Universal Television Comedy Execs Say Their World Feels “Oddly Normal” Post Strikes: “People Love The Comfort Of Comedy” – SXSW
deadline.comUniversal Television’s top comedy development executives said business is thriving with EVP Jim Donnelly calling the moment “oddly busy.” “The world is crazy right now and people love the comfort of comedy.
And post-strike, everybody really wants to work … We have five new series in development that we’re excited about. We have a pilot for NBC,” he told a panel at SXSW, where NBCU’s Hacks will premiere Episode 3 here tomorrow ahead of its debut on Max in May. “I feel like we need comedy more than ever.” He was joined by colleagues Megan Macmillan and Beth Miyars, both SVPs for Comedy Development.
The team is behind successful and anticipated television comedies Never Have I Ever, Girls5eva, Harlem, Bupkis, A Clasic Spy, St.
Denis Medical and The Four Seasons. Of course challenges there are. The explosion of streamers changed some of television’s fundamentals and that’s being followed by a contraction in spending.
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