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4 items from 2013
HBO Picks Up 'Getting On' to Series, a Comedy From the Creators of 'Big Love'
21 March 2013 12:10 PM, PDT | Indiewire Television | See recent Indiewire Television news »
"Enlightened" may be no more, but HBO remains in search of more comedies to add to its lineup. According to the Hollywood Reporter, the premium network's just given a series greenlight to one of its pilots. HBO's given a six-episode order to "Getting On," a remake of the bleakly funny 2009-2012 BBC series of the same name written by and starring Jo Brand, Vicki Pepperdine and Joanna Scanlan (with "The Thick of It" star Peter Capaldi directing several of the 15 total episodes). This U.S. take on the BAFTA-winning comedy comes from Mark V. Olsen and Will Scheffer, the co-creators of "Big Love," by way of their Anima Sola Productions company. Geoff Atkinson, the producer of the U.K. series, will serve as an executive producer alongside Lisa Bellomo and Jane Tranter and Julie Gardner of BBC Worldwide Productions. Olsen and Scheffer, who wrote the pilot, oversaw five seasons of »
- Alison Willmore
HBO Picks Up 'Getting On' to Series, a Comedy From the Creators of 'Big Love'
21 March 2013 12:10 PM, PDT | Indiewire | See recent Indiewire news »
"Enlightened" may be no more, but HBO remains in search of more comedies to add to its lineup. According to the Hollywood Reporter, the premium network's just given a series greenlight to one of its pilots. HBO's given a six-episode order to "Getting On," a remake of the bleakly funny 2009-2012 BBC series of the same name written by and starring Jo Brand, Vicki Pepperdine and Joanna Scanlan (with "The Thick of It" star Peter Capaldi directing several of the 15 total episodes). This U.S. take on the BAFTA-winning comedy comes from Mark V. Olsen and Will Scheffer, the co-creators of "Big Love," by way of their Anima Sola Productions company. Geoff Atkinson, the producer of the U.K. series, will serve as an executive producer alongside Lisa Bellomo and Jane Tranter and Julie Gardner of BBC Worldwide Productions. Olsen and Scheffer, who wrote the pilot, oversaw five seasons of »
- Alison Willmore
Comedy ‘Getting On’ Picked Up To Series By HBO
21 March 2013 11:15 AM, PDT | Deadline TV | See recent Deadline TV news »
Big Love creators Mark V. Olsen & Will Scheffer are returning to HBO’s primetime. The pay cable network has picked up the duo’s comedy pilot Getting On to series with a six-episode order. An U.S. version of the award-winning BBC Four medical comedy of the same name, HBO’s Getting On stars Laurie Metcalf, Alex Borstein and Niecy Nash. Set in a women’s geriatric extended care wing of a down-at-the-heels hospital as put-upon nurses, it follows anxious doctors and administrators as they struggle with the darkly comic, brutally honest and quietly compassionate realities of caring for the elderly in an overwhelmed healthcare system. BBC Worldwide Prods. is producing. The creators and stars of the original series, Jo Brand, Joanna Scanlan and Vicki Pepperdine, executive produce the HBO series. Olsen and Scheffer, who wrote the adaptation through their overall deal at HBO, are executive producing though their Anima Sola Prods. »
- NELLIE ANDREEVA
HBO Orders 'Big Love' Creators' 'Getting On' Adaptation to Series
21 March 2013 10:46 AM, PDT | The Hollywood Reporter | See recent The Hollywood Reporter news »
Mere days after canceling Enlightened after two seasons, HBO has picked up one of its comedy pilots to series. The premium cable network has given a six-episode series order to Getting On, a reformat of the BAFTA Award-winning comedy series of the same name, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. The HBO adaptation hails from Big Love creators Mark V. Olsen and Will Scheffer and their Anima Sola Productions banner, who penned the pilot for BBC Worldwide Productions. Anima senior vp Lisa Bellomo will produce alongside BBC Worldwide Productions' Jane Tranter and Julie Gardner. Original series producer Geoff Atkinson will
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