Earlier this year it was announced that Don Rickles teamed up with AARP for a new series called Dinner with Don, and while Rickles passed away just a couple weeks after the announcement, the series had already been completed by then, making it the final project of his career. Thankfully, today AARP dropped all the episodes […]
Continue ReadingWriter’s note: While it seems inevitable that Ali Pfefferman (Gaby Hoffmann) will soon begin identifying as nonbinary (as creator Jill Soloway does), in this interview Hoffmann uses she/her pronouns to refer to Ali, which this review does as well. Should the character Ali begin using any other pronouns, this writer will of course respect them. […]
Continue ReadingThe Good Place and Brooklyn Nine-Nine creator Mike Schur has two new shows in the works. According to Deadline, NBC is developing two shows executive produced by Schur. The first is an untitled half-hour musical comedy written by Good Place co-executive producers Josh Siegal and Dylan Morgan, set in New York City, and co-executive produced by Hamilton’s Jeffrey […]
Continue ReadingLast night Comedy Central aired Nathan Fielder’s Nathan for You: A Celebration special, and in case you missed it, the network released the whole thing online for free today. From P.I. Brian Wolfe to Sue the Ghost Realtor to Summit Ice, the special is packed with some very fun updates about past Nathan for You […]
Continue ReadingI met Jenny Zigrino at New Orleans’ Civic Theater the day before her Comedy Central Stand-Up Presents (her half hour premieres tonight at 12:30) taping. We were sitting on a couch in the green room having a casual chat when her phone rang. “Do you mind if I take this?” she asked. I said, “Go […]
Continue ReadingAmy Sedaris heads to truTV next month with her very own show At Home with Amy Sedaris, and today the network released a full trailer. Ordered to series earlier this year, the show is co-created by Sedaris and Paul Dinello and will be what looks like a delightful showcase of the Strangers with Candy star’s […]
Continue ReadingErnie Kovacs was a genius. There’s no way around that. Carson, Letterman, and Conan have all cited him as an influence, and there have been hundreds of tributes, articles, PBS clips shows, and even two, very well done DVD retrospectives of his work from Shout! Factory. Well, Shout! is about to add a third volume […]
Continue ReadingAhead of the premiere of Jordan Klepper’s new late night show next week, Comedy Central welcomed a group of reporters this morning to check out the Opposition set, ask Klepper some questions, and meet his team of “Citizen Journalists.” While The Opposition will take on a similar format to The Daily Show in terms of […]
Continue ReadingMatt Grote (@feMANism) is a human apology. He once did an impression of Michael Cera that was so spot-on that he spent half an hour holding the door for everyone at The Strand. He is a standup comedian and writer/actor with the sketch group CHUMBLE, co-host of These Are Not My Words, co-creator of webcomic […]
Continue ReadingHere’s a clip from last night’s Late Night, where Seth Meyers takes “A Closer Look” at Republicans’ latest attempt to repeal Obamacare with the Graham-Cassidy bill from Senators Bill Cassidy and Lindsey Graham, which is even worse than their last one. And if that weren’t bad enough, many Republican senators can’t even answer basic questions from […]
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