HBO just revealed the premiere date for season 4 of Silicon Valley, which was renewed almost a year ago alongside Veep. The new season will debut on Sunday, April 23rd at 10:00pm. Also premiering on HBO over the coming months is season 6 of Girls (February 12th), Pete Holmes’s show Crashing (February 19th), season 6 […]
Continue ReadingNow that we’re deep in the bizarre nightmare hellscape that is Trump America, Brett Gelman and Cyrus Ghahremani (AKA King Cyrus King) have made it easy to escape to another kind of nightmare hellscape when we need a little relief. Starting today, Gelman’s former podcast Gelmania — which originally debuted on Earwolf in 2011 and […]
Continue ReadingRae Sanni is a comedian and writer from Brooklyn, NY who has been bringing her unique perspective on everything from pop culture to race and gender relations to audiences all over. Sanni has worked on Comedy Central and Lifetime, and she has been published in New York Magazine, The Decider, and Buzzfeed. This week, Sanni […]
Continue ReadingBack in December, The Tonight Show hired four new writers to its staff, and if you were curious what kind of comedy they might bring to the show, look no further than this clip from last night written by Colin Elzie and Sage Boggs and starring the wonderful Jo Firestone as Trump’s new and terrifyingly […]
Continue ReadingHere’s a clip from last night’s Late Show, where Stephen Colbert heads to the confessional for a new round of “Midnight Confessions” to come clean about some of his recent sins. Sins like: “I’m a man in his 50s who eats like a man in his 20s who doesn’t plan to make it to his […]
Continue ReadingHere’s a clip from last night’s Late Night, where Seth Meyers takes “A Closer Look” at how Donald Trump has been abusing his presidential power in a growing list of ways, from his tweets about Nordstrom’s decision to pull his daughter’s fashion line to last night’s court ruling on the Muslim ban to attacking the […]
Continue ReadingMTV just canceled two of its shows, including Nicole Byer’s new comedy Loosely Exactly Nicole. According to Deadline, Byer’s show — which premiered last year and wrapped up its run in October — will not move forward with a second season at the network due to low ratings. Read our interview with Byer about the […]
Continue ReadingSeeso just announced a pile of new and returning series and specials. In addition to premiere dates for new seasons of Big Jay Oakerson’s What’s Your F@%king Deal, Bajillion Dollar Propertie$, and Hidden America with Jonah Ray, the streaming network also also announced two new standup specials from Doug Stanhope and Brent Weinbach. Check out […]
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 ReadingA Del Close biopic that’s been in development for several years is moving forward with SNL alum Mike Myers. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Myers has signed on to star in a biopic of the legendary Chicago improv coach written by Nick Torokvei called Del, and Betty Thomas (Private Parts) is attached to direct. The […]
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