Reggie Watts on ‘Taskmaster,’ Keeping It Simple, and Spending Time with His Mom

Reggie Watts is keeping very busy this year. In addition to his gig on The Late Late Show with James Corden, Watts recently kicked off his latest project hosting Comedy Central’s new series Taskmaster, which premiered just a few weeks ago and currently airs on Friday nights. Based on Alex Horne’s hit British game show […]

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Reggie Watts on ‘Taskmaster,’ Keeping It Simple, and Spending Time with His Mom

Reggie Watts is keeping very busy this year. In addition to his gig on The Late Late Show with James Corden, Watts recently kicked off his latest project hosting Comedy Central’s new series Taskmaster, which premiered just a few weeks ago and currently airs on Friday nights. Based on Alex Horne’s hit British game show […]

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HBO’s ‘Animals’ Returns for Season 3 in August

HBO’s animated series Animals just got a season 3 premiere date. The network announced that the show, which was renewed a year ago, will return on Friday, August 3rd at 11:30pm. Produced by the Duplass Brothers and created by Phil Matarese and Mike Luciano, the show is slated to feature a ton of celebrity guests […]

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HBO’s ‘Animals’ Returns for Season 3 in August

HBO’s animated series Animals just got a season 3 premiere date. The network announced that the show, which was renewed a year ago, will return on Friday, August 3rd at 11:30pm. Produced by the Duplass Brothers and created by Phil Matarese and Mike Luciano, the show is slated to feature a ton of celebrity guests […]

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TBS Renews ‘The Detour’ for a Fourth Season

Jason Jones and Samantha Bee’s TBS comedy The Detour will return for another season. The network just announced that it’s handed out a season 4 renewal to the show, which stars Jones and Natalie Zea and wrapped up its season 3 run back in March. For more on the show, check out our interview with Jones […]

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Things Are Looking Up for the Recently Canceled ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’

Thanks to an outpouring of fans after the news broke yesterday that Fox had canceled Brooklyn Nine-Nine, it appears to be extremely likely the show will find another home. According to a new report from The Hollywood Reporter, Universal Television “has plans to fight to revive the series” and has received “a number of incoming […]

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Fox Cancels ‘The Mick,’ ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine,’ and ‘The Last Man on Earth’

It’s a comedy bloodbath over at Fox today, with cancellations going out to three comedies. First up is the cancellation of Will Forte’s The Last Man on Earth, which aired its season 4 finale just a few days ago. In addition, Fox has canceled The Mick and Brooklyn Nine-Nine after two and five seasons, respectively. […]

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Samantha Bee’s Friendly Reminder to the Men Attempting a #MeToo Comeback: “You Have Not Yet Done Anything to Earn Our Forgiveness”

During last night’s Full Frontal, Bee took some time to check in on the #MeToo movement now that multiple sexual assault allegations have surfaced against former New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman. “Now, Schneiderman was a guest on my show so this is a little complicated for me to talk about, but, just kidding, it’s […]

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Michelle Wolf Joins Amber and Jenny for “Jokes Seth Can’t Tell” on ‘Late Night’

Here’s a clip from last night’s Late Night, where Seth Meyers welcomes back writers Amber Ruffin and Jenny Hagel for a brand new “Jokes Seth Can’t Tell” covering everything from the Brooklyn Museum’s white curator of African art to lesbians in movies to black families homeschooling their kids. Later in the segment, Michelle Wolf joins […]

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NBC Renews ‘A.P. Bio’ and Adds Comedies from Mike Schur and Amy Poehler

There’s a lot of comedy news happening at NBC this week. According to The Wrap, the network has given a season 2 renewal to freshman comedy A.P. Bio starring Glenn Howerton and handed out series orders to two new comedies – Abby’s from Mike Schur and I Feel Bad from Amy Poehler. Schur’s Abby’s has […]

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