Friday, May 20, 2016

TV NEWS MAY 20

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Film and television star Jake Lacy (Better with You) has joined the ensemble cast of the new Showtimee one-hour comedy series I'm Dying Up Here in a series regular role. Lacy will play a stand-up comic who gained some notoriety a few years back by blowing off The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson on the night he was scheduled to appear. His issues with substance abuse and family tragedy inform his comedy as he tries to re-acclimate into the early '70s L.A. comedy scene. Though not everyone is quick to welcome him back, nor is he interested in conforming to their idea of what comedy is. Lacy was recently seen opposite Oscar(R) nominee Rooney Mara in the Best Picture nominee Carol, the critically-acclaimed Todd Haynes film starring Cate Blanchett. His additional film credits include How To Be Single, Obvious Child, Intramural and Love, The Coopers. His upcoming films include Their Finest Hour and a Half and John Madden's Miss Sloane. He is best known to television audiences for his role as Fran on Girls, as Casey in sitcom Better With You, as well as his role as Pete on The Office, for which he was nominated for a 2013 Screen Actors Guild Award for best Ensemble in a Comedy.

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