In addition to ordering a weekly late night show produced by Chris Rock and hosted by Robin Thede, BET has added some more comedy selections to its lineup. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the network has ordered a Kevin Hart-produced comedy called Divorce Saved My Marriage, a late night show produced by Steve Harvey, a […]
Continue ReadingBET may have leaked word early about the network’s upcoming new late-night talk show hosted by former Nightly Show head writer/correspondent Robin Thede (and executive produced by Chris Rock), but BET actually has a whole slate of late-night programming coming later in 2017. Among the offerings: A variety show fronted by 50 Cent, a game […]
Continue ReadingHere’s a clip from last night’s Conan, where O’Brien tries out a new Oculus Rift game called Wilson’s Heart for a brand new installment of “Clueless Gamer” with Aaron Bleyaert. Unfortunately for O’Brien, this experience is disappointing as far as opportunities for VR sex are concerned, which leads to a less than stellar review. “The […]
Continue ReadingAnthony Atamanuik’s The President Show premiered on Comedy Central last night, and with some help from Peter Grosz as Mike Pence and the show’s first guest Keith Olbermann, we finally got to see what a late night show hosted by Atamanuik’s expert Trump impression looks like. “Trump” kicked things off by chatting with Pence about […]
Continue ReadingLast year, truTV ordered a comedy series created by and starring Andrea Savage called I’m Sorry, and today the network revealed the premiere date and guest star lineup. The show follows the “seemingly confident, together comedy writer, wife and mom Andrea, who comically exposes her inner immaturity and neuroses through unexpected life situations” and is […]
Continue ReadingLast year, truTV ordered a comedy series created by and starring Andrea Savage called I’m Sorry, and today the network revealed the premiere date and guest star lineup. The show follows the “seemingly confident, together comedy writer, wife and mom Andrea, who comically exposes her inner immaturity and neuroses through unexpected life situations” and is […]
Continue ReadingHBO wants to turn the 1997 political satire Wag the Dog into a television series. According to The Hollywood Reporter, original director Barry Levinson is attached to adapt Wag the Dog for TV in the form of a half-hour comedy for the network, which is described as “an ode to the classic film, but moving […]
Continue ReadingJesse Eisenberg is developing his own TV comedy with some help from J.J. Abrams. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Eisenberg is developing a single-cam comedy with Abrams’ production company Bad Robot, which he would write, star in, and direct. Titled The Market, the project centers on “a recently widowed man who moves to Pittsburgh to […]
Continue ReadingBET hasn’t had a full-fledged late-night talk show since Mo’Nique went nightly back in 2009-2011. The network is diving back in this fall with Robin Thede’s The Rundown. BET is giving The Rundown an initial 24-week order; it’ll air weekly for a half-hour, with a launch date and time to be announced. The Hollywood Reporter broke […]
Continue ReadingKamau Bell has spent a lifetime trying to figure out how he fits into the big picture of things. His new book, The Awkward Thoughts of W. Kamau Bell: Tales of a 6′ 4″, African American, Heterosexual, Cisgender, Left-Leaning, Asthmatic, Black and Proud Blerd, Mama’s Boy, Dad, and Stand-Up Comedian, is (if you couldn’t guess […]
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