Forget about taking honorary degrees from Bill Cosby? Why not take something away from Cosby that matters? That’s what Wanda Sykes suggested when she sat down with Conan O’Brien for Tuesday’s episode of Conan. Roll the...
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Netflix has acquired and will release Hannibal Takes Edinburgh, a feature-length documentary film featuring comedian Hannibal Buress, with a global premiere on Friday! From the Netflix announcement: Filmed over the course of 28 days in August 2013, Hannibal Takes Edinburgh follows Buress as the then up-and-coming comedian performed nightly to packed houses at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the largest art and comedy festival in the world. The film blends extended moments from Buress’ pin-sharp observational stand-up with scenes of the comedian waxing philosophic on building his comedy routine, life on the road for a comedian and immersing himself in the Scottish...
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It has become more commonplace now in our era of Too Much TV that cable and streaming networks have rewarded promising new series with two-season orders ahead of their premieres, and TBS has just done so today for The Detour. TBS must have liked what it saw when viewers sampled The Detour‘s pilot in late-night previews after the March Madness basketball broadcasts, giving the show a 13-episode order for season two. The Detour, starring Jason Jones and created, written and executive produced with his wife, Samantha Bee, premieres officially at 9 p.m. Monday, April 11, 2016. It’s about a family...
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Comedians Chelsea Peretti (Brooklyn Nine-Nine) and Jordan Peele (Key & Peele) got engaged over the holidays, and Booking.com found just the perfect tie-in, booking the couple for a series of new TV ads imagining them planning their wedding and honeymoon. Roll the...
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DiddyGetHard, the sequel is here! Sean Combs triumphantly walked through the “Diddy” Door to save episode two of season two of The Chris Gethard Show on Fusion, which airs tonight. Gethard famously spent a year in 2010 lobbying for the music mega-producer to appear on his underground talk show at the UCB Theatre #diddygethard, which culminated in his appearance in January 2011. Now that Gethard’s on Fusion, their reunion could have more fun. Especially since one of TCGS’s executive producers is Zach Galifianakis. Who got on the phone for a play-fight with Diddy. Roll the clip! Here’s last week’s...
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