Vision TGIF

Vision TGIF was a Friday night comedy show that aired on Vision from 2005 to 2011 during the summer period. The show included sketches, musical performances, and stand up comedy.

Studio
For the first two seasons, Typewriter Productions rented out a small sound stage in New York City. Starting with the third season, production moved to Los Angeles and was filmed at soundstages in CBS Studio Center. For the final season, production moved back to the New York City area and was held in a medium sized soundstage a few miles from Typewriter Production's HQ.

Creating an episode
Each work week starts on Monday with the producers, head writers, head sketch writer, and the guest host. This usually happens at around 1pm on Monday and can last up to 6pm. On Tuesday, the casts gets invited to a meeting with the head writers, producers, and guest host and they plan out sketches including the host. On Wednesday, a read through is done, usually about 20 sketches are read. On Thursday, the monologue and the stand up routine are written by the guest comedian, while the rest of the crew and cast decide on which sketches to include. On Friday at 4pm, a dress rehearsal is done. Afterwards, the "live" version is taped at 7pm and editing takes about 55 minutes before the episode airs at 10pm Eastern Time on Friday night.

On Saturday and Sunday, a collection of dress rehearsal sketches that didn't make it on air are released on YouTube (this started in 2008).

Format
The show opens with a short stand up portion by a local comedian, leading into a sketch. After the sketch, a monologue is done by the guest host. Then 5-7 more sketches are done. After the last sketch, a musical performance is done. After the performance, the show would end.