Rory Scovel has a new standup special premiering on Netflix next month. Scovel revealed on Twitter today that the special, titled Rory Scovel Tries Stand-Up for the First Time, will debut on the streaming network Tuesday, June 20th. Scovel’s debut standup special from 2015, The Charleston Special, is currently available on Seeso.
Continue ReadingTracy Morgan’s new standup special premieres in one week, and today Netflix released the first trailer. Titled Staying Alive, the special was filmed at the Count Basie Theatre in New Jersey and follows Morgan as he “attempts to find the funny in the aftermath of his near-fatal accident in July 2014.” Check out the trailer […]
Continue ReadingTo say 2017 has been a bumper-crop year for Jonah Ray would be an understatement. Aside from pulling double duty as co-host of Chris Hardwick’s The Nerdist Podcast and solo-host of his own Jonah Raydio, the 34-year-old comedian also has not one, but two hit television shows airing concurrently. His Netflix reboot of the cult […]
Continue ReadingBryan Cranston has a new comedy headed to Amazon. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the streaming network has given a six-episode series order to a comedy created by Cranston and Greg Mottola called The Dangerous Book for Boys. The half-hour comedy was originally in development at NBC back in 2014 and is based on the […]
Continue ReadingAmazon has a new half-hour comedy in the works. According to The Wrap, the streaming network is developing a series starring Danny DeVito and Jeff Goldblum created by Simpsons writer/producer Tim Long. The untitled comedy centers on “a faux iconic music duo from the past, Matt Downey (Goldblum) & Arlo Finkleman (DeVito), who are forced […]
Continue ReadingLast month, Netflix announced a new standup special from Norm Macdonald was in the works, and today the streaming network released a very short teaser to get you excited. Titled Norm Macdonald: Hitler’s Dog, Gossip & Trickery, the special was filmed at the Wilbur Theatre in Boston and follows Macdonald as he “delivers sly, deadpan […]
Continue ReadingAziz Ansari’s Netflix comedy Master of None returns for season 2 next week, and if you were planning on binging the season in one sitting, Vulture’s new interview with Ansari might convince you to go slow this time, because there’s no guarantee for a third season. Here are Ansari’s thoughts on the possibility of season […]
Continue ReadingPaul Reiser and David Steven Simon’s upcoming Seeso show There’s…Johnny! doesn’t debut on the streaming network until late August, but ahead of its Tribeca Film Festival premiere tonight, a teaser of the series was released today. Ordered to series last year, the show is set backstage at Johnny Carson’s Tonight Show in 1972 and follows […]
Continue ReadingAdam Sandler is working on his next movie for Netflix, and a rumor about the project that Sandler would star alongside Chris Rock has been confirmed today. Deadline reports that Sandler’s final comedy from his original four-movie deal with the streaming network will be titled The Week Of, which Sandler co-wrote with Robert Smigel, who […]
Continue ReadingBeing born in India, raised in Africa, and schooled in the United States has given comedian Vir Das a unique perspective on what is globally funny. After dabbling in comedy while attending college in the US, Das headed back to India to take a job as a VJ in Bombay. He lost the job in […]
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