New FX Comedy Series Will Take Place In Aspen and Feature SNL Alums
Ski resorts have long been the setting for cheesy Hallmark Christmas movies, trashy reality shows, and the occasional Hollywood flick, but a half-hour comedy series on FX? This will be a first.
Saturday Night Live (SNL) alum Beck Bennett is set to star in the unnamed ski-resort-focused show and will play a “disgraced Olympic skier who is forced to save his family’s failing Aspen resort,” according to an exclusive report from Deadline.
Former SNL head writer Anna Drezen is tapped to be the showrunner, and former SNL digital shorts director Paul Briganti will direct the show if it’s ultimately greenlit by FX.
FX declined Deadline’s request for comment, and additional information about the show is scarce at this time, but we’re excited about the concept.
Aspen is ripe for comedic ribbing and funny upper-class vs. lower-class interactions (ever seen Dumb & Dumber?), and with Bennett, one of the funniest SNL cast members in recent memory, on board, the show has a lot of potential.
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Another comedy series centered on skiing and snowboarding culture is reportedly in the works at HBO.
Called ‘Lifties’, the series is led by comedian Jimmy Tatro. He explained the premise of the show on the Pardon My Take podcast back in July 2026:
“I have a show in development,” Tatro told the hosts of the Pardon My Take podcast on the Wednesday, July 22, 2026 episode. “It’s a comedy about four best friends that live on a snowboard mountain that gets bought by an Ikon Pass type of a company, and their mountain is about to start getting, like, gentrified.”
“It’s just like a half-hour comedy that we sold to HBO, and we’re just waiting on a final word,” Tatro tells the hosts.
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Is ski culture having a mainstream moment? It’s a bit too early to tell, as both shows are still in development, but it certainly seems Hollywood is interested.
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