Sentences with phrase «in a comedy series as»

Comedy Central and FX saw huge numbers with The Americans, Justified, Broad City and Inside Amy Schumer grabbing a total of 27 nominations among those four shows (Louie also managed a nomination in Best Actor in a Comedy Series as well as The Daily Show with Jon Stewart for CC).

Honored: The 33 - year - old actor accepted the gong for Best Actor in a Comedy Series as he said: «Thank you guys so much I really was not expecting this because the category had so many actors I admire»

The 33 - year - old actor accepted the gong for Best Actor in a Comedy Series as he said: «Thank you guys so much I really was not expecting this because the category had so many actors I admire.»

The 57 - year - old actress was not present at the event to accept the award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series as she is recovering from chemotherapy after being diagnosed with breast cancer last year.

Not exact matches

Most people probably know Lena Dunham as the creator, writer, and star of Girls, the HBO comedy series that is loosely based on her life as a twenty - something in New York City.

And Netflix could also sweep two of the biggest TV categories if the Aziz Ansari comedy Master of None wins against competitors such as Amazon's The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel in the «musical or comedy» TV series category.

Hulu revived The Mindy Project after Fox decided not to renew the comedy series in 2015, while Netflix has resuscitated freshly - cancelled series such as the western crime drama Longmire (previously on the A&E Network) while also bringing back fan - favorite shows like Arrested Development and Gilmore Girls following long absences.

Jesus Christ is regularly depicted as a supporting character on one of Comedy Central's staple programs, «South Park,» but now he might star in his own animated series.

As fans of the show know, the series was autobiographical, and featured Gaffigan balancing his career as a comedy star, his Christian faith and family life in New York CitAs fans of the show know, the series was autobiographical, and featured Gaffigan balancing his career as a comedy star, his Christian faith and family life in New York Citas a comedy star, his Christian faith and family life in New York City.

Low comedy usurped high drama in the opening stages of the World Series as the Mets and the A's traded victories — and absurdities

Nixon is best known for her role as Miranda on the HBO comedy - drama «Sex and the City» and subsequent film series, winning an Emmy for the role in 2004.

Starring Julia Louis - Dreyfus in her recent Emmy award - winning turn as Vice President Selina Meyer (Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series), Veep is an up - close and politically (in) correct look at the daily successes and disappointments of being second in command.

A professional actor since the age of 15, Fox became a household name in the early 1980's for his Emmy and Golden Globe Awards winning role as Alex P. Keaton in the NBC comedy series Family Ties in which he starred as the young Republican son of hippie parents.

Join the 25th century on Earth with this new comedy series as a quirky crew finds themselves facing issues with one another and the fact that they live in outer space.

This year, I'm working on a series of eight short films, one of which is a romantic comedy in pre-production as we speak.

Ross Lynch debuted his acting career as «Austin Moon» in the Disney Channel original comedy series Austin & Ally.

She spoofed her own iconic persona by appearing in the 2001 comedy Not Another Teen Movie, and in 2008 she was cast as the mother in the Fox Family series The Secret Life of the American Teenager.

As an actor, O'Hara was quite popular in comedy series such as FBO's The Go - Getters (1924 - 1925) and The Pacemakers (1925), the boxing series Fighting Blood (1926), and the action serials Casey of the Coast Guard (1926) and Pirates of the Pines (1928As an actor, O'Hara was quite popular in comedy series such as FBO's The Go - Getters (1924 - 1925) and The Pacemakers (1925), the boxing series Fighting Blood (1926), and the action serials Casey of the Coast Guard (1926) and Pirates of the Pines (1928as FBO's The Go - Getters (1924 - 1925) and The Pacemakers (1925), the boxing series Fighting Blood (1926), and the action serials Casey of the Coast Guard (1926) and Pirates of the Pines (1928).

Christopher's won three Emmy awards — two for Outstanding Supporting actor in a comedy series for his role in both the 1982 and 1983 Seasons of Taxi and Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series on a guest appearance in Disney's «Avonlea» (1992) and other awards such as an Obie Award in 1973, Drama Desk Award also in 1973 from the Village Voice for Outstanding Performance in the Off - Broadway play «Kaspar&rseries for his role in both the 1982 and 1983 Seasons of Taxi and Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series on a guest appearance in Disney's «Avonlea» (1992) and other awards such as an Obie Award in 1973, Drama Desk Award also in 1973 from the Village Voice for Outstanding Performance in the Off - Broadway play «Kaspar&rSeries on a guest appearance in Disney's «Avonlea» (1992) and other awards such as an Obie Award in 1973, Drama Desk Award also in 1973 from the Village Voice for Outstanding Performance in the Off - Broadway play «Kaspar».

Starting with their appearances in The Egg and I (1947), which starred Fred MacMurray and Claudette Colbert, Main and Percy Kilbride became starring performers as Ma and Pa Kettle in a series of rural comedies.

Dorsey's movie career ranges from heavy drama (WALK THE LINE), to lighthearted family comedy (JUST LIKE HEAVEN, Disney's GIRL VS. MONSTER, and the American Girl series MCKENNA SHOOTS FOR THE STARS), but her appearance in the Golden Globe ® and Academy Award ® nominated film MONEYBALL established her as a bona - fide star.

Engvall acted in local productions as a child and adolescent, then launched a series of successful routines at the Dallas Comedy Corner.

Fans of the comedy series The Office know Phyllis Smith as soft - spoken employee Phyllis Lapin, who's infamously mentioned a colored past in which she was once a cheerleader and a burlesque dancer.

Later alternating between television and film with features such as Trapped and roles on such high - profile series as Spin City and Malcolm in the Middle, her part opposite Brittany Murphy in the 2003 comedy Uptown Girls found the precocious youngster playing well off of her older co-star.

Hickman served as CBS» executive in charge of daytime programming, and as supervisor of the network's comedy series.

Lawson is currently developing a new comedy series, as well as a play for the acclaimed Belvoir Theatre in Sydney.

He was particularly well cast as Edgar Kennedy's shiftless brother - in - law in a series of RKO two - reel comedies produced between 1934 and 1948.

Greig has starred in episodes of the ground - breaking series PEOPLE LIKE US, DR.. WHO, WHEN I»M 64 for the BBC, but she gained recognition and a British Comedy nomination for her television role as Fran Katzenjammer in Channel 4's BLACK BOOKS with Dylan Moran and Bill Bailey.

Comedian Bob Saget stars in this heartfelt comedy series as Danny Tanner, the widowed father of three young and rambunctious girls: 9 - month - old Michelle, 5 - year - old Stephanie and 10 - year - old D.J. Danny recruits his two buddies.

Although the show was eventually cancelled, the actress continued to appear in a number of TV series and independent films, including Hartley's Flirt (1995), Susan Streitfeld's Female Perversions (1996), which cast her as Tilda Swinton's psychiatrist lover, and Sour Grapes (1998), a black comedy which featured her as the girlfriend of a greedy neurologist.

Alongside Riki Lindhome, she co-created, wrote, produced and stars as Lillian Bellacourt in the Comedy Central series ANOTHER PERIOD.

Instead, Atkinson chose to get involved in the internationally acclaimed comedy series Not the Nine O'Clock News as a writer and a performer.

He appeared in Step Brothers, but started to generate buzz as the lead in the made for cable comedy series Party Down.

The hammy younger actor [James Roday] isn't quite as cute as he thinks he is, and he belongs on a louder comedy series, a laugh - track sitcom in which his clowning might fit in more naturally.

Matt LeBlanc stars as Matt LeBlanc in Episodes, the hilarious comedy series about remaking a comedy series.

Fans of the extraterrestrial comedy series ALF will also remember him as the curiously named Whizzer Deaver.Though his feature roles through the 1990s largely consisted of such B - grade fare as My Boyfriend's Back (1993) and Error in Judgment (1998), Dooley managed to stay on top thanks to parts in such popular television series as Mad About You, Dream On, Grace Under Fire, and The Practice.

Irish actor David Kelly was probably best known to worldwide audiences for his role as Michael O'Sullivan in the 1998 comedy hit Waking Ned (known in the U.S. as Waking Ned Devine) and for several roles in the cult John Cleese TV series Fawlty Towers.

Born in 1937 in West Cliff - on - Sea, England, screenwriter - turned - director Dick Clement cut his teeth on the small screen in his mid - to late twenties, as a BBC television writer and director, including such now - classic programs as the sitcom The Likely Lads (1964), the Dudley Moore and Peter Cook series Not Only... But Also (1965), and the brief Steptoe and Son successor Mr. Aitch (1967), starring Harry H. Corbett.Clement segued into big - screen comedy in 1966, co-scripting (with Ian La Frenais) the Michael Winner - directed picture The Jokers.

From there, no role was too small for the respected talent, ranging from the small screen again in Lovejoy and the cult Sharpe series to big screen efforts as diverse as David Fincher's Alien 3 and Aussie comedy Strange Bedfellows.

Though there may not be as much pomp and circumstance about HBO's comedy series Doll & Em as there is surrounding Game of Thrones or the cable network's other comedy series like Silicon Valley and Veep, the show starring Emily Mortimer (The Newsroom) and Dolly Wells (Some Girls) has enough of a following and acclaim for a second season coming in September.

Outstanding Guest Actress In A Comedy Series Wanda Sykes as Daphne Lido, black - ish Carrie Fisher as Mia, Catastrophe Becky Ann Baker as Loreen Doring, Girls Angela Bassett as Catherine, Master Of None Kristen Wiig as Host, Saturday Night Live Melissa McCarthy as Host, Saturday Night Live

The most exciting — and I use that term very generously — moments were (as usual) related to the women nominated for Best Actress in a Comedy Series.

In 1997, she starred as Kevin Kline's mother in Frank Oz's In & Out, earned a 2000 Primetime Emmy Outstanding Guest Actress nomination for her recurring role as Debra Messing's mother in the hit comedy series Will & Grace, played Katherine Heigl's grandmother in 2012's One for the Money and, in 2013, portrayed Liberace's mother Frances (the Liberace family were longtime friends of Reynolds) in the award - winning HBO telefilm Behind the CandelabrIn 1997, she starred as Kevin Kline's mother in Frank Oz's In & Out, earned a 2000 Primetime Emmy Outstanding Guest Actress nomination for her recurring role as Debra Messing's mother in the hit comedy series Will & Grace, played Katherine Heigl's grandmother in 2012's One for the Money and, in 2013, portrayed Liberace's mother Frances (the Liberace family were longtime friends of Reynolds) in the award - winning HBO telefilm Behind the Candelabrin Frank Oz's In & Out, earned a 2000 Primetime Emmy Outstanding Guest Actress nomination for her recurring role as Debra Messing's mother in the hit comedy series Will & Grace, played Katherine Heigl's grandmother in 2012's One for the Money and, in 2013, portrayed Liberace's mother Frances (the Liberace family were longtime friends of Reynolds) in the award - winning HBO telefilm Behind the CandelabrIn & Out, earned a 2000 Primetime Emmy Outstanding Guest Actress nomination for her recurring role as Debra Messing's mother in the hit comedy series Will & Grace, played Katherine Heigl's grandmother in 2012's One for the Money and, in 2013, portrayed Liberace's mother Frances (the Liberace family were longtime friends of Reynolds) in the award - winning HBO telefilm Behind the Candelabrin the hit comedy series Will & Grace, played Katherine Heigl's grandmother in 2012's One for the Money and, in 2013, portrayed Liberace's mother Frances (the Liberace family were longtime friends of Reynolds) in the award - winning HBO telefilm Behind the Candelabrin 2012's One for the Money and, in 2013, portrayed Liberace's mother Frances (the Liberace family were longtime friends of Reynolds) in the award - winning HBO telefilm Behind the Candelabrin 2013, portrayed Liberace's mother Frances (the Liberace family were longtime friends of Reynolds) in the award - winning HBO telefilm Behind the Candelabrin the award - winning HBO telefilm Behind the Candelabra.

He is best known for his roles as Deputy White House Chief of Staff Josh Lyman on the NBC television drama The West Wing, as Danny Tripp on Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, as Dan Stark in the Fox police buddy - comedy The Good Guys, as Red John in the CBS series The Mentalist, and as antagonist Eric Gordon in the film Billy Madison.

Ruben Fleischer (Zombieland, Gangster Squad) has signed on to direct a big screen adaptation of the long - running police reality series COPS, in what is being described as «an edgy narrative with a buddy comedy bent on the order of a Lethal Weapon.»

Shadyac has also dabbled in standup comedy and at one time appeared regularly at the Improv on Melrose, as well as guest starring on TV series and movies

Recipient of a Golden Globes nomination for Best Actress in a musical or comedy, Lily Tomlin («Grace and Frankie» TV series) may be a bit over-the-top as the tough, outspoken, and cantankerous 70 - something Elle in Paul Weitz» («Little Fockers») Grandma, but she is also very funny and very real.

Among its 12 Emmy wins, the show won as Outstanding Comedy Series in 2000.

In the «30s, there was a series of screwball comedies — cleverly disguised as mysteries — that revolved around a rich, happily married couple, Nick and Nora Charles [William Powell and Myrna Loy] who drank too much; engaged in something called witty repartee, and solved mysterieIn the «30s, there was a series of screwball comedies — cleverly disguised as mysteries — that revolved around a rich, happily married couple, Nick and Nora Charles [William Powell and Myrna Loy] who drank too much; engaged in something called witty repartee, and solved mysteriein something called witty repartee, and solved mysteries.

Kathy Bates did not appear in the last season as she was in the midst of filming her Netflix comedy series Disjointed.