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The title of “Sorry/Not Sorry,” a documentary about the Louis C.K. scandal, makes the film sound like a hot-button exposé with the potential to be as controversial as the case itself. The offscreen infamy of Louis C.K. — his coercive and abusive ritual of masturbating in front of women, many of whom were his comedian colleagues — was first revealed in the mainstream media nearly seven years ago, amid the tidal wave of reckoning that became #MeToo. I thought: Is the film going to be about how Louis C.K. is now sorry…and not sorry? And what point-of-view will the documentary take?

“Sorry/Not Sorry” does deal with Louis C.K.’s reaction to the scandal: his message of apology that was never quite an apology; his carefully orchestrated comeback, after only nine months, via the comedy-club circuit (a comeback that ultimately encompassed his winning a Grammy for best comedy album...

Sorry/Not Sorry Image: The New York Times Sorry/Not Sorry opens with a smattering of journalists and comedians (mostly men) mourning what could have become of Louis C.K.’s genius. And it’s true, Louis C.K.’s genius—a word that gets used a lot throughout Cara Mones...

Sorry/Not SorryImage: The New York Times

Sorry/Not Sorry opens with a smattering of journalists and comedians (mostly men) mourning what could have become of Louis C.K.’s genius. And it’s true, Louis C.K.’s genius—a word that gets used a lot throughout Cara Mones and...

The documentary capturing comedian Louis C.K.’s #MeToo scandal has been shelved at Showtime.

Director Caroline Suh (“Blackpink: Light Up the Sky”) was originally set to helm the documentary announced by Paramount Global exec David Nevins in August 2022. Nevins exited Paramount in October 2022.

Showtime confirmed to IndieWire that the documentary would not be moving forward but did not provide additional reasons as to why. Variety first reported the news.

“Louis C.K. is a slightly different situation [compared to Harvey Weinstein],” then-Showtime CEO Nevins said at the time. “[He is] a great, great comedian who has come back in his own way.”

Nevins added, “I don’t think the social change that #MeToo has brought about is resolved at all. There’s a bit of backlash against #MeToo, who has to go away and who’s allowed to come back.”

The documentary was set to chart C.K.’s exit from projects in 2017 following multiple allegations of sexual misconduct.

Louis C.K.’s fall from grace will now be at the center of a #MeToo documentary for Showtime.

The network announced plans for a documentary about C.K. after he stepped away from projects in 2017 following multiple allegations of sexual misconduct. The “Louie” creator recently won his third Grammy for a 2020 self-released comedy special “Sincerely, Louis C.K.” and debuted the film “Fourth of July” earlier this summer.

“Louis C.K. is a slightly different situation [compared to Harvey Weinstein],” Showtime CEo, Paramount+ chief content officer, and Paramount TV head of scripted originals David Nevins said during the Edinburgh TV Festival in Scotland, as reported by Variety. “[He is] a great, great comedian who has come back in his own way.”

The documentary will involve the New York Times reporters who broke the story that C.K. had been accused of masturbating in front of five women. The documentary, which is directed by Caroline Sun...

Tig Notaro broke her silence on Louis C.K.’s sexual harassment during an interview at Vulture Festival in Los Angeles on November 21. Notaro previously made headlines earlier this year when she mentioned the harassment rumors against C.K. in an interview with The Daily Beast and told her fellow comedian he should “handle” them. At Vulture fest, the “One Mississippi” star and creator spoke on the only positive part of the C.K. story.

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“I don’t want to go into the Louis stuff,” she said. “The positive of that particular situation is whatever someone’s intentions are there, meaning him, the positive is that victims were not told they’re lying anymore, and that was the positive that came from that, and that’s it as far as I’m concerned.

Jon Stewart joined Matt Lauer during the November 14 edition of “Today” to promote his upcoming HBO comedy event “Night of Too Many Stars,” and the comedian took some time during the interview to address Louis C.K.’s sexual misconduct. Stewart says he became aware of the rumors surrounding C.K.’s behavior only a year ago when an audience member asked him about the rumors during a live taping of a podcast. Although Stewart took the rumors seriously, he was also willing to give a good friend like C.K. the “benefit of the doubt.”

Read More:Marc Maron Says He Confronted Louis C.K. About Sexual Misconduct Rumors and Was Lied To About Them

“A year ago I was doing a podcast with David Axelrod and a man in the audience asked me about it. I hadn’t heard at that point of any of it,” Stewart said. “[The audience member] said, ‘What...

Louis C.K’s ex-manager, Dave Becky, is apologizing after he helped protect C.K. despite hearing and witnessing allegations of sexual misconduct. Becky explained his actions during the Comedy Arts Festival in 2002 where C.K. allegedly exposed himself to fellow comics Dana Min Goodman and Julia Wolov in his hotel room. According to Goodman and Wolov, Becky […]...

Louis C.K.’s former longtime manager, Dave Becky of 3 Arts Entertainment, has issued a lengthy statement apologizing for his involvement in the C.K. sexual misconduct scandal. In the exposé by The New York Times published last week, five women, including comedy duo Dana Min Goodman and Julia Wolov, accused C.K. of masturbating in front of them. The story also alleged that Becky had made threatening remarks toward the two women for speaking out about the incident. “What I…...

Marc Maron has spoken out about his longtime friend Louis C.K. after the comedian admitted on Friday that he had sexually harassed multiple women.

On Monday’s installment of his Wtf podcast, Maron — who is close with C.K. and has appeared on his FX show, Louie — addressed the bombshell New York Times report published Thursday, in which five women came forward about past experiences with C.K., 50, when the comedian masturbated in front of them, asked if he could masturbate in front of them or was heard masturbating while speaking on the phone. In a statement Thursday, C.K.

One of the women publicly accusing Louis C.K. of sexual misconduct is speaking out.

Rebecca Corry — who told The New York Times in a report published Thursday that the comedian asked if he could masturbate in front of her while filming a TV pilot in 2005 — detailed her experience in a new interview with ABC News.

“It was just actually sort of common knowledge in the comedy world,” she said of the allegations of C.K.’s sexual misconduct, which he has since admitted are “true” in a lengthy statement.

“People made jokes about it all the time,” Corry said.

Asked...

During the latest episode of his “Wtf” podcast, published November 13, Marc Maron takes some time to address Louis C.K.’s sexual misconduct. The New York Times published a report on November 9 in which five women accused C.K. of asking to masturbate in front of them. Two of the women say C.K. actually went through with the act when they were in his hotel room in Aspen, Colorado. C.K. admitted the allegations were true in a statement made November 10, but Maron reveals C.K. once lied to him when confronted about the claims.

Read More:Louis C.K. Accused of Sexual Misconduct by Five Women, Reportedly Asked to Masturbate in Front of Them

“Sadly, I knew what most people knew: There was a story out there, I guess going back several years, there were unnamed people in the story, it took place in a hotel room in Aspen. It was always out there,...

2017-11-13T03:07:12-08:00Louis C.K. Loses Multiple Jobs After Admitting to Sexual Misconduct

Don't say that Louis C.K. isn't facing any consequences for the revelation last week of disturbing sexual misconduct in his past. Plans to release his new movie I Love You, Daddy were cancelled, and he was fired from the several series that he produces for the FX network. HBO pulled all of his material from its library and cancelled a deal for an upcoming special. Netflix also cancelled plans to produce a new stand-up special starring C.K., and TBS ditched plans to make a C.K.-produced animated series. Overall, it was a terrible weekend that doesn't bode well for C.K.'s professional future.

Via Us Weekly.

Louis C.K.’s run on FX is over. The network and the production studio officially ended their association with the comedian on Friday,...

Pamela Adlon is “devastated” after Louis C.K. admitted that the sexual misconduct allegations made against him “are true.”

In a statement released Friday afternoon, the Better Things star — who co-created the dramedy series with C.K. — said she feels “deep sorrow” for the five women who came forward in the New York Times article, published Thursday.

“Hi. I’m here. I have to say something. It’s so important,” Adlon, 51, begins.

“My family and I are devastated and in shock after the admission of abhorrent behavior by my friend and partner, Louis C.K.” she continues.

“I feel deep sorrow and...

Louis Ck in I Love You Daddy Photo: The Orchard Us Comedian Louis Ck admitted "these stories are true" as he released a statement regarding sexual misconduct allegations from five women.

In the statement, shown in full below, he added: "The power I had over these women is that they admired me. And I wielded that power irresponsibly."

The comic, whose film I Love You Daddy was due for release in the Us next week, made the statement in response to a New York Times report in which comics Dana Min Goodman, Julia Wolov, Rebecca Corry and Abby Schachner - along with a fifth woman, who spoke on condition of anonymity - made harassment claims against the stand-up star.

Comic duo Goodman and Wolov said the comedian invited them to his hotel room during a Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, Colorado, in 2002 and masturbated.

Schachner said she that he masturbated...

Louis C.K. is the latest celebrity to face multiple allegations of sexual misconduct.

The 50-year-old comedian is at the center of a The New York Times expose where five women claim he either asked to masturbate in front of them, or masturbated in front of them without their consent.

While the accusations in the Times date back to the 1990s, media speculation surrounding C.K.'s behavior started in 2012. C.K. has repeatedly refused to address rumors even as they've gained more momentum in recent years.

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As for the Times article, C.K.’s publicist, Lewis Kay, told the newspaper in an email on Tuesday that “Louis is not going to answer any questions." Et has also reached out to the comedian.

In light of the report, here is an extensive timeline detailing all the instances when the five-time Emmy winner...

Louis C.K. has broken his silence in the wake of multiple sexual misconduct allegations that have been made against him, admitting that all of them “are true.”

In a statement obtained by EW, C.K. addressed the allegations made against him on Thursday in a New York Times article, in which five women detailed their own experiences with C.K., including him masturbating in front of them.

Read his full statement below.

After the publication of a New York Times exposé on Nov. 9, in which he was accused of sexually harassing five women, Louis C.K. has released a statement to the press on Nov. 10 admitting to wrongdoing. C.K. was accused of asking the women if he could masturbate in front of them. Chicago comedy duo Dana Min Goodman and Julia Wolov say C.K. actually did masturbate in front of them in his hotel room while they were in Aspen for the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival.

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Since the publication of the accusations, film distributor The Orchard has canceled the theatrical release of C.K.’s movie “I Love You, Daddy,” which was set to open in limited release November 17. HBO has dropped the comedian’s specials and sitcoms,...

The fallout continues for comedian Louis C.K. as HBO announced they are editing him out of the Night of Too Many Stars special and movie distributor Orchard has announced that they are no longer releasing the comedian's new movie, I Love You Daddy. In addition, Netflix has also said that they are severing ties with C.K. in the wake of sexual harassment allegations by 5 women. It was revealed earlier this week that Orchard had decided to abruptly cancel the premiere for I Love You Daddy after it had been discovered that the New York Times was going to run a story about Louis C.K.'s history of sexual harassment.

Louis C.K. has simultaneously disappeared from the big screen and the little screen in less than 24 hours, a rapid fall from grace rivaled by Kevin Spacey. This comes one day after comedians Dana Min Goodman, Abby Schachner, Julia Wolov, and...

After five women accused Louis C.K. of sexual misconduct in a New York Times story published Thursday, a clip about masturbation from the comedian’s show Louie has begun to recirculate online.

In the Times report, comedians Dana Min Goodman and Julia Wolov alleged that while with C.K., 50, in his hotel room after their show at the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in 2002, he “proceeded to take all of his clothes off, and get completely naked, and started masturbating.”

Comedian Rebecca Corry alleged that C.K. “asked if we could go to my dressing room so he could masturbate...

Indie film distributor The Orchard is canceling the theatrical release for Louis C.K. new comedy film, “I Love You, Daddy,” in the wake of sexual misconduct allegations made against the writer and director. The movie, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in September, was set for release in select theaters on November 17. The Orchard previously canceled the film’s premiere on November 9 hours before The New York Times published a report in which five women accused C.K. of sexual misconduct.

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“The Orchard will not be moving forward with the release of ‘I Love You, Daddy,'” the company said in an official statement.

“I Love You, Daddy” stars C.K. as a successful television producer whose 17-year-old (Chloë Grace Moretz) falls for a famous 68-year-old filmmaker (John Malkovich). The five misconduct allegations made against C.

2017-11-10T06:05:08-08:00Louis C.K. Accused of Sexual Misconduct by Multiple Women

Louie star and creator Louis C.K. has been accused by several female comedians of sexual harassment and lewd behavior. The allegations are not new, but they're getting new attention thanks to the wave of allegations against many high-profile male Hollywood figures. A recent article in The New York Times details the alleged incidents.

Via The Hollywood Reporter.

Louis C.K. has been accused of sexual misconduct by five women in a report by The New York Times.

The exposé, published Thursday, alleges the comedian exposed himself and masturbated in front of two female comedians in 2002, masturbated while speaking to a female comedian over the phone in 2003 and asked to masturbate in front of another comedian, who declined, in 2005. A fourth woman, identified only as a production employee on HBO's The Chris Rock Show, said C.

As an avalanche of stories about bad behavior in Hollywood consumes the industry, it’s time to not only question the system that enabled this behavior, but acknowledge the full extent of the resulting damage.

Beyond the physical or psychological damage that such harassment and assault caused its victims, many of these cases impacted careers — stopping some from chasing their Hollywood hopes and dreams all together, and keeping others from pursuing certain jobs because of whom might be attached.

For instance, in the NY Times exposé on Louis C.K.’s long history of sexual misconduct, two of the two women who watched C.K. get naked and masturbate in front of them, writers Dana Min Goodman and Julia Wolov, told the newspaper that they didn’t go to the police because they were unsure whether or not what he had done was a criminal act.

But beyond whether C.K.

Actress Chloe Grace Moretz pulled out of promoting her upcoming film “I Love You, Daddy,” with Louis C.K. two weeks ago, TheWrap has learned. A spokesperson for the 20-year-old star confirmed that she had opted out of the movie’s promotion after Moretz “was made aware of numerous possible accusations.” Earlier on Thursday, a bombshell New York Times article detailed accusations of sexual misconduct against C.K. by five different women including comedy duo Dana Min Goodman and Julia Wolov, who according to the Times piece were invited by the comedian to his hotel room after their show at the U.

Members of Hollywood are using social media to voice their outrage about the sexual misconduct allegations brought against Louis C.K.

In a New York Times article published Thursday, five women accused the actor and comedian of sexual misconduct, including masturbating in front of them. C.K.’s publicist told the Times his client would not comment on the accusations.

“F—— disgusting predatory creeps. I hope they’re all terrified,” Busy Philipps tweeted.

Fucking disgusting predatory creeps. I️ hope they’re all terrified.

— Busy Philipps (@BusyPhilipps) November 9, 2017

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“Gentlemen, comedy is often inappropriate,” wrote Jason Alexander.

Five women have gone on the record to accuse comedian Louis C.K. of sexual misconduct.

In a report by The New York Times published on Thursday, multiple women claim 50-year-old C.K. either asked to masturbate in front of them, or masturbated in front of them without their consent. In a response to the newspaper concerning the allegations, the comedian's publicist, Lewis Kay, stated, “Louis is not going to answer any questions."

Et has reached out to C.K.'s rep for comment, and C.K. has previously denied sexual misconduct rumors surrounding him.

Comedians Dana Min Goodman and Julia Wolov tell the Times that their alleged incident with C.K. occurred in 2002, when they claimed he invited them to hang out in his hotel room after they performed at the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, Colorado. The women claim the comedian asked if he could take out his penis, which they initially...

Five women have alleged that Louis C.K. committed sexual misconduct in his interactions with them in a report by The New York Times. Chicago comedy duo Dana Mini Goodman and Julia Wolov claim that C.K. asked them if he could “take his penis” out when they went back to his hotel room for a nightcap after their performance at […]...

Five women have shared allegations of sexual misconduct against Louis C.K. In a New York Times article published Thursday, five women share claims about the comedian's behavior towards them over the years. When the publication asked for an interview about the allegations, Louis C.K.'s publicist Lewis Kay replied in an email Tuesday, "Louis is not going to answer any questions." In the article, Dana Min Goodman and Julia Wolov claim that in 2002 Louis C.K. asked them to hang out at his hotel room while they were all three in Aspen, Colo. for the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival. The women allege that when they were in his hotel room, Louis C.K. asked if he could "take out his...

The release of Louis C.K.‘s new film I Love You, Daddy is under “careful consideration” by its distributor following the recent allegations of sexual misconduct levied against the comedian.

“In light of the allegations concerning Louis C.K. referenced in today’s New York Times, we are cancelling tonight’s premiere of I Love You, Daddy,” a spokesperson for The Orchard, the film’s distributor, said in a statement Thursday.

“There is never a place for the behavior detailed in these allegations. As a result, we are giving careful consideration to the timing and release of the film and continuing to review the situation,...

Update: HBO has dropped Louis C.K. from its Night of too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs comedy benefit, The New York Times reports. The network announced on Thursday night that Louis C.K. would "no longer be participating" in the event, which is scheduled to air on November 18th, following allegations of sexual misconduct that the newspaper reported earlier in the day.

Additionally, FX, which airs the comedian's Louie series said it was "very troubled" by the allegations and told The New York Times that the network was reviewing...

Renown director, actor and producer Louis C.K. is the latest star to be accused of sexual misconduct.

In an exposé by The New York Times, five women have come forward to allege that C.K. openly masturbated in front of them. This comes after years of rumors – rumors that have dogged the influential comedian since as far back as the mid-2000s – though this is the first time that anyone has gone on record in an official capacity.

Back in 2002, Louis C.K. allegedly asked two female comediennes, Dana Min Goodman and Julia Wolov, to come up to his hotel room. When they refused, he proceeded to get naked without their permission and masturbate in front of them. The following year, Abby Schachner claims she could hear C.K. masturbating on the phone as they spoke, while Rebecca Corey alleges that the comic asked her if he could pleasure himself in her presence.

Louis C.K. has been accused of sexual misconduct by five women in a New York Times article.

Comedians Dana Min Goodman and Julia Wolov allege that while with C.K., 50, in his hotel room after their show at the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in 2002, he “proceeded to take all of his clothes off, and get completely naked, and started masturbating.”

Comedian Rebecca Corry alleges that C.K. “asked if we could go to my dressing room so he could masturbate in front of me” while filming a TV pilot in 2005, and writer Abby Schachner alleges she heard him masturbating...

Louis C.K. has been accused of sexual misconduct by five women in a new report published by The New York Times. The women include Chicago comedy duo Dana Min Goodman and Julia Wolov, Abby Schachner, Rebecca Corry, and an anonymous woman. Goodman and Julia Wolov told The Times they met C.K. during a performance at the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, during which C.K. invited them to hang out at his hotel room. It was here where the women say C.K. asked if he could take out his penis.

“He proceeded to take all of his clothes off, and get completely naked, and started masturbating,” Goodman said.

Corry was working as a producer on a 2005 television pilot in which C.K was appearing as a guest star. She says the comedian approached her and asked if he could masturbate in front of her.

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Comedian Louis C.K. has been accused of sexual misconduct by five women, according to a New York Times report published Thursday. Among the accusers in the Times piece are comedy duo Dana Min Goodman and Julia Wolov, who according to the Times piece were invited by the comedian to his hotel room after their show at the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, Colorado, in 2012. According to the report, when they arrived at his room, C.K. asked Goodman and Wolov if he could take out his penis. “And then he really did it,” Goodman told the Times. “He proceeded to take.

ABC has put in development an untitled single-camera comedy from Faking It creators Dana Min Goodman and Julia Wolov. Written and executive produced by Goodman and Wolov, the project follows four close friends at different stages in their lives and explores what it means to be a woman in 2016. ABC Studios is the studio. Goodman and Wolov are best friends who have been writing and performing together for almost 20 years. Their break came in 2002, when Adam Sandler…...

We haven't seen anything from Sony Pictures Animation's Hotel Transylvania 2 since the new trailer arrived back in June. If you just can't get enough of this animated creatures, then you're in luck, because today, the studio has released a new motion poster. While it doesn't appear to feature any footage from the upcoming sequel, this living poster shows how Drac (Adam Sandler), Mavis (Selena Gomez) and the rest of the gang try to come together for a group photo, but it doesn't go so well.

The Drac pack is back for an all-new monster comedy adventure in Sony Pictures Animation's Hotel Transylvania 2! Everything seems to be changing for the better at Hotel Transylvania...Dracula's (Adam Sandler) rigid monster-only hotel policy has finally relaxed, opening up its doors to human guests. But behind closed coffins, Drac is worried that his adorable half-human, half-vampire grandson, Dennis, isn't showing signs of being a vampire.

Hotel Transylvania 2 Trailer 2. Genndy Tartakovsky‘s Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015) movie trailer 2 stars David Spade, Fran Drescher, Mel Brooks, Keegan-Michael Key, Chris Kattan. Hotel Transylvania 2‘s plot synopsis: “Everything seems to be changing for the better at Hotel Transylvania… Dracula’s rigid monster-only hotel policy has finally relaxed, opening up its doors to human guests. But behind closed coffins, Drac is worried that his adorable half-human, half-vampire grandson, Dennis, isn’t showing signs of being a vampire.

So while Mavis is busy visiting her human in-laws with Johnny – and in for a major cultural shock of her own – “Vampa” Drac enlists his friends Frank, Murray, Wayne and Griffin to put Dennis through a “monster-in-training” boot camp. But little do they know that Drac’s grumpy and very old, old, old school dad Vlad is about to pay a family visit to the hotel. And when Vlad finds out that...

Get ready for more “Faking It.” MTV has renewed the romantic comedy series, which stars “American Idol” alum Katie Stevens, Rita Volk, Gregg Sulkin, Michael Willett and Bailey De Young, for a Season 2B consisting of 10 episodes. See photos: MTV VMAs 2014 Red Carpet Arrivals (Photos) The series, featuring Stevens and Volk as high-school students masquerading as a lesbian couple, was created by Dana Min Goodman and Julia Wolov. It's executive produced by Carter Covington (“10 Things I Hate About You,” “Greek,” “Hart of Dixie”). In the latest episode of “Faking It,” airing Tuesday at 10:30 p.m. on MTV, Amy (Volk) plans.

“Buffy the Vampire Slayer” actor Nicholas Brendon will appear on the season finale of MTV's “Faking It,” TheWrap has learned. Brendon will play Jackson Lee, a professional artist and Hester High alum who's interviewing art students for a prestigious fellowship. Incredibly talented, yet jaded and sarcastic, he challenges Liam's (Gregg Sulkin) ideas about art, but ultimately becomes an unlikely mentor. He will appear on the season finale. Also read: New York Television Festival Lineup Includes Zachary Quinto, ‘Teen Wolf’ and ‘Faking It’ Castmembers “Faking It” was created by Dana Min Goodman and Julia Wolov. It's executive-produced by Carter Covington (“10 Things I.

Whenever you’re in the mood for some raunchy humor, check out the new web series Comedy Central just released. Dubbed Biatches, the six-episode animated series covers the shenanigans of misbehaving high school juniors Dana and Julia who are forced to take special education classes. Co-created by Dana Min Goodman and Julia Wolov from MTV’s Faking It, the show was animated by Bento Box Entertainment (the same company who worked on Bob’s Burgers) and directed by Simpsons’ Brad Ableson. Biatches debuted yesterday morning exclusively on Comedy Central’s digital platform, Cc:Studios, as well as on YouTube and the network’s mobile app. All six episodes of the first season are available for viewing. The show is part of a larger initiative to ramp up content on Comedy Central’s relatively new digital home. Six new shows, including Pixelheads and Midnight Beast, were announced last fall for exclusive release on its digital platforms.

TV Land continues to expand its comedy brand into younger and edgier original fare. The latest project the cable network has put in development is an untitled single-camera comedy project created by and starring comedy duo Dana & Julia, creators of MTV’s breakout high school comedy Faking It. Dana Min Goodman and Julia Wolov will play versions of themselves in the project, loosely based on their real-life experiences when they moved in together after going through breakups at the same time. Dana & Julia are best friends who have been writing and performing together for almost 20 years. They got their break when Adam Sandler discovered them at the Aspen Comedy Festival in 2002. The two also wrote and headlined a WB pilot in 2004 and have sold a number of scripts. Their Comedy Central digital series Biatches will premiere later this year.

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Exclusive: Ahead of the Faking It season one finale tomorrow night, I’ve learned that MTV has ordered a 10-episode second season of the scripted comedy series. Faking It is the highest-rated new series launch on MTV so far this year, averaging a 1.5 rating among the network’s target demographic of persons 12-34 and 1.4 million total viewers each week. Airing at 10:30 Pm, it retains nearly 90% of its lead-in, MTV flagship comedy Awkward, and regularly ranks as one of the Top 10 most socially-engaged primetime cable series on Tuesday. “Faking It has proved to be the perfect companion show to Awkward,” said Susanne Daniels, President of MTV Programming. “We’re excited about Carter Covington’s delicious plans for season two.” Created by Dana Min Goodman and Julia Wolov and executive produced by Covington, Faking It is a romantic comedy about two best friends, Karma (Katie Stevens) and Amy (Rita Volk), who...

Can’t wait one second longer to watch MTV’s newest scripted series?

You’re in luck: The network is premiering the pilot for Faking It beginning today. For 48 hours, the episode will be available exclusively on the MTV App ahead of its April 22 premiere.

Faking It is a romantic comedy about two best friends. After numerous failed attempts to become popular, the girls are mistakenly outed as lesbians, which launches them to instant celebrity status. (#Teens.) Loving their newfound high school popularity, Karma (Katie Stevens) and Amy (Rita Volk) decide to keep up their romantic ruse.

Faking It is...

Cc Studios, the digital distribution wing of Comedy Central, is increasing the volume of its library with several new shows. In addition to three returning series, the online platform will house six original debuts from emerging talents, including popular YouTube parodists Midnight Beast. The six new shows draw their respective talent from a variety of sources. Some come from TV: Jillian Bell of Workaholics will play a spoiled adult brat in Idiotsitter, while former Punk'd writer Julia Wolov will voice an animated troublemaker in Biatches. Others come from the web: English hip-hop comedians Midnight Beast have a prosperous YouTube channel, and Cc Studios will become their new home; meanwhile, Jon Gabrus--who we recently saw on MSN's Jon vs. College--will take one of the lead roles in Strong Island. Video game review site GameTrailers will contribute Pixelheads, an animated sketch series focused on the world of video games, while Nerdist...

Comedy Central‘s Cc: Studios — the in-house creative initiative for the development of original digital comedy — today unveiled a development slate of six series greenlights and three series renewals. Projects include sketch/variety to animated to scripted narrative and feature talent including Kurt Braunohler, Dan St. Germain, Jillian Bell, Charlotte Newhouse and Ari Shaffir. The slate also features series from talent who have inked multiplatform deals with Comedy Central, including Jon Gabrus and Justin Tyler. From today’s announcement: Cc:studios Development Slate Series Greenlights: • “Biatches” (Working Title) Dana Min Goodman and Julia Wolov (writers on “Punk’d” and “Good Vibes”) wrote and star in this animated series about bad girls kicked out of middle school and forced to attend the Special Education Students program – but they’re not going to let that stop them from wreaking their raunchy brand of havoc. • “Idiotsitter” Charlotte Newhouse and Jillian Bell (“Workaholics”) created and...

MTV is developing a project from the comic team of Dana Min Goodman and Julia Wolov. The show, a female buddy comedy set in high school, continues the duo’s relationship with MTV where they wrote for the animated series Good Vibes. The writing team, who got their break after being discovered by Adam Sandler at the Aspen Comedy Festival, previously sold scripts to Lifetime and Oxygen, and headlined a pilot produced for the WB in 2004. Goodman & Wolov are repped by ICM and Caliber Media.

Adam Sandler's Happy Madison Prods. has teamed with the stand-up duo of Dana Goodman and Julia Lea Wolov for a comedy series project for the WB Network starring the two Chicago-based comics. The network is close to giving a pilot order to the untitled project from Sandler and Jack Giarraputo's Happy Madison and Sony Pictures Television. The series is described as a modern-day Laverne & Shirley set in Chicago with an Absolutely Fabulous sensibility to it. Tom Brady, who worked with Happy Madison on the Rob Schneider starrers The Animal and The Hot Chick, has penned the script for the buddy comedy and will executive produce.