EXCLUSIVE: Ben Schwartz ‘s Funny or Die comedy The Earliest Show is being remade into a TV series.

Parks and Recreation star Schwartz is writing, directing and starring in the half-hour comedy series, with Lauren Lapkus ( Orange is the New Black ), who reprises her role from the original online video show.

Amplify Pictures has commissioned a full season of scripts, as the production house continues with its strategy of independently financing TV series. Last month, we revealed its first scripted show created through the model, a comedy crime thriller series titled Sleep King that’s being made with the Duplass Brothers.

The show is a comedic look behind the scenes at the U.S.’s earliest live morning show, which starts at 3am sharp, focusing on the on- and off-camera an

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