Justin Simien’s 2014 film Dear White People is headed to Netflix later this month in the form of a TV series adaptation, and today the network released the first trailer. Like the film, the 10-episode half-hour series will follow “a diverse group of students of color as they navigate a predominantly white Ivy League college […]
Continue ReadingMore Grace and Frankie is in the works at Netflix. Variety reports that the streaming network has officially handed the show starring Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin a season 4 renewal just a few weeks after season 3 made its debut. Season 4 will include Lisa Kudrow in a guest role as Sheree, “Grace’s longtime […]
Continue ReadingThe Lucas Bros are headed to Netflix with a new standup special next week. Titled Lucas Brothers: On Drugs — the perfect title for the comedians who once got too high to perform at a 4/20 show — the special was filmed at The Bell House in New York and marks the Bros’ Netflix standup […]
Continue ReadingOne of Amazon’s new comedy pilots just became the first series to receive a double-season series order at the streaming network. According to Variety, Amazon has officially ordered two seasons of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel from Gilmore Girls creator Amy Sherman-Palladino. Ordered to pilot last summer, the show centers on Rachel Brosnahan as “a 1958 […]
Continue ReadingAmazon just released the first trailer for Jill Soloway’s new show. Ordered to series back in September, I Love Dick is based on the 1997 novel by Chris Kraus and follows “a struggling married couple, Chris and Sylvere, and their mutual obsession with an off-putting — but charismatic — professor named Dick. The story, set […]
Continue ReadingLast summer, Sharon Horgan’s Amazon comedy Catastrophe landed a double season renewal, and today the streaming network dropped the trailer for season 3. Read our review of Catastrophe’s second season here, and catch the rest when the new season premieres on Amazon Friday, April 28th.
Continue ReadingAziz Ansari’s critically acclaimed Netflix series Master of None returns for season 2 next month, and today the streaming network dropped the first trailer. It’s super fancy! Read our review of the show’s debut season here, and catch the rest when season 2 premieres Friday, May 12th.
Continue ReadingBrian Regan is having a very busy 2017. Today Regan announced a pile of standup tour dates, which run from early June through December and include stops in San Antonio, Denver, Wilmington, Orlando, San Diego, Madison, and more. In addition to the tour dates, Regan has landed two standup specials at Netflix, and he’ll tape […]
Continue ReadingSeeso just announced a round of summer premiere dates, including season 2 of Dan Harmon’s HarmonQuest, Paul Reiser’s Tonight Show-set series There’s…Johnny!, and specials from Flula Borg and the Sklar Brothers. Check out the full lineup of premiere dates below: Flulanthropy – Premieres July 13 A half-hour, hybrid comedy special following German DJ and wunderkind Flula […]
Continue ReadingIt’s that time of year again: Amazon pilot season. The streaming service is once again letting you play Network Executive and decide which of their new pilots become series. You watch the pilots, then take a brief survey. Using this data, Amazon will decide which of their new shows get orders for more episodes. This […]
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