Comedy Central is the home of some pretty creative comedy series, including Workaholics and Broad City. Now the network has ordered up a pilot for a new show calledDetroiters, to be set in the Motor City.
FormerDetroitersSam Richardson and Tim Robinson are behind the show. Richardson is a new cast member of Veep on HBO, while Robinson has been a writer and featured player on Saturday Night Live.
Both Richardson and Robinson got theirimprovstart at Second City in Detroit and Planet Ant inHamtrack. It was there that they worked withimprovteacher MargaretEdwartowski.
Edwartowski said she’s not surprised these men landed theopportunityto pilot Detroiters.
“Besides the extreme level of talent that both of these young men have, they’ve been making their way in the business for quite some time and making a lot of friends that can make these kind of things happen,”Edwartowskisaid.
The Detroiters pilot is set to shoot in Detroit this spring. Edwartowski has a few clues about its premise: She said classic ads from years ago were the inspiration.
Listen above to hear the conversation with Edwartowski.
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