History-defying NBC greenlights Maya Rudolph’s variety show
Refusing to learn the lessons divined from the still-steaming entrails of Neil Patrick Harris’ Best Time Ever, NBC has given a green light to Maya And Marty In Manhattan, the long-threatened variety show from Maya Rudolph and Martin Short. The series—which comes after the two worked together for a musical revue on the SNL 40 anniversary show, plus Rudolph’s own 2014 variety special—will feature sketch comedy, musical acts, and the continued underlying assumption that if a bunch of celebrities look like they’re having fun, fun will somehow magically be had.