Thanks to victims and reporters who worked to bring long-rumored sexual assault and misconduct allegations to light against powerful men like Harvey Weinstein and Louis C.K., we’re finally beginning to see instances where men publicly question other men about their alleged behavior. Last month, John Oliver confronted Dustin Hoffman during a panel that turned into […]
Continue ReadingHere’s a clip from last night’s Late Night, where Seth Meyers chats with guest Jordan Peele about attending the Golden Globes last weekend as well as being a new parent with his wife Chelsea Peretti, and the sad fact that his baby son doesn’t find him funny at all (that honor goes to Peretti). “So I’m […]
Continue ReadingFor the next two weeks, Samantha Bee is sending Full Frontal correspondents Ashley Nicole Black, Allana Harkin, Amy Hoggart, and Mike Rubens around the globe to apologize on behalf of the United States in a special event called the “Full Frontal Apology Race.” Announced today in the above clip, the event will follow all four correspondents […]
Continue ReadingBill Hader’s new HBO show Barry finally has a premiere date. Ordered to series in 2016, Barry centers on Hader as the titular character, “a low-rent hitman in the Midwest. Lonely and dissatisfied in his life, he begrudgingly travels to Los Angeles to kill someone and ends up finding an accepting community in a group […]
Continue ReadingIn the opening scene of the pilot episode of Alone Together, a new comedy produced by The Lonely Island, a guy picks up a girl from her one-night stand and they talk about getting “smashed,” the walk of shame, and Boko Haram. There’s nothing entirely unusual about that for a cable sitcom, but it is […]
Continue ReadingIt’s not common for a major network to air a pilot of a show it didn’t order to series, but its 1990s-set Goldbergs spin-off is a lucky exception. According to The Hollywood Reporter, ABC will air the pilot episode of the series, titled Schooled, later this month during The Goldbergs’ regular Wednesday night time slot. […]
Continue ReadingHere’s a clip from last night’s Late Show, where Stephen Colbert recaps the latest news from Michael Wolff’s book about the Trump White House and Trump’s tweet from over the weekend insisting he’s “like, really smart” despite the growing questions about his mental stability. “Being ‘like, really smart’ is not the same thing as being […]
Continue ReadingTBS has officially scrapped an animated series co-created, starring, and produced by Louis C.K. in the wake of the sexual misconduct allegations that were brought against him in November. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the network is no longer moving forward with the series, called The Cops, which began as an animated pilot for FX […]
Continue ReadingMy Dearest Clyde, I lay pen to pixelated paper on day 487,000 of this desolate bloodshed. Every treacherous battle is the same. My brethren and I continue to tirelessly struggle to avoid Him. He sprints through the maze so fast, it’s almost as if He has someone guiding him with a bird’s eye view of […]
Continue ReadingNovember marked the ten-year anniversary of Adult Swim’s broadcast of Xavier: Renegade Angel, a show that spanned two ten-episode seasons and for a small, rabid viewership still represents the crowning achievement of irreverent art collective PFFR. Known for working on the sidelines to help realize misfit comedy shows like truTV’s At Home with Amy Sedaris, […]
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