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Steve Carell launching Space Force series at Netflix

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Steve Carell is joining Space Force—kind of. Netflix dropped a teaser for a new series co-created by and starring the Office star. Greg Daniels, who developed The Office for American television, joins Carell in creating the new show about the space organization tasked to “defend satellites” and perform “other space-related tasks.” Space Force, which is reportedly inspired by President Donald Trump’s proposed 6th Major Division of the U.S. Armed Forces,

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Grace and Frankie renewed by Netflix days before Season 5 premiere

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Netflix has renewed Grace and Frankie for a sixth season due out next year. Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin have ageless appeal as the titular pair of unwitting friends brought closer together under unusual circumstances. We last left Grace and Frankie breaking out of a retirement home (“assisted living community”) after getting fed up with the childish rules and policies. Stealing back their own belongings—including Frankie’s beloved toaster—the two bust out only

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Drunk History, Daily Show tell the ‘Trump history’ of Ulysses S. Grant

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The Daily Show teamed up with the Drunk History team to give us a little bit of ‘Trump history’ on Monday night. As the country enjoys its longest ever government shutdown, Derek Waters and his team imagine President Trump’s version of the Civil War. The Comedy Central historians use clips from an October speech the president delivered in Ohio, a speech The Daily Show called a “sober-yet-incoherent rant.” Remember when

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Family Guy producers promise less gay jokes: The show has to shift and evolve.

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Family Guy is trying to phase out homophobic humor. This week’s unusually political episode of Family Guy centered around Peter getting a job at the White House and culminated in a five-minute “chicken fight” with the President, but in the episode, there is an exchange about the type of jokes the nearly 20-year-old show is delivering. In the episode titled Trump Guy, the fictionalized Donald Trump says to Peter, “Many

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Brooklyn Nine-Nine and Superstore are basically the same show and here’s why

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Cheers, Friends, Seinfeld, 30 Rock, Golden Girls, The Office, Parks and Recreation; NBC has given us some of the most iconic sitcoms of all time and Brooklyn Nine-Nine is poised to be its newest tentpole sitcom. After being unexpectedly dropped by Fox after five beloved seasons, Brooklyn Nine-Nine was picked up by NBC for a sixth season and last week’s premiere garnered 3.6 million viewers—up 71% from last year’s season

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Dane Cook teases Fight script in Instagram post

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Dane Cook teased a new film script on his Instagram Monday night. The video post zooms in on an open script file on a laptop. The script simply says, “Fight, Written by Dane Cook,” with a note at the bottom of the page that says “Reheat Entertainment.” In the caption to the post, Cook reveals that the script is for a new film with “heart, humor & drama organically intermingled.”

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Conan O’Brien is ditching the desk when Conan returns next week

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Conan O’Brien is bringing an updated, albeit shorter, version of his late night show, Conan, to TBS next week after a three-month hiatus. Team Coco announced the “leaner” half-hour format last year. O’Brien hopes this will allow him more time to focus on creating digital content. “I was looking for something more lean and agile,” he told reporters. “I’ve been pushing for something that fits the modern landscape, certainly fits

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Conan O’Brien is ditching the desk when Conan returns next week

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Conan O’Brien is bringing an updated, albeit shorter, version of his late night show, Conan, to TBS next week after a three-month hiatus. Team Coco announced the “leaner” half-hour format last year. O’Brien hopes this will allow him more time to focus on creating digital content. “I was looking for something more lean and agile,” he told reporters. “I’ve been pushing for something that fits the modern landscape, certainly fits

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New York comedian debriefs 101 rejections on Today

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New York comic and Laughspin contributor Emily Winter impressed NBC’s Today show Monday morning with her ability to handle rejection. Winter recently published a piece in The New York Times about her 2018 New Years Resolution to get rejected 100 times—she closed last year with 101 sought-after noes. Al Roker and Sheinelle Jones spoke with Winter about how she quit her stable job to pursue comedy and how she resolved to

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Ricky Gervais Netflix series After Life will treat being a jerk like a superpower

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Ricky Gervais looks to go full Ricky Gervais in his new Netflix original series After Life. After Life focuses on Tony (Gervais) who has had a seemingly perfect life. After his wife Lisa (Derek star Kerry Godliman) dies, things change. After contemplating taking his own life, he decides instead to live long enough to punish the world by saying and doing whatever he likes from now on. It sounds a

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