''Goodnight Burbank'' debuted on the web as a "webisodic" series in March 2006. In April 2011, it was reborn with a new cast, new look and new feel as a "webcom".
Synopsis
The series is about a
fictional
Fiction is any creative work, chiefly any narrative work, portraying individuals, events, or places
Place may refer to:
Geography
* Place (United States Census Bureau), defined as any concentration of population
** Census-designated place, ...
Burbank, CA
Burbank is a city in the southeastern end of the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Located northwest of downtown Los Angeles, Burbank has a population of 107,337. The city was named after David Burbank, who ...
10:00PM newscast and its crew.
Cast
The original cast included members of the
Upright Citizen's Brigade
The Upright Citizens Brigade is an improvisational and sketch comedy group that emerged from Chicago's ImprovOlympic in 1990. The original incarnation of the group consisted of Matt Besser, Amy Poehler, Ian Roberts, Matt Walsh, Adam McKay, Ri ...
,
The Second City
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, and
Improv Olympic
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. The new half-hour version is still written by creator/producer Hayden Black and stars
Laura Silverman
Laura Jane Silverman (born June 10, 1966) is an American actress and the older sister of actress and comedian Sarah Silverman. She acted in '' Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic'' and ''The Sarah Silverman Program'' portraying a fictionalized versi ...
,
Dominic Monaghan
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,
Miracle Laurie
Miracle Laurie (born August 1, 1981) is an American actress, best known for portraying Mellie on the Joss Whedon drama ''Dollhouse''.
Career
Laurie started towards a professional acting career at Orange Coast College, where she was part of the ...
,
Camden Toy
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Early ...
and Black. It has featured, amongst others,
John Barrowman
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,
Adrienne Wilkinson
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,
Jim Rash
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,
Juliet Landau
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, and
Parvesh Cheena
Parvesh Singh Cheena (born July 22, 1979) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Gupta in the TV series ''Outsourced'' and as Sunil Odhav on ''Crazy Ex-Girlfriend''. He also voices Bodhi in ''T.O.T.S.''
Early life
Cheena was ...
.
History
In August 2011, ''
The Hollywood Reporter
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'' broke the news that ''Goodnight Burbank'' had been sold to
Mark Cuban's HDNet
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. The deal came to be after Cuban reached out to Hayden Black, less than twenty-four hours after the first episode had aired on
Hulu
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. The cable television channel aired the first season of ''Goodnight Burbank'' beginning on October 12, 2011.
Reception
The original short-form version of the series received positive reviews from ''
USA Today
''USA Today'' (stylized in all uppercase) is an American daily middle-market newspaper and news broadcasting company. Founded by Al Neuharth on September 15, 1982, the newspaper operates from Gannett's corporate headquarters in Tysons, Virgini ...
'', which called it "better than 99% of the stuff on TV" and
BBC News
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, which said it was a "brilliant satire that wouldn't look out of place on a network" - as well as G4, the ''
San Francisco Chronicle
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'' and various websites. In 2006, it won vloggie for Best Web News Series. In 2007, it was awarded an Official Honoree by the
Webbys.
The original series was named one of
iTunes
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best podcasts of 2006 and 2007, in both
People's Choice and Staff Picks categories. It was also nominated for Best Comedy Webby in 2008.
''Goodnight Burbank'' made
IMDb
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's Top 50 TV series to premiere in 2011.
References
External links
* {{Official website, http://www.Goodnightburbank.com
"GNB voted Best Podcasts Of Year 2006"''Goodnight Burbank on Hulu'''' Goodnight Burbank sold to TV''''Hollywood Reporter -Breaking news''
Video podcasts
American comedy web series
HDNet original programming
American comedy television series