Comedians in the age of Trump

VICE News Tonight on HBO gathered a group of New York City comedians and let them conduct their own roundtable discussion about how much fun — or not so much fun — it is to tell jokes to audiences now that Donald Trump is in power. Watch and learn from Anthony Atamanuik, Dulce Sloan, Judy […]

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‘Last Week Tonight with John Oliver’ Returns to HBO Next Month

If you’re getting impatient waiting for your John Oliver fix, hang in there, because the wait is almost over. In a new trailer released today, HBO confirmed that Last Week Tonight with John Oliver will return with new episodes on Sunday, February 18th at 11:00pm. Back in September, HBO renewed the series for three more […]

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Episode #190: Katt Williams

You may think you know Katt Williams, but you don’t know the Katt Williams behind the headlines. You may know him from his role as Money Mike on Friday After Next, or from Wild ‘N Out, or from his four HBO specials: The Pimp Chronicles, Pt. 1; It’s Pimpin’ Pimpin’; Kattpacalypse; and Priceless: Afterlife. He […]

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Paranoia in ‘High Maintenance’s Second Season

The new season of High Maintenance starts in the same spot HBO’s first season started: with the semi-protagonist weed dealer, The Guy, getting a haircut. In the HBO pilot (the series is a continuation of a web series that ran on Vimeo for 19 episodes), a haircut is a metaphor for the series’s transition to […]

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Comedians address comedy in the age of Donald Trump for Vice News

It’s the job of a comedian to take a look at the world and provide their spin on it. When… MORE

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New special from Flight of the Conchords coming to HBO in May 2018

It’s official. Bret and Jemaine are returning to HBO this year. After years of rumors and hopes, and a reunion tour a couple of years ago, Flight of the Conchords will film a new HBO hourlong comedy special in 2018. HBO announced the special this week at TCAs — it’ll feature Bret McKenzie and Jemaine […]

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Talking Faith, Standup, and Season 2 of ‘Crashing’ with Pete Holmes

As a verb, Crashing — the title of comedian Pete Holmes’s semi-autobiographical HBO series — took on multiple conceptual connotations throughout season 1. Our protagonist Pete, a naïve and sheltered evangelical Christian, watched his life come crashing down after discovering his wife having an affair with a bohemian bro named Leif. As an aspiring amateur comedian […]

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A New ‘Flight of the Conchords’ Special Is Headed to HBO

HBO just added a new Flight of the Conchords special. The network announced today that Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement are set to tape a one-hour special for the network, which will take place during a sold-out show on their upcoming UK tour and debut sometime in May. The special will feature classic songs as well […]

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Judd Apatow’s Two-Part Garry Shandling Documentary Debuts in March

Last year, Judd Apatow revealed that he was working on a documentary about the late Garry Shandling, and now the project has a premiere date. HBO just announced that the two-part documentary, titled The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling, is slated to debut Monday, March 26th and Tuesday the 27th. Some of the documentary’s special […]

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Season 5 of “Silicon Valley” returns March 25th, watch a teaser

New Year. New Internet. New Season of #SiliconValleyHBO. March 25. pic.twitter.com/vfBW8Nerds — Silicon Valley (@SiliconHBO) January 10, 2018 Season 5… MORE

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