BoJack Horseman returns to Netflix for its fourth season next month, and the streaming network just released the trailer. Renewed last summer, the show premieres a brand new batch of episodes on Friday, September 8th, and from the looks of the trailer, we’ll have to wait until then to find out where exactly BoJack has gone into hiding […]
Continue ReadingWelcome to our series On the Verge, where our contributors highlight comedians they feel are ready for their next big break. Whether they’re already working in television or still waiting to land their breakout gig, these are just some of the comedians we’d like to see more of over the coming years — ideally with a show, film, or […]
Continue ReadingMore Transparent is in the works at Amazon. According to Deadline, the streaming network has officially handed out a season 5 renewal to Jill Soloway’s series, which comes a month before season 4 is slated to debut on Friday, September 22nd. “We are extremely grateful to Amazon Studios for their continued trust and support and […]
Continue ReadingRussell Simmons’s Def Comedy Jam is set to celebrate its 25th anniversary with a new special on Netflix. The streaming network announced today that the special, titled Def Comedy Jam 25, will premiere sometime this fall and feature talent like Dave Chappelle, Kevin Hart, D.L. Highley, Cedric the Entertainer, JB Smoove, Tiffany Haddish, Tracy Morgan, […]
Continue ReadingHere’s a clip from last night’s Daily Show, where Trevor Noah covers Trump’s campaign rally in Phoenix, Arizona earlier this week, in which Trump inaccurately recapped his response to Charlottesville and conveniently left out that whole “on many sides” part. “You can’t leave out ‘on many sides.’ That was the whole reason people were mad. […]
Continue ReadingWill Ferrell just lined up another movie role. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Ferrell has signed on to produce and star in an adaptation of Jonas Jonasson’s bestselling 2012 novel The 100 Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared. Adam McKay is also attached as a producer, and Jason George will write […]
Continue ReadingSay what you want about magicians, but Deon Cole thinks comedy should be more like magic. “I look at comedy like magic. If I’ve got the ball in this hand and I shake my hand and it’s gone, that’s how punchlines should be. You shouldn’t be able to read that shit. It’s magic. If I […]
Continue ReadingComedy Central has a big South Park marathon planned next month that will lead up to its season 21 premiere. The network announced today that the eight-day South Park marathon will kick off Wednesday, September 6th and air 254 episodes for 127 hours, pausing along the way only for new episodes of The Daily Show with […]
Continue ReadingFox has a new single-cam comedy in the works. According to Variety, the network has given a put-pilot commitment to an untitled comedy from Billy Finnegan, and the logline for the show doesn’t give away much: “Girl meets boy, boy very much doesn’t notice. Girl meets bus, boy notices… sort of.” (If that doesn’t help, The Hollywood Reporter […]
Continue ReadingIn May it was announced that Melissa McCarthy had signed on to star in a movie called The Happytime Murders, and today another big comedy star has joined the cast. According to Deadline, McCarthy’s Bridesmaids costar Maya Rudolph has joined the cast of the film, which is set “in a world where humans and puppets […]
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