Canadians now have another streaming platform of their own to pitch their stand-up comedy specials. CraveTV‘s first original comedy special, Darcy Michael Goes To Church, premieres Friday. It’s the first of three stand-up projects coming to CraveTV in partnership with Just For Laughs, filmed last September during the JFL42 festival in Toronto. The others star Debra […]
Continue ReadingBack in December, Ricky Gervais announced that he had a new standup special in the works at Netflix called Humanity, and today the streaming network released the trailer. The special was taped at the Apollo Hammersmith in London last year and features his takes on “aging, becoming spoiled, his perspective on having kids and more.” […]
Continue ReadingNetflix just dropped the first full trailer for the fourth movie from Adam Sandler’s original four-movie deal with Netflix. Titled The Week Of, the movie was co-written and directed by Robert Smigel and stars Sandler as a “middle class father determined to pay for his daughter’s wedding despite the prodding of the wealthier father of […]
Continue ReadingGad Elmaleh’s second Netflix standup special debuts next month, and the streaming network recently released a trailer. Titled Gad Elmaleh: American Dream, the special was taped at The Town Hall in New York and covers Elmaleh’s “experiences moving from Paris to New York, struggling to flirt with women in New York clubs, and how he […]
Continue ReadingMarlon Wayans heads to Netflix later this month with a new standup special. Titled Marlon Wayans: Woke-ish, the special was ordered by the streaming network in September and was filmed at MGM National Harbor’s The Theater in Washington DC. In addition to the standup special, Marlon has a busy year ahead of him – his NBC […]
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 ReadingLast month, Netflix ordered 13 episodes of a new talk show hosted by Joel McHale, and now the series, titled The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale, has its first trailer. The show will “take a sharp, absurdist look at pop culture as well as news around the world” and feature “celebrity guests, comedy sketches […]
Continue ReadingThe fourth movie from Adam Sandler’s original four-movie deal with Netflix now has a teaser trailer and release date. Originally announced last year, The Week Of stars Sandler alongside Chris Rock and follows “the week of preparation for a wedding in which Sandler’s character’s daughter marries Rock’s character’s son.” Sandler co-wrote the film with Robert […]
Continue ReadingIn addition to the eighth and final season of Portlandia currently airing on IFC, Fred Armisen has another comedy project coming out next month. Netflix just released the trailer of Armisen’s new special called Standup for Drummers, in which Armisen “explores a variety of topics including his inability to truly understand jazz, the subtle differences […]
Continue ReadingTom Segura returns to Netflix next week with his second standup special for the streaming network. Titled Disgraceful, the special was filmed at the Paramount Theatre in Denver and follows his last special, Mostly Stories, which debuted back in January 2016. Check out the trailer above, and catch the rest when Disgraceful premieres on Netflix […]
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