{"id":18961,"date":"2022-11-03T11:25:45","date_gmt":"2022-11-03T15:25:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/banijays-truly-original-inks-deal-comedy-producers\/"},"modified":"2022-11-03T12:18:52","modified_gmt":"2022-11-03T16:18:52","slug":"banijays-truly-original-inks-deal-with-comedy-producers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/banijays-truly-original-inks-deal-with-comedy-producers\/","title":{"rendered":"Banijay\u2019s Truly Original Inks Deal with Comedy Producers"},"content":{"rendered":"

The unscripted production company Truly Original, owned by Banijay, has signed a first-look deal with New York-based comedy producers Jim Biederman (Kids in the Hall<\/em>) and Jodi Lennon (At Home with Amy Sedaris<\/em>).<\/p>\n

Under the deal, Biederman and Lennon will help expand Truly Original\u2019s unscripted comedy slate for streaming and broadcast. They will focus on talent-driven comedy in the narrative, sketchy, variety and game-show spaces.<\/p>\n

Biederman and Lennon will work closely with Chachi Senior, head of development, and Michelle Schiefen, senior VP.<\/p>\n

The two producers have known each other for more than two decades from the New York comedy and sketch scene. Biederman\u2019s credits include The Kids in the Hall<\/em>, The Tom Green Show<\/em>, The Whitest Kids U’ Know<\/em> and The Howard Stern Show<\/em>, and Lennon\u2019s work includes the Emmy-nominated At Home with Amy Sedaris<\/em>, Impractical Jokers<\/em>, Billy on the Street<\/em> and The CW\u2019s Would I Lie to You?<\/em>, which she and Biederman collaborated on with Truly Original last year.<\/p>\n

Glenda Hersh and Steven Weinstock, co-CEOs and executive producers of the company, said in a joint statement: \u201cWe had a fantastic experience working on Would I Lie to You?<\/em> with Jim, our showrunner and EP, and Jodi, who was co-EP and writer. Jim and Jodi have each been integral to some of the most iconic and groundbreaking sketch, variety and talk programming, and as partners, we feel they\u2019re even better positioned to mine distinct comedy voices and talent for the reality genre.\u201d<\/p>\n

Biederman and Lennon added: \u201cWe look forward to working with Steven, Glenda and the whole Truly team to make a slew of great comedy shows, once they stop asking us to write \u2018funny quotes\u2019 for press releases.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The unscripted production company Truly Original, owned by Banijay, has signed a first-look deal with New York-based comedy producers Jim Biederman (Kids in the Hall) and Jodi Lennon (At Home with Amy Sedaris).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":18962,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[5036,1928],"class_list":["post-18961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-banijay","tag-truly-original","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"\nBanijay\u2019s Truly Original Inks Deal with Comedy Producers - TVREAL<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/banijays-truly-original-inks-deal-with-comedy-producers\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Banijay\u2019s Truly Original Inks Deal with Comedy Producers - TVREAL\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The unscripted production company Truly Original, owned by Banijay, has signed a first-look deal with New York-based comedy producers Jim Biederman (Kids in the Hall) and Jodi Lennon (At Home with Amy Sedaris).\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/banijays-truly-original-inks-deal-with-comedy-producers\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVREAL\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-11-03T15:25:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-11-03T16:18:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/07\/TrulyOriginal-Logo-1122.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"320\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/banijays-truly-original-inks-deal-with-comedy-producers\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/banijays-truly-original-inks-deal-with-comedy-producers\/\",\"name\":\"Banijay\u2019s Truly Original Inks Deal with Comedy Producers - TVREAL\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2022-11-03T15:25:45+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-11-03T16:18:52+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/banijays-truly-original-inks-deal-with-comedy-producers\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/banijays-truly-original-inks-deal-with-comedy-producers\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/banijays-truly-original-inks-deal-with-comedy-producers\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Banijay\u2019s Truly Original Inks Deal with Comedy Producers\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/\",\"name\":\"TVREAL\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\",\"name\":\"Jamie Stalcup\",\"description\":\"Jamie Stalcup is the executive editor of World Screen. 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