The Definitive Guide to Comedy
My hunch is coming correct. HBO Max looks to take on Netflix for stand-up comedy supremacy in 2020, adding another four top comedians to its upcoming schedule. They are Tracy Morgan, John Early, Rose Matafeo and Ahir Shah. “We are incredibly proud to showcase this expansive range of comedic talent …
HBO Max, launching in spring 2020, has ordered the documentary Expecting Amy (working title) from Amy Schumer. The unfiltered documentary follows the comedian and actress during an extraordinarily difficult pregnancy while touring to prepare for a stand-up special. She delivered both earlier this year; Growing, on Netflix, in March; baby boy Gene Attell …
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 …
In case you’re wondering how the influx of new streaming platforms coming our way in the next six months is going to impact the digital comedy boom, well, here’s your first hint at what’s to come over at WarnerMedia and HBO Max. At Thursday’s L’ATTITUDE conference in San Diego, WarnerMedia …
Soon the world will know the greatness of New Zealand’s Rose Matafeo. HBO Max and BBC Three will partner up to broadcast Matafeo’s next TV project, Starstruck, which she created, writes and will star. Starstruck will follow twenty-something Rose (Matafeo), a millennial in London, juggling two dead-end jobs and navigating the …
