And now there are six. When Netflix announced it would tape six half-hour stand-up specials in June in Las Vegas called The Degenerates, they’d only listed five names. Now Brad Williams has joined the lineup, which previously included Big Jay Oakerson, Liza Treyger, Christina P, Yamaneika Saunders and Joey “Coco” Diaz. They’re taping their stand-up […]
Continue ReadingMost of the official videos from this week’s Full Frontal with Samantha Bee have been scrubbed from the TBS talker’s official YouTube page. There is still this promo tease. Roll it! Bee devoted part of her segment on ICE forcefully separating thousands of children from their parents at the U.S. border, then somehow losing track […]
Continue ReadingWhat to make of Roseanne Barr? Yet another hot take? No. Her personal and professional lives, to both the most casual observers and the most ardent fans, have ridden the metaphorical rollercoaster for more than three decades now. And it’s all been well documented. From her initial breakthrough as a “domestic goddess” on The Tonight […]
Continue ReadingThe 2018 season of America’s Got Talent kicked off tonight, and Oceanside comedian Vicki Barbolak enjoyed her first moment in the spotlight with this winning audition, in which she charmed the judges and audience with a bit about conjugal visits at prison, the problems with finding a proper bra in middle age, therapy and drinking. […]
Continue ReadingGoing back to the motherland to attend the royal wedding of Prince Harry to Meghan Markle must’ve made James Corden homesick. Corden announced today that The Late Late Show will broadcast special episodes from London’s historic Central Hall Westminster from Monday June 18 through Thursday June 21, with special guests including Cher, Cate Blanchett, Orlando Bloom, […]
Continue ReadingThe 2018 New York Television Festival has selected 59 original pilots and pitches for its annual Independent Pilot Competition this July. This year’s festival, the 14th NYTVF, takes place in the summer for the first time – July 14-20, 2018 at The Helen Mills Theater and Event Space, with select events at the SVA Theatre. “Some of the most […]
Continue ReadingNetflix has ordered up another round of half-hour stand-up comedy specials, this time with a twist. Instead of calling them The Standups, Netflix is calling these comedians The Degenerates. What does that mean, exactly? Here’s the official description: The country’s funniest, delinquent comedians are teaming up for this RAW and EDGY show at Triple B’s […]
Continue ReadingAmy Schumer returned to host Saturday Night Live this weekend, but for her second time around, the stand-up comedian and actress is now a newlywed. The Trainwreck star, now promoting her new movie I Feel Pretty, joked about her husband’s “worthless” marriage proposal, no longer receiving “u up” texts, as well as her experiences as […]
Continue ReadingBy now, you’re well past used to seeing Saturday Night Live open cold at 11:30 p.m. Eastern with a political sketch lampooning Trump. Not this Saturday night. Instead, 10 cast members from SNL — Aidy Bryant, Kenan Thompson, Melissa Villaseñor, Mikey Day, Luke Null, Chris Redd, Kyle Mooney, Colin Jost, Beck Bennett and Pete Davidson — […]
Continue ReadingAnother day, another cancellation. Just a day after Fox canceled Brooklyn Nine-Nine, The Mick, and The Last Man on Earth, now TV Line reports that NBC has handed out a cancellation of its own to Tracey Wigfield and Tina Fey’s workplace comedy Great News. The series was originally ordered back in 2016 and wrapped up its […]
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