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BBC Comedy Boss Tells Producers To Stop Pitching Dramedies & Locate Their “Funny Bones”
BBC comedy boss Jon Petrie has called for more sitcoms like 'Ghosts' and less dramedies, and criticized the streamers.
Petrie has not held back on his desire for sitcoms since taking on the job a couple of years ago and announced a raft of new and returning shows this morning at the BBC Comedy Festival. But he said his team is “not getting pitched enough of the comedy we need to keep people happy” and is instead over-stocked with dramedies, which some producers deem an “easier sell” financially in a market beset by budget woes. Speaking to Deadline earlier this week, The Outlaws co-creator Stephen Merchant urged networks in both the UK and U.S. to give this new era of sitcoms time to develop.
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