Exclusive: USA Developing Late-Night Talk Show From Will Ferrell's Company

###less###p(((great)))###less###a href="http://www.tvguide.com/News/Exclusive-USA-Developing-Late-Night-Morning-Talk-Show-Will-Ferrell-1059185.aspx?rss=breakingnews&partnerid=gatehouse&profileid=breaking"(((great)))###less###img align="left" border="0" src="http://static.tvguide.com/MediaBin/Content/130114/News/3_wed/thumbs/usa-logo1_300x206.jpg" width="300" height="206" alt="USA Network | Photo Credits: USA Network" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /(((great)))###less###/a(((great)))###less###p(((great)))The late-night arena may be getting even more crowded. ###less###em(((great)))TV Guide Magazine###less###/em(((great))) has learned that ###less###a href="http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/will-ferrell/179038?rss=breakingnews&partnerid=gatehouse&profileid=breaking"(((great)))Will Ferrell###less###/a(((great)))'s production company is quietly developing a talk show that would serve as USA Network's entry into the genre.###less###/br(((great)))###less###/br(((great)))USA and Gary Sanchez Prods., run by Ferrell and ###less###a href="http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/adam-mckay/184153?rss=breakingnews&partnerid=gatehouse&profileid=breaking"(((great)))Adam McKay###less###/a(((great))), have come up with an idea unique to the time period: A morning show in late night. The untitled project would be modeled after the likes of ###less###em(((great)))###less###a href="http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/live-with-kelly-and-michael/194957?rss=breakingnews&partnerid=gatehouse&profileid=breaking"(((great)))Live With Kelly and Michael###less###/a(((great)))###less###/em(((great))) and the fourth hour of ###less###em(((great)))###less###a href="http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/today/100548?rss=breakingnews&partnerid=gatehouse&profileid=breaking"(((great)))Today###less###/a(((great))) ###less###/em(((great)))hosted by Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb. But here's the catch: It would air live at 12:01am ET, making it truly the first "morning show" of the day.###less###/br(((great)))###less###/br(((great)))Make no mistake, this is a real show that operates in some respects like a traditional talk show (with guests, host banter, and pre-tape packages), even as it looks like nothing else in the midnight hour. "They're dead serious," one insider says. "It will have coffee cups, the whole thing."###less###/br(((great)))###less###/br(((great)))Producers hope to hire a male-female hosting team in the coming months. A wide variety of individuals with both hosting and comedic backgrounds have been considered.###less###/br(((great)))###less###/br(((great)))###less###a href="http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/rob-cohen/188102?rss=breakingnews&partnerid=gatehouse&profileid=breaking"(((great)))Rob Cohen###less###/a(((great))) (###less###em(((great)))The Big Bang Theory###less###/em(((great)))) and Gary Sanchez's ###less###a href="http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/owen-burke/279078?rss=breakingnews&partnerid=gatehouse&profileid=breaking"(((great)))Owen Burke###less###/a(((great))) (###less###em(((great)))NTSF: SD: SUV###less###/em(((great)))) created the show and are executive producing. These are producers with strong comedic backgrounds, "so they want it to be a comedy-type program but not a parody," the insider says.###less###/br(((great)))###less###/br(((great)))Cohen's credits include ###less###em(((great)))The Ben Stiller Show, Mad TV ###less###/em(((great)))and###less###em(((great))) The Life and Times of Tim. ###less###/em(((great)))He has also written for the Academy Awards and the MTV Movie Awards and penned the seminal 1991 "Flaming Moe's" episode of ###less###em(((great)))The Simpsons.###less###/em(((great))) Cohen and Burke worked together on HBO's ###less###em(((great)))###less###a href="http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/funny-or-die-presents/303122?rss=breakingnews&partnerid=gatehouse&profileid=breaking"(((great)))Funny or Die Presents###less###/a(((great))), ###less###/em(((great)))among other things.###less###/br(((great)))###less###/br(((great)))There's no rush to premiere, as USA earns solid ratings at midnight with repeats of shows like ###less###em(((great)))CSI, NCIS###less###/em(((great))) and ###less###em(((great)))Law & Order: SVU. ###less###/em(((great)))But the network has been eager to expand its scope beyond its successful original drama brand, and is already getting into the first-run comedy business (pilots include ###less###em(((great)))Sirens###less###/em(((great))) from Denis Leary) and greatly expanding its original unscripted output (such as April's ###less###em(((great)))###less###a href="http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/the-moment/405982?rss=breakingnews&partnerid=gatehouse&profileid=breaking"(((great)))The Moment###less###/a(((great))), ###less###/em(((great)))in which contestants get a second chance to meet their career goals).###less###/br(((great)))###less###/br(((great)))If the talk show succeeds, it can serve as a showcase to promote the channel's series and stars. Bravo's ###less###em(((great)))###less###a href="http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/watch-what-happens-live/297962?rss=breakingnews&partnerid=gatehouse&profileid=breaking"(((great)))Watch What Happens Live###less###/a(((great)))###less###/em(((great))) has become a staple for that network, while ###less###em(((great)))The Daily Show With Jon Stewart ###less###/em(((great)))and ###less###em(((great)))The Colbert Report###less###/em(((great))) help define Comedy Central's entire brand. Other cable networks that have jumped into the late-night talk arena include TBS (###less###em(((great)))Conan###less###/em(((great)))), E! (###less###em(((great)))Chelsea Lately ###less###/em(((great)))and ###less###em(((great)))Love You, Mean It with Whitney Cummings###less###/em(((great)))), FX (###less###em(((great)))BrandX with Russell Brand###less###/em(((great))) and ###less###em(((great)))Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell###less###/em(((great)))), MTV (the upcoming ###less###em(((great)))Nikki and Sara Live###less###/em(((great))), launching January 29) and BET (###less###em(((great)))Don't Sleep! Hosted by T.J. Holmes###less###/em(((great)))).###less###/br(((great)))###less###/br(((great)))Even syndicated late-night talk is back, as Arsenio Hall re-enters the arena this fall. All of this comes as the broadcast talk show wars heat up, now that ###less###em(((great)))Jimmy Kimmel Live!###less###/em(((great))) is facing off with incumbents ###less###em(((great)))The Tonight Show With Jay Leno###less###/em(((great))) and ###less###em(((great)))Late Show With David Letterman###less###/em(((great))) at 11:35/10:35c each night.###less###/br(((great)))###less###/br(((great)))###less###a href="http://www.tvguide.com/news/mtv-launch-show-1048844.aspx?rss=breakingnews&partnerid=gatehouse&profileid=breaking"(((great)))Exclusive: MTV to Launch New Late Night Franchise ###less###em(((great)))The Nikki and Sara Show###less###/em(((great)))###less###/a(((great)))###less###/br(((great)))###less###/br(((great)))"In television, every network wants to make more original programming," says ###less###em(((great)))Watch What Happens Live###less###/em(((great))) executive producer ###less###a href="http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/michael-davies/194275?rss=breakingnews&partnerid=gatehouse&profileid=breaking"(((great)))Michael Davies###less###/a(((great))), who also produces Kathy Griffin's Bravo talk show ###less###em(((great)))Kathy, ###less###/em(((great)))VH1's ###less###em(((great)))Jenny McCarthy Show###less###/em(((great))) and AMC's ###less###em(((great)))Talking Dead###less###/em(((great))). "Cable is making these expensive dramas, so you've got to have shows that balance it. Reality television has gotten more expensive."###less###/br(((great)))###less###/br(((great)))"So our play with ###less###em(((great)))Watch What Happens Live###less###/em(((great))) and Bravo was, we were going to go in and make a show in which the economics are so in its favor that you've got to give it a chance," Davies continues. "Networks need these shows that are lower cost. [But] it's going to get crowded. There are only so many guests that people want to see on TV talk shows and only so many people with the talent to do it."###less###/br(((great)))###less###/br(((great)))Beyond talk, Adult Swim has become a force in late night with its off-color live-action and animated series. Given the sheer amount of original programming choices at bedtime, insomniacs never had it so good.###less###/br(((great)))###less###/br(((great)))###less###a href="https://w1.buysub.com/loc/TVM/articleURL"(((great)))Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine now!###less###/a(((great)))###less###/p(((great)))###less###/br(((great)))

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