Starz has acquired a slew of comedy series, specials and films that launched on Seeso, the NBCUniversal-owned SVOD service that shuttered last year. Among the series in the deal are Take My Wife, Night Train with Wyatt Cenac and The UCB Show. It also includes stand-up specials from the Sklar Brothers, Brian Posehn and…

After months of rumors, Seeso has confirmed it will close its doors later this year. The NBCUniversal-owned comedy-centered SVOD service made the official announcement Wednesday on Facebook. There had been much speculation about Seeso’s future, following the departure of Evan Shapiro as head of the service, which was f…

EXCLUSIVE: There have been layoffs at Seeso, whose business model is currently being reassessed and is expected to change. The cuts are said to impact a handful of employees at NBCUniversal’s comedy-centered SVOD service, with some being reassigned within NBCUniversal Digital Enterprises in different roles. The…

Evan Shapiro, head of NBCUniversal’s Seeso streaming service, has exited the company, Deadline has learned. His duties will taken up by Maggie Suniewick, president of NBCU digital enterprises, to whom Shapiro has been reporting. “Evan has created a slate of remarkable comedy programming, and put together an incredibly…

Comedy streaming channel Seeso has unveiled its summer programming slate with premiere dates for the anticipated There’s…Johnny!, Season 2 of Harmonquest, Flulanthropy series premiere and more. There's… Johnny!, an original comedy series written by Paul Reiser and David Steven Simon revolving around The Tonight Show St…

Seeso has picked up Night Train With Wyatt Cenac stand-up comedy series for a second season. Hosted by Cenac, the series features performances from comedy favorites such as Chris Gethard, Jonah Ray, Brooks Wheelan, Janelle James, Marcella Arguello, Seaton Smith, Alex English, Josie Long, , Marina Franklin, Chanel Ali…

Seeso has picked up a second season of romcom Take My Wife, starring comedians and real-life, same-sex married couple Cameron Esposito and Rhea Butcher, for premiere in 2017. The half-hour, single-camera original series follows the young lesbian couple as elements of their domestic life intersect with the underground…

Seeso has ordered two more seasons of its real estate series Bajillion Dollar Propertie$, taking it through Season 4. Bajillion Dollar Propertie$ is a half-hour, semi-scripted comedy with an ensemble of seven agents set against the backdrop of a cutthroat luxury LA real estate firm. Season 3, set to premiere this…

Seeso has four new series set to premiere during the first quarter of 2017. NBCUniversal’s streaming comedy channel will debut Fancy Boy and Whan Bam, Thank You Ma’am in January and My Brother, My Brother and Me in February and Shrink in March. Seeso also gave premiere dates for a quartet of new stand-up comedy…

Seeso is bringing Dan Harmon’s roleplaying series Harmonquest back for a second season for premiere in 2017. The new season will see Boneweevil (Jeff Davis) banished to the Demon Realm, with Fondue Zoobag (Harmon) and Beur O'Shift (Erin McGathy) journeying to Hell to save their friend, but they quickly realize that…

Seeso has greenlighted There’s Johnny!," an eight-episode scripted comedy series set behind the scenes at The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, from Mad About You creator Paul Reiser. It’s slated to premiere in 2017, 55 years after Carson's first appearance in The Tonight Show and 25 years after his last…

The UK’s Channel 4 and NBCUniversal Digital Enterprises' U.S. streaming channel Seeso have ordered a second season of dysfunctional family dramedy Flowers. The six-part series from Will Sharpe stars The Night Manager and Broadchurch‘s Olivia Colman and The Mighty Boosh‘s Julian Barratt. Season 1 aired in the spring in…