TORONTO – The Second City and Toronto-based Insight Productions are teaming up to develop original content.
The two plan to create comedic programming for international audiences via traditional broadcast, over-the-top and digital platforms.
The content will include sketch comedy, stand-up specials, and scripted and unscripted series.
A statement says the programming will be “created by comedy’s brightest up-and-coming talent, as well as some of laughter’s most beloved names.”
The partnership is effective immediately.
The Second City and Insight Productions previously partnered on an upcoming Netflix original comedy special directed by Martin Scorsese exploring the legacy of the series “SCTV.”
Second City CEO and executive producer Andrew Alexander notes Second City writers and performers “constantly test and tweak new material in front of a living, breathing audience.”
“The work goes straight from the writers’ room to the stage, so we have a veritable comedy lab at our fingertips,” Alexander said in a statement.
