Three Strikes was a situation comedy

Situation comedy

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 pilot

Television pilot

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 from Jon Stewart

Jon Stewart

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's production company for Comedy Central

Comedy Central

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A character-based comedy set in the world of minor league baseball

Minor league baseball

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, it was written by Alex Gregory and Peter Huyck, whose credits include King of the Hill

King of the Hill

King of the Hill is an American animated dramedy series created by Mike Judge and Greg Daniels, that ran from January 12, 1997, to May 6, 2010, on Fox network. It centers on the Hills, a working-class Methodist family in the fictional small town of Arlen, Texas...

, Frasier

Frasier

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, The Larry Sanders Show

The Larry Sanders Show

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and Late Show With David Letterman.

Three Strikes is believed to be the first comedy pilot under Comedy Central's first-look deal with Stewart's Bus Boy Prods."

The cast for the filmed pilot includes: Hamilton Von Watts, Frank John Hughes

Frank John Hughes

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, Adrian Martinez, Reno Wilson

Reno Wilson

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, Phil Hendrie

Phil Hendrie

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, Toby Huss

Toby Huss

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, Nathanial Moon and Ken Jeong

Ken Jeong

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When the show wasn't picked up, the creators put an episode on YouTube

YouTube

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 hoping it could find an audience there.

External links

• Three Strikes at IMDB
• article announcing casting decisions from The Hollywood Reporter
  The Hollywood Reporter
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