Saturday Night Live was the biggest show winner last weekend during the “creative arts” portion of the 2017 Primetime Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Guest Actor and Actress nods for both Dave Chappelle and Melissa McCarthy for their guest appearances last season, but W. Kamau Bell, Samantha Bee and James Corden also were among the notable […]
Continue ReadingHere’s a clip from last night’s Last Week Tonight, where John Oliver explores the implications of Trump choosing to use his first presidential pardon on so-called “America’s Toughest Sheriff” and early Trump supporter Joe Arpaio from Arizona, who has a long, well-documented history of humiliating and abusing the inmates in his jails and being a […]
Continue ReadingCurb Your Enthusiasm finally returns to HBO next month for its ninth season, and the network recently released a new trailer for the next batch of episodes. The trailer features Larry David along with some of the many new and returning guest stars this season, including Richard Lewis, JB Smoove, Bob Einstein, Jeff Garlin, Bryan Cranston, […]
Continue ReadingSeason 3 of HBO’s Ballers comes to a close in just a few weeks. Rob Corddry, who stars as financial advisor Joe Krutel on the series, has officially “made it.” But this isn’t the first time he’s made it in the course of his career. For Corddry, success in acting has been a series of […]
Continue ReadingOn September 13th the 4th season of HBO’s incredible comedy Silicon Valley will be released. To get you caught up… MORE
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In case you missed it, HBO’s VICE News recently took a look at joke theft through the prism of an ongoing lawsuit by a Twitter user named Robert Alex Kaseberg, who alleges Conan O’Brien and his Team Coco staff on TBS stole jokes from him for use in his monologues. VICE News didn’t get to […]
Continue ReadingThe end is near for Veep. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the HBO series’ upcoming seventh season, slated to premiere sometime next year, will also be the show’s final season. “It became clear that this season should be the last season,” Julia Louis-Dreyfus told THR on the decision. “We don’t want to repeat ourselves […]
Continue ReadingWith an Emmy nomination and lots of controversy, Bill Maher has won enough approval from HBO to garner him three more years of “Real Time” on Friday nights. Already renewed for season 16 in 2018, Real Time with Bill Maher received an order for two additional seasons today by HBO. Maher also will get to […]
Continue ReadingSeason 9 of Curb Your Enthusiasm is set to premiere on HBO in a few weeks. Around the same time,… MORE
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For a series that’s now world-famous and astonishingly popular for its gripping drama, devastating violence, and unexpected plot twists, Game of Thrones doesn’t get nearly enough credit for its sense of humor. It doesn’t wallop you in the face with zinger catchphrases or John Ritter-esque physical hilarity, but HBO’s cultural leviathan has more subtle, dry, […]
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