Considering what a boys’ club late night comedy has always been, October 12, 2017 may go down as a historic day, as two new comedy talk shows hosted by women premiered last night: Sarah Silverman’s I Love You, America, which airs on Hulu, and Robin Thede’s The Rundown on BET. About eight minutes into Silverman’s […]
Continue ReadingAnother comedy series is heading to Hulu. Today the streaming network announced that the entire Futurama library, including all four movies, will be available on Monday, October 16th. Like 30 Rock, Futurama was previously available on Netflix, but Hulu will be its new exclusive home starting next week. Futurama joins a growing list of comedies recently […]
Continue ReadingEarlier this year, Netflix ordered two standup specials from Brian Regan, and today the premiere date for the first special was announced. Titled Brian Regan: Nunchucks and Flamethrowers, the hourlong special was taped at The Paramount Theatre in Denver and premieres on Tuesday, November 21st. In addition to the special, Regan is currently on tour […]
Continue ReadingAmazon just released trailers for two of its pilots-turned-series. First up is The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, which received a double-season pickup back in April not long after the pilot episode debuted on the streaming network. Created by Amy Sherman-Palladino (Gilmore Girls), the series stars Rachel Brosnahan as “a 1958 New York City woman who has […]
Continue ReadingAhead of the premiere of Sarah Silverman’s new show next week, Hulu dropped a new musical promo for the series today (featuring a cameo by Parks and Rec alum Retta) where Silverman explains the true but complicated love for the US that inspired the show’s title I Love You, America. Ordered to series back in March, […]
Continue ReadingPatton Oswalt heads to Netflix later this month with a brand new standup special, and the streaming network just released the trailer. Titled Annihilation, the hourlong special was taped at Chicago’s Athenaeum Theatre and follows Oswalt as he reflects on the death of his wife Michelle McNamara and “how he worked through the pain and […]
Continue ReadingLast year, Netflix ordered 10 episodes of a new half-hour dark comedy starring Jonah Hill and Emma Stone called Maniac, and today another big star joined the cast. Deadline reports that Sally Field has signed on to the project, which is currently filming in New York City. Directed by Cary Fukunaga, the series is based […]
Continue ReadingLast year, Netflix ordered 10 episodes of a new half-hour dark comedy starring Jonah Hill and Emma Stone called Maniac, and today another big star joined the cast. Deadline reports that Sally Field has signed on to the project, which is currently filming in New York City. Directed by Cary Fukunaga, the series is based […]
Continue ReadingVir Das and Ramy Youssef both have comedies in development at Hulu. According to Variety, Das has teamed up with The Goldbergs executive producer Doug Robinson to develop a single-cam comedy at the streaming network titled In Theory, in which Das would star as “self-destructive math genius turned Indian radio DJ Jazz who moves from Mumbai, […]
Continue ReadingSeth Rogen and Evan Goldberg’s new comedy series Future Man debuts on Hulu next month, and today the streaming network released the trailer. Ordered to series last year, the show stars Josh Hutcherson as Josh Futturman, “a janitor by day/gamer by night who is recruited by mysterious visitors to travel through time in order to […]
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