Record-tying sixteen-time World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion and comedy role model John Cena made headlines this weekend when he took a moment at WrestleMania 33 to propose to his longtime partner, Nikki Bella. Beneath Bella’s ultimate storybook ending – her WrestleMania Moment – though, lies a set of Hall of Fame-worthy performances by the couple’s opponents at […]
Continue ReadingDaily Show correspondent Jordan Klepper is getting his own show. According to The New York Times, Comedy Central has confirmed that it’s ordered a nightly late night series hosted by Klepper, which will air at 11:30pm from Monday through Thursday and debut sometime in the fall. The show — which is currently untitled — was […]
Continue ReadingMatt Thompson has been one of the driving forces behind FX’s Archer from the very beginning. Working alongside series creator Adam Reed, Thompson has served as executive producer since the animated, acclaimed project began in 2009, and he’s still with the show in that capacity this season as it moves to sister station FXX. Thompson […]
Continue ReadingHere’s a clip from last night’s Daily Show, where correspondent Roy Wood Jr. explains Black Twitter for the uninitiated (“Think of Black Twitter as Harlem: black folks made it cool, and now white people are trying to move in”) and learns about its impact and significance by chatting with Elon James White and Jamilah Lemieux, […]
Continue ReadingHere’s a clip from last night’s Late Night, where Seth Meyers takes “A Closer Look” at the news that former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn offered to testify about Trump’s Russia ties in exchange for immunity, how Flynn — and Trump’s — feelings on immunity have conveniently changed now, and the ways Trump is lashing […]
Continue ReadingKamau Bell’s CNN show United Shades of America just got a season 2 premiere date. According to Variety, CNN confirmed that the show, which was renewed back in September, will debut its second season on Sunday, April 30th at 10:00pm. Here’s some of what you can expect from the new season, from Variety’s report: In […]
Continue ReadingDear Potential Donor: Unfortunately, your application to donate sperm to the New York City Cryobank has been reviewed and rejected. While we cannot disclose the specific reason your sperm was not accepted, we can provide recurring issues that have kept us from accepting donors in the past. In some cases, the cause of rejection is […]
Continue ReadingComedy Central announced earlier today that it’s ordered a weekly late night series created by and starring Anthony Atamanuik called The President Show, and the network just confirmed the show’s full writing staff with us. Considering Atamanuik is the world’s best Donald Trump impersonator, odds are already great that the show will be excellent, and […]
Continue ReadingLast year, Aubrey Plaza and Elizabeth Olsen signed on to star in a dark comedy together called Ingrid Goes West, and today the first trailer was released. Plaza plays the title character, a “mentally disturbed woman so obsessed with a social media star (Elizabeth Olsen) that she relocates west to stalk her.” The film premiered […]
Continue ReadingAs I have documented endlessly in my Pod-Canon column, podcasting lends itself to intensity and fandom on both sides of the coin. Podcasters tend to attract pathologically intense fans (I can only imagine how many intense loners out there identify with Marc Maron to a deeply unhealthy degree), but they also tend to be intense […]
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