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Everyone agreed Luis went too far by targeting Margarets son and saying he wished he "suffered." Andy Cohen sympathized with Margaret, stating he would have been furious if someone talked about his children that way. Luis quickly regretted his heated comments and publicly apologized for his behavior on Rhonj.

Andy Cohen was beyond angry about Luis Ruelas comments about Margaret Josephs son during a heated exchange with Teresa Giudice. The Watch What Happens Live host wasnt the only one, as everyone seemed to agree that Luis crossed a line by bringing in Margarets son, and Andy said that he would have lost it if someone talked that way about his children.

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Sources claim Rhonj won't resume filming until next year as they figure out the future of the show.

It didn't take Luis long to reach the same conclusions Andy did.

Luis Ruelas’s comment about Margaret Josephs’s son has garnered backlash on social media and now Andy Cohen is chiming in.

The Real Housewives of New Jersey executive producer dished about the last episode of Season 14 and called Luis’s remarks the “darkest moment” in the finale.

Andy even referenced Danielle Cabral’s angry lunge at Jennifer Aydin and admitted that if anyone made those comments about his two kids, that would be his response.

After feeling the heat from Rhonj viewers, Luis apologized on social media a few days after the episode aired.

Meanwhile, we haven’t heard from Margaret regarding how she feels about Luis’ nasty comment or his half-hearted apology.

We’ll likely get at least some of those answers in a group sit down, which is set to air in the next few days instead of a traditional reunion.

The cast will come together for...

Hacks is a standout HBO Max show featuring a phenomenal ensemble cast, led by Emmy-winner Jean Smart as Las Vegas diva Deborah Vance. The series delves into the complexities of the comedy world, showcasing the struggles and successes of female comedians. With a mix of established and new comedic talents, Hacks delivers a captivating blend of humor and heartfelt storytelling.

The Hacks cast is an ensemble of some of the best comedy actors working today. Hacks is one of the standout shows on HBO Max, offering a dark comedy centered around Las Vegas diva and stand-up legend Deborah Vance, portrayed by Emmy-winner Jean Smart. The series benefits from a mix of newcomers and established comedic talents, adding authenticity to its portrayal of the comedy world. Hacks explores the lives of both successful and struggling female comedians, delving into the complexities of fame, ambition, and the relentless pursuit of success in the entertainment industry.

Dan O’Brien and friends are celebrating Stand Up To Cancer Day (9/8) and the upcoming release of his newest books.

Dan is a playwright, poet, nonfiction writer and cancer survivor whose work has been recognized with a Guggenheim Fellowship and two Pen America Awards.

Celebrity friends Julia Louis Dreyfus, June Diane Raphael, Paul Scheer, Casey Wilson, Jason Mantzoukas, Danielle Schneider, Melissa Rauch, Tony Hale and more will gather in-person at Diesel bookstore and via live stream to read selections from Dan O’Brien’s three new books out this Fall.

Live streamed on Friendszone Twitch Channel (Paul Scheer’s channel) the event serves as a celebration of Dan O’Brien’s three new books which will be published in September. Dan will discuss and sign copies of “Survivor’s Notebook,” “From Scarsdale,” and “True Story: A Trilogy,”

The event is in celebration of the three books as well as raising funds...

The Max Original animated series Clone High debuts with two episodes Tuesday, May 23 on Max, with two new episodes debuting each Thursday starting June 1 leading up to the final two episodes on June 22.

Logline: A modern refresh of the hit series of the same name, Clone High follows a high school for clones of the greatest minds in history. Twenty years after the original experiment was put on ice, Joan, JFK, Abe, and Cleo have been thawed out to resume school with their new clone classmates – all while navigating a new set of cultural norms and overly dramatic teen relationships.

Cast:Returning stars include Will Forte as Abe and Nicole Sullivan as Joan; executive producers Phil Lord as Scudworth and Chris Miller as JFK and Mr. B; Christa Miller voicing Candide Sampson; Donald Faison as George Washington Carver; and Judah Miller as Scangrade. New voice actors joining the cast include Ayo Edebiri...

Phil Lord and Chris Miller, directors of hits like "21 Jump Street" as well as the producers of "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse," are at the top of the food chain in Hollywood these days -- but it wasn't always that way. Earlier on in their careers, when they were green, they made a little animated show called "Clone High" for MTV that, despite gaining critical acclaim and a loving audience, lasted just one season. Now though, the show is coming back on HBO Max, and we've got a brand new teaser trailer for the revival of this cult classic.

Lord and Miller have put their powers to use to bring back their beloved series, with original voice actors Will Forte and Nicole Sullivan returning as well. Lord is also back as Scudworth, Miller as JFK and Mr. B, Christa Miller as Candide Sampson, Donald Faison as George Washington Carver, and Judah Miller as Scangrade.

Clone High stars Will Forte (Abe) and Nicole Sullivan (Joan) took the stage at WonderCon today alongside executive producers Chris Miller, Erica Rivinoja, and Erik Durbin to debut an exclusive first look at the new series followed by a moderated Q&a panel, as well as to reveal the new cast.

From left to right: Frida Kahlo, Abe Lincoln, JFK, Joan of Arc, Harriet Tubman, Cleopatra, and Confucius stand in front of the Grassy Knoll as it burns. Photograph by Courtesy of HBO Max

Logline: This modern refresh of the Phil Lord (“Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse,” “The Afterparty,” and “21 Jump Street”), Chris Miller, and Bill Lawrence hit series Clone High is set at a high school for clones of historical figures. After a high school that was secretly being run as an elaborate military experiment to clone the greatest minds in history was put on ice, the clones have...

Clone High, HBO Max’s upcoming revival of the classic MTV series from Phil Lord, Chris Miller and Bill Lawrence, will premiere this spring, it was revealed during the show’s panel at WonderCon.

Returning voice cast includes Will Forte reprising his role as Abe; Nicole Sullivan as Joan; Lord as Scudworth; Chris Miller as JFK and Mr. B; Christa Miller voicing a new character, Candide Sampson; Donald Faison back as George Washington Carver; and Judah Miller as Scangrade.

Dubbed a “modern refresh” of the 2002 animated series, the followup is set at a high school for clones of historical figures. After a high school that was secretly being run as an elaborate military experiment to clone the greatest minds in history was put on ice, the clones have been thawed out 20 years later to resume the experiment with new clone classmates – all while navigating a new set of cultural norms and overly dramatic teen relationships.

Danielle Schneider & Dannah Phirman, creators of Hulu's Hotwives franchise, have set up multi-camera comedy Ex-Stepmom at NBC with Aaron Kaplan’s Kapital Entertainment and Universal TV producing. Additionally, the duo has closed a deal to redevelop their ABC/ABC Studios multi-camera pilot Lost in Queens (aka single-dad comedy project), starring Rob Riggle. He is back, attached as the lead, as are the original pilot’s executive producers, Trophy Wife creators Sarah Haskins…...

Baby love! Days after news hit that funny lady Casey Wilson and husband David Caspe had welcomed a second child, a son they named Henry Bear Caspe, the proud pair took to Instagram earlier today to post the first photo of the wee one. Along with the cute photo of the trio, the Happy Endings star wrote, "Henry Bear Caspe is here!" Earlier in the week, the exciting news was announced on Thursday on Casey's podcast, Bitch Sesh. Co-host and comedienne Danielle Schneider shared with listeners, "Our dear friend Casey Rose Wilson has given birth to a little baby boy while we were recording the podcast, you guys this is so exciting." Casey's dad Paul O. Wilson added, "The...

Casey Wilson is a new mom! The announcement that the actress and her husband, TV writer and producer David Caspe, welcomed their second child, son Henry Caspe, was made by Wilson’s “Bitch Sesh” podcast co-host, Danielle Schneider, on Thursday’s episode. “Our dear friend Casey Rose Wilson… has given birth to a little baby boy while we were recording the […]...

This little guy was not waiting for anything — especially not for his mom to glam up.

Casey Wilson and her husband David Caspe welcomed their second child, son Henry, one month before his due date. The news was announced Thursday on Wilson’s podcast Bitch Sesh.

The podcast’s co-host Danielle Schneider said, “Our dear friend Casey Rose Wilson Caspe has given birth to a little baby boy while we were recording the podcast. You guys this is so exciting!”

Wilson’s dad, Paul Wilson, was also on the show, sharing that “the baby is a month early but perfectly fine.

Oh, baby! Casey Wilson has given birth to her and husband David Caspe's second child, a son they named Henry Caspe. The exciting news was announced Thursday on her podcast, Bitch Sesh. Co-host and comedienne Danielle Schneider shared, "Our dear friend Casey Rose Wilson has given birth to a little baby boy while we were recording the podcast, you guys this is so exciting." Casey's dad Paul added, "The baby is a month early but perfectly fine." The former star of Marry Me and Happy Endings had revealed her pregnancy in March on Bitch Sesh, adding that she was in the middle of her second trimester. Wilson and Caspe's baby joins...

In 11 Questions, The A.V. Club asks interesting people 11 interesting questions—and then asks them to suggest one for our next interviewee.

Casey Wilson is probably most beloved around these parts for her role as the a-mah-zing Penny on ABC’s gone-too-soon hangout sitcom Happy Endings. But she’s also known for a stint on Saturday Night Live, as the screenwriter of Bride Wars, and for starring in two Hotwives series on Hulu, which spoofs Bravo’s Real Housewives series. This past year, she appeared as Tig Notaro’s girlfriend in the series One Mississippi, and her Housewives-themed podcast with co-star and creator Danielle Schneider was listed in our Best Podcasts Of 2016. Wilson is also developing a new comedy for Hulu with her friend June Diane Raphael.

At the A.V. Club’s recent comedy festival in Chicago, Wilson and Schneider hosted a Bitch Sesh night ...

Casey Wilson and her husband, David Caspe, are expecting baby No. 2!

The 36-year-old actress revealed the "big news" during her Bitch Sesh podcast on Wednesday.

"I'm so excited," Wilson said to co-host Danielle Schneider. "I was feeling so sick for about a month but now I’m not feeling great."

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The Happy Endings star, who is in her second trimester, isn't having any pregnancy cravings yet, but she did share a hilarious story regarding a recent Thai food order gone wrong.

"I start weeping, my hands are shaking," Wilson said, recalling how devastated she felt when she realized the restaurant had gotten her order wrong. "My husband, he is the kindest man in the world, he was terrified."

"I'm crying so hysterically, he had to give me a towel to dry my tears," she said.

Wilson and Caspe, have been married...

And a baby makes four! Casey Wilson just announced the exciting news that she is pregnant with her second child with husband David Caspe. The former star of Marry Me and Happy Endings spilled the details on today's episode of her hit podcast with fellow comedienne Danielle Schneider, Bitch Sesh. "Some big news on me end, which is that I am pregnant again," she began by saying during an opening convo with Schneider. She dished that she's in the middle of her second trimester and that she's "so excited" about her second one's arrival. "I was feeling so for about a month but now I'm…not feeling great," she told listeners. Wilson...

Rob Riggle has been cast as the lead in ABC’s multi-camera, single-dad comedy written by Dannah Phirman & Danielle Schneider, creators of Hulu's Hotwives franchise, and executive produced by Trophy Wife creators Sarah Haskins & Emily Halpern. The untitled comedy centers on Josh Keeler (Riggle), an intellectual but emotionally challenged single dad who moves to Queens with his two young daughters and forms an unlikely family with the other residents in their apartment…...

ABC has given a pilot order to Losing It, a single-camera family comedy from Growing Up Fisher and Truth Be Told creator DJ Nash and Aaron Kaplan’s Kapital Entertainment. This marks Kaplan’s sixth broadcast comedy pilot this season. Additionally, the network has greenlighted a multi-camera single-dad comedy written by Dannah Phirman & Danielle Schneider, creators of Hulu’s Hotwives franchise, and executive produced by Trophy Wife creators Sarah Haskins & Emily Halpern…...

Rob McElhenney, Glenn Howerton, and Charlie Day have never been afraid to get a little meta with “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia.” From “The Gang Recycles Their Trash” (in which plot points from previous episodes were repurposed) to “The Gang Misses the Boat” (a Season 10 episode where the people of Paddy’s Pub decide they’ve drifted too far from their roots), episodes crop up where the “It’s Always Sunny” gang is doing more than comment on society: They’re talking about themselves.

What could come across as unappealingly egocentric is instead charmingly apt considering “Sunny” is all about selfish assholes, and the topic of this week’s episode channels such narcissistic villainy toward a new purpose: highlighting the difference between half-hour comedies and manipulative sitcoms. Similar to the brilliant deconstruction of classic sitcom structuring in “The Gang Tries Desperately to Win an Award” (the lighting! the romantic pairings!

Last year, they took Orlando by storm. In 2015, they’re off to Sin City. They’re the Hotwives, and as of August 18th, they have returned to Hulu for their second season.

Hotwives, which parodies the Real Housewives TV franchise, began in 2014 with The Hotwives of Orlando, which provided plenty of laughs and ultimately secured multiple nominations for the upcoming Streamy Awards. Season two is titled The Hotwives of Las Vegas, but while it may have a new setting, the show’s cast remains most intact. Casey Wilson, for example, portrays a trashy Southern belle named Jenfer Beudon after playing a “trophy wife” named Tawny St. John in season one. Series creators Dannah Phirman and Danielle Schneider also show up as two of the seven hotwives.

As with the web series Burning Love, Hotwives is a co-production between Paramount Digital and Abominable Pictures. Those two studios have developed a distinct flavor for their collaborations,...

At a loss for what to watch this week? From new DVDs and Blu-rays, to what's streaming on Netflix, we've got you covered.

New on DVD and Blu-ray

"NCIS"

'Tis the season for a ton of TV shows to come out on DVD, including "NCIS: The Twelfth Season," "NCIS: Los Angeles - The Sixth Season," and "NCIS: New Orleans - The First Season" on August 18. Have yourself a merry little "NCIS" marathon! And in case you want more details on Season 12, that Blu-ray comes with deleted scenes, audio commentary on select episodes, cast and crew interviews, and over an hour of behind-the-scenes featurettes.

"Grey's Anatomy"

The 2014-2015 season of "Grey's" -- which didn't have the happiest of endings, but oh well -- is also coming out this week. If you watch Season 11 from start to finish, knowing how it ends, maybe it'll add more pathos. Or maybe it'll just make you angrier.

If you needed more evidence that Danny Trejo is not someone you want to upset, El Rey Network has provided Exhibit A.

The cabler on Friday released a photo from Trejo’s upcoming stint on From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series, in which the Machete star will play “The Regulator,” a horrifying agent of evil who is summoned to perform a deadly errand.

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From Dusk Till Dawn‘s sophomore season is slated to premiere this summer. Check out the photo below, in which The...

The show that was perhaps Hulu's strongest original series of 2014 will return for another run. The Hotwives of Orlando, which makes fun of Bravo's Real Housewives franchise, will come back for a second season that will take place in Las Vegas.

Hotwives is one of three reality TV parodies produced by Paramount Digital Entertainment, which also brought Burning Love to Yahoo and Beef to on-demand platforms. As with the second season of Burning Love, round two of Hotwives will feature a mostly new cast of characters to fill the new setting. “Las Vegas was an obvious choice for the second season of the Hotwives franchise because it’s a city built on broken dreams, fake boobs and real magic,” said executive producer Paul Scheer, who also has a supporting role in the series. “Season 2 will focus on a new crop of wannabe socialites with some new faces as well as...

The Hulu original series The Hotwives of Orlando is a hilarious and raunchy parody of one of the most popular franchises in reality television. It takes you inside the uber-exclusive and glamorous world of six hot housewives in the sexy city of Orlando, as they fight over pretty much everything, except for their love of shoes, plastic surgery and spending all of their husbands’ money. The seven-episode series stars Casey Wilson, Kristen Schaal, Angela Kinsey, Tymberlee Hill, Andrea Savage, and show creators Dannah Phirman and Danielle Schneider. During this exclusive phone interview with Collider, actress Angela Kinsey talked about how she got involved with the show, that she had never seen a single episode of The Real Housewives before doing this (and that she never plans to watch again), why this show is so funny, even if you aren’t a fan of reality TV, finding the right enormous boobs for her character,...

The Hulu original series The Hotwives of Orlando is a hilarious and raunchy parody of one of the most popular franchises in reality television. It takes you inside the uber-exclusive and glamorous world of six hot housewives in the sexy city of Orlando, as they fight over pretty much everything, except for their love of shoes, plastic surgery and spending all of their husbands’ money. The seven-episode series stars Casey Wilson, Kristen Schaal, Angela Kinsey, Tymberlee Hill, Andrea Savage, and show creators Dannah Phirman and Danielle Schneider. During the Hulu portion of the TCA Press Tour, co-stars Casey Wilson (who plays self-obsessed trophy wife, Tawny St. John) and Kristen Schaal (who plays former child star Amanda Simmons) spoke to Collider for this exclusive interview about how this show came about, why they wanted to get involved, shooting all seven episodes in seven days, what they think of reality television, and...

Hulu's seven-episode series "The Hotwives of Orlando" lampoons Bravo's "Real Housewives" franchises in exactly the right ways: The catchphrases, the melodrama, the sham marriages, and the frightening fights are all parodied with very close attention to detail. Creators Dannah Phirman and Danielle Schneider have a cast of game ladies in their Florida-set series, including Schneider herself (who plays Shauna Maducci, the "bankrupt overspender"), "Happy Endings"/"SNL" vet Casey Wilson as trophy wife Tawny St. John, Tymberlee Hill as Phenomenon "Phe Phe" Reed, Andrea Savage as cougar Veronica Von Vandervon, Angela Kinsey of "The Office" as religious zealot Crystal Simmons, and "30 Rock" vet Kristen Schaal as drug-addled former child star Amanda Simmons.  HitFix caught a few minutes to interview Wilson, Hill, Savage, Schneider, and Phirman. Instead of asking them to name their favorite "Housewives" franchise or terrifying dream about Andy Cohen, we asked them to pick their favorite ladies from famous pop culture groups.

You can always count on a Real Housewife having something to say about someone else—which is why, when we put six costars of Hulu’s spoof The Hotwives of Orlando in the Hot Seat, we asked them to rate each other’s answers. Watch Casey Wilson, Andrea Savage, Angela Kinsey, Dannah Phirman, Tymberlee Hill, and Danielle Schneider judge each other below while they reveal their Real Housewives love guru, most prized pop culture possession, mood music, and go-to drink to throw in someone’s face.

Hulu has its Burning Love. The premium online video platform has released The Hotwives of Orlando, a seven-episode series that smartly pokes fun at Bravo's Real Housewives series. Much like Burning Love (which won Yahoo plenty of critical acclaim upon its release in 2012), The Hotwives of Orlando is a loving parody of its source material. Creators Dannah Phirman and Danielle Schneider have clearly done their research, since each character in their series parodies specific cast members from the show's various iterations. Real Housewives fans should love The Hotwives of Orlando most of all. For the rest of us, there is still plenty to enjoy. The Hotwives of Orlando's legitimately funny writing and acute genre awareness is buttressed by a strong cast. Familiar faces like Casey Wilson, Angela Kinsey, and Kristen Schaal all have leading roles, while supporting actors and guest stars add to each episode. Paul Scheer steals the...

Look, I don’t want any drama—I don’t want any drama—but I’m also not totally on board with The Hotwives of Orlando, a new Bravo-spoofing comedy that debuted on Hulu at midnight Tuesday. (Hulu Plus subscribers can watch all seven 22-minute episodes right now; Hulu Plus-less plebes can only see the first two today, while the rest will be released on a week-to-week basis.)

The basic gist: A large ensemble of ladies you already love (or should love), including Casey Wilson, Kristen Schaal, and The Office’s Angela Kinsey, don an assortment of skintight dresses and...

Screaming is going streaming. “The Hotwives of Orlando,” a full parody season of Bravo's money-machine comes to Hulu on July 15. On Tuesday night, the cast, crew, producers, Paramount Digital Entertainment, and Hulu celebrated with a double-episode premiere at the Sherry Lansing Theatre on the Paramount Lot. Also read: ‘Community’ to Return for Season 6 on Yahoo Screen Bucking the the hierarchy of other Hollywood premieres, writers Dannah Phirman and Danielle Schneider gave the opening remarks: “Welcome to the Arclight,” they deadpanned. A cardboard cutout of executive producer Paul Scheer stood in for the real thing until he arrived late. Jack McBrayer and guests in t-shirts.

For nine years, Angela Kinsey played television’s favorite high-strung, cat-loving accountant, Angela Martin, on The Office. And though she, Kevin (Brian Baumgartner), and Oscar (Oscar Nunez) may have butted heads on the show, in real life, she and the men of Dunder Mifflin’s accounting department share a real bond.

“The accounting corner was a little world within a world,” Kinsey tells EW. “I remember Steve Carell would walk over and be like, ‘What’s happening over here, guys? What were your weekends like?’ because we were just this isolated corner. We became very close. I love those fellas.

Although CES 2014 is a tech summit, the entertainment industry is showing some presence at this convention.

During the Variety Entertainment Summit at CEO 2014, Hulu’s head of development Charlotte Koh revealed new original programming and show renewals during a television panel.

“Deadbeat” is the first co-production between Hulu and Lionsgate Television. The 10-episode half-hour supernatural comedy stars Tyler Labine as Kevin Pacalioglu, a gifted medium who seeks to help out New York’s ghosts to settle their unfinished business. The series will premiere on April 9.

“The Hotwives of Orlando” is a parody of the reality televisions. It follows six hot and trashy housewives living in all places…..Orlando. The show stars Casey Wilson, Angela Kinsey, Kristen Schaal, Tymberlee Hill, Danielle Schneider and Andrea Savage.

It was also announced for second seasons renewals of “The Awesomes,” “Behind the Mask,” “East Los High,” “Moone Boy,” and “Quick Draw.” “Rev.” was picked up for a third season.

Hulu announced its original programming slate for 2014 this morning, and among the new series that will be exclusive to the streaming site is "The Hotwives of Orlando," a reality show spoof starring the very funny Casey Wilson ("Happy Endings"), as well as Angela Kinsey ("The Office"), Kristen Schaal ("Flight of the Conchords"), Tymberlee Hill ("Drunk History"), Danielle Schneider ("Upright Citizens Brigade") and Andrea Savage ("Step Brothers"). Executive produced by Jonathan Stern and Paul Scheer and Paramount Digital Entertainment, the studio behind fellow reality show skewering comedy "Burning Love," "The Hotwives of Orlando" takes aim at a certain "Housewives" franchise via "Central Florida's sexiest city, Orlando." "When we found out that shows like ‘The Real Housewives’ and ‘Basketball Wives’ weren't actually parodies, we figured we needed to get on it Asap," said Stern and Scheer, who'll be promoting the series at CES. Take a look at the trailer below:...

Hulu’s originals lineup for the new year, announced this morning, is an amalgam both old favorites and a few new shows, with offerings like a Real Housewives parody starring Casey Wilson (watch EW’s exclusive debut of Hulu’s Hotwives of Orlando trailer), the second season of Seth Meyers’ The Awesomes, and the second season of Chris O’Dowd’s semi-autobiographical comedy Moone Boy.

“What I love about is the diversity of the high-quality content that is there,” Charlotte Koh, head of development, tells EW. “I think that we’re doing the continued mission of bringing a great variety of carefully selected,...

Hulu will premiere its new supernatural comedy Deadbeat on April 9. Directed by Troy Miller, the series is Hulu’s first co-production with Lionsgate TV. Hulu also announced today it is re-upping teen drama East Los High for a second season and will distribute reality TV satire The Hotwives Of Orlando from Paramount Digital Entertainment. Casey Wilson, Angela Kinsey, Kristen Schaal, Tymberlee Hill, Danielle Schneider, and Andrea Savage star as six of Orlando, Florida’s hottest housewives who are ready to drink, fight, and cry, sometimes all at the same time. In addition, Hulu will release the original Scandinavian version of the drama series The Bridge, recently adapted for U.S. audiences by FX, as well as the Canadian reality-style dance drama The Next Step, acquired from BBC Worldwide North America. And the second season of Chris O’Dowd’s semi-autobiographical comedy Moone Boy will make a return in the spring.

NeNe Leakes better watch her back. Some new housewives are taking over the south — and these women are hot.

The Hotwives of Orlando, that is. Paramount Digital Entertainment, the studio behind Burning Love, and Hulu are teaming up to produce the parody series starring Casey Wilson and Angela Kinsey. Comedian Paul Scheer likes to see himself as the Andy Cohen of it all, producing for Paramount with Jonathan Stern and even appearing on the show in a reunion episode. It’s no surprise to anyone who knows Scheer, who admits to being a diehard Housewife fan and watching the Bravo shows religiously with his wife.

Spike TV is buying the next round.

The cable network has given the green light to "Players," a half-hour comedy set at a sports bar. It was created by Matt Walsh, one of the founders of the improv troupe Upright Citizens Brigade.

The original series, from Principato Young, revolves around a pair of brothers with opposite personalities trying to run their bar.

Production begins this month in Los Angeles, with the series slated to premiere in the summer.

Walsh also co-stars in "Players" as Bruce, a free spirit living out his fantasy by owning a sports bar, which gives him the opportunity to bet on games and hit on waitresses. His brother, Ken (Ian Roberts), meanwhile, tries to keep his eye on turning a profit.

The cast includes Danielle Schneider and James Pumphery.

Walsh, Roberts and Jay Martel executive produce with Peter Principato, Paul Young, Tucker Voorhees and John Lynch of Devlin Entertainment.