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Steph Curry isn’t used to missing — though he was never much one for twos.

Peacock has canceled mockumentary Mr. Throwback, NBA superstar Curry’s acting debut (Ok, so he played himself on HBO’s Ballers once) and the first scripted, live-action series produced by his Unanimous Media banner, after just one season. The cancellation is due to a lack of viewership, The Hollywood Reporter is told, not quality.

Mr. Throwback debuted to a pretty strong reception (although THR‘s review contended it “Never quite lives up to Curry’s charm or pedigree.”). The six-episode season one has an 86 percent rating among TV critics on Rotten Tomatoes and is at 80 percent with the audience. (Among “Top Critics,” it’s at 67 percent, lower but still “Fresh,” though that only accounts for six reviews — a relatively small sample size.)

The series was not without its flaws, but it was funny (enough) and...

All good stories must come to an end. Peacock has trimmed its original programming, canceling Based on a True Story after two seasons.

Per Deadline, despite earning largely positive reviews from critics, Based on a True Story will not return for a third season on Peacock. Created by Craig Rosenberg, the dark comedy thriller series is a satire of the true crime genre with elements loosely inspired by true events. Both seasons follow married couple Ava and Nathan Bartlett, played by Cuoco and Chris Messina respectively, as they capitalize on America's growing obsession with true crime by launching a podcast with serial killer Matt Pierce (Tom Bateman). The second, and now final, season of eight episodes was released in its entirety on Peacock back in November 2024.

Based on a True Story Season 2 picked up three months into parenthood for Ava and Nathan. As they focus on taking care of her family,...

Peacock has canceled two shows: Based on a True Story and Mr. Throwback, Deadline has confirmed.

From Craig Rosenberg and Jason Bateman, Based on a True Story ran for two seasons and starred Kaley Cuoco and Chris Messina. The series is a satire of the true crime genre with elements that are loosely inspired by true events.

Season 1 follows Ava (Cuoco) and her husband Nathan (Messina), a down-on-their-luck couple whose lives collide with an infamous serial killer terrorizing Los Angeles. and seize a unique opportunity to capitalize on America’s obsession with true crime by making a podcast with the killer.

Season 2 focused on new parents Ava and Nathan Bartlett three months into parenthood. Focused on taking care of her family, Ava is determined to resist her true-crime obsession and return to work as a real estate agent while Nathan trains private tennis clients.

Rosenberg served as creator, writer, showrunner,...

The comedies “Based on a True Story” and “Mr. Throwback” have been canceled at Peacock, Variety has learned exclusively. “Based on a True Story” had debuted its second season in November 2024, while “Mr. Throwback” aired its one and only season at the NBCUniversal streamer in August 2024.

Peacock does not release regular viewership information, so gauging the exact audience of either show is difficult, but both received solid reviews upon their release.

“Based on a True” story starred Kaley Cuoco and Chris Messina as a financially struggling couple who decide to start a true crime podcast to investigate whether or not their plumber is in fact a serial killer. The cast also included Tom Bateman, Liana Liberato, and Priscilla Quintana. The show originally premiered in 2023.

Craig Rosenberg created the series and served as an executive producer. Annie Weisman served as writer, showrunner, and an executive producer on Season 2 with Jaclyn Moore also writing and executive producing.

A month after NBC broadcast live Steph Curry’s heroics during the Men’s Basketball Olympics final that helped USA clinch the title, the Golden State Warriors star will be back on the network. NBC will air the first episode of the Peacock original comedy series Mr. Throwback, starring Curry and Adam Pally, on Sept. 12. The pilot will run in the anchor Thursday 9 Pm slot from the network’s “Must See TV” era.

The move is designed to give additional exposure to Mr. Throwback, which premiered Aug. 8 on Peacock alongside the streamer’s Olympics coverage that included Curry & Co.’s quest for Olympic gold.

The half-hour, co-created/executive produced by David Caspe, ranks as a top 5 Peacock original comedy series launch based on its opening weekend viewing out of 19 comedy shows the NBCU streamer has introduced so far. Not surprisingly, 77% of the accounts who watched Mr. Throwback also watched basketball at the Olympics.

Once a basketball prodigy in junior high, Danny Grossman now runs a struggling sports memorabilia store in Chicago. Down on his luck and in desperate need of money, Danny hatches a plan to contact his former teammate and childhood friend, NBA star Stephen Curry. Curry has gone on to massive success in the league, while Danny’s life has taken a different path.

When the Golden State Warriors come to town to play the Bulls, Danny manages to get an audience with Curry post-game. Curry is just as friendly and good-natured as ever, but Danny isn’t here for a simple reunion. He’s scheming ways to get a cash windfall from his famous friend. Things become more complicated when Danny starts telling a few little white lies about his current situation.

This unexpected reunion leads Curry to film a mockumentary of his everyday activities. The project unexpectedly shifts its...

Creative partners Adam Pally and David Caspe didn’t anticipate that the “third in the Pally-Caspe trilogy” would star one of the greatest basketball players of all time.

Pally, a dedicated member of his own rec league basketball team, and Caspe, an “enormous basketball fan and even bigger Stephen Curry fan,” could not believe that the four-time NBA champion wanted to work on a show with them.

“I would not be shocked if we just got a phone call Thursday morning when the show’s supposed to premiere. That’s like, ‘Yeah, Stephen decided not to do it,’” Caspe told TheWrap. “I’d be like, ‘That makes sense. God bless him.’”

The idea for the duo’s mockumentary series “Mr. Throwback” came after an appearance on Ayesha Curry’s HBO Max game show, “About Last Night.”

Caspe and Pally appeared on separate episodes with their wives — “Happy Endings” and “Marry Me...

What do you do when one of the biggest sports stars on the planet asks you to write a role for him? If you’re David Caspe and Adam Pally, you think quickly.

The duo — who first worked together on the cult ABC sitcom “Happy Endings,” created by Caspe and starring Pally as Max Blum, a disheveled gay man making ends meet as an unlicensed limousine driver while mooching off his ensemble of Chicago friends — never expected to find themselves writing a mockmentary about Steph Curry. But when the Golden State Warriors star teamed up with his wife Ayesha Curry to host the game show “About Last Night” on what was then called HBO Max in 2022, their comedic fates changed forever.

Each episode of the show featured different celebrity couples answering embarrassing questions about each other, and both Pally and Caspe appeared as guests along with their respective partners. They...

Talk about good sports! Adam Pally has reunited with his Happy Endings creator David Caspe and writers Matthew and Daniel Libman for Peacock’s winning new hoot Mr. Throwback and they’ve recruited an unbeatable roster: SNL standout Ego Nwodim and Golden State Warrior’s phenom Stephen Curry. And yes, he’s got comedic game. Full of sharp dialogue, heart, some Emmy-worthy outbursts by Nwodim, the six-episode mockumentary-style gem “is about forgiveness…and the undeniable power of Stephen Curry,” laughs Matthew Libman, who co-wrote Throwback with brother Daniel and series creator David Caspe. The Golden State Warriors point guard plays a fictionalized version of himself who reconnects with shifty childhood friend Danny Grossman, despite the warnings of their fellow classmate-turned-Steph’s right-hand-woman Kimberly (Nwodim). Having worked together on Happy Endings with Pally, Caspe and the Libmans know how to build a bench and have scored a new one with their central threesome.

As an athlete, Stephen Curry is, apparently, very good. As a TV producer, his track record is mixed, comprising both dizzying highs (I will never stop waiting for more Holey Moley) and shocking lows. As an actor, his talents probably hit their ceiling with his TV commercials for Subway or Cars.com, but when you’re rich and powerful, no one can really stop you from selling Peacock a mockumentary in which you play yourself, no matter how unimpressive you are in the role. Fortunately, Mr. Throwback is very good — so good, in fact, that my harshest criticism of this show about Steph Curry is that it apparently had to star Steph Curry.

The show’s Steph has a lot in common with the one we know: He’s a talented and dominant NBA player who grew up in Charlotte and whose father preceded him in the league; he has...

When Kobe Bryant returned to Philadelphia for his final game, one of the reporters at his press conference was Evan Monsky, Bryant’s former high school basketball teammate at Lower Merion. During the Q&a, Monsky asked Bryant to name the best point guard he ever played with and Bryant, without skipping a beat, saluted “Evan Monsky” as the best passer, before listing the Hall of Famers and All-Stars from his various NBA teams.

It was a good moment because it captured something extremely satisfying in dramatic terms: Every NBA superstar — every superstar in any sport — at some point in their life shared a roster with somebody who did not, in fact, become a superstar themselves. Somebody who may not have played college or even high school ball. That person went on to live a normal life filled with normal highs and lows and probably multiple times every year, that...

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The very funny Adam Pally spoke with MovieWeb's Greg Archer about starring in and producing Peacock's new mockumentary series, Mr. Throwback. Pally discussed basketball and working with Steph Curry, and playing a sad sack out for redemption. Mr. Throwback premieres Aug. 8 with all six episodes on Peacock.

The comedy mockumentary series Mr. Throwback follows a down-on-his-luck memorabilia dealer who looks for redemption by reuniting with his sixth-grade teammate, NBA legend Steph Curry. The series also stars Adam Pally, Ego Nwodim and Ayden Mayeri.

Mr. Throwback was created by Executive Producers/Writers David Caspe, Matthew Libman and Daniel Libman and Adam Pally, with Erick Peyton (Stephen Curry: Underrated) executive producing for Unanimous Media.

“The only premise I could ever really give to people for this show is it’s like if Christopher Guest directed ‘Uncut Gems,’” Adam Pally says, previewing his new series “Mr. Throwback.” The mockumentary show does have a similar shape to Josh and Benny Safdie’s modern crime classic: a so-sad, so-fucked-up Jewish businessman takes on life-threatening mob debts and, in a shameless act of survivalist drive, dogs an NBA star and extracts money from him through a bombardment of white lies.

Only in “Mr. Throwback,” Pally’s character, Danny Grossman, is a former basketball prodigy, the “Jewish Jordan” that once went “100 and 100”. Stephen Curry was his back-up in middle school. But Danny’s career ended early after his alcoholic father and coach (Tracy Letts) is caught in an elaborate lie. Two decades and a failed marriage later, an in-debt Danny is forced to follow in his old man’s footsteps,...

The Peacock streaming service has released a first look at the mockumentary comedy Mr. Throwback, which will premiere on Thursday, August 8. The series consists of six 30-minute episodes.

Stephen Curry executive produces and stars in his first scripted television role alongside Adam Pally (Happy Endings), Ego Nwodim (Saturday Night Live), and Ayden Mayeri (Jackpot).

Mr. Throwback follows a down-on-his-luck memorabilia dealer who looks for redemption by reuniting with his sixth-grade teammate, NBA legend Stephen Curry. “I was excited to step into the world of scripted comedy with Mr. Throwback, a story with love for family and friends at its center,” said Curry.

“I’m looking forward to viewers getting to see me play a version of myself no one has ever seen before, and hope they feel connected to the characters and the dilemmas they face throughout the series.”

Curry continued: “I am honored to have joined the hilarious Adam,...

Despite being an NBA mega-star with the Golden State Warriors, Steph Curry is eager to show off his comedy chops in the trailer for Peacock’s Mr. Throwback, which was released on Wednesday.

Curry’s chance to play a comedy hero has come with the Universal Television mockumentary that marks his first scripted TV role and is set to premiere on Aug. 8.

Mr. Throwback

The comedy sees Adam Pally as Danny Grossman, a down-on-his-luck memorabilia dealer who looks for redemption by reuniting with his sixth-grade teammate, basketball legend Curry, who plays himself on screen.

In Mr. Throwback, Curry aims to help his middle school buddy get redemption. “Let’s do a documentary on it,” he says at one point in the trailer. That has the former school buddies joyously traveling on Curry’s private jet and sharing pre-game horse placenta drinks, called “placenta-ritas.”

Saturday Night Live castmember Ego Nwodim plays...

We’re getting the first look and premiere date for Mr. Throwback, Peacock’s upcoming mockumentary comedy headlined by NBA star Steph Curry and Happy Endings alum Adam Pally.

The six-episode series from Happy Endings creator David Caspe and writing duo Matthew Libman and Daniel Libman will premiere August 8 on the streamer. Check out the trailer above.

In Mr. Throwback, a down-on-his-luck memorabilia dealer (Pally) looks for redemption by reuniting with his sixth-grade teammate, NBA great Steph Curry.

“I was excited to step into the world of scripted comedy with Mr. Throwback, a story with love for family and friends at its center,” said Curry, who also executive produces, in a statement. “I’m looking forward to viewers getting to see me play a version of myself no one has ever seen before and hope they feel connected to the characters and the dilemmas they face throughout the series.”

He added,...

While Stephen Curry is about to jet to Paris for the Olympics, he’s also about to head to Peacock for his first scripted television role. The streamer has debuted the first trailer for “Mr. Throwback,” a six-episode mockumentary series that follows the Golden State Warriors point guard (playing himself) as he reunites with his down-on-his-luck teammate from middle school, played by Adam Pally.

“I was excited to step into the world of scripted comedy with ‘Mr. Throwback,’ a story with love for family and friends at its center,” Curry, who also executive produces the series, said in a statement. The athlete debuted the trailer through his social media channels on Wednesday morning. “I’m looking forward to viewers getting to see me play a version of myself no one has ever seen before, and hope they feel connected to the characters and the dilemmas they face throughout the series.

Steph Curry is having a “Curb Your Enthusiasm” meets “Ballers” moment.

The NBA legend and Golden State Warriors point guard will make his TV acting debut on Peacock comedy series “Mr. Throwback,” which he also executive produces. The mockumentary follows a down-on-his-luck memorabilia dealer (Adam Pally) who seeks redemption by reuniting with his sixth-grade basketball teammate (Curry). Pally also executive produces.

“I was excited to step into the world of scripted comedy with ‘Mr. Throwback,’ a story with love for family and friends at its center,” Curry said in a press statement. “I’m looking forward to viewers getting to see me play a version of myself no one has ever seen before, and hope they feel connected to the characters and the dilemmas they face throughout the series.”

Curry was featured in Peter Nicks’ 2023 biography-documentary “Stephen Curry: Underrated,” which debuted at Sundance.

“Mr. Throwback” was created by the “Happy Endings” team,...

Ayden Mayeri has joined the cast of an upcoming Peacock comedy series led by Steph Curry and Adam Pally.

Per the official logline, the currently untitled series follows Danny (Pally), “a down-on-his-luck memorabilia dealer who looks for redemption by reuniting with his sixth-grade teammate, NBA legend Steph Curry.”

Mayeri will play Samantha, Danny’s ex-wife.

Mayeri is best known for playing Beth Ann in the 2022 Showtime comedy series “I Love That For You.” She also starred in Season 1 of “The Afterparty” on Apple TV+ as Jennifer No. 2, with other TV credits including “Into the Dark” on Hulu, “Veep” on HBO, “New Girl” on Fox, “Grace and Frankie” on Netflix and “Homecoming” on Amazon.

In film, Mayeri has appeared opposite Alison Brie and Aubrey Plaza in “Spin Me Round” (2022), Greg Mottola’s “Confess, Fletch” (2022), Dave Franco’s “Somebody That I Used to Know” (2023), Netflix’s “Alex Strangelove” (2018), Lionsgate’s “Wander Darkly...

Prime Video is gearing up for the heist of the century with Game of Thrones’ Sophie Turner. The streamer has given a series order for the new drama Haven, about an ordinary office worker who finds herself at the center of a high-stakes crime.

“A typical workday at a pension fund investment company, Lochmill Capital, is upended when violent thieves burst in and force Zara (played by Turner) and her best mate Luke (Saltburn’s Archie Madekwe) to execute their demands,” reads the synopsis. Rhys (The Queen’s Gambit’s Jacob Fortune-Lloyd), a cop and a recently relapsed gambling addict investigating the heist,...

Exclusive: Saturday Night Live star Ego Nwodim has been tapped as the female lead opposite Adam Pally and Stephen Curry in the single-camera Peacock comedy series Mr. Throwback. Her casting is not expected to impact her duties on the NBC sketch comedy series, which is in the same corporate family.

The Mr. Throwback mocumentary, from Happy Endings creator David Caspe and writing duo Matthew Libman and Daniel Libman, centers on Danny (Happy Endings alum Pally), a down-on-his-luck memorabilia dealer who looks for redemption by reuniting with his sixth-grade teammate, NBA great Steph Curry.

Nwodim will play Kimberly, Steph’s childhood friend, business partner, manager and essentially his overall handler. Kimberly, Steph, and Danny all grew up together, and while Kimberly is happy to see Danny pop back up in their lives, he’s not about to let Steph get taken advantage of by any of Danny’s schemes.

Caspe writes...

Simu Liu (Photo by: Paul Gilmore/NBC)

Peacock’s given a straight-to-series order for an untitled espionage thriller starring and executive produced by Simu Liu. Thomas Brandon (Legacies) created the series and is serving as writer and will also executive produce.

“Five minutes in the future, a first-generation-American intelligence analyst Alexander Hale (Simu Liu) realizes his brain has been hacked, giving the perpetrators access to everything he sees and hears,” reads Peacock’s synopsis. “Caught between his shadowy agency and the unknown hackers, he must maintain a performance 24/7 to flush out who’s responsible and prove where his allegiance lies.”

Additional executive producers include Atomic Monster’s James Wan, Michael Clear, and Rob Hackett.

Peacock also announced straight-to-series orders for the following projects:

Devil In Disguise: John Wayne Gacy: A limited series from the producers of Dr. Death and NBC News Studios, based on the harrowing exploits of one of...

Peacock has given straight-to-series order to Mr. Throwback, a mockumentary comedy headlined by NBA star Steph Curry and Happy Endings alum Adam Pally. The pickup for the project, from Happy Endings creator David Caspe and writing duo Matthew Libman and Daniel Libman, was announced Wednesday at TCA along with three drama series orders by Peacock.

As Deadline reported exclusively last April, Mr. Throwback was originally set up at NBC for development. A couple of years ago, NBCUniversal installed a centralized development team for NBC, the company’s basic cable networks and Peacock, with projects sometimes shepherded well into development before a decision is made which platform it would go to.

Additionally, NBC in the past year or so has taken a turn toward multi-camera comedies, which cost less to produce than single-camera shows. All of the network’s existing three half-hour series, Night Court, Lopez vs. Lopez and Extended Family,...

Stephen Curry and Adam Pally are set to co-star in a mockumentary project that has been ordered straight to series at Peacock.

The announcement was made during the Television Critics Association winter press tour in Pasadena. Titled “Mr. Throwback,” the series is said to follow “a down-on-his-luck memorabilia dealer (Pally) who looks for redemption by reuniting with his sixth-grade teammate, NBA legend Steph Curry.”

David Caspe, Matthew Libman, and Daniel Libman serve as writers and executive producers on the project. Both Curry and Pally will executive produce in addition to starring, with Curry executive producing under his Unanimous Media banner along with Erick Peyton. Universal Television will produce. Unanimous Media is currently under a sweeping deal at NBCUniversal.

The series reunites Pally with Caspe and the Libmans. Pally previously starred in the ABC comedy “Happy Endings,” which was created by Caspe and on which the Libmans were writers. Pally also...

Simu Liu is going back to the future. Well, like, five minutes into the future.

Peacock has given a straight-to-series order for an untitled espionage series starring Liu, in which the “Barbie” actor will play first-generation-American intelligence analyst Alexander Hale. He realizes his brain has been hacked, giving the perpetrators access to everything he sees and hears.

James Wan is among the executive producers on the series, which was written and created by Thomas Brandon (“Legacies”). Other EPs on the project include Michael Clear and Rob Hackett from Wan’s Atomic Monster. Danielle Bozzone will oversee the project for the production company, which recently merged with Jason Blum’s Blumhouse.

Wan/Atomic Monster and UCP/Peacock are already collaborating on a contemporary horror thriller now titled “Teacup.” Ian McCulloch is writing that one, and executive producing alongside Wan.

The Liu project is one of four new series Peacock ordered Wednesday.

Peacock is bulking up its scripted roster.

The NBCUniversal-owned streamer on Wednesday announced series orders for four new scripted originals, including Mr. Throwback, a mockumentary starring NBA legend Steph Curry and an untitled James Wan thriller with Simu Liu set to topline the drama. Also ordered to series are Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy from the creators of Dr. Death and All Her Fault, a suburban thriller based on the novel of the same name by Andrea Mara.

The news was announced Wednesday during Peacock’s time at the Television Critics Association’s winter press tour, where the streamer held panels for Apples Never Fall and The Traitors, among others.

The pickups join a roster of scripted series at Peacock that also includes Apples Never Fall, Hysteria!, The Tattooist Of Auschwitz, Those About To Die, Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist, We Are Lady Parts, Teacup The Day of the Jackal...

ABC’s ratings-challenged Happy Endings created a cult following thanks to its relatable stories about a group of friends in their late 20s and early 30s. While the comedy helped to launch the careers of stars Eliza Coupe (Jane), Elisha Cuthbert (Alex), Zachary Knighton (Dave), Adam Pally (Max), Damon Wayans Jr. (Brad) and Casey Wilson (Penny), behind the scenes, the Sony-produced series created by David Caspe was effectively its own showrunner training program. As Rutherford Falls creator Sierra Teller Ornelas revealed in a recent Twitter thread, Happy Endings had 23 writers over its three seasons, with an incredible 21 — including assistants — becoming showrunners.

During this week’s TV’s Top 5 podcast, hosts Lesley Goldberg and Daniel Fienberg reunite 14 of the Happy Endings writers to build off Ornelas’ thread and discuss, in light of the ongoing Writers Guild strike, the benefits of having a traditional writers rooms, why having writers on set...

Look alive sports fans, Stephen Curry is breaking into the comedy world with a new mockumentary series in development at NBC. According to Deadline, the basketball icon is set to star alongside Adam Pally in a forthcoming comedy titled "Mr. Throwback," which follows a "down-on-his-luck memorabilia dealer looking for redemption by reuniting with his sixth-grade teammate," who is none other than Curry, playing himself.

Reps for NBC did not immediately respond to Popsugar's request for comment on the upcoming project, but in a press statement, per Deadline, Curry said, "Making the natural transition from behind the camera to center stage opposite Adam Pally, we can't wait for the world to see what we have in store." Pally also reacted to the news in an April 4 Instagram post, writing, "Looks like the splash bro's where triplets?!"

News of the series arrives a few months after Curry premiered his "Underrated" documentary at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival.

Exclusive: NBC is mining the sports memorabilia world for its latest mockumentary comedy series and has landed NBA legend Steph Curry to be on its team.

Curry is to star alongside Adam Pally in Mr. Throwback, which comes from Happy Endings creator David Caspe and writing duo Matthew Libman and Daniel Libman.

The series about a down-on-his-luck memorabilia dealer looking for redemption by reuniting with his sixth-grade teammate, NBA legend Steph Curry. The project is in development at NBC, which is known for mockumentaries such as The Office and Parks and Recreation.

It comes from Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group, in association with Curry’s Unanimous Media. The project is the first emerge after Curry and his Unanimous Media struck a global talent partnership with NBCUniversal in 2021, which includes first-look development deals with Universal Studio Group for scripted and unscripted television projects and DreamWorks Animation for kids and family content.

ABC has put in development Dugout Moms, a single-camera comedy from Jacque Edmonds Cofer (The Unicorn), Damon Wayans Jr. and his Two Shakes Entertainment, Picture It Productions and CBS Studios, where Wayans Jr. is under a deal.

Written by Cofer, Dugout Moms is inspired by the life of actress-writer Dawntavia Bullard (Brownsville High). It centers around a struggling but resilient single mom Who finds support and sisterhood from a group of Little League parents after she and her son move to an exclusive Atlanta suburb.

Cofer executive produces with Wayans Jr. and Kameron Tarlow for Two Shakes Entertainment, and Lance Krall, Peter Siaggas and Peter Stathopoulos for Atlanta-based Picture It Productions. CBS Studios is the studio.

Cofer recently wrapped her second season as a co-executive producer on CBS’ The Unicorn. She previously created and served as showrunner on comedy Let’s Stay Together, which ran for four seasons on BET. She...

Exclusive: NBC is developing Hope Café, a multi-camera comedy from Mayim Bialik and her Sad Clown Productions, Damon Wayans Jr. and his Two Shakes Entertainment, as well as Warner Bros Television where Sad Clown is based.

Written by Linda Videtti Figueiredo (Fuller House), Hope Café is inspired by Hope For the Day’s Sip of Hope in Chicago, the world’s first coffee shop where “It’s Ok Not to Be Ok” and 100% of the profits go to mental health education.

In the series, the friendships, lives and loves of the workers and customers are all intertwined at the Hope Café, a coffee shop where the baristas are also trained as mental health counselors. Think Freud, with tattoos and a frother.

Figueiredo executive produces with Bialik and Mackenzie Gabriel-Vaught for Sad Clown as well as Wayans and Kameron Tarlow for Two Shakes. Dave Kunicki and Jonny Boucher from Hope For the Day...

Exclusive: Former Happy Endings star Damon Wayans Jr. is reuniting with the cult series’ creator David Caspe and former writers Matthew and Daniel Libman for a half-hour bounty hunter action comedy, which has received a script-to-series commitment at NBCU’s streaming platform Peacock.

The project, starring and executive produced by Wayans Jr., falls under the first-look deal at CBS TV Studios for Wayans Jr.’ Two Shakes Entertainment, which has just been extended for another two years. CBS TV Studios is producing the untitled comedy with Universal Television where Caspe is under an overall deal.

Written by the Libman brothers, the action comedy revolves around a struggling married couple who become bounty hunters.

Matthew and Daniel Libman executive produce with Wayans Jr. and Kameron Tarlow of Two Shakes and Caspe via Shark Vs. Bear. Ian Durney will produce for Shark Vs. Bear.

Caspe and Matthew Libman have been childhood friends since elementary school,...

YouTube is clearing its deck, as the service gets ready to unveil its new original programming plans. As part of the spring cleaning of sorts, YouTube series “Champaign Ill,” “Ryan Hansen Solves Crimes on Television,” “Sideswiped,” and “Do You Want to See a Dead Body” won’t be back.

Those shows join previously confirmed cancelled series “Overthinking with Kat & June,” “Youth & Consequences,” and “Origin.”

YouTube isn’t completely wiping down the mat, however. Breakout hit “Cobra Kai” is back for Season 2 on April 24, and “Step Up: High Water,” currently in its second season, continues to perform well for the service. Also, comedy “Liza on Demand,” starring Liza Koshy, and sci-fi drama “Impulse” are both in production for their sophomore releases.

Meanwhile, YouTube hasn’t yet revealed the fates of comedy “Wayne,” which premiered in January, and anthology series “Weird City,” which launched in February.

YouTube will unveil its new originals distribution strategy,...

YouTube is rounding out cast for its new comedy series toplined by Happy Endings alum Adam Pally and Detroiters star Sam Richardson. Keith David (The Princess and the Frog), Moonlighting alums Curtis Armstrong and Allyce Beasley, Danielle Schneider (The Hotwives of Las Vegas), Neil Casey (Silicon Valley), Sabrina Revelle (Zac and Mia), Rich Sommer (Glow), and Adriyan Rae (Atlanta) will join previously cast Jay Pharoah (Saturday Night Live) in recurring roles. In addition, Thomas Barbusca (The Mick) will guest star in one episode.

The untitled series, set for a 2019 premiere on YouTube Red, reunites a number of key auspices behind ABC’s comedy series Happy Endings — co-star Pally, creator/executive producer David Caspe, writers Daniel Libman and Matthew Libman, executive producer Jamie Tarses, studio Sony Pictures TV as well as Dustin Davis, Head of Comedy Development at YouTube Originals, who was an ABC comedy current executive working on the series.

YouTube has greenlighted a 10-episode comedy series toplined by Happy Endings alum Adam Pally and Detroiters star Sam Richardson, with Jay Pharoah (Saturday Night Live) as a key recurring guest star.

The untitled series, set for a 2019 premiere on YouTube Red, reunites a number of key auspices behind ABC’s comedy series Happy Endings — co-star Pally, creator/executive producer David Caspe, writers Daniel Libman and Matthew Libman, executive producer Jamie Tarses, studio Sony Pictures TV as well as Dustin Davis, Head of Comedy Development at YouTube Originals, who was an ABC comedy current executive working on the series.

Written/executive produced by Daniel Libman, Matthew Libman, Jordan Cahan and Caspe and exec produced by Tarses, the series’ concepts is summed up as “every rapper has a crew he can’t live without… and vice versa” and examines how long the crew can survive without being in the limelight. Pharoah is...

It’s not a Happy Endings revival, but we’ll take it! Adam Pally is reuniting with Happy Endings creator David Caspe on a half-hour comedy series for YouTube Red, TVLine has learned.

The 10-episode, currently untitled sitcom — which also stars Veep standout Sam Richardson — centers on a rapper and his close-knit crew. Caspe penned the pilot with Daniel Libman, Matthew Libman and Jordan Cahan; all four will additionally serve as EPs. SNL‘s Jay Pharoah will also appear in the project as a recurring guest star.

“I’m thrilled to be back in business with the Happy Endings team...

YouTube Red has given a series order to a comedy from Sony Pictures Television that marks a reunion for actor Adam Pally and producers of the ABC sitcom “Happy Endings.”

The untitled series revolves around the entourage that surrounds a rap star. Pally co-stars with Sam Richardson (“Veep”). Jay Pharoah is on board as a guest star. The series was co-created by “Happy Endings” creator David Caspe and alums Daniel Libman, Matthew Libman, along with Jordan Cahan. Those four are exec producers along with Jamie Tarses, another “Happy Endings” alum.

“I’m thrilled to be back in business with the ‘Happy Endings’ team whom I worked with at ABC,” said Dustin Davis, head of comedy development at YouTube Originals. “I look forward to working with such an incredible cast led by Adam Pally, Sam Richardson and Jay Pharoah.”

YouTube Red has ordered 10 episodes of the untitled series. Maurice Marable is...

YouTube is getting the <em>Happy Endings </em>crew back together again.

Subscription service YouTube Red has handed out a straight-to-series order for an untitled comedy starring Adam Pally and written and produced by the team behind ABC's late and great <em>Happy Endings. </em>

The 10-episdoe comedy will be written and exec produced by <em>Happy Endings </em>creator David Caspe and Daniel Libman, Matthew Libman and Jordan Cahan. <em>Happy Endings </em>producer Jamie Tarses will also exec produce the series. Maurice "Mo" Marable will direct the pilot and co-exec produce, while Ian Durney is set as an associate producer.

The untitled comedy will ...

20th Century Fox has set "Happy Endings" writing duo Daniel and Matthew Libman to adapt Kyle Starks' graphic novel "Sexcastle".

Blake Anderson is onboard to play the title character, a former world class assassin who leaves the killing business to retire to a small town, only to be pulled back into the world of death.

"Captain America: Civil War" writers/directors Anthony and Joe Russo are producing the project which Kyle Newacheck is attached to direct. Anderson and Newacheck will also produce.

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Happy Endings creator David Caspe is finding more joy in pilot season.

He has received his third pilot order, this time from Comedy Central, which has signed up for Duty, a single-camera cop comedy to be executive produced by Caspe and written by ex-Happy Endings scribes Matthew Libman and Daniel Libman. There will be a Happy connection onscreen, too: The show follows a former football stud named Kyle (Ugly Americans’ Mike O’Gorman) who returns to his hometown after hitting hard times and joins the police force opposite his childhood best friend, Lonnie (Brooklyn Nine-Nine scribe Gil Ozeri, who...

Happy Endings, Season 3, Episode 1: “Cazsh Dummy Spillionaires”

Written by David Caspe, Matthew Libman & Daniel Libman

Directed by Fred Goss

Airs Tuesdays at 8pm (Et) on ABC

Crazy one liners? Check. Absurd situations? Check. Six lovable, goofy dorks? Check. That can only mean one thing. One of the underdog comedies of television is back in session. ABC’s Happy Endings returns with a bang on Tuesdays and we get to see our beloved group of six friends back in action.

The episode starts off with Penny ultimately getting put in a full body cast and, of course, hilarity ensues. Casey Wilson definitely will do anything that is thrown at her. It’s nice to see her physical comedy chops taken advantage of. She definitely has what it takes to say the one-liners or utilize her physical side. Or better yet, as in this episode, mold both of them together. Mvp...

The St. Valentine's Day Maxssacre - The road to romance is rocky for the gang, as Penny has a new boyfriend she wants to dump; Dave is afraid his new girlfriend is about to dump him; Alex, an expert on all things Valentine's, goes looking for a party in the sketchy part of town; and Brad's hopes for a perfect night out for Jane are dashed when a dental appointment goes terribly wrong. But they don't have anything on Max, who picks up a couple with his limo only to find that one of the passengers is Grant (guest star Jimmy Wolk), the boyfriend he broke up with a year ago -- on Valentine's Day -- on Happy Endings, Wednesday, February 8 (9:31-10:00 p.m., Et) on the ABC Television Network.

Happy Endings stars Eliza Coupe as Jane, Elisha Cuthbert as Alex, Zachary Knighton as Dave, Adam Pally as Max,...