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Lionsgate+ Strikes Sky Deal Lionsgate+, the rebranded Starzplay streamer, has struck a deal with Sky to launch on Sky Glass in the UK today. Later this year, the Gaslit, Dangerous Liaisons and Outlander SVoD will roll out to Sky Glass Italy and Sky Q in Germany. The streamer rebranded from Starzplay…

EXCLUSIVE: Darien Sills-Evans (Superior Donuts) and Mike Lane (American Princess) are set as series regulars opposite Jim Jefferies in his NBC comedy pilot Jefferies, from writer-producer Suzanne Martin, Sean Hayes and Todd Milliner's Hazy Mills and Universal TV. Written by Jefferies and Martin, Jefferies stars the…

EXCLUSIVE: Life in Pieces alum Betsy Brandt is set as the female lead opposite Jim Jefferies in his NBC comedy pilot Jefferies, from writer-producer Suzanne Martin, Sean Hayes and Todd Milliner's Hazy Mills and Universal TV. Written by Jefferies and Martin, Jefferies stars the veteran comedian as a fictionalized…

NBC has given pilot green light to two comedies, multi-camera Jefferies, starring Jim Jefferies, from the stand-up comedian, writer-producer Suzanne Martin and Sean Hayes and Todd Milliner's Hazy Mills;  and single-camera American Auto, from Superstore creator Justin Spitzer and Aaron Kaplan’s Kapital Entertainment…

Comedy Central will conclude the three-year run of The Jim Jefferies Show this month, as the star moves on to an NBC comedy in development with a put pilot commitment. "The Jim Jefferies Show will air its final episode on November 19, concluding a brilliant three-year run on Comedy Central,” said a spokesperson for…

EXCLUSIVE: NBC has handed a put pilot commitment to a multi-camera comedy starring stand-up comedian Jim Jefferies, from writer-producer Suzanne Martin, Sean Hayes and Todd Milliner’s Hazy Mills and Universal TV, where Hazy Mills is based. Written by Jefferies and Martin, the untitled sitcom stars Jefferies as a…

Comedy Central and Jim Jefferies have entered into a first-look deal for content created and/or developed for television and digital media. The deal includes a pick-up of late night series The Jim Jefferies Show for a 20-episode third season.  The deal was announced by Sarah Babineau and Jonas Larsen, EVPs and…

Jim Jefferies attended March For Our Lives in San Diego over the weekend, and broadcast the results on his Comedy Central late-night show, reminding viewers that, back in the day, his gun-control routine had gone viral. “I was known as The Gun Control Guy,” he insisted, adding, “The movement needed its hero…

The Jim Jefferies Show is returning for a second go-round. Comedy Central has picked up a 20-episode Season 2 of the late-night series, it was announced today during the network’s portion of the TCA winter press tour. The renewal comes amid solid ratings for The Jim Jefferies Show, which ranks as Comedy Central’s No…

Comedy Central’s Jim Jefferies sure knows how to create a moment: The premiere episode of his new The Jim Jefferies Show included a few-second appearance by an unbilled Brad Pitt as a doom-forecasting weatherman. Jefferies – who shouted down and flipped off a Donald Trump-defending Piers Morgan last February on Real Ti…

Comedy Central is entering the hot weekly late-night arena with a show hosted by Australian comedian Jim Jefferies. The untitled half-hour series, picked up for 10 episodes, will debut in the summer. In it, Jefferies will travel around the world to tackle the week's top stories and most controversial issues. “Plus…

Piers Morgan is either still smarting or still giddy from his run-in with Jim Jefferies on Friday’s Real Time With Bill Maher, now adding Meryl Streep to his ever-growing roster of combatants in the feud’s wake. “Meryl Streep abusing President Trump again?,” Morgan tweeted today, apparently a response to the actress…