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'Dead to Me': Christina Applegate Returns to Television in Netflix Dark Comedy Series
Credit: STXfilms After six years and a number of series and pilot offers, Christina Applegate (Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy) is returning to television as lead and executive producer in Netflix's half-hour dark comedy series Dead to Me. Written by showrunner Liz Feldman (2 Broke Girls), the 10-episode season is described as a "comedic Big Little Lies" that highlights a[...]
'South Park' Season 22: Series Returns to Comedy Central in September, SDCC Next Week
Credit: Comedy Central Over two decades in school and having still not graduated, Stan, Kyle, Kenny and Cartman aren't exactly what you'd call "fine examples" of South Park's educational system – and no one's happier about that than Comedy Central! Created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone, the Emmy and Peabody Award-winning series will premiere Season 22[...]
Workaholics' Adam Devine Joins Danny McBride's Televangelism Comedy Pilot for HBO
Credit: Comedy Central Workaholics star Adam Devine is set to find some of that old-time religion, joining Danny McBride (Vice Principals), John Goodman (The Big Lebowski, The Connors), and Edi Patterson (The Last O.G.) in the HBO comedy pilot The Righteous Gemstones. Written, directed, starring, and executive produced by McBride, the half-hour comedy series is based in and around the the[...]
'68 Whiskey': Ron Howard Directing Dark Military Comedy Pilot for Paramount Network
Credit: David Shankbone [CC BY 3.0], Wikimedia CommonsWith a premise that feels like a mash-up between Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket and sitcom M*A*S*H, Paramount Network has given a pilot order to dark military dark comedy series 68 Whiskey (working title) Adapted from the Israeli television series Charlie Golf One, the project stems from Academy[...]
Cosmic Ghost Rider #1 cover by Geoff Shaw and Antonio Fabela
It's not funny enough to be a good comedy, and it's undercutting its own stakes too often for me to feel invested in the conflict The best "jokes" it has are Frank smarting off to Odin and the big reveal at the end. About that reveal: it didn't bother me as much as some, but I[...]
The Power of Danny McBride, John Goodman Compels HBO to Order Televangelist Comedy Pilot
Credit (left): HBO / (right): ABC/ABC News HBO has found a little bit of that "old time religion" with a pilot order for a half-hour comedy series from creator Danny McBride (Vice Principals) based in and around the the world of televangelism Written, directed, starring, and executive produced by McBride, The Righteous Gemstones co-stars John Goodman[...]
Sex Criminals #25 cover by Chip Zdarsky
Matt Fraction and Chip Zdarsky continue to impress with their super-powered sex-focused comedy/drama This extra-sized issue is well worth the asking price, and it easily earns a recommendation Give this one a read. [rwp-review-ratings id="0"] [rwp-review-form id="0"] [rwp-review-recap id="0"] The house belonging to Suzanne's mother has burned down The two women must now take refuge in a hotel[...]
Charlie's Angels #1 cover by David Finch, Jimmy Reyes, and Triona Farrell
This comic's idea of high comedy is having Sabrina pull a monkey out of her magician's hat and it attacking the mob bosses as a distraction. It kills its own pacing by jumping back to them receiving the mission before going undercover even though the plot is very simple and straightforward, making the explanation only an[...]