via press release:
"I couldn't be happier than getting to do this show,” said Jefferies. “FX has set the bar so high with shows like Louie and Sunny, but I believe Peter and I have created something special. The cast is amazing and FX has given us all the freedom we need. I can’t wait for people to see it."
FX’s comedy roster includes It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia, The League, Archer, Louie, Wilfred, Brand X with Russell Brand,Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell, and Legit.
Last year, every returning FX original comedy series posted ratings gains versus prior season. Sunny posted its best ratings ever last season and remains the highest-rated comedy in FX history. Wilfred, which debuted in June, was the number-one comedy premiere ever for FX and is the highest-rated first season comedy in FX history. Louie, starring Louis C.K., was named TIME magazine’s Best Series of 2011, and received AFI honors as one of the Ten Most Outstanding Programs of 2011, as well as Television Critics Association and Broadcast Television Journalists Association award nominations for Outstanding Comedy Series. Louis C.K. received Emmy® Award nominations for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series (an FX first) and also Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series. Louis C.K. and Pamela Adlon received a WGA Award nomination in the Comedy Series category.
FX Productions co-produces the award-winning hit drama series Sons Of Anarchy and award-winning hit drama series Justified. FXP produces the critically acclaimed hit comedy series It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia, The League, Louie, Archer, Wilfred, Brand X with Russell Brand, Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell and Legit.
FX is the flagship general entertainment basic cable network from Fox. Launched in June of 1994, FX is carried in more than 98 million homes. The diverse schedule includes a growing roster of critically acclaimed and award-winning hit drama and comedy series, arguably the finest library of acquired box-office hit movies, acquired hit series Two and a Half Men and How I Met Your Mother, and live sports with the UFC and NCAA college football. For more information about FX, visit our web site at www.FXnetworks.com.
Sounds like more of this TAAHM-style bull.
This doesn’t bode well for Unsupervised, which hasn’t been renewed. Legit could pair with Archer next January.
@Dan
Unsupervised was renewed.
I’m a bit surprised, since FX has been talking about wanting to beef up their drama lineup. They have a decent number of comedies already, but only three dramas. I’m dying for some more information on Powers or The Americans or any of the dramas they’re developing. But I hope for the best on this one.
Sounds like more of this TAAHM-style bull.
No. Watch Jim on youtube.
@ Concerned Citizen
I would rather they take their time adding new dramas to their programming slate than pick up anything/everything. ‘Lights Out’ and ‘Terriers’ weren’t good, so the more selective they are going forward, the better.
I’ll definitely give it a watch because of Jeffries, who is a very funny comedian.
Could be worth watching.
Jase: “Terriers” was fantastic. It wasn’t a matter of FX picking up “anything/everything.” It was a matter of picking up a great show that didn’t find an audience. I didn’t watch “Lights Out,” so I can’t comment on that one.