NBC just announced a round of fall premiere dates, including the season 2 premiere date for The Good Place and Great News, the season 3 premiere of Superstore, and debut of the Will & Grace revival. According to The Hollywood Reporter, all four shows will make up the network’s fall Thursday night comedy block starting on September […]
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. “What’s good?” “How about a cup of the best piping hot apple cider on this side of the Mississippi and a slice of cinnamon pie that may just bring tears.” At […]
Continue ReadingHere’s a clip from last night’s Last Week Tonight, where John Oliver takes a closer look at the coal mining industry and why Trump has made promises he know he can’t keep by claiming to care about miners and bringing their jobs back. Oliver also explains why one of the biggest threats to coal miners is […]
Continue ReadingCan Emmy nominations save Seeso? For the sake of the programming department, decimated by layoffs from parent company NBCUniversal that will leave most of them unemployed a week from now, let’s hope so. Then again, every once in a while, the Emmy Awards make it awkward by presenting trophies to already-canceled series. Just ask the […]
Continue ReadingOn Wednesday, the country was shocked by the events in Alexandria, Virginia, where a gunman targeted a congressional baseball practice. The event re-sparked our national debate about gun violence, and was yet another reminder of how prominent of an issue this is in America. As a response to the shooting, NBC pulled an episode of […]
Continue Reading“In the world of standup comedy the half hour special creates opportunities that a comic has long dreamed about. It’s the gateway to the next level.” That’s how Kevin Hart introduces his new seven-episode Comedy Central series The Next Level, which features seven up-and-coming comedians who have all earned the Kevin Hart seal of approval. […]
Continue ReadingOne of the unexpected highlights of Jim Jefferies’s new Comedy Central series has been the ominous forecasts by the show’s official weatherman played by the one and only Brad Pitt. He’s appeared on the two episodes that have aired so far (watch his appearances here and here), and in case you were wondering how Jefferies managed to […]
Continue ReadingHere’s a clip from last night’s President Show, where Anthony Atamanuik’s Trump heads back to Queens to get in touch with his childhood roots. Along with Peter Grosz’s Mike Pence, Trump revisits his first childhood home (the “shithole”) and his second, bigger childhood home (the “pisshole”), reunites with an old friend, and hangs out at […]
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Here’s a clip from last night’s Full Frontal, where Samantha Bee highlights a young Girl Scout in New Hampshire who attempted to make child marriage in her state illegal, only for State Representative David Bates to dismiss her because she’s, you know, a little girl who should have no power to repeal laws in her […]
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