Tig Notaro heads to Netflix later this month with her new standup special Happy to Be Here, and today the streaming network dropped the trailer. Taped at the Heights Theater in Houston, the special is also directed by Notaro and counts Ellen DeGeneres as an executive producer. Notaro tackles “the comedic sides of marriage, parenting and […]
Continue ReadingNetflix wants a lot of Gabriel “Fluffy” Iglesias. According to Variety, the streaming network has ordered two standup specials from Iglesias as well 10 episodes of a multi-cam series titled Mr. Iglesias. In the series, the comedian plays “a good-natured public high school teacher who works at his alma mater. He takes on teaching gifted but misfit kids to not […]
Continue ReadingJohn Mulaney heads to Netflix in May with a brand new standup special. The streaming network just announced that it has a new multi-special pact with Mulaney, and the first special in the deal will debut on Tuesday, May 1st. Titled John Mulaney: Kid Gorgeous at Radio City, the special was taped during one of Mulaney’s […]
Continue ReadingNext Tuesday, Netflix bolsters its reputation as the go-to source for comedy with the release of season 2 of The Standups. The six-episode series features all-new half hours from Joe List, Aparna Nancherla, Kyle Kinane, Gina Yashere, Brent Morin, and Rachel Feinstein. What sets the show apart is its choice to shoot 30-minute sets with […]
Continue ReadingLast year, Netflix added another batch of half-hour standup specials for its new series The Standups, and today the streaming network released the trailer. The comedians featured in season 2 include Gina Yashere, Rachel Feinstein, Kyle Kinane, Aparna Nancherla, Joe List, and Brent Morin, all taped at the Globe Theatre in Los Angeles. Check out the trailer above, and catch […]
Continue ReadingRay Romano is the latest comedian to land a Netflix standup special. Deadline reports that the streaming network has ordered an hourlong special from Romano, who starred in Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon’s film The Big Sick last year. A release date has not yet been revealed, but surprisingly, it will make Romano’s first-ever […]
Continue ReadingBack in December, Ricky Gervais announced that he had a new standup special in the works at Netflix called Humanity, and today the streaming network released the trailer. The special was taped at the Apollo Hammersmith in London last year and features his takes on “aging, becoming spoiled, his perspective on having kids and more.” […]
Continue ReadingMove over, Steve Martin and Martin Short, because there’s another extremely exciting comedy special happening at Netflix. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the streaming network has added a standup special from Billy Eichner, which will also make his first standup special ever. The special, which is currently untitled, is described as “a unique blend of […]
Continue ReadingAfter being incarcerated for drug trafficking at 19 and spending six years behind bars, Ali Siddiq emerged from prison with a new skill set: standup comedy. “A lot of comics will come backstage before a show and say, ‘How’s the crowd?’ The reason I never ask that is because I came from a horrible crowd. […]
Continue ReadingLast year, Netflix revealed the lineup of the second season of its half-hour standup series The Standups, and now the next batch of episodes has a premiere date. This round will feature specials from Gina Yashere, Rachel Feinstein, Kyle Kinane, Aparna Nancherla, Joe List, and Brent Morin, which were taped at the Globe Theatre in Los Angeles. Netflix will release all of […]
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