{"id":655533,"date":"2026-10-24T07:00:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-24T07:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/655533\/"},"modified":"2026-10-24T07:00:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-24T07:00:09","slug":"a-weekly-world-news-tv-show-from-robert-ben-garant-is-coming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/655533\/","title":{"rendered":"A Weekly World News TV Show From Robert Ben Garant Is Coming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/39e3a1f861ff97fada1c71c9515fa6e9a4-wwn-ben-garant.rsquare.w330.jpg\" class=\"lede-image\" data-content-img=\"\" width=\"330\" height=\"330\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>\n                  Photo-Illustration: Photos: Getty Images, WWN via YouTube; Illustration: Vulture\n              <\/p>\n<p class=\"clay-paragraph\" data-editable=\"text\" data-uri=\"www.vulture.com\/_components\/clay-paragraph\/instances\/cmvlolor2003m01hi7weifnnl@published\" data-word-count=\"58\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vulture.com\/2013\/10\/reno-911-scenes-thomas-lennon-ben-garant.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Robert Ben Garant<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vulture.com\/article\/theater-review-bat-boy-city-center.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bat Boy<\/a>: the link-up you didn\u2019t know you needed. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2026\/10\/weekly-world-news-comedy-series-independent-private-finance-1237171751\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Deadline<\/a>, the former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vulture.com\/article\/the-state-live-tour-reunion.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">State<\/a> and Reno 911! member is developing a new improvised comedy show focusing on tabloid mainstay the Weekly World News. Garant will serve as co-showrunner with his wife and frequent collaborator Cathy Shim (Paws of Fury, Oishi High School Battle). <\/p>\n<p class=\"clay-paragraph\" data-editable=\"text\" data-uri=\"www.vulture.com\/_components\/clay-paragraph\/instances\/cmvlovu8h001c3b7ij4e8k8as@published\" data-word-count=\"65\">\u201cI grew up with Weekly World News. It\u2019s made me laugh for a long time. Our take is that every story in the Weekly World News is true. If it made the paper, it happened.\u201d Garant said. \u201cSo our reporters are busting their ass to report these incredible stories, but they all have chips on their shoulders because everyone thinks their paper is a joke.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"clay-paragraph\" data-editable=\"text\" data-uri=\"www.vulture.com\/_components\/clay-paragraph\/instances\/cmvlovxut001j3b7i1j6qjt0d@published\" data-word-count=\"63\">The series was commissioned by Weekly World News Studios, which raised $2.5 million to make it. It will film in Simi Valley, California, just outside of Los Angeles. The show will be shot in the same \u201cimprovised mockumentary\u201d style as Reno 911!, making it the second <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vulture.com\/article\/the-paper-needs-a-thesis-season-two-review.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">sequel series about the print media crisis<\/a> in recent years. Coincidence, or conspiracy? 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