Netflix orders “Lady Dynamite” comedy series starring Maria Bamford
by Now it can be told: Netflix has ordered 13 half-hour episodes of Lady Dynamite, a comedy series starring Maria Bamford based on “her life” (quotes …
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Photos from the set of Netflix’s “Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp”
How do you pull off a prequel to a cult comedy movie 15 years later? It’s not exactly movie magic, but it’ll be funny. “We thought …
Bill Murray’s “A Very Murray Christmas” comes to Netflix
That Bill Murray Christmas special is happening, and you’ll have to have Netflix to see it come December. Netflix decked the first halls today for A …
Netflix, Funny or Die, CollegeHumor, Fallon among 2015 Webby Awards winners
Netflix helped take home multiple honors in the annual pay-to-play Webby Awards, with Funny or Die, CollegeHumor and The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon also …
Native American actors walk off set of Adam Sandler’s Ridiculous Six movie for Netflix
Not everyone is in on the joke when it comes to Adam Sandler’s first Netflix movie, currently in production in New Mexico. Actor/musician Loren Anthony …
Aziz Ansari lands 10-episode order for untitled Netflix sitcom
The trades are abuzz with Netflix’s latest TV series acquisition, even if Netflix hasn’t released the news officially and nobody knows what the new comedy …
It’s official: Full House reboot/sequel “Fuller House” coming to Netflix
Two decades after we last said goodbye to Full House, they’re all coming back. Well, maybe not the Olsen twins. But everybody else. John Stamos …
More info on tapings for “With Bob and David” on Netflix
Want to see a taping of With Bob and David, coming soon to Netflix? Tickets just went on sale minutes ago, via this link. Two …
A postscript from Baron Vaughn on his essay regarding TV’s “ethnic casting craze”
Baron Vaughn is a stand-up comedian and actor whom I’ve described on this site before as “a quintuple threat” because of his multitude of capabilities onstage …
It’s not “Mr. Show,” it’s “With Bob and David” on Netflix!
Bob Odenkirk and David Cross got the old Mr. Show writers together over the winter to create some new comedy mischief. Whether that becomes an …