Last year it was reported that Chevy Chase signed on to star in a movie called Federal Offense, and now the comedy has found a home. Variety reports that Sony’s streaming service Crackle has acquired exclusive rights to the movie, which centers on “three best friends who lose a drug kingpin’s stash before finding themselves […]
Continue ReadingBack is the latest show to star David Mitchell and Robert Webb, the stars of Peep Show. In many ways, Back is a reprisal of their odd couple dynamic — Mitchell plays a buttoned-up creep who relates to the world through metaphors about global tyranny; Webb plays a laid-back and beloved flirt who struggles with […]
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 ReadingHere’s a clip from last night’s Full Frontal, where Samantha Bee explores the confirmed and extremely unsurprising connection between mass shooters and domestic violence. “Mass shooters come in all male shapes and all male sizes, but most of them rehearse for it the same way,” Bee says, later showing a clip about the study that […]
Continue ReadingHere’s a clip from last night’s Late Night, where Seth Meyers welcomes writer Jenny Hagel to respond to Kevin Spacey’s recent statement responding to actor Anthony Rapp’s allegations that Spacey made sexual advances towards him when Rapp was 14 years old. “The gay community has been made up of brave, brilliant people like Alan Turing […]
Continue ReadingThe above video has been making the rounds since New York-based comedian Tyler Fischer posted it on Twitter yesterday, and whether you’re a Bill Burr fan or just appreciate a solid impersonation, the 2-minute clip is well worth the watch. Recorded during The Bell House’s 10th annual Schtick or Treat comedy show on Sunday, the clip shows […]
Continue ReadingThings aren’t looking very good for Bobby Moynihan’s first big post-SNL project. According to The Hollywood Reporter, CBS has pulled the Moynihan, John Larroquette, and Jack Dylan Grazer-starring Me, Myself & I from its Monday night lineup just six episodes into its debut 13-episode season. The show will be replaced with the second season of […]
Continue ReadingShannon Brown has cracked the code…the bathroom code, and it reads “Bathrooms are where we go to cry.” In this simple send-up of workplace mockumentaries, Brown certainly doesn’t reinvent the wheel. Instead, she hones in on a fertile premise that highlights the ever-so-thin line between workplace professionalism and the kind of complete emotional implosion that can only happen inside the quiet, […]
Continue ReadingA new study by a UCLA professor has resulted in some stunning proof that television still has a long, long way to go when it comes to diverse voices behind the camera. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the racial justice organization Color of Change has commissioned UCLA’s Darnell Hunt – who serves as dean of social […]
Continue ReadingIn nearly all of his roles, John C. McGinley seems deadly serious. From Platoon to Office Space to his most famous character, Dr. Cox on Scrubs, McGinley may need to play the no-nonsense type. The “you’re fired” type. The “don’t F with me” type. And it’s probably because of how serious he is on camera […]
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