Tuesday, February 27, 2007

Slow News Day: Kimmel Forever, AndyRichter.com, God's Debut, Coogan's Doo Doo, 1 Trailer for the Price of 10

ITEM: Quickly stunting rumors of his impending doom, ABC has signed a deal with Jimmy Kimmel to keep him on through 2010, which may include bumping up his start time to compete with Conan after Leno's departure in 2009.

ITEM: NBC will post the entire first season (a half-order six-episode run) of producer/co-writer Conan O'Brien's anticipated Andy Barker P.I. on its website before the TV premiere next month, following a similar move by FOX for The Winner. The sixth episode will be exclusive to web viewers.

ITEM: The previously reported improv game show Thank God You're Here will premiere on April 18, taking the Friday Night Lights spot, and they've added Fred Willard, Jason Alexander, Tom Green, Fran Drescher, and Tom Arnold to the already impressive guest list.

ITEM: Variety reveals that Steve Coogan is working with up-and-comer Charlyne Yi on adapting her Kaufmanesque, kid-friendly variety show The Doo Doo Show, but they have no details on what exactly that means. Will it be a movie, a series, or another live incarnation? We have many more questions than answers.

ITEM: There's a strange-ass new trailer for The Ten (#7 on our 30 Most Anticipated Comedies of 2007) that takes the well-worn comedy teaser concept of "pretend you're dead serious, and just when the audience is fooled, reveal the big stupid comedy" to an almost dangerously ambiguous level...if that's even what they're going for. You can check it out right here:

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