'Breaking' News: Local TV Can Make Good Comedy

摘要

Are local broadcasters as adept at doing comedy and drama as they are at producing news? Some high-profile Hollywood producers are banking on the answer being yes. The news battles between WABG and WXVT in the tiny market of Greenville, Miss., are the subject of a new reality series on truTV called Breaking Greenville. Local news has been the star of both reality and comedy in the past, with middling results. "One of the appealing things was that it had not been done well on television," says Adam Paul, executive producer of Breaking Greenville. "There's an incredible gold mine of stories here." The eight-episode series is set to premiere Jan. 29 on truTV. It's produced by Electus, which was founded by Ben Silverman, who had previous success with a workplace program with offbeat laughs called The Office.