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Naomi Sablan has an impressive filmography that includes a wide range of projects, from comedies to character-driven indie films. Sablan's partnership with her husband, Adam Scott, has been a key factor in their success both personally and professionally.

Naomi Sablan has made a name for herself as a film and TV producer as she has been involved in a wide variety of projects ranging from laugh-out-loud comedies to deep character studies. Sablan began her career in Hollywood as an extra in the 2001 film Kissing Jessica Stein, and went on to work as a segment producer for Jimmy Kimmel Live!. Since then, she has served as a full-fledged producer or executive producer on a number of sitcoms, R-rated comedies, and character-driven indie films, with most of them involving her husband, Severance star Adam Scott.

Sablan first met Scott in 1998 at a bar on Sunset Boulevard, and since then, the two got...

ABC has given a pilot order to a comedy written by Jimmy Kimmel, Shawn Vance and Daril Fannin.

Called “Adopted,” the trio also executive produce the single-camera project.

Here is the official logline from ABC: “When a Green Beret returns home to Texas from military service, he and his family struggle with the challenges of adopting his new brother, a 12-year-old Russian boy. Inspired by a true story.”

“Adopted” is produced by ABC Studios in association with Kimmel’s Kimmelot production banner.

The “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” host has also written for Comedy Central’s “Crank Yankers,” “The Andy Milonakis Show,” “The Man Show,” “Windy City Heat,” both the Oscars and the Emmys on more than one occasion, and once for the Grammys in 2002.

Kimmel has been hosting his late-night talk show since 2003. He has also done some acting since then, including voicing the dad in “Boss Baby,” Batman in “Teen Titans Go! to the Movies,...

Jimmy Kimmel has teamed with entrepreneur and producer Brent Montgomery to launch media company Kimmelot as a joint venture with Montgomery’s Wheelhouse Entertainment.

As part of the agreement, Kimmel also will become a partner in Wheelhouse Entertainment, the company Montgomery started in January 2018 after stepping down from his post as CEO of ITV America.

Kimmelot, which will be based in Los Angeles, will serve as Kimmel’s “creative lab” and will develop and produce unscripted and scripted projects for linear TV and digital as well as app/mobile-based content.

Going forward, Kimmel will produce all of his projects through Kimmelot. He will remain a partner in Jackhole Prods., the company he created with Daniel Kellison and Adam Carolla two decades ago, which produces Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Kimmel is able to launch a joint venture with independent producer Montgomery as he does not have a production deal with Disney-ABC.

Meg Ryan is attached to produce–and potentially star–in a single-camera comedy series currently in the works at NBC.

The project is titled “The Obsolescents” and takes place in a New Jersey suburb where the facade of peace and civility is disrupted by the shocking death of a long-time Township Council member.

The series hails from writer and executive producer Andrew Gottlieb, with Lorne Michaels and Andrew Singer also executive producing via Broadway Video along with Ryan. Universal Television will produce along with Broadway Video, which is currently under an overall deal at the studio.

Should the project move forward with Ryan starring, it would mark one of the few TV roles the actress has taken on in her career. She is known for her film roles, having starred in features like “When Harry Met Sally,” “Sleepless in Seattle,” and ‘You’ve Got Mail.” It was also announced last...

After more than 25 years since their last official film appearance, the Crites from Critters are coming back, this time as a series for Verizon's go90 streaming service.

Announced at the Television Critics Association's (TCA) 2018 Winter Press Tour, Critters: A New Binge is one of two new projects that have been given a series order by Verizon's go90, with Warner Bros. Television Group's Blue Ribbon Content digital studio on board to create the series.

An adaptation of the film franchise that featured little furry space creatures known as Crites (as well as Krites), Critters: A New Binge will once again bring the hungry aliens back down to Earth, this time in search of one of their own.

Spanning four films from 1986 to 1992, the Critters franchise pitted the invading Crites against bounty hunters from outer space, often with humans stuck in the middle (or on the menu). The Critters movies...

A little under a year ago we got tremendously excited when we learned that VH1 Classic was going to be reborn as MTV Classic. Visions of Remote Control marathons filled our heads along with the chance to finally see if lost classics like The State, The Ben Stiller Show, The Tom Green Show and The Andy Milonakis Show lived up to our memories. The MTV vault was overflowing with half-forgotten gems and this seemed like the perfect opportunity to see them again.

The first sign of trouble came when they...

Donald Trump’s boorish behavior during this election season isn’t exactly a surprise to anyone who’s been paying attention to the news. He frequently insults his opponents with childish nicknames to his crowd of supporters, and though he’s largely moved away from that now that he has sewed up the Gop nomination, Jimmy Kimmel has no problem reminding his viewers of Trump’s bullying tactics.

On last night’s episode of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!,” Kimmel played a supercut of Trump’s nicknames for other candidates — Little Marco, Crazy Bernie, Crooked Hillary, etc. Then, he brought out his crew of Troompa Loompas again to sing a Wonka-esque number about Trump’s behavior, complete with breakdancing and a reference to Trump’s old reality show “The Apprentice.” Watch the video below.

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Endemol Beyond USA and Andy Milonakis have a released an original series that promises to be the only show on any medium that combines the 38-year-old comedian and a global voyage around the world focused on food. The aptly titled Andy’s Hungry Voyage just dropped its first episode on January, 23, 2015, and in it Milonakis travels to Crete, Greece to try the local cuisine.

In the premiere episode, Milonakis returns to Papadiana on the island of Crete, which was his childhood vacation spot and the location where his father was born. Milonakis spends most of the episode showing off family photos and introducing his relatives, but there is, of course, some tasty food included, too. The digital star helps his family put together a traditional Grecian meal, complete with his favorite dish of kalitsounia.

Milonakis signed an exclusive digital and TV content deal with Endemol Beyond USA back in November 2014. Under the pact,...

Producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron today announced the special material writing team for the 87th Oscars, which will air live on Oscar Sunday, February 22, 2015, on ABC.

Host Neil Patrick Harris will lead the special material writing team alongside head writer Dave Boone. Boone, a veteran of eight Oscar telecasts, won two Emmys for his work on the 63rd and 64th Tony Awards, and received nominations for all three subsequent shows. He also earned nominations for his work on the 84th Oscars, hosted by Billy Crystal, and the 70th and 71st Golden Globe Awards telecasts. Boone’s additional writing credits include the “Primetime Emmy Awards,” “The Neighborhood Ball: An Inauguration Celebration,” the “Academy of Country Music Awards,” the “Screen Actors Guild Awards,” and “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest.”

Writer and producer Paul Greenberg won an Emmy as a writer on the 63rd Tony Awards...

Producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron today announced the special material writing team for the 87th Oscars, which will air live on Oscar Sunday, February 22, 2015, on ABC. Host Neil Patrick Harris will lead the special material writing team alongside head writer Dave Boone. Boone, a veteran of eight Oscar telecasts, won two Emmys® for his work on the 63rd and 64th Tony Awards®, and received nominations for all three subsequent shows. He also earned nominations for his work on the 84th Oscars, hosted by Billy Crystal, and the 70th and 71st Golden Globe Awards telecasts. Boone’s additional writing credits include the “Primetime Emmy® Awards,” “The Neighborhood Ball: An Inauguration Celebration,” the “Academy of Country Music Awards,” the “Screen Actors Guild Awards,” and “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest.” Writer and producer Paul Greenberg won an Emmy as a writer on the 63rd Tony Awards...

First-time Oscar host Neil Patrick Harris will lead the special material writing team alongside head writer and Emmy-winning awards telecast veteran Dave Boone, who worked on the 84th Oscars hosted by Billy Crystal. You may recognize these names from film, theater and television, as Zadan and Meron have tapped comedy scribes from "SNL," "The Andy Milonakis Show," "The Ellen DeGeneres Show," "Last Week Tonight with John Oliver," "The Daily Show" and more, along with the more seasoned awards show writers. Here's the full list: Writer and producer Paul Greenberg won an Emmy as a writer on the 63rd Tony Awards and earned three more nominations for his work on subsequent telecasts. His other credits include “The Ellen DeGeneres Show,” the “Primetime Emmy Awards” and the “People’s Choice Awards.” Greenberg also is a veteran sketch comedy performer and is currently writing, producing and acting in his own show, “International Ghost.

Andy Milonakis was once bullied for his looks, but that hasn’t stopped him from gaining some very positive attention from the media. The comedian, rapper, writer, and actor has signed an overall deal with Endemol Beyond USA for TV and digital developments. Milonakis is well-known for writing and creating his sketch comedy series The Andy Milonakis Show on MTV and MTV2 from 2005-2007 (Jimmy Kimmel, himself a popular TV star and social media aficionado, produced Milonakis’s series after discovering him online and hiring him as a writer for Jimmy Kimmel Live). The 38-year-old also partnered with MyDamnChannel when it launched in 2007 to create a weekly vlog where he could rant away to his heart’s content. He’s also starred in several high-profile music videos, like “Pocket Like It’s Hot” and “Neato.” Milonakis’s first project under the Endemol pact will be a series called Andy’s Hungry Voyage.

Bill Cosby’s website yanks meme generator after it backfired with rape allegations Cosby’s Twitter account also erased all mentions of the ill-advised meme generator, which backfired immediately. Is TV exploiting Veterans Day? From A&E’s “Dogs of War” to HBO’s “The Concert For Valor,” there’s an onslaught of Veterans Day programming that are so empty that they threaten to turn "the day chosen to recognize their sacrifices like another Hallmark holiday,” says Bryan Lowry. Is “A to Z” canceled? Ben Feldman says the situation is like his 1st high school girlfriend Feldman promoted his “canceled” sitcom on Seth Meyers’ show last night, where he said that his show ran into trouble thanks in part to a “popular girl” named Shonda. Click Read Full Post For More “Homeland” director on this week’s episode: “We didn’t want it to get into the sci-fi/horror arena” “At the same time,...

Andy Milonakis is invading Japan, thanks to a new deal with Endemol Beyond USA. Viral video star Milonakis, who gained prominence when he was featured on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” and whose MTV sketch comedy series “The Andy Milonakis Show” was produced by Kimmel, has signed an overall TV and digital development deal with Endemol Beyond USA, the premium channel network and digital division of Endemol North America. Also read: ‘Phantom of the Opera’ Series From Tony Krantz, Jean-Pierre Jeunet in the Works at Endemol The first project from the partnership will be “Andy's Hungry Voyage,” during which Milonakis will travel to Tokyo.

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This Sunday, late-night anchor Jimmy Kimmel will step into the Emmy spotlight at the 64th Primetime Emmy Awards.

Making his Emmy host debut, Kimmel will move from the audience to the stage, as his ABC show Jimmy Kimmel Live! has won three Emmys and is nominated this year for Outstanding Variety Series.

Aside from his late-night series, Kimmel is most known being the funny co-host of Comedy Central’s The Man Show with Adam Carolla from 1999 to 2003. In April, he hosted the prestigious White House Correspondents’ Dinner.

Kimmel is joining the ranks of some of the most popular (and unpopular) hosts in Emmy history. Some of the more revered hosts include Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz (1952), Johnny Carson (1971-74) and Neil Patrick Harris (2009). But let’s get real: As long as it’s better than the reality show hosts in 2008, featuring Tom Bergeron, Heidi Klum,...

[1] Today's TV Bits is a severely mixed bag, as we get updates on two returning shows and a few other shows that are dead or close to it. After the jump: NBC confirms that Community will be back in the spring AMC sets a return date for Mad Men Showtime releases the season premieres of Shameless and Californication online Fox cancels Allen Gregory, begins developing new late-night animated block Fox's Fringe seems likely to get cancelled Fox decides against Glee spin-off, but devises a plan to keep its biggest stars on the show. Let's start with some good-ish news. NBC's Community, which was put on hiatus [2] at the end of last year, will definitely be back, says NBC entertainment chairman Robert Greenblatt. "I wanted to dispel any notion that it’s quietly disappearing from the schedule," he told journalists at the Television Critics Association winter press tour. The network said as much back in November,...

Move over, Adult Swim; there’s a new player in the pool. For more than ten years now, Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim programming block has been the place to find some of the most progressive, insane and “mature” animated programming on TV (stateside, at least). Due to its role in reviving such series as Family Guy and Futurama, Fox has paid attention to Adult Swim’s success over the years and saw that there was money to be made. Already promoting their “animation domination” with regular series Family Guy, The Simpsons and more, Fox has now developed a new unit of animation to focus on a late-night block of animated programming. Not only will this new unit focus on televised programming, they will also have counterparts running online. The shows will air on Saturdays from 11Pm to 12:30 Am Et/Pt and will feature four new animated series each season,...

After months of promotion (it felt like years), "The Voice" finally premiered last night to huge numbers. During the show, the twitter-verse exploded, and tweet-shrapnel came from every which way, including Hollywood.

Meanwhile, the opening of "Thor" mightily approaches, and actress/singer Miley Cyrus wants in. While she's not billed for the film, Miley posted her own addition to the superhero epic. We have a feeling it's not going to make the final cut, but hey, here's hoping. All this and "Fast Five" is already receiving rave reviews -- and one outlet just doesn't get it.

I'm @TravisHelwig and this is Twitter-Wood for April 27th, 2011.

"The Voice" Review 1: @TomArnold Watching The Voice and that @adamlevine is a funny sweetheart, right?

-Tom Arnold, Actor ("True Lies")

"The Voice" Review 2: @PattonOswalt Friday Night Lights on TiVo instead of The Voice? #yes

-Patton Oswalt, Actor ("Ratatouille," "Big Fan")

"The...

Michael Ian Black refuses to perform at John Stewart's Rally to Restore Sanity this week, but he's got a good reason, and if you've been following his Twitter account you know what that is.

Meanwhile, the NBA tweets have been in full swing with the new season officially kicked off. Danny Pudi was all about it yesterday, while Marlon Wayans sounded worried about the Miami Heat. While the NBA is a popular topic in Twitter-Wood, it still may not have been as popular as AMC's "The Walking Dead"; Carlton Cuse and Eric Appel checked out the premiere last night and posted their thoughts. You'll find them after the jump along with Brian Lynch's concerns about last night's "Glee" episode.

I'm @brianwarmoth, and this is Twitter-Wood for October 27, 2010.

Twitter Pic of the Day:

@minusthebear Minus the Bear

La w/ @mintzplasse trying to talk him into not using ride cymbals as crash cymbals.

The Hollywood Reporter has the skinny on the Cartoon Network upfronts, and there are many familiar faces for comics fans this year.

Young Justice: Being a teenager means proving yourself over and over—to peers, parents, teachers, mentors and, ultimately, to yourself. But what if you’re not just a normal teenager? What if you’re a teenage super hero? Are you ready to join the ranks of the great heroes and prove you’re worthy of the Justice League? That’s exactly what the members of Young Justice—Robin, Aqualad, Kid Flash, Superboy, Miss Martian and Artemis (the renamed version of Arrowette)—will find out, whether they have what it takes to be a proven hero. This all-new series is based on the series by Peter David and Todd Nauck, and is produced by Warner Bros. Animation. Sam Register (Teen Titans, Ben 10, Batman: The Brave and the Bold) is the executive producer.

You may or may not know who either of the people pictured are, but the freakish pairing you'll see after the jump is truly a sight to behold. Steve Agee is a comedian/actor/writer from the Sarah Silverman-Jimmy Kimmel circle of Hollywood. He's been a writer for Kimmel and "The Andy Milonakis Show," and he was in Silverman's movie and Comedy Central TV series. He's also enormous.

Mia Matsumiya is a violinist. She's a member of the band Kayo Dot, one of those experimental bands on John Zorn's Tzadik Records label. If Tonic were still a club in New York City, you can bet that Kayo Dot would have played there. One other fun fact about Matsumiya, very important to today's Daily TwitPic: she's tiny. Put this duo together and, well... just hit the jump. As "Slither" director James Gunn tweeted, "Incredibly, they're the same species!

"Twilight" and Tim Burton's "Alice in Wonderland" successfully rocked Comic-Con today, as well as the Twitter-Wood feed. Burton brought special guest and Mad Hatter portrayer Johnny Depp on-stage as a surprise guest for his panel, which almost instantly turned him into a trending topic.

Everyone from "Twilight" actress Christian Serratos to John Lithgow was tweeting about their travels to the San Diego Convention Center, and plenty more were already embedded people-watching from showroom floor. Click on down, and you'll find out what costumes people are wearing, what questions non-comics-savvy reporters are asking, and what's it's like to be an actress attending for the first time. It's all below in the Twitter-Wood report for July 23, 2009.

@cserratos On the bus with the rest of the cast to Comic-con! Yayaa

-Christian Serratos, Actress ("The Twilight Saga: New Moon")

@KristofferAaron Edward just walked into the green room I'm in. I'm pretty sure...

The death of Ed McMahon, “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” and Perez Hilton’s scuffle with Black Eyed Peas frontman will.i.am dominated Twitter’s trending topics today, and the Twitter-Wood feed is on the case. Ashton Kutcher, Jon Favreau and plenty of others tweeted condolences to Johnny Carson’s former “Tonight Show” announcer, who died today in Los Angeles.

Tweets on the latter two categories have been significantly more mixed in their sentiments, but “Revenge of the Fallen” star Tyrese Gibson maintained his Twitter vigil that’s been documenting his recent film-related travels. Meanwhile, Ice-t chimed in with some public advice to Hilton. You can check out all of those tweets, our second celeb camera phone pic of the Mona Lisa, and much more below in the Twitter-Wood report for June 23, 2009.

Ed McMahon Reactions pt 1: @aplusk Rip Ed McMahon “the origional Hype man”

-Ashton Kutcher, Actor (”The Butterfly Effect,...

Faux trailer for Gobstopper directed and written by Eric Appel who has previously written for Crank Yankers, The Andy Milonakis Show, Human Giant.

The "movie" features a demented Willy Wonka (played brilliantly by Back to the Future's Christopher Lloyd) terrorizing a group of teens that come to visit his Chocolate Factory. The teens are played by Zach Gilford (Friday Night Lights), Paul Rust (I Love You, Beth Cooper), Martha Maclsaac (Superbad), and Nicky Whelan. The always entertaining Paul Sheer (Human Giant) and Wee Man (Jackass) also make appearances.

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Jonah Ray’s BarBeQuay is a quirky new party type spin on the ol’ talk show format hosted by comedian Jonah Ray that you can see on maniaTV. You might remember Jonah Ray from The Freeloader’s Guide To Easy Living, his writing on SuperNews!, or even as Clancy on Saul of the Mole Men. Now you can find Jonah interviewing some extremely hilarious and cool people like Janeane Garofalo, Steve Agee, Har Mar Superstar and others at his BarBeQuay. Jonah Ray’s BarBeQuay is the creation of Jonah and his friend, writer/director Mason Steinberg. The pair met on The Andy Milonakis Show where Mason was a writer and Jonah the ill-fated writer’s assistant. “It was a disaster,” said Jonah, “I had been fired from the Arclight and was offered this job and I had no idea what I was doing.”...

Universal Pictures has put on its galoshes and raincoat for Raindrops All Around Me, a comedy spec penned by Reed Agnew and Eli Jorne. Ben Stiller, Stuart Cornfeld and Jeremy Kramer will produce via their Red Hour Films banner.

The story centers on a socially inept high school teacher who learns to "dumb it down" in order to fit in with the people around him.

The deal was in the mid- to high-six figures.

Universal's Lawrence Grey and David Ortiz will oversee the project for the studio.

Stiller is not formally attached to star at this point, though future script developments might change that. He directed, co-wrote and stars (alongside Jack Black and Robert Downey Jr.) in the summer comedy Tropic Thunder, which Red Hour produced.

Agnew, who previously worked in journalism, has worked on comedy shows including Drawn Together, Crank Yankers and The Andy Milonakis Show. Jorne, a graduate of the AFI screenwriting program, previously sold the feature pitch Cruise Ship to Jerry Weintraub at Warner Bros. with a different writing partner, Charlie McDowell.

MTV plans to release the entire upcoming season of The Andy Milonakis Show on Apple's iTunes a month before its first episode premieres on TV, the network is set to announce Tuesday.

The iTunes window is just one aspect of a multiplatform plan to launch the third season of Andy Milonakis, which began as an Internet sensation. The series returns to MTV2 on April 27.

"This show has a very sort of cult following, making it best suited to be exploited across platforms," said Brian Graden, president of entertainment at MTV Music Group and president of Logo. "The look of the show also has a very much broadband type of ethos to it. We just thought this franchise seemed perfect for this strategy."

The premiere episode will be offered this week as a free download through iTunes, while the entire six-episode season will be available for $9.99 and individual episodes for $1.99.

Beginning March 27, episodes also will be available for purchase via Amazon Unbox, AOL Video, Wal-Mart Video Downloads and Xbox Live Marketplace for $1.99 each.

MTV is expected to announce a slate of new broadband, mobile and shortform programming Tuesday, following the success of the company's initial forays into these areas. A new channel called the Stew will launch on www.mtv.com/overdrive as a broadband home for on-demand shortform programs, including original content, editorially selected user-generated submissions and footage from MTV's extensive archives. In addition to moments from Jackass, Andy Milonakis, Stankervision and other shows, viewers will get highlights like Denis Leary's infamous Cindy Crawford rant and Kurt Loder's impromptu interview with Madonna and Courtney Love from the MTV Video Music Awards.

YouTube.com, a popular video-sharing Web site that was smacked around in recent weeks by CBS and NBC, is starting to make friends in the TV world. The site has struck its first formal partnership to obtain copyrighted content with MTV2, a cable channel overseen by Viacom's MTV Networks, a spokesman confirmed. YouTube has drawn sharp criticism from broadcasters for allowing its users to upload pirated programming from the airwaves without permission. MTV2 is seeding YouTube.com with multiminute clips from a pair of series promoting new seasons and DVD releases this month: The Andy Milonakis Show and Wonder Showzen. The Web site already is home to dozens of other clips drawn from the network but uploaded to YouTube without the network's consent.