Last year, HBO ordered a half-hour late night docu-series produced by John Oliver starring Wyatt Cenac, and now the show has a premiere date. Cenac announced on Twitter today that the series, titled Wyatt Cenac’s Problem Areas, is slated to premiere Friday, April 13th at 11:30pm: Maybe not the best move to announce another man […]
Continue ReadingA growing list of companies have cut ties with the NRA since the mass shooting in Parkland, Florida, but during last night’s Last Week Tonight, John Oliver focused on one aspect of the NRA that tech companies like Amazon, Apple, and Roku are still supporting: its free streaming network NRATV. Oliver delves into NRATV’s programming, […]
Continue ReadingThis clip from last night’s Last Week Tonight includes two great things: First up is an update on coal CEO Bob Murray’s defamation suit against the HBO show, which was recently dismissed by a judge after months of public and hilarious updates. Oliver said he’s been advised not to say much about the case for […]
Continue ReadingJohn Oliver has beat back a defamation lawsuit filed against him and his HBO show, Last Week Tonight, by Murray Energy Corporation coal magnate Robert Murray. The judge in the case in West Virginia’s second judicial circuit, Jeffrey Cramer, wrote: “I find the arguments set forth in the Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss for Failure to State […]
Continue ReadingTurning a podcast into a TV special, let alone a four-part series, doesn’t make sense for most podcasts. But 2 Dope Queens isn’t any podcast. The hit WNYC podcast from Phoebe Robinson and Jessica Williams is part two-woman comedy duo, part improv, part chat show, part stand-up storytelling showcase. It already is a variety series, […]
Continue ReadingTwo of HBO’s comedies are returning with new seasons. According to Variety, the network has handed out season renewals to Katja Blichfeld and Ben Sinclair’s High Maintenance as well as Pete Holmes’s Crashing, which will see the comedies returning for third seasons. Both shows premiered their second seasons last month. High Maintenance currently airs Friday nights […]
Continue ReadingBill Hader heads to HBO next month with his very own show, Barry, and the network recently dropped a new trailer. Ordered to series back in 2016, the show stars Hader alongside Stephen Root, Sarah Goldberg, Glenn Fleshler, Anthony Carrigan, and Henry Winkler. Hader plays “a low-rent hitman in the Midwest” who “begrudgingly travels to […]
Continue ReadingComedian, television writer, actress, and New York Times best-selling author are enviable titles to have associated with your name by the young age of 33. Phoebe Robinson, ever the consummate multi-hyphenate, has not only achieved all of those aforementioned high-water marks, but she’s currently adding one more honorific to her professional index: Podcast Royalty. Robinson […]
Continue ReadingHBO is set to air a two-part, four-hour documentary about the life Garry Shandling. Judd Apatow is overseeing the project… MORE
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Today, HBO released the first trailer for Judd Apatow’s two-part, four-hour Garry Shandling documentary, titled The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling. Set to air next month, the documentary features over 40 of Shandling’s family members and friends, including James L. Brooks, Sarah Silverman, Jim Carrey, Conan O’Brien, Jerry Seinfeld, and more, plus “four decades’ worth […]
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