After working on Late Night with Seth Meyers and The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, Michelle Wolf is now getting a late night show of her own. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Netflix has added a weekly late night series hosted by Wolf described as “a break from the seriousness of late-night comedy.” Dan Powell […]
Continue ReadingThe Big Sick’s Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon have a new project in the works at Apple. According to Deadline, Apple has put into development a half-hour anthology series called Little America. Written by Lee Eisenberg (The Office, SMILF), the series is described as “a small, collective portrait of America’s immigrants — and thereby […]
Continue ReadingLast month, Netflix ordered 13 episodes of a new talk show hosted by Joel McHale, and now the series, titled The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale, has its first trailer. The show will “take a sharp, absurdist look at pop culture as well as news around the world” and feature “celebrity guests, comedy sketches […]
Continue ReadingSome of the most beloved, groundbreaking, and influential television comedy series have been tragically cut short before they even had the chance to reach their prime. The Ben Stiller Show, Strangers with Candy, and Freaks and Geeks all suffered the fate of short runs before later achieving cult success. Occasionally, a “gone too soon” show […]
Continue ReadingThe fourth movie from Adam Sandler’s original four-movie deal with Netflix now has a teaser trailer and release date. Originally announced last year, The Week Of stars Sandler alongside Chris Rock and follows “the week of preparation for a wedding in which Sandler’s character’s daughter marries Rock’s character’s son.” Sandler co-wrote the film with Robert […]
Continue ReadingFuller House is sticking around at Netflix. TVLine reports that the streaming network has officially renewed the series for a fourth season. Season 3 of the show debuted in two parts last year – part 1 premiered in September, then the season wrapped up with part 2 in December. Season 4 will follow “Danny, Jesse, […]
Continue ReadingNorm Macdonald fielded questions from fans today in a Reddit AMA assisted by The Washington Post, and he dropped some pretty big news for fans of his podcast Norm Macdonald Live when asked why he seems “embarrassed” or like he hates to host the show. “I did my podcast in order to see if I could host […]
Continue ReadingDoug Kenney flamed out early. A child of the 1950s, he produced comedy in print, radio, and film from the late ‘60s through his death in 1980 that has become classic, either through its enormous influence on the comedy that followed or as works in their own right (“People really like Caddyshack,” Martin Mull intones, […]
Continue ReadingDavid Wain is no stranger to disrupting an unsuspecting comedy mainstream. Before solidifying himself as a household name as the writer-director behind cult classics (Wet Hot American Summer, The Ten) and commercial hits (Role Models) alike, Wain and his pioneering sketch comedy troupe The State staged a comedic coup at MTV back in the early […]
Continue ReadingIn addition to the eighth and final season of Portlandia currently airing on IFC, Fred Armisen has another comedy project coming out next month. Netflix just released the trailer of Armisen’s new special called Standup for Drummers, in which Armisen “explores a variety of topics including his inability to truly understand jazz, the subtle differences […]
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