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On IFC's new comedy game show "Bunk," premiering June 8, host Kurt Braunohler will welcome a rotating lineup of comics to join him for 10 half-hour episodes of a surreal combination of "Double Dare" and "Family Feud" style games with "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" gags. But he won't wear shoes.The traditional television host is always perfectly coiffed and expertly appointed, Braunohler says, so he opted to go barefoot as a constant joke. "To have just one thing like that be so horribly off really makes me laugh," he says. "I like that a lot."Of course, a lot of things are a little "off" about "Bunk," the idea for which began when Braunohler was writing with Ethan T. Berlin for an MTV game show. They had grown frustrated because they felt their funniest ideas never had a chance to make it to air, so Berlin and "Bunk" co-creator Eric Bryant.

Tune in alert for the premiere clip from the first episode of IFC's all new comedy game show Bunk in which host Kurt Braunohler tasks comedian competitors Ben Garant (Reno 911!), Kumail Nanjiani (Franklin & Bash), and Ethan T. Berlin (Executive Producer of Bunk) to create new road signs. Bunk, hosted by the always barefooted Kurt Braunohler, is an exciting new breed of "comedy game show" in which a trio of comedians compete in a series of bizarre challenges to win outlandish and surreal prizes. Beware of giant celebrity eating hawks! Bunk premieres this Friday, June 8 at 10:30pm. Fans can still catch a sneak peek of the fourth episode featuring comedian contestants Eugene Mirman (Bobs Burgers),...

Cable channel IFC officially announced its upcoming comedy programming Tuesday.

The shows in the lineup, slated to debut at various points throughout the next year, is anchored by a third season of "Portlandia," as well as a new show created by and starring Marc Maron and a batch of other new shows largely centered around up-and-coming comedians.

Scott Aukerman and Reggie Watts, the host and "one-man bandleader" respectively of the upcoming talk/variety show "Comedy Bang! Bang!," hosted the first-ever IFC upfront Tuesday night, which the network nicknamed "Upfront-landia." In addition to "Bang! Bang!," the network previewed the comedy game show "Bunk" and announced a Marc Maron comedy, a new installment of R. Kelly's urban operetta "Trapped in the Closet," a second season of the reality show "Whisker Wars," and an adult, animated program entitled "Out There."

The news of Maron's show, which is currently using the working title...

Cable channel IFC officially announced its upcoming comedy programming Tuesday.

The shows in the lineup, slated to debut at various points throughout the next year, is anchored by a third season of "Portlandia," as well as a new show created by and starring Marc Maron and a batch of other new shows largely centered around up-and-coming comedians.

Scott Aukerman and Reggie Watts, the host and "one-man bandleader" respectively of the upcoming talk/variety show "Comedy Bang! Bang!," hosted the first-ever IFC upfront Tuesday night, which the network nicknamed "Upfront-landia." In addition to "Bang! Bang!," the network previewed the comedy game show "Bunk" and announced a Marc Maron comedy, a new installment of R. Kelly's urban operetta "Trapped in the Closet," a second season of the reality show "Whisker Wars," and an adult, animated program entitled "Out There."

The news of Maron's show, which is currently using the working title...

The Ifp’s popular conference for writers and writer/directors, Script to Screen, returns to the 92nd St. Y Tribeca on Saturday, March 17 with a program that promises to mix practical advice with freewheeling programs intended to generate creative sparks.

The day’s program features a keynote presentation by Bennett Miller, the Oscar-nominated director of Moneyball and Capote, and a Screenwriter’s Roundtable featuring up-and-coming auteurs Ry Russo-Young (Nobody Walks), Leslye Headland (Bachelorette), Madeline Olnek (Codependent Lesbian Space Alien Seeks Same) and Liza Johnson (Return).

As a promising change of pace from traditional panels, Script to Screen also features a pair of interactive events. Opening day will be a creative writing game led by comedians Ethan T. Berlin and Eric Bryant, the creators of IFC’s new comedy game show Bunk. Later, novelist and Bored to Death creator Jonathan Ames will stage a version of the Surrealist “Exquisite Corpse” game.

IFC has picked up two new scripted comedy series, Comedy Bang! Bang! and Bunk (working title). Both have received orders for 10 episodes to premiere back-to-back in June as a one-hour original comedy block. “With popular shows like Portlandia and Todd Margaret currently on our air and now the addition of Comedy Bang! Bang! and Bunk, IFC is quickly becoming known as a destination for top comedic talent,” said IFC’s Svp oroginal programming Debbie DeMontreux. Comedy Bang! Bang! is a sketch variety show featuring celebrity guests, comedy sketches, and animation. The series is hosted by Scott Aukerman (Between Two Ferns With Zach Galifianakis) and based upon his podcast of the same name. Music will be provided by the show’s resident one-man bandleader Reggie Watts. Comedy Bang! Bang! is produced for IFC by Abso Lutely Prods; Aukerman, Dave Kneebone and Leo Allen serve as executive producers. Bunk, which came out...

IFC unveiled a slew of original series slate for the 2011/2012 season. The line-up includes a second season renewal of the network.s popular news show, Onion News Network, which received strong viewer response and critical acclaim throughout season one, currently airing. IFC has green lit four new original series: Commercial Kings from Reveille Young, Broke & Beautiful produced by 44 Pictures Whisker Wars produced by Thom Beers. Original Productions Bullet in the Face, created and written by Alan Spencer. IFC also announced two original series currently in development: an untitled variety show hosted by Comedy Death-Ray.s Scott Aukerman and Pointless created by Ethan Berlin and Eric Bryant, which came to IFC through the...

At a press event in New York today, IFC announced that it has renewed freshman news show Onion News Network for a second season. Additionally, IFC has greenlit four new original docu series: Commercial Kings from Reveille; Young, Broke & Beautiful, produced by 44 Pictures; Whisker Wars, produced by Thom Beers’ Original Prods. (hint: it involves men's facial hair, not cats as the title might suggest); and Bullet in the Face, created and written by Alan Spencer. IFC also announced two original series currently in development: an untitled variety show hosted by Comedy Death-Ray’s Scott Aukerman, and Pointless, created by Ethan Berlin and Eric Bryant, which came to IFC through the New York Television Festival. In addition to Onion, IFC recently renewed two other freshman comedy series, The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret and Portlandia. Here are detailed descriptions of IFC's new series and projects in development: Commercial Kings (10 half-hour eps,...