Judd Apatow’s Two-Part Garry Shandling Documentary Debuts in March

Last year, Judd Apatow revealed that he was working on a documentary about the late Garry Shandling, and now the project has a premiere date. HBO just announced that the two-part documentary, titled The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling, is slated to debut Monday, March 26th and Tuesday the 27th. Some of the documentary’s special […]

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truTV Announces a Pile of Premiere Dates, New Series, and Shows in Development

Lots of news just broke over at truTV. When it comes to returning series, the network confirmed premiere dates for Guy Branum’s Talk Show the Game Show (Thursday, February 1st at 10:30pm and 11:00pm), The Chris Gethard Show (Tuesday, March 20th at 11:00pm), and six animated episodes of Adam Ruins Everything (Tuesday, March 20th at 10:00pm). […]

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TBS renews Full Frontal with Samantha Bee for two more seasons

The Emmy-winning Full Frontal with Samantha Bee will return for two more seasons, TBS announced today.   “We were fortunate to start our show in an election year, and I’m so grateful TBS has picked us up for two more seasons which will see us through the 2018 midterms and bring us into the 2020 election season,” […]

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‘The Late Show with Stephen Colbert’ Will Air a Live Episode After Trump’s State of the Union Address

The Daily Show and The Opposition aren’t the only late night shows planning live State of the Union coverage this month. Variety reports that over at CBS, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert will also air a live episode the same night Donald Trump is scheduled to deliver his first State of the Union address […]

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TBS Renews ‘Full Frontal’ and ‘American Dad,’ Sets Premiere Date for ‘The Last O.G.’

TBS just announced a pile of comedy news. First up is a double-season renewal for Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, which will keep the show on the air through the 2020 election. Also given a double-season renewal is Seth MacFarlane’s animated series American Dad, which will be paired up with new Conan O’Brien-produced animated comedy […]

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Dan Harmon Delivers a Lengthy Apology to Former ‘Community’ Writer Megan Ganz on ‘Harmontown’

Last week, former Community writer Megan Ganz took to Twitter to call out Dan Harmon for what she found to be hypocritical behavior, given the sexist treatment Ganz received from Harmon while he worked as her boss on the NBC sitcom. “It took me years to believe in my talents again, to trust a boss when he […]

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Jay Leno still watches late-night TV in 2018, but insists he doesn’t miss it

Jay Leno, the two-time former host of The Tonight Show, insists he doesn’t miss the late-night TV game, even though he still watches all of the hosts occupying the space now in 2018. Leno talked to The Hollywood Reporter this week to promote the new season of his CNBC series, Jay Leno’s Garage, which focuses […]

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The Daily Show adds an African correspondent for overseas broadcasts

The Daily Show with Trevor Noah will start feeling more local for African viewers tonight, as the Comedy Central series now has a South African correspondent to report on topical segments just for the African broadcasts of TDS. Loyiso Madinga, a stand-up comedian from South Africa, will file his first piece tonight the African National […]

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Watch Kobi Libii’s Two-Part ‘Opposition’ Segment Investigating Former ‘Breitbart’ Writer Lee Stranahan

This week, The Opposition with Jordan Klepper aired a two-part segment from Citizen Journalist Kobi Libii, who headed out to Twin Falls, Idaho to investigate what far-right sites like Breitbart claimed was a horrific gang-rape of an Idaho girl by Syrian refugees that turns out to be – unsurprisingly, since it’s Breitbart and all – […]

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‘Full Frontal’s Ashley Nicole Black Meets Stacey Abrams, the “Political Shonda Rhimes”

Here’s a clip from last night’s Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, where correspondent Ashley Nicole Black heads to Georgia to meet gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams, who just might become the first-ever black female governor in the country. As Black quickly learns, Abrams is extremely overqualified for the job and has found creative ways to win over […]

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