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Fake TV show The Flare‘s very real new after-show, What Just Happened??! with Fred Savage, now has a co-host and a house band. Stand-up comedian Taylor Tomlinson has joined the fray, while Best Coast will provide the tunes for Savage’s three-ring talk-show circus, which premieres June 30 on FOX. His …
Showtime has ordered an eight-episode season of the new half-hour comedy series WORK IN PROGRESS, created by Abby McEnany and Tim Mason. McEnany stars in the series, expected to premiere later this year. Lilly Wachowski (The Matrix, Sense8) will co-write the first season and executive produce with McEnany and Mason. …
James Corden may be a late-night TV star in America, but later this year, he’s going back to where it all started for him on the telly. Corden announced that he and Ruth Jones have written a Gavin & Stacey special that gets the gang back together for a BBC …
Despite whatever vibes you thought Ellen DeGeneres was giving you in her Netflix comedy special, she is not leaving daytime television anytime soon. DeGeneres announced last week that she’d signed a contract extension for three more years of Ellen. That’ll keep her in syndicated daytime TV until at least 2022. …
Chloé Hilliard was 6-foot-1 by the age of 12, so elementary school was rough, but pizza day made things easier, as she explained in her stand-up performance on Friday’s Tonight Show. Hilliard also joked about switching careers in adulthood and measuring up to her siblings. Roll the clip.
Janine Brito, a correspondent/writer on W. Kamau Bell’s former late-night talk show Totally Biased, totally returned to late-night TV on Thursday to perform on Late Night with Seth Meyers. She jokes about trying to survive the Trump years, but it’s a lot easier for her to enjoy recounting her awkwardness …
Amber Nash (“Pam Poovey”) and Lucky Yates (“Algernop Krieger”) will not only co-star in the upcoming 10th season of Archer on FXX, but also will talk about in three new chat shows airing after episodes this summer on Facebook Live. Archer After Hours will air immediately following the premiere of …
Josh Gondelman remains an optimist in New York City, which makes more sense when he tells you about his career before comedy as a pre-school teacher. Gondelman fills you in on his positive vibe in this performance on Tuesday night’s Late Late Show. Roll the clip!
James Corden can go home again. The Late Late Show with James Corden will tape another week of shows in London next month, broadcasting June 17-20, 2019, from Central Hall Westminster. His guests across the pond will include Gillian Anderson, Millie Bobby Brown, Jessica Chastain, Michael Fassbender, Paul Giamatti, Tom …
Fresh off of his second Peabody Award, comedian Hasan Minhaj now will preside over a TV special for the prestigious organization on FX later this summer. Stories of the Year will bring together other Peabody-winning writers and producers to talk about today’s vital social issues. It will “showcase award-winning content …
