Lindy West’s 2016 memoir Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman might turn into a comedy series at Hulu starring SNL’s Aidy Bryant. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Bryant and Lorne Michaels are developing a single-cam comedy based on the memoir, which Bryant would also star in. The adaptation is described as “the story of a fat young woman who wants to […]
Continue ReadingBack in February, Netflix revealed that it added a new comedy special from Steve Martin and Martin Short called Steve Martin and Martin Short: An Evening You Will Forget for the Rest of Your Life, and today the premiere date was revealed. Taped at the Peace Center in Greenville, South Carolina, the special is a mix of […]
Continue ReadingJust a couple months after Amazon canceled her series One Mississippi, Tig Notaro has a brand new standup special heading to Netflix next month. Titled Happy to Be Here, the special was filmed at the Heights Theater in Houston, counts Ellen DeGeneres as an executive producer, and makes its Netflix debut on Tuesday, May 22nd. Notaro […]
Continue ReadingNetflix has added another animated comedy to its lineup. The streaming network has ordered ten episodes of a half-hour animated series from Brickleberry co-creators Waco O’Guin and Roger Black called Paradise PD, which is set in a small-town police department. The official logline: “They’re bad cops. Not bad like no-nonsense. Not bad like cool. Bad […]
Continue ReadingLast month, Netflix announced that Seth Rogen’s annual Hilarity for Charity event would be available to view for the first time on the streaming network, and today the first trailer was released. Taped at the Hollywood Palladium on March 24th, the special features appearances from Rogen alongside Tiffany Haddish, John Mulaney, Sarah Silverman, Nick Kroll, […]
Continue ReadingBroad City’s Abbi Jacobson and Mozart in the Jungle writer/executive producer Will Graham are teaming up to develop a series based on 1992’s A League of Their Own. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the two are co-writing and executive producing a half-hour A League of Their Own comedy for Amazon described as “less as a […]
Continue ReadingJohn Mulaney heads to Netflix in May with a brand new standup special. The streaming network just announced that it has a new multi-special pact with Mulaney, and the first special in the deal will debut on Tuesday, May 1st. Titled John Mulaney: Kid Gorgeous at Radio City, the special was taped during one of Mulaney’s […]
Continue ReadingLast year, Randall Park and Ali Wong signed on to star together in a romantic comedy at Netflix, and now the project has a director. According to Variety, Fresh Off the Boat’s Nahnatchka Khan will make her feature directorial debut with the film, which Park and Wong (who star in and write for Khan’s ABC […]
Continue ReadingSeth Rogen has assembled an all-star team for a new special heading to Netflix next month. Titled Seth Rogen’s Hilarity for Charity, the special will be a mix of standup, sketches, and music and will feature Tiffany Haddish, John Mulaney, Sarah Silverman, Nick Kroll, James Corden, Michelle Wolf, Kumail Nanjiani, Sacha Baron Cohen, Jeff Goldblum, […]
Continue ReadingSoon, nearly all of Monty Python’s back catalog will be available to view on Netflix. According to Deadline, the streaming network has secured international rights to Monty Python’s films, television series, live shows, and specials, including Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Monty Python’s Life of Brian, and Monty Python’s Flying Circus. Here’s the full […]
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