Earlier this year, SundanceTV acquired US rights to the Australian comedy series Rosehaven, and today the network released the season 1 trailer. Created by and starring Luke McGregor and Celia Pacquola, the series centers on “two pals with big plans who find their friendship and sanity put to the test by the eccentric townsfolk of Rosehaven.” Here’s the […]
Continue ReadingChuck Lorre has a new comedy series in the works at Netflix with some big stars attached. According to Deadline, the streaming network is “finalizing a deal” with Lorre for a 10-episode comedy series called The Kominsky Method. Michael Douglas and Alan Arkin are attached to star in the single-cam comedy, which follows Douglas as […]
Continue ReadingNetflix 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,’ […]
Continue ReadingDavid 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 […]
Continue ReadingShowtime has revealed the fall premiere date lineup for returning comedy series Shameless as well as two new half-hour series: the Jamie Foxx-produced White Famous starring Jay Pharoah and SMILF starring Frankie Shaw and Rosie O’Donnell, which was ordered to series back in May. First up is the series premiere of White Famous, which will air […]
Continue ReadingPlaying younger than he is has never really been an issue for Justin Long. At 22, he played geeky high school student Warren Cheswick in Ed. At 25, he went back to high school for a role, playing geeky high school student Justin in Dodgeball. Now 39, Long has again reverted back to playing a […]
Continue ReadingThe feminist Canadian sketch comedy series Baroness von Sketch Show has made a splash on the CBC and graces American airwaves on IFC tonight at 10:00pm. The half-hour show is written by and starring Meredith MacNeill and Second City alumni Carolyn Taylor, Aurora Browne, and Jennifer Whalen. Hilarious, smart, and original, the sketches vary in length and […]
Continue ReadingCarol Burnett is heading to Netflix. According to Deadline, the streaming network has ordered an unscripted half-hour series starring Burnett called A Little Help with Carol Burnett. The 12-episode series will be filmed in front of a live studio audience and feature Burnett “and a panel of straight-talking 4-8-year-olds as they demonstrate how different generations […]
Continue ReadingRussell Simmons’s 2016 standup showcase special for HBO is becoming its own series. The network announced today that it’s given a series order to All Def Comedy, which will be taped in front of a live audience in October and premiere sometime in December. Like last year’s special, the six-episode series will be hosted by […]
Continue ReadingStephen Colbert’s recurring Late Show segment featuring an animated Donald Trump is becoming a TV show of its own. Showtime just announced that it’s ordered 10 episodes of a half-hour animated series executive produced by Colbert, Chris Licht, and Tim Luecke — who will also serve as lead animator — based on The Late Show’s “Cartoon Trump” […]
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