Bill Burr’s F Is for Family returns to Netflix later this month, and today the streaming network released the first trailer. Renewed for a second season last year, the animated series will be back right after Memorial Day on Tuesday, May 30th with ten new episodes. Check out the trailer for the new season above, […]
Continue ReadingI once attended a Q&A with Chris Kraus, the author of I Love Dick. She was promoting her biography of Kathy Acker, a work she undertook at least partially because she didn’t like Acker. It struck me as a particularly selfish act. But here I am choosing to write a review of the TV show […]
Continue ReadingIf you weren’t able to see Nick Kroll and John Mulaney’s live Oh, Hello Broadway show, not to worry, because you’ll get a chance to watch it from the comfort of home next month. Today, Kroll and Mulaney revealed that an Oh, Hello special will debut on Netflix Tuesday, June 13th: OH HELLO ON BROADWAY […]
Continue ReadingArrested Development is officially returning for season 5. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the streaming network confirmed today that a fifth season of Arrested Development is in the works, and the entire cast — Jason Bateman, Michael Cera, Jeffrey Tambor, Jessica Walter, Will Arnett, Tony Hale, Portia de Rossi, David Cross, and Alia Shawkat — […]
Continue ReadingHulu’s comedy Casual returns for a new season next week, and today the streaming network dropped the first trailer. The show was renewed last year, and guest stars slated to show up throughout the new season include Judy Greer, Katie Aselton, Chace Crawford, Jamie Chung, Eliza Coupe, Kyle Bornheimer, and Zak Orth. Check out the […]
Continue ReadingProbably the greatest significance of Norm Macdonald’s new Netflix standup special Hitler’s Dog comes with the sparklingly succinct way Macdonald answers the industry’s political correctness controversies, at least from a comedian’s perspective, by situating some of the most repugnant and inflammatory remarks possible in the mouth of a made-up character, the titular dictator’s canine. Of […]
Continue Reading‘Structurally Sound’ is a recurring feature where each week a different structurally unusual, rule-breaking anomaly of an episode from a comedy series is examined. “I got a match!” There are more than a fair share of subversive romantic comedies on television right now. This golden age of television has led to programs like You’re the […]
Continue ReadingJenji Kohan’s new Netflix comedy GLOW premieres next month, and today the streaming network released the first full trailer. Based on the ’80s wrestling show of the same name, GLOW stars Alison Brie as Ruth Wilder, “an out-of-work actress who finds one last attempt to live her dreams in the form of a weekly series […]
Continue ReadingSeason 5 of Arrested Development is getting closer. On Friday night, star Jason Bateman tweeted that he has officially signed on for the new season: Look very probable I’m going to put some miles on the Stair Car this summer. Just officially signed on to more ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT today. — Jason Bateman (@batemanjason) May 12, […]
Continue ReadingDaily Show correspondent Hasan Minhaj is having a very busy 2017. Fresh off his gig hosting this year’s Trump-free White House Correspondents’ Dinner, Minhaj heads to Netflix later this month for his brand new special Homecoming King, which “follows Minhaj’s arrival in the U.S., interracial love, racism, bullying, and his family’s quest to achieve the […]
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