When Hasan Minhaj was selected to host the 2017 White House Correspondent’s Dinner, the first under (and without) a President… MORE
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Daily Show alum Ed Helms is returning to Comedy Central for a new special. According to Deadline, the network has added a special produced by and starring Helms called The Fake News with Ted Nelms, which will feature “absurd, made-up news that closely resembles real news, delivered by an absurd, made-up guy who closely resembles […]
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If you weren’t able to see Nick Kroll and John Mulaney’s live Oh, Hello Broadway show, not to worry, because you’ll get a chance to watch it from the comfort of home next month. Today, Kroll and Mulaney revealed that an Oh, Hello special will debut on Netflix Tuesday, June 13th: OH HELLO ON BROADWAY […]
Continue ReadingJimmy Kimmel and Justin Theroux are teaming up for a special in the works at ABC. The network announced today that it’s ordered an hourlong live “sitcom special” from Kimmel and Theroux. The untitled special — referred to as Untitled Kimmel and Theroux Project in the press release — will “bring viewers classic sitcom scripts […]
Continue ReadingProbably the greatest significance of Norm Macdonald’s new Netflix standup special Hitler’s Dog comes with the sparklingly succinct way Macdonald answers the industry’s political correctness controversies, at least from a comedian’s perspective, by situating some of the most repugnant and inflammatory remarks possible in the mouth of a made-up character, the titular dictator’s canine. Of […]
Continue ReadingDaily Show correspondent Jordan Klepper is starring in his own Comedy Central special next month. According to Deadline, the network has added an hourlong special hosted by Klepper called Jordan Klepper Solves Guns, which will air on Sunday, June 11th at 10:00pm. The special will “combine elements of documentary filmmaking, comedy and investigative journalism” with […]
Continue ReadingAdult Swim just announced two new live-action comedy projects: a 15-minute series from Eric Andre and Derrick Beckles, and a special from standup and former Daily Show producer Jena Friedman. Beckles and Andre’s series, titled Mostly 4 Millennials, is described as “targeted to mostly millennials, as well as others who may be interested in the […]
Continue ReadingIn the opening minutes of his new HBO special, Chris Gethard regrets that he doesn’t have some inciting incident that he can blame for his lifelong depression. “I hate to say it,” he says, “but sometimes people just break.” Afterwards, he pauses for a moment, and you can almost hear people in the audience thinking […]
Continue ReadingWe are all familiar with the old adage that “we laugh to keep from crying.” But what’s wrong with a healthy dosage of both? You’ll experience plenty of laughter — as well as some cathartic tears — while watching Chris Gethard’s new HBO special Career Suicide, a hilarious and heartbreaking one-man show framed around his failed […]
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