Please Relax and Enjoy This ‘Joe Pera Talks With You’ Trailer
Joe Pera heads to Adult Swim later this month with the premiere of his new series Joe Pera Talks With You, and this week a trailer dropped to get you excited – or more realistically, extremely relaxed....
View ArticleAdult Swim Orders ‘Three Busy Debras’ Pilot Produced by Amy Poehler
Mitra Jouhari, Sandy Honig, and Alyssa Stonoha AKA Three Busy Debras just landed a pilot order at Adult Swim. The network announced today that it’s ordered a half-hour live-action Three Busy Debras...
View ArticleChris Gethard’s New Book ‘Lose Well’ Is Out in October
Chris Gethard has written a new book that’s hitting bookstores this fall. Titled Lose Well, it’s his second book following A Bad Idea I’m About to Do: True Tales of Seriously Poor Judgment and...
View ArticleAndy Daly Crashes ‘Conan’ as ‘80s Game Show Host Reed Newport
It’s a tale as old as time: Man hosts ’80s game show, game show gets canceled, man wanders the Warner Brothers lot for decades after the cancellation, man crashes current late night shows, man will not...
View ArticleJoe Pera, Seth Meyers, and Gene the Cameraman Have a Chat on ‘Late Night’
Here’s a clip from last night’s Late Night, where Joe Pera returns to chat with Seth Meyers about his new Adult Swim series Joe Pera Talks With You. “I know it’s not a good title, but Agents of SHIELD...
View ArticleNBC 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...
View Article‘Distance’: This Is Digital’s Next Step
The web series is dead. Okay, okay, don’t freak out, let me clarify. As Facebook and YouTube algorithms steer us toward original content funded by…Facebook and YouTube, there’s less room in the...
View ArticleMichelle 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...
View ArticleSamantha Bee’s Friendly Reminder to the Men Attempting a #MeToo Comeback:...
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...
View ArticleCheck Out the Trailer for Tig Notaro’s Netflix Standup Special ‘Happy to Be...
Tig Notaro heads to Netflix later this month with her new standup special Happy to Be Here, and today the streaming network dropped the trailer. Taped at the Heights Theater in Houston, the special is...
View ArticleThis Week in Comedy Podcasts: Rachel Bloom on ‘WTF’
The comedy podcast universe is ever expanding, not unlike the universe universe. We’re here to make it a bit smaller, a bit more manageable. There are a lot of great shows and each has a lot of great...
View ArticleFox 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...
View Article@Arianna_Durnell’s Target Audience Is “Absolutely No One” (But Follow Her...
Arianna Durnell (@arianna_durnell) is a New York-based comedian whose writing has been published on McSweeney’s, Reductress,Women In Comedy Festival Daily, and The Belladonna Comedy. Her sketch comedy...
View ArticleNetflix Orders Six More Episodes of ‘The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale’
Thanks to some news from Netflix today, Joel McHale gets to make more Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale. According to Variety, the streaming network has ordered six more episodes of the half-hour show,...
View ArticleThings 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...
View ArticleTBS 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...
View ArticleHBO’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...
View ArticleReggie 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,...
View ArticleNBC Cancels ‘Great News’ After Two Seasons
Another day, another cancellation. Just a day after Fox canceled Brooklyn Nine-Nine, The Mick, and The Last Man on Earth, now TV Line reports that NBC has handed out a cancellation of its own to Tracey...
View Article@TrumpComedyNerd’s Official Statement on Splitsider’s Move to Vulture
Earlier this year, we announced that Splitsider was acquired by Vulture and that we were working together to launch a new and expanded comedy section on Vulture later this month. Ahead of our big move,...
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