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Rick And Morty: 5 Ways It's Similar To Community (& 5 Things It Does Differently)

Rick And Morty: 5 Ways It's Similar To Community (& 5 Things It Does Differently)
From a failed pilot on Fox to getting removed from The Sarah Silverman Program, it seemed like television didn't love Dan Harmon the same way that he loved it. However, that all changed when he got to create Community, a cult-hit comedy series about the trials and tribulations of college life. Sadly, Harmon would see the same rejection that plagued him for years and was removed even from his brainchild (though he'd return soon enough).

Related: Community: 10 Small Details You May Have Missed

His other seminal series has been the Adult Swim giant, Rick and Morty, which has penetrated the zeitgeist as a sci-fi epic and gotten a lot of kids in trouble for staying up late. Given that they're from the same mind, it's a given that there are some similarities between the two Harmon works, but Rick and Morty has still done a lot to maintain its own identity.
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Sarah Silverman Sets First Podcast With Kast Media

Sarah Silverman Sets First Podcast With Kast Media
Exclusive: Kast Media is partnering with Sarah Silverman to launch her first podcast, The Sarah Silverman Podcast. It will debut October 8 and be available on all platforms.

As a leader in multi-channel shows, inclusive of video simulcast episodes on YouTube, Kast Media is focused on creating shows that entertain, inform and inspire by amplifying conversations and stories through the podcasts they develop.

“We’re incredibly excited to have the uniquely compelling and powerful voice of Sarah Silverman joining Kast and believe this show will bring both a fun and uniquely important perspective to the industry,” Kast CEO Colin Thomson said.

Featuring Silverman’s signature comedic timing, the podcasts will tackle topics ranging from her personal life to societal issues, politics and current events.

“I decided to start a podcast because I believe it’s important to get in on these things late,” Silverman said.

Silverman will welcome listener voicemails with no topic off limits.
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Watch: Tig Notaro Is A Surivor In Trailer For Documentary 'Tig'

Netflix and HBO haven’t just been trying to one-up each other when it comes to creating interesting, original TV shows, the competition has spread to putting out great documentaries as well. HBO may have aired acclaimed docs such as “Going Clear” and “Montage of Heck” earlier this year, but this summer Netflix has fired back with “What Happened Miss Simone?” as well as “Tig,” which will premiere in July. And judging from the official trailer for “Tig,” this is yet another documentary you will not want to miss. Read Moer: Sundance Review: Kristina's Goolsby & Ashley York's Documentary About Comedy Great Tig Notaro “Tig,” of course, is about comedian Tig Notaro, who’s been a celebrated stand-up comedian for over a decade now. She’s made numerous appearances as a guest on “Conan” and had a recurring role on “The Sarah Silverman Program.” She built quite the following for
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Parks and Rec Executive Producer Harris Wittels Dead in Potential Drug Overdose

  • 20 February 2015
  • by Sean Fitz-Gerald
  • Vulture
Parks and Rec Executive Producer Harris Wittels Dead in Potential Drug Overdose
Parks and Recreation co-executive producer Harris Wittels was found dead at noon today in his L.A. home, Vulture has confirmed. A spokesperson from the Los Angeles Police Department said Wittels's assistant discovered him, and added that the cause of death could have stemmed from a drug overdose. Wittels, 30, had been involved with Parks in various roles since 2009 and also worked on such shows as Eastbound & Down, Secret Girlfriend, and The Sarah Silverman Program. The multihyphenate was a comedian in his own right, appearing from time to time on IFC's "Comedy Bang Bang" podcast: He also performed in the self-described "piano-weird-pop" trio Don't Stop or We'll Die, which had a Ucb performance scheduled for later this month: Many will also recognize Wittels for bringing the term humblebrag into the pop-culture lexicon, creating a Twitter account for instances of false modesty, in 2010, and then a book, in 2012. Inside and
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'Parks and Recreation' Exec Dies -- Harris Wittels Found Dead ... Signs of Overdose

  • 20 February 2015
  • by TMZ Staff
  • TMZ
Harris Wittels, one of the executive producers of "Parks and Recreation" died at his home Thursday from a possible drug overdose ... TMZ has learned. According to law enforcement sources ... Wittels was pronounced dead around 1 Pm. We're told the 30-year-old was found lying on his couch ... and there was drug paraphernalia in the house. There were no signs of trauma to his body.  Wittels spoke openly about his battles with drug addiction. He'd gone to rehab twice.
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Parks and Recreation Executive Producer Harris Wittels Dead After Reported Overdose Just One Week Before Series Finale

Parks and Recreation Executive Producer Harris Wittels Dead After Reported Overdose Just One Week Before Series Finale
Harris Wittels, a writer, comedian, and an executive producer on Parks and Recreation, was found dead in his home on Thursday, Feb. 19, just one week before the show’s series finale airs, TMZ reports. According to the site, the 30-year-old TV exec died from an apparent overdose. Wittels, who was vocal about his battle with drug addiction and sought treatment in rehab twice, also wrote and produced for comedies Eastbound and Down and The Sarah Silverman Program. According to TMZ, the funnyman had just performed a stand-up routine [...]
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Second 'Harmontown' Trailer: 'Community' Creator is in His Element

For several years now, the NBC comedy series "Community" has evaded cancellation like a ninja. It earned five seasons on the TV network after nearly getting canceled several times, and when they finally axed it before the sixth season, Yahoo Screen revived it at the last minute. And one of the reasons the show has gotten such a big cult following is because of series creator Dan Harmon. The writer and producer has become known for his cynicism and blunt attitude along with his hard work and clever writing. Now the documentary Harmontown has followed him on a podcast and live performance tour, complete with interviews with collaborators like Sarah Silverman, Jack Black, Joel McHale and many more. Watch! Here's the first trailer for Neil Berkeley's documetntary Harmontown, originally from Yahoo: A kindred spirit to nerds everywhere, writer-comedian Dan Harmon has achieved celebrity via the hit series “Community,” but
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Harmontown Trailer: Dan Harmon’s Real Community

Harmontown Trailer: Dan Harmon’s Real Community
Here's a trailer for the movie Harmontown, the feature-length documentary about Community creator and borderline cult figure Dan Harmon, his various demons and neuroses, and the podcast he started — and tour he went on — after being fired from his own show. Harmon is a notoriously heavy drinker, a fact that's acknowledged several times in this teaser, and he's maybe not the most easy-to-work-with person in the world. "I'm his biggest fan," says Sarah Silverman, who worked with Harmon on The Sarah Silverman Program. "And I fired him."
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You May Get Misty-Eyed Reading Sarah Silverman’s Note About Her Dead Dog, Duck

You May Get Misty-Eyed Reading Sarah Silverman’s Note About Her Dead Dog, Duck
Sarah Silverman's 19-year-old Chihuahua-pug mix pup died this week. He often went by "Doug": "This is Doug. I found him in the trash," read Silverman's introduction of her dog on The Sarah Silverman Program. But he was her real dog, too, and she wrote a touching tribute to Duck on WhoSay:Duck “Doug” Silverman came into my life about 14 years ago. He was picked up by the State running through South Central with no collar, tags or chip. Nobody claimed or adopted him so a no-kill shelter took him in. That’s where I found him — at that shelter, in Van Nuys. Since then we have slept most every night together (and many lazy afternoons.) When we first met, the vet approximated his age at 5½ so I’d say he was about 19 as of yesterday, September 3, 2013. He was a happy dog, though serene. And stoic. And he
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Sarah Silverman pays tribute to her late dog (and sometime co-star) Duck

Sarah Silverman pays tribute to her late dog (and sometime co-star) Duck
Sarah Silverman might be fresh off roasting James Franco, but she has a sensitive side too, as evidenced by the “obituary type thing” she posted Wednesday for her late dog Duck, who was put down over the weekend.

The comedian’s fans are very familiar with the chihuahua-pug mix, who appeared as her dog Doug on Comedy Central’s The Sarah Silverman Program. Silverman adopted Duck, who was estimated to be around 19 when he died, 14 years ago from a no-kill shelter in Van Nuys, California.

“Recently … he stopped eating or drinking,” she wrote in the heartfelt post. “He was skin and bones and so weak.
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TVLine Items: Franco's Roasters Revealed, Dome Ratings Drop, S.H.I.E.L.D. Adds Lucky Guy & More

TVLine Items: Franco's Roasters Revealed, Dome Ratings Drop, S.H.I.E.L.D. Adds Lucky Guy & More
James Franco‘s A-list pals have signed on to roast their friend.

Bill Hader (Saturday Night Live), Jonah Hill (This Is the End), Nick Kroll (The Kroll Show), Sarah Silverman (The Sarah Silverman Program.), Natasha Leggero (Burning Love) and Jeff Ross (The Burn With Jeff Ross) are among those slated to poke fun at the big-screen star/suds vet on his upcoming Comedy Central Roast. As previously announced, Seth Rogen will act as Roastmaster.

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Diablo Cody Teams With Steve Agee For ‘Me Time’ At TBS

Our favorite bad girl screenwriter, Diablo Cody is making news. She’s hard at work on a brand new pilot for TBS called Me Time With Diablo Cody. The edgy talent is usually doing her business behind the scenes, but this project puts her in front of the camera as a show host. Steve Agee will assist.

Agee is a writer, actor and comedian who appeared as Steve Myron on the Comedy Central series The Sarah Silverman Program. He has written for Jimmy Kimmel Live! and also acted for 2 Broke Girls and The League. Deadline reports, he’ll next appear in Cody’s pilot as her co-host and all around sidekick.

What is Me Time With Diablo Cody? good question. Agee also will serve as a writer on the project, which is said to present Cody’s two cents on just about everything Hollywoodland. She’ll tackle celebrities, news and pop culture.
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Will Ferrell, Jon Hamm, Sarah Silverman, and Aziz Ansari perform at the 'We Hate Hurricanes' benefit

Will Ferrell, Jon Hamm, Sarah Silverman, and Aziz Ansari perform at the 'We Hate Hurricanes' benefit
“I didn’t realize the full on hatred people had for hurricanes,” Jon Hamm said to the sold out Club Nokia in Los Angeles on Monday night.

Alongside his friend Adam Scott, Hamm was there to host the “We Hate Hurricanes” benefit, a comedy fundraiser for the victims of Hurricane Sandy with proceeds going to the non-profit AmeriCares. For under $50, the audience was treated to an A-List variety show featuring a performance by Beck and standup sets by Sarah Silverman, Chelsea Peretti, and Aziz Ansari.

The biggest surprise of the night happened early on, when Hamm and Scott called someone
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Dan Harmon's 'Rick and Morty' gets series order from Adult Swim

"Community" creator Dan Harmon will be back on TV with a new series ... in about a year.

Harmon's Adult Swim project, "Rick and Morty," has been picked up to series, Deadline reports. The animated show, which he co-created with Justin Roiland, will premiere late next year or in early 2014.

The show follows the adventures of a brilliant inventor and his less bright grandson. Adult Swim announced it was ordering a pilot at its upfront in May -- around the same time Harmon was let go from "Community."

Harmon and Roiland have worked together several times in the past, notably on Channel 101 and its VH1 offshoot, "Acceptable.TV." Roiland also acted in several episodes of "The Sarah Silverman Program."

In addition to "Rick and Morty," Harmon also has comedy projects in development at CBS and Fox.
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New Film Goes Inside 'The Channel 101 Experience' (Video)

Nearly 10 years ago, before sites such as YouTube, Funny or Die, and College Humor started curating funny videos and giving exposure to unknown talent online, Dan Harmon and Rob Schrab created Channel 101. The monthly festival showcases short films, in the format of television pilots that are five minutes or less in length, and tells the audience to decide which five shows will be “picked up” for another episode to screen at the next month’s event. At the same time that early Channel 101 creations like “House of Cosbys” and “Yacht Rock” turned into viral hits, projects created by or featuring stars like Jack Black, Drew Carey, Sarah Silverman, Andy Samberg, Aziz Ansari, and Rob Huebel began to garner more mainstream attention. As a result, many of the other writers, actors, and filmmakers who have screened their work at Channel 101 have been hired to write and perform on network sitcoms,
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NBC Orders Sarah Silverman Pilot

NBC has ordered a pilot for a comedy script with Sarah Silverman as the main star.

The pilot will star Silverman as a woman readjusting to single life following a decade long live-in relationship. That sounds like her real life a little bit maybe?

Silverman is set to co-write the project with Dan Sterling and Jon Schroeder, who co-wrote her Comedy Central series The Sarah Silverman Program.

Executive producers on the comedy include Ron Howard, Silverman, Sterling, Brian Grazer and Francie Calfo.

I think Sarah is pretty funny actually. Did any of you watch her on The League this past week? That was hilarious!

So what do you all think? What's your favorite Sarah moment? Who here thinks she is a terrible Comedian/Actress? I would love some feedback.
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She's Baaaaack

She's Baaaaack
Well, there's a new girl in town and she's more than just a pretty face.

Sarah Silverman's comedy project has been picked up by NBC, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

The pilot will imagine Silverman readjusting to single life, following the breakup of a very long relationship. The comedy series is loosely based on Silverman's own life.

The comic will co-write project with Dan Sterling and Jon Schroeder, who also worked with her on Comedy Central series, "The Sarah Silverman Program."

Executive producers on the comedy include Ron Howard, Silverman, Sterling, Brian Grazer and Francie Calfo.

For more, click over to The Hollywood Reporter.
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Monster Director Patty Jenkins to Helm Thor 2 For Marvel; Where Has She Been?

Monster Director Patty Jenkins to Helm Thor 2 For Marvel; Where Has She Been?
Patty Jenkins, who wrote and directed Charlize Theron in her powerhouse Oscar-winning performance in Monster (pictured in the 2004 Richard Avedon photo), will be the first woman to direct a superhero movie: Thor 2. Marvel tends to choose idiosyncratic directors, from Jon Favreau (Iron Man) and Kenneth Branagh (Thor) to Joss Whedon (The Avengers). Jenkins still seems an odd choice for a franchise comic movie, given that she is known for gritty indie Monster and TV credits such as The Killing pilot and Entourage, Arrested Development and The Sarah Silverman Program. See the Monster trailer below--we've been waiting for her to direct another film for eight years--but we'll take what we can get. In Theron's Oscar acceptance speech the first person she thanked was her "incredible director."
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TV Bits: NBC Picks Up New Sarah Silverman Sitcom, Henson Puppets Get Starring Role in ‘History Of’, Dominic Chianese Joins ‘Boardwalk Empire’, ‘Clone Wars’ Season 4 Trailer Drops

[1] NBC has won the bidding war for a new comedy series by Sarah Silverman, beating out competing networks ABC and Fox. Loosely based on Silverman's own life [2], the untitled single-camera show will star the comedian as a woman getting back into single life after getting out of a ten-year relationship. Silverman is set to co-write the pilot with Dan Sterling and Jon Schroeder, both of whom worked on her previous series The Sarah Silverman Program. Also on board with the project is Ron Howard, who has been "deeply involved" with the show's development, and his Imagine Entertainment partner Brian Grazer. Worth noting: The last time Grazer and Howard collaborated on a single-camera network comedy series, the result was Arrested Development. I'll be keeping an eye on this one. [The Hollywood Reporter [3]] After the jump, a Daily Show writer plays with Henson puppets, a Sopranos actor returns to organized crime, and Clone Wars' fourth season gets a trailer.
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Sarah Silverman Comedy Lands at NBC

Sarah Silverman Comedy Lands at NBC
Sarah Silverman's upcoming comedy series has found a home at NBC, an individual familiar with the project confirms to TheWrap.  The single-camera comedy, which is being co-produced by Imagine TV and 20th Century Fox Television, has received a put-pilot commitment from NBC, following a bidding war between multiple networks. Silverman is co-writing with Dan Sterling and Jon Schroeder, both veterans of Comedy Central's "The Sarah Silverman Program." Silverman will co-executive produce with Sterling, Ron Howard, Brian Grazer and Francie Calfo. The series had also sparked interest from ABC and Fox.
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