![]() Jacobson seized the opportunity her program provided-to delve into her many different interests. When Jacobson came to MICA, she was more focused on non-time-based visual art, eventually changing course, saying, “but once I started video, it sparked my interests again, and I tried to find more outlets for performance.” “I was always pretty obsessed with SNL as a kid, and in middle school and high school, I was very interested in performing,” she said. It was there where she got her foundation and fed her interests in video and television. It was such a sense of relief to know we’d get to make more-to know the network believed in the show and that people were watching and digging what we made,” she added.īut before the life-changing calls, the doting fans, and the favorable reviews, Jacobson called MICA home. ![]() “Those calls are so rare and so sort of, stop-you-in-your-tracks kind of calls. “I was walking home from the subway one night after work and got the call,” Jacobson said. To the excitement of not only fans, but also Jacobson and Glazer, the hit show has been renewed for a second season, with new episodes airing in 2015. Premiering in January 2014, the half-hour television series takes viewers along as actresses Jacobson and Glazer-as outsized versions of themselves-grapple with adulthood in New York City, with all of their hiccups, mishaps, and selfdiscovery in tow. It gained a cult following, with the finale featuring famed actress, writer, and producer Amy Poehler, an executive producer of the current television version. The no-holds-barred comedy is derived from Jacobson and Glazer’s web series of the same name, airing from 2009 to 2011. The show, nominated for the Critics’ Choice Television Awards “Best Comedy Series,” is the vision of newcomers Abbi Jacobson ’06 (general fine arts) and Ilana Glazer, series creators and stars. Who knew Broad City, a Comedy Central television series, would be such a hit? The fans did, and they were right. ![]()
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