Inside Season 2 of Netflix’s ‘The Standups’

Next Tuesday, Netflix bolsters its reputation as the go-to source for comedy with the release of season 2 of The Standups. The six-episode series features all-new half hours from Joe List, Aparna Nancherla, Kyle Kinane, Gina Yashere, Brent Morin, and Rachel Feinstein. What sets the show apart is its choice to shoot 30-minute sets with […]

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Here’s the trailer for season 2 of Netflix’ half-hour series, “The Standups”

Netflix is returning for a new season of its half-hour comedy series, The Standups a series that is exactly as… MORE

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‘Happy Anniversary’ Starring Ben Schwartz and Noël Wells Premieres on Netflix Later This Month

Last year, Ben Schwartz and Noël Wells signed on to star in a Netflix movie together called Happy Anniversary, and today the streaming network released the trailer and premiere date. Written and directed by Lego Batman’s Jared Stern (it’s also his directorial debut), the movie centers on Schwartz and Wells as a couple on their three-year […]

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Review: Ricky Gervais, “Humanity” on Netflix

Most comedians who portray themselves as being above it all or better than everyone else also undercut that persona with buffoonish behavior or ideas that let us all in on the joke. Ricky Gervais is not most comedians. And he’s slightly self-aware of that, at least in naming his first Netflix special Humanity. Truth is, […]

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Watch the Trailer for Netflix’s New Round of Half-Hour ‘The Standups’ Specials

Last year, Netflix added another batch of half-hour standup specials for its new series The Standups, and today the streaming network released the trailer. The comedians featured in season 2 include Gina Yashere, Rachel Feinstein, Kyle Kinane, Aparna Nancherla, Joe List, and Brent Morin, all taped at the Globe Theatre in Los Angeles. Check out the trailer above, and catch […]

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Reviewing the Third and Final Season of Netflix’s ‘Love’

It was perhaps overambitious to call a TV show Love. Like a show co-creator Lesley Arfin’s prior gig, Girls, the title suggests a universality that the content can’t satisfy. Love, which concludes its run with its third season (now streaming on Netflix), concerns a man and a woman (Gus and Mickey) who meet and fall […]

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Netflix orders a Norm Macdonald talk show

Norm Macdonald has a show on Netflix. That’s the title, too!? After hinting that such a deal was in the works, Macdonald and the streaming giant confirmed the news today, that the comedian and former SNL Weekend Update anchor would get 10 episodes of his newest talk show on Netflix later this year. So it’s […]

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Netflix Orders 10 Episodes of ‘Norm Macdonald Has a Show’

Remember in late January when Norm Macdonald revealed on Reddit that he was in negotiations with Netflix to host a talk show, then he took to Twitter after his announcement got picked up by news sites to say we “misunderstood” him? Well, there was no misunderstanding, because Netflix and Macdonald just confirmed that the streaming […]

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Review: Gad Elmaleh, “American Dream” on Netflix

If you’re a bilingual of the French/English variety, it might be more than worth your while to watch Gad Elmaleh’s Gad Gone Wild before watching Gad Elmaleh: American Dream. They’re both on Netflix. But you can see just what kind of reach Elmaleh has by watching them in this order. Gad Gone Wild was filmed […]

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Netflix Adds a Standup Special from Ray Romano

Ray Romano is the latest comedian to land a Netflix standup special. Deadline reports that the streaming network has ordered an hourlong special from Romano, who starred in Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon’s film The Big Sick last year. A release date has not yet been revealed, but surprisingly, it will make Romano’s first-ever […]

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