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John Oliver, Wyatt Cenac Developing Late-Night Docuseries For HBO
My thanks to Nina (Rosenstein), Casey Bloys and everyone at HBO for finally giving me a place where I can comfortably swear on television." –Wyatt Cenac Cenac (People of Earth, Bojack Horseman) was a writer and correspondent on Comedy Central's The Daily Show with Jon Stewart from 2008-2012, where he earned three Emmy Awards and one Writers[...]
Jordan Klepper
Comedy Central has been trying to fill the half hour slot after The Daily Show for a while now First there was the Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore, but that got cancelled Then @Midnight filled in for a while, but that has come to an end And the President Show was there, but didn't seem[...]
Pick Your Winners In Bleeding Cool's 2017 Emmys Poll, And Win A Prize!
EST! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alvruemD01oVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: 69th Emmy Nominations: Outstanding Drama Series (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alvruemD01o) Outstanding Drama Series Better Call Saul (AMC) The Crown (Netflix) The Handmaid's Tale (Hulu) House of Cards (Netflix) Stranger Things (Netflix) This Is Us (NBC) Westworld (HBO) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpZCVaiEtXwVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: 69th Emmy Nominations: Lead Actor in a Comedy Series (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpZCVaiEtXw) Outstanding Comedy Series Atlanta (FX) Black-ish (ABC) Master[...]
'The Opposition' Trailer: Jordan Klepper Exposes The Truth About "China"
Actually, he's not just "the voice" but also the host; and it's not just "the opposition" but Comedy Central's new late night comedy-news series The Opposition With Jordan Klepper And you'll see from the trailer below, Klepper isn't afraid to speak his mind and say what needs to be said on a wide range of[...]
Drunk History Crew Struggles With Production Speed
Variety scored an interview with Chloe Arbiture, the Emmy-nominated production designer, wherein she gave everyone some insight into the making of the Comedy Central series, Drunk History. For those who don't know, Drunk History is the sketch series which builds a recreation of history as told by drunken actors, comedians, and barflies[...]
'Broad City' Season 4: Unemployment, Sex Therapy, And RuPaul
ET on Comedy Central. https://youtu.be/qulS9LdUxAU From Bleeding Cool reporter Marilyn Weiss: Oh my goddess! It's almost time for Broad City Season 4! The girls are back! Abbi Jacobson (Abbi Abrams) and Ilana Glazer (Ilana Wexler) showed off a hilarious new episode from the series' upcoming fourth season to an ecstatic crowd at SDCC. In the episode, Abbi deals with[...]
@midnight To End With 600th Episode
Chris Hardwick is going to be able to go to bed a little earlier now as he, Comedy Central and Funny or Die have mutually agreed to bring the nightly social media driven comedy show @midnight to an end Deadline is reporting that the series that is about to reach 600 episodes and has been[...]
Michael Kosta
Stand-up comedian and former pro tennis player Michael Kosta will be joining the Comedy Central series tonight as part of their "Best F#@ing News Team" His debut will be an in-studio desk segement Kosta is most likely a replacement for Jordan Klepper who will be taking over the 11:30 time slot this fall.   Kosta has been[...]
Trey Parker Says South Park Will Ignore Donald Trump Next Season
South Park returns to Comedy Central in August for its 21st season. South Park co-creator Trey Parker gave an interview to the Los Angeles Times to promote Despicable Me 3, in which he voices the character Balthazar Bratt When asked if doing satirical comedy based on current events has gotten harder over the last 20 years,[...]
Colbert Taking 'Late Show' To Russia Because He Can
The tweet and pic were about more than announcing the trip, but also in response to Trump's two tweets earlier in the day in which the President acknowledged that he did not have any recordings of ex-FBI director James Comey as he had hinted about for the past forty-plus days. Many were concerned about whether Colbert[...]
Comedy Central's 'Broad City' Calls Out Donald Trump In Season 4 Trailer
Comedy Central has released a trailer for Season 4 of Broad City, which returns to the airwaves later this summer Amongst a bevy of new clips teasing the upcoming season, co-star and co-creator Ilana Glazer has a special message for President Trump Watch the trailer below (NSFW). After a longer-than-usual wait between seasons, you can finally catch Broad[...]
Comedy Central Fills Late Night Slot With The President Show
Now, Comedy Central is giving the 11:30 PM slot after the Daily Show with Trevor Noah to President Donald Trump… well, sort of The new series will start impersonator Anthony Atamanuik as Late Night Donald It will also feature Peter Grosz as Mike Peance The show is being executive produced by Adam Palley. "Laughing at the[...]
Telling Piers Morgan To F-Off Pays Off For Jim Jefferies
And someone at Comedy Central was paying attention The network has just signed the Australian comedian for a new weekly series that will debut this summer The 10-episode order has Jefferies traveling around the world and sharing his views on the controversial topics of the day And he won't be shying away from the topic[...]
Meltdown With Jonah And Kumail Comes To An End
Announced on the series website, the stand-up series has run for three years on Comedy Central and is filmed in an L.A comic shop called Meltdown The series is shot documentary style and starred Jonah Ray and Kumail Nanjiani and have included guests like: Jim Gaffigan, Chris Hardwick, Michael Ian Black, Marc Maron, Garfunkel and Oates,[...]
The Nightly Show Gets The Axe From Comedy Central
After Stephen Colbert left Comedy Central for CBS, the network tapped The Daily Show contributor Larry Wilmore for his own show The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore debuted in January 2015 to largely positive reviews But it never quiet caught on with the audience and after giving the show a year and a half, the[...]
@Midnight Renewed For Season 3
Comedy Central has renewed it's late night internet-based comedy series @Midnight The show, hosted by Chris Hardwick will have a 40-week run going through 2016 Hardwick, who also hosts the Talking Dead and will be hosting various panels at this weeks SDCC had this to say: Comedy Central has been an amazing and supportive partner for[...]
Comedy Central Gives Series Order To Jeff And Some Aliens
Comedy Central has ordered 10-episodes of the new animated series Jeff And Some Aliens. The series, a spinoff of TripTank, was created by Sean Donnelly and Alessandro Minoli and will debut in 2016. Having first appeared in sketches on TripTank, Jeff And Some Aliens follows the world's most average guy and the aliens sent down to judge humanity[...]
Stephen Colbert Has Been A Star Wars Fan Longer Than You
Stephen Colbert is in the final run toward the end of his Comedy Central series The Colbert Report After having taken the Thanksgiving week off, Colbert returned last night and immediately talked about a huge conflict in the desert heating up once again… and then played a clip from Star Wars: The Force Awakens[...]
Key & Peele Poke Fun At Stan Lee
The comedy team of Key & Peele decide to take on the man himself, Stan Lee in this skit from their show on Comedy Central Jordan Peele does a pretty good Lee but I don't remember Stan ever having a pony tail. [youtube]http://youtu.be/j9Uh_RucKz8[/youtube] The comedy team of Key & Peele decide to take on the man[...]
Chris Hardwick's @Midnight Gets Second Season
One of Jimmy Fallon's guests tonight is comedian and king-of-the-nerds Chris Hardwick and during his appearance, the host of Comedy Central's hit series @Midnight announced the series had been picked up for a second 40-week season The series debuted last November during a 4-week trial run airing Monday-Thursday after the network's political satires The Daily Show[...]
Arsenic Lullaby Gets TV Adaptation For Comedy Central – On Wednesday Night
Comedy Central has recently launched a new animated series called Trip Tank  Seth Green and Matthew Senreich developed the show which  features a collection of recurring animated shorts built into a half-hour block. The plots from Adam McKay, Tom Gammill and Jon Glaser range from a magical alcoholic wheelchair helping sick children to a group of aliens studying the world's most average guy. But this[...]