Inside the Demise of NBC's Once-Promising Comedy Up All Night

Via: TV Guide

Up All Night | Photo Credits: Gavin Bond/NBC

NBC’s Up All Night should have been a hit. The show came with a strong comedy pedigree: It starred Christina Applegate, Will Arnett and Maya Rudolph and was produced by Saturday Night Live don Lorne Michaels. At the center was what seemed to be a relatable premise for the young adults watching the network’s upscale comedies: a hip, young couple adjusts to life with a baby.


But two years after creator Emily Spivey shot the pilot (then called Alpha Mom), Up All Night is all but gone, suffering the death of a thousand tinkers. A heavily touted plan to morph the show into a multi-camera sitcom is now mostly abandoned, and some of the outlandish ideas bandied about for the revamp (including one idea involving rock star…


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