Hi, intrepid heroes! The season finale of indie streamer Dropout’s highly popular “Dungeons & Dragons” series “Dimension 20” drops Wednesday, bringing what creator and game master Brennan Lee Mulligan promises to be an epic conclusion to “Fantasy High: Junior Year.”
Ahead of the episode’s release on Dropout (which is also the name of the platform’s parent company that rebranded from College Humor last fall under CEO Sam Reich) Mulligan spoke with Variety about the success of the “Dimension 20” franchise, including the scheduled Jan. 24, 2025, live show’s almost-immediate sellout of Madison Square Garden last month, the fact the streaming series is not yet eligible to be submitted for an Emmy, and the next season of “Dimension 20’s” popular “Dungeons and Drag Queens” series.
Let’s start with the big one: What was it like to sell out Madison Square Garden for the live show of “Dimension 20,...
Ahead of the episode’s release on Dropout (which is also the name of the platform’s parent company that rebranded from College Humor last fall under CEO Sam Reich) Mulligan spoke with Variety about the success of the “Dimension 20” franchise, including the scheduled Jan. 24, 2025, live show’s almost-immediate sellout of Madison Square Garden last month, the fact the streaming series is not yet eligible to be submitted for an Emmy, and the next season of “Dimension 20’s” popular “Dungeons and Drag Queens” series.
Let’s start with the big one: What was it like to sell out Madison Square Garden for the live show of “Dimension 20,...
- 5/22/2024
- by Jennifer Maas
- Variety Film + TV
There are a lot of streamers out there, but none quite like Dropout. “I’m a determined hipster,” jokes Dropout owner and CEO Sam Reich. “I can’t do anything that the rest of the industry is doing — I’m just too determined to be unique.”
Unique is not difficult to find on Dropout, which was created in 2018 as a subscription service for CollegeHumor content before CHMedia rebranded to Dropout in 2023. Take Game Changer, hosted by Reich, where the premise changes every episode and the contestants must learn the rules as they play. This season alone has seen an elaborate version of Simon Says, a parody of The Newlywed Game and a simple trivia game-turned-scavenger hunt where contestants need to search the studio for buzzers to answer questions.
There’s also Dimension 20, an anthology series where a group of improvisors play role-playing games like Dungeons & Dragons. “It all...
Unique is not difficult to find on Dropout, which was created in 2018 as a subscription service for CollegeHumor content before CHMedia rebranded to Dropout in 2023. Take Game Changer, hosted by Reich, where the premise changes every episode and the contestants must learn the rules as they play. This season alone has seen an elaborate version of Simon Says, a parody of The Newlywed Game and a simple trivia game-turned-scavenger hunt where contestants need to search the studio for buzzers to answer questions.
There’s also Dimension 20, an anthology series where a group of improvisors play role-playing games like Dungeons & Dragons. “It all...
- 5/21/2024
- by Ryan Fleming
- Deadline Film + TV
The two-part season finale of Dropout’s hit game series “Game Changer,” originally scheduled to premiere on May 20, has been delayed “to allow for more time in the edit.”
On Monday, Sam Reich, host and Dropout CEO, announced on social media: “Scheduling Update: we’re pushing the 2-part Game Changer season finale to allow for more time in the edit. It’s one of the most complicated episodes we’ve ever done (you’ll see why). Part 1 will now launch on Dropout on June 3rd, and Part 2 on June 17th.”
Despite the delay, the sixth season, which featured seven episodes, surpasses the six-episode minimum requirement for submission for the outstanding game show category. According to current Emmy rules, the two-part finale will compete as part of the upcoming seventh season when it airs during the next eligibility window. This is consistent with other competition and game shows with multiple seasons competing as one,...
On Monday, Sam Reich, host and Dropout CEO, announced on social media: “Scheduling Update: we’re pushing the 2-part Game Changer season finale to allow for more time in the edit. It’s one of the most complicated episodes we’ve ever done (you’ll see why). Part 1 will now launch on Dropout on June 3rd, and Part 2 on June 17th.”
Despite the delay, the sixth season, which featured seven episodes, surpasses the six-episode minimum requirement for submission for the outstanding game show category. According to current Emmy rules, the two-part finale will compete as part of the upcoming seventh season when it airs during the next eligibility window. This is consistent with other competition and game shows with multiple seasons competing as one,...
- 5/14/2024
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
Indie streaming platform Dropout, formerly known as CollegeHumor, is vying for a spotlight at this year’s Primetime Emmys with an ambitious campaign to secure its first major nominations. With a passionate and niche audience, Variety has learned exclusively about Dropout’s top contenders submitted for Emmy love, including the innovative game show “Game Changer” and the unique interview series “Very Important People.”
“Game Changer,” a standout series hosted by Dropout CEO Sam Reich, turns the traditional game show format on its head. Each episode introduces a new game, but the twist is that the three comedian contestants are clueless about the rules until the game begins. The blend of improv comedy and fierce competition has not only captivated audiences but also spawned three successful spinoffs: “Dirty Laundry,” “Make Some Noise” and “Play It by Ear.”
Two of the season’s funniest episodes, “Sam Says 3” (featuring Jacob Wysocki’s epic...
“Game Changer,” a standout series hosted by Dropout CEO Sam Reich, turns the traditional game show format on its head. Each episode introduces a new game, but the twist is that the three comedian contestants are clueless about the rules until the game begins. The blend of improv comedy and fierce competition has not only captivated audiences but also spawned three successful spinoffs: “Dirty Laundry,” “Make Some Noise” and “Play It by Ear.”
Two of the season’s funniest episodes, “Sam Says 3” (featuring Jacob Wysocki’s epic...
- 5/8/2024
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
CollegeHumor is dropping out of school, so to speak.
As the comedy brand shifts its distribution strategy under current CEO Sam Reich, it is giving up its original handle to rebrand as Dropout. That name, which previously applied to the company’s subscription service, will now become its official moniker.
Reich announced the rebrand in a video on the channel formerly known as CollegeHumor (which counts 14.7 million subscribers). Reich said that his company’s new name will represent its people-driven approach, “without any corporations, networks, or advertisers to muck it up.”
Dropout’s history dates back to 1999, when it was launched by Josh Abramson and Ricky Van Veen. YouTube arrived in 2005, and the company then known as CollegeHumor saw its stock go up. It pulled in billions of views, attracted guest stars like Michelle Obama, and even got its own television show with the TruTV original Adam Ruins Everything.
The...
As the comedy brand shifts its distribution strategy under current CEO Sam Reich, it is giving up its original handle to rebrand as Dropout. That name, which previously applied to the company’s subscription service, will now become its official moniker.
Reich announced the rebrand in a video on the channel formerly known as CollegeHumor (which counts 14.7 million subscribers). Reich said that his company’s new name will represent its people-driven approach, “without any corporations, networks, or advertisers to muck it up.”
Dropout’s history dates back to 1999, when it was launched by Josh Abramson and Ricky Van Veen. YouTube arrived in 2005, and the company then known as CollegeHumor saw its stock go up. It pulled in billions of views, attracted guest stars like Michelle Obama, and even got its own television show with the TruTV original Adam Ruins Everything.
The...
- 9/26/2023
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
Game Changer host, writer, and creator Sam Reich (Adam Ruins Everything) starts each episode with the same intro: “The only way to learn is by playing, the only way to win is by learning, and the only way to begin is by beginning.” It could be interpreted as some deep proverb, but really it’s just describing the deceptively simple concept of the original game show on Dropout, CollegeHumor’s subscription streaming service.
In 2018, CollegeHumor launched the streamer in an attempt to become less reliant on YouTube — at the time, Reich told Wired that the company was experiencing “a little creative repression” because of increased restrictions on YouTube and audience-friendly demands of network TV. On Dropout, the CollegeHumor crew was (and still is) free to do whatever they want without being beholden to advertisers, instead supported by subscribers paying between $4.99 and $5.99 a month or $47.99 to $59.99 a year.
In 2018, CollegeHumor launched the streamer in an attempt to become less reliant on YouTube — at the time, Reich told Wired that the company was experiencing “a little creative repression” because of increased restrictions on YouTube and audience-friendly demands of network TV. On Dropout, the CollegeHumor crew was (and still is) free to do whatever they want without being beholden to advertisers, instead supported by subscribers paying between $4.99 and $5.99 a month or $47.99 to $59.99 a year.
- 8/9/2023
- by Brianna Wellen
- Primetimer
The amount of versatility within a single premise is the test of a truly great game show. “Jeopardy” has the clues, “Match Game” has the risqué answers, and “Survivor” has the challenges. But maybe the most versatile game show on air right now — and going for the Emmy that “Jeopardy” has won the last three years running — is one where its entire DNA is based on being a radically different competition every episode.
Now in its fifth season on Dropout (the streaming heir to CollegeHumor), “Game Changer” features a rotating cast of improvisers standing at some very colorful podiums without any idea of the game they’re about to play. “The only way to learn is by playing, the only way to win is by learning, and the only way to begin is by beginning,” host and series creator Sam Reich says at the top of every episode. The Dropout...
Now in its fifth season on Dropout (the streaming heir to CollegeHumor), “Game Changer” features a rotating cast of improvisers standing at some very colorful podiums without any idea of the game they’re about to play. “The only way to learn is by playing, the only way to win is by learning, and the only way to begin is by beginning,” host and series creator Sam Reich says at the top of every episode. The Dropout...
- 6/23/2023
- by Sarah Shachat
- Indiewire
Freeform has decided not to move forward with the dark comedy series “Pippa Smith: Grown-Up Detective” from executive producer Joss Whedon, TheWrap has learned exclusively.
Representatives for Freeform did not immediately respond to TheWrap’s request for comment on when and why the show, which had been in development at the Disney-owned cable channel since June 2018, had been scrapped. A rep for Whedon had no comment.
According to an individual familiar with the project, Whedon did not have a direct or substantial role in developing the half-hour series, which was created by comedians Siobhan Thompson and Rebecca Drysdale. The show was to center on Pippa Smith, a twentysomething who played a former kid sleuth on TV, “as she deals with relationships, addiction and being too dang old for the detecting game.” Pippa would solve a new case in every episode, “while unraveling a larger mystery and attempting to navigate her messy personal life.
Representatives for Freeform did not immediately respond to TheWrap’s request for comment on when and why the show, which had been in development at the Disney-owned cable channel since June 2018, had been scrapped. A rep for Whedon had no comment.
According to an individual familiar with the project, Whedon did not have a direct or substantial role in developing the half-hour series, which was created by comedians Siobhan Thompson and Rebecca Drysdale. The show was to center on Pippa Smith, a twentysomething who played a former kid sleuth on TV, “as she deals with relationships, addiction and being too dang old for the detecting game.” Pippa would solve a new case in every episode, “while unraveling a larger mystery and attempting to navigate her messy personal life.
- 12/16/2020
- by Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
Ch Media, the parent of CollegeHumor, has signed a multi-faceted partnership with Rooster Teeth’s podcast network, The Roost, which will henceforth provide ad sales, merchandise, and podcast distribution services for the legacy sketch comedy brand.
All told, The Roost reps 70 video-centric series that garner 290 million monthly impressions, it says. Going forward, it will work to expand podcast distribution and ad sales support for four of CollegeHumor's brands, including eponymous flagship vertical CollegeHumor, gaming-focused Dorkly, nerd and fandom-focused game show Um, Actually, and Dimension 20 (pictured above). The Roost will also launch a new merch storefront for CollegeHumor.
All told, CollegeHumor says it has over 25 million subscribers and reaches over 10 million unique monthly viewers on YouTube.
“This partnership brings together two of the most innovative and entrepreneurial legacy internet brands, Rooster Teeth and CollegeHumor,” A.J. Felciano, Rooster Teeth’s newly-tapped head of The Roost, said in a statement. “What...
All told, The Roost reps 70 video-centric series that garner 290 million monthly impressions, it says. Going forward, it will work to expand podcast distribution and ad sales support for four of CollegeHumor's brands, including eponymous flagship vertical CollegeHumor, gaming-focused Dorkly, nerd and fandom-focused game show Um, Actually, and Dimension 20 (pictured above). The Roost will also launch a new merch storefront for CollegeHumor.
All told, CollegeHumor says it has over 25 million subscribers and reaches over 10 million unique monthly viewers on YouTube.
“This partnership brings together two of the most innovative and entrepreneurial legacy internet brands, Rooster Teeth and CollegeHumor,” A.J. Felciano, Rooster Teeth’s newly-tapped head of The Roost, said in a statement. “What...
- 9/3/2020
- by Geoff Weiss
- Tubefilter.com
The future of CollegeHumor, the pioneering comedy website that rose to prominence before the rise of YouTube, was thrown into question Wednesday after the brand’s sale resulted in more than 100 layoffs.
InterActive Corp., the New York company that owned CollegeHumor parent Ch Media, sold its brands to CollegeHumor’s chief creative officer Sam Reich. Terms of the deal were undisclosed but Deadline reported that “all but a handful” of employees were notified of their layoffs Wednesday.
Reich, who joined CollegeHumor in 2006 was not available for comment, but shared the news on Twitter and said he aimed to continue operating the leading CollegeHumor brands, including Dropout, its comedy Svod streaming service. “I hope to be able to save Dropout, CollegeHumor, Drawfee, Dorkly, and many of our shows,” Reich said on Twitter. “Some will need to take on bold new creative directions in order to survive. You may not agree with all of them.
InterActive Corp., the New York company that owned CollegeHumor parent Ch Media, sold its brands to CollegeHumor’s chief creative officer Sam Reich. Terms of the deal were undisclosed but Deadline reported that “all but a handful” of employees were notified of their layoffs Wednesday.
Reich, who joined CollegeHumor in 2006 was not available for comment, but shared the news on Twitter and said he aimed to continue operating the leading CollegeHumor brands, including Dropout, its comedy Svod streaming service. “I hope to be able to save Dropout, CollegeHumor, Drawfee, Dorkly, and many of our shows,” Reich said on Twitter. “Some will need to take on bold new creative directions in order to survive. You may not agree with all of them.
- 1/8/2020
- by Tyler Hersko
- Indiewire
Barry Diller’s Iac has stopped funding the L.A.-based humor site CollegeHumor, resulting in the layoff of 100-plus employees, the company’s chief content officer, Sam Reich, announced Wednesday.
“ Iac, our parent company, has made the difficult decision to no longer finance us. Today, 100+ brilliant people lost their jobs, some of whom are my dear, dear friends. Hire them,” he wrote, before going on to add that Iac had elected to allow him to “run with” the company himself.
“In words that I’m sure are as surreal to read as they are to type, I will soon become the new majority owner of Ch Media,” Reich wrote.
Also Read: Inside CollegeHumor's Svod Strategy and the Future of the Company's YouTube Channel
“Sam was the best choice to acquire Ch Media and define its next chapter. The decision places Ch Media with an owner who is beloved by fans,...
“ Iac, our parent company, has made the difficult decision to no longer finance us. Today, 100+ brilliant people lost their jobs, some of whom are my dear, dear friends. Hire them,” he wrote, before going on to add that Iac had elected to allow him to “run with” the company himself.
“In words that I’m sure are as surreal to read as they are to type, I will soon become the new majority owner of Ch Media,” Reich wrote.
Also Read: Inside CollegeHumor's Svod Strategy and the Future of the Company's YouTube Channel
“Sam was the best choice to acquire Ch Media and define its next chapter. The decision places Ch Media with an owner who is beloved by fans,...
- 1/8/2020
- by Lindsey Ellefson
- The Wrap
Barry Diller’s media company Iac has sold CollegeHumor Media, whose portfolio includes comedy site CollegeHumor, Drawfee, Dorkly and relatively new streamer Dropout, which debuted in September 2018, Variety has confirmed. The move resulted in over 100 layoffs at the company.
In a “twist,” chief creative officer Sam Reich announced on Twitter that Iac had agreed to transfer majority ownership to him.
“I hope to be able to save Dropout, CollegeHumor, Drawfee, Dorkly, and many of our shows,” said Reich on Twitter. “Some will need to take on bold new creative directions in order to survive. You may not agree with all of them.”
Iac first acquired CollegeHumor in 2006. The site was founded by Josh Abramson and Ricky Van Veen in 1999.
In a statement on the sale obtained by Variety, Iac described Reich as “the best choice” to sell the brand to and promised that he will “define its next chapter.”
“The...
In a “twist,” chief creative officer Sam Reich announced on Twitter that Iac had agreed to transfer majority ownership to him.
“I hope to be able to save Dropout, CollegeHumor, Drawfee, Dorkly, and many of our shows,” said Reich on Twitter. “Some will need to take on bold new creative directions in order to survive. You may not agree with all of them.”
Iac first acquired CollegeHumor in 2006. The site was founded by Josh Abramson and Ricky Van Veen in 1999.
In a statement on the sale obtained by Variety, Iac described Reich as “the best choice” to sell the brand to and promised that he will “define its next chapter.”
“The...
- 1/8/2020
- by Elaine Low and Will Thorne
- Variety Film + TV
Barry Diller’s InterActive Corp. is selling CHMedia, parent of CollegeHumor and a portfolio of related brands, to Ch chief creative officer Sam Reich. The transaction will result in more than 100 layoffs.
All but a handful of employees at the once-pioneering satire and online video purveyor were told Wednesday they are being let go, according to emails from employees and tweets from Reich. In a Twitter thread, Reich signaled optimism about keeping CollegeHumor afloat, along with sister brands like Dropout and Dorkly, but he indicated the scale and economics would be quite different at first.
“I can’t keep it going like you’re used to,” he wrote. “While we were on the way to becoming profitable, we were nonetheless losing money — and I myself have no money to be able to lose.” He promised to “do my very best to stay true to the talent, shows, fans, and principles...
All but a handful of employees at the once-pioneering satire and online video purveyor were told Wednesday they are being let go, according to emails from employees and tweets from Reich. In a Twitter thread, Reich signaled optimism about keeping CollegeHumor afloat, along with sister brands like Dropout and Dorkly, but he indicated the scale and economics would be quite different at first.
“I can’t keep it going like you’re used to,” he wrote. “While we were on the way to becoming profitable, we were nonetheless losing money — and I myself have no money to be able to lose.” He promised to “do my very best to stay true to the talent, shows, fans, and principles...
- 1/8/2020
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
A new mockumentary culinary series titled Gods of Food is set to premiere on subscription-based streaming service Dropout by CollegeHumor next month, the streamer announced today.
The six-episode season will skewer a range of fine dining tropes, that are all too familiar to fans of cooking shows.
The series was created and written by CollegeHumor cast member and head writer Rekha Shankar, who also serves as an executive producer.
“Cooking shows are one of my favorite things to watch,” said Shankar. “But while the most gorgeous food shows are full of love and passion, they can also be full of dysfunctional personalities and bizarre ideas. I hope Gods of Food resonates with foodies like me in that it’s full of beautiful food, but also pokes fun at some of the tendencies of culinary shows.”
The show stars Don Fanelli (Nightcap) as Anthony D’Anthony, Krizia Bajos (The Casagrandes) as Julia Splenderpoot,...
The six-episode season will skewer a range of fine dining tropes, that are all too familiar to fans of cooking shows.
The series was created and written by CollegeHumor cast member and head writer Rekha Shankar, who also serves as an executive producer.
“Cooking shows are one of my favorite things to watch,” said Shankar. “But while the most gorgeous food shows are full of love and passion, they can also be full of dysfunctional personalities and bizarre ideas. I hope Gods of Food resonates with foodies like me in that it’s full of beautiful food, but also pokes fun at some of the tendencies of culinary shows.”
The show stars Don Fanelli (Nightcap) as Anthony D’Anthony, Krizia Bajos (The Casagrandes) as Julia Splenderpoot,...
- 7/16/2019
- by Anita Bennett
- Deadline Film + TV
In today’s TV news roundup, Hulu drops the trailer for Season 2 of “Light as a Feather” and Netflix reveals an animated series based on the video game “Cuphead” is in the works.
First Looks
HBO and Rai Fiction have released the first image from Season 2 of “My Brilliant Friend – The Story of a New Name,” featuring Margherita Mazzucco as Elena and Gaia Girace as Lila. Based on the second book in Elena Ferrante’s four-part series, the show follows childhood friends Elena and Gaia as they grow old together in their poor neighborhood. Saverio Costanzo will return to direct Season 2.
Netflix has released the first look at the fourth season of its original series “Last Chance U,” premiering July 19. The Emmy-nominated series follows a junior college football program, shedding light on the ugliness that often hides behind the glamour of sports.
Hulu has posted the official trailer for the...
First Looks
HBO and Rai Fiction have released the first image from Season 2 of “My Brilliant Friend – The Story of a New Name,” featuring Margherita Mazzucco as Elena and Gaia Girace as Lila. Based on the second book in Elena Ferrante’s four-part series, the show follows childhood friends Elena and Gaia as they grow old together in their poor neighborhood. Saverio Costanzo will return to direct Season 2.
Netflix has released the first look at the fourth season of its original series “Last Chance U,” premiering July 19. The Emmy-nominated series follows a junior college football program, shedding light on the ugliness that often hides behind the glamour of sports.
Hulu has posted the official trailer for the...
- 7/9/2019
- by Anna Tingley
- Variety Film + TV
TruTV will keep the laughs coming with orders for its first animated series and a sports-themed studio show from comics Clayton English and Noah Gardenswartz. Ahead of its first WarnerMedia upfront next week, the cable net also renewed At Home with Amy Sedaris, Laff Mobb’s Laff Tracks and The Carbonaro Effect, and ordered more episodes of Adam Ruins Everything
New series This Functional Family and Game Changers (working title) will bow in 2020, with the new seasons of returning shows premiering this year or next
“With our longstanding franchises to more recent successes like Tacoma Fd, we’ve curated an original portfolio at truTV that consistently delivers on telling distinct comedic stories from amazing talent that is resonating with fans and advertisers alike,” TruTV president Chris Linn said. “As we look ahead to the 2019-20 broadcast season and WarnerMedia’s expansion into new platforms, we’re excited about our unmatched...
New series This Functional Family and Game Changers (working title) will bow in 2020, with the new seasons of returning shows premiering this year or next
“With our longstanding franchises to more recent successes like Tacoma Fd, we’ve curated an original portfolio at truTV that consistently delivers on telling distinct comedic stories from amazing talent that is resonating with fans and advertisers alike,” TruTV president Chris Linn said. “As we look ahead to the 2019-20 broadcast season and WarnerMedia’s expansion into new platforms, we’re excited about our unmatched...
- 5/9/2019
- by Erik Pedersen and Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Pop has picked up a 10-episode second season of Hot Date, the original sketch comedy series from Electus’ Big Breakfast and executive producer Will Arnett’s Electric Avenue Productions, inspired by the popular CollegeHumor digital series. The renewal was announced Wednesday by Pop president Brad Schwartz at TCA.
Starring husband and wife comedy duo Emily Axford and Brian K. Murphy, Season 2 of Hot Date will be set in a new city, New Orleans, and focus on the many eccentricities “The Big Easy” has to offer – from gluttonous bourbon-induced debauchery, to haunted Airbnb’s and more – while remaining centered on relational comedy. “Emily” and “Murph” are also planning a wedding and must attempt to navigate the various stresses that come with taking their relationship to the next level.
Hot Date is produced by Big Breakfast, an Electus company, with Drew Buckley, Chris Grant, Luke Kelly-Clyne, Sam Reich, Spencer Griffin and Matthew Pollock serving as executive producers.
Starring husband and wife comedy duo Emily Axford and Brian K. Murphy, Season 2 of Hot Date will be set in a new city, New Orleans, and focus on the many eccentricities “The Big Easy” has to offer – from gluttonous bourbon-induced debauchery, to haunted Airbnb’s and more – while remaining centered on relational comedy. “Emily” and “Murph” are also planning a wedding and must attempt to navigate the various stresses that come with taking their relationship to the next level.
Hot Date is produced by Big Breakfast, an Electus company, with Drew Buckley, Chris Grant, Luke Kelly-Clyne, Sam Reich, Spencer Griffin and Matthew Pollock serving as executive producers.
- 1/31/2019
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Updated with executive comment. Freeform has given a pilot order to a show with the working title Motherland, an hour-long military fantasy drama from Claws creator Eliot Laurence and Gary Sanchez Productions. The news came during an event in New York today, when the network also said it has put in development a dark comedy with the working title of Pippa Smith: Grown-Up Detective executive produced by Joss Whedon.
Motherland (which execs emphasized they prefer be known as Untitled Eliot Laurence Project) is from Freeform Studio and Gary Sanchez Productions. It was originally put in development in August 2016. The logline: Set in an alternate America where witches ended their persecution 300 years ago by cutting a deal with the U.S. government to fight for their country, the series follows three young women from basic training in combat magic into early deployment at Fort Salem. In this world, the traditional roles...
Motherland (which execs emphasized they prefer be known as Untitled Eliot Laurence Project) is from Freeform Studio and Gary Sanchez Productions. It was originally put in development in August 2016. The logline: Set in an alternate America where witches ended their persecution 300 years ago by cutting a deal with the U.S. government to fight for their country, the series follows three young women from basic training in combat magic into early deployment at Fort Salem. In this world, the traditional roles...
- 6/5/2018
- by Dade Hayes and Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Joss Whedon is taking his talents back to the small screen. The “Avengers” director and “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” creator is set to executive produce a half-hour comedy series at Freeform, a spokesperson for the Disney-owned network tells TheWrap.
The project, currently in development, has the working title of “Pippa Smith: Grown-Up Detective” and comes from creators Siobhan Thompson and Rebecca Drysdale. It is a dark comedy that centers around the titular Pippa Smith, a 20-something who played a former kid sleuth on TV, as she deals with relationships, addiction and being too dang old for the detecting game.
In every episode, Pippa solves a new case, while unraveling a larger mystery and attempting to navigate her messy personal life.
Also Read: Joss Whedon Steps Down as 'Batgirl' Director
Drysdale and Thompson penned the script. Whedon, the”Justice League” reshoot director, and Drysdale will executive produce, with Thompson serving as co-executive producer.
The project, currently in development, has the working title of “Pippa Smith: Grown-Up Detective” and comes from creators Siobhan Thompson and Rebecca Drysdale. It is a dark comedy that centers around the titular Pippa Smith, a 20-something who played a former kid sleuth on TV, as she deals with relationships, addiction and being too dang old for the detecting game.
In every episode, Pippa solves a new case, while unraveling a larger mystery and attempting to navigate her messy personal life.
Also Read: Joss Whedon Steps Down as 'Batgirl' Director
Drysdale and Thompson penned the script. Whedon, the”Justice League” reshoot director, and Drysdale will executive produce, with Thompson serving as co-executive producer.
- 6/5/2018
- by Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
Joss Whedon is set to executive produce a half-hour comedy series currently in development at Freeform, Variety has learned exclusively.
The project is currently titled “Pippa Smith: Grown-Up Detective.” Hailing from creators Siobhan Thompson and Rebecca Drysdale, the series is described as a dark comedy that follows Pippa Smith, a twenty-something who played a former kid sleuth on television, as she deals with relationships, addiction and being too dang old for the detecting game. Each episode, Pippa solves a new case, while unraveling a bigger mystery and attempting to navigate a messy personal life.
Big Breakfast will produce. Whedon and Drysdale serve as executive producers, with Thompson co-executive producing. Drew Buckley, Jillian Vogel and Sam Reich are executive producers for Big Breakfast, which is an Electus company.
Drysdale’s previous writing credits include “The Big Gay Sketch Show,” “Key and Peele,” “Baskets,” and “High Maintenance.” Thompson has written for and...
The project is currently titled “Pippa Smith: Grown-Up Detective.” Hailing from creators Siobhan Thompson and Rebecca Drysdale, the series is described as a dark comedy that follows Pippa Smith, a twenty-something who played a former kid sleuth on television, as she deals with relationships, addiction and being too dang old for the detecting game. Each episode, Pippa solves a new case, while unraveling a bigger mystery and attempting to navigate a messy personal life.
Big Breakfast will produce. Whedon and Drysdale serve as executive producers, with Thompson co-executive producing. Drew Buckley, Jillian Vogel and Sam Reich are executive producers for Big Breakfast, which is an Electus company.
Drysdale’s previous writing credits include “The Big Gay Sketch Show,” “Key and Peele,” “Baskets,” and “High Maintenance.” Thompson has written for and...
- 6/5/2018
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
At the “Adam Ruins Everything Election Special” taping earlier this month in Los Angeles, even the warmup jokes had their eyes on politics. As standup comedian Jared Logan primed both the audience and the sound technicians for the ensuing show, he invited the audience to test laugh: “Imagine if Tim Kaine just told a joke.”
After 19 episodes of the truTV show already under their belts, Tuesday night’s special represents the most ambitious “Adam Ruins Everything” project yet: an hour-long examination (and in most cases, refutation) of some of the most commonly held refrains of this election cycle.
Read More: ‘Adam Ruins Everything’ With Research, and Adam Conover Likes It That Way
It’s the culmination of weeks of nationwide touring and refining, all done during the midst of production on this year’s batch of “Adam Ruins Everything” episodes, which have been airing since late August. Conover, along with...
After 19 episodes of the truTV show already under their belts, Tuesday night’s special represents the most ambitious “Adam Ruins Everything” project yet: an hour-long examination (and in most cases, refutation) of some of the most commonly held refrains of this election cycle.
Read More: ‘Adam Ruins Everything’ With Research, and Adam Conover Likes It That Way
It’s the culmination of weeks of nationwide touring and refining, all done during the midst of production on this year’s batch of “Adam Ruins Everything” episodes, which have been airing since late August. Conover, along with...
- 10/25/2016
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
Since its launch in October, Verizon’s Go90 video service has turned heads by striking a number of exclusive content deals. It has unveiled series from Vice, Astronauts Wanted, New Form Digital, and several other notable production studios. Its latest partner is CollegeHumor, which has premiered a 52-episode series called Fatal Decision exclusively on Go90.
Fatal Decision comes from CollegeHumor’s Big Breakfast studio and relates to a previous series released on the CollegeHumor YouTube channel in 2008. In both versions, the hero is an office worker who bugs his coworkers by living out a double life as a secret agent. As evidenced by the first episode of the original series, Fatal Decision wears its action-comedy label loudly and proudly.
“Fatal Decision, which is loosely based on the CollegeHumor web series of the same name, is the ultimate movie within a movie,” said Sam Reich, President of Big Breakfast and Head of Video at CollegeHumor,...
Fatal Decision comes from CollegeHumor’s Big Breakfast studio and relates to a previous series released on the CollegeHumor YouTube channel in 2008. In both versions, the hero is an office worker who bugs his coworkers by living out a double life as a secret agent. As evidenced by the first episode of the original series, Fatal Decision wears its action-comedy label loudly and proudly.
“Fatal Decision, which is loosely based on the CollegeHumor web series of the same name, is the ultimate movie within a movie,” said Sam Reich, President of Big Breakfast and Head of Video at CollegeHumor,...
- 11/25/2015
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
TruTV seems to like pulling TV show ideas from popular web series. The cable channel has just ordered a pilot for Adam Ruins Everything (working title) from production studio Big Breakfast.
The new show stars comedian Adam Conover, who takes an honest yet comical look at topics most people take for granted. Backing his reporting with science and historical facts, the host will seek to reveal the truth about common misconceptions while he also entertains and informs audiences. A release for the show calls Conover “like that friend who knows a little bit too much about everything and is going to tell you about it whether you like it or not.”
TruTV’s Adam Ruins Everything was inspired by the titular web series initially created by Big Breakfast for CollegeHumor Originals. The first episode, “Why Engagement Rings Are a Scam,” has garnered over 5.6 million views on YouTube. Overall, the entire...
The new show stars comedian Adam Conover, who takes an honest yet comical look at topics most people take for granted. Backing his reporting with science and historical facts, the host will seek to reveal the truth about common misconceptions while he also entertains and informs audiences. A release for the show calls Conover “like that friend who knows a little bit too much about everything and is going to tell you about it whether you like it or not.”
TruTV’s Adam Ruins Everything was inspired by the titular web series initially created by Big Breakfast for CollegeHumor Originals. The first episode, “Why Engagement Rings Are a Scam,” has garnered over 5.6 million views on YouTube. Overall, the entire...
- 2/19/2015
- by Bree Brouwer
- Tubefilter.com
Is it even possible to get crazier than CollegeHumor’s YouTube channel? Apparently, the company thinks so, as it just announced the launch of its weirder new channel, CH2. Aimed at creating experimental sketches, CH2 will do everything CollegeHumor’s main channel does but with a more alternative flair. According to a release, part of CollegeHumor’s reason for launching CH2 is to encourage the development of and give a home to “quirky passion projects” from both familiar and new names in comedy. This angle is already reflected in some of the first videos to be uploaded, like Elaine Carroll’s “Big Boned Cheerleaders” about the intimate connection between those sturdier cheerleaders who always end up as the base of the pyramid formations. "Some of the most popular series and characters throughout CollegeHumor's history have originated from taking risks and trying new things," says Sam Reich, founder of CollegeHumor and President of Big Breakfast,...
- 9/24/2014
- by Bree Brouwer
- Tubefilter.com
Multimedia studio Electus is teaming with fellow Iac property CollegeHumor Media to form Electus Digital. Drew Buckley, Electus’ COO, will oversee the new division, which will encompass website properties CollegeHumor.com, Dorkly.com and WatchLOUD.com; YouTube channels WatchLOUD, Nuevon and Hungry; and production companies dumbdumb and Big Breakfast. The latter is a newly formed full-service production company from CollegeHumor Originals. It will focus on the development of feature-length films, TV programming and new-media projects for Electus Digital and CollegeHumor.com, and it will create original content including via a development deal with TBS that is bringing the CollegeHumor series Jake And Amir to TV. It will be run by CollegeHumor president of original content Sam Reich. “This configuration represents a combination of the best of creative execution and distribution on the digital landscape,” Buckley said today in a release announcing Electus Digital’s formation. “As one team, we are...
- 1/27/2014
- by PATRICK HIPES, Managing Editor
- Deadline TV
Exclusive: Hit online series Jake & Amir is heading to television. TBS has put in development a comedy based on CollegeHumor’s most popular and longest-running series by comedy duo Amir Blumenfeld and Jake Hurwitz. Hurwitz and Blumenfeld will star the TV project. They will co-write with another scripter duo, Mike Lisbe and Nate Reger, with The Hangover and The Office alum Ed Helms executive producing. Created by Hurwitz and Blumenfeld, Jake & Amir will revolve around an odd-couple friendship between best friends and co-workers Jake (Hurwitz), the sensible “regular guy”, and Amir (Blumenfeld), the obsessive oddball. Together they must navigate the cubicles of their workplace, stand up to the corporate man and try to function with their dysfunctional co-workers, all while maintaining their shenanigans. CollegeHumor is producing, with the online comedy brand’s Ricky Van Veen and Sam Reich executive producing alongside Hurwitz & Blumenfeld; Lisbe and Reger, who serve as showrunners...
- 12/19/2013
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Dora the Explorer has come to life — sort of. And parental discretion is advised.
Nine months after scoring one of its biggest hits ever with a parody Dora movie trailer, CollegeHumor has turned the send-up into a three-part miniseries, Dora the Explorer and the Destiny Medallion.
"We did the movie trailer, and we loved the video, but the response was better than we had hoped," Sam Reich, CollegeHumor's president of original content, tells TVGuide.com. "With so many people asking for it to be a real thing — we don't really have that permission to release a Hollywood film —we said, 'What's the biggest version of this that we can do?' And the answer was web series ... and luckily all the stars aligned. ... This is one of the most ambitious things we've ever done."
Our favorite "very special" episodes
Part 1 was released ...
Read More >...
Nine months after scoring one of its biggest hits ever with a parody Dora movie trailer, CollegeHumor has turned the send-up into a three-part miniseries, Dora the Explorer and the Destiny Medallion.
"We did the movie trailer, and we loved the video, but the response was better than we had hoped," Sam Reich, CollegeHumor's president of original content, tells TVGuide.com. "With so many people asking for it to be a real thing — we don't really have that permission to release a Hollywood film —we said, 'What's the biggest version of this that we can do?' And the answer was web series ... and luckily all the stars aligned. ... This is one of the most ambitious things we've ever done."
Our favorite "very special" episodes
Part 1 was released ...
Read More >...
- 3/19/2013
- by Joyce Eng
- TVGuide - Breaking News
To help wipe out malaria, a group of big-name actors are putting their fans in stitches.
Twenty-four of Hollywood's hilarious darlings got together with CollegeHumor to launch Malarious, a site of short and funny video vignettes that lets stars unleash their quirkiest talent. To get access to such clips as David Arquette stripping a la “Magic Mike,” viewers pay any amount and the proceeds benefit Malaria No More, a nonprofit that’s working to end malaria deaths in Africa by 2015.
"What's better than paying a dollar to see people from film and TV look like idiots and then giving all that money to charity?" Arrested Development’s Tony Hale told USA Today.
And act like “idiots,” they certainly do.
Brooklyn Decker runs a $1 kissing booth in her video and gets hot and heavy with the camera (i.e. slobbering all over the lens and alternating between close-eyed and cross-eyed French...
Twenty-four of Hollywood's hilarious darlings got together with CollegeHumor to launch Malarious, a site of short and funny video vignettes that lets stars unleash their quirkiest talent. To get access to such clips as David Arquette stripping a la “Magic Mike,” viewers pay any amount and the proceeds benefit Malaria No More, a nonprofit that’s working to end malaria deaths in Africa by 2015.
"What's better than paying a dollar to see people from film and TV look like idiots and then giving all that money to charity?" Arrested Development’s Tony Hale told USA Today.
And act like “idiots,” they certainly do.
Brooklyn Decker runs a $1 kissing booth in her video and gets hot and heavy with the camera (i.e. slobbering all over the lens and alternating between close-eyed and cross-eyed French...
- 8/20/2012
- by Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
Last night on CollegeHumor's Live Cast Hardly Working's Jake and Amir announced a new show: Jake and Amir: Fired. Three thousand fans tuned into the live stream to ask questions about the new online special and upcoming DVD release. This is CollegeHumor's first (independent) foray into long-form content. Fired will be distributed through Facebook (and can be purchased with Facebook credits) as well as CollegeHumor.com. The DVD, distributed through Bustedtees and Amazon, will feature bonus footage including a short and behind-the-scenes clips. The 30-minute special was produced entirely in house at CollegHumor. In the story, CollegeHumor's CEO Alan Avery (played by Matt Walton) makes Jake an offer he doesn't refuse: fire Amir and get a promotion. But without Amir, life just isn't quite as good for ol' Jake, and the duo hatches a plan to get Amir his job back—hilarity ensues. "Fired is very much an extension...
- 10/13/2011
- by Drew Baldwin
- Tubefilter.com
IMDb.com, Inc. takes no responsibility for the content or accuracy of the above news articles, Tweets, or blog posts. This content is published for the entertainment of our users only. The news articles, Tweets, and blog posts do not represent IMDb's opinions nor can we guarantee that the reporting therein is completely factual. Please visit the source responsible for the item in question to report any concerns you may have regarding content or accuracy.