July 2017 Standup Roundup: Erik Griffin, Ari Shaffir, and Joe Mande

It’s actually nice that only three specials came out last month. We needed some room to breathe, take a break from our screens, get outside, and enjoy summer. Or just stay in our air conditioned apartments and binge on Ozark. In case you missed it, here’s a rundown of what dropped in July. Erik Griffin […]

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Check Out the Trailer for Netflix’s New Comedy ‘Disjointed’ Starring Kathy Bates

Netflix just released the first full trailer for its new multi-cam pot comedy from Chuck Lorre and David Javerbaum. Ordered to series last year, Disjointed centers on Bates as Ruth, “a lifelong advocate for marijuana legalization who’s finally living her dream as the owner of a Los Angeles-area cannabis dispensary. Joining her are three ‘budtenders,’ […]

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David Letterman’s Six-Episode Netflix Talk Show Debuts Next Year

David Letterman is returning to the talk show desk. According to The Wrap, Netflix has ordered six episodes of an hourlong talk show hosted by Letterman, which will each include longform interviews with a single guest as well as field pieces. The show – which doesn’t yet have a title – is expected to debut […]

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David Letterman will make a six-episode talk show for Netflix in 2018

STOP THE PRESSES! Sit down and brace yourselves. David Letterman, the longest-serving host in U.S. late night television – the original host of Late Night (NBC) and The Late Show (CBS) – is returning to television for a new series for Netflix! He has committed to six hourlong episodes that’ll combine in-depth interviews with field pieces. The series, yet […]

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David Letterman is making his return to television with new Netflix series

David Letterman, the longest-serving host in U.S. late night TV history is returning to television for a new series for… MORE

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David Wain Has Plenty More ‘Wet Hot’ Stories to Tell

David Wain is a true believer in the idea that limitations are the mother of invention. That was certainly true of Wet Hot American Summer, Wain’s feature directorial debut, in which it rained nearly every day and featured a cast and crew who were also movie first-timers for the most part. Though Wet Hot got […]

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Brad Paisley’s Comedy Rodeo is set to bring a little bit country to the comedy game

Country superstar Brad Paisley will play ringleader to a 5 of his comedian friends for a comedy special that’s a… MORE

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Standup’s Netflix Infection

The observation “Wow, everyone has a Netflix special these days!” has already become hack. Netflix has been inching its way toward becoming a full-blown standup monopoly, putting out 25 specials last year and promising to release a new one every week in 2017. With those numbers, odds are that you the reader will probably have […]

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DeRay Davis to tape his next stand-up special for Netflix

When he’s not hilariously contributing to the the sketch “Between Two DeRays” on Hood Adjacent, DeRay Davis will be prepping… MORE

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Review: Maz Jobrani, “Immigrant” on Netflix

You can see Maz Jobrani on the new CBS sitcom, Superior Donuts, and hear about his life in Episode #91 of my podcast, Last Things First. Now he has just released his fourth solo stand-up special, and first for Netflix, called Immigrant. Jobrani recorded it in D.C. to help put a spotlight on the immigrant […]

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