Bridget Everett is headed to HBO. It’s been announced that the comedian will star in her own show for HBO… MORE
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Comedian and singer Bridget Everett will star in an HBO series inspired by her upbringing in Kansas. HBO today announced it had ordered Somebody Somewhere to series, with Everett starring and executive producing. Jay Duplass directed the pilot last yea…
Continue ReadingHBO has renewed the Emmy and Golden Globe-winning comedy series Curb Your Enthusiasm, starring Larry David, for an eleventh season. “This past season tapped into the zeitgeist in such an uncomfortably delightful way,” said Amy Gravitt, Executive Vice P…
Continue ReadingHBO has found success in the past year with having stand-up comedians go back home with a documentary camera crew in tow to fill in and flesh out the details of jokes and allow the audience to embrace the comedian even more. Gary Gulman. Whitmer Thomas…
Continue ReadingFor his HBO debut, Whitmer Thomas delivers an interesting special that combines musical comedy, documentary footage and tragedy, as he goes back to the Florida panhandle where it meets Alabama to perform at the same bar where his late mother used to ru…
Continue ReadingAs I wrote in Decider when Dan Soder’s HBO special debuted: Born in 1983, Soder lands right in the middle of Venn diagram between Generation X and Millennials, which places him in the sweetest spot for both cynicism and self-confidence. It also m…
Continue ReadingI love that Lil Rel chose to shoot his HBO comedy special in a school gymnasium in the Crenshaw neighborhood of Los Angeles, as the sun set through the open windows. He spends the bulk of his set talking about how his relative fame has impacted his rel…
Continue ReadingDaniel Sloss has made a name for himself throughout his 20s for making audiences uncomfortable, while always letting us know he’s actually a good guy in whatever story he tells. No matter how offensive it may get. For his HBO debut in 2019, Sloss…
Continue ReadingGary Gulman is one of my favorite comedians working today. As I wrote in Decider to herald his HBO special last fall: His comedy always has impressed other comedians because of its specificity. The words he chooses and the way he enunciates them remind…
Continue ReadingThis is the news we’ve all been waiting for. A few months ago, right after Curb Your Enthusiasm wrapped season… MORE
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