Jon Stewart and HBO scuttle animated satire project

After Jon Stewart left The Daily Show in the summer of 2015, much was made of his four-year contract with HBO he signed a few months later. Stewart would produce daily animated comedy clips, still commenting on the headlines and the news, only now in cartoons, for HBO’s digital HBO Go and HBO NOW apps, […]

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Stephen Colbert Joins the Trump Twitter Intervention on ‘The Late Show’

Here’s a clip from last night’s Late Show, where Stephen Colbert responds to the news that Trump’s aides staged a “Twitter intervention” for him last week while also addressing yesterday’s big news that The Late Show beat The Tonight Show in the ratings for the 2016-2017 season – a first for the show since 1995. […]

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Learn About the Latest Teen Drug Trends with Stephen Colbert’s “Teen Secrets Narc Desk”

Here’s a clip from last night’s Late Show, where Stephen Colbert rounds up some local news reports about the bizarre places that teens allegedly are hiding their drugs these days as well as some of the non-traditional ways they try to get high. Colbert decides to reveal some more teen drug secrets at the “Teen […]

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Upfronts Follow-Up: The realities of pilot season and the odds of making a hit sitcom (2013-2017)

The annual song and dance of broadcast network Upfronts presentations sells advertisers on the need each May to book their 30 and 60-second commercials in primetime on their TV networks come September, with appearances by each network’s big stars and news personalities to make them feel all warm and fuzzy and keep spending their money. […]

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Matt Walsh and Stephen Colbert Talk Improv, ‘Veep,’ and Video Games on ‘The Late Show’

Here’s a clip from last night’s Late Show, where Stephen Colbert chats with Matt Walsh about how Veep compares to our current reality, how they both got their start in improv, the time Walsh put his improv skills to use for a stranger’s wedding, his old day job singing telegrams with Adam McKay, and his […]

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Bobby Moynihan leaving Saturday Night Live after nine seasons

It’s official. Bobby Moynihan’s final episode as a cast member of Saturday Night Live happens this Saturday with the season finale hosted by The Rock. Moynihan appeared across Manhattan today at the CBS Upfronts to help introduce the new sitcom he’s starring in, Me, Myself & I. Me, Myself & I will premiere this fall, airing Monday […]

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CBS Cancels ‘The Odd Couple’ Reboot After Three Seasons

CBS’s Odd Couple reboot is no more. TVLine reports that the network has officially canceled the show starring Matthew Perry and Thomas Lennon after three seasons. The reboot premiered in 2015 and wrapped up its third, abbreviated season back in January. CBS also recently canceled 2 Broke Girls and freshman comedy The Great Indoors.

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CBS Cancels ‘2 Broke Girls’ and ‘The Great Indoors’

Two CBS comedies will not be returning for another season. According to Deadline, the network has canceled 2 Broke Girls after six seasons on the air as well as freshman comedy The Great Indoors starring Joel McHale, which was ordered to series last year and wrapped up its first season last week. CBS also ordered […]

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CBS Orders ‘By the Book’ Comedy Produced by Johnny Galecki

Big Bang Theory star Johnny Galecki has a new show headed to CBS. Variety reports that the network has given a series order to a multi-cam series produced by Galecki and written by Patrick Walsh (It’s Always Sunny, 2 Broke Girls) called By the Book, which is based on the bestselling 2009 book The Year of […]

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CBS Orders ‘9JKL’ and a New Comedy Starring Bobby Moynihan

It looks like season 42 of SNL could very well be the final season for longtime cast member Bobby Moynihan, because now he’s officially headed to CBS to star in a new show. Deadline reports that the network has given series orders to two new comedies, including the Moynihan-starring show Me, Myself & I, which was […]

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