Comedian John Mulaney has been on the verge of stardom for awhile now — he’s the guy SNL nerds, myself included, always point to when we’re talking about the show’s “hidden gems,” and how he should take over for Seth Meyers as head writer and/or Weekend Update anchor…why, yes, we don’t have sex much, thank you for asking — and yesterday, he got a push toward it when NBC picked up his pilot, executive produced by Lorne Michaels.
The network has picked up a semi-autobiographical comedy written by and starring hot stand-up comedian John Mulaney and executive produced by Saturday Night Live’s Lorne Michaels.
The multicamera comedy is described as young ensemble vehicle loosely based on Mulaney’s life. (Via)
So…it’s about a dude who watches Law & Order all day, and when he’s not watching Law & Order, he’s writing Stefon jokes and thinking about Law & Order. /sets DVR for life If anyone can make a multi-camera sitcom watchable, it’s Mulaney (well, Mulaney and James Hetfield), which is good: NBC needs all the help it can get.
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I thought NBC was trying to shift to the CBS sitcoms-of-yesteryear format? This is infuriating. I’d rather them just go that route and burn in flames than cock tease us with potential good shows.
They should just devote Saturday evenings from 5-9 for the cult shows like P&R, Community and this. It’s not the most lucrative time slot to hurt them one way or another and they know the majority of the shows viewers will be DVR watchers or online viewers anyways.
Especially since if it generates real laughs it will inevitably get canceled.
FYI you guys, I don’t think Mulaney is writing for SNL anymore. At his UCB performance last week, he said ‘I used to write for SNL.’
He definitely confirmed he was not working at SNL anymore during his show at UCBNY last week. That news should break soon enough, I reckon.
This week: Special Guest Star Tom Jones.
What’s new pussycat
BWOMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMP!
demp, te demp, tedemp — It’s not unusual to be loved by anyone
OH MY GOD, Y’ALL.
Y’ALL, OH MY GOD.
CAN’T WAIT.
As long as there’s a character who has AIDS, I am in.
I’m new in town, and it gets worse.
I hope there’s a plot where he’s pitching a TV show called Jerry Orbach’s Eyes.
I expect frequent use of reading glasses on characters to show when time has passed.
I hope that the mysterious old gay man who speaks in rhyme is a character.
I really just want them to use the lead-in to New in Town so I can see his excitement at “Mulaney is a Good Architect” each week.
Wow, that tall child looks terrible. Get some rest, tall child.
Sounds like its 30 Rock, but with a dude.
Basically, just rinse and repeat. A hidden gem in SNL? I doubt it.
People said the same (switch genders though) about Parks & Rec.
People said Parks and Rec was like 30 Rock but with a chick?
That’s really insulting to Tina Fey.
Woops – meant people said Parks & Rec was like the Office with a chick. Forgot the Office part.
To be fair, Parks and Rec very much was the Office with a chick for some of Season 1, especially the pilot. It’s nothing like that anymore, though.
I’ll just go ahead an comment on old, linked posts without reading the date.
Iced-T: You mean…..it’s going to be on TV like our show only he’s going to be on it and not us?
I was lying…to get drugs…you know, like a crime.
It’s about time they gave more sitcoms to proud Asian women.
He’s a tiger mom!
the pilot should just be the story about the best meal he’s ever had at the Salt & Pepper Diner
What the hell?
Maybe when a comment is deleted the reply to it should be moved to the most recent comment.
Just a thought.
Although to be fair, your post could have had more references to Dish.
WTF does that have to do with the Dish Netwok?
I LOVE IT!
FINALLY. I’m very excited about this. You know it’s going to be so much better than Kroll Show.