Exclusive: Comedy Central has set up Out of Office (working title), a workplace comedy film from The Office executive producers Ben Silverman and Paul Lieberstein. The movie, which is set to premiere this summer, is a co-production of MTV Entertainment Studios, CBS Studios and Silverman and Howard T. Owens’ Propagate.
Described as an original take on a modern workplace comedy, Out of Office stars Ken Jeong, Leslie Jones, Jason Alexander, Cheri Oteri, Jay Pharoah, Milana Vayntrub, Oscar Nuñez, Paul F. Tompkins, Jim Rash, Tony Rodriguez, Emily Pendergast, Chris Gethard, Christopher Smith, Elaine Carroll, Carmen Flood, Jean St. James, Rebecca Lee, Janine Poreba, Monte Markham, Ryan Radis and Shantira Jackson.
Written and directed by Lieberstein, the film is an ensemble comedy about the blurring lines between working from home and would-be/should-be private life. The story centers on a young woman who finds that keeping her job is somehow tied to...
Described as an original take on a modern workplace comedy, Out of Office stars Ken Jeong, Leslie Jones, Jason Alexander, Cheri Oteri, Jay Pharoah, Milana Vayntrub, Oscar Nuñez, Paul F. Tompkins, Jim Rash, Tony Rodriguez, Emily Pendergast, Chris Gethard, Christopher Smith, Elaine Carroll, Carmen Flood, Jean St. James, Rebecca Lee, Janine Poreba, Monte Markham, Ryan Radis and Shantira Jackson.
Written and directed by Lieberstein, the film is an ensemble comedy about the blurring lines between working from home and would-be/should-be private life. The story centers on a young woman who finds that keeping her job is somehow tied to...
- 5/17/2022
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Amber Ruffin and her writing/producing partner Jenny Hagel are expanding their relationship with NBCUniversal.
The pair, who are behind Peacock’s late-night variety series The Amber Ruffin Show, have struck an overall deal with Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group.
The duo, who also write on Late Night with Seth Meyers, will develop and produce series for the studio.
They are also launching their own production company – Straight To Cards. They have hired Justin McGriff, who is a producer on The Amber Ruffin show, as a creative executive for the company. He has been tasked to “make cool shit, with nice people”. The company is also looking to expand the team with an LA-based development executive.
Ruffin and Hagel met years ago at a short-lived Second City outpost in Denver, where they performed in a show called How I Lost My Denvirginity (“it was heralded as...
The pair, who are behind Peacock’s late-night variety series The Amber Ruffin Show, have struck an overall deal with Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group.
The duo, who also write on Late Night with Seth Meyers, will develop and produce series for the studio.
They are also launching their own production company – Straight To Cards. They have hired Justin McGriff, who is a producer on The Amber Ruffin show, as a creative executive for the company. He has been tasked to “make cool shit, with nice people”. The company is also looking to expand the team with an LA-based development executive.
Ruffin and Hagel met years ago at a short-lived Second City outpost in Denver, where they performed in a show called How I Lost My Denvirginity (“it was heralded as...
- 5/13/2022
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Applications for The Disruptors, the annual fellowship for emerging television writers of color who identify as either trans, gender nonbinary, undocumented / formerly undocumented, or disabled, are now open for the 2022 program season.
Taking place from August – November this year, The Disruptors will offer mentorship, compensation, community, and a virtual and in-person space, when it is safe to do so, for fellows to create the materials they need to enter the industry.
According to the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative at the University of Southern California, 91 percent of television show creators are white, and 81 percent are men. The Disruptors began in 2020 to shift this landscape to include creatives of color from different backgrounds and to normalize narratives that have historically been underrepresented in television, starting with investing in these screenwriters from the very beginning of their careers.
Co-created by Julio Salgado and Kat Evasco, The Disruptors is a program of The Center for...
Taking place from August – November this year, The Disruptors will offer mentorship, compensation, community, and a virtual and in-person space, when it is safe to do so, for fellows to create the materials they need to enter the industry.
According to the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative at the University of Southern California, 91 percent of television show creators are white, and 81 percent are men. The Disruptors began in 2020 to shift this landscape to include creatives of color from different backgrounds and to normalize narratives that have historically been underrepresented in television, starting with investing in these screenwriters from the very beginning of their careers.
Co-created by Julio Salgado and Kat Evasco, The Disruptors is a program of The Center for...
- 5/2/2022
- by Valerie Complex
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: NBC is developing a mystery drama about a therapist who is forced to move to a small town, starring Merrin Dungey.
In Between comes from Liz Vassey, the All My Children actress turned writer/producer, and Call Me Kat and The Big Bang Theory star Mayim Bialik.
Dungey, who stars in Starz’ Shining Vale alongside Courteney Cox, Greg Kinnear and Mira Sorvino, plays a highly successful New York City therapist, who is forced to relocate to Between, Ga, with a population of 297, after learning her estranged brother was involved in a mysterious accident. While struggling to make a place for herself in such a quirky therapy-resistant community, she realizes this tiny town has big secrets and may just need her more than she could have ever imagined — especially her gifted but misunderstood 9-year-old niece.
Produced by Bialik’s Sad Clown Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television, Vassey will...
In Between comes from Liz Vassey, the All My Children actress turned writer/producer, and Call Me Kat and The Big Bang Theory star Mayim Bialik.
Dungey, who stars in Starz’ Shining Vale alongside Courteney Cox, Greg Kinnear and Mira Sorvino, plays a highly successful New York City therapist, who is forced to relocate to Between, Ga, with a population of 297, after learning her estranged brother was involved in a mysterious accident. While struggling to make a place for herself in such a quirky therapy-resistant community, she realizes this tiny town has big secrets and may just need her more than she could have ever imagined — especially her gifted but misunderstood 9-year-old niece.
Produced by Bialik’s Sad Clown Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television, Vassey will...
- 12/3/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
NBC may be taking up residence with Aunties, handing a put pilot commitment to a comedy executive-produced by comedian/host Amber Ruffin and written by Shantira Jackson (The Amber Ruffin Show, Peacock’s Saved by the Bell), our sister site Deadline reports.
The project is loosely based on Jackson’s life and tells the story of what happens when a young woman goes back home to help raise the women who raised her.
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The project is loosely based on Jackson’s life and tells the story of what happens when a young woman goes back home to help raise the women who raised her.
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- 11/30/2021
- by Vlada Gelman
- TVLine.com
Exclusive: NBC has handed a put pilot commitment to Aunties, a comedy from The Amber Ruffin Show team of writer Shantira Jackson, star/executive producer Amber Ruffin and executive producers Seth Meyers and Mike Shoemaker via their Sethmaker Shoemeyers production company.
Written by Jackson loosely based on her life with Ruffin supervising, Aunties tells the story of what happens when a young woman goes back home and helps raise the women who raised her.
Jackson, who is also a performer, and Ruffin executive produce alongside Sethmaker Shoemeyers’ Meyers, Shoemaker and development executive Jason Carden. Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group, is the studio.
In addition to her work as a writer on Peacock’s The Amber Ruffin Show, also from Sethmaker Shoemeyers Productions and Universal Television, Jackson recently served as a writer/consulting producer on NBCU streamer’s Saved By the Bell sequel. She also has been writing...
Written by Jackson loosely based on her life with Ruffin supervising, Aunties tells the story of what happens when a young woman goes back home and helps raise the women who raised her.
Jackson, who is also a performer, and Ruffin executive produce alongside Sethmaker Shoemeyers’ Meyers, Shoemaker and development executive Jason Carden. Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group, is the studio.
In addition to her work as a writer on Peacock’s The Amber Ruffin Show, also from Sethmaker Shoemeyers Productions and Universal Television, Jackson recently served as a writer/consulting producer on NBCU streamer’s Saved By the Bell sequel. She also has been writing...
- 11/29/2021
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
The Amber Ruffin Show and A Black Lady Sketch Show have both secured Emmy writing noms for the first time – noticeably helping to improve the diversity of the category.
The Peacock series and the HBO show will compete in Outstanding Writing For A Variety Series against HBO’s Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, CBS’ The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and NBC’s SNL.
A somewhat curious note of this category is that Ashley Nicole Black will compete against herself, having been involved in writing on both The Amber Ruffin Show and A Black Lady Sketch Show.
It marks The Amber Ruffin Show’s first Emmy nomination since the weekly show launched last year. However, it is not Ruffin herself’s first nom, having been nominated in this category for her work, alongside her head writer Jenny Hagel, on Late Night with Seth Meyers.
The Amber Ruffin Show is...
The Peacock series and the HBO show will compete in Outstanding Writing For A Variety Series against HBO’s Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, CBS’ The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and NBC’s SNL.
A somewhat curious note of this category is that Ashley Nicole Black will compete against herself, having been involved in writing on both The Amber Ruffin Show and A Black Lady Sketch Show.
It marks The Amber Ruffin Show’s first Emmy nomination since the weekly show launched last year. However, it is not Ruffin herself’s first nom, having been nominated in this category for her work, alongside her head writer Jenny Hagel, on Late Night with Seth Meyers.
The Amber Ruffin Show is...
- 7/13/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Amber Ruffin launched her eponymous late-night talk show during the pandemic and as such has never experienced the roar of her own studio audience.
This will change in August as The Amber Ruffin Show prepares to bring in a live crowd for the first time.
The Peacock show will introduce a fully vaccinated audience starting on August 13, after Ruffin returns from hiatus. The streamer will require all guests to have had their jabs and bring their physical vaccination card to prove it.
Ruffin joins the likes of Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Fallon and Jimmy Kimmel, who have all started to bring back audiences during the past few weeks. However, Ruffin’s other boss, Late Night host Seth Meyers told Deadline last week that he wasn’t planning to bring back an audience until September at the earliest.
The Amber Ruffin Show, which shoots at 30 Rock’s Studio 8G in New York,...
This will change in August as The Amber Ruffin Show prepares to bring in a live crowd for the first time.
The Peacock show will introduce a fully vaccinated audience starting on August 13, after Ruffin returns from hiatus. The streamer will require all guests to have had their jabs and bring their physical vaccination card to prove it.
Ruffin joins the likes of Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Fallon and Jimmy Kimmel, who have all started to bring back audiences during the past few weeks. However, Ruffin’s other boss, Late Night host Seth Meyers told Deadline last week that he wasn’t planning to bring back an audience until September at the earliest.
The Amber Ruffin Show, which shoots at 30 Rock’s Studio 8G in New York,...
- 6/28/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Amber Ruffin will be on the ground in Tokyo to cover the Olympics for Peacock.
The host, writer and exec producer of late-night series The Amber Ruffin Show will be providing her own unique, comedic analyses of the competition, as well as a look-back at her own experiences in the world of sports.
Ruffin coached gymnastics after graduating from high school and has previously said that she thought he might have a career in coaching.
In fact, the Late Night writer came up with own of her best known segments on Seth Meyers’ show because of the Olympics. Amber Says What was created after Ruffin saw the flagbearer from Tonga in the 2016 Olympics. “That guy from Tonga had all that oil on him and no clothes and I was like, ‘What!?! There are families at home watching this and your thighs, sir, are glistening.’ So I just wrote a ‘What’ about that Olympics,...
The host, writer and exec producer of late-night series The Amber Ruffin Show will be providing her own unique, comedic analyses of the competition, as well as a look-back at her own experiences in the world of sports.
Ruffin coached gymnastics after graduating from high school and has previously said that she thought he might have a career in coaching.
In fact, the Late Night writer came up with own of her best known segments on Seth Meyers’ show because of the Olympics. Amber Says What was created after Ruffin saw the flagbearer from Tonga in the 2016 Olympics. “That guy from Tonga had all that oil on him and no clothes and I was like, ‘What!?! There are families at home watching this and your thighs, sir, are glistening.’ So I just wrote a ‘What’ about that Olympics,...
- 6/23/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
“The Amber Ruffin Show” is swiftly expanding its roster of writing talent, adding Corin Wells and Patrick Rowland to its staff. The hires come after “Amber Ruffin” added three other writers to the mix: Ashley Nicole Black, Ian Morgan and Michael Harriot.
“We have ended up being able to work with some of my favorite writers on the planet,” Ruffin said. “Even though we are this new streaming show, we have a writers’ room full of true heavy hitters of the present and future.”
“The Amber Ruffin Show” premiered in September on the Peacock streaming service with Ruffin as writer/host/executive producer and Jenny Hagel as head writer and executive producer. Both Ruffin and Hagel come from “Late Night with Seth Meyers,” where they also serve as writers and regularly contribute segments.
The show has been an early bright spot for Peacock, and weekly episodes began airing Fridays in late night on NBC.
“We have ended up being able to work with some of my favorite writers on the planet,” Ruffin said. “Even though we are this new streaming show, we have a writers’ room full of true heavy hitters of the present and future.”
“The Amber Ruffin Show” premiered in September on the Peacock streaming service with Ruffin as writer/host/executive producer and Jenny Hagel as head writer and executive producer. Both Ruffin and Hagel come from “Late Night with Seth Meyers,” where they also serve as writers and regularly contribute segments.
The show has been an early bright spot for Peacock, and weekly episodes began airing Fridays in late night on NBC.
- 4/13/2021
- by Michael Schneider
- Variety Film + TV
The Amber Ruffin Show has been picked up at Peacock through September – giving the nascent late-night show a full year on the air.
The streamer had previously handed the show, hosted by the Late Night with Seth Meyers writer, ten additional episodes in December.
The show is up to 19 episodes since its launch in September with a new episode tonight.
Ruffin has also added a number of new writers over the course of the series. Ian Morgan, Ashley Nicole Black and Michael Harriot have joined head writer Jenny Hagel, writing supervisor Demi Adejuyigbe and writers Shantira Jackson and Dewayne Perkins since launch.
The comedy variety series films at 30 Rock’s Studio 8G, currently without an audience, with only Ruffin’s friend and announcer Tarik Davis for on-stage support.
Ruffin, Hagel, Seth Meyers and Mike Shoemaker serve as executive producers. The series is produced by Universal Television and Sethmaker Shoemeyers Productions.
The streamer had previously handed the show, hosted by the Late Night with Seth Meyers writer, ten additional episodes in December.
The show is up to 19 episodes since its launch in September with a new episode tonight.
Ruffin has also added a number of new writers over the course of the series. Ian Morgan, Ashley Nicole Black and Michael Harriot have joined head writer Jenny Hagel, writing supervisor Demi Adejuyigbe and writers Shantira Jackson and Dewayne Perkins since launch.
The comedy variety series films at 30 Rock’s Studio 8G, currently without an audience, with only Ruffin’s friend and announcer Tarik Davis for on-stage support.
Ruffin, Hagel, Seth Meyers and Mike Shoemaker serve as executive producers. The series is produced by Universal Television and Sethmaker Shoemeyers Productions.
- 3/19/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Peacock has extended late-night series “The Amber Ruffin Show” — again — this time for another 6 months. Now set to run through September, Season 1 will make it a full year. Just like a real late-night talk show.
“The Amber Ruffin Show” drops new episodes every Friday on Peacock. Tonight’s episode marks the final one of the previous time the series got an extension, which happened back in December.
“Amber Ruffin’s unique brand of comedy and effervescent personality allow her to shine on Peacock week after week,” Katie Hockmeyer, executive vice president of late-night programming at NBCUniversal Television and Streaming, said in a statement on Friday. “Each episode raises the bar with a variety of sketch material that is both culturally relevant and hilarious. We are so fortunate to have Amber at the forefront as Peacock paves the way for late-night in the streaming space.”
We agree with Hockmeyer: Ruffin was...
“The Amber Ruffin Show” drops new episodes every Friday on Peacock. Tonight’s episode marks the final one of the previous time the series got an extension, which happened back in December.
“Amber Ruffin’s unique brand of comedy and effervescent personality allow her to shine on Peacock week after week,” Katie Hockmeyer, executive vice president of late-night programming at NBCUniversal Television and Streaming, said in a statement on Friday. “Each episode raises the bar with a variety of sketch material that is both culturally relevant and hilarious. We are so fortunate to have Amber at the forefront as Peacock paves the way for late-night in the streaming space.”
We agree with Hockmeyer: Ruffin was...
- 3/19/2021
- by Tony Maglio
- The Wrap
Amber Ruffin is getting a linear bow for her Peacock late-night show.
The Amber Ruffin Show will air in a 1:30am slot on NBC on Friday February 26 and March 5. It will take the slot of repeats of A Little Late with Lilly Singh, which does not generally air on Friday nights.
The move is a boon for the nascent late-night show, giving it a chance to find new viewers on the linear network.
It’s the second bit of good news today for Ruffin, who is also a writer and performer on Late Night with Seth Meyers, after the Television Academy reversed course and changed its plan to merge the late-night and sketch categories at this year’s Emmys. That move at least gives Ruffin a chance to break into the awards conversation, something that would have been much trickier if she was also competing with shows such as...
The Amber Ruffin Show will air in a 1:30am slot on NBC on Friday February 26 and March 5. It will take the slot of repeats of A Little Late with Lilly Singh, which does not generally air on Friday nights.
The move is a boon for the nascent late-night show, giving it a chance to find new viewers on the linear network.
It’s the second bit of good news today for Ruffin, who is also a writer and performer on Late Night with Seth Meyers, after the Television Academy reversed course and changed its plan to merge the late-night and sketch categories at this year’s Emmys. That move at least gives Ruffin a chance to break into the awards conversation, something that would have been much trickier if she was also competing with shows such as...
- 2/19/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Amber Ruffin’s late-night reign will extend into the new year.
NBC’s streaming service Peacock has ordered 10 additional episodes of “The Amber Ruffin Show,” set for release in January. The show has two installments remaining on its original 10-episode order, which will debut on Dec. 11 and 18.
The late night show will return after the holidays with new episodes dropping every Friday, starting Jan. 8.
“We are thrilled to get the chance to bring you more episodes, because each episode is a new opportunity to have another margarita,” said Ruffin.
Ruffin, a writer and performer on NBC’s “Late Night With Seth Meyers,” debuted her own show on Peacock in September. The half-hour weekly series features the host discussing news of the week with both seriousness and nonsense. Ruffin also plays off of narrator Tarik Davis and often hosts the show in her signature evening gowns.
Ruffin also wrote and performed...
NBC’s streaming service Peacock has ordered 10 additional episodes of “The Amber Ruffin Show,” set for release in January. The show has two installments remaining on its original 10-episode order, which will debut on Dec. 11 and 18.
The late night show will return after the holidays with new episodes dropping every Friday, starting Jan. 8.
“We are thrilled to get the chance to bring you more episodes, because each episode is a new opportunity to have another margarita,” said Ruffin.
Ruffin, a writer and performer on NBC’s “Late Night With Seth Meyers,” debuted her own show on Peacock in September. The half-hour weekly series features the host discussing news of the week with both seriousness and nonsense. Ruffin also plays off of narrator Tarik Davis and often hosts the show in her signature evening gowns.
Ruffin also wrote and performed...
- 12/10/2020
- by Janet W. Lee
- Variety Film + TV
Peacock has ordered 10 more episodes of its Amber Ruffin late-night series “The Amber Ruffin Show,” the NBCUniversal-owned streaming service said Thursday.
Ruffin’s series — which debuted Sept. 25, following the Sept. 18 launch of Larry Wilmore’s limited-run Peacock late-night series “Wilmore” — is currently streaming its first batch of nine episodes on the ad-supported platform. Two more installments are left to roll out this year: one dropping tomorrow, Dec. 11, and one next Friday, Dec. 18.
New episodes of “The Amber Ruffin Show” will debut in the new year, dropping every Friday beginning Jan. 8, 2021.
You can watch Ruffin, a staple on NBC’s “Late Night With Seth Meyers,” announce the additional episode order via the video above.
“We are thrilled to get the chance to bring you more episodes, because each episode is a new opportunity to have another margarita,” Ruffin said.
Per Peacock, Ruffin’s series “showcases Amber’s signature smart and...
Ruffin’s series — which debuted Sept. 25, following the Sept. 18 launch of Larry Wilmore’s limited-run Peacock late-night series “Wilmore” — is currently streaming its first batch of nine episodes on the ad-supported platform. Two more installments are left to roll out this year: one dropping tomorrow, Dec. 11, and one next Friday, Dec. 18.
New episodes of “The Amber Ruffin Show” will debut in the new year, dropping every Friday beginning Jan. 8, 2021.
You can watch Ruffin, a staple on NBC’s “Late Night With Seth Meyers,” announce the additional episode order via the video above.
“We are thrilled to get the chance to bring you more episodes, because each episode is a new opportunity to have another margarita,” Ruffin said.
Per Peacock, Ruffin’s series “showcases Amber’s signature smart and...
- 12/10/2020
- by Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
Exclusive: The Amber Ruffin Show will continue into 2021.
The new late-night entry has had its episode order extended by Peacock with the streamer commissioning an additional ten episodes of the show.
This comes as the show, hosted by the breakout star and writer of Late Night with Seth Meyers, wraps up its initial order with shows on December 11 and December 18, including a Christmas special.
“We are thrilled to get the chance to bring you more episodes, because each episode is a new opportunity to have another margarita,” said Ruffin.
The Amber Ruffin Show will return after the holidays on January 8, 2021.
The comedy variety series films at 30 Rock’s Studio 8G, currently without an audience, with only Ruffin’s friend and announcer Tarik Davis for on-stage support.
It is a mix of silly sketches and Trump takedowns with Ruffin, who was the first African American female to write for a late-night network talk show,...
The new late-night entry has had its episode order extended by Peacock with the streamer commissioning an additional ten episodes of the show.
This comes as the show, hosted by the breakout star and writer of Late Night with Seth Meyers, wraps up its initial order with shows on December 11 and December 18, including a Christmas special.
“We are thrilled to get the chance to bring you more episodes, because each episode is a new opportunity to have another margarita,” said Ruffin.
The Amber Ruffin Show will return after the holidays on January 8, 2021.
The comedy variety series films at 30 Rock’s Studio 8G, currently without an audience, with only Ruffin’s friend and announcer Tarik Davis for on-stage support.
It is a mix of silly sketches and Trump takedowns with Ruffin, who was the first African American female to write for a late-night network talk show,...
- 12/10/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
The diversity of late-night writers rooms is not a new topic of conversation.
For years, these shows have been accused of being too white and too male, and while that still might be the case, there has been improvement across the board both in terms of gender and ethnicity. Progress is being made, slowly, in the right direction.
So, it was nice to see, earlier this week, that the new team behind the scenes at NBC’s A Little Late with Lilly Singh was incredibly inclusive.
Chelsea Davison, taking over from Sean O’Connor, leads a gender-balanced and diverse writing team of Vannessa Jackson, a former writing apprentice on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert; Sabeeh Jameel, who was a researcher on The Opposition with Jordan Klepper; Romen Borsellino, co-creator of Freeform’s Kal Penn Approves This Message; Nimesh Patel, a former writer for Saturday Night Live who was discovered by Chris Rock; Nelu Handa,...
For years, these shows have been accused of being too white and too male, and while that still might be the case, there has been improvement across the board both in terms of gender and ethnicity. Progress is being made, slowly, in the right direction.
So, it was nice to see, earlier this week, that the new team behind the scenes at NBC’s A Little Late with Lilly Singh was incredibly inclusive.
Chelsea Davison, taking over from Sean O’Connor, leads a gender-balanced and diverse writing team of Vannessa Jackson, a former writing apprentice on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert; Sabeeh Jameel, who was a researcher on The Opposition with Jordan Klepper; Romen Borsellino, co-creator of Freeform’s Kal Penn Approves This Message; Nimesh Patel, a former writer for Saturday Night Live who was discovered by Chris Rock; Nelu Handa,...
- 12/4/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Outfest has launched its annual Outfest Screenwriting Lab and selected eight scripts that advance the visibility of Lgbtqia+ storytelling. This year’s fellows include Johnny Alvarez, Courtney & Hillary Andujar, Carlton Daniel Jr., Gary Jaffe, Raul Martin, Damon Royster, Cody Stickels & Kea Trevett, and Leandro Tadashi.
The Outfest Screenwriting Lab was established as a screenwriting contest in 1997 and has since become the cornerstone of Outfest’s education and mentoring program, Outfest Forward. Because this year’s Lab will take place virtually, it provided Outfest the ability to accept their largest cohort to date and extended the time frame of the Lab to five days. Fellows will meet with top industry showrunners, executives, and writers who will offer professional development and discuss trends within the industry.
The Lab roster of Lgbtqia+ industry leaders include showrunners Latoya Morgan, Derek Simonds (The Sinner), and M Dickson, alongside...
The Outfest Screenwriting Lab was established as a screenwriting contest in 1997 and has since become the cornerstone of Outfest’s education and mentoring program, Outfest Forward. Because this year’s Lab will take place virtually, it provided Outfest the ability to accept their largest cohort to date and extended the time frame of the Lab to five days. Fellows will meet with top industry showrunners, executives, and writers who will offer professional development and discuss trends within the industry.
The Lab roster of Lgbtqia+ industry leaders include showrunners Latoya Morgan, Derek Simonds (The Sinner), and M Dickson, alongside...
- 12/2/2020
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Late-Night Laughs is Deadline’s weekly look at the business of jokes after dark. We focus on the biggest topics in the world of late-night, the people who make these shows tick and the moments that go viral. Drop me a line at pwhite@deadline.com with tips or suggestions.
This week, we talk to Amber Ruffin and Jenny Hagel about how they’re getting on with making Peacock late-night series The Amber Ruffin Show in the middle of a pandemic and the best of this week’s late-night clips.
‘The Amber Ruffin Show’: Songs & Jokes But No Backup Dancers
Amber Ruffin and her writing partner Jenny Hagel are planning a Halloween-themed episode of The Amber Ruffin Show four days ahead of the Presidential election.
That is, unless, “some real shit comes out and we throw it all out” says Ruffin, highlighting one of the great challenges of working...
This week, we talk to Amber Ruffin and Jenny Hagel about how they’re getting on with making Peacock late-night series The Amber Ruffin Show in the middle of a pandemic and the best of this week’s late-night clips.
‘The Amber Ruffin Show’: Songs & Jokes But No Backup Dancers
Amber Ruffin and her writing partner Jenny Hagel are planning a Halloween-themed episode of The Amber Ruffin Show four days ahead of the Presidential election.
That is, unless, “some real shit comes out and we throw it all out” says Ruffin, highlighting one of the great challenges of working...
- 10/23/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Photo: 'The Amber Ruffin Show'/Peacock NBC’s new streaming service Peacock is spearheading its stake in Late Night TV with a hilarious, talented, and powerful new voice at the helm, Amber Ruffin. Ruffin brings an incredibly unique and culturally literate perspective that the world, and especially late-night television, has needed for many years. She brings a vast and impressive resume to the role, with appearances on Drunk History and Key and Peele, and writing credits for Sam Richardson and Tim Robinson’s show Detroiters, A Black Lady Sketch Show, and her primary job as a writer at Late Night with Seth Meyers since 2014, where she also became the first black woman to write for a late-night network talk show in the United States. Ruffin is the head writer of Late Night with Seth Meyers, along with her own show with fellow Late Night writer Jenny Hagel, and...
- 10/17/2020
- by Armando Brigham
- Hollywood Insider - Substance & Meaningful Entertainment
Late-Night Laughs is Deadline’s weekly look at the business of jokes after dark. We focus on the biggest topics in the world of late-night, the people who make these shows tick and the moments that go viral. Drop me a line at pwhite@deadline.com with tips or suggestions.
This week, we look at on-screen diversity in the genre, speak with Desus & Mero about being picked up for a third season, take a look at how late-night hosts dealt with the screamo dumpster fire that was the presidential debate, and profile The Amber Ruffin Show writer Shantira Jackson.
Is Late-Night TV Becoming More Diverse?
The question of on-screen diversity (we’ll tackle the topic of off-screen diversity in a separate column) is not a new topic. But it came into focus this week with the news that Saturday Night Live writer Sam Jay scored a weekly late-night talk show on HBO,...
This week, we look at on-screen diversity in the genre, speak with Desus & Mero about being picked up for a third season, take a look at how late-night hosts dealt with the screamo dumpster fire that was the presidential debate, and profile The Amber Ruffin Show writer Shantira Jackson.
Is Late-Night TV Becoming More Diverse?
The question of on-screen diversity (we’ll tackle the topic of off-screen diversity in a separate column) is not a new topic. But it came into focus this week with the news that Saturday Night Live writer Sam Jay scored a weekly late-night talk show on HBO,...
- 10/2/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Amber Ruffin has made her name in late night, becoming one of the most defining and vital voices of “Late Night with Seth Meyers” since its 2014 debut. But even now, on the eve of launching her very own show, she has no problem acknowledging that cracking jokes behind a desk in a suit was never exactly a priority in her comedy career.
“Late night was never a dream of mine,” says Ruffin, speaking recently to Variety from her new office at 30 Rock. “I watched late night, and I loved late night. But you know, you have to see it to be it, and I didn’t see it. I was like, ‘Okay, I hope these white men are having a great time!’ But I never assumed that that might ever be me.”
Fast forward to 2020, when “The Amber Ruffin Show” is set to premiere September 25 on Peacock. After six years on “Late Night,...
“Late night was never a dream of mine,” says Ruffin, speaking recently to Variety from her new office at 30 Rock. “I watched late night, and I loved late night. But you know, you have to see it to be it, and I didn’t see it. I was like, ‘Okay, I hope these white men are having a great time!’ But I never assumed that that might ever be me.”
Fast forward to 2020, when “The Amber Ruffin Show” is set to premiere September 25 on Peacock. After six years on “Late Night,...
- 9/24/2020
- by Caroline Framke
- Variety Film + TV
If there is anyone who could deliver the worst news in the world with a smile on her face and give you hope that everything will be Ok, it’s Amber Ruffin.
With her sweet and cheery demeanor and a don’t-mess-with-me twist of irreverent shade, Ruffin has written for various shows and her signature comedy has been featured on Drunk History, but she is best known from her work as a writer on Late Night with Seth Meyers. However, we really love her recurring bits on the show including “Amber Says What?” as well as “Jokes Seth Can’t Tell” with Jenny Hagel — which serves as fuel for her own late-night talk show The Amber Ruffin Show, which debuts on Peacock Friday, September 25.
When Ruffin stopped by Deadline’s New Hollywood Podcast, we had a delightful time as the Nebraska native gave us a preview of what we can...
With her sweet and cheery demeanor and a don’t-mess-with-me twist of irreverent shade, Ruffin has written for various shows and her signature comedy has been featured on Drunk History, but she is best known from her work as a writer on Late Night with Seth Meyers. However, we really love her recurring bits on the show including “Amber Says What?” as well as “Jokes Seth Can’t Tell” with Jenny Hagel — which serves as fuel for her own late-night talk show The Amber Ruffin Show, which debuts on Peacock Friday, September 25.
When Ruffin stopped by Deadline’s New Hollywood Podcast, we had a delightful time as the Nebraska native gave us a preview of what we can...
- 9/22/2020
- by Dino-Ray Ramos and Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
The Center for Cultural Power and Jill Soloway’s 5050by2020 have selected the 10 artists for its The Disruptors Fellowship. The fellowship supporting emerging television writers of color who also identify as transgender, non-binary, disabled and those who have been or are currently undocumented. The program looks to shift the status quo in Hollywood by investing directly in artists who have been impacted by systems of oppression and are working towards solutions.
The Disruptors Fellowship was originally planned to be an in-person 14-week program in Los Angeles, but due to the pandemic, it will now be a virtual program.
“This time in our lives more than ever, we need to hear from diverse and inclusive voices, and the timing of the fellowship could not be more fortuitous,” said Favianna Rodriguez, President of The Center for Cultural Power. “We are fortunate that we are able to select from an abundance of talent...
The Disruptors Fellowship was originally planned to be an in-person 14-week program in Los Angeles, but due to the pandemic, it will now be a virtual program.
“This time in our lives more than ever, we need to hear from diverse and inclusive voices, and the timing of the fellowship could not be more fortuitous,” said Favianna Rodriguez, President of The Center for Cultural Power. “We are fortunate that we are able to select from an abundance of talent...
- 5/4/2020
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
On the heels of an Academy Awards ceremony that found South Korea breaking into the Oscars for the first time with the history-making “Parasite,” and at a critical moment for diversity in the entertainment community, the Center for Cultural Power wants to disrupt Hollywood inequality with a new initiative for artists of color. In partnership with the Time’s Up-inspired movement 5050×2020, the Oakland-based Center for Cultural Power has announced the first-ever The Disruptors Fellowship, a five-month program that will be awarded to 10 artists of color who identify as trans and/or non-binary, disabled, undocumented and/or formerly undocumented immigrants. Head to the fellowship’s website for information on how to apply here. The deadline to apply is March 13, 2020, and while the fellowship takes place in Los Angeles, non-la residents are welcome.
Unfolding beginning in May through August of this year, the fellowship will feature master classes, one-on-one coaching and feedback,...
Unfolding beginning in May through August of this year, the fellowship will feature master classes, one-on-one coaching and feedback,...
- 2/14/2020
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
Exclusive: Mrc Film and The Story Company are developing The Blackening, a feature film adaptation of a Comedy Central digital short that lampooned horror film tropes with its tale of seven African-American friends trapped in a cabin with a homicidal maniac.
Writers Tracy Oliver and Dewayne Perkins (Brooklyn Nine Nine) will write a script expanding on the 2018 short and its basic premise: “The black cast member is always the first to die in a horror movie, but what happens when everyone is black?” Click on the video player above to watch the Comedy Central short.
E. Brian Dobbins of ArtistsFirst, Oliver, and The Story Company’s Tim Story & Sharla Sumpter Bridgett will produce.
Perkins wrote the original digital short for 3-peat, the Chicago comedy improv troupe whose membership includes Perkins, Chris Redd, John Thibodeaux, Shantira Jackson, Lisa Beasley, Nnamdi Ngwe, Patrick Rowland, Allison Blair, and Torian Miller.
Writers Tracy Oliver and Dewayne Perkins (Brooklyn Nine Nine) will write a script expanding on the 2018 short and its basic premise: “The black cast member is always the first to die in a horror movie, but what happens when everyone is black?” Click on the video player above to watch the Comedy Central short.
E. Brian Dobbins of ArtistsFirst, Oliver, and The Story Company’s Tim Story & Sharla Sumpter Bridgett will produce.
Perkins wrote the original digital short for 3-peat, the Chicago comedy improv troupe whose membership includes Perkins, Chris Redd, John Thibodeaux, Shantira Jackson, Lisa Beasley, Nnamdi Ngwe, Patrick Rowland, Allison Blair, and Torian Miller.
- 1/16/2020
- by Geoff Boucher
- Deadline Film + TV
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