Melissa McCarthy and Ben Falcone have a new comedy pilot in the works at Fox. Variety reports that the network has ordered a single-cam pilot produced by McCarthy and Falcone called Amy’s Brother, which is written by Jim Cashman and Mitch Silpa. The show centers on “an unconventional family that is formed when a successful […]
Continue ReadingAfter cycling through colonels quicker than you get used to them, Kentucky Fried Chicken seemed to settle on Rob Riggle as its TV hypeman dressed up as the late fast-food founder, Col. Harland Sanders. But Riggle’s reign began with the start of the 2016 football season, so it might as well end with the Super […]
Continue ReadingThe New York Comedy Festival has a new TV partner: TBS. After spending 2016 relaunching its own comedy brand — and with it the premieres of Angie Tribeca, The Detour, Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, Wrecked, People of Earth and Search Party – all ranking among cable’s Top 25 new comedies on cable among adults 18-49, […]
Continue ReadingConan O’Brien is heading back to Harlem later this year. According to Deadline, O’Brien’s TBS late night show will tape another week of shows at the Apollo in New York during the New York Comedy Festival from November 7th through the 12th. O’Brien last did a week of Apollo shows back in November, and in […]
Continue ReadingHere’s a great clip from last night’s Full Frontal, where Samantha Bee heads back to the SoulCycle bunker to chat with ACLU civil rights attorney Lee Gelernt, who was one of many lawyers who worked tirelessly over the weekend trying to help travelers who were detained due to Trump’s unconstitutional Muslim ban, which ultimately led […]
Continue ReadingIn case you missed Donald Trump’s terrible Black History Month speech yesterday (if you can even call it a speech), Late Night created a way for you to check it out without actually having to watch it. In the above clip from last night’s episode, Seth Meyers welcomes writer Amber Ruffin to do a live […]
Continue ReadingChris Gethard’s hit off-Broadway show produced by Judd Apatow, Career Suicide, is getting the HBO treatment. The network announced today that Gethard will tape a performance of Career Suicide in New York this month that will be turned into an HBO comedy special set to air sometime in May. The show originally debuted back in […]
Continue ReadingFar from it, Chris Gethard’s powerful one-man show, “Career Suicide,” will give him his first HBO special because of it. HBO announced the news today. You can hear Chris Gethard tell me about his life and career on Episode #105 of my podcast, Last Things First. And you can read my review of his one-man […]
Continue ReadingCBS just added a new comedy pilot. According to Deadline, the network has ordered a half-hour comedy pilot written by Bad Teacher creator Hilary Winston called Real Time, which is a redeveloped version of a romantic comedy pilot Winston had in the works last year called My Time/Your Time. The project “chronicles the relationship of […]
Continue ReadingBack in October, Comedy Central ordered a 15-minute series from Doug Benson called The High Court, where Benson stars as “Judge Doug” and rules on real small claims court cases “before retiring to his chamber with a guest bailiff to get very stoned and deliberate on the matter.” Throughout the 10-episode debut season, Benson will […]
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