TBS Renews SEARCH PARTY & THE LAST O.G. For New Seasons
by Tori Hartshorn - April 23, 2018 According to Variety, TBS today has renewed SEARCH PARTY and THE LAST O.G. for new seasons. SEARCH PARTY is currently in its second season on the network, and THE LAST O.G. recently premiered to high critical acclaim. Read more about it from Variety here!...
Deborah Heagen Completes Cast Of Tim Realbuto's BECAUSE I CAN: PART TWO Concert
by Stephi Wild - November 27, 2017 Deborah Heagen, most known for her role as Hope Cladwell in the New Jersey premiere of URINETOWN THE MUSICAL, is the final singer to join the cast of Tim Realbuto's upcoming concert at The Triad Theatre....
Comedy Central Announces BROAD CITY Capsule Collection to Benefit LGBT Community Center
by Caryn Robbins - December 19, 2017 In celebration of its 4th season finale, Comedy Central proudly announces a capsule collection for BROAD CITY and its new apparel partner Wildfox, the LA-based indie darling known for its retro-inspired collections and effortless yet edgy spirit. Wildfox is an ideal partner to express and extend the...
Jessica Williams & Phoebe Robinson Star in New HBO Series 2 DOPE QUEENS, 2/2
by Caryn Robbins - January 12, 2018 The hit comedy podcast 2 DOPE QUEENS, featuring Jessica Williams and Phoebe Robinson, comes to HBO in February as a series of four themed hour-long specials. Directed by Tig Notaro ('One Mississippi'), the show debuts FRIDAY, FEB. 2...
PEDRO PAN Named 2017 Winner of NYMF Developmental Reading Series Award
by BWW News Desk - November 13, 2017 The New York Musical Festival (NYMF), has announced the recipient of their 2017 Award, given out at this year's Gala. The NYMF Developmental Reading Series Award has been given to PEDRO PAN, with book by Rebecca Aparicio (Radical), and music and lyrics by Stephen Anthony Elkins (Sweet Tea and Jesus)...
Viacom Unveils Viacom Digital Studios at First-Ever Digital Content NewFront
by Tori Hartshorn - May 01, 2018 Viacom Inc. (NASDAQ: VIAB, VIA), home to the world's premiere entertainment brands, unveiled Viacom Digital Studios and announced an upcoming slate of digital programming, platform partnerships, talent deals and the expansion of VidCon at its first-ever Digital Content NewFront....
THE DAILY SHOW WITH TREVOR NOAH Overtakes THE TONIGHT SHOW as No. 1 Late-Night Talk Show for Millennials
by TV News Desk - August 31, 2017 Summer may be coming to an end, but The Daily Show with Trevor Noah continues to bring the heat. Comedy Central's late-night franchise scored its most-watched month ever among total viewers in August....
Comedy Central Orders New Series THE OTHER TWO from Former SNL Head Writers
by Caryn Robbins - October 17, 2017 Chris Kelly and Sarah Schneider are moving to prime time as Comedy Central has ordered the Broadway Video scripted series THE OTHER TWO from the award-winning former co-head writers of Saturday Night Live, it was announced today by Kent Alterman, President, Comedy Central. Lorne Michaels will serve ...
ABC Buys New Comedy WE ALL GOT JUNK based on Actor-Writer Stephen Schneider's Family Business
by Emily Bruno - September 15, 2017 Deadline reports that ABC has bought the semi-autobiographical comedy WE ALL GOT JUNK from actor-writer Stephen Schneider and producer Will Gluck. Schneider will serve as executive producer and writer. No word yet on whether Schneider will act in the project....
BROAD CITY High Score Mobile Game Available for Download Today
by Macon Prickett - April 20, 2018 Comedy Central announced today the launch of a YAS-worthymobile game based on their hit franchise, Broad City. Broad City: High Score was developed in partnership with Built Games, an LA-based developer and publisher of gloriously fun video games. The game is free to play and available for download...
MONTANA Starring Jennifer Mudge to Premiere at the 21st Annual Brooklyn Film Festival
by Macon Prickett - June 06, 2018 Montana, the short film from Writer/Director Michael Schwartz (Sunday In The Park With George, Company) will make its World Premiere at The 21st Annual Brooklyn Film Festival Saturday June 9th at Windmill Studios in Brooklyn. The film then competes on June 26th in the Digital Short Series Competitio...
HARRIET Comedy Show to Benefit American Cancer Society at Littlefield
by BWW News Desk - September 28, 2017 Best friends and New York comedians, Farah Brook and Blair Socci, started a comedy show in the East Village in 2014. They named it after Farah's grandmother, Harriet, because they love her and she makes them laugh. They're back for the last time for another great show at the new LittlefieldNYC with ...
A GAY SHOW FOR ALL PEOPLE HOLIDAY SPECTACULAR to Feature Cole Escola and More
by A.A. Cristi - December 07, 2017 Aaron Jackson & Josh Sharp (The Opposition with Jordan Klepper) host a gay show for all people filled with songs and laughs from comics and queers and mostly people who are both....
BROAD CITY Season 4 Now Streaming On HULU
by Tori Hartshorn - February 07, 2018 BROAD CITY Season 4 Now Streaming On HULU...
Lorne Michaels and Aidy Bryant to Adapt Lindy West's SHRILL Memoir for Hulu
by Macon Prickett - April 24, 2018 Hulu is turning to author, comedian and blogger Lindy West for its next comedy according to The Hollywood Reporter reports....
Mark Hamill Joins Star Studded Lineup of Lady Parts Justice Telethon
by Macon Prickett - January 30, 2018 The reproductive rights non-profit organization Lady Parts Justice (LPJ) presents, “Life is A Living Nightmare: A Telethon to Fix It” on Thursday, February 1st. The two hour hell-raising comedy extravaganza will be live streamed from an undisclosed location in Hollywood that LPJ refers to as The Fem...
Warner Brothers Releases First Trailer For TAG Starring Ed Helms, Jake Johnson & Isa Fischer
by Tori Hartshorn - March 20, 2018 Warner Brothers Releases First Trailer For TAG Starring Ed Helms, Jake Johnson & Isa Fischer...
Matthew Perry, Brooke Shields Among CASH CAB Celebrity Lineup on Discovery
by Caryn Robbins - November 08, 2017 Comedian Ben Bailey and his cab are back on duty this winter! Returning to the infamous streets of New York City, Bailey's cab takes unsuspecting passengers on the ride of their life. The Emmy-Award(R) winning series, CASH CAB returns to Discovery Channel on Monday, December 4 at 10pm ET/PT....
Stitcher Premium Launches First Musical Podcast Project From Matt Besser And Bobby Matthews
by BWW News Desk - September 21, 2017 Leading podcast and comedy listening platform Stitcher Premium is entering the musical podcast space with the new three-part series Stolen Idea. ....
Janeane Garofalo, Keith Lowell Jensen and More On Downtown Variety, 11/6!
by A.A. Cristi - November 02, 2017 Nat Towsen's Downtown Variety Hour is back at UCB Theatre East Village on Monday, November 6 at 7:30 PM with a Thanksgiving worthy comedy lineup! Host Nat Towsen (VICE, Nickelodeon) combines the disappearing, eclectic lower Manhattan culture in which he grew up (around the corner from the the...
IFC Debuts Two New Comedy Crib Digital Series in Time for Summer
by Tori Hartshorn - June 04, 2018 IFC Debuts Two New Comedy Crib Digital Series in Time for Summer...
Bi-Monthly Comedy Show STANLEY TUCCI IS OUR GOD Comes to Cloud City
by BWW News Desk - November 08, 2017 Come join in worship with other devotees of America's favorite shiny headed Oscar nominee! With a combination of vibrant song and prayer, spontaneous testimonials and a creepy (but kissable) mannequin head, Tucci Disciples Natasha Vaynblat, Jessie Jolles and Katie Hartman, lead the absurdly reveren...
BROAD CITY's Labor Day Binge-A-Thon Scores For Comedy Central
by TV News Desk - September 07, 2017 The bbs binged! Broad City: Labor Day Replay, Comedy Central's binge-worthy celebration of the upcoming return of Broad City, was a huge hit with old and new fans alike....
Stand-up Comedy Event to Feature Phoebe Robinson and More
by Julie Musbach - January 12, 2018 PHOEBE ROBINSON, a stand-up comedian and best selling author, is set to perform at Manhattan's legendary Cutting Room on Thursday February 1st with special guests APARNA NANCHERLA and DAVE HILL....
Photo Coverage: Check Out Maya Rudolph and Kristen Bell in THE GOOD PLACE Season One Finale
by Macon Prickett - January 30, 2018 Check out these latest photos from the season one final of THE GOOD PLACE starring Kristen Bell. The show follows Eleanor Shellstrop (Kristen Bell, 'House of Lies,' 'Veronica Mars'), an ordinary woman who enters the afterlife and, thanks to some kind of error, is sent to the Good Place instead of th... |