No kidding! Showtime doubled down on its investment in the Jim Carrey business — days after renewing his series, I’m Dying Up Here, the network announced it’s picking up a half-hour comedy called Kidding that’ll not only star Carrey but also reunite him with director Michel Gondry. Gondry, of course, wrote and directed Carrey in […]
Continue ReadingJim Carrey is reteaming with Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind’s Michel Gondry for his first starring TV role since In Living Color. Showtime announced today that Carrey is set to star in a new half-hour comedy in the works at Showtime called Kidding. Here’s the logline from Showtime’s press release: In Kidding, Carrey plays Jeff, […]
Continue ReadingTBS’s comedy Search Party returns for its second season this fall, and today the network dropped the first trailer. Renewed back in December 2016, the show returns for a second, 10-episode season on TBS Sunday, November 19th at 10:00pm with two back-to-back episodes, and if the trailer is any indication, burying a body and trying […]
Continue ReadingFrom Louie to Californication to King of the Hill to her critically acclaimed FX series Better Things, Pamela Adlon has been expertly casting a wide net as an actor, writer, director, and producer. “People have a Where’s Waldo thing with me because of all the weird shit I’ve done. There’s something for everybody.” All the […]
Continue ReadingLast year, HBO acquired rights to the first season of Tracey Ullman’s BBC One sketch show, and now that season 2 has already aired across the pond, it’s slated to make its American debut next month. The six-episode second season premieres on HBO Friday, October 20th, and you can get a sneak peek with the […]
Continue Reading‘Structurally Sound’ is a recurring feature where each week a different structurally unusual, rule-breaking anomaly of an episode from a comedy series is examined. “Would you ever want to hang out again?” When Gwyneth Paltrow is dead and gone (that is if her Goop-infested body is capable of desiccation) the thing that she’ll surely be […]
Continue ReadingTig Notaro was a guest on last night’s Conan, where she told O’Brien about how her twin sons Max and Finn are doing, including a big update about Max’s first full sentence yelling “I’m gay!” out of nowhere. “I just leaned down, I was like ‘Max, we love you, we’re your parents, you can tell […]
Continue ReadingHere’s a clip from last night’s Late Night, where Seth Meyers takes “A Closer Look” at the latest updates in the Russia investigation that now involves Trump aides like Jared Kushner and the news that Robert Mueller is reportedly “going for the kill.” On Mueller: “Look at this guy. He looks like the police chief […]
Continue ReadingTBS just handed out renewals to three comedy series. TVLine reports that the network has ordered a second season of The Guest Book as well as third seasons of People of Earth and Wrecked, joining previously renewed comedies The Detour and Angie Tribeca. Season 2 of Wrecked wrapped up earlier this year, while People of […]
Continue ReadingBroad City was originally set to debut its fourth season on Comedy Central tonight at 10:30pm, but if you’re too impatient to wait, the network released the full episode online today. Titled “Sliding Doors,” the episode takes inspiration from the 1998 movie for a warp back in time to the moment Abbi and Ilana first […]
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