New Reality TV Show To Feature Stand-up Comedians Under Pressure

There’s a new reality TV show in the works featuring stand-up comedians working under pressure called “The Fast & the Funniest”. This new reality competition show is being developed by ABC.

If greenlighted, “Funniest” would debut on the network in late midseason or next summer. It joins ABC’s upcoming auto-competition series “Crash Course” and the Jamie Oliver weight-loss series among the network’s reality efforts in development.

The show follows a group of stand-up comedians as they travel cross-country competing in challenges and performances. The first three to reach the final destination will perform for a cash prize.

The reality TV project is produced by Page Hurwitz and Javier Winnik, who were involved with the defunct reality contest “Last Comic Standing.”

But “Funniest” could represent a more urgent take on the comic-competition series format made popular by “Standing,” which ran for several years on NBC until it was canceled in 2008.

The project’s order is contingent on casting with Page Hurwitz and Javier Winnik producing the show.

So, keep your eye’s peeled for more information. There going to be some new comedians get a pretty huge break if this reality TV gets off the ground and it is a hit.

I would suspect that there will be a call for tryouts — I just don’t know if it will be nationwide or only involve LA and New York comedians.

If you discover any information about this that I have not already posted on this blog, please let me know.

Cheers,
Steve Roye
The Professor of Funny for Money

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