truTV just announced a ton of series renewals, pilot orders, and new projects in development today as part of their 2017-2018 programming slate, and it’s packed with a bunch of new and previously announced shows. In addition to season 3 of The Chris Gethard Show and new shows from Amy Sedaris, Andrea Savage, and Bobcat Goldthwait, […]
Continue ReadingSince leaving New Orleans for New York City nearly ten years ago, Mark Normand has been honing his joke writing and delivery to a fine point. That fine point has earned him appearances on nearly every late night show, a steady opening spot for Amy Schumer, and honors like being one of our “10 Best […]
Continue ReadingIn addition to yesterday’s news that ABC has given double-season renewals to Modern Family and The Goldbergs, the network announced a round of comedy news last night with several cancellations, renewals, and series orders. The cancellations include Ken Jeong’s Dr. Ken after two seasons as well as Imaginary Mary and The Real O’Neals, which aired […]
Continue ReadingHere’s a great clip from last night’s episode of The President Show, where Anthony Atamanuik and Peter Grosz head to an elementary school in character as Donald Trump and Mike Pence so Trump can spend the day hanging out and playing with the kids — which is actually pretty sad, when you think about it, […]
Continue ReadingYesterday, Time posted an interview with Donald Trump where he called Stephen Colbert “filthy” and a “no-talent guy” whose show was “dying” before he came on as a guest, so during last night’s Late Show, Colbert went all in with his response. “Making jokes about you has been good for ratings — it’s almost as […]
Continue ReadingNBC just handed out a season renewal to one of its freshman comedies. According to The Wrap, the network has officially renewed Tracey Wigfield’s new comedy Great News, which stars Briga Heelan and Andrea Martin and was ordered to series last year. Currently airing its debut season on Tuesday nights, the series is co-executive produced […]
Continue ReadingThe Goldbergs is sticking around at ABC. TVLine reports that the network renewed the ’80s-set comedy series today for two more seasons, which will keep it on the air for seasons 5 and 6. It makes the second double-season renewal for a returning ABC comedy this week following last night’s Modern Family renewal, which will […]
Continue ReadingFrankie Shaw’s short film, SMILF, won the jury award at the Sundance Film Festival a couple of years ago and garnered further interest from Showtime. The pay-cable network announced it’s fully invested now in SMILF, ordering up 10 episodes of a half-hour comedy series partially based on Shaw’s own life as a single mother. She’s […]
Continue ReadingShowtime has a new half-hour comedy in the works. According to Variety, the network has given a 10-episode series order to a comedy written, produced, and directed by Frankie Shaw called SMILF, which is based on her 2014 Sundance short of the same name and has been in development at Showtime since 2015. The series […]
Continue ReadingDuring the Rashomon-esque, ninth season episode of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, “The Gang Saves the Day,” we get a brief glimpse of what each member of the Gang envisions their lives being like after surviving a robbery attempt. In Deandra “Sweet Dee” Reynolds’ (Kaitlin Olson) daydream, the rest of the Gang is dead (by […]
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