Producer Drew Brown has signed a two-year overall deal with Sony Pictures TV to develop nonscripted series for network, cable and streaming services under his Fascination Street banner. Spt also has a first-look deal for scripted projects developed by Fascination Street. Brown’s previous series include A&E's Barter Kings and Big Smo, Oxygen's Funny Girls and Bravo’s Eat Drink Love. Brown and Fascination Street are repped by…...
- 5/5/2016
- Deadline TV
Meredith Vieira’s daily talk show “The Meredith Vieira Show” is switching to a live format for its sophomore run. Beginning Sept. 8 the hour-long program, broadcast from New York’s Rockefeller Center, will also feature guest panelists for its “What’s Hot Now!” segment lead by former ‘N Sync singer Lance Bass. The inaugural panel also includes style expert and founder of TheLVGuide.com Lilliana Vazquez, “Funny Girls” actress Yamaneika Saunders and “Parental Guidance” co-host Megan Colarossi. Also Read: Meredith Vieira Draws Big Laughs, Tyson Beckford Strips in Honor of Gay Journalists at NY Benefit (Photos) “Meredith is an incredible...
- 8/6/2015
- by Matt Donnelly
- The Wrap
TV Picks: Once upon a time, women were not considered to be the right gender for comedy. Times have changed.Premiering April 7 on Oxygen, new docuseries “Funny Girls” will combine up-and-comers onstage performances with their backstage lives and family relationships, which can often influence the very jokes they tell during their sets. Familiar faces like Margaret Cho, Janeane Garofalo, Bill Burr, Horatio Sanz, and Loni Love will appear throughout the series as guest mentors for the six budding comediennes.Watch the trailer for the boundary-pushing series—which stars Scout Durwood, Calise Hawkins, Yamaneika Saunders, Nicole Aimee Schreiber, Stephanie Simbari, and Ester Steinberg—below:“These […]...
- 2/3/2015
- by April Neale
- Monsters and Critics
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