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Ghosts was the BBC's biggest sitcom hit for years and spawned a US remake on CBS that's also a hit Original series co-creator Mathew Baynton has also co-written some episodes of the CBS version and had written one character that he wanted Reece Shearsmith from Inside No 9 to play. "Ghosts" poster, BBC Studios Baynton also played[...]

Peacock has given the green light to a new series set within the universe of the original U.S. version of The Office, with a new cast/setting.

Green Wing is back after twenty years! As a six-episode Audible series with virtually all of the original cast reprising their wacky, dysfunctional, if not outright psychotic characters in the hit Channel 4 sitcom that premiered in 2004 as the ultimate spoof of earnest hospital dramas like ER and Casualty (which was around before ER[...]

It is an utterly dreadful American remake of the classic British sitcom Friday Night Dinner, with everything good and funny removed from it and replaced by crass and desperate US sitcom writing To wit (of which Dinner with the Parents has almost none), this sitcom is about two brothers who go home to their parents[...]

Red Nose Day 2024 will feature a comedy sketch featuring the return of the satirical media industry sitcom W1A, where the executives will find a new host to replace regular host Sir Lenny Henry, who is retiring from the role after this year In W1A Red Nose Day, Ian Fletcher (Hugh Bonneville), Siobhan Sharpe (Jessica[...]

And Did Those Feet… with Alan Partridge is Steve Coogan's latest series about his undying walking disaster antihero, coming in 2024 to BBC.

We should have seen this coming: John Cleese has adapted his classic sitcom Fawlty Towers for the stage to debut on London's West End Now audiences can see petty fascist and failed control freak hotelier Basil Fawlty fail in the flesh on the stage, although not played by Cleese Cleese and his then-wife Connie Booth[...]

The ITV Studios-backed Monumental is riding high on the smash hit Ghosts getting adapted as a US sitcom for CBS, along with the likes of ITV's Maryland and UKTV's The Marlow Murder Club. As you probably know, the CBS version of Ghosts, which is not as good as the UK version, has been a big hit in the[...]

John Cleese shared an update on how far along he and his daughter Camilla Cleese are on writing the new Fawlty Towers sequel series.

Better Than Life is an episode-by-episode breakdown of the classic sci-fi sitcom featuring a rogue's gallery of awesome guest comedians That's British guest comedians who seem to have all grown up on the show ever since it premiered on the BBC back in the 1980s and lasted all the way to the early 2000s when[...]

Anyway, Ghosts has spawned a nice, thick, glossy hardback tie-in book (in the UK anyway), Ghosts: The Button House Archives, now on sale from all UK bookstores (and an import to the US): "The comic companion to the BBC sitcom GHOSTS, perfect for all the family. GHOSTS UK (Photo: Mark Johnson/Monumental Pictures Copyright Monumental Television[...]

Rejoice, Red Dwarf fans! All available series of the longest-running Science Fiction comedy on British television (Doctor Who is not considered a sitcom) are returning to the BBC This includes the series that ran on the UK satellite channel Dave during the 2000s. "Red Dwarf" photo credit: BBC Red Dwarf hasn't aired on the BBC since 2007[...]

Fox had some interesting things to say about Alex Keaton, the character in his 1980s sitcom series Family Ties that first made him a star Fox said that Alex Keaton would have abandoned the GOP long before Trump and the Jan 6 attack: "He would have left I don't think Alex would even see Republican[...]

If you don't know what it is, here's a refresher: Red Dwarf is the longest-running British Science Fiction sitcom out there Co-creators Grant and Naylor originally launched the series on the BBC in 1989, and it ran for six seasons all the way to 1993 It followed the misadventures of the eponymous ship and its[...]

John Cleese and his daughter Camilla Cleese are writing a new series of his classic sitcom Fawlty Towers It's a sequel, not a reboot Already, some pundits are complaining it's going to be an "anti-woke" nightmare when scripts are still being developed and not one single frame has been shot Cleese, ever so English, has[...]

John Cleese discusses the new Fawlty Towers series' setting, confirms it won't be on the BBC & pushes back on claims it will be "anti-woke."

John Cleese and his then-wife Connie Booth's classic British sitcom Fawlty Towers will return in a sequel series to be produced by Rob Reiner's company Castle Rock You heard that right Basil Fawlty is coming back, and Meathead is his new boss! It's like a Classic Sitcom Singularity! In case you're too young to get[...]

Ghosts, the hit British sitcom that inspired a hit US remake on CBS, has been renewed for a fifth series by the BBC The hit comedy will start filming the new series in early 2023 and will once again be broadcast on BBC One and BBC iPlayer. "Ghosts" key art: BBC Following the destruction of their B&B[...]

Derry Girls, the hit Channel 4 sitcom about the antics of a gang of high school girls – and their one hapless English boy cousin forced to go to school with them – in 1990s Northern Ireland during the final years of the Troubles, ran its final season in the UK on Channel 4 back[...]

Frasier, a favorite classic sitcom of mine and many others, ran on NBC from 1993-2004, basically developing alongside many kids growing up around that time.  If you're a fan of the series like me, you'll always look back on the "will they?" or "won't they?" style relationship that was between Niles Crane and Daphne Moon[...]

The lockdown meta sitcom featuring David Tennant and Michael Sheen and their respective (and far more sane and sensible) spouses Georgia Tennant and Anna Lundberg are back Well, sort of Streaming service Britbox has released a New Year's special that may inadvertently turn out to be a very real harbinger of doom. "Staged New Year's Eve[...]

But there's a unique way Abbott Elementary is navigating that conversation through a comedic mockumentary-style sitcom From the hilarious truth of the turnover rate of new teachers to configuring methods of obtaining new materials for a school with an extreme lack of funding. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cO-_7oi-61YVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Abbott Elementary – Official Teaser Trailer –[...]

Adam Scott, Jane Lynch, Ken Marino, Martin Starr, Ryan Hansen & Megan Mullally are set to return for STARZ's six-episode Party Down revival.

Ghosts, the hit BBC 1 sitcom about a young couple who inherit a mansion that's haunted with a bunch of ghosts from different historical periods, look set to have a fourth series with production starting at Wet Horsley Place in 2022 Maybe, the US remake on CBS is also a hit at a time when[...]

Derry Girls, the hit high school Channel 4 sitcom set in 1990s Northern Ireland, is ending after its upcoming 3rd Season Variety reported that series creator Lisa McGee made the official announcement on Twitter on Thursday, who said 3 seasons was always the plan, McGee said The series was the most popular show in Ireland[...]

As a fan myself, there are ten episodes that continue to make me laugh no matter how many times I've watched them. Source: NBC "The Pen" Season 3 Episode 3: Visiting Florida to see his parents, Jerry is joined by Elaine, and their trip is full of hilariously petty arguments and relatable sleeping conditions. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3Vm_ksWreMVideo can't be loaded[...]

CBS released a teaser for Ghosts where it's pretty clear Samantha (Rose McIver) & Jay (Utkarsh Ambudkar) haven't met their new "roomies" yet.

Armstrong discussed the importance of Neil's use of the F word when he was broken out of the multi-cam, sitcom style, world She also explains an important point relating to breaking a format, saying, "…the minute Allison and Patty show up for each other, the minute that they work together, they actually break it[...]

Parra Janney is also involved with writing McMahan's Paramount+ series Star Trek: Lower Decks, the CBS sitcom Broke that starred Pauley Perrette, and The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore Parra Janney has appeared in front of the camera appearing in the indie film The Sleepless and TV comedies like Master of None, Broke, and Superstore. Bycel[...]

CBS released its Fall 2021 primetime schedule and UK fans know exactly when the US's impressive-looking Ghosts remake will debut in October.