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UPDATED, 10 AM: Quibi today handed a formal series order to Trip, a romantic comedy set on New York’s Fire Island, from Joel Kim Booster (The Other Two, Sunnyside) and Jax Media (Russian Doll, The Other Two). EXCLUSIVE: Quibi has put in development Trip, a romantic comedy set on New York’s Fire Island, from Joel Kim…

EXCLUSIVE: Producer Seth Cohen (Bless the Harts) has signed a first-look deal with Full Frontal and Russian Doll producer Jax Media, a pact that marks the first EP deal for the company’s TV group. Cohen will be working out of Jax Media’s L.A. offices. Over the past year, Cohen as an independent producer has sold…

EXCLUSIVE: Gayme Show is coming to Quibi, honey! The comedy competition series hosted by Las Culturistas podcast co-host Matt Rogers and stand-up comedian Dave Mizzoni has been greenlit by the mobile platform and will be produced by Jax media. Gayme Show, which has existed as live comedy show, uplifts and celebrates…

Search Party producer Jax Media is expanding internationally and has hired Molly Seymour from Alan Partridge producer Baby Cow to run a UK division. The Imagine Entertainment-owned producer, which is also making forthcoming Pop comedy Florida Girls and produces Netflix's Russian Doll and Comedy Central's The Other…

John Hodges, one of the founders of A24 who exited soon after the indie studio’s Moonlight won the Best Picture Oscar in 2017, has found a new gig. Jax Media, the TV production company behind TBS’ Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, Netflix’s Russian Doll and ABC’s The Conners among several other TV series, is expanding…

EXCLUSIVE: UK producer Séamus Murphy-Mitchell has joined Imagine Entertainment’s JAX Media, the production company behind Netflix’s Russian Doll, Broad City, and Full Frontal With Samantha Bee. Murphy-Mitchell will serve in the newly carved out role of executive producer non-scripted as the company adds the new…

EXCLUSIVE: Brian Grazer and Ron Howard’s Imagine Entertainment is expanding its footprint in scripted TV comedy by acquiring a controlling stake in Tony Hernandez’s Jax Media to develop, produce and finance film and scripted television projects in the comedy space. The strategic investment, whose size has not been…

Brooke Posch, former co-head at Amy Poehler’s Paper Kite production company, has joined Tony Hernandez’s Jax Media as President of Original Programming. In her new position, Posch will executive produce and oversee development on both east and west coasts for Jax. Posch, who had been Poehler's producing partner at…

EXCLUSIVE Jax Media (TBS’ Full Frontal With Samantha Bee, TVLand’s Younger, etc.) today begins production on the pilot for Colin Quinn’s ensemble comedy Luncheonette. Quinn scripted and stars as Eddie, an ex-cop who runs a quintessential New York coffee shop with a staff as diverse as the Queens borough they've all…