Netflix has announced the United Nations of comedy specials with a stand-up comedy event series that will bring together 47 comedians from 13 regions. The yet-to-be-titled special, which will launch in 2019 will feature The Good Doctor‘s Chris D’Elia, Nailed It host Nicole Byer, Chapelle Show‘s Neal Brennan and comedy…

Putting exceptional chefs through a trial by fire with Top Chef, Magical Elves co-founder Jane Lipsitz subsequently moved to the opposite end of the culinary spectrum, celebrating the (often failed) efforts of amateurs with Netflix competition series Nailed It! Based on an internet meme phenomenon where novice cooks…

Actress-comedian Nicole Byer (Loosely Exactly Nicole) is set for a major series regular role opposite Kat Dennings in ABC's untitled Justin Noble comedy pilot. Written by Noble and directed by Will Gluck, the untitled project is based on the book and blog How May We Hate You? The workplace ensemble comedy centers on…

Like DirecTV with Friday Night Lights and Damages, Hulu with The Mindy Project and Netflix with Longmire, Facebook is taking in a series cancelled by a traditional network to help establish an original scripted brand. The social network giant, which had been planning a foray into scripted series, has zeroed in on Loose…

Casting directors wanted her to be one thing as she was trying to break into the industry – “sassy” – Nicole Byer, star of MTV’s new single-camera comedy Loosely Exactly Nicole told TV critics kicking off Sunday at TCA. Loosely Exactly Nicole debuts Monday, September 5 at 10:30 p.m. Code words like “Can you be more…

MTV has given series orders to the three female-driven comedy pilots it greenlighted in September, an untitled project from Deborah Kaplan and Harry Elfont (Can't Hardly Wait); Little Darlings, created by 27-year old Jennifer Kaytin Robinson and executive produced by Stacey Sher and Amanda Lasher; and a half-hour…

EXCLUSIVE: Sophie von Haselberg, Fahim Anwar and Rachel Hilson have been cast as series regulars opposite Nicole Byer in MTV’s untitled Nicole Byer pilot. They join previously cast Kimrie Lewis-Davis. Byer plays a young adult who is forced to move in with her sister and four kids in the suburbs after causing a fire in…

MTV is strengthening its focus on female viewers with Ladylike, a new hidden camera series from the creators of Girl Code, and three scripted pilot orders. Under Susanne Daniels, MTV moved away from male-centered comedy series like The Hard Times of RJ Burger, I Just Want My Pants Back and Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous…