truTV has provided the following release, including a first-look at TNA Wrestling star Ken Anderson and WWE Hall of Famer “Rowdy” Roddy Piper on a new TruTV sketch-comedy show called Friends of the People:
FRIENDS OF THE PEOPLE airs Tuesdays at 10pm on truTV.
truTV Prepares to Welcome its First-Ever Sketch-Comedy Series: Friends of the PeopletruTV’s first-ever sketch-comedy series: Friends of the People will premiere on the network on October 28th. The series stars comedians Kevin Barnett (Sleepwalk with Me, Guy Code), Jennifer Bartels (In Living Color reboot, Broken Exes), Jermaine Fowler (Comedy Underground with Dave Attell), Lil Rel Howery (In Living Color reboot, Variety‘s “10 Comics to Watch”), The Lucas Bros. (22 Jump Street, Fox’s Lucas Bros Moving Co.) and Josh Rabinowitz (I Just Want My Pants Back, Comedy Central’s Comics to Watch). Friends of the People is being produced by 3 Arts Entertainment and Marobru Productions (Chappelle’s Show, Comedy Underground with Dave Attell).Friends of the People will provide a fresh and unique take on sketch comedy from the minds of seven talented comedians.Friends of the People is being executive-produced by 3 Arts Entertainment’s Michael Rotenberg and Avi Gilbert; Marobru’s Michele Armour(Comedy Underground with Dave Attell) and showrunner/director Neil Punsalan (The Pete Holmes Show). The cast members also serve as writers and executive producers, with Josh Rabinowitz and Kevin Barnett as head writers.Friends of the People joins a growing list of impressive new series from truTV including The Carbonaro Effect, Motor City Masters as well as the upcoming Way Out West, How to Be a Grown-Up, Fake-Off, Hair Jacked, Jokers Wild! and Local News (working title).
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You can watch the segment featuring Anderson and Piper, entitled “Furniture Smackdown”, in the player below: