{"id":3791,"date":"2012-02-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-02-16T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2012\/02\/16\/e4-picks-up-u-s-comedy-series\/"},"modified":"2012-02-16T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-02-16T00:00:00","slug":"e4-picks-up-u-s-comedy-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2012\/02\/16\/e4-picks-up-u-s-comedy-series\/","title":{"rendered":"E4 Picks Up U.S. Comedy Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">LONDON: Channel 4&#8217;s digital channel E4 has secured the U.K. broadcast rights to the U.S. comedy series <em>Suburgatory<\/em> from Warner Bros. International Television Distribution. <br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">Suburgatory<\/span><\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\"> will air in the U.K. on E4 this year. The new half-hour series stars Jeremy Sisto (<em>Six Feet Under<\/em>, <em>Law &amp; Order<\/em>, <em>Thirteen<\/em>), Jane Levy (<em>Shameless<\/em>), Carly Chaikin (<em>The Last Song<\/em>), Allie Grant (<em>Weeds<\/em>) and Rex Lee (<em>Entourage<\/em>), with Ana Gasteyer (<em>Saturday Night Live<\/em>, <em>Mean Girls<\/em>) as a recurring guest star. It was picked up for a full 22-episode season by ABC in the U.S. after three episodes and ranks as the network&#8217;s number one new comedy series among adults 18 to 49. <em>Suburgatory<\/em> is about a teen girl from New York City whose life is turned upside-down when she moves to the suburbs with her single father.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">Gill Hay, the head of acquisitions at C4, said, &ldquo;We are incredibly excited that <em>Suburgatory<\/em> will join our comedy lineup on E4, reinforcing our commitment to offer our viewers the best of U.S. comedy. <em>Suburgatory<\/em> is whip-smart, snarky and sweet in equal measure and as such is a perfect fit for E4.&rdquo;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">Jeffery R. Schlesinger, the president of Warner Bros. International Television, added, &ldquo;<em>Suburgatory<\/em> perfectly fits the audience composition of E4. We are pleased that viewers in the U.K. will have the opportunity to see this funny comedy that also has a lot heart.&rdquo;<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON: Channel 4&#8217;s digital channel E4 has secured the U.K. broadcast rights to the U.S. comedy series Suburgatory from Warner Bros. International Television Distribution. Suburgatory will air in the U.K. on E4 this year. The new half-hour series stars Jeremy Sisto (Six Feet Under, Law &amp; Order, Thirteen), Jane Levy (Shameless), Carly Chaikin (The Last &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","","category-top-stories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>E4 Picks Up U.S. Comedy Series<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"E4 Picks Up U.S. Comedy Series. LONDON, February 16: Channel 4&#039;s digital channel E4 has secured the U.K. broadcast rights to the U.S. comedy series Suburgatory from Warner Bros. International Television Distribution. . 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