Amy Poehler loses one show and gains another. Duncanville has been picked up for 13 episodes by Fox. The series is an animated TV comedy about a 15-year-old boy, Duncan, and his friends and family. The show is the second big announcement for the actress this week as Broad City, which was executive produced by Poehler, will end after its fifth and final season. The Saturday Night Live alum will lend her
Continue ReadingLooks like Chris Rock is getting back behind the camera—with Kevin Hart in front of it. Deadline reports Rock is in negotiations to direct the Ride Along star in Co-Parenting, a comedy from producer Will Packer and Universal Pictures. Co-Parenting is about a stay-at-home dad—presumably played by Hart—who raises the kids while his CEO wife serves as the family’s moneymaker. As described by Deadline, the main character “finds himself in
Continue ReadingMindy Kaling wrote a dope role for a dope queen. Jessica Williams will star in Four Weddings and a Funeral, an upcoming Hulu limited series based on the 1994 film starring Andie MacDowell and Hugh Grant. This will be the former Daily Show correspondent’s return to streaming since her Netflix original movie The Incredible Jessica James came out last year. She joins the Harry Potter universe in November starring as
Continue ReadingApu Nahasapeemapetilon may be being quietly written off The Simpsons, according to Indiewire. The controversial character was introduced on the eighth episode of the animated behemoth back in 1990. Voice actor Hank Azaria has voiced Apu—as well as a slew of other characters—for almost three decades, for which he has won four Emmys. However, the character has drawn public criticism, especially in recent years, for being a Southeast Asian stereotype. Producer
Continue ReadingNetflix just made a boo boo. American Vandal will not return for a third season, the leading streaming service announced on Friday. “We’re very grateful to the creators, writers, cast and crew for bringing their innovative comedy to Netflix,” according to a statement that called the show’s high brow jokes on low brow subjects “unique and unconventional humor.” Well, people are mad. American Vandal was a mockumentary true crime series
Continue ReadingHasan Minhaj gets the Queer Eye treatment for his new political Netflix series Patriot Act. In a video released by the streaming giant, Minhaj and Queer Eye star Tan France pick out an outfit for the Homecoming King comedian. The video is called But First and hopefully won’t be the only time we see a new Netflix star get a makeover. The two joke and bond over the course of
Continue ReadingBill Burr and his dysfunctional cartoon F is for Family will return to Netflix for a third season next month, the streaming service announced Thursday. Earlier this month, Netflix confirmed that the series had added Vince Vaughn as a guest star for the new season. Burr has recruited an impressive voice cast for his show based on his 1970s Irish-American upbringing. The Breaking Bad star voices flawed patriarch Frank Murphy,
Continue ReadingIlana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson are running all over Broad City in the trailer for its fifth and final season. The hit Comedy Central series returns one last time on January 24, 2019. Broad City, created by Glazer and Jacobson, has been critically acclaimed since its debut in 2014, boasting a 99% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Its rabid fan base of young women have been overjoyed to see a hysterically
Continue ReadingNearly a decade after retiring his beloved Michael Scott character from NBC’s The Office, Steve Carell is returning to television. The Golden Globe winner is back, this time courtesy of Apple. He’ll star opposite Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon in a currently untitled drama that gives a behind-the-scenes look at the competitive landscape of morning television. Carell joins the series inspired by CNN anchor Brian Stelter’s book Top of the
Continue ReadingThe Marvelous Mrs. Maisel will debut its second season on Amazon Prime sooner than you can say, “What’s the deal with airplane food?” The new season of the 8-time Emmy Award-winning show will be available to stream on Amazon’s Prime service on December 5. Amazon announced the date with a banner on their site. The show follows fictional stand-up comedian, Midge Maisel (played by Rachel Brosnahan), as she tries to
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