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Comic comeback: Billy Crystal to return to TV in 2015

Posted: 20 Mar 2014 09:25 PM PDT

The American actor will topline The Comedians, a 13-episode series set to air on FX next season.

In this comedy inspired by the Swedish format Ulveson & Herngren, Billy Crystal will play a veteran comic forced to team up with a young newcomer on a late-night TV show. The up-and-coming comic will be played by Josh Gad, who was recently seen in Jobs and The Internship.

Crystal contributed to the screenplays for the series alongside Community writer Ben Wexler. The pilot episode was directed by Larry Charles, the former Seinfeld writer who has helmed several episodes of Curb Your Enthusiasm, in addition to the Sacha Baron Cohen vehicles Borat, Brüno and The Dictator. Convinced by this test run, FX has placed an order for the first season, consisting of 13 episodes.

The Comedians will give Crystal his first regular TV role since he played Jodie Dallas on ABC's soap opera parody Soap in the early 1980s. – AFP Relaxnews

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Ahad, 23 Mac 2014