Curb Your Enthusiasm finally returns to HBO next month for its ninth season, and the network recently released a new trailer for the next batch of episodes. The trailer features Larry David along with some of the many new and returning guest stars this season, including Richard Lewis, JB Smoove, Bob Einstein, Jeff Garlin, Bryan Cranston, […]
Continue ReadingShowtime wants more I’m Dying Up Here. The network just announced that it’s given a season 2 renewal to the Jim Carrey-produced show about the ‘70s standup scene in LA. Season 1 of the show debuted back in June, and the 10-episode second season will premiere sometime next year. Read our season 1 review of […]
Continue ReadingFans of 1970s nostalgia about the stand-up comedy scene in Hollywood rejoice! Showtime has picked up I’m Dying Up Here for a second season. From the press release: SHOWTIME is picking up its drama series about the art of comedy, I’M DYING UP HERE, for a second season, it was announced today by Gary Levine, President of […]
Continue ReadingFans of Jon Stewart may still be lamenting his departure from The Daily Show some two years ago, but Comedy Central has gotten exactly what they sought when they replaced Stewart with Trevor Noah, appealing to the next generation of 18-34 year-olds. Since The Daily Show with Trevor Noah began on Sept. 28, 2015, the […]
Continue ReadingWho says there aren’t opportunities for women in comedy on Adult Swim? A Craigslist ad appeared today offering $443 per day for a “SEXY FEMALE” with SAG-AFTRA union card between the ages of 25-55, “any ethnicity,” who’s willing to wear “bondage attire” and walk “a man on a leash like a dog” for an untitled […]
Continue ReadingSeason 3 of HBO’s Ballers comes to a close in just a few weeks. Rob Corddry, who stars as financial advisor Joe Krutel on the series, has officially “made it.” But this isn’t the first time he’s made it in the course of his career. For Corddry, success in acting has been a series of […]
Continue ReadingEarlier this week, Comedy Central announced that The Daily Show with Trevor Noah added comedian Dulcé Sloan as its newest correspondent, and during last night’s show she made her big debut. Using New York Fashion Week as an example, Sloan examines the many ways white people appropriating black culture for profit. ” Where I come […]
Continue ReadingAhead of the season 4 Broad City premiere on Comedy Central next week, Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer appeared on last night’s Jimmy Kimmel Live, where they chatted about some of the guest stars slated to show up next season including Shania Twain, Jane Curtin, Wanda Sykes, Fran Drescher, and “unbelievable divine soul” RuPaul, who […]
Continue ReadingHere’s a clip from last night’s Late Night, where Seth Meyers takes “A Closer Look” at Trump’s response to Hurricane Irma (“Hey man, this is a serious and deadly threat. Save your exclamation points for when the McRib comes back”) as well as the super cringeworthy comments he made earlier this week revealing that Ivanka […]
Continue ReadingSeth Rogen and Evan Goldberg have a new TV project in the works. Showtime just announced that the two will produce and direct an upcoming comedy pilot called Ball Street. Here’s the logline for the project, which is co-created by David Caspe and Jordan Cahan: Ball Street takes us back to October 19, 1987 – aka Black Monday – […]
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