Making of Severance

Making of Severance: The fun, lively roundtable panel featuring director and producer Ben Stiller, lead actor Adam Scott, showrunner Dan Erickson, cinematographer Jessica Lee Gagne and casting director Rachel Tenner. Gold Derby editor Denton Davidson hosts this special event for 2022 Emmy contenders. 

Ben Stiller: "So grateful for the Emmy Nominations for Severance"

On July 12, 2022, Ben Stiller tweeted: 

"So grateful for the Emmy Nominations for Severance. Thank you Television Academy members!! And we are all in debt to our brilliant cinematographer Jessica Lee Gagné, who's lens the entire series was conceived through, and who's work I acknowledge here." 

Ben Stiller on Twitter, Jul 12, 2022, https://twitter.com/BenStiller/status/1546893536800415745

The Ben Stiller SHOW - complete series

For a good humor in the new year, I would like to remind you Ben's entertainment program - The Ben Stiller Show. 
 

The Ben Stiller SHOW

The Ben Stiller Show is an American sketch comedy series that aired on MTV from 1990 to 1991, and then on Fox from September 27, 1992 to January 17, 1993. After cancellation, the series won the 1993 Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing in a Variety or Music Program. 

The Fox program starred Ben Stiller, Andy Dick, Janeane Garofalo and Bob Odenkirk. Character actor John F. O'Donohue also appeared in every episode. The series features off-the-wall comedy segments which mostly parody pop culture from the mid 1980s to early 1990s. 

Some of the more popular sketches include parodies of Bono and U2, Eddie Munster, William Shatner and Rescue 911, Tom Cruise, COPS, Married with Children, Alien Nation, Melrose Place, The Heights, and Beverly Hills, 90210. Recurring sketches include “Ben’s Video Diary” and “John O’Donohue’s Cop Stories.” 

Most of the episodes feature guest stars, including Al Lewis, Melena Karakaredes, Bobcat Goldthwait, Sarah Jessica Parker, Dennis Miller, Howie Mandel, Stiller’s sister Amy, and his parents Anne Meara and Jerry Stiller. 

First Telecast: September 27, 1992 

Last Telecast: January 17, 1993 

Episodes: 13 Color Episodes (one unaired on Fox, until later on was aired on Comedy Central) 

Production: Warner Bros. Entertainment 

Distributors: FOX 

EPISODES - Title, Original air date 

1. "Pilot", September 27, 1992 

2. "With Bobcat Goldthwait", October 4, 1992 

3. "With James Doohan", October 18, 1992 

4. "On Melrose Avenue", October 25, 1992 

5. "With Colin Quinn", November 1, 1992 

6. "With Sarah Jessica Parker", November 8, 1992 

7. "With Rob Morrow", November 15, 1992 

8. "With Flea", December 6, 1992 

9. "With Garry Shandling", December 13, 1992 

10. "With Dennis Miller", December 20, 1992 

11. "At the Beach", January 3, 1993 

12. "A Few Good Scouts", January 17, 1993 

13. "ZooTV at Night", August 26, 1995 (on Comedy Central)

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Ben Stiller tells us about his short-lived run on "The Ben Stiller Show"

One interesting fact about The Ben Stiller Show

Here are some more notes from the Fox censor on The Ben Stiller Show. pic.twitter.com/SV5IOKjk

— Judd Apatow (@JuddApatow) October 9, 2012

71st Emmy Awards - Governors Ball

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - SEPTEMBER 22: (L-R) Christine Taylor, Eugene Levy, Deborah Divine and Ben Stiller attend the Governors Ball during the 71st Emmy Awards at L.A. Live Event Deck on September 22, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images).

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71st Emmy Awards - Show

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - SEPTEMBER 22: Tony Shalhoub accepts the Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series award for "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" from Bob Newhart and Ben Stiller onstage during the 71st Emmy Awards at Microsoft Theater on September 22, 2019 in Los Angeles, California.

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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - SEPTEMBER 22: Ben Stiller and Bob Newhart speak onstage during the 71st Emmy Awards at Microsoft Theater on September 22, 2019 in Los Angeles, California.

Bob Newhart lets Ben Stiller know that he's very much still alive. 

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Showtime Emmy Eve Nominees Celebrations - Arrivals

WEST HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA - SEPTEMBER 21: Ben Stiller attends the Showtime Emmy eve nominees celebrations at San Vincente Bungalows on September 21, 2019 in West Hollywood, California.

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Ben Stiller: 45th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards - september 19, 1993

45th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards: Ben Stiller. 

The 45th Primetime Emmy Awards were held on Sunday, September 19, 1993. The ceremony was broadcast on ABC and was hosted by Angela Lansbury. MTV received its first major nomination at this ceremony for The Ben Stiller Show. 

Location	Pasadena Civic Auditorium, Pasadena, California
Presented by	Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
Hosted by	Angela Lansbury

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