According to Deadline, if Greg Davies (Man Down, The Inbetweeners) were in charge of television, new comedy series  would be given a two-season order.  Not only is he a comedian but, he’s also made appearances in many TV series. In the televison series The Cleaner, he starred in thirteen episodes playing a character named Paul ‘Wicky’ Wickstead, who is a state-certified cleaning technician in charge of cleaning crime scenes. 

At a closing session of the Berlinale Series Market, the comedian and writer, who also stars in the BBC sitcom The Cleaner and fronts the hit series Taskmaster in the UK, was asked what he would change about the industry. According to Deadline, he would like to see new comedies given more time to find their footing, noting that beloved series like Seinfeld required multiple seasons to establish themselves.

During the panel discussion about the global TV comedy scene, he stated: “I think that people should commission things for at least two seasons.”

Deadline claims that while Davies’ remarks had his usual sense of humor, his point about giving comedy time to develop really resonated. He received an unexpected round of applause from the audience for his call for double-season orders for comedy.

Davies stated: “The amount of classic comedies that only found themselves in season two [is significant], If you go to America, and you look at Seinfeld, one of the greatest sitcoms of all time, it wasn’t until season four that people realized how great that was. That is what I would change: It should be a mandatory two seasons.”

In the interview, which Deadline‘s Jesse Whittock moderated, Davies revealed that he is currently writing the scripts for The Cleaner‘s third season.

The UK comedy The Studio Hamburg, according to Deadline, centers on a crime scene cleaner who converses with a single character in every episode, evoking memories of radio chamber plays from the past. Among the many guest stars who have appeared on it are Alex Lawther (The End Of The F***ing World, Black Mirror), Helena Bonham Carter (Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Les Misérables), and Asim Chaudry (People Just Do Nothing, Black Mirror: Bandersnatch). Although he has since modified his strategy, Davies stated that he originally wrote episodes of The Cleaner with a specific guest star in mind.

The comedian discusses his writing process: “I would write thinking of a certain star and then if they said ‘No,’ or if they were too busy would be horribly disappointed, less and less we’re thinking of specific people now. We’re just writing the character and hoping someone good comes to it afterwards.”

Additionally, Davies expressed his desire to see comedy on TV go beyond the newest trend and make room for fresh concepts. He says: “Often you’ll see a certain type of comedy being favored and I think there’s room for all types of comedy and all genres of comedy, Allowing original creators to bring forward an original idea is the way forward.”