All-conquering Conchords

US network giant NBC (home to Seinfeld and Friends) has signed Kiwi comics Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement, better known as Flight of the Conchords. Casting executive Marc Hirschfeld was won over by the duo’s recent show in Montreal, which he described as “hilarious songs accompanied by hilarious stage banter.” Although music will play a major role in the upcoming series, Hirschfeld insists “it will be all based in character comedy, [as] that’s what we love about them.”