Editing Ben Stiller (section)

===''The Ben Stiller Show''===
{{Main|The Ben Stiller Show}}
Producers at MTV were so impressed with ''Back to Brooklyn'' that they offered Stiller a 13-episode show in the experimental "vid-com" format.<ref name="BSBio">{{cite web|last=Wills|first=Dominic|title=Ben Stiller – Biography|publisher=[[Tiscali]]|url=http://www.talktalk.co.uk/entertainment/film/biography/artist/ben-stiller/biography/7|access-date=January 9, 2010}}</ref> Titled ''The Ben Stiller Show'', this 1990 series mixed comedy sketches with music videos and parodied various television shows, music stars, and films. It starred Stiller, along with main writer Jeff Khan and Harry O'Reilly, with his parents and sister making occasional appearances.<ref name="BSBio" />

Although the show was canceled after its first season, it led to another show titled ''[[The Ben Stiller Show]]'', on the [[Fox Network]] in 1992. The series aired 12 episodes on Fox, with a 13th unaired episode broadcast by [[Comedy Central]] in a later revival.<ref name="CC13th">{{cite news|last=Bianculli|first=David|title='Stiller' Gonna Make Sat. Night Livelier|work=[[Daily News (New York)|Daily News]]|location=New York|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/entertainment/stiller-gonna-sat-night-livelier-article-1.710267|date=August 24, 1995|access-date=August 10, 2013}}</ref> Among the principal writers on ''The Ben Stiller Show'' were Stiller and [[Judd Apatow]], with the show featuring the ensemble cast of Stiller, [[Janeane Garofalo]], [[Andy Dick]], and [[Bob Odenkirk]].<ref name="EWTBSSCast">{{cite magazine|last=Kushner|first=David|title=Jokers Mild|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|url=https://ew.com/article/1999/03/26/ben-stiller-show-and-seinfeld-reunite/|date=March 26, 1999|access-date=January 11, 2010|archive-date=June 18, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090618160124/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,274884,00.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Both [[Denise Richards]] and [[Jeanne Tripplehorn]] appeared as extras in various episodes. Throughout its short run, ''The Ben Stiller Show'' frequently appeared at the bottom of the ratings, even as it garnered critical acclaim and eventually won an [[Primetime Emmy Award|Emmy Award]] for "[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program|Outstanding Writing in a Variety or Music Program]]" posthumously.<ref name="CC13th" /><ref name="EWEmmy">{{cite magazine |first=Josh|last=Wolk|url=https://ew.com/article/2003/12/05/ben-still-talks-ew-about-his-new-dvd/|title=Stiller Standing|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=December 5, 2003|access-date=March 29, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090425165600/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,552650,00.html|archive-date=April 25, 2009|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="AboutPolar">{{cite news|last1=Read|first1=Kimberly|last2=Purse|first2=Marsia|date=August 4, 2007|publisher=About.com|title=Ben Stiller – Actor/Comedian|url=http://bipolar.about.com/cs/celebs/a/benstiller.htm|access-date=March 29, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090214155217/http://bipolar.about.com/cs/celebs/a/benstiller.htm|archive-date=February 14, 2009|url-status=live}}</ref>