And why the hell not?
Here’s what the Peabody Awards Committee had to say:
Tag: LOUIE
Sitcom Showrunners Expound on the Future
…And they sure as hell know a lot more than most TV execs!
The Future of Sitcoms According to the Creators of ‘Parks and Rec,’ ‘Enlightened,’ ‘Don’t Trust the B—’ and ‘Raising Hope’ – by Alison Willmore
Greg Garcia (the creator and executive producer of Fox’s “Raising Hope”), Nahnatchka Khan (the creator and executive producer of ABC’s “Don’t Trust the B— in Apartment 23”), Michael Schur (the co-creator of NBC’s “Parks and Recreation”) and Mike White (the co-creator, co-star and executive producer of HBO’s “Enlightened”) gathered in Manhattan this past weekend for a New Yorker Festival event entitled “The Future of Sitcoms.” While the panel did not, as jokingly promised by moderator Emily Nussbaum, the magazine’s TV critic, come up with a plan for the next stage of comedy during its 90-minute run, it did cover some very interesting ground about how sitcoms are evolving in a way that may be quieter but is no less significant than what’s happening with dramas. Here are some highlights from the event:
LOUIE is Taking a Break to Rest on its Laurels
…and, according to Louis C.K., recharge after the exhaustion of producing-writing-directing all those short little episodes that won LCK all those Emmy noms and the Big Statue itself for Best Comedy Writing.
Looks like LCK’s a little stressed out by his recent success. According to Jon Weisman on Variety.Com:
The TV Academy Gave Out Some Emmys The Other Night
…but we just couldn’t work up enough interest to watch. No, wait, we don’t mean that. We mean that we’re against the idea of artists being regarded as competing for things like awards. Competing for jobs, sure, but awards? That’s soo uncreative. Anyway here are all the winners. The ones we care about, that is:
Writing for a Comedy Series
Louis C.K.: LOUIE: Pregnant
Writing for a Variety Special
Louis C.K.: Live at the Beacon Theatre, Louis C.K.
TVLine Comedy Writing Emmy Poll
TVLine has a poll asking the wonderful – for writers – question:
Emmys 2012: What Should Win Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series? – by Michael Slezak
We’ve reached the episode-specific portion of our “Who Should Win” Emmy poll series, so it’s time to hit the rewind button on your internal DVRs to ensure a fully informed voting process. Today, we’re taking a closer look at the race for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series. That statuette has gone to writers from Modern Family for two years running, but is certain to change hands in 2012, as the ABC smash was left off the list of nominees in favor of some upstart critical darlings…