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A feature film biopic on comedy legend George Carlin is in the works, with Jerry Hamza, Carlin’s estate executor and former manager, on board as a producer. The Jackal Group (currently producing an animated version of The Addams Family) has acquired the film rights, and have hired Stan Chervin (Moneyball) to …
Danny McBride will star in his third outrageous HBO comedy series soon enough. The cable giant announced Tuesday it had ordered The Righteous Gemstones to series. With his writing/directing/producing partners Jody Hill and David Gordon Green, they’ve previously released critically-acclaimed bonkers comedies Eastbound & Down and Vice Principals for HBO. …
I cannot say I’m surprised. Or that anyone else is surprised to learn this week that Showtime had cancelled I’m Dying Up Here after two seasons. Despite what I wrote in Decider urging the network this summer to give it a third go-around. The series, based on the non-fiction book …
Being politically incorrect got Bill Maher canned from ABC’s late-night series, Politically Incorrect, 16 years ago. But HBO came in and saved Maher’s day, and career. And now, it’s time for his 15th anniversary, and HBO will celebrate by airing REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER: ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL on Friday, Oct. 19. …
Most people still think of Mary Lynn Rajskub as the counterterrorism techie Chloe from FOX’s hit series 24. But Rajskub has a long and storied comedy resume, from Mr. Show and Larry Sanders in the 1990s, to a prime-time sketch TV effort with Kelsey Grammer in the 2000s, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, …
Pete Davidson had himself quite a summer, eh? I mean, look at his hair! Oh, wait. That’s not what everyone talked about when talking about Pete this summer. I suppose we’ll let Pete explain in the season 44 premiere of Saturday Night Live.
Nik Dodani made his late-night debut as a stand-up comedian on Friday’s Late Show with Stephen Colbert, where he joked about how growing up as a gay Indian-American, he chose a different path from the one his parents expected of him. Roll the clip.
Mark Normand doesn’t mind being on TV, but don’t you dare make a spectacle out of bringing him fajitas. He’s still addicted to being late, and also, aren’t we all addicted to caffeine? Normand explains on The Late Late Show with James Corden. Roll the clip.
The team from Comedy Central’s The President Show will return to the airwaves this October by coming back from the future. To be precise, A President Show Documentary: The Fall Of Donald Trump is set in the year 2030, looking back at the final days of the Trump Administration. Creator, Executive Producer, Star and …
Zainab Johnson grew up Muslim with lots of siblings. But you may not recognize her if you’d seen her for the seven years she walked around with a shaved head. Yes, there’s a lot to cover here, and Johnson does in this set from Thursday’s Late Night with Seth Meyers. …
