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SeriesFest announces finalists in Storyteller Initative for comedy writers

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SeriesFest, the nonprofit organization dedicated to showcasing the best and boldest emerging voices in television, in partnership with Elysium Bandini Studios and Parallel Entertainment, personal management company, today announced the three finalists of this year’s “Storyteller Initiative,” a program created to discover original comedy writers. They are:Juiciful, written by Courtney Bush, Jake Goicoechea and Will Carrington; Volunteered, written […]

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Hank Azaria is ready to stop providing the stereotypical voice of Apu on “The Simpsons”

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Despite the defensive stance the writers on The Simpsons took just weeks ago about their Apu problem, the white man who’s voiced Apu from the start has said he’s finally ready to stop doing so, based on hearing the complaints from the Indian-American community. Hank Azaria, appearing this week on The Late Show with Stephen […]

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Michael Che and Colin Jost to Host the 2018 Emmys

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Saturday Night Live Weekend Update anchors and co-head writers Michael Che and Colin Jost just landed another big TV gig. According to Variety, Che and Jost have signed on to host this year’s Emmys together, which is slated to air on NBC Monday, September 17th and will count Lorne Michaels as executive producer. In addition to Che and Jost, […]

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Samantha Bee Provides a Thorough Introduction to “Racist Warmongering Homophobe” Mike Pompeo

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Here’s a clip from last night’s Full Frontal, where Samantha Bee offers up a comprehensive introduction to CIA director and Trump’s nominee for Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. “It would be unfair to simply call Mike Pompeo a raging Islamophobe, because he’s also a raging homophobe. It’s what Republicans call intersectionality!” Bee says. “At a time when […]

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IFC will offer live interactive BINGO! on Thursday nights

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You ever want to play Bingo and watch TV at the same time? Yeah, me neither. But IFC is betting a bunch of you bingo-lovers would just love to play bingo on TV, and so tonight, they’re doing just that, at 8 p.m. during the broadcast of Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift. Each Thursday […]

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Hank Azaria Says Stepping Aside from Voicing Apu “Feels Like the Right Thing to Do”

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Here’s a clip from last night’s Late Show, where Stephen Colbert chats with Hank Azaria about the controversy surrounding his voicing Apu on The Simpsons that was brought to the forefront thanks to Hari Kondabolu’s documentary The Problem with Apu. Azaria also addresses how The Simpsons recently responded to the controversy in an episode that upset many viewers and ultimately seems to agree it […]

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Tim Heidecker, Fred Armisen, Jonathan Krisel, and John C. Reilly Developing ‘Moonbase 8’ Comedy

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Tim Heidecker, Fred Armisen, Jonathan Krisel, and John C. Reilly are teaming up for a new comedy series that sounds pretty fantastic. According to Deadline, A24 is financing the production of a six-episode first season of a series from all four titled Moonbase 8, which would star Heidecker, Armisen, and Reilly with Krisel attached to direct. The series would center […]

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Dana Carvey Shows Off His “Exhausted Hitler” Impression on ‘Conan’

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During last night’s Conan, O’Brien spent a lot of time catching up with his old pal Dana Carvey. As you might expect, Carvey’s interview was jam-packed with impressions, from his takes on Donald Trump, Barack Obama, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, and Michael Caine to the return of classic Carvey bits like “Katharine Hepburn trying to start her car.” In […]

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TBS Renews ‘The Last O.G.’ and ‘Search Party’

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TBS just handed out season renewals to two of its comedies. The network announced that the Jordan Peele-produced freshman comedy The Last O.G. starring Tracy Morgan and Tiffany Haddish has been renewed for a second season, while the Michael Showalter-produced Search Party has also been renewed for a third season. The Last O.G. debuted on TBS earlier this month, while Search Party wrapped up its second […]

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Tina Fey Talks to Jimmy Fallon About the Potential Future of ’30 Rock’

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Tiny Fey was on The Tonight Show on Thursday to promote the Mean Girls musical, and she addressed a rumor — that she started — regarding a 30 Rock reboot. Fey told reporters on the red carpet for the Mean Girls Broadway opening that “maybe” she would consider a reboot of 30 Rock, the show she […]

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