{"id":12431,"date":"2020-08-20T15:56:04","date_gmt":"2020-08-20T20:56:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=12431"},"modified":"2020-08-20T15:56:04","modified_gmt":"2020-08-20T20:56:04","slug":"showtimer-picks-up-astronaut-comedy-series-moonbase-8-starring-fred-armisen-tim-heidecker-and-john-c-reilly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2020\/08\/20\/showtimer-picks-up-astronaut-comedy-series-moonbase-8-starring-fred-armisen-tim-heidecker-and-john-c-reilly\/","title":{"rendered":"Showtime(R) Picks Up Astronaut Comedy Series “Moonbase 8” Starring Fred Armisen, Tim Heidecker and John C. Reilly"},"content":{"rendered":"
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(L-R): John C. Reilly as Cap, Tim Heidecker as Rook and Fred Armisen as Skip in MOONBASE 8 \u201cRats\u201d. Photo Credit: Merie Wallace\/SHOWTIME.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

SHOWTIME has picked up MOONBASE 8, a new half-hour comedy series from A24 set to debut this fall. Starring Emmy(R) nominee Fred Armisen (Portlandia<\/em>), Tim Heidecker (Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!) and Golden Globe(R) and Academy Award(R) nominee John C. Reilly (Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story<\/em>), the six-episode series is a workplace comedy that follows three subpar astronauts living at NASA’s Moon Base Simulator with high hopes of being chosen to travel to the moon. Created, written and executive produced by Armisen, Heidecker, Reilly and Emmy nominee Jonathan Krisel (Baskets), who also serves as series director, MOONBASE 8 is produced by A24 and Abso Lutely Productions. The announcement was made today by Jana Winograde, President of Entertainment, Showtime Networks Inc.<\/p>\n

“In a year when we have all been forced to come to terms with life in close quarters, we are happy to have landed this offbeat take on life in captivity with dreams of escaping to something grander,” said Winograde. “While the show was produced before the pandemic, its subject matter is timely – and thanks to Fred, Tim, John and Jonathan, its humor is timeless.”<\/p>