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Bo Burnham is a multitalented creative who has been conspicuously absent from the big and small screen since 2021. After appearing in Promising Young Woman in 2020 and performing the tour-de-force stand-up routine Bo Burnham: Inside during the pandemic in 2021, Burnham has largely disappeared from the public to work on new projects behind the scenes. One such project is The Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show, which debuted on HBO in March 2024.

While Carmichael takes center stage on the intimately revealing reality TV show, Burnham appears secretly on the show as a masked friend and confidant named Anonymous. Carmichael speaks to Anonymous as a therapeutic sounding board and seeks his relationship advice, further establishing the profound friendship between Burnham and Carmichael. For fans of both comedians, The Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show provides must-see entertainment that explores family, friendship, and the longing for lasting connections.

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Peacock's "Pitch Perfect" spinoff series just found its director. Todd Strauss-Schulson, the filmmaker behind the meta slasher flick, "The Final Girls" and the similarly self-aware rom-com parody "Isn't It Romantic," is officially entering his a capella phase. Strauss-Schulson has signed on to direct the first two episodes of the spinoff series, also titled "Pitch Perfect." The project marks the directors return to television, after helming episodes of Amazon Prime Video's "Betas" and MTV series like "Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous" and "The Inbetweeners." The director most recently wrapped on his latest film, "Silent Retreat," a comedy starring Isabella Rossellini, Jack...

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Exclusive: Todd Strauss-Schulson and Adam Devine are reuniting for a third time as the former has signed on to direct and exec produce the pilot episode of Peacock’s Pitch Perfect (w/t) spinoff series

Strauss-Schulson has previously worked with the actor on 2015 comedy slasher film The Final Girls and 2019 rom-com Isn’t Is Romantic.

He will direct the first two episodes of the series and exec produce the pilot episode.

Richie Keen, who directed Peacock’s Bust Down and NBC’s Kenan, is the producing director and an exec producer across the season.

The Pitch Perfect series, which has received a straight-to-series order at the NBCU streamer, follows Devine’s vocal villain Bumper Allen, several years after viewers saw him in the films. Invited by his old friend Pieter Krämer, played by Flula Borg, Bumper moves to Germany to revive his music career when one of his songs becomes big in Berlin.

Updated: Netflix’s musical comedy special Bo Burnham: Inside is extending a theatrical run planned for next week by an additional three days, pushing it into more than 400 theaters in the U.S. and Canada.

The news comes amid higher demand for tickets for what had been planned as a one-night theatrical stand July 22. It also comes after the special scored six Primetime Emmy nominations earlier this week including for Outstanding Variety Special (Pre-recorded), writing, directing and music.

Netflix and Iconic Events Releasing said Thursday they are now adding July 23-25 to the run, taking Inside through the weekend box office frame. It marks the first time Netflix has ever presented on of its comedy special in theaters.

Burnham tweeted about the expanded gameplan today.

in a week, inside will be in theaters nationwide (and canada). should be fun. if you couldn’t get tickets before, we’ve added many more theaters and screenings.

Bo Burnham is almost finished with his next comedy special for Netflix. Called Inside, the new special has been in the works over the past year with Burnham filming the project alone with no crew or audience. The comedian, actor, and filmmaker took to Twitter on Wednesday to release a teaser video promoting the new special, and you can take a look at it below.

hi. i made a new special. it was filmed by me, alone, without a crew or an audience, over the course of the past year. it is almost finished. i hope you like it. pic.twitter.com/5a59IUrzVj

— Bo Burnham (@boburnham) April 28, 2021

In the tweet, Bo Burnham writes, "hi. i made a new special. it was filmed by me, alone, without a crew or an audience, over the course of the past year. it is almost finished. i hope you like it."

For the...

Nicolas Cage is set to star in a scripted series centered on Joe Exotic, the subject of the Netflix docuseries “Tiger King,” Variety has learned exclusively.

The eight-episode series is being produced by Imagine Television Studios and CBS Television Studios. It will be taken to market in the coming days. It is based on the Texas Monthly article “Joe Exotic: A Dark Journey Into the World of a Man Gone Wild,” by Leif Reigstad.

CBS TV Studios optioned the article in June of 2019. Dan Lagana will serve as writer, showrunner, and executive producer under his overall deal at CBS TV Studios with Paul Young executive producing via Make Good Content. Imagine’s Brian Grazer and Samie Kim Falvey will executive produce for Imagine. Cage will executive produce via Saturn Films. Scott Brown and Megan Creydt will executive produce for Texas Monthly. Imagine’s James Seidman and Natalie Berkus are overseeing the project for the company.

We could not be more overjoyed with the news that Netflix has announced that they have officially renewed the break-out true crime satire series “American Vandal” for season two. The investigation will continue with eight all-new episodes in 2018, exclusively on Netflix.

“American Vandal” co-creators/executive producers Dan Perrault and Tony Yacenda, as well as showrunner/executive producer Dan Lagana, are slated to return.

The first season was brilliantly done, so we absolutely can’t wait to see what this creative bunch will have in-store for season two!

About American Vandal

From co-creators Tony Yacenda (Pillow Talking) and Dan Perrault (Honest Trailers), and showrunner Dan Lagana (Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous) comes American Vandal – a half-hour true-crime satire that explores the aftermath of a costly high school prank that left 27 faculty cars vandalized with phallic images. Over the course of the eight-episode season, an aspiring sophomore documentarian investigates the controversial...

Netflix’s American Vandal asks the tough questions in this true crime satire series from Funny or Die premiering September 15. From co-creators Tony Yacenda (Pillow Talking) and Dan Perrault (Honest Trailers...

Among the many things that Netflix has staked their reputation on, it’s been true crime documentaries and series. “Making A Murderer” is the most popular of those efforts, this summer’s “The Keepers” follows closely behind, and the streaming service has been the home of “Team Foxcatcher,” “Amanda Knox,” and so much more. Now, Netflix is poking fun at the whole genre, and maybe themselves, with the satire “American Vandal.”

Co-creators Tony Yacenda (“Pillow Talking“) and Dan Perrault (“Honest Trailers“), and showrunner Dan Lagana (“Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous“), have put together the eight-episode mockumentary, that aims to expose the truth behind a particularly heinous act of high school vandalism.

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Netflix’s newly announced satire “American Vandal” will send up the true crime genre, poking fun at the streaming platform’s hit docu-series “Making a Murderer” and “The Keepers.” The eight-episode scripted half-hour parody takes the self-serious tone of TV’s recent true crime wave and applies it to the absurd subject matter of a high school prank that leaves 27 faculty cars vandalized with phallic images. The series, which will premiere on the streaming platform Sept. 15, hails from co-creators Tony Yacenda (“Pillow Talking”) and Dan Perrault (“Honest Trailers”), and showrunner Dan Lagana (“Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous”). Also Read: See New Poster for.

Disney Channel has given a green light to Right Hand Guy, a pilot starring Steele Stebbins (of last year’s Vacation movie) as Jeff, a kid whose two best friends are a girl named Katie…

…and his talking right hand, which has a mind of its own.

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Dan Lagana (Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous), who created the high-concept comedy, “is that rare writer who combines absurdist, laugh-out-loud comedy with endearing, emotional resonance,” Disney Channel VP Jonas Agin said in a statement to Deadline. “His project reflects our continuing...

Disney Channel has given a pilot green light to Right Hand Guy, a high-concept comedy from Zach Stone is Gonna Be Famous co-creator Dan Lagana. The show stars 12-year-old Steele Stebbins (Vacation, NBC’s Heartbeat) as Jeff and chronicles his adventures with his best friend Katie and his other best friend — his suddenly sentient, talking hand. Despite being attached to Jeff’s body, his right hand has a mind and personality of its own. “Dan is that rare writer who combines…...

“Dude, you just created what could potentially be the biggest channel on YouTube.” That was the pronouncement from an emphatic Lilly “Superwoman” Singh to Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson in a video announcing the launch of Johnson’s new YouTube Channel, Seven Bucks Digital Studios, in collaboration with the digital entertainment company Studio 71.

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Seven Bucks Digital Studios will be the newest division of Seven Bucks Productions, the production company behind Paramount’s “Baywatch,” New Line Cinema’s “Shazam,” and Dreamworks’ “Alpha Squad Seven,” all starring Johnson. The company was co-founded by Johnson and Dany Garcia. Studio 71 is a multi-channel network representing over 1,000 channels, which has partnered with RocketJump on “Video Game High School” and the comedian Colleen Balinger (“Miranda Sings!”).

Johnson already has a robust online presence, (with 100 million followers across social media platforms), and...

Wme has signed comedy writer-producer Dan Lagana. Lagana has served as showrunner on Seasons 2 and 3 of Hulu original comedy series Deadbeat. He previously co-created and served as showrunner on Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous with Bo Burnham at MTV. He also has developed projects for Fox, CBS, and more recently, a project for comedian Nate Bargatze at NBC. Lagana is currently developing the web series The Restaurant with Lionsgate Television. Lagana, who was previously at…...

Onetime Tomorrow person Robbie Amell has quickly teleported himself into a hot new role — on The CW’s freshman superhero series The Flash.

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TVLine has learned that the actor (and real-life cousin of Arrow star Stephen Amell) has been cast in the recurring role of Ronnie Raymond, the fiance of S.T.A.R. Labs scientist Caitlin Snow (played by Danielle Panabaker).

Oh, and Ronnie is also one-half of the DC Comics character Firestorm – creating a tremendous bit of irony, considering Caitlin’s own (possible) destiny. In his Flash incarnation, S.T.A.

The hit MTV drama series Teen Wolf is back for its fourth season, as Scott (Tyler Posey), Stiles (Dylan O’Brien), Lydia (Holland Roden) and Kira (Arden Cho) are still healing from tragic loss while also trying to help their new friend Malia (Shelley Hennig) integrate back into society after spending 10 years as a coyote. With Kate Argent (Jill Wagner) back, a mysterious enemy known as The Benefactor, and the drama of high school, there’s no telling which threat might be the most dangerous. During this exclusive phone interview with Collider, actress Shelley Hennig talked about how she became a part of the show, deciding to make the role a permanent thing, how cool it is to be a part of the main title sequence, the show’s very supportive fandom, how welcoming the cast was for her first day on set, what she enjoys about playing Malia, that coyotes mate for life,...

The Tomorrow People star Robbie Amell has signed with Wme in all areas, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. The actor plays the superpowered protagonist in the CW freshman drama, a remake of the 1970s British series. The reboot is executive produced by Greg Berlanti, another Wme client. Story: Why Wme Recused Itself from Series Featuring Rahm Emanuel Amell, a cousin of fellow CW hunk Stephen Amell (Arrow), previously recurred on Revenge, 1600 Penn, Nickelodeon’s True Jackson, VP and MTV’s Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous. Amell continues to be repped by Protege Entertainment and Felker Toczek.

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"Teen Wolf" has made a very secretive bit of casting: Shelley Hennig ("The Secret Circle") has been signed to play an unknown role when the show returns with new Season 3 episodes this winter.

Although E!Online was able to report the news of Hennig's casting, nothing else is known about the role. There is a good chance that Hennig's arrival has something to do with a new piece of mythology on the show -- such changes have been teased since the San Diego Comic-Con in July. The casting of another guest star, Arden Cho, is directly tied to a "kitsune" myth. While Cho's role of Kira may not be a kitsune herself, the character has something to do with the Japanese, shape-shifting creature.

On "The Secret Circle," a supernatural-themed show that ran for one season on The CW, Hennig played the role of Diana. The resident "nice girl" of the group of witches,...

Last seen as a witch on The CW’s “The Secret Circle” and an it-girl on MTV’s “Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous,” actress Shelley Hennig is keeping with her latest network and joining supernatural hit drama “Teen Wolf” in a reportedly superduper top-secret recurring role. When the series returns to MTV for the second half of [...]

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Something wicked is heading to Beacon Hills! The Secret Circle's Shelley Hennig is set to appear on the upcoming season of Teen Wolf, E! News has exclusively confirmed. Hennig, who played the coven leader Diana on the shortlived CW cult-drama, is joining the MTV hit series, which returns on Jan. 6, in a top-secret, highly guarded role. Seriously, if we spilled any details, we're pretty sure the Kanima, Deucalion and all of the show's other big bads would team up against us. Since The Secret Circle's cancellation, Hennig made a memorable guest appearance on FX's Justified opposite Timothy Olyphant and costarred on MTV's Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous. Teen Wolf will introduce "a new...

Exclusive: NBC has put in development a multi-camera comedy produced by Bill Lawrence. Written by Dan Lagana, co-creator of the MTV series Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous, Stand-Up Guy centers on a young comedian who pursues his lifelong dream of being a working stand-up while juggling the growing responsibilities of being a husband and soon-to-be-father at home. Warner Bros TV and Lawrence’s studio-based Doozer are producing, with Lagana, Lawrence and Jeff Ingold executive producing. Lagana, repped by CAA and Karl Austen, also developed a dad comedy with Wbtv two seasons ago when the project sold to Fox. ICM-repped Doozer, which has four series on the air – Cougar Town on TBS and upcoming Ground Floor on TBS, Surviving Jack on Fox and Undateable on NBC — also has a Jeff Astrof multi-camera comedy project at CBS with a put pilot commitment.

Tonight at 10/9c, TBS invites you to get in on the Ground Floor with its new comedy about a money manager named Brody (played by Pitch Perfect‘s Skylar Astin) who one night hooks up with — and then remains hooked on — Jenny, who works wayyy downstairs in his office building’s maintenance office.

As such, in addition to being what Astin has dubbed a “sitcom, office-place version of Downton Abbey,” the Bill Lawrence-produced newbie is also in a way the anti-Cheers, in that its two leads come together as one from the get-go.

“It’s definitely different in that...

Five months after MTV canceled Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous, the show's co-creator is back in business -- with CBS. The network has picked up a script for an untitled comedy from Dan Lagana, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. The project centers on a newly married couple who navigates the changes in their relationship and the chaos in their household as they raise a toddler and a teenager at the same time. Story: How I Sold My Show: Nine of TV's Hottest Producers Tell All Lagana will pen the script and executive produce the CBS Television Studios entry alongside

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“Gossip Girl” creators Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage have landed a new comedy at ABC. The network has ordered the comedy “First Timers” from the duo, an individual familiar with the order told TheWrap on Wednesday. Also read: CW Signs a Real-Life Gossip Girl: Tinsley Mortimer The comedy, produced by ABC Studios, is being written by Isaac Aptaker and Elizabeth Berger, who’ve written for ABC comedy “The Neighbors,” as well as MTV’s “I Just Want My Pants Back” and “Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous.” “First Timers” revolves around twentysomething male/female business partners, and is loosely...

Exclusive: A half-hour project, First Timers, has sold at ABC in a competitive situation, and it couldn’t have had a more perfect title. Because it marks the first sale for Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage‘s Fake Empire under the company’s rich three-year overall deal with ABC Studios. It also marks the first sale for up-and-coming writing duo Isaac Aptaker & Elizabeth Berger, currently serving as producers on the ABC/ABC Studios comedy The Neighbors. Penned by Aptaker and Berger loosely based on their own relationship, First Timers centers on twentysomething male/female business partners. The two will executive produce alongside Fake Empire’s Schwartz, Savage and Len Goldstein. Starting their ABC Studios relationship with a comedy sale is symbolic for Fake Empire as expansion into half-hour comedy under the new deal has been a priority for the company, known primarily as a drama series producer. ABC Studios introduced...

On Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous, the title character will do just about anything to become a celebrity. MTV is hoping that the TV show will become famous as well -- or at least become a ratings hit. Will the series be cancelled or renewed for season two? Stay tuned!

Zach Stone airs on Thursday nights and there are 13 episodes. The TV show's cast includes Bo Burnham, Armen Weitzman, Caitlin Gerard, Cameron Palatas, Tom Wilson, Kari Coleman, Shelley Hennig, Robbie Amell, and Rory Scovel.

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Update: The cable channel has cancelled Zach Stone after one season.

Update: MTV has shifted Zach Stone to 11pm which is outside of primetime. These ratings aren't readily available.

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MTV has cancelled Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous, their low-rated comedy, after one season of 12 episodes.

Zach Stone revolves around a young underachiever whose goal in life is to become famous. Starring Bo Burnham in the title role, the show also feature the talents of Armen Weitzman, Caitlin Gerard, Cameron Palatas, Tom Wilson, Kari Coleman, Shelley Hennig, Robbie Amell, and Rory Scovel.

Back on May 2nd, the comedy debuted to just 660,000 viewers. After the series fell to a low with episode six (334,000 viewers), MTV moved it out of primetime to 11pm. The numbers understandably got even worse.

The cable channel has chosen not to renew the series and will burn off the remaining episodes this week -- one tomorrow night and the final two on Saturday night. Burnham believes they are some of the best of the...

Zach Stone is most definitely not going to be famous. (Low-hanging fruit, I know.)

MTV has decided not to pick up another season of its freshman comedy Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous, starring comedian Bo Burnham, who played a teen who tries to become a reality TV star by hiring his own camera crew.

Proving that his sense of humor remains intact, however, Burnham began tweeting popular fast food restaurant chains, asking if they were hiring. The good news: Someone replied! See below.

@CarlsJr are you hiring?— Bo Burnham (@boburnham) June 26, 2013

Rt @boburnham @CarlsJr are you hiring? <- Always!

TNT's hit drama "Rizzoli & Isles" returned with a boost in the ratings for its Season 4 premiere. 6.6 million viewers tuned in to the 9 p.m. airing, including 2.3 million adults 25-54 and 1.8 million adults 18-49. Those numbers are all up over last year's Season 3 premiere, which drew 5.6 million viewers.

Meanwhile, lead-out "Perception" didn't fare quite as well with its Season 2 premiere, drawing 4 million viewers including 1.2 million adults 25-54 and 1 million adults 18-49. Those numbers are down from the show's series premiere last year, which was seen by 5.6 million viewers following TNT's "The Closer."

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MTV has canceled low-rated scripted comedy "Zach Stone is Gonna Be Famous," created by and starring YouTube sensation Bo Burnham, after a single season. Burnham first tweeted the news yesterday, and the network released a confirmation statement today.

Fox and Warner Bros. are looking into redeveloping the single-camera comedy pilot "The Assistants," which was not...

One and done, MTV's "Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous" has been canceled. "We are huge fans of Bo Burnham and the entire creative and talented team behind 'Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous,' an MTV said in a statement to TheWrap. "After careful consideration of many factors, we have ultimately decided not to move forward with an additional season of the series. We wish Bo, the cast and the entire production crew the very best." Also read: MTV 'Catfish's' Nev Schulman Says Manti Te'o Proved His Reality Show's Legit Comedian and YouTube star Bo...

Confirming anew that you should never choose a title for your TV show that can be used against you ironically, MTV has canceled Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous after one season, effectively declaring that, no, no he is not. The freshman series starred comedian Bo Burnham as a teen who graduates high school and eschews college for a stab at reality TV stardom, hiring a camera crew to follow him around in his quest to become an overnight celebrity, despite a complete lack of merit. “After careful consideration of many factors, we have ultimately decided not to move forward ...

It is one season and out for Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous, MTV‘s half-hour series starring rising young comedian Bo Burnham, who tweeted about the show’s demise yesterday. “We are huge fans of Bo Burnham and the entire creative and talented team behind Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous,” MTV said in a statement. “After careful consideration of many factors, we have ultimately decided not to move forward with an additional season of the series. We wish Bo, the cast and the entire production crew the very best.” Zach Stone, developed and greenlighted by the previous MTV regime, launched with little fanfare and modest ratings on May 2 in the 10:30 Pm slot and was later shifted to 11 Pm, dwindling to 300,000 viewers. It is quietly ending its run this week with its final three originals, two airing on Saturday. MTV has struggled to launch lasting scripted series beyond Teen Wolf and Awkward,...

Zach Stone is not going to be famous after all. MTV has opted to cancel the Bo Burnham comedy Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous after one season, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. "We are huge fans of Bo Burnham and the entire creative and talented team behind Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous. After careful consideration of many factors, we have ultimately decided not to move forward with an additional season of the series. We wish Bo, the cast and the entire production crew the very best," MTV said in a statement to THR. The 22-year-old Internet

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Bo Burnham is gonna be famous. More famous, that is. The 22-year-old Internet phenom, who achieved success in the comedy world after videos of his off-color songs went viral on YouTube, stars in MTV’s latest scripted comedy -- Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous -- on which he also serves as co-creator, executive producer and writer. The series, debuting at 10:30 p.m. Thursday, finds Burnham as a teenage “pre-celebrity” who blows his entire life savings on hiring a film crew to document his life for an eponymous reality show. Photos: MTV Movie Awards: Selena Gomez,

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Comedian Bo Burnham stars in MTV’s new comedy series Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous (premiering Thursday, May 2, at 10:30pm Et/Pt) as Zach Stone, a recent high-school grad who decides to pursue stardom instead of going to college. He hires a camera crew to film him throughout his daily life as he tries every imaginable stunt to get noticed and become and instant celebrity. MTV Shows Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous stars Bo Burnham as Zach Stone; Kari Coleman (The Amazing Spider-Man) as Mrs. Stone; Tom Wilson (Back to the Future) as Mr. Stone; Cameron Palatas (Disney Channel’s [...]

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Bo Burnham first made his name on YouTube at the tender age of 16, but in only a few years, he moved on from “Internet sensation” to become one of the most inventive and imaginative comedians working today. Now 22, he’s back with his own MTV show, Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous, which follows an 18-year-old who hires a film crew to make a reality show about his life. The show, which premieres Thursday at 10:30, documents Stone’s various attempts at fame — including, of course, a sex tape. Vulture spoke to Burnham about reality shows, getting confused for his character, and what the Internet thinks of Zach Stone.I feel like I’ve been hearing about this show for so long. It’s been in the works for a while, right?Yeah, I think we filmed the pilot, like, two years ago? And then the series itself was filmed last year,...

Joseph Gordon-Levitt's directorial debut, Don Jon will hit theaters October 18th. The film is a comedy about a man who connects better with computer porn than real women. Morgan, it's time to put in that vacation request.

Meanwhile, Ryan Murphy's sexy drama Open is headed to HBO. The show is supposed to be a frank depiction of human sexuality and modern relationships, but there's no sign of a gay element from the descriptions so far. As with all Ryan Murphy projects, I'm expecting a stunning first season, after which we'll all lose interest except to complain about the show.

Uruguay has taken their final vote on marriage equality and approved it 92-71. The president is expected to sign the bill, and marriages will begin in a few months.

Meanwhile, back in the U.S., Montana has finally repealed their sodomy law. Baby steps.

DC Comics has introduced their...

MTV, as always, continues to head down whatever TV tangents seem even remotely plausible: to give them credit, Jersey Shore and Teen Wolf had the same exact bits of potential that WakeBrothers and I Just Want My Pants Back did, and teenagers just happen to be fickle little things. So it's no surprise the network's latest attempt at reading the pulse of young tween girls is some weird scripted-reality hybrid: Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous stars internet singing/rapping phenom Bo Burnham in his first television series as a dweeby kid determined to be a reality star. Get ready for all the bizarre hijinks in the trailer below:

There are shades of genuine small-town feelings in the trailer that make me curious as to how this will turn out, but the jokes skew a little… silly. What do you think of Bo Burnham in the Zach Stone trailer? Let...

Bo Burnham was a YouTube star before he graduated high school. Now, seven years and a lot of stand-up success later, Burnham is making a show for MTV about a high-school student who'd really like to be a star but is unfortunately talentless. Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous is about a recent high-school graduate using his life savings to start making a reality show about himself, in a desperate attempt to be famous. It's a pretty straightforward satire of basically every other show on MTV. The show premieres on May 2 — by the end of it, we imagine either Bo Burnham or Zach Stone is going to end up famous.

How can I increase my number of Twitter followers? Am I making too much of a duck face in this profile pic? I could totally be a reality star, right? These are the questions of our times, and the last of them is at the heart of MTV’s Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous. The half-hour scripted comedy stars comedian Bo Burnham as Zach Stone, a self-absorbed dude with no discernible talents who has just graduated from high school. Instead of expanding his mind in college, he decides to expand his ego by trying to become a reality star...

MTV is aiming to G, T and maybe even L again this summer with an all-new series starring Jersey Shore vet Vinny Guadagnino.

TVLine has learned exclusively that The Show With Vinny will launch Thursday, May 2 at 10/9c, leading into the premiere of the cabler’s new scripted comedy Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous at 10:30 pm.

As previously reported, Vinny offers up a new twist on the traditional talk show, taking big-name celebs out of the studio and into the fan fave’s Staten Island family home.

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Zach Stone, meanwhile, stars comedian...

MTV has promoted its co-heads of Scripted Programming, VPs Justin Levy and Clay Spencer, to Svp, Scripted Series Programming. They will continue to report to MTV’s head of programming David Janollari. Levy, a champion of MTV’s breakout comedy Awkward, joined the network in 2008 from Peter Berg’s company Film44, where he oversaw development and produced Friday Night Lights, among other series. Spencer joined MTV in 2010. Prior to that he was VP drama development at the WB Network under Janollari where he helped develop and launch Supernatural. MTV recently renewed Teen Wolf and Awkward for supersized third seasons. Upcoming MTV scripted series under Levy and Spencer’s purvey include comedy The Inbetweeners, which debuts August 20; the upcoming comedic drama Underemployed from Emmy-nominated creator Craig Wright; and comedy Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous, featuring Bo Burnham.

MTV has picked up two new dramas, Underemployed and Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous. The network announced that the series have been ordered alongside four new reality shows. Underemployed, which is being executive produced by Brothers & Sisters' Craig Wright, focuses on a group of best friends struggling to cope with the reality of life after graduation. Rock of Ages star Diego Boneta, who has also appeared in 90210 and Pretty Little Liars, has joined the cast alongside The Secret Life of the American Teenager's Jared Kusnitz, Inbar Lavi, Michelle Ang and Whip It's Sarah Habel. Meanwhile, Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous stars Bo Burnham as a high school graduate who hires a film crew to follow him as he attempts to become a celebrity without having any talent. Elsewhere, MTV ordered (more)...

Los Angeles, California (X17online) - MTV has ordered six original new series. Two scripted shows were greenlit, according to The Hollywood Reporter -- Underemployed, a comedic take on post-college life in today's tough economy that will star Jared Kusnitz, Justin Levy, Clay Spencer and Julie Schwachenwald, and the sitcom Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous, featuring comedian Bo Burnham. Four unscripted shows will be moving forward as well. Hoods will follow stars back to their far-from-Hollywood hometowns, starting with Ke$ha returning to Nashville in the first episode. In addition, the indie film Catfish will be adapted for TV, Wake Brothers will follow pro wakeboarder Philip Soven and his brother Rob, and Wait Till Next Year keeps up with a football team that's trying to turn around its five-year losing streak. MTV had a very successful summer with strong showings for its returning reality shows Jersey Shore and Teen...

MTV is beefing up its original slate with six new series: Craig Wright’s ensemble comedy Underemployed, comedy Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous co-created by and starring hot young comedian Bo Burnham, and four reality and docu-series: Catfish, based on the feature documentary; Hoods, about celebrities going back to their hometowns; Wake Brothers, about two pro wakeboarding brothers; and Wait Till Next Year, about a real-life Bad News Bears high school team. The pickups were made after MTV brass last month screened all pilots developed by head of programming David Janollari and Chris Linn, Evp of programming and head of production. On the scripted side, MTV went 2-for-2, picking up both of its pilots to series. Underemployed, about a group of recent college graduates, “is the personification of our ‘life amplified’ mantra for the 18-24s who are coming out of high school and college and have to figure...