One of Amazon’s new comedy pilots just became the first series to receive a double-season series order at the streaming network. According to Variety, Amazon has officially ordered two seasons of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel from Gilmore Girls creator Amy Sherman-Palladino. Ordered to pilot last summer, the show centers on Rachel Brosnahan as “a 1958 […]
Continue ReadingAmazon just released the first trailer for Jill Soloway’s new show. Ordered to series back in September, I Love Dick is based on the 1997 novel by Chris Kraus and follows “a struggling married couple, Chris and Sylvere, and their mutual obsession with an off-putting — but charismatic — professor named Dick. The story, set […]
Continue ReadingComedy Central has a history of taking short form web series and expanding them to long-form primetime shows. That pattern continues this Sunday night at 10:00pm as The Gorburger Show makes its television debut. For those not familiar with the format, Gorburger is a large, blue alien who has arrived to Earth to forcefully take […]
Continue ReadingComedian Guy Branum’s Talk Show the Game Show premieres tonight at 10/9c on truTV. The show aims to cut through the formulaic nature of modern late night shows by unloading a series of challenges that force celebrities to compete for the honors of Best Guest of the Night. Branum, known for his work on The […]
Continue ReadingIliza Shlesinger is getting her own late night show. Freeform announced today that it’s ordered six episodes of a weekly half-hour late night series hosted by Shlesinger that will share the same name as her podcast. Put into development last year, Truth & Iliza will include host’s “societal observations and sketches fueled by her opinions […]
Continue ReadingDaily Show correspondent Jordan Klepper is getting his own show. According to The New York Times, Comedy Central has confirmed that it’s ordered a nightly late night series hosted by Klepper, which will air at 11:30pm from Monday through Thursday and debut sometime in the fall. The show — which is currently untitled — was […]
Continue ReadingComedy Central announced earlier today that it’s ordered a weekly late night series created by and starring Anthony Atamanuik called The President Show, and the network just confirmed the show’s full writing staff with us. Considering Atamanuik is the world’s best Donald Trump impersonator, odds are already great that the show will be excellent, and […]
Continue ReadingThe world’s best Donald Trump impersonator just got his own show. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Comedy Central has ordered a weekly late night series created by and starring Anthony Atamanuik as Trump called The President Show. Here’s more info on the show from THR’s report: On The President Show, Atamanuik’s Trump is bypassing the […]
Continue ReadingThe world’s best Donald Trump impersonator just got his own show. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Comedy Central has ordered a weekly late night series created by and starring Anthony Atamanuik as Trump called The President Show. Here’s more info on the show from THR’s report: On The President Show, Atamanuik’s Trump is bypassing the […]
Continue ReadingAdult Swim just added two quarter-hour animated comedies to its lineup. Paste reports that the network has given series orders to Apollo Gauntlet and Hot Streets, which were ordered as pilots back in 2015 and made available for viewers on Adult Swim’s website back in August. Created by Myles Langlois, Apollo Gauntlet centers on a […]
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