Blake Anderson, co-creator and star of Comedy Central's Workaholics, has been cast as a series regular opposite Kether Donohue and Brandon Mychal Smith in NBC's multi-0camera comedy pilot Like Family, from Suzanne Martin, Sean Hayes and Todd Milliner's Hazy Mills and Universal TV. Written by Martin and directed by…

Six and a half years ago, Comedy Central took a chance on four young guys performing together as the Mail Order Comedy sketch group, after an executive saw their videos online. Now their series, Workaholics, which is in the middle of a two-year pickup, is coming to an end. As it has been rumored, the upcoming seventh…

Fox has handed a put pilot commitment to Pigeon, a half-hour single-camera comedy toplined by Anders Holm, one of the stars of Comedy Central’s long-running comedy Workaholics. The cable series is in the middle of a two-season pickup. There has been no announcement and Comedy Central is not commenting but I hear the…

“I remember when the title of this show was ironic,” Comedy Central President of Original Programming Kent Alterman said today in announcing a Season 6 and 7 renewal for Workaholics. The cable net ordered a pair of 10-episode seasons for the series starring Blake Anderson, Adam Devine and Anders Holm. New episodes…

With host Andy Greenwald wrangling nine panelists representing five shows, chaos reigned at today's Comedy Central panel at PaleyFest. It was like a writer's room after too many Skittles and an overdose of Red Bull and Mountain Dew (all cited by one panelist during a description of the creative process). If Attention…

WME now represents Blake Anderson, Anders Holm and Kyle Newacheck in all areas, joining fellow creator and star of Comedy Central's Workaholics, Adam Devine, at the agency. Anderson is currently developing an animated half hour at Comedy Central and is owner of clothing line "Teenage." He, along with Devine, Holm and…

BREAKING: Producers Scott Rudin and Eli Bush have teamed with Point Grey’s Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg and James Weaver to produce a feature with the Mail Order Comedy troupe that generates the Comedy Central series Workaholics. The film, which is not set up at a studio, is a completely original idea and not a…

Comedy Central has given an eight-episode order to stand-up series Adam Devine's House Party, which will spotlight 24 of Adam Devine's favorite up-and-coming comedians and is slated to premiere this fall. Produced by Avalon Television, the company behind Workaholics, Adam Devine's House Party is executive produced by…

Viral hit Drunk History is becoming a TV series. Comedy Central has given an eight-episode series pickup to the project after originally ordering a pilot presentation in the spring. The announcement was made at TCA where the network also said it has ordered Seasons 4 and 5 of Workaholics for a total of 26 episodes. Rel…

Comedy Central has picked up a third season of comedy series Workaholics, with stars/co-creators Blake Anderson, Adam Devine, Anders Holm and Kyle Newacheck set to return. "It's such an honor to be able to keep Workaholics going,” said Comedy Central’s head of programming Kent Alterman. "We feel like the show is…

From the much-hyped roast of Charlie Sheen to the debut of new series Gabriel Iglesias Presents Stand-Up Revolution; the cable premiere of 30 Rock and the return of Tosh.0, Workaholics and South Park; and Jeff Dunham, Donald Glover, Al’ Yankovic, Craig Ferguson and Carlos Mencia specials, here are Comedy Central’s…

A month into its freshman run on Comedy Central, Workaholics has been renewed for a second season with a 10-episode order. The series, from Blake Anderson, Adam Devine, Anders Holm and Kyle Newacheck, has ranked No. 1 in its post-South Park Wednesday 10:30 PM time slot among young men and has done particularly well…