Former Nightly Show head writer and performer Robin Thede is headed to BET for a new late night show. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the network has ordered 24 episodes of a weekly late night show hosted by Thede and produced by Chris Rock called The Rundown, which Thede and Rock started developing last year. […]
Continue ReadingAhead of tomorrow night’s premiere of The President Show at 11:30pm, Comedy Central welcomed a group of reporters this morning — or as Anthony Atamanuik’s Trump called them, “the crooked media” — for a press conference with Trump and his TV sidekick Mike Pence (Peter Grosz) and a sneak peek of the President Show set, […]
Continue ReadingAnthony Atamanuik’s new show The President Show debuts on Comedy Central this Thursday, and the network found a way to make sure that the real Donald Trump doesn’t miss the big premiere. Today, Comedy Central tweeted the below image of a real billboard they purchased to promote the show, which is located just three miles […]
Continue ReadingChuck Lorre and David Javerbaum’s pot dispensary comedy just got a premiere date at Netflix. TV Line reports that the multi-cam show, which was given a 20-episode series order last summer, will make its Netflix debut on Friday, August 25th. Kathy Bates stars in the show as as Ruth, “a lifelong advocate for marijuana legalization […]
Continue ReadingAnthony Atamanuik’s The President Show premieres on Comedy Central next week, and today the network dropped a new promo for the series where Atamanuik’s Trump brushes aside that whole Trump University $25 million settlement thing. Atamanuik also gave a fantastic speech in character as Trump during the Tax March in DC over the weekend, which […]
Continue ReadingComedy Central just announced a pile of new shows and pilots. The network revealed its 2017-2018 development slate today, which includes a game show hosted by Reggie Watts, a standup/music series from Baron Vaughn and Open Mike Eagle, and pilots from Neal Brennan, Noël Wells, Franchesca Ramsey, and more. Also included are previously announced projects like […]
Continue ReadingFox wants more Showtime at the Apollo. According to The Wrap, the network has given a series order to Showtime at the Apollo, which will take on the form of an hourlong weekly show following the two specials Fox ordered last year and aired in December and February. Like the specials, Steve Harvey will serve […]
Continue ReadingJustin Simien’s 2014 film Dear White People is headed to Netflix later this month in the form of a TV series adaptation, and today the network released the first trailer. Like the film, the 10-episode half-hour series will follow “a diverse group of students of color as they navigate a predominantly white Ivy League college […]
Continue ReadingJustin Simien’s 2014 film Dear White People is headed to Netflix later this month in the form of a TV series adaptation, and today the network released the first trailer. Like the film, the 10-episode half-hour series will follow “a diverse group of students of color as they navigate a predominantly white Ivy League college […]
Continue ReadingJohn Cleese has signed on to star in his first BBC sitcom since Fawlty Towers. According to Variety, Cleese will star alongside Alison Steadman in a six-episode comedy for the network called Edith. Created by Oscar-nominated screenwriter Charles McKeown (Brazil), the show centers on Steadman’s character as “a widow who enjoys daily visits from an […]
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