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Within an aggressive bid for content, Comedy Central has lined its development slate with sketch artists, stick figures, robots and also the revival of the eighties-style public matters show.our editor recommendsComedy Central Bets on 'Gajillionaires,' Two More Comedies (Exclusive)Comedy Central Announces Return of 'The Comedy Awards' in NYComedy Central Developing Comedy From 'Tosh.0' Air PHOTOS: Modern Film & TV Comics "We hired a really costly independent research firm that recommended that to become proper, we ought to enter business using the funniest people we all know,Inch jokes Kent Alterman, the network's mind of original programming and production. With this particular collection - a mixture of stand-up, animation and scripted fare - Alterman and the team are searching to fill the already-popular 10 p.m. hour in addition to expand the network's late-evening block past night time. VIDEOS: THR's Red-colored Carpet Interviews in the Charlie Sheen Roast Additionally to formerly introduced records starring The Gregory Siblings and Anthony Jeselnik,in addition to approaching series Key & Peele, The Nick Show Kroll and Brickleberry, here's a unique start looking at Comedy Central's 2011-12 development slate: *The Burn: The "Roast Master General" Shaun Ross and the comedian buddies roast the week's hot subjects. Ross, Mike Gibbons and Tagline Television assists as executive producers around the project. *Braunger: Just one-camera scripted comedy in line with the existence of comedian guy-child Matt Braunger. The project is going to be executive created and produced by Braunger and Brent Forrester (King from the Hill, Work), who'll also direct. Avalon Entertainment's David Martin will Air, using the firm's Serta Lubetkin co-executive creating. *Robots: An animated reveal that starts several household electronics against their slacker owner. Kumail Nanjiani (Comedy Central's Hot List, John Oliver's NY Stand-Up Show) together with Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky (Work, Bad Teacher) will write and executive produce. *Nathan for you personally: Canadian author-comedian Nathan Fielder (Essential Things With Demetri Martin) uses his finance degree and existence experience to assist ailing companies. The issue within this reality-scripted hybrid: Fielder's advice usually does more damage than good. The project is going to be executive created by Fielder, Michael Koman and David Kneebone. *TripTank: An accumulation of animated shorts featuring comedy's cleverest, with plots that vary from an enchanting alcoholic motorized wheel chair helping sick children to several aliens staring at the world's most average guy. The project is really a collaboration between executive producers Alex Bulkley and Corey Campodonico of ShadowMachine (Robot Chicken, Moral Orel) and Tom Gianas (Pretend Time with Nick Swardson, Saturday Evening Live) combines a number of animated formats having a wide range of gifted authors and designers including Tommy Blacha, Tom Gammill, Jon Glaser, Laura Kightlinger, Joe Mande, Bob Odenkirk and Duncan Trussell. *@RobDelaney: A range show starring comedian and Twitter mastermind Delaney, who'll present videos, interview visitors and discuss Twitter trends. Delaney will executive produce alongside Avalon Entertainment's David Martin, Jon Thoday, Richard Allen-Turner and Kara Baker. Avalon's Serta Lubetkin will co-Air. *Eugene!: A sketch show in the absurd perspective of comedian Eugene Mirman (Flight from the Conchords). Mirman, Jon W and Chris Ford will executive produce. *Overloaded: A shortform take a look at social networking, with comedian Michael Kosta wearing down what individuals are speaking about on Twitter, Facebook and blogs every week. The project is going to be executive created by Kosta together with Infomania's David Nickoll, Will Ward and Roar Entertainment's Jordan Tilzer. *Untitled Amy Schumer: After her star-making turn in the Charlie Sheen roast, Amy Schumer will executive produce and create a pilot along with a stand-up special. *Untitled Cyanide and Happiness: An animated show featuring the twisted humor of the world populated by glorified stick figures, in the designers from the Cyanide and Happinessweb-comics. Kristipher Matthew Wilson, Robert Andrew DenBleyker, David McElfatrick and Matthew Melvin assists as designers and executive producers around the project. *Untitled Wyatt Cenac: A sketch narrative idea according to eighties public matters shows, located, written and executive created by Wyatt Cenac (The Daily Show With Jon Stewart). Joining him like a producer is Generate's David Rath. The formerly introduced choices: *Gregory Siblings: The audience behind the car-Tune the Newsand theBed Burglar Songwill star within an ensemble comedy that has an up-and-coming group attempting to make it on the planet of viral videos. The Gregory Bros., including Evan, Andrew, Michael and Sarah Gregory,will executive produce alongsideTom Scharpling, David Becky at 3Arts and Peyton Reed (The Split Up), who directed the pilot. *My Guys: The comedyfollows the adventures of two close friends, one that is continually engaging in trouble and also the other who's always bailing him out. The weekly narrative weaves interior and exterior stand-alone sketches, and it is executive created by Naomi Odenkirk and Mark Provissiero. The project is written, carried out and directed by Second City Chicago people Tim Robinson, Mark Raterman and Andy Miara, with Bob Odenkirk (Mr. Show, Breaking Bad) can serve as creative consultant. *Reviewwith Forrest MacNeil:The half-hour comedy stars Andrew Daly (as Forrest), who reviews not films, food or art but instead probably the most difficult encounters of existence itself... by living them. Within this situation, he reviews something that his TV audience throws at him on the zero-to-5 star scale, from theadrenaline hurry of stealing towards the trauma of divorce towards the harrowing results of murder towards the pleasure of anonymous sex. Daly will even pen the script and executive produce with Charlie Siskel. *Time Trumpet:The satirical take a look at popular culture and current occasions, set 3 decades later on, is going to be executive created by Armando Iannucci (Informed, Cinemax's Veep), Chris Godsick and Laura Krafft. *Untitled Anthony Jeselnik Project:Comedian Anthony Jeselnik brings bothhis sharp spontaneity and the dark, twisted point-of-view to his comedy project. Additionally to starring, Jeselnikwill executive produce, alongside Tom Manley and Variety Media Group's Christie Cruz. Email: Lacey.Rose@THR.com Twitter: @LaceyVRose PHOTO GALLERY: View Gallery Modern Film & Television Comics Related Subjects Jeffrey Ross Comedy Central The Daily Show with Jon Stewart TV Development