John F. Bowman, the co-creator of Fox comedy “Martin” and a writer for such series as “Saturday Night Live” and “In Living Color,” died Dec. 28 at his home in Santa Monica, Calif. He was 64.
John Bowman was respected for his versatility as a writer on shows ranging from edgy sketch comedies to “Murphy Brown,” “The Hughleys” and “Cedric the Entertainer Presents,” and for his work with the Writers Guild of America.
Bowman was a WGA West board member, and he served as head of the WGA’s negotiating committee during the 2007-2008 writers strike. He was a key player in reaching the settlement that ended the 100-day work stoppage.
“John Bowman’s strong and thoughtful leadership of the 2007 WGA Negotiating Committee made him a vocal champion for the membership throughout the talks and the strike that we eventually won,” said Meredith Stiehm, president of the Writers Guild of America West.
John Bowman was respected for his versatility as a writer on shows ranging from edgy sketch comedies to “Murphy Brown,” “The Hughleys” and “Cedric the Entertainer Presents,” and for his work with the Writers Guild of America.
Bowman was a WGA West board member, and he served as head of the WGA’s negotiating committee during the 2007-2008 writers strike. He was a key player in reaching the settlement that ended the 100-day work stoppage.
“John Bowman’s strong and thoughtful leadership of the 2007 WGA Negotiating Committee made him a vocal champion for the membership throughout the talks and the strike that we eventually won,” said Meredith Stiehm, president of the Writers Guild of America West.
- 12/31/2021
- by Jennifer Yuma
- Variety Film + TV
2017-11-10T06:05:08-08:00Louis C.K. Accused of Sexual Misconduct by Multiple Women
Louie star and creator Louis C.K. has been accused by several female comedians of sexual harassment and lewd behavior. The allegations are not new, but they're getting new attention thanks to the wave of allegations against many high-profile male Hollywood figures. A recent article in The New York Times details the alleged incidents.
Via The Hollywood Reporter.
Louis C.K. has been accused of sexual misconduct by five women in a report by The New York Times.
The exposé, published Thursday, alleges the comedian exposed himself and masturbated in front of two female comedians in 2002, masturbated while speaking to a female comedian over the phone in 2003 and asked to masturbate in front of another comedian, who declined, in 2005. A fourth woman, identified only as a production employee on HBO's The Chris Rock Show, said C.
Louie star and creator Louis C.K. has been accused by several female comedians of sexual harassment and lewd behavior. The allegations are not new, but they're getting new attention thanks to the wave of allegations against many high-profile male Hollywood figures. A recent article in The New York Times details the alleged incidents.
Via The Hollywood Reporter.
Louis C.K. has been accused of sexual misconduct by five women in a report by The New York Times.
The exposé, published Thursday, alleges the comedian exposed himself and masturbated in front of two female comedians in 2002, masturbated while speaking to a female comedian over the phone in 2003 and asked to masturbate in front of another comedian, who declined, in 2005. A fourth woman, identified only as a production employee on HBO's The Chris Rock Show, said C.
- 11/10/2017
- by EG
- Yidio
Update: HBO has dropped Louis C.K. from its Night of too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs comedy benefit, The New York Times reports. The network announced on Thursday night that Louis C.K. would "no longer be participating" in the event, which is scheduled to air on November 18th, following allegations of sexual misconduct that the newspaper reported earlier in the day.
Additionally, FX, which airs the comedian's Louie series said it was "very troubled" by the allegations and told The New York Times that the network was reviewing...
Additionally, FX, which airs the comedian's Louie series said it was "very troubled" by the allegations and told The New York Times that the network was reviewing...
- 11/9/2017
- Rollingstone.com
Filed under: Reality-Free, TV News, Fall TV
America, no matter your thoughts on the word "adorkable," you like Zooey Deschanel. You really, really like her.
Around 11 million viewers tuned in to 'New Girl' for the actress' series regular TV debut Tuesday night, making the new Fox sitcom the highest-rated show for the night with a 4.8 rating among adults 18-49. The comedy, about a woman who moves in with three dudes after a bad breakup, fared even better among women 18-34, scoring a 6.6 rating in that demo.
'New Girl' is Fox's biggest fall sitcom debut since 'Cedric the Entertainer Presents' in 2002. (Though let's hope 'New Girl' fares better than that one-season wonder.)
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America, no matter your thoughts on the word "adorkable," you like Zooey Deschanel. You really, really like her.
Around 11 million viewers tuned in to 'New Girl' for the actress' series regular TV debut Tuesday night, making the new Fox sitcom the highest-rated show for the night with a 4.8 rating among adults 18-49. The comedy, about a woman who moves in with three dudes after a bad breakup, fared even better among women 18-34, scoring a 6.6 rating in that demo.
'New Girl' is Fox's biggest fall sitcom debut since 'Cedric the Entertainer Presents' in 2002. (Though let's hope 'New Girl' fares better than that one-season wonder.)
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- 9/21/2011
- by Jean Bentley
- Aol TV.
ABC has picked up two multicamera comedy pitches, one from Carlos Mencia and the other by Cedric the Entertainer. The Mencia sitcom is written by Mitchel Katlin and Nat Bernstein and is a family comedy based on Mencia's life and stand-up act. Brillstein Entertainment co-produces. The story focuses on a man in the middle of his very large multigenerational immigrant family. The Cedric the Entertainer comedy penned by Al Higgins (" 'Til Death") and Devon Shepard ("Cedric the Entertainer Presents") apparently features Cedric as a retired baseball player turned-radio host who is forced to re-evaluate the type of father he has been after his son and 6-year-old granddaughter come back into his life once again.
- 1/6/2010
- Upcoming-Movies.com
With the broadcast networks already in a pilot-pickup mode, two multicamera comedy pitches fronted by familiar faces scored last-minute sales at ABC.
The projects, one starring Carlos Mencia and the other toplined by Cedric the Entertainer, hail from Sony TV and studio-based Tantamount.
The Mencia sitcom, from veteran comedy writers Mitchel Katlin and Nat Bernstein, is a family comedy based on Mencia's life and stand-up act.
Co-produced by Brillstein Entertainment, it centers on a man in the middle of his very large multigenerational immigrant family.
The Cedric comedy, from Al Higgins (" 'Til Death") and Devon Shepard ("Cedric the Entertainer Presents"), will feature the comedian as a retired baseball player-turned-radio host forced to re-evaluate the type of father he has been when his son and 6-year-old granddaughter re-enter his life.
In their initial comedy pilot orders this season, the networks have shown preference for projects that have talent attached: ABC...
The projects, one starring Carlos Mencia and the other toplined by Cedric the Entertainer, hail from Sony TV and studio-based Tantamount.
The Mencia sitcom, from veteran comedy writers Mitchel Katlin and Nat Bernstein, is a family comedy based on Mencia's life and stand-up act.
Co-produced by Brillstein Entertainment, it centers on a man in the middle of his very large multigenerational immigrant family.
The Cedric comedy, from Al Higgins (" 'Til Death") and Devon Shepard ("Cedric the Entertainer Presents"), will feature the comedian as a retired baseball player-turned-radio host forced to re-evaluate the type of father he has been when his son and 6-year-old granddaughter re-enter his life.
In their initial comedy pilot orders this season, the networks have shown preference for projects that have talent attached: ABC...
- 1/5/2010
- by By Nellie Andreeva
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The talks resumed and picketing continued.
That much was certain Monday as the WGA strike against studios and networks entered its fourth week. But bargaining session No. 18 took on a double-secret tone, with the parties meeting in an undisclosed location and continuing a recent press blackout.
The simple fact that the guild and the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers were talking again seemed to spur optimism that a settlement to the months-long contract impasse might be in the offing, and it appeared additionally auspicious that the parties scheduled three consecutive days of negotiations for the first time. Previously, they had scheduled only one session at a time, and at least one veteran negotiator suggested the three-day move signaled significant negotiating traction.
Others suggested the move was simply aimed at developing traction.
"The three days was to keep people talking," a key industryite said. "They didn't want people to just get pissed off and walk away. They wanted to make sure they would keep talking."
On Monday, talks went to about 6 p.m. before breaking off until 10 Tuesday morning.
The WGA and the AMPTP launched their contract talks July 16, holding on-and-off bargaining sessions until the strike began Nov. 5. Monday's session was announced Nov. 16, following back-channel discussions about how to get negotiations back on track.
Once talks resumed, rumors quickly spread of an imminent deal. Well-placed sources scotched such talk as premature, but prominent writer-producers continued to figure in speculation over how a deal might be sealed.
John Wells (ER) was believed to be among those still actively engaged in back-channel discussions. The unofficial talks are aimed at sorting through complex contract details that have eluded easy discussion over the bargaining table.
Such showrunners as Carlton Cuse (Lost) and Marc Cherry (Desperate Housewives) remain part of the WGA negotiating committee. And John Bowman, who has been a writer-producer on series including Fox's Cedric the Entertainer Presents, continues as its chair.
But formal negotiations have been dominated by WGA West exec director David Young, and Bowman has figured little even in informal sidebar discussions, where off-the-record chats can yield negotiating breakthroughs.
That much was certain Monday as the WGA strike against studios and networks entered its fourth week. But bargaining session No. 18 took on a double-secret tone, with the parties meeting in an undisclosed location and continuing a recent press blackout.
The simple fact that the guild and the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers were talking again seemed to spur optimism that a settlement to the months-long contract impasse might be in the offing, and it appeared additionally auspicious that the parties scheduled three consecutive days of negotiations for the first time. Previously, they had scheduled only one session at a time, and at least one veteran negotiator suggested the three-day move signaled significant negotiating traction.
Others suggested the move was simply aimed at developing traction.
"The three days was to keep people talking," a key industryite said. "They didn't want people to just get pissed off and walk away. They wanted to make sure they would keep talking."
On Monday, talks went to about 6 p.m. before breaking off until 10 Tuesday morning.
The WGA and the AMPTP launched their contract talks July 16, holding on-and-off bargaining sessions until the strike began Nov. 5. Monday's session was announced Nov. 16, following back-channel discussions about how to get negotiations back on track.
Once talks resumed, rumors quickly spread of an imminent deal. Well-placed sources scotched such talk as premature, but prominent writer-producers continued to figure in speculation over how a deal might be sealed.
John Wells (ER) was believed to be among those still actively engaged in back-channel discussions. The unofficial talks are aimed at sorting through complex contract details that have eluded easy discussion over the bargaining table.
Such showrunners as Carlton Cuse (Lost) and Marc Cherry (Desperate Housewives) remain part of the WGA negotiating committee. And John Bowman, who has been a writer-producer on series including Fox's Cedric the Entertainer Presents, continues as its chair.
But formal negotiations have been dominated by WGA West exec director David Young, and Bowman has figured little even in informal sidebar discussions, where off-the-record chats can yield negotiating breakthroughs.
- 11/27/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Comedian Scott Henry has inked a talent holding deal with UPN to star in an untitled sitcom from writer-producer Scott Tomlinson. The show, about an electrician (Henry) who is unhappy with his prospects and decides to go back to college to get his degree, will be based on Henry's stand-up act about the clashes between his hip contemporary outlook on life and the very traditional views of his Midwestern family. While the focus is on the project with Tomlinson, if it doesn't go forward, UPN would cast Henry in another pilot targeted for fall 2004. In the past two years, Henry had talent deals with Touchstone TV and ABC, most recently working with writer-producer Seth Kurland and the Greenblatt Janollari Studio. Montreal Comedy Festival alumnus Henry, who was a featured performer on Comedy Central's Premium Blend, is repped by ICM and 3 Arts Entertainment. Tomlinson's credits include Fox's Cedric the Entertainer Presents and MTV's The Andy Dick Show. He is repped by ICM.
- 12/29/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Black Americans are watching more TV than in the past eight years and increasingly watch the same shows as white viewers. These are among the key findings of the annual study of black viewing patterns released Wednesday by Initiative Media. Blacks continue to far outpace whites in their TV viewing and slightly widened the gap in the period studied (fourth-quarter 2002 vs. the fourth quarters of the past several years). At an average 76.8 hours per week, blacks watched 23.7 more hours of TV than the average white viewer. In the top 20 primetime programs among blacks and whites, there were nine shows in common between the two groups. These included CBS' CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, NBC's Law & Order and ABC's Monday Night Football. However, there were eight shows among the top 10 with blacks that were much lower ranked with whites. These were mainly comedies featuring black stars, including Fox's Cedric the Entertainer Presents and UPN's The Parkers.
- 4/17/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Cedric the Entertainer and Mike Epps are in negotiations to topline Paramount Pictures/Deep River Prods.' feature film The Honeymooners, based on the 1950s CBS television series. Once the talent deals are closed, the producers will embark on a search for a director. There is no start date for Honeymooners because scheduling dates will have to be worked out between the project and Cedric's Fox television show Cedric the Entertainer Presents. Danny Jacobson is working on the script to Honeymooners, which will see Cedric and Epps star in the Ralph Kramden and Ed Norton roles, respectively. Deep River's David Friendly and Marc Turteltaub are producing, with Hal Ross executive producing. Cedric's manager Eric Rhone is expected to take on a producing role. Paramount already has relationships with Cedric and Epps as the studio released The Original Kings of Comedy featuring Cedric, while Epps stars in the studio's upcoming film The Fighting Temptations. Both actors are repped by CAA. Cedric is shooting Fox Searchlight's Johnson Family Vacation. The comedian, who is attached to reprise his role in MGM's sequel to Barbershop, next stars in Universal Pictures' Intolerable Cruelty. Epps, additionally managed by MBST Entertainment, has starred in such films as Next Friday, Friday After Next, All About the Benjamins and How High.
- 3/20/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Cedric the Entertainer and Wayne Brady got some good news Thursday in the form of renewals for their respective sketch comedy/variety series. Fox Broadcasting Co. gave a back-nine pickup to its Wednesday 8:30 p.m. comedy Cedric the Entertainer Presents, bringing its total episode order to 22. The show has had a slow start in the Nielsen derby, but Fox entertainment president Gail Berman said the pickup is "an acknowledgment of the belief we have in both the show and Cedric as a television star." Meanwhile, Brady is set to become a sophomore on the TV syndie circuit with a second-season greenlight for his entertainment/talk strip from the ABC owned-and-operated stations. The Wayne Brady Show from syndicator Buena Vista Television -- which is integrated with ABC under the Walt Disney Co. flag -- will now get a full national syndication rollout in January, said Janice Marinelli, president of Buena Vista Television, who announced the renewal Thursday.
- 11/15/2002
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Fox Broadcasting Co. has made its first full-season pickups this fall, ordering nine additional episodes each of the new dramas Fastlane and John Doe. Warner Bros. TV's Fastlane got off to a slow start in the Wednesday 9 p.m. period. "We're so glad that our work is being appreciated by (the network) and that they're showing faith in the face of so-so ratings," said John McNamara, who is executive producing with McG and Daniel Rappaport. John Doe is produced by Regency TV, with Brandon Camp, Mimi Leder and Mike Thompson executive producing. No decision has been made yet on Joss Whedon's sci-fi series Firefly, which has been given an order for six additional scripts, and on the new sketch comedy Cedric the Entertainer Presents.
- 11/13/2002
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
ABC's new Tuesday lineup posted another nightly win among adults 18-49, while CBS continued its rein on the night in total viewers. At 8 p.m., 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter (12.8 million viewers, 4.7 rating/14 share among adults 18-49) cooled off from previous weeks, but still won the half-hour in adults 18-49, while passing the total viewers baton this week to CBS' veteran military drama JAG (14.9 million, 3.3/9 from 8-9 p.m.). ABC's According to Jim (12.4 million, 5.0/14) at 8:30 p.m. also topped the competition in adults 18-49, building on to its 8 Simple Rules demo lead-in, according to preliminary Nielsen data. NBC didn't see improvement from switching its 8-9 p.m. comedies. The block of In-laws (6.9 million, 2.4/7) at 8 p.m. and Just Shoot Me (8.0 million, 3.0/8) at 8:30 p.m. was down 13% in the 18-49 demographic, and up 5% in total viewers from last week, when Just Shoot Me (6.6 million, 2.7/8) opened the night at 8 p.m. and In-laws (7.7 million, 3.5/9) ran at 8:30 p.m. The two shows' delivery in 18-49 is on par with what Emeril and Three Sisters did for NBC in the time period last year. At 9 p.m., NBC's Frasier (13.6 million, 5.2/13) won the hour with Life with Bonnie (9.3 million, 4.0/10) running second in 18-49, while the two networks' sitcoms at 9:30 p.m., NBC's Hidden Hills (9.9 million, 4.3/11) and ABC's Less than Perfect (9.3 million, 4.1/10) ran neck and neck. CBS' legal drama The Guardian (13.2 million, 3.3/8) topped the 9-10 p.m. hour in total viewers. For the night, ABC averaged 11.6 million viewers and a 4.7/13 in 18-49 to CBS' 14.0 million viewers and a 3.6/9. NBC logged 9.8 million viewers and a 3.8/10, while Fox posted 6.1 million viewers and a 2.9/8 with repeats of That '70s Show, Cedric the Entertainer Presents and John Doe.
- 10/16/2002
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
ABC's My Wife and Kids, NBC's The West Wing and CBS' Big Brother 3 finale were the big winners on Wednesday as the major broadcast networks continue their premiere week rollout of new and returning series. In the long-awaited 8 p.m. showdown between Damon Wayans My Wife and Kids and Fox's The Bernie Mac Show, Wife & Kids opened up with 13.4 million viewers and 5.6 rating/17 share in the adults 18-49 demographic, according to preliminary estimates from Nielsen Media Research. Bernie Mac took a 17% drop from its premiere last week to finish in second place in the 18-49 demo with 3.8/11 and 7.9 million viewers. Fox's 8:30 p.m. sketch comedy Cedric the Entertainer Presents (8.1 million, 3.9/11) was down from its premiere last week but held its lead-in.
- 9/26/2002
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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