The concept of “making it” in showbiz is perhaps made up itself. There is no defining body of who makes it and who doesn’t, and sometimes your big wins will look small in retrospect, just like your minor wins could fill you with the most amount of pride eventually. That being said, it’s also not […]
Continue ReadingHere’s a clip from last night’s Daily Show, where Trevor Noah welcomes correspondent Roy Wood Jr. as a revered Jamaican fortune teller named Sir Ahnrop who uses old tweets from Donald Trump to predict the future. Considering pretty much everything Trump has done — from playing way too much golf since he became president to […]
Continue ReadingHere’s a clip from last night’s Late Show, where Stephen Colbert finds a way to show off his excellent theatrical skills alongside guest Alec Baldwin with a brand new installment of “Too Much Exposition Theatre.” Like Bryan Cranston’s installment, Baldwin and Colbert manage to cram an epic drama about two Lancastwinshire nobles into just a […]
Continue ReadingWe could be seeing D.L. Hughley back on TV with a new series on CBS. The former member…
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Continue ReadingMark Normand’s new standup special just got a premiere date. Comedy Central announced today that the special, titled Amy Schumer Presents Mark Normand: Don’t Be Yourself, will premiere on Friday, May 12th at midnight. Originally announced last year, Don’t Be Yourself was shot in the fall and makes Normand’s first hourlong special. Here’s more from […]
Continue ReadingFor comedy professionals in particular, Aaron Sorkin’s hilariously self-righteous camp classic Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip has to be one of the most hate-watched and lovingly maligned pop culture misfires of all time. The show furiously insisted that an alternately mediocre and bewilderingly pretentious sketch comedy show modeled on Saturday Night Live was so […]
Continue ReadingAnthony Atamanuik’s The President Show premieres on Comedy Central next week, and today the network dropped a new promo for the series where Atamanuik’s Trump brushes aside that whole Trump University $25 million settlement thing. Atamanuik also gave a fantastic speech in character as Trump during the Tax March in DC over the weekend, which […]
Continue ReadingComedy Central’s new development slate for 2017-2018 includes three new series orders, with a game show hosted by Reggie Watts, an adaptation of live show The New Negroes starring Baron Vaughn and Open Mike Eagle, and a new scripted series called Corporate. These new series, combined with the recent announcements for weekly late-night shows The […]
Continue ReadingComedy Central just announced a pile of new shows and pilots. The network revealed its 2017-2018 development slate today, which includes a game show hosted by Reggie Watts, a standup/music series from Baron Vaughn and Open Mike Eagle, and pilots from Neal Brennan, Noël Wells, Franchesca Ramsey, and more. Also included are previously announced projects like […]
Continue ReadingInfowars founder and radio host Alex Jones is in the news this week, but not for another dangerously insane rant on his show. This time it’s because he’s currently in a custody battle with his estranged wife, who wants full custody of their children because she accurately describes him as “not a stable person.” Jones’s […]
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