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Tag: Danny McBride

HBO remains in the Danny McBride business, ordering “The Righteous Gemstones” to series
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HBO remains in the Danny McBride business, ordering “The Righteous Gemstones” to series

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyOctober 2, 2018

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 …

Second semester, crazier than the first on HBO’s Vice Principals
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Second semester, crazier than the first on HBO’s Vice Principals

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthySeptember 22, 2017

If you wondered whether Vice Principals could recapture the same lunacy that marked its first season on HBO, then allow me to remind you that …

HBO’s Vice Principals is bonkers, and Danny McBride revealed at SXSW how he cast Bill Murray in it
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HBO’s Vice Principals is bonkers, and Danny McBride revealed at SXSW how he cast Bill Murray in it

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyMarch 14, 2016March 14, 2016

My first-night highlight at SXSW 2016, easily: Watching the first two episodes of Vice Principals, the new HBO series from Danny McBride and his collaborators …

HBO sends Danny McBride back to school, orders up 18 episodes of “Vice Principals”
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HBO sends Danny McBride back to school, orders up 18 episodes of “Vice Principals”

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyMay 28, 2014

When Danny McBride first appeared on HBO’s Eastbound & Down, he was a down-and-out Major League Baseball pitcher returning back to his hometown as a …

Dustin’s Dojo audition on America’s Got Talent season 9
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Dustin’s Dojo audition on America’s Got Talent season 9

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyMay 28, 20143

Howard Stern used his first and only touch of “The Golden Buzzer” to save an act on the ninth-season premiere of NBC’s America’s Got Talent. …

Danny McBride is not Kenny Powers in this MLB 14 “The Show” video game ad
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Danny McBride is not Kenny Powers in this MLB 14 “The Show” video game ad

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyMay 14, 2014

I’ve been seeing this ad for at least a week or two, and it still confuses me. Yes, we know it’s baseball season, and time …

Chozen is chosen as FXX’s first new sitcom; animated series debuts 2014
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Chozen is chosen as FXX’s first new sitcom; animated series debuts 2014

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJune 7, 2013June 11, 2013

And the winner of the first new sitcom to join the ranks of the new FXX programming lineup is…Chozen. FXX, which debuts in September as …

From Funny or Die to Sundance to Comedy Central series: The history of “Drunk History”
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From Funny or Die to Sundance to Comedy Central series: The history of “Drunk History”

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJanuary 7, 2013July 9, 20131

Drunk History isn’t the first webseries to become a TV series, but it is among the more celebrated ones to make the jump. Comedy Central …

Red-Band movie trailer: “This Is The End”
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Red-Band movie trailer: “This Is The End”

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyDecember 23, 2012December 23, 2012

The world did not end on Dec. 21, 2012, as those who predicted the Mayan calendars said as much. But the comedy world may well …

Back from the dead: HBO orders 4th season of “Eastbound & Down”
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Back from the dead: HBO orders 4th season of “Eastbound & Down”

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJuly 3, 2012July 3, 2012

The Kenny Powers you knew is dead. Long live Kenny Powers! Wait, what? Despite a seemingly satisfying conclusion to the trilogy story of the comeback …

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