Amy Poehler, Natasha Lyonne, and Leslye Headland have teamed up for a new comedy in the works at Netflix. According to Deadline, the streaming network has given an eight-episode series order to an untitled comedy (formerly titled Russian Doll) from the trio. The show will follow Lyonne’s character Nadia “on her journey as the guest […]
Continue ReadingDaily Show correspondent Jordan Klepper debuts his own late night series The Opposition next week, and in addition to announcing the show’s team of “Citizen Journalists,” today Comedy Central confirmed the full writing staff with us. Klepper’s fellow Daily Show alum Owen Parsons – who also worked on Klepper’s gun control special that aired earlier this […]
Continue ReadingJordan Klepper’s new late night show debuts on Comedy Central next week, and today the network revealed that he’ll be joined by a round of correspondents – or, as they’re called on The Opposition, “Citizen Journalists.” According to the press release, Tim Baltz, Laura Grey, Aaron Jackson, Josh Sharp, Kobi Libii, and Niccole Thurman have […]
Continue ReadingJordan Klepper makes his late night hosting debut (not counting his turn subbing in for Trevor Noah on The Daily Show last year) a week from today, and Comedy Central just released a brand new promo for the show. In a recent interview with The New York Times, Klepper said that The Opposition takes inspiration […]
Continue ReadingABC wants to give viewers a head start with its new comedy The Mayor. Ordered to series back in May, the show officially debuts on Tuesday, October 3rd, but the network released the full pilot online today. The series is executive produced by Daveed Diggs and centers on a young rapper named Courtney Rose (Brandon Micheal Hall) […]
Continue ReadingMike Judge’s new animated show premieres on Cinemax next week, and the trailer was just released. Ordered back in January, the eight-episode series “recounts the raucous adventures of these musicians, as told by those who knew them best,” including Johnny Paycheck, Jerry Lee Lewis, George Jones and Tammy Wynette, Billy Joe Shaver, Waylon Jennings, and Blaze […]
Continue ReadingJim Carrey is reteaming with Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind’s Michel Gondry for his first starring TV role since In Living Color. Showtime announced today that Carrey is set to star in a new half-hour comedy in the works at Showtime called Kidding. Here’s the logline from Showtime’s press release: In Kidding, Carrey plays Jeff, […]
Continue ReadingFrom Serial to binge-demanding TV series like The Jinx and Making a Murderer, the true crime doc format has become a national phenomenon that immediately sucks us in and then spits us out eight hours later with endless debates about whodunit. Though these are serious topics that would often demand a fictionalized version, it wouldn’t […]
Continue ReadingLater this month, Jordan Klepper graduates from The Daily Show and begins his run as host of the new late night series The Opposition, and Comedy Central released a sneak peek today that confirms Klepper will continue to do what he did best as a Daily Show correspondent — attend various political rallies and chat […]
Continue ReadingEarlier this year, Netflix added an animated series from Nick Kroll and Andrew Goldberg called Big Mouth, and today the full trailer for the show was released. The 10-episode series is based on Kroll and Goldberg’s childhood friendship and centers on “the glorious nightmare that is teenaged puberty,” and some of the comedians who voice […]
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