ALF to be remade as a movie
09/08/2012 … ALF – the Eighties sitcom about an alien living with a suburban family – is set to be made into a movie.
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Thu 09 August 2012
Kristen Schaal works on spoof chat show
BBC3 project with Kurt Braunohler
09/08/2012 … Kristen Schaal and Kurt Braunohler are working on a possible new spoof chat show for BBC Three.
Could Ricky Gervais have a pop hit after all?
Band covers Seona Dancing's 80s flop
09/08/2012 … Ricky Gervais could finally get a song into the charts – 30 years after his pop career stalled.
BBC1 to pilot Jason Byrne's sitcom
Possible telly transfer for Radio 2 show
09/08/2012 … Jason Byrne is to pilot a new studio sitcom for BBC One.
Wed 08 August 2012
Open Mike makes £4million
Boom time for producers of TV stand-up
08/08/2012 … Open Mike, the biggest producer of stand-up shows on TV, has seen its annual profits soar by almost a third in a year, up to more than £4million.
Joan Rivers thrown out of store
08/08/2012 … Police have thrown Joan Rivers out of a Californian store, after she staged a protest over their refusal to stock her book.
Tue 07 August 2012
© Featureflash / Shutterstock.com Sacha Baron Cohen to star in spy spoof
07/08/2012 … Sacha Baron Cohen is to make a spoof James Bond-style film – after selling the idea to Paramount Studios for around £1million.
Mon 06 August 2012
Edinburgh show kicked out of TWO venues
06/08/2012 … A charity comedy gig has been kicked out of its second Edinburgh Fringe venue for fear of causing offence.