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[03/31/16 - 08:05 AM]
Comedy Central Announces 2016-2017 Content Development Slate, Including 5 Series Pickups, 10 New Specials and 11 Pilot Orders
Highlights include two projects from Kevin Hart's Hartbeat Productions.







GERP (COMEDY CENTRAL)
DEVELOPMENT HISTORY:
3/31/16
STATUS:
previously in development (2016-2017 season)
DEVELOPMENT STAGE:
unspecified
DESCRIPTION:
(from Comedy Central's press release, March 2016) "GERP" (script deal) - Produced by Jack Black's Electric Dynamite and co-written by Dick Blasucci ("Mad TV") and Janine DeTullio ("Late Night wtih Jimmy Fallon"), this show within a show follows a federal worker who hosts a government produced variety TV show from inside his cubicle during the work day. It's all part of the Government Entertainment Recovery Program created in response to a decline in the American spirit and laughter over the past 10 years. Their mission statement is simple, give every American citizen a reason to feel good about themselves again through 'high energy' bipartisan entertainment.
CREW INFORMATION:
· Dick Blasucci as CRTR/EP
· Jack Black as EP
· Janine DeTullio as CRTR/EP
GENRE(S):
· comedy (all)
· comedy (single-camera)
STUDIO INFORMATION:
· Electric Dynamite