Comedy Central has obtained the rights to the hit sitcom Parks and Recreation and is celebrating with an all-day marathon on Martin Luther king Jr. Day. Select episodes will also be available to stream on the Comedy Central App and cc.com. The news comes on the heels of a Parks and Rec cast reunion for 2019. Parks and Rec ran for seven seasons before ending its run on NBC in
Continue ReadingSamantha Bee pulled out all the stops for her holiday special Full Frontal Presents Christmas on I.C.E., which aired Wednesday night on TBS. The special weaved together Full Frontal’s trademark political satire with silly holiday bits and jokes. The special raised funds for KIND’s Family Separation Response Team. The team seeks to reunite children that were separated from their parents during the Trump administration’s “Zero Tolerance Policy.” In the episode,
Continue ReadingConan O’Brien will debut his new much-talked-about 30-minute Conan format. The show also put out a teaser showcasing what Team Coco has been up to in between seasons. For O’Brien’s ninth season on TBS, the series will get a new format but will still appear at the top of its regular time slot. Conan will now run four nights a week starting on January 22. While the show will be transitioning
Continue ReadingConan O’Brien will debut his new much-talked-about 30-minute Conan format. The show also put out a teaser showcasing what Team Coco has been up to in between seasons. For O’Brien’s ninth season on TBS, the series will get a new format but will still appear at the top of its regular time slot. Conan will now run four nights a week starting on January 22. While the show will be transitioning
Continue ReadingSeated at a long table of judges Amy Sedaris eats cookie after cookie and writes down her thoughts on a sheet attached to the clipboard. She is the special guest judge of an annual cookie bake-off at the Lower East Side Girls Club, a community center that operates full-service arts, science, and civic engagement programs in lower Manhattan. This is not the first time female comedians have come out to
Continue ReadingFrankie Shaw, the creator of the Showtime hit SMILF, is being investigated for sexual misconduct claims on set. The show returns to Showtime on January 20, but the production of the second season has been rife with onset controversy. The Hollywood Reporter published an exclusive Monday that included claims of onset racism and claims of inappropriately handled sex scenes. While the claims of racism stemming from a segregated writers room are
Continue ReadingWell, this is heartwarming. Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, the Emmy-winning TBS series, is donating a six-bedroom house to a group that lodges families of detained immigrants. The receiving organization, called El Refugio, provides housing for families visiting loved ones at the Stewart Detention Center in rural Lumpkin, Georgia. The house has 20 beds, a 20-person dining room, and is newly renovated. Bee herself called it “beautiful.” There are no hotels
Continue ReadingDavid Letterman and his Netflix talk show (and his massive retirement beard) will return for a second season in 2019. My Next Guest Needs No Introduction debuted in January releasing one episode per month (and two in May). Letterman, who decided he didn’t want to work on Fridays when hosting Late Show on CBS, continues to work on his own terms. Six interviews a year and recording some field segments
Continue ReadingLast night was the final Saturday Night Live of 2018 and the crew went out on a good one. Matt Damon came back for the first time in over a decade to host. Though he had come back earlier in the season to play Brett Kavanaugh, he really got to shine this week. He brought the kind of commitment to hosting that showed how much he really loves SNL. He
Continue ReadingABC seems pretty happy with their comedies. The alphabet network has ordered additional episodes for black-ish, The Goldbergs, The Conners, The Kids Are Alright, and Single Parents. Black-ish and The Goldbergs are some of the network’s senior sitcoms, with black-ish continuing to garner critical and popular praise. Now in its fifth season, the Anthony Anderson comedy will get an additional two episodes for a total of 24. The Goldbergs get just
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