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EXCLUSIVE: A buzzy British entertainment format that's described as a cross between The Masked Singer and Hell's Kitchen is the latest show to cross the pond after TBS ordered a U.S. version of Rat In The Kitchen. Comedian Natasha Leggero is to host the 10-part series for the WarnerMedia-backed network with celebrity…

‘We have gathered all you ladies here today because 2020 — was a triflin’ ho.” Can we get an amen? In fact, we can. Amazon Prime Video has set Yearly Departed, an hourlong comedy special/funeral titled in which some top female comics “lament” the Cruelest Year and its impact on society. Hosted by Phoebe Robinson, it…

Netflix’s has rounded out the team and set a tipoff date for its basketball-themed adult animated series from creator Ben Hoffman, Phil Lord, Chris Miller & 20th TV. Rob Riggle, Natasha Leggero, Ron Funches, Cleo King and A.D. Miles have joined the voice cast of Hoops alongside Jake Johnson. The action begins Friday…

Natasha Leggero (Another Period) is set as the third co-lead opposite Jaime Camil and Pauley Perrette in the multi-camera comedy pilot Broke (fka the Untitled Jennie Snyder Urman/Alex Herschlag Project). It hails from Jane the Virgin creator/executive producer Jennie Snyder Urman, Will & Grace executive producer Alex…

CBS  is developing Rachet, a multi-camera comedy from Another Period co-creator Natasha Leggero, who also is attached to star, and Morgan Murphy (Two Broke Girls). Written by Leggero and Murphy, Ratchet centers on Jessica Rachet (Leggero), who must start a new life and make new friends after her rich fiancé dies…

When it comes to filling out the guest star roster for the second season of Comedy Central’s turn-of-the century satire Another Period, creators and stars Natasha Leggero and Riki Lindome have an embarrassment of riches given their footprint in the Hollywood live comedy scene. Last night, following the Awardsline Emmy…

It has been something of a mystery since Nikki Finke started Deadline Hollywood nine years ago. Who writes the comments that follow stories about the good and bad things that happen to people in Hollywood? Filmmakers Jim & Brian Kehoe put together a pretty good cast and have made a short film that tries to answer that…

The Bellacourt sisters will be back to pursue their dream of becoming the Kardashians of the early 20th century. Comedy Central said today that it has ordered a second season of Another Period, in which two sisters care only about being filthy rich and becoming very famous — in 1902 Rhode Island. Of course, social…

After being hysterically whupped tonight at his Comedy Central Roast, Justin Bieber showed he could dish it back to Martha Stewart and comedienne Natasha Leggero with some dirty jokes. He even told roast guru Jeffrey Ross, “You look like the emoji you send when you want to tell someone you have food poisoning.” But…

EXCLUSIVE: Comedy Central’s 10-episode series Another Period, a send-up of turn-of-the-century Newport, Rhode Island high society, has added a string of comedic castmembers. As previously reported by Deadline back in June, the series revolves around Newport’s first family, the Bellacourts and sisters Lillian and…