Here’s a clip from last night’s Conan, where O’Brien chats with Taran Killam about some recent comments he made about working at Saturday Night Live when the show let Donald Trump host in 2015. “I think as time goes on and our current president kind of reveals his character or lack thereof, I personally have […]
Continue ReadingBassem Youssef and Larry Wilmore are teaming up for a new comedy at ABC. Variety reports that the network has put into development an untitled single-cam comedy written and executive produced by Youssef and Wilmore about a Middle Eastern American family with superpowers. Here’s the logline: The untitled series centers on the Sharif family, an ordinary […]
Continue ReadingLate Night writer/performer Amber Ruffin might be getting her very own show on NBC. Deadline reports that the network has put into development a series from Ruffin and Legends of Chamberlain Heights co-creator Michael Starrbury called Going Dutch, which is based on Ruffin’s life and “explores what happens when a woman who moves abroad to […]
Continue ReadingThe Big Bang Theory’s Simon Helberg is behind a new comedy in the works at CBS. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the network has put into development a workplace ensemble comedy from Helberg called Need to Know. The multi-cam comedy will be set “in the top secret training video department at the CIA.” Scott Weinger and Zach […]
Continue ReadingAmy Poehler has another TV comedy project in the works. According to The Hollywood Reporter, NBC has given a put-pilot commitment to an untitled family comedy executive produced by Poehler and written by New Girl writer/producer Kim Rosenstock that centers on “a newly single mother who is forced to rely on the last people she […]
Continue ReadingKevin Hart’s standup series Kevin Hart Presents: Hart of the City returns to Comedy Central next month. The network just announced that the 8-episode season starring Hart, Joey Wells, and Harry Ratchford will debut Friday, November 3rd at 11:00pm and will include stops in Phoenix, Seattle, Detroit, Boston, and more. Each episode follows the hosts […]
Continue ReadingMike Schur has another television project in development. According to The Hollywood Reporter, ABC has given a put-pilot commitment to a single-camera comedy executive produced by Schur and written by bestselling author Shea Serrano based on Serrano’s life “growing up in a family with five uncles who all have different perspectives on manhood.” The untitled […]
Continue ReadingLast month, Nathan Fielder appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live to promote the new season of Nathan for You, and he told Kimmel a pretty bizarre story involving an out-of-town wedding, someone else’s luggage, an oversized suit, and getting pulled over by a cop. It was a weird but funny anecdote – nothing too out of the ordinary for […]
Continue ReadingToday is an exciting day for comedian Solomon Georgio. Not only does his Comedy Central Stand-Up Presents episode premiere tonight at 12:30, but his debut album, Homonegro Superior, just dropped on Comedy Central Records. Since leaving Seattle for LA a little over five years ago, Solomon has steadily earned his spot performing on shows like […]
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