Last year, Netflix ordered a new comedy starring Drew Barrymore and Timothy Olyphant called Santa Clarita Diet, and thanks to the full trailer released today, we finally know what, exactly, Barrymore’s character’s new diet consists of: human flesh. Barrymore and Olyphant play “married couple Joel and Sheila, realtors leading a vaguely discontented lives in the […]
Continue ReadingIf you didn’t get a chance to see Neal Brennan’s live solo show 3 Mics last year, thanks to Netflix there’s now a way to find out what you missed out on. In the special, the Chappelle’s Show co-creator performs onstage alongside three different mics — one for one-liners, one for traditional standup, and one for […]
Continue ReadingMore Drunk History is in the works at Comedy Central. The network has given a 14-episode season renewal to Derek Waters’s show, which will debut sometime this year. Season 4 wrapped up its run back in September. “So excited and grateful to do a fifth season,” Waters said on the news. “Oh what a ride […]
Continue ReadingSaturday Night Live’s 2017 debut was, well, very 2017: lacking a strong lead and generally underwhelming, but with a few shining moments. (Kind of like how so far, this year is already pretty grim, but at least Raekwon just announced a new album. Or am I stretching a comparison here?) Felicity Jones, heroine of the […]
Continue ReadingAmy Sedaris is headed to truTV. The network recently ordered 10 episodes of an untitled half-hour scripted comedy series from Sedaris, which will start production sometime this summer. Here’s more info on the show from truTV’s press release: In the Untitled Amy Sedaris Project, Sedaris will apply her sincere yet distinctive brand of silliness to […]
Continue ReadingFred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein’s IFC series Portlandia has one more season up its sleeve. The network announced on Friday that it’s renewed Portlandia for an eighth and final season. The show originally premiered on IFC back in 2011, and the seventh season is currently airing on Thursday nights. Here’s what IFC exec Jennifer Caserta […]
Continue ReadingT.J. Miller’s The Gorburger Show has gone from web series to HBO pilot to, now, Comedy Central’s newest show. According to The Wrap, the network revealed at TCA today that it’s given the show an eight-episode series order. Here’s the logline: After invading a Japanese television variety show and enslaving its staff, a big blue […]
Continue ReadingLong story short: I spent a lot of time this fall babysitting for two small boys on the Upper East Side, ages one-and-a-half and three, both named after Lord of the Rings characters by a father who had a lot of Jimmy Buffett books on his shelf and may go see the Jimmy Buffett musical […]
Continue ReadingDan Harmon isn’t the only comedian highlighting important historical figures for History. The network has ordered a special from Kevin Hart and Comedy Dynamics called Kevin Hart Presents: The Black Man’s Guide to History. Here’s more on the special from the press release: The show begins as Hart finds his daughter upset after watching the […]
Continue ReadingPete Holmes and Judd Apatow’s new HBO show Crashing debuts next month, and today the network released the full trailer. Holmes stars in the show as “a standup comic who discovers that his wife is unfaithful, leading him to reevaluate his life amidst the New York City comedy scene,” and Lauren Lapkus, Sarah Silverman, Artie […]
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