Sentences with phrase «in a comedy series included»

First - timers to be nominated for lead performance in a comedy series included: Linney for «The Big C,» Martha Plimpton for «Raising Hope,» Galecki for «The Big Bang Theory» and McCarthy of «Mike & Molly.»

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Sherwood Schwartz writes and produces a number of popular television series, including «Gilligan «s Island,» a comedy originated in the l960s in which a zany group of castaways manage to survive not only shipwreck, but each other.

During its original run, Everybody Loves Raymond was nominated for over 70 Emmy awards, and won 15 awards, including two for Best Comedy Series in 2003 and 2005.

Eventually, Oedekerk branched out into writing, and after a spell with the influential Second City troupe, he began writing for the television sketch comedy series In Living Color in 1990, which included his old friend, Carey, in the casIn Living Color in 1990, which included his old friend, Carey, in the casin 1990, which included his old friend, Carey, in the casin the cast.

Though he appeared in several movies during his years with the Kids, including the science fiction yarn Millennium (1989) and the horror comedy Popcorn (1990), Thompson and his cohorts became TV stars when their series The Kids in the Hall began broadcasting in 1989.

His starring roles in a multitude of Australian television programs include SEA PATROL, CHANDON PICTURES, WILFRED, ALL SAINTS, HOME AND AWAY, UNDERBELLY, THE LIBRARIANS and the critically acclaimed, hit comedy improv series THANK GOD YOU»RE HERE.

The Kids in the Hall officially reunited for a 2000 tour, but Thompson also continued to pursue non-Kids projects, including his own Internet series Scottland and acting in Amy Heckerling's presciently titled college comedy Loser (2000).

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.

Extremely busy on television, Hazel co-starred with Patrick O'Neal in the 1957 comedy / mystery series Dick and the Duchess; she was also starred on four Alfred Hitchcock Presents installments, including the famous episode in which Hazel's disgruntled husband Laurence Harvey grinds her up for chicken feed.

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.

Now, they all help out on one another's projects, which includes Green directing episodes of the HBO comedy series «Eastbound and Down,» which McBride stars in and co-created with Hill.

Her directorial work includes Paper Chase, a teen comedy in pre-production with Gunpowder and Sky; All Styles, a dance movie in post production starring Fik - Shun (So You Think You Can Dance) and Heather Morris (Glee); Black Folk Don't, a documentary web series in its fourth season featured in Time Magazine's «10 Ideas That Are Changing Your Life» and (A) sexua, l a feature - length documentary about people who experience no sexual attraction that streamed on Netflix and Hulu for four years.

The show had 15 nominations in 9 categories and took them all, including Best Comedy Series, Best Actor in a Comedic Series for Eugene Levy, and Best Supporting Actor in a Comedic Series for Chris Elliott.

Bullock leads an all - star cast including Cate Blanchett and Mindy Kaling in the gender - flipped remake of the heist comedy series

Linn's portrayal of Frank McLaury in Wyatt Earp (1994) marked the first in a series of several onscreen collaborations with Kevin Costner that also included the romantic comedy Tin Cup (1996) and the laborious sci - fi epic The Postman (1997).

Sci - fi comedy series Red Dwarf includes the assassination of JFK in one of its episodes, Tikka To Ride.

The second season of Bosch will join other Amazon Original Series enjoying a second outing, including Mozart in the Jungle, from Roman Coppola, Jason Schwartzman, and Paul Weitz, Jill Soloway's multi-Golden Globe Award - winning dark comedy Transparent, and Garry Trudeau's political comedy Alpha House.

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Craig Robinson, one of the actors in some of Hollywood's most popular ensemble film and TV comedies, including «Hot Tub Time Machine,» «This Is the End,» and «The Office,» will be the main star of his own comedy series, «Mr. Robinson,» this summer on NBC.

Having served as assistant director to Jacques Tati on Mon Oncle and appeared in Bresson's Pickpocket, Etaix produced a series of comedies that retain Tati's situational humor and sight gags but move away from his Hulot - specific qualities — instead creating more diverse roles for himself, including a Keaton-esque loner, a rags - to - riches clown, and a married businessman smitten with his secretary.

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced the nominees for the 75th annual awards show during a live broadcast on Monday morning, which included plenty of familiar faces, including Issa Rae, who landing a nod for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series for Season 2 of her HBO comedy Insecure.

His rich pact for the CBS comedy is said to include points on the show and a two - year first - look producing deal with CBS TV Studios that was to kick in if the pilot went to series.

Wilson's string of box office successes also include Little Fockers, the third installment of the blockbuster Fockers series, opposite Ben Stiller and Robert De Niro; Marley & Me, with Jennifer Aniston, based on the popular memoir by John Grogan; the Night At The Museum franchise opposite Robin Williams and Ben Stiller; the smash hit comedy Wedding Crashers, opposite Vince Vaughn; the romantic comedy You, Me And Dupree; and as the voice of Lightning McQueen in Disney's Cars and Cars 2.

Casting director Gayle Keller never had an agenda about working in comedy, but after starting her career on various dramatic series, including Law and Order, she has become a force in the world of comedy casting.

And on the television front, Bob Odenkirk won best actor in a dramatic series for Better Call Saul, The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story won four times, including acting prizes for Sarah Paulson and Courtney B. Vance, and Atlanta «s Donald Glover, showing off the very authentic mustache he'll be wearing in the upcoming Han Solo film, won for best actor in a comedy series.

Other TV winners included HBO's «Big Little Lies» and Lifetime's «Flint» in the long form adapted and original categories, respectively, as well as HBO's «Veep» for comedy series.

The Best Actress in a TV Series, Musical or Comedy category included reappearances by «Girls» actress Lena Dunham, Julia Louis - Dreyfus of «Veep,» and Edie Falco of «Nurse Jackie.»

HBO has an impressive lineup for the rest of the year, including their new comedy series, Divorce, starring Sarah Jessica Parker and, an actor I'd watch in almost anything, Thomas Haden Church.

But the raunchy, R - rated comedy with an ever - game Ryan Reynolds as Marvel's irreverent mercenary is another showpiece in Marvel's impressive gallery of adult - oriented films and series, which includes Netflix's riveting «Jessica Jones» and the intense «Daredevil.»

Other nominees with Canadian connections include Toronto - born Will and Grace star Eric McCormack for best actor in a musical or comedy series, the Canadian co-production The Breadwinner for best animated film, and the Alberta - shot series Fargo for TV's best limited series or motion picture.

Absurdist comic Zach Galifianakis toiled around in supporting roles in mostly forgettable comedies (including Heartbreakers, Bubble Boy, and Out Cold) and one forgettable TV series (Tru Calling on Fox) before finally finding mainstream success in 2009's breakout comedy hit The Hangover.

Other new shows premiering include: procedural Killer Women (Thursday, Jan. 7), about one of the first women to become a Texas Ranger; Christian Slater vehicle, Mind Games (Tuesday, March 11), about a team that uses unorthodox methods to help people make their dreams come true; half - hour comedy Mixology (Wednesday, February 26) about ten people at various points in their lives congregating in the same bar over the same evening; and Resurrection (Sunday, March 9), a one - hour drama series about life in Arcadia, Missouri when the townspeople deceased loved ones begin to return to them — unchanged from the moments of their deaths.

After years of acting in hit movies and TV series, including Juno and Arrested Development, Jason Bateman makes his directorial debut this spring with the dark comedy Bad Words.

Over in the TV categories, the ceremony bid an enthusiastic hello to the new Netflix wrestling comedy GLOW, awarding it four total nods — including best ensemble for a comedy series and best stunt ensemble — while four individual actors from Big Little Lies were given individual nominations — another strong showing for HBO's hit mini-series, especially since the Screen Actors Guild does not separate supporting performances from leading ones in its TV categories.

As in years past, the HFPA honored freshman TV series and performers, including Donald Glover and his comedy «Atlanta,» Billy Bob Thornton of Amazon series «Goliath,» and «The Crown,» as well as its star, Claire Foy.

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His best - known films of this realist sort include those in the series Six Moral Tales, Comedies and Proverbs, and Tales of the Four Seasons, although Rohmer was also a fascinating formalist when it came to period pieces, whether in his intentionally artificial interpretation of an Arthurian legend, Perceval (1978), or in his technically progressive take on the French Revolution, The Lady and the Duke (2001), an early film to utilize computer - generated imagery for its backdrops.

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We've already seen an extended trailer for Supergirl (which we've included again below in case you missed it), but there's also a new comedy with Jane Lynch called Angel from Hell as well as the series adaptation of Limitless, which we just learned will see Bradley Cooper guest star from time to time.

Samuels» previous credits include the series regular role of Grace in the first season of Ryan Murphy's Scream Queens and Bonnie Lipton in American Horror Story: Freak Show, along with the Lionsgate / CBS Films coming - of - age comedy, The Duff and The Nine Lives of Chloe King, in which she starred as the title character.

«Vacation,» a sequel, if you will, to a series that includes «National Lampoon's Vacation» (voted the 46th greatest comedy film of all time by Total Film magazine in 2000), features Ed Helms in the leading role of a pilot on a low - rent airline shuttling people from South Bend, Indiana to Chicago in eighteen minutes.

BY GREG HERNANDEZ Jennifer Coolidge seems like such a cool woman in addition to being a brilliant comedy actress who we've loved in such films as Best in Show, For Your Consideration, Legally Blonde and the American Pie movies as well as several TV series including Joey and The Secret Life -LSB-...]

Other standouts at the festival include Robin Wright's expertly mordant black - and - white first short «The Dark of Night,» which debuted at Cannes and stars Leslie Bibb and Sam Rockwell; the BBC 3 series «Five by Five,» starring Idris Elba; British writer - director Nick Frew's hilarious 1999 Christmas - in - L.A. movie, «Perfect Roast Potatoes,» starring Catherine Tate; and widescreen comedy «Super Sex,» from writer - director Matthew Modine, starring Kevin Nealon, Edward Asner, Elizabeth Perkins, and Efren Ramirez.

The male actor in a comedy series category included two actors, Larry David («Curb Your Enthusiasm») and Sean Hayes («Will & Grace»), returning to the roles that made them famous after a multi-year hiatus.

In addition to Casper's attraction to Hollywood, the Klown series has attracted its fair share of of admirers as well, including actor / comedian Sacha Baron Cohen (Borat), who has named Klown his favorite comedy ever.

After winning a Golden Globe for their dark comedy television series Transparent, Amazon has announced their intentions to produce indie style movies with budgets between $ 5 million and $ 25 million (in addition to more work on television series, including a second season of Transparent and something brand new from filmmaker Woody Allen).

The rollout includes new series from creators Thom Zahler, Marvel Zombies scribe Fred Van Lente, Monica Gallagher, three - time Eisner - winner Paul Tobin, and others, ranging in a variety of genres from comedy and action to romance and horror.

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The acquisitions were announced this past weekend at the 2015 Anime Expo, the largest dedicated anime convention in the U.S. New shojo manga titles include SHURIKEN AND PLEATS, the new series by VAMPIRE KNIGHT creator Matsuri Hino; and BEHIND THE SCENES, a dramatic new comedy by Bisco Hatori, the famed creator of OURAN HIGH SCHOOL HOST CLUB.

The monthly WIRED + Marriott Culturazzi series lineup includes the Humor Me Comedy Showcase in October and an evening of arts, music and tech at Art Beats in November.