Comedy Central's New Slate Brims Over with Ambition
Comedy Central has announced its upcoming development slate, and it's nothing short of diverse, ambitious and (I hope) hilarious. According to
Variety, some of the star-driven pilots include potential series from
Snoop Dogg,
Andy Richter and
David Alan Grier (!), in genres that range from animation to sketch comedy to scripted narratives to flat-out parodies.
Snoop, who's apparently on a quest to become the most ubiquitous music artist across the networks, is the subject of an animated pilot that follows his life from his days as little G in the LBC. Grier's pilot will feature the comedian in a magazine show parody,
David Alan Grier's Chocolate News, while Richter's potential show stars him in a sketch comedy series.
The rest of the development roster is chock-full of potentially massive laugh-a-thons. Some of the most intriguing picks include, however,
Gay Robot (which sounds kind of a like an animated
Quarterlife with technological and social issues at the forefront),
Search and Destroy, in which un-PC radio duo Opie and Anthony send comedians on scavenger hunts in NYC, and
Speed Freaks, a scripted narrative in which two buddies go on the run after they blow up their meth lab - yes, it's a comedy.
In addition to these (and more), the laugh factory of a network also has a number of scripts and specials in development... and it's not even 2009 yet.
- Anna Dimond
