It looks like we may have already seen the final episode of NBC’s comedy series Up All Night. The network’s plans to revamp the modestly rated single-camera sophomore as a multi-camera were dealt a major blow late last week when star Christina Applegate departed the project. After originally planning five multi-camera…

EXCLUSIVE: We will get a glimpse of what a multi-camera Up All Night would look like after all. I have learned that NBC plans to film one multi-camera episode of the sophomore comedy without star Christina Applegate, who departed the series on Friday. I hear the episode will be directed by master multi-camera helmer…

EXCLUSIVE UPDATED: NBC‘s plan to revamp single-camera sophomore comedy Up All Night as a multi-camera sitcom has suffered a major blow. I’ve learned that series star Christina Applegate is leaving the Lorne Michaels-produced project, which is still being re-conceptualized and is yet to film any of the five episodes in…

EXCLUSIVE: As NBC's sophomore comedy Up All Night transitions from a single- to multi-camera format, it will do so without the series creator/executive producer Emily Spivey, who has departed the show. There has been a lot of behind-the-scenes turnover on the series starring Christina Applegate, Will Arnett and Maya…

As it transitions from a single- to a multi-camera format, NBC‘s sophomore comedy Up All Night is also switching showrunners. Former Nurse Jackie co-creator/co-showrunner Linda Wallem has joined the family comedy as executive producer/showrunner. The gig is part of a two-year overall deal she has signed with Up All Nig…

NBC‘s sophomore comedy Up All Night will be off all winter, but when it comes back in the spring, it will look and feel different. NBC has decided to convert the family comedy from a single-camera to a multi-camera format. Episode 11, which wraps production next week, will be the last episode of the show in the…

In the spring of 2008, then-perennial bubble CBS comedy How I Met Your Mother got Britney Spears as a guest star. The episode shot up to series highs and fostered a turnaround for the show, which turned from an underperforming darling to a hit almost overnight. Four and a half years later, CBS this fall made a…

When NBC in May announced its new Thursday lineup consisting of softly rated returning comedies and Rock Center With Brian Williams, it felt like the network was writing off the night for the fall. Well, that certainly seems to be the case judging by the lineup’s launch last night, following strong showings for NBC on…

Luka Jones has joined Up All Night as a series regular. The actor will play Scott, the younger brother of Christina Applegate's “Reagan Brinkley” character in the NBC sitcom. Jones' character, a contractor by profession, is described as a laid back recently divorced dad with a young son.  Jones is repped by WME…

Megan Masters is West Coast Editor at TVLine Having portrayed some of Hollywood’s fiercest funny women, Christina Applegate has never shined or elicited as many laughs as she did this season on NBC’s freshman comedy Up All Night. The Emmy-seasoned actress (winning in 2003 and nominated again in 2004 for her…

Diane Haithman contributes to Deadline's TV coverage. If the 2011-2012 TV schedule is any indication, girls just want to be funny. There are probably more new comedies created, co-created or executive-produced by women in primetime than at any time in history: 2 Broke Girls (Whitney Cummings), The B**** In Apartment 23…

EXCLUSIVE: Comedy writer-producer DJ Nash has signed an overall deal with Universal TV. Under the two-year pact, Nash will develop new projects and serve as an executive producer on the studio’s Up All Night, working alongside executive producer/showrunner Tucker Cawley. Up All Night, created by Emily Spivey and…