Iconic Comedy Series On Paramount+ Still Needs Long-Awaited Spinoff Movie
These days, it seems as though the era of the straightforward situation comedy has gone the way of the dodo bird, with the rise of streaming and binge viewing giving way to a new era of intense dramas. Still, the sitcoms of yesteryear have found new life on streaming as comfort shows, allowing audiences to indulge in extra long seasons, low-commitment viewing, and a few guilt free laughs. One of the last true sitcoms of the cable era, Workaholics, is currently streaming on Paramount+ for those interested in laughing until you cry and getting exceptionally weird.
From YouTube Trouping To Comedy Central
Workaholics was originally created and developed for television by Blake Anderson, Adam DeVine, Anders Holm, and Kyle Newacheck after a Comedy Central executive discovered the troupe’s sketch comedy videos on YouTube. Anderson, DeVine, and Holm were primarily responsible for writing each episode, and also serve as the series’ leads, with Kyle Newacheck serving as the director of most episodes. The cast of Workaholics is rounded out by a number of comedic greats, including Maribeth Monroe, Erik Griffin, and 22 Jump Street‘s Jillian Bell.
Top-Tier Slacker Comedy
The episodic structure of Workaholics often centers around the trio of main characters as they slack or otherwise blow off their responsibilities at a telemarketing agency called TelAmeriCorp. The series is kind of a coming-of-age story, if you replaced preteens discovering their young adulthood with stoned slacker college students failing to grow up after graduating. Over the course of 7 seasons, Blake, Anders, and Adam engage in a number of harebrained schemes, including throwing massive parties in their shared California home, binge-drinking, and playing over-the-top pranks on each other and their coworkers.
Talks Of A Movie Were Scrapped By Paramount
Critics and audiences alike quickly gravitated to the quirky series, with many considering Workaholics to be a sort of Pokemon evolution of the Cartoon Network animated series Ed, Edd, n Eddy. By the time the show reached its conclusion in 2017, it had amassed a cult-like following of viewers clamoring for more of the Workaholics crew. A feature film finale was said to be in the works for several years, and was even confirmed to be in pre-production back in 2021, though reps from Paramount+ inexplicably scrapped the project in 2023.
Other Projects From The Workaholics Gang
Despite it having been over 7 years since Workaholics went off the air, fans around the globe would still surely be head-over-heels for the long-awaited Workaholics movie, though it seems as though the project will never happen. The main Workaholics gang have even discussed the possibility of purchasing the rights to the series’ IP from Paramount to self-fund a venture of their own, though they have each admitted that such a deal would be highly unlikely.
Even if we never see the Workaholics iterations of Anders, Blake, and Adam ever again, the trio have continued to work together, alongside Kyle Newacheck, on several projects, under their production banner Mail Order Comedy. One such project includes the 2018 Netflix original comedy Game Over Man, which essentially takes the Workaholics gang and places them in a thinly-veiled Die Hard parody.
Streaming Workaholics On Paramount+
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For those interested in checking out Workaholics for the first time, or those simply in need of a rewatch, the hit series is currently streaming in its entirety on Paramount+. If you do drop in to binge the hilarious show, be sure to voice your opinion about a possible Workaholics movie, as Paramount execs clearly aren’t seeing the vision.
