Netflix has been on a roll this year when it comes to hourlong standup specials, so it makes sense that the streaming network wanted to take things one step further by adding some half-hour specials in the form of a new series similar to last year’s The Characters. Today Netflix released the trailer for The […]
Continue ReadingRory Scovel’s newest hour, entitled Rory Scovel Tries Stand-Up for the First Time, dropped today on Netflix. If you haven’t watched it yet, please bookmark this article and come back after you’ve seen it because this is the kind of special that is best viewed with little to no advance information. Conceptually the special encapsulates […]
Continue ReadingNatasha Leggero and Moshe Kasher are following up last year’s Honeymoon Tour this summer with a new round of tour dates together called The Endless Honeymoon Tour. The tour makes stops in New Orleans, Boston, Brooklyn, Chicago, and more from late July through early August. Check out the trailer for the tour above, plus the […]
Continue ReadingAs the host of a new late night show on Freeform, Iliza Shlesinger has been having a very successful 2017 so far, but this week the standup has come under fire for some comments she made about women in comedy. It all started with an interview with Shlesinger Deadline posted on Monday, in which she’s […]
Continue Reading“In the world of standup comedy the half hour special creates opportunities that a comic has long dreamed about. It’s the gateway to the next level.” That’s how Kevin Hart introduces his new seven-episode Comedy Central series The Next Level, which features seven up-and-coming comedians who have all earned the Kevin Hart seal of approval. […]
Continue ReadingNetflix has added another standup special to its upcoming slate, and it’s a big one. Earlier this week, Judd Apatow revealed that he has a standup special in the works at the streaming network, which he will tape at the Just For Laughs festival in Montreal on July 28th and 29th. The special doesn’t yet […]
Continue ReadingRory Scovel heads to Netflix next week with a brand new standup special, and today the streaming network released the trailer. Titled Rory Scovel Tries Stand-Up for the First Time, the special was filmed at the Relapse Theatre in Atlanta, and as the trailer reveals, it includes some extra special support from Jack White. Watch […]
Continue ReadingDave Chappelle and Donald Glover are teaming up for a joint show at Radio City later this summer. Billboard reports that both comedians have a show in the works at Radio City Music Hall called Dave Chappelle & Childish Gambino: Live From Radio City, which will take place on Saturday, August 19th. Tickets for the […]
Continue ReadingMany episodes of the long-running procedural Bones follow the same formula: the grossest corpse you’ve ever seen on television is found by two dinguses. Turns out, this dead person was involved in a freaky-deaky subculture. Forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan (nicknamed Bones because she works with, um, bones) and FBI investigator Seeley Booth (who is related […]
Continue ReadingMany episodes of the long-running procedural Bones follow the same formula: the grossest corpse you’ve ever seen on television is found by two dinguses. Turns out, this dead person was involved in a freaky-deaky subculture. Forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan (nicknamed Bones because she works with, um, bones) and FBI investigator Seeley Booth (who is related […]
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