Having your TV show canceled is presumably quite devastating, but what happens when your whole network is canceled? As a few former Seeso shows are finding out, there’s no reason to go down with the ship. Especially when your lifeboat is a proven track record of success, a new season that’s already been shot, and […]
Continue ReadingThe first of Jerry Seinfeld’s two Netflix standup specials debuts next month, and the streaming network just released the trailer. Titled Jerry Before Seinfeld, the hourlong special was taped at The Comic Strip in New York and features some never-before-seen Seinfeld material, including childhood videos and a look at “a library of legal pads with […]
Continue ReadingThe new Netflix series Disjointed, which premiered its first ten episodes (of 20 ordered so far) this past Friday, is an appropriately titled mishmash of two distinct styles that never completely coalesce. Created by David Javerbaum and Chuck Lorre, it is an achingly dull CBS-style sitcom “about” weed the same way The Big Bang Theory is […]
Continue ReadingPatton Oswalt is heading to Netflix this fall with a brand new standup special. According to Entertainment Weekly, Oswalt’s new hourlong standup special Patton Oswalt: Annihilation will debut on the streaming network Tuesday, October 17th. Filmed at Chicago’s Athenaeum Theatre, the special follows Oswalt as he covers “social media, robocalls, and, yes, the political climate” […]
Continue ReadingTig Notaro’s Amazon series One Mississippi returns for its second season next week, and today the season 2 trailer was released. Renewed back in November, the show will follow Tig’s character this season as she lives the small-town life at her family’s home in Mississippi, and as the trailer reveals, is told it’s possible to […]
Continue ReadingHulu just ordered a new ensemble comedy series. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the streaming network has given a 10-episode series order to a new show called All Night. The half-hour series is created by Jason Ubaldi and directed by Brian Dannelly and centers on “an overnight, lock-in graduation party when a group of new […]
Continue ReadingBoJack Horseman returns to Netflix for its fourth season next month, and the streaming network just released the trailer. Renewed last summer, the show premieres a brand new batch of episodes on Friday, September 8th, and from the looks of the trailer, we’ll have to wait until then to find out where exactly BoJack has gone into hiding […]
Continue ReadingMore Transparent is in the works at Amazon. According to Deadline, the streaming network has officially handed out a season 5 renewal to Jill Soloway’s series, which comes a month before season 4 is slated to debut on Friday, September 22nd. “We are extremely grateful to Amazon Studios for their continued trust and support and […]
Continue ReadingRussell Simmons’s Def Comedy Jam is set to celebrate its 25th anniversary with a new special on Netflix. The streaming network announced today that the special, titled Def Comedy Jam 25, will premiere sometime this fall and feature talent like Dave Chappelle, Kevin Hart, D.L. Highley, Cedric the Entertainer, JB Smoove, Tiffany Haddish, Tracy Morgan, […]
Continue ReadingSay what you want about magicians, but Deon Cole thinks comedy should be more like magic. “I look at comedy like magic. If I’ve got the ball in this hand and I shake my hand and it’s gone, that’s how punchlines should be. You shouldn’t be able to read that shit. It’s magic. If I […]
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