Silicon Valley just earned a season 5 renewal at HBO today, but one of the series’ main stars will not be returning for the next batch of episodes. According to The Hollywood Reporter, T.J. Miller (who plays Erlich Bachman) will not be returning next season, which HBO confirmed today with the below statement: The producers […]
Continue ReadingThe comedy podcast universe is ever expanding, not unlike the universe universe. We’re here to make it a bit smaller, a bit more manageable. There are a lot of great shows and each has a lot of great episodes, so we want to highlight the exceptional, the noteworthy. Each week our crack team of podcast […]
Continue ReadingTwo of HBO’s hit comedies are sticking around for another season. The network announced today that it’s handed out renewals to Silicon Valley and Veep, which will keep the series on the air for a fifth and seventh season, respectively. Both shows premiered their current seasons last month, and their new seasons will debut sometime […]
Continue ReadingIs Vioobu a real streaming platform created by, directed by, edited by, showrun by, and starring Clip Cup’s Craig Healy, or a rouse by some very talented, very committed comedians? Only you can decide. YOU. Because I’m not blowing it. Though we (or, you) may never know the hard truth about this masterpiece, one thing’s for sure: […]
Continue ReadingDaily Show alum Ed Helms is returning to Comedy Central for a new special. According to Deadline, the network has added a special produced by and starring Helms called The Fake News with Ted Nelms, which will feature “absurd, made-up news that closely resembles real news, delivered by an absurd, made-up guy who closely resembles […]
Continue ReadingLate night TV can be a stressful experience these days due to all the terrible news coming out of the Trump administration, but thanks to Stephen Colbert, there’s now a place you can go that’s somehow both a soothing respite from all the chaos and a perfect summary of it. Similar to his “Fire and […]
Continue ReadingWe are officially 42 seasons deep into Saturday Night Live, and last weekend’s season finale, which featured Dwayne Johnson, Katy Perry, and a ton of other guest stars, couldn’t help but feel like a bit of a microcosm of the season as a whole. It was epic, it was star-studded, and at times, it was delightfully entertaining. […]
Continue ReadingEarlier this week, Kumail Nanjiani headed to his alma mater, Grinnell College in Iowa, to deliver the 2017 commencement address, and like Will Ferrell and Maria Bamford’s recent college appearances, the speech is well worth the watch. Nanjiani tells the graduates what it was like moving from Pakistan to Iowa and how attending Grinnell ultimately […]
Continue ReadingHere’s a clip from last night’s Late Night, where Seth Meyers takes “A Closer Look” at the rising evidence that Trump tried to obstruct justice in the Russia investigation as well as Trump’s full proposed budget: “The cruelty of this budget is gonna make you sick,” Meyers warns before summing up the cuts to social […]
Continue ReadingComedy Central’s new series from James Davis, Hood Adjacent, premieres next month, and today the network released the first promo. Originally put into development last year, the series follows the former Late Late Show writer as he “shares his perspective on the world he grew up in and the world he grew up next to” […]
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