Congrats to my neighbors in Queens!? NBC has ordered the sitcom Sunnyside to series for the upcoming Fall 2019 schedule. The sitcom stars Kal Penn as a young New York City Councilman from the Queens neighborhood of Sunnyside whose career crashes and bu…
Continue ReadingStarting next week, Showtime is doubling up on talk show DESUS & MERO, expanding the show to two nights a week through the summer. Already airing Thursdays at 11 p.m. ET/PT, DESUS & MERO also now will air at 11 p.m. Mondays, too. The two-per-we…
Continue ReadingMove over Chris Hardwick. Fred Savage will host his own after-show talk show, even though the show it’s talking about this summer isn’t an actual show. You get it? What Just Happened??! with Fred Savage will premiere Sunday, June 30, 2019, …
Continue ReadingFUSE, the cable network that first broadcast Billy Eichner, is bankrupt. Fuse Media has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The company fell on hard times, getting dropped from major cable systems such as Comcast and Verizon Fios, and missing l…
Continue ReadingCraig Ferguson and Comedy Dynamics have teamed before to produce his stand-up specials, as well as a History Channel series. For their next trick, they’re turning Ferguson’s recent Hobo Fabulous tour into a six-episode series that’ll …
Continue ReadingLive in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear’s All in the Family and The Jeffersons is coming to ABC as a 90-minute primetime special, thanks not just to Lear and Jimmy Kimmel, but also Will Ferrell, Adam McKay, Brent Miller, and Justin Theroux. Kim…
Continue ReadingNetflix is making a big play for sketch comedy this year. They’ve already introduced series from Aussie Chris Lilley and American Tim Robinson. Now they’re adding an even bigger fish: Saturday Night Live alum and Austin Powers star Mike Mye…
Continue ReadingThe Discovery Channel’s new summer ad campaign features a lot of old familiar faces, plus comedian Rob Riggle! Riggle will host a new series for Discovery, Global Investigator, taking him all over the world to explore some of our greatest mysteri…
Continue ReadingIf you haven’t yet treated yourself to the first season of Cobra Kai on YouTube, better get to it before season two drops next week. The series wonderfully spins the whole saga of The Karate Kid around and around, making you question who really i…
Continue ReadingIf you haven’t yet treated yourself to the first season of Cobra Kai on YouTube, better get to it before season two drops next week. The series wonderfully spins the whole saga of The Karate Kid around and around, making you question who really i…
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