Comedian Whitney Cummings (C’03) is definitely getting around and becoming a Comedy Central favorite. She roasted Joan Rivers (and it was harsh!) and recently David Hasselhoff (also harsh!). This weekend, she has her own Comedy Central special airing (8/21, 11:30 pm/10:30c) and I’ll let the title of the show, “Money Shot” speak for itself… Check […]
Last year I did a post about Whitney Cummings (C’03) being one of Entertainment Weekly’s “12 Future Stars of Comedy”. As you’ll see in the above preview clip from this Sunday night’s Friar’s Club Joan Rivers roast, it is apparent why Whitney was given this title! The video above is hysterical and definitely a not-safe-for-work […]
Recently, I reported that Penn alum Joe Port (C’97) and his writing partner Joe Wiseman had their TV pilot “Family Album” most likely scheduled for a mid season slot on Fox. Now, more good news. Yesterday it was announced that Fox has signed a two-year overall deal with them. (source) Fantastic news, and the inspirational […]
A few months ago we introduced you to Jess Garvey (C’09), DT’s “Starter Reality Star”. In the last episode, Jess brought us to her manager’s office as they planned for pilot season. Well since that meeting, Jess has been keeping quite busy!: She’s booked a national commercial, will be starring in a Funny or Die […]
Over the past couple of months I wrote a few posts about some alumni who had TV pilots in development with the networks. Recently, all the networks have been announcing which pilots they’ve picked up and so far, it looks like 3 separate Penn alumni have TV shows with the big networks. After the jump, […]