''Party Over Here'' is an American

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television series created by

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and

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, who serve as executive producers. It premiered on

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on March 12, 2016. It was the first original live-action program carried in Saturday late night by Fox after the cancellation of ''

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'' in 2010. This was also the second female-led sketch comedy show to be aired on Fox, the first was ''

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'' in 1987. On August 9, 2016, Fox cancelled the series after one season.

Cast

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* Alison Rich

Featured players

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Development and production

On December 3, 2014, it was announced that

and

created a new sketch series for Fox called ''Party Over Here'' as a part of The Lonely Island's overall development deal with the network. On February 4, 2016, Fox announced that the half-hour series would debut on Saturday, March 12, and that Scheer would serve as show runner and as one of the directors of the series. Nicole Byer, Jessica McKenna and Alison Rich were cast.

Crew

;Writers *

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- Head writer *

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*Lauren McGuire *Ryan Perez *Yamara Taylor ;Directors *Danny Jelinek *Rachel Goldenberg - Segment director *

- Segment director

Broadcast

In most markets the scheduling of the series at 11 p.m. ET/PT, 10 p.m. CT/MT means it would have, specifically by producer's preference, not have gone against ''

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'' (the other half-hour of Fox's late night timeslot will carry a repeat of ''

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''), with the members of The Lonely Island receiving the blessing of ''SNL'' creator

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to bring the show forward under that condition. However, in markets where the local Fox affiliate carries a late

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cast at 11 p.m ET./10 p.m. CT, the series was delayed to air within the first half-hour of ''SNL''.

Episodes

References

External links

* * {{The Lonely Island 2016 American television series debuts 2016 American television series endings 2010s American sketch comedy television series 2010s American late-night television series American English-language television shows Fox Broadcasting Company late-night programming The Lonely Island