A couple of years ago Sky became a haven for creative comedy minds, commissioning a ton of inventive and highly praised comedy programmes. Most of them went under the radar as far as the general public is concerned, not only because it was on Sky, but also due to their decision to show most of it on secondary channels like Sky Arts and Sky Living, where even less people would watch. Nevertheless, the programmes themselves were mostly rather good.
Now it seems to me that Sky no longer has the appetite for comedy. Sure, they keep on recommissioning exceedingly broad and barely funny Trollied, and Moone Boy (which I didn't enjoy at first, but it won me over) also got a third series. Consistently good Psychobitches also deserves a mention (unless they choose not to stick with it after series 2).
But on the other hand, Sky pulled the plug on both Mr. Sloane and Trying Again, and the wording of the statement regarding the former seemingly suggests a potential change of course. Spy is also over. Nothing came out of the Love Matters series of pilots. Common Ground, which looked to me like another series of pilots in disguise, wasn't developed into anything either. And, last but not least, I don't remember anything else of note being announced in the last few months.
Is Sky's "comedy high" officially over? It'd be a darn shame if it is.
