Carey has some sort of new improv show on GSN, featuring a lot of the old Whose Line cast.
Yeah, I watched a few episodes, but for me, it had more misses than hits.
And one second had Charlie Sheen, but against my better judgement, I kept watching. He was supposed to be adding lines to a story, instead, every time he'd simply say 'Charlie Sheen f&*^ked a hooker'.
"Whose Line Is It Anyway?'s" Colin Mochrie just made a lot of fans of the show very happy, announcing on Twitter that the improv show is coming back. You can check out his Tweet here.
The show started as a British radio program before moving to television in 1988 as a series on UK's Channel 4. Following the British run in 1998, ABC began airing an American version, hosted by Drew Carey, which lasted another eight seasons.
Talking to The Wenatchee World, Ryan Stiles revealed that he will also return to Los Angeles in April for a new season. Comedian Aisha Tyler will host this time around.
UPDATE: Here's the press release from The CW about the return of the improv show!
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The CW is going for laughs this summer by ordering a new take on the hit improvisational comedy series, WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY?, hosted by comedian Aisha Tyler ("The Talk"), it was announced today by Mark Pedowitz, President, The CW. Premiere information will be announced at a later time.
The CW's WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY? features the return of Ryan Stiles, Wayne Brady and Colin Mochrie, who along with a special guest each episode, must put their comedic skills to the test through a series of spontaneous improv games. Prompted only by random ideas supplied by the studio audience and host Aisha Tyler, our four performers must use the little information they have and their wild imaginations to depict different characters and an array of scenes, as well as perform songs. After each round of improvisation, Aisha will dole out points to our four performers and declare a winner at the end of every episode.
Based on the wildly successful U.K. format, which also spawned a previous incarnation in the US that ran for eight seasons on ABC, WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY? is executive produced by Dan Patterson, Mark Leveson, Jimmy Mulville, Ryan Stiles and Wayne Brady. Co-created by Dan Patterson and Mark Leveson, WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY? is from Angst Productions and Hat Trick Productions.
I thought both Chip Esten and Brad Sherman were great guests. I'm hoping that both of them can return.
I doubt that Charles "Chip" Esten would be available, he currently has a regular acting gig as Deacon the recovering addict/guitar player on ABC's drama "Nashville". It took us a while, before we placed what show we knew him from previously !!
Whose else is watching? Think the new show is fine;the only drawback are all the guest stars taken from other CW shows it brings on to attempt improv.Most of them just manage to be cute--some can't even do that.
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We watch this new CW incarnation of "WLIIA?" as a family, and pretty much enjoy it, although not as much as previous series. We really like the newer "Sideways Scene" game, where the performers are lying and moving around on a set on the floor, with the action displayed on-screen by an overhead camera.
Really miss "Hoedown" and "3-Headed Broadway Star" sketches, and I don't recall seeing classics like "Questions Only".
Nemo is right about most of the guest "stars" being kinda lame, but a few have actually nailed it and were hilarious. The host Aisha is okay, but she gets repetitive and should be more involved.
All in all, plenty of laughs, and some off-color humor that is usually not too naughty for a teenager/tween to watch
I really enjoyed the British show that it was based on. A bit edgier and there was a guy, Tony Slattery , who was freaking hilarious!
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Never took to the US one, I liked Clive being more of a straight man too. Maybe it got better, but I found myself disappointed the first few shows, because it didn't feel nearly as much like "anything could happen" maybe it also helped that there was a chance of seeing a young and very shy Stephen Fry and other related cameos in the original from time to time. Or maybe it's just because I'm obsessed with the UK as usual.
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