This Week in Comedy: Paul Rudd battles Paul Rudd in Living with Yourself

  This week in comedy, Paul Rudd is battling himself in the new comedy Living With Yourself. After attending a… MORE
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Craig Ferguson to host Hustler game show for ABC

Craig Ferguson, who previously hosted Celebrity Name Game from 2014-2017, is back with another game show hosting gig. The Hustler will reunite Ferguson with ABC, where he got his big break with a supporting role on The Drew Carey Show. The Hustler will…

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Jason Sudeikis reviving Coach Ted Lasso for Apple+ series

A character Jason Sudeikis created years ago for NBC Sports is coming out of retirement, but this time playing for Apple TV+. Ted Lasso finds Sudeikis, an American football coach, trying to lead English football clubs. He’s writing the Apple TV+ …

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Nikki Glaser to host “Blind Date” reboot for Bravo

Blind Date, which first debuted in 1999 and ran for 10 syndicated seasons and 1440 episodes, is coming back, this time on Bravo. And this time, hosted by stand-up comedian Nikki Glaser. The Blind Date reboot on Bravo premieres Nov. 18, 2019, at 11:30 p…

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Search Party moves to HBO Max for seasons 3-4

HBO Max announced Search Party will move from TBS to the new streaming platform (both owned by WarnerMedia) when it launches in spring 2020. From the press release: The dark comedy about a group of privileged, self-absorbed twenty-somethings covering u…

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Iliza Shlesinger to star in own Netflix sketch series

Iliza Shlesinger arrived in New York City last weekend, telling comedy club audiences she’s on the East Coast to work on a project, and now we know what that project is: Her very own sketch comedy series on Netflix! The streaming giant announced …

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Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s “Fleabag” wins Emmy Awards for writing, acting, best comedy series of 2019

We knew critics loved Fleabag. We loved Fleabag. Now we know the Emmy Awards voters did, too, bestowing four Emmys this year to the British comedy series (broadcast in the States on Amazon Prime Video) and star/creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge. Fleabag won…

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Ryan Niemiller finished third place on America’s Got Talent 2019

Ryan Niemiller said five years ago, someone who looked like him couldn’t have gotten on TV. This summer, Niemiller won over the judges and most of the crowds on America’s Got Talent, finishing the season in third place. He follows a long li…

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The Valleyfolk wins inaugural edition of Bring The Funny on NBC

Congratulations to The Valleyfolk, a group of online comedians who formed a sketch group together last year, and last night won the $250,000 grand prize and a slot in the 2020 Just For Laughs festival in Montreal for winning the inaugural season of NBC…

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Shane Gillis out at Saturday Night Live before he ever got to make his season 45 debut

Stand-up comedian Shane Gillis became the shortest-ever tenured member of Saturday Night Live‘s cast on Monday, as the NBC series announced it had cut ties with Gillis, mere days after announcing his hiring. From an SNL spokesperson on behalf of …

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