Comedy Central orders new series, The New Negroes, Taskmaster, and Corporate for 2017

Comedy Central’s new development slate for 2017-2018 includes three new series orders, with a game show hosted by Reggie Watts, an adaptation of live show The New Negroes starring Baron Vaughn and Open Mike Eagle, and a new scripted series called Corporate. These new series, combined with the recent announcements for weekly late-night shows The […]

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Discovery reviving Cash Cab for new episodes, maybe without Ben Bailey behind the wheel

After several years without new episodes, Cash Cab is coming back to Discovery. Perhaps Discovery just wised up, perhaps it’s the knowledge that a version of carpool karaoke also is becoming a new game show called Karaoke Showdown on Spike (soon to be Paramount TV). Whatever the reason, the cable TV network announced the revival […]

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Sneak peek at Guy Branum’s “Talk Show the Game Show” on truTV

Guy Branum‘s Talk Show the Game Show, which showcased a live version of the upcoming truTV series over the weekend at SXSW, now has an official TV trailer and lineup of guests/contestants for the first 16-episode season on truTV, premiering April 5, 2017. Talk Show the Game Show, based on Branum’s popular live comedy show, […]

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Jamie Foxx: Oscar winner, soon game show host for FOX’s “Beat Shazam”

You’ve seen Academy Award winning actors and actresses in TV ad campaigns, perform stand-up comedy, guest host sketch shows and award shows. But until now, you’ve never seen someone go from Oscar to game show host. Jamie Foxx will host Beat Shazam this summer on FOX. Foxx, who broke through on FOX a quarter-century ago […]

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