NBC is giving its cheerleading comedy Stumble some extra exposure, with a special telecast on Friday, Feb. 20 at 10:30 PM, immediately following that evening’s coverage of the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics. In an effort to add more momentum to the series, since Jan. 5, NBC has been airing…

EXCLUSIVE: Emmy-winner Jeff Blitz (The Office, Review) is set to direct and executive produce Stumble, a single-camera comedy pilot from writers/executive producers Liz Astrof (Pivoting) and Jeff Astrof (Shining Vale) and executive producers Monica Aldama and Dana Honor. Written by the Astrof…

EXCLUSIVE: NBC has given a pilot order to Stumble, a single-camera comedy from writers/executive producers Liz Astrof (Pivoting) and Jeff Astrof (Shining Vale) and executive producers Monica Aldama and Dana Honor. As Deadline reported earlier this month, the cheerleading half-hour had been…

EXCLUSIVE: In a competitive situation with multiple bidders, NBC has landed single-camera comedy Stumble with a put pilot commitment. It is written by Liz Astrof (Pivoting) and Jeff Astrof (Shining Vale), each a comedy showrunner in their own right teaming up for the first time to create a series…

Following the news that Starz was canceling Shining Vale after two seasons, the reactions have been coming in. Co-creator Jeff Astrof has weighed in on the fact that the series would be eliminated from the streaming service and urged his followers to watch before it disappeared. “This…

Shining Vale co-creator Jeff Astrof said he was looking to squeeze comedy out of the horror genre when he joined stars Courteney Cox, Greg Kinnear and Mira Sorvino for a panel about the Starz series at Deadline’s Contenders TV event Sunday at the Paramount Theatre. “I wanted to do something genre-bending,” Astrof…

The creators and stars of Shining Vale gathered at TCA on Thursday to tease their genre-bender, which is set to debut early next year, noting that its star Courteney Cox delivers a performance unlike any we've seen from her before. "This character is…just rich and deep and I get to go into places I have never…

EXCLUSIVE: Shining Vale, a half-hour horror-comedy from Divorce creator Sharon Horgan, Trial & Error co-creator Jeff Astrof and Aaron Kaplan's Kapital Entertainment, has landed at Starz with a pilot order. The single-camera project, from Warner Bros. TV, where Astrof is under an overall deal, was originally set up…

Day 1 of the 7th annual ATX Television Festival kicked-off with a screening of the NBC mockumentary series Trial & Error, the Season 2 opener followed by a Q&A with creator and exec producer Jeff Astrof, along with star Nicholas D’Agosto and season newcomer Kristin Chenoweth. “The idea behind the show is that…

Trial & Error co-creator/executive producer Jeff Astrof has signed a new overall deal with the studio behind the NBC comedy series, Warner Bros Television. Under the multi-year pact, he will continue to serve as executive producer/showrunner on Trial & Error, which is heading into its second season starring…

In a competitive situation, Showtime has landed Shining Vale, a horror comedy from Divorce creator Sharon Horgan, Trial & Error co-creator Jeff Astrof and Aaron Kaplan's Kapital Entertainment (The Chi). The project from Warner Bros. TV, where Astrof is under an overall deal, has received a pilot production…

On the heels of NBC ordering a new season of Max Mutchnick and David Kohan’s Will & Grace, the network has given a pilot order to Happy Peppers, a multi-camera comedy from Mutchnick and fellow sitcom veteran, Friends alum Jeff Astrof. This is a very quick turnaround for the project, which was initially developed…