Comedy Central’s “Comics to Watch” showcases, which had featured up-and-coming stand-ups in recent years at the New York Comedy Festival, is now rebranded as “Up Next” and will debut at Comedy Central’s own festival next weekend in San Francisco. These eight comedians selected to perform at Colossal Clusterfest also will be featured in a 90-minute […]
Continue ReadingIn an era where literally anything that’s posted online can be called “fact” without any proof to back it up,… MORE
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Daily Show alum Ed Helms is returning to Comedy Central for a new special. According to Deadline, the network has added a special produced by and starring Helms called The Fake News with Ted Nelms, which will feature “absurd, made-up news that closely resembles real news, delivered by an absurd, made-up guy who closely resembles […]
Continue ReadingComedy Central’s new series from James Davis, Hood Adjacent, premieres next month, and today the network released the first promo. Originally put into development last year, the series follows the former Late Late Show writer as he “shares his perspective on the world he grew up in and the world he grew up next to” […]
Continue ReadingGood news, fake Trump fans: Anthony Atamanuik’s brilliant political satire, The President Show, just got a seven-episode extension from Comedy Central.… MORE
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Seven more weeks! Seven more weeks! Comedy Central has extended the inaugural season of The President Show for an additional seven episodes, Comedy Central President Kent Alterman announced today. The late-night satire of President Trump, starring Anthony Atamanuik, airs late-night Thursdays after The Daily Show. “Whether we’re witnessing the end of democracy, or merely the […]
Continue ReadingAnthony Atamanuik’s The President Show is sticking around at Comedy Central. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the network has extended the late night show by ordering an additional seven half-hour episodes, which will keep it on the air through Labor Day. Comedy Central originally ordered eight episodes back in April, and the show currently airs […]
Continue ReadingAri Shaffir’s storytelling show This Is Not Happening will be back on Comedy Central this fall, and we’ve got a… MORE
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Here’s a clip from last night’s President Show, where Anthony Atamanuik and James Adomian reunite as Trump vs. Bernie for a round of “Counterpoint/Excuse Me!” where they cover issues like the Michael Flynn investigation, the James Comey memo, and Trump leaking classified info to the Russians. “I’m the president, and if I said it, it’s […]
Continue ReadingComedy Central has unveiled its summer premiere schedule, and it’s packed with premieres, specials (including one from the network’s first-ever Colossal… MORE
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