Jimmy Kimmel is bringing his late night show back to Brooklyn this month, and today ABC revealed the guest lineup. David Letterman, Billy Joel, Tracy Morgan, Amy Schumer, and Howard Stern will all show up as guests, and Paul Shaffer will sit in with Kimmel’s house band every night. The episodes will be taped at […]
Continue ReadingLarry Wilmore and Viola Davis are teaming up to develop a new comedy series at ABC. Deadline reports that the two are producing a multi-cam comedy for ABC titled Black Don’t Crack written by Insecure co-executive producer Regina Hicks. The project follows three sorority sisters who “reunite during a pivotal point in each of their […]
Continue ReadingJordan Firstman is now competing with himself for the best short of 2017. Co-starring a pitch-perfect Craig Chester, Call Your Father shows what happens when a 24-year-old goes on a date with a 50-year-old, but it’s so much better and deeper than that logline, because Firstman is–and I don’t say this lightly–a visionary. He’s a fearless Millennial voice that […]
Continue ReadingGet ready to see Bob’s Burgers on the big screen. According to Deadline, 20th Century Fox is working on a feature film for the animated series, which is slated to hit theaters in July 2020. “We’re thrilled to be invited to bring Bob’s Burgers to the big screen,” Loren Bouchard said on the news. “We know the […]
Continue ReadingBBC comedy series Ill Behaviour is set to make its American debut next month. Showtime announced today that it’s acquired the six-part comedy thriller series, which stars Chris Geere, Lizzy Caplan, Tom Riley, and Jessica Regan and is written by Peep Show’s Sam Bain and directed by Steve Bendelack. Ill Behaviour follows “Joel (Geere) who uses any […]
Continue ReadingFelipe Esparza’s story is a twisted, modern-day fairy tale: The son of immigrant parents learns English to help his parents, joins a gang, gets addicted to drugs, has his life threatened, then meets a spiritual advisor who pushes him to get clean and follow his dream of being a comedian. These vignettes make up Felipe’s […]
Continue ReadingHere’s a clip from Natasha Leggero’s appearance on last night’s Late Night, where she tells Stephen Colbert about starring with Andrew Dice Clay in his Showtime series Dice, touring with her husband Moshe Kasher, plus being pregnant with their first (and according to Leggero, also their last) child. And what has pregnancy made Leggero crave […]
Continue ReadingHere’s a clip from last night’s Tonight Show, where Jimmy Fallon chats with Sarah Silverman about her upcoming Hulu series I Love You, America and what we can expect when it debuts next Thursday, October 12th. “I don’t know how to explain it, but it’s a half hour, it’s everything I dreamed it to be,” […]
Continue ReadingWyatt Cenac has stretched himself about as much as any comedian has over the last decade-plus. Cenac is an accomplished standup, having written, directed, and performed his Netflix special Brooklyn, which was nominated for a Grammy in 2016. As an actor, he has a starring role on TBS’s People of Earth. As a writer, he worked on King of the […]
Continue ReadingJon Stewart returns to television later this year to host the annual Night of Too Many Stars autism benefit, and today HBO released a promo for the special. Night of Too Many Stars is part of Stewart’s recent deal with HBO, which also includes his first standup special in 21 years. Night of Too Many […]
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