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A character Jason Sudeikis created years ago for NBC Sports is coming out of retirement, but this time playing for Apple TV+. Ted Lasso finds Sudeikis, an American football coach, trying to lead English football clubs. He’s writing the Apple TV+ series with Bill Lawrence. They’re executive producing it for …
Did we need a dark take on Sesame Street‘s Oscar the Grouch? Well, no. But this week’s Saturday Night Live delivered a fresh take on the popular new Joker movie by spinning it out as a real-life down-and-out version of the longtime children’s television program and an origin story for …
HBO’s comedy special Gary Gulman: The Great Depresh will be available on HBO.com and HBO’s YouTube channel in full for free through Saturday, Oct. 12. They’re doing so as part of HBO’s partnership with It’s OK to recognize the importance of destigmatizing mental health issues. Gulman’s new special premiered last Saturday and it’s great! You can read my …
To mark World Mental Health Day yesterday, Comedy Central, in partnership with Mental Health First Aid (MHFA), a program of the National Council for Behavioral Health, premiered its first Be The Difference public service announcement (PSA) featuring Jeff Ross, Matteo Lane and Yamaneika Saunders. Comedy Central says this is the first step toward a long-term social impact …
Rainn Wilson’s SoulPancake just put out a moving half-hour documentary via Funny or Die that’s worth watching whether you’re a comedian, know a comedian, or are a living human being in 2019. Laughing Matters opens with a reminder of how we felt in 2014 when we learned that Robin Williams …
Blind Date, which first debuted in 1999 and ran for 10 syndicated seasons and 1440 episodes, is coming back, this time on Bravo. And this time, hosted by stand-up comedian Nikki Glaser. The Blind Date reboot on Bravo premieres Nov. 18, 2019, at 11:30 p.m. A nod to the original …
Finnish comedian Ismo may not have won this summer’s Bring The Funny, but he still gets to bring it to you via other club and TV appearances, such as Wednesday night’s episode of The Late Late Show with James Corden. As an immigrant, Ismo has built much of his more …
HBO Max announced Search Party will move from TBS to the new streaming platform (both owned by WarnerMedia) when it launches in spring 2020. From the press release: The dark comedy about a group of privileged, self-absorbed twenty-somethings covering up a murder starring Alia Shawkat, Meredith Hagner, Brandon Micheal Hall, John Early and John Reynolds aired on TBS for …
Comedy Central is giving a one-hour stand-up special to another one of its correspondents from The Daily Show with Trevor Noah. Michael Kosta will tape his upcoming performances on Nov. 15 in Detroit for broadcast in summer 2020. Tickets are free, available via www.tblus.com/michaelk, for the shows at Detroit’s Gem Theatre. …
Bobby Miyamoto’s not only a writer for Lights Out with David Spade on Comedy Central, but he’s also a stand-up comedian, and he got to showcase those chops on Tuesday night’s show. Miyamoto also revealed that he suffered a stroke last year, and describes his recovery process as well as …
