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Bleeding Cool's interview with Smosh's Ian Hecox (Image: Smosh)
And look at Smosh, not as two guys filming in their parents' bedroom and see it as a comedy brand Obviously, nowadays, being a brand is a thing that everybody just assumes they have to do that you start off with that being your goal Back then we were just two guys but he was[...]
Dulé Hill & James Roday Spoof “Somebody’s Watching Me” Music Video | Peacock At-Home Variety Show
There may even be a special cameo by Tears for Fears' Curt Smith and a certain panther, though we'll have to study it closely and watch it at least eight thousand more times to be sure. Dulé Hill & James Roday Spoof "Somebody's Watching Me" Music Video | Peacock At-Home Variety Show In the video, Hill laments[...]
STAR TREK: LOWER DECKS (Clockwise): Tawny Newsome as Ensign Mariner, Jack Quaid as Ensign Boimler, Eugene Cordero as Ensign Rutherford, Gillian Vigman as Dr. T'ana, Jerry O'Connell as Commander Ransom, Dawnn Lewis as Captain Freeman, Fred Tatasciore as Lieutenant Shaxs and Noel Wells as Ensign Tendi (Image: CBS 2020 CBS Interactive)
On Thursday, August 6, their tales will be told in Star Trek: Lower Decks, a 10-episode half-hour animated comedy series that's set to streaming exclusively on the CBS All Access (with new episodes airing weekly on the streamer) Now, we have new poster art as well as an official trailer for the animated adventure-comedy series: STAR TREK:[...]
The Wonder Years is getting a reboot at ABC (Image: Disney).
The reboot of the popular coming-of-age comedy will focus on how a Black middle-class family in late 1960s Montgomery, Alabama, was able to live out their "wonder years" during a very turbulent time in modern American history Targeted for the 2021-2022 television season, the project received a strong pilot-production commitment and is expected to open[...]
30 Rock returns for NBCU Upfront special (Image: NBCU)
produce, in association with Universal Television and NBCUniversal Creative Partnerships. 30 Rock returns for NBCU Upfront special (Image: NBCU) Originally airing on NBC from October 2006 until January 2013, 30 Rock earned 16 Emmys (including 3 consecutive wins for Outstanding Comedy Series); 7 Golden Globes; 22 Guild Awards among SAG, WGA, DGA, and PGA; as well as[...]
A.P. Bio’s Jack Griffin Tries to Write a Love Letter to His Girlfriend | At-Home Variety Show
Created by Mike O'Brien, the series suffered a very brief cancellation by NBC before the new streamer picked it up, resulting in it being the streamer's first half-hour original comedy order We've worn our love for the series on our sleeves since the first season (though we have some thoughts on how the series lost[...]
Pictured (l-r): Eugene Cordero as Ensign Rutherford, Boiler, Fred Tatasciore as Lieutenant Shaxs, Dawnn Lewis as Captain Freeman, Ensign Barnes played by Jessica McKenna, Tawny Newsome as Ensign Mariner, Gillian Vigman as Dr. T'ana of the CBS All Access original series, STAR TREK: LOWER DECKS. Photo Cr: Best Possible Screen Grab CBS 2020 CBS Interactive, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
On Thursday, August 6, their tales are told in Star Trek: Lower Decks, and now we're getting a look at some new key art for the upcoming, weekly 10-episode half-hour animated comedy series. STAR TREK: LOWER DECKS Photo Cr: Best Possible Screen Grab CBS 2020 CBS Interactive, Inc All Rights Reserved. Developed by Emmy Award winner Mike[...]
A look at the cast of Psych (Image: NBCU)
No spoilers here, but the solution to each week's crime is always an unexpected journey with an ending that both wraps everything up nicely and does so with charm and penance for showmanship. A look at the cast of Psych (Image: NBCU) Psych Is A Masterclass in Comedy The physicality James Roday brings to the role is some[...]
Comisery poster from Margin Films
Comisery, the Asian-American Science Fiction Screwball Comedy webseries that Quentin Lee and I are making went past the midway point last week We're now on the 5th episode with 3 left to go The past weeks have gone by so quickly that it's all becoming a bit of a blur, which is probably why I[...]
A rare look at the group recording of Solar Opposites (Image: Hulu)
Justin Roiland and Mike McMahan's (Rick and Morty) animated sci-fi/comedy series Solar Opposites has proven itself to be every bit the hit that Hulu hoped it would be So much so that the streaming service announced that the series would be back for a third season (a second season was already built into the show's[...]
Donald Faison and Zach Braff on Scrubs (Image: NBCUniversal)
Going forward, no comedy-loving kid needs to stumble on these tropes and be stung by their ugliness I thank NBCUniversal for honoring this request." In light of the growing national attention being paid over systemic racism and unequal representation in the media, a number of shows (Little Britain, for example) have found some of their[...]
Nancy Wu Done It (Image: Left: Kathy Hutchins & Shutterstock.com / Right: Netflix)
Are you a fan of puns, comedy, and/or YA literature? Good news if you said yes to any of those because Amazon has just landed a comedy called Nancy Wu Done It following a competitive bidding war between studios The series will be a collaboration between Amazon Studios and Vertigo, with Roy Lee and Miri[...]
30 Rock returns for NBCU Upfront special (Image: NBCU)
Going forward, no comedy-loving kid needs to stumble on these tropes and be stung by their ugliness I thank NBCUniversal for honoring this request." Last Tuesday, NBCUniversal announced that 30 Rock would be returning for a special Upfront event Because of COVID-19 production restrictions, the event will have to be online but will also be made[...]
A look at promo art for Skullkickers (Image: Jim Zub, Edwin Huang and Chris Stevens)
announcing on Wednesday a development deal for a 2D animated action-adventure-comedy series for adults Paul Rigg, President of Copernicus Studios, sees Skullkickers as exemplifying the high-quality animation that the studio wants to be known for: "Demand for adult animated content is on the rise Over the past few years, we've seen the popularity of anime[...]
A scene from Tremors (Image: NBCUniversal)
One week, we settled on Netflix and (losing rock to paper) she chose the 1990's comedy horror film Tremors The Tremors movies being some of my favorite growing up in a video store, she was getting no complaints from me although I did question whether it was appropriate for a 5-year-old After five consecutive Fridays,[...]
Paula Pell in Mapleworth Murders (Image: Quibi).
It's basically a "who's who" of comedy, both behind the camera and in front of it (and with involvement from Lorne Michaels, that's practically expected). Paula Pell in Mapleworth Murders (Image: Quibi). So, with a cast like Paula Pell, John Lutz, Tina Fey, Tim Meadows, Patton Oswalt, Maya Rudolph, and Chris Parnell (to name just a few),[...]
WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS -- "Nouveau Théâtre des Vampires" -- Season 2, Episode 10 (Airs June 10) Pictured: Natasia Demetriou as Nadja, Kayvan Novak as Nandor, Matt Berry as Laszlo. CR: Russ Martin/FX
Week in and week out, the producers, writers, and our amazing cast continue to make one of the funniest and best comedy series on TV." FX's What We Do in the Shadows is produced by FX Productions, with Clement, Waititi, and Paul Simms serving as executive producers Scott Rudin, Garrett Basch, Eli Bush, and Stefani[...]