EXCLUSIVE: Comedian Sebastian Maniscalco has made a deal with Lionsgate to develop a multi-generational comedy he will cowrote as a starring vehicle. Maniscalco is teaming on the script with Austen Earl (The Great Indoors). It will be inspired by Maniscalco’s stage routines, which touch on his Italian American family…

Comedian-actor Sebastian Maniscalco will tape his third Showtime comedy special on May 7 at Manhattan’s Beacon Theatre. Directed by Joe Demaio, Why Would You Do That? will film in front of a live audience and will air on the network this summer, as well as online, on demand and over the Internet. Maniscalco’s personal…

Following the promising start of The Carmichael Show, NBC is eyeing two more multi-camera comedy shows toplined by comedians that are informed by their lives and standup, giving pilot orders to an untitled half-hour starring Vladimir Caamaño, produced by Bill Lawrence; and Sebastian, starring Sebastian Maniscalco…