We’ll never be royals, but will Puddles Pity Party make it through the quarterfinals of America’s Got Talent in 2017? Not everyone was a fan of his cover of “Royals” by Lorde (we see you, Simon), but perhaps the audience votes will outnumber Mr. Cowell’s buzzer. Roll the clip, and find out tonight!
Continue ReadingLate Night writer Amber Ruffin is usually quick to offer hilarious takedowns of all the terrible news happening this year, but there comes a time when even the strongest defenders of justice and sanity need a break for self-care, and that time came for Ruffin during last night’s show. Instead of directly responding to the […]
Continue ReadingHere’s a great clip from last night’s Jimmy Kimmel Live, where Kimmel covers Trump’s bizarre decision yesterday not only to backtrack on his comments condemning the white supremacists in Charlottesville over the weekend but actually double down on defending them. This leads to a rapid-fire recap of the countless ways Trump has screwed up since […]
Continue ReadingOh, hello. Toni and Gil and Candace and George. #portlandia #season8 A post shared by Carrie Brownstein (@carrie_rachel) on Aug 15, 2017 at 7:52am PDT Portlandia is currently filming its eighth and final season for IFC, and despite last year’s falling-out between Portland’s real feminist bookstore and the one depicted on the show, Carrie Brownstein […]
Continue ReadingThe New York Television Festival has announced the 52 official selections for the 2017 Independent Pilot Competition. They include 31 comedy pilots featuring the talents of Lin-Manuel Miranda, Bebe Neuwirth, David Wain, Felicia day, John Early, Kyle Dunnigan, Jemima Kirke, Jamie Kaler, Daniel Kellison, Ian Roberts, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Dot-Marie Jones, Will Janowitz, Ana Gasteyer, Maria […]
Continue ReadingHere’s a clip from last night’s Late Night, where Seth Meyers recaps the white supremacist rally in Charlottesville over the weekend that resulted in a protester getting killed and Trump taking two whole days filled with public pressure to condemn his Nazi supporters by name despite having what Meyers calls “a permanent hard-on for condemnation.” “It shouldn’t […]
Continue ReadingHere’s a clip from last night’s Late Show, where Stephen Colbert and Bob Odenkirk talk about Better Call Saul, the difference between performing on a comedy show and a serious drama, and Odenkirk’s questionable Emmy campaign tactics, including a bombshell video Colbert got of Odenkirk’s son and “Emmy campaign strategist” Bobby Odenkirk Jr. colluding with […]
Continue ReadingShowtime’s I’m Dying Up Here, which ended its first season last night, is the newest unfunny drama about the world of comedy. Based in part on the book by the same name by William Knoedelseder, it’s a fairly unambitious show. This actually makes it work better than the late, sarcastically lamented Studio 60 on the […]
Continue ReadingShowtime’s I’m Dying Up Here, which ended its first season last night, is the newest unfunny drama about the world of comedy. Based in part on the book by the same name by William Knoedelseder, it’s a fairly unambitious show. This actually makes it work better than the late, sarcastically lamented Studio 60 on the […]
Continue ReadingHere’s a clip from last night’s Last Week Tonight, where John Oliver responds to the weekend’s terrible news that a protester was killed during a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville as well as Trump’s equally terrible response condemning the violence “on many sides” and refusing to call out the Nazis by name. “It seems Trump’s […]
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