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What's the difference between one camera comedy and multi-camera comedy? What's the big deal?
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What's the difference between one camera comedy and multi-camera comedy? What's the big deal?
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Most of CBS comedy shows are mulit camera comedy shows. They make use of laugh tracks and film the scenes with more cameras at once. Examples are Two and A Half Men or How I Met Your Mother. Single camera shows are mostly used in drama shows and have been used for comedies for a while now. Like the name suggests, only one camera is used and you can hear no laugh track at all. Examples are Cougar Town or Modern Family.
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GCB is cancelled?
There goes my DH replacement
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@Chunk
Laugh track?
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It's actually not necessary for multi-camera shows, but I noticed they make use of it in almost all of them. What I mean with laugh track is that when they make a joke on Two And A Half Men for example, you can hear people laugh, suggesting that there is a live audience, when in reality it's just an effect. Just wikipedia it if you want to know more.
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GCB is cancelled?
There goes my DH replacement
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Devious Maids by Marc Cherry hasn't even picked up. That one would've probably been JUST like DH.
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I don't get it.
How in the hell Two and a Half Man get renewed? i mean, what's to watch on that show??
and actually what's the deal with CBS?
all of their comedies are cheap and not really funny ( well, Big Bang Theory still makes me smile sometimes)
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Originally posted by Allstar
Devious Maids by Marc Cherry hasn't even picked up. That one would've probably been JUST like DH.
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I need that. ABC better pick it up
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Originally posted by Chunk
It's actually not necessary for multi-camera shows, but I noticed they make use of it in almost all of them. What I mean with laugh track is that when they make a joke on Two And A Half Men for example, you can hear people laugh, suggesting that there is a live audience, when in reality it's just an effect. Just wikipedia it if you want to know more.
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Thanks!
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Originally posted by Chunk
Most of CBS comedy shows are mulit camera comedy shows. They make use of laugh tracks and film the scenes with more cameras at once. Examples are Two and A Half Men or How I Met Your Mother. Single camera shows are mostly used in drama shows and have been used for comedies for a while now. Like the name suggests, only one camera is used and you can hear no laugh track at all. Examples are Cougar Town or Modern Family.
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Thank you.
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Analyzing ABC’s New Slate: Male Dramas & Comedies, Soaps, Ghosts And Kevin Abbott
ABC on Friday made its new scripted series picks for next season, ordering nine new series, five dramas and four comedies. While that seems like a lot, it is way down from last year’s slate of whopping 14 new series. (This year’s tally may go up by one if sudser Mistresses, ordered for next summer, is summoned for midseason.). The reason for the decline has to do with the fact that ABC is bringing back six freshman series, more than any other network in years. That includes comedies Suburgatory, Don’t Trust The B—- and Last Man Standing and dramas Once Upon A Time, Scandal and Revenge.
The majority of ABC’s programming appeals to women, so the network seems to be hunting for male viewers too. Out of nine new drama series introduced this season, only one, The River, had substantial male appeal (Horror is very popular with females too.) This year, of the six newly-picked dramas, two are testosterone-heavy — the Anthony Edwards-starring conspiracy thriller Zero Hour and the submarine crew drama Last Resort starring Andre Braugher and Scott Speedman — as ABC is looking to lure back male fans who may have deserted the network after the end of Lost. Lost fans may also check be willing to check out the spooky new drama 666 Park Ave, which so-stars Lost alum Terry O’Quinn, about supernatural occurrences in a New York building. 666 was one of three “magical” drama pilots orders as potential companions to ABC’s breakout freshman Once Upon A Time, along with Gotham and Beauty and the Beast.
For a second straight year, ABC is trying to build a slate of male-centered comedies. Of the three such shows launched this season, Last Man Standing, Man Up and Work It, only one, Last Man Standing, is coming back. It is being joined by another male comedy, the single-camera Kyle Bornheimer starrer Family Tools (aka Red Man Van). Additionally, fellow new single-camera comedy series, Dan Fogelman’s The Neighbors, is a male-friendly family comedy as it involves aliens.
There were a couple of surprises in ABC’s drama choices — the late surge of Zero Hour, which had flown largely under the radar and had a so-so screening but I hear was boosted by strong last-minute testing results. Also surprising was the pass on the Anthony Lapaglia-starring soap Americana, whose buzz had its ups and downs but it had been looking good in the final stretch. While ABC may be looking to replicate the success of Lost with Last Resort, which also is taking place on an island, it opted not to pick up a series that had a lot of the DNA of another of the Big 3 series — Lost, Desperate Housewives and Grey’s Anatomy — that turned ABC’s fortunes around during the 2004-05 season. Devious Maids, which, like Desperate Housewives, is a murder mystery with four female friends at the center and was written by Desperate Housewives creator Marc Cherry, with Desperate star Eva Longoria as an executive producer, did not get a series order. In the soap field, Americana and Devious Maids were out-muscled by two projects penned by the writers of feature hits: frontrunner Nashville, written by Thelma and Louise‘s Callie Khouri and staring Connie Britton and Hayden Panettiere and the mob-themed Red Widow, written by Twilight’s Melissa Rosenberg abd starring Radha Mitchell.
On the comedy side, it was surprising that the network passed on both of its “girl” pilots, the untitled Mandy Moore one and American Judy starring Judy Greer. Another single-camera comedy with an appealing young star, How To Live With Your Parents, toplined by Sarah Chalke, made it to the schedule, along with the multi-camera Malibu Country starring veteran Reba McEntire. The latter is groomed as a companion to the only other multi-camera comedy on ABC, Last Man Standing, also starring a comedy vet, Tim Allen. In addition to sharing a comedy block, the two series will also share a showrunner. Kevin Abbott, creator/executive producer/showrunner of Malibu Country, also took over Last Man Standing as showrunner in December, following the departure of creator Jack Burditt. Next season, he will run both concurrently. The only other comedy showrunner with multiple series on the air is Chuck Lorre with three sitcoms on CBS.
As for ABC’s scheduling plans, by returning six comedy series and picking up four new ones, the network is clearly looking to expand its current two-hour comedy block on Wednesday and one-hour block on Tuesday. But how? Expanding the Tuesday block to two hours is a possibility but that would require a change in the airing pattern of Dancing With The Stars. Relaunching ABC’s signature TGIF comedy block on Friday has long been rumored as one of ABC chief Paul Lee’s passion projects. It would make sense, especially for older-skewing Last Man Standing and Malibu Country. But with ABC’s current unscripted/newsmagazine Friday lineup on fire, often finishing No.1 on the night against scripted competition on CBS, would ABC mess with one of its most successful nights? That leaves us with Thursdays. ABC has struggled to successfully launch a show at 8 PM since Ugly Betty. Will it try with comedies against CBS and NBC?
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Analyzing ABC’s New Slate: Male Dramas & Comedies, Soaps, Ghosts And Kevin Abbott
ABC on Friday made its new scripted series picks for next season, ordering nine new series, five dramas and four comedies. While that seems like a lot, it is way down from last year’s slate of whopping 14 new series. (This year’s tally may go up by one if sudser Mistresses, ordered for next summer, is summoned for midseason.). The reason for the decline has to do with the fact that ABC is bringing back six freshman series, more than any other network in years. That includes comedies Suburgatory, Don’t Trust The B—- and Last Man Standing and dramas Once Upon A Time, Scandal and Revenge.
The majority of ABC’s programming appeals to women, so the network seems to be hunting for male viewers too. Out of nine new drama series introduced this season, only one, The River, had substantial male appeal (Horror is very popular with females too.) This year, of the six newly-picked dramas, two are testosterone-heavy — the Anthony Edwards-starring conspiracy thriller Zero Hour and the submarine crew drama Last Resort starring Andre Braugher and Scott Speedman — as ABC is looking to lure back male fans who may have deserted the network after the end of Lost. Lost fans may also check be willing to check out the spooky new drama 666 Park Ave, which so-stars Lost alum Terry O’Quinn, about supernatural occurrences in a New York building. 666 was one of three “magical” drama pilots orders as potential companions to ABC’s breakout freshman Once Upon A Time, along with Gotham and Beauty and the Beast.
For a second straight year, ABC is trying to build a slate of male-centered comedies. Of the three such shows launched this season, Last Man Standing, Man Up and Work It, only one, Last Man Standing, is coming back. It is being joined by another male comedy, the single-camera Kyle Bornheimer starrer Family Tools (aka Red Man Van). Additionally, fellow new single-camera comedy series, Dan Fogelman’s The Neighbors, is a male-friendly family comedy as it involves aliens.
There were a couple of surprises in ABC’s drama choices — the late surge of Zero Hour, which had flown largely under the radar and had a so-so screening but I hear was boosted by strong last-minute testing results. Also surprising was the pass on the Anthony Lapaglia-starring soap Americana, whose buzz had its ups and downs but it had been looking good in the final stretch. While ABC may be looking to replicate the success of Lost with Last Resort, which also is taking place on an island, it opted not to pick up a series that had a lot of the DNA of another of the Big 3 series — Lost, Desperate Housewives and Grey’s Anatomy — that turned ABC’s fortunes around during the 2004-05 season. Devious Maids, which, like Desperate Housewives, is a murder mystery with four female friends at the center and was written by Desperate Housewives creator Marc Cherry, with Desperate star Eva Longoria as an executive producer, did not get a series order. In the soap field, Americana and Devious Maids were out-muscled by two projects penned by the writers of feature hits: frontrunner Nashville, written by Thelma and Louise‘s Callie Khouri and staring Connie Britton and Hayden Panettiere and the mob-themed Red Widow, written by Twilight’s Melissa Rosenberg abd starring Radha Mitchell.
On the comedy side, it was surprising that the network passed on both of its “girl” pilots, the untitled Mandy Moore one and American Judy starring Judy Greer. Another single-camera comedy with an appealing young star, How To Live With Your Parents, toplined by Sarah Chalke, made it to the schedule, along with the multi-camera Malibu Country starring veteran Reba McEntire. The latter is groomed as a companion to the only other multi-camera comedy on ABC, Last Man Standing, also starring a comedy vet, Tim Allen. In addition to sharing a comedy block, the two series will also share a showrunner. Kevin Abbott, creator/executive producer/showrunner of Malibu Country, also took over Last Man Standing as showrunner in December, following the departure of creator Jack Burditt. Next season, he will run both concurrently. The only other comedy showrunner with multiple series on the air is Chuck Lorre with three sitcoms on CBS.
As for ABC’s scheduling plans, by returning six comedy series and picking up four new ones, the network is clearly looking to expand its current two-hour comedy block on Wednesday and one-hour block on Tuesday. But how? Expanding the Tuesday block to two hours is a possibility but that would require a change in the airing pattern of Dancing With The Stars. Relaunching ABC’s signature TGIF comedy block on Friday has long been rumored as one of ABC chief Paul Lee’s passion projects. It would make sense, especially for older-skewing Last Man Standing and Malibu Country. But with ABC’s current unscripted/newsmagazine Friday lineup on fire, often finishing No.1 on the night against scripted competition on CBS, would ABC mess with one of its most successful nights? That leaves us with Thursdays. ABC has struggled to successfully launch a show at 8 PM since Ugly Betty. Will it try with comedies against CBS and NBC?
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Lee, if Mistresses is really pushed to mid-season, does this mean Americana has still a chance?
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Lee, if Mistresses is really pushed to mid-season, does this mean Americana has still a chance?
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From what I hear there is a slim chance but its not looking likely...
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CBS Orders Reality Series ‘The Job" for midseason
CBS has started making series orders for next season. On the reality side, the network has picked up The Job, executive produced by Who Wants To Be Millionaire guru Michael Davies and Survivor chief Mark Burnett. The project, hosted by Lisa Ling, features five contestants, narrowed down from thousands of applicants across the country, who compete for a once-in-a-lifetime chance to land their dream job at one of America’s most prestigious companies. Davies’ Embassy Row and Sony Pictures TV are producing, with Burnett, Davies and James Sunderland executive producing.
http://www.deadline.com/2012/05/cbs-...for-midseason/
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CBS Picks Up Four New Drama Series & Two Comedies
CBS is likely putting a pin in its plans for comedy expansion by only picking two new half-hour series, the multi-camera Partners and Friend Me. The network also showed that it is not ready to launch its first single-camera comedy since Worst Week in 2008 by passing on Nick Stoller’s well-regarded Entry Level.
The network is loading up on the drama side with four new series, the contemporary Sherlock Holmes reboot Elementary, period drama Vegas (form. Ralf Lamb), legal drama Made In Jersey (form. Baby Big Shot) and cop drama Golden Boy. The order of four new drama series does not bode well for the network’s bubble dramas. The last time CBS picked up four new dramas in 2010, it killed four existing dramas, including veterans The Ghost Whisperer and Cold Case. Last year, the network picked up three new drama series and canceled as many. Two of the spots on the cancellation list are already spoken for with rookies NYC 22 and A Gifted Man. Then things become dicey. Despite recent hopes that CBS may bring the hugely popular globally CSI franchise intact after all, that now appears unlikely, and speculation is that the more expensive spinoff CSI: Miami may be going away. The large new drama order also could mean trouble for freshman Unforgettable, though the freshman drama’s chances have been looking better over the past week, following the ratings uptick for its season finale.
Back to CBS’ new series. Elementary, starring Jonny Lee Miller as present day Sherlock Holmes living in New York City and Lucy Liu as his sidekick Joan Watson, was one of the clear-cut frontrunners this year that appeared destined for the fall schedule from the script stage. The question is, will Sherlock replace another quirky detective, Patrick Jane, on the CBS schedule, possibly taking over The Mentalist‘s Thursday 10 PM slot? Elementary was written by Robert Doherty and directed by Michael Cuesta; CBS TV Studios and Timberman/Beverly are producing.
Vegas, also from CBS TV Studios, boasts four actors who have carried movies and TV shows: Dennis Quaid, Michael Chiklis, Jason O’Mara and Carrie-Anne Moss. Considered CBS’ big-swing new series for next season, it is a period piece set in the 1960’s centered around the true story of Ralph Lamb (Quaid)– rodeo cowboy turned longtime Sheriff of Las Vegas. Goodfellas‘ Nicholas Pileggi and Greg Walker wrote the pilot, which was directed by James Mangold. All three exec produce with Cathy Konrad and Arthur Sarkissian.
The other two new CBS dramas take a stab at the legal and cop drama genres. Made In Jersey, which sounds a little like a female Suits, stars British actress Janet Montgomery as a working class woman who uses her street smarts to compete with her more polished colleagues at a Manhattan law firm. This could be a breakout role for Montgomery, who tested great and has been getting high marks for her performance. Dana Calvo wrote the project for Sony TV/CBS TV Studios and Fanfare. Mark Waters directed the pilot, Kevin Falls serves as showrunner.
The series order marks a great comeback for Nicholas Wootton and Greg Berlanti’s Golden Boy, which hit a snag early on when Ryan Phillippe, originally cast as the lead, pulled out. Brit Theo James was cast in the role — a cop on a meteoric rise from officer to detective to Police Commissioner. Richard Shepard directed the pilot for Warner Bros. TV and Berlanti Prods.
Speaking of comebacks, how about Max Mutchnick and David Kohan? After trying twice before to do a comedy based on teir real-life friendship between a gay and a straight guy, the third time proved to be the charm, with their pilot Partners going to series. Michael Urie, Sophia Bush, David Krumholtz and Brandon Routh star. Warner Bros. TV produces, with James Burrows directing the pilot.
Another vetran multi-camera director, Pamela Fryman, helmed the pilot for the other new CBS comedy series, Friend Me, from writers Alan Kirschenbaum and Ajay Sahgal, CBS TV Studios and the Tannenbaum Co. It stars Christopher Mintz-Plasse of Superbad fame and Nicholas Braun as twenty-something best friends and complete opposites who move from their hometown of Bloomington, Indiana to Los Angeles to begin their exciting new lives working at Groupon. Sounds a bit like a male 2 Broke Girls.
http://www.deadline.com/2012/05/cbs-...ff-going-away/
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From what I hear there is a slim chance but its not looking likely...
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A shame, really. So the only show I'm really looking forward to next season is 666 Park Avenue. At least I'm 99% sure they will air it in the fall and couple it with OUAT, so I don't have to wait until mid-season for it.
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A shame, really. So the only show I'm really looking forward to next season is 666 Park Avenue. At least I'm 99% sure they will air it in the fall and couple it with OUAT, so I don't have to wait until mid-season for it.
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I can see it 9:00 Sunday. We'll see where it falls in a few days!!
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Looks like they got tired of the sunglasses.
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I'm glad all these are renewed. I'm so pissed Ringer wasn't though especially considering the cliffhanger ending
The CW is my fave American network but why do they have to hurt me like this?
I think this season of GG will be the last too
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