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Back in 2008, Scott Aukerman co-created Between Two Ferns, the rare short-form series that has maintained popularity over more than a decade. Hosted by Zach Galifianakis, the Funny or Die comedy plays with the ideas of celebrity image and the celebrity talk show appearance, watching as the comedian makes jokes at his…

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix’s movie adaptation of Funny or Die’s Between Two Ferns talk show has added Ryan Gaul (The Last O.G., Bajillion Dollar Properties), Lauren Lapkus (Crashing, Orange is the New Black) and UCB’s Jiavani Linayao. The trio will join Zach Galifianakis’ crew in the feature that will be directed by Comedy Ban…

The current fifth season of IFC’s Comedy Bang! Bang!’ will be its last. The series' final 10-episode run will premiere Friday, October 28, with two back-to-back episodes at 11 PM and 11:30 PM. The remaining episodes, starring series host Scott Aukerman and musical co-host "Weird Al" Yankovic, will air weekly…

Original comedy series Comedy Bang! Bang! is coming back for a third season. IFC has ordered 20 half-hour episodes, scheduled to air in two 10-episode installments in 2014. Hosted by comedian-writer and podcast host Scott Aukerman (Between Two Ferns With Zach Galifianakis) Comedy Bang! Bang! riffs on the late-night…

EXCLUSIVE: Imagine Entertainment partners Brian Grazer and Ron Howard have started the Imagine/Reliance Writers Lab, an enterprising venture that pools a group of 10 screenwriters. Those writers are being paid a set annual salary to generate scripts in a variety of genres, and they are financially incentivized to…

IFC, which over the past year acquired Mitch Hurwitz’s Arrested Development and Judd Apatow’s Freaks and Geeks and Undeclared, has also picked up the complete series of The Larry Sanders Show, The Ben Stiller Show, Mr. Show with Bob and David and Action. The comedy series also join previously acquired British classic M…