its new comedy-focused Web site DotComedy, which will feature regularly updated content. [...]

The WB will air repeat episodes of drama ER and sitcom 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter in its revamped 3-5 p.m. weekday block beginning in January. ER [...]

As expected, Turner Broadcasting System has made over TBS as a comedy network to both complement and distinguish it from sister cable service TNT, whose tagline is 'We Know Drama.' [...]

Buena Vista Television is reporting off-network clearances for ABC sitcom According To Jim in more than 50 percent of the country. Recent deals include stations from the Sinclair Broadcast Group, [...]

With pilot pickups for 2004-05 dramas near complete, broadcasters now are focusing on laughs. ABC picked up six comedy pilots last week, including an untitled project starring MTV's Newlyweds' Jessica [...]

Carsey-Werner-Mandabach, the studio behind The Cosby Show and Whoopi, will produce its first series for cable, an original comedy for Oxygen. The as-yet-untitled show, created by Claudia Lonow, a writer [...]

New York-based MG/Perin on June 19 will begin a slow rollout of an hour-long weekly, Weird TV. Weird TV, which features comedy segments created by Todd Stevens (a producer of [...]