The Second and Final Season of ‘Vice Principals’ Premieres on HBO in September

HBO just revealed the premiere date for the second season of Danny McBride and Jody Hill’s Vice Principals. The network announced today that the show will return for season 2 on Sunday, September 17th at 10:30pm. Here’s the logline for the new season: The tumultuous school year at North Jackson High continues and a new […]

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A Look Back at ‘Veep’s Sixth Season with Showrunner David Mandel

As you probably have heard, Selina Meyer, as played to perfection by Emmy winner Julia Louis-Dreyfus, is gearing up for another presidential run. Her increasingly diminishing political legacy has been boosted, ironically, by the unending incompetence of her former White House Press Secretary Mike McClintock (Matt Walsh). This was just one of many revelations to […]

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Check this full trailer for the Duplass Brothers’ new HBO series “Room 104”

The brothers Duplass — Jay and Mark, of course — have a new anthology series coming to HBO this summer,… MORE

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Check this full trailer for the Duplass Brothers’ new HBO series “Room 104”

The brothers Duplass — Jay and Mark, of course — have a new anthology series coming to HBO this summer,… MORE

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The funniest comedy specials of the year, vs. the best comedy, vs. the most award-worthy in 2017

The Internet’s relentless, rigorous demand for content, combined with show business’s relentless, rigorous desire for cash money, has combined in 2017 to bestow us with a bounty of stand-up comedy hours and variety specials, as well as a rash of rankings by amateur and professional armchair critics alike. My two cents? As you may already […]

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Check Out the Season 2 Trailer for Issa Rae’s HBO Comedy ‘Insecure’

Issa Rae’s HBO series Insecure returns for its second season next month, and today the network released the trailer. The show – which was renewed back in November – premieres its 10-episode second season on Sunday, July 23rd at 10:00pm. Check out the trailer above, and for more on the show, read our review of […]

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T.J. Miller on Leaving ‘Silicon Valley’: “It Seemed Like a Funny Trick to Play on Everyone”

Last month it was revealed that T.J. Miller will not be returning to Silicon Valley for its fifth season, and now that Erlich Bachman’s final episode has aired, Miller gave a very candid interview to The Hollywood Reporter about why he decided to leave the show, which he says began when he was offered a […]

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Episode #159: Haley Joel Osment

Haley Joel Osment was just a kid when he made his movie debut in Forrest Gump, racked up TV appearances as Jeff Foxworthy’s sitcom son and the Murphy Brown baby growing up, and earned his first Oscar nomination at the tender age of 11 for seeing dead people in The Sixth Sense. He’s also worked […]

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John Oliver Is Being Sued by the Coal Company CEO He Said Would Sue Him

John Oliver devoted most of last week’s episode of Last Week Tonight to the coal industry and Trump’s empty promises to bring miners’ jobs back, and he took some time to single out Murray Energy Corporation CEO Bob Murray, who sent the show its first cease and desist letter and threatened “immediate litigation” should Oliver’s […]

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Review: T.J. Miller, “Meticulously Ridiculous” on HBO

T.J. Miller‘s first HBO stand-up comedy special is very aptly-titled: Meticulously Ridiculous. It premiered Saturday night, just ahead of his penultimate episode as Erlich on HBO’s critically-acclaimed comedy, Silicon Valley. Yes, we won’t have Erlich to laugh at much longer. But the Home Box Office knew well enough to give Miller a proper showcase and […]

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