Pete Holmes returns to HBO in January with the second season of his show Crashing, and today the network released the trailer. Renewed back in March, the series premieres its second season on Sunday, January 14th at 10:30pm right after the season 2 premiere of Sharon Horgan’s Divorce starring Sarah Jessica Parker at 10:00pm, and […]
Continue ReadingJudd Apatow calls it “hilarious, oddly moving.” Entertainment Weekly says it’s “remarkable, fascinating, totally unexpected.” Even Anthony Jeselnik skipped the jokes for a rare minute to say, “This film is a hilarious, humanizing, and shockingly intimate portrait of a comedian we all previously thought unknowable.” The film they’re referencing is Gilbert, a new documentary about […]
Continue ReadingSince last week’s New York Times report was published confirming the long-running rumors about Louis C.K.’s sexual misconduct, a handful of comedians have responded to the news by reflecting on their own experiences as well as what lessons the comedy world can learn from this going forward. At Vulture, Guy Branum wrote an excellent piece about comedy’s […]
Continue ReadingI’ve been keeping tabs on motherhood for about a year now; out of the corner of my eye, I can see it coming at me sometime in the next few years. It is a strange topic: too serious to bring up casually at parties, and somehow I only hear people talking about parenthood after they […]
Continue ReadingThe best episodes of live television have a nervous excitement to them. People are stoked to be there, on camera, knowing they have the power to cuss but that they’re not going to. Tiffany Haddish, who blew up this past summer from her role in Girls Trip, brought that enthusiasm. Haddish was the first black […]
Continue ReadingHere’s a clip from last night’s Last Week Tonight season finale, where John Oliver reviews Donald Trump’s first year in office and breaks down the three techniques he uses in an attempt to shield himself from criticism and consequences: delegitimizing the media, whataboutism, and trolling. “The Trump presidency is basically a marathon — it’s painful, it’s […]
Continue ReadingThe Chris Gethard Show is sticking around at truTV. The network announced today that it’s ordered ten more episodes of the Funny or Die-produced series, which will debut sometime in Spring 2018. The new episodes will extend the show’s third season – its first season on truTV — to a total of 26 episodes. Gethard […]
Continue ReadingA day after The New York Times published a report where five women came forward with sexual misconduct allegations against Louis C.K., the comedian has released a written statement in response acknowledging their allegations as true. Read the full thing below: I want to address the stories told to The New York Times by five women named Abby, […]
Continue ReadingIf you have ever found yourself at the UCB Theatre in Chelsea at 11:00pm on a Thursday night, you’ve probably witnessed a comedy wrestling match. Since 2006, Upright Citizens Brigade Wrestling, or the UCBW, has nestled these campy and over-the-top comedy wrestling matches between two competing improv sets at the theater’s long-running Cagematch show. Wrestlers […]
Continue ReadingFrench comedian Gad Elmaleh is heading to Netflix to star in his own series. According to Deadline, the streaming network has ordered a half-hour comedy series based on Elmaleh’s life called Huge in France. The eight-episode series follows Elmaleh “at an emotional crossroads” as he leaves a successful comedy career in France “and moves to […]
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