While Daily Show’s Hasan Minhaj took on the Trump-free White House Correspondents’ Dinner over the weekend, Full Frontal’s Samantha Bee hosted her own DC special, the Not the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, on Saturday too. Thanks to some help from the Full Frontal correspondents, Allison Janney, Jake Tapper, and a special guest appearance by Will […]
Continue ReadingTBS’s new comedy Wrecked just got a season 2 premiere date. The show, which debuted last June and earned a season 2 renewal a month after its premiere, will return to the network for its second season on Tuesday, June 20th at 10:00pm with two new back-to-back episodes. For more on the show, read our […]
Continue ReadingWhether this becomes a new annual ritual or not, Samantha Bee and her Full Frontal team from TBS put on a heckuva show Saturday night in Washington, D.C., with their first “Not the White House Correspondents Dinner” special. Among the top highlights: A clip reel of comedians taking digs at President Trump. Among them: Billy […]
Continue ReadingEverything old can be new again in this era of Too Much TV. Re-enter Roseanne. The hit ABC sitcom, which aired 222 episodes from 1988 to 1997 and peaked at the top of the ratings in its second of nine seasons, is calling for a full reunion (no word on which Becky) in the form […]
Continue ReadingThis week marks the 20-year anniversary of “The Puppy Episode,” the now-famous two-part episode of Ellen DeGeneres’ ABC sitcom where her character — and afterward, the real DeGeneres — decided to come out as gay publicly. To celebrate the occasion, today’s episode of DeGeneres’ talk show is dedicated to “The Puppy Episode,” and it’s a […]
Continue ReadingOfficially, the inspiration for the excellent new IFC comedy Brockmire is a Funny or Die sketch from 2010, but if you’re a Simpsons fan, you know the origins of the character trace back a little further than that. In “The Twisted World of Marge Simpson,” when Marge’s free pretzels are used to injure Mr. Burns […]
Continue ReadingRoseanne is making a comeback. Deadline reports that an eight-episode limited series revival of Roseanne Barr’s classic ’90s ABC family sitcom is currently in development, and original stars Barr, John Goodman, Sara Gilbert, Laurie Metcalf, and Johnny Galecki are all “in the process” of returning to appear in some form. Original producers Tom Werner and […]
Continue ReadingBritish comedy legend Tommy Maitland will host ABC’s revival of The Gong Show this summer. So says the press release. And yet. You’d think you would have heard of Tommy Maitland, or followed him on Twitter or seen his Facebook fan page if he were a true legend of comedy. Instead, @mrtommymaitland only went live […]
Continue ReadingBack in October it was announced that Will Arnett was producing a Gong Show revival for ABC, and today the guest judge lineup was announced as well as the show’s new host. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the guest judge lineup includes Arnett, Zach Galifianakis, Will Forte, Jack Black, Dana Carvey, Alison Brie, Andy Samberg, Elizabeth […]
Continue ReadingHere’s a clip from last night’s Late Night, where SNL’s Aidy Bryant tells Seth Meyers about being now engaged to longtime boyfriend and former Late Night writer Conner O’Malley, who proposed to her at home the week Lin-Manuel Miranda hosted SNL back in October. “I walked in the door, and our dog had a bowtie […]
Continue Reading