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If everything you know about Scotland you learned from watching Braveheart, then you don’t know what Scotland’s like today. Daniel Sloss explained in a return performance to Conan on Monday. Then again, Sloss watching political news on the TV confuses him, because he reacts as if he’s watching a TV …
If this Tweet from Conan O’Brien on Sunday is any indication, look for his next #ConanWithoutBorders TBS special to come direct from Haiti. Still reeling from @realDonaldTrump’s very negative Yelp review of Haiti, which means I’ll love it. Headed to Haiti later this week to explore and make some new …
Pete Lee is a sensitive guy, which suddenly makes him much hotter in 2018, as he learned while performing Friday on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. Lee still has quite a tussle with motion-sensor bathroom technology, though. Roll the clip!
Crackle announced it’s taking on Rob Riggle’s Jet Ski Academy, a new original comedy series with eight episodes following Riggle’s investment in the academy. Riggle will write and EP the series, as well as star in it. “Crackle is the perfect home for my Jet Ski Academy,” said Riggle. “We have big …
Maria Bamford’s Lady Dynamite now joins Jim Jefferies’ Legit and Cristela Alonzo’s Cristela as sitcoms by stand-up comedians starring those comedians that ended way too early, and will have fans asking the comedian when to expect another new season for years on end, to no avail. Netflix confirmed over the …
The 23rd annual Critics Choice Awards, handed out by members of the critics associations for movies and for broadcast television, went out Thursday in a live broadcast on The CW. You can find the full list of winners here. But here are the winners from among our comedy friends: Movies …
We’re making progress. Slowly but surely, the conversations are happening. Tough as they may be. As the #MeToo reckoning enters 2018, we’re moving past accusations and denials and toward making amends and making work and life better for us all. Dan Harmon (Community, Rick and Morty) closed 2017 with a …
It’s official. Bret and Jemaine are returning to HBO this year. After years of rumors and hopes, and a reunion tour a couple of years ago, Flight of the Conchords will film a new HBO hourlong comedy special in 2018. HBO announced the special this week at TCAs — it’ll …
Owen Smith made his network TV debut Thursday night on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, and Smith used his to tell us how it’s wiser to marry a women in her 30s than one in her 20s. Even so, Smith and his wife seem to have trust issues. Roll …
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 …
