Remember Comedy Central's TripTank? That weird, subversive show has now spawned a spin off in the form of Jeff and Some Aliens. In a press release, the show is said to have a ten episode first season. The show was created and executive produced by Sean Donnelly and Alessandro Minoli. They cheekily included a poke at the network: “We’d like to beat the trolls to the punch and be the first to say: ‘They cancelled Futurama for THIS?!,'” said Donnelly and Minoli. Jeff and Some Aliens is of course about Jeff "the world’s most average guy, and the three aliens sent to study him to determine whether or not humanity should be destroyed. Jeff’s mundane life is constantly thrown into chaos by his extraterrestrial guests – it isn’t always easy having roommates who force you to participate in grueling intergalatic decathalons or perform Azurian honor killings to restore interstellar balance."
Comedy Central Orders Another Period, Idiotsitter And Renews Like Some Many Shows
Comedy Central has made up its mind on several shows today.
First, it ordered the Natasha Leggero (Ugly Americans; My dreams) and Riki Lindhome (Garfunkel in Garfunkel and Oates; Hell Baby) comedy, Another Period to series. The show follows the adventures of two sisters in Newport, Road Island. They are self centered and shallow, only worrying about their popularity status in the world. The thing that separates this show from any show on E! is that it takes place in 1902. The pilot includes many famous faces including Tom Lennon and Michael Ian Black. It looks to be a winner.
The second show is Idiotsitter from the minds of Charlotte Newhouse and Jillain Bell (Workaholics). It follows a straight laced nanny (Newhouse) who is hired to babysit a rich-lady womanchild (Bell) who happens to be under house arrest. The interesting thing about this show is that it is the second digital series produced by CC Studios to make its way to the slightly larger screen. It must be insanely funny if it can get an upgrade like this. Watch the original series here.
The big C also renewed a few of my favorite shows. Thanks guys! Inside Amy Schumer, Review, and Trip Tank are all continuing life on the comedy network. Each are getting a third, second and whopping 20 episode second season respectively.