Congrats to Hasan Minhaj, Issa Rae, John Oliver, and the staffs at SNL and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, for you’re all now Peabody Award winners! Five of this year’s nine recipients came from the comedy world (six if you count Bob Odenkirk’s Better Call Saul!) The Peabody Awards will celebrate the winners May 19, 2018, […]
Continue ReadingAfter 26 years of releasing his movies at Paramount Pictures, Lorne Michaels and Universal have announced a first-look production deal for their new comedy Baby Nurse starring Leslie Jones and Colin Jost. The film stars Jones as “a special agent assigned to the most humbling undercover role in the history of the FBI.” In addition to […]
Continue ReadingAt Home with Amy Sedaris debuted on truTV last fall to positive reviews and so naturally the network wanted to see more of it, which is why they ordered a 10-episode season two, it was announced on Wednesday. Created by Sedaris and Strangers with Candy co-creator Paul Dinello, At Home features Sedaris and celebrity guests […]
Continue ReadingIdris Elba has made his mark as one of the industry’s most sought after choices for gritty dramas like The Wire and Luther, but his next TV series will apparently show his more comedic side; Elba will star in and executive produce Turn Up Charlie, a comedy series for Netflix about a DJ, it was […]
Continue ReadingJeff Daniels was on Conan on Tuesday to promote his new series The Looming Tower, but the focus immediately shifted — to Daniels’ surprise — over to the guy behind the curtain: Jim Carrey. Daniels appeared genuinely unaware that Carrey was waiting to crash the interview and then the two reminisced on their days of filming […]
Continue ReadingThe Broad City comedy tree continues to grow, with Comedy Central announcing a series order for Alternatino with Arturo Castro on Tuesday during the unveiling of their 2018-2019 development slate. Castro plays Ilana’s roommate Jaime in Broad City, and was recently in the third season of Narcos. Alternatino is described as “a sketch show based on Arturo’s experiences […]
Continue ReadingComedy Central released its development slate today for 2018-2019, and topping the list are two new series: Alternatino with Arturo Castro and This Week at the Comedy Cellar. “With an exciting mix of established and emerging talent, our current development slate continues Comedy Central’s rich legacy of working with the most distinct and talented comedic voices,” said Comedy […]
Continue ReadingThe Chris Gethard Show prides itself on having as much loyalty to its fans as the fans do to the show. On last week’s live broadcast on truTV, Gethard locked himself in a clear box for a stunt in which guest Matt Walsh (Veep) had to convince fans to answer revealing questions via phone and […]
Continue ReadingABC has picked up a spinoff from The Goldbergs that will be set in 1990 and star Tim Meadows (Saturday Night Live), Bryan Callen (Mad TV), and A.J. Michalka (Super 8), it was announced on Monday. The pilot of the new show aired as an episode of The Goldbergs in January and was directed by […]
Continue ReadingGood news for fans of Seeso programming! Starz, a cable channel/network still in operation and continuing into the foreseeable future, has acquired several series and specials launched during the brief era of Seeso, NBCUniversal’s short-lived hope for a comedy streaming platform. We already knew that Take My Wife, starring comedians Cameron Esposito and Rhea Butcher […]
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