Well, you got it! What with the Oscars, Golden Globes, Emmys, Grammys, and VMAs, it constantly feels as if there’s some big reception right around the corner. Despite their constant presence, comedians have always felt that their craft is shunned at most Hollywood ceremonies, especially the Oscars and Golden Globes. Thus, George Schlatter founded the American Comedy Awards in 1987. The event inexplicably shut down in 2001, but now it’s coming back.
ABC carried the majority of ACA broadcasts in the 1980s and ’90s, while Comedy Central aired the final edition in 2001.
Having just signed the deal, cabler doesn’t have many specifics on what the show will look like in terms of length, format or location, but president Michele Ganeless told Daily Variety that it will “likely feel like a Comedy Central event and not very formal. It will be fun, irreverent and appropriate for the brand.”
What is known is that the categories to be honored will include film, television, performance and digital shorts.
Ganeless said the cabler is restarting the ACA because it feels the genre is underserved by other kudos.
TV Land and Spike TV will both air the American Comedy Awards sometime in late 2010.
