Netflix just added another comedy series. According to Variety, the streaming network has given a 10-episode series order to a dark comedy written by Liz Feldman (The Great Indoors, 2 Broke Girls, One Big Happy) called Dead to Me. The show centers “a powerful friendship that blossoms between a tightly wound widow and a free […]
Continue ReadingNetflix just added another comedy series. According to Variety, the streaming network has given a 10-episode series order to a dark comedy written by Liz Feldman (The Great Indoors, 2 Broke Girls, One Big Happy) called Dead to Me. The show centers “a powerful friendship that blossoms between a tightly wound widow and a free […]
Continue ReadingHere’s a clip from last night’s Late Night, where Seth Meyers chats with Scott Thompson about his beloved character Buddy Cole, getting kicked out of drama school for “disruptive behavior,” and his longtime crush on Seth. “You don’t get enough credit for your looks. People just talk about your wit and your warmth and your intelligence, but […]
Continue ReadingThe Tonight Show got an extra special treat last night when Jimmy Fallon had the honor of interviewing the latest person to be fired from the Trump administration: the one and only Dr. Evil. It turns out Dr. Evil has been the mastermind behind all the most evil ideas that have come out of the […]
Continue ReadingIt’s been nearly two years since we featured Chuck Armstrong and Charlie Stockman’s work, and in that time, digital comedy’s landscape has changed quite a bit. “Our new sketch is specifically about a content gatekeeper ruining an artist’s work in the name of commercial viability,” Chuck and Charlie told me. “The artist, in this case, […]
Continue ReadingNetflix has added another animated comedy to its lineup. The streaming network has ordered ten episodes of a half-hour animated series from Brickleberry co-creators Waco O’Guin and Roger Black called Paradise PD, which is set in a small-town police department. The official logline: “They’re bad cops. Not bad like no-nonsense. Not bad like cool. Bad […]
Continue ReadingDuring last night’s Late Night, Seth Meyers welcomed writers Amber Ruffin and Ally Hord to participate in a brand new installment of “Point, Counterpoint,” which covered everything from the high White House staff turnover to the transgender military ban to the recent spat between Trump and Joe Biden. As usual, Hord makes some reasonable points throughout […]
Continue ReadingIn case you missed it, Anthony Atamanuik’s President Show returned to Comedy Central last night in the form of an hourlong special titled Make America Great-A-Thon: A President Show Special featuring special guests Kathy Griffin (as Kellyanne Conway) and Griffin Dunne (as Robert Mueller). In the above clip, Atamanuik’s Trump sits down with Americans on both […]
Continue ReadingSloane Crosley may be an accomplished writer, but she’s still humble. Crosley is the acclaimed author of essay collections I Was Told There’d Be Cake, How Did You Get This Number, today’s release Look Alive Out There, and the very funny novel The Clasp, which deals with jackhammering outside her apartment and the general day-to-day grind of living in […]
Continue ReadingKathryn Hahn might have a new starring TV role. Deadline reports that HBO has given a pilot order to a comedy starring Hahn called Mrs. Fletcher, which is based on Tom Perrotta’s bestselling 2017 novel of the same name. Like the book, the pilot centers on Hahn as Eve Fletcher, “a divorced woman who drops […]
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