Grace and Frankie isn’t going anywhere. According to The Wrap, Netflix has handed out a season 5 renewal to the Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin-starring comedy, which debuted its fourth season last month. Season 5 is expected to premiere sometime in 2019, and at least one guest star has been confirmed: RuPaul playing Benjamin Le Day, […]
Continue ReadingMaster of None writer and The Chi creator Lena Waithe has a comedy project in the works at TBS. Deadline reports that the network has given a pilot order to a single-cam comedy by Waithe called Twenties. The show centers on “the adventures of a queer black girl, Hattie, and her two straight best friends, Marie […]
Continue ReadingFor most people, walking the circuitous path of mourning the loss of a parent is challenging. Kelly Carlin has been on a particularly powerful journey over the past almost ten years since the passing of her father George Carlin in June of 2008. She attended the Mark Twain Prize ceremony in Washington DC later that year, where […]
Continue ReadingAs is the tradition, Netflix is celebrating Valentine’s Day today by releasing the trailer for the new season of Love. The Judd Apatow, Lesley Arfin, and Paul Rust-created comedy was renewed last year, and the upcoming batch of episodes will serve as the show’s final season. “I am really excited about the third season of Love,” […]
Continue ReadingHere’s a clip from week’s episode of This Is Not Happening, titled “Famous,” where Tom Green looks back on his time as a contestant alongside Andrew Dice Clay, Scott Hamilton, Dennis Rodman, Joan Rivers, and more on season 2 of The Celebrity Apprentice. It’s an experience that now allows Green to say things like “I […]
Continue ReadingThe fourth season of Netflix’s Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt now has a premiere date. The show, which was renewed back in July 2017, will return in two installments for season 4, with part 1 debuting Wednesday, May 30th with six new episodes. Part 2 will debut sometime later this year. 🛑STOP🛑… in the naaaame of Season […]
Continue ReadingWhen Chris Rock abruptly announced yesterday that Tamborine — his first of two intensely anticipated Netflix specials — would be premiering in less than 24 hours, comedy fans let out a collective “Finally!” Not only was Rock’s record-breaking deal with the streaming goliath announced all the way back in 2016, but he spent the majority […]
Continue ReadingiO West, the Los Angeles branch of Chicago’s iO Theater (formerly ImprovOlympic) founded by Del Close and Charna Halpern, is closing its doors for good next week. In an email sent to performers today, iO West Managing Director Zach Huddleston announced that the theater, which has been in operation for over two decades, is shutting down, […]
Continue ReadingI met Doug Kenney, the subject of Netflix’s new biopic A Futile and Stupid Gesture, when I interviewed him for a New York radio station right before the launch of the National Lampoon. I would love to be able to provide some examples from the interview of the spiraling flights of wit Doug was known for (“Doug […]
Continue ReadingComedy Central’s Clusterfest returns to San Francisco this year, and today the lineup for the 3-day event was announced. Headliners for the festival include Jon Stewart, Amy Schumer, Trevor Noah, and The Lonely Island, and the lineup includes a ton of comedians, podcasts, musicians, and other special events, including: Tiffany Haddish, Jim Jefferies, Third Eye […]
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