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Well, if everything goes according to Freeform’s plan, there will be three female hosts in late night.

Details are sparse at this point, probably because cable network Freeform sees that there is plenty of shows that follow the traditional late night talk show format and they want to work with Iliza Shlesinger to develop something that caters to her comedy.

So, thankfully, the boys club is becoming a boys club less and less everyday.

FXx Is Doing Part 2 of Their Every. Simpsons. Ever. Marathon

September 23, 2016

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FXx Is Doing Part 2 of Their Every. Simpsons. Ever. Marathon

They’re going to break their own TV marathon record simply by adding all of the new episodes of The Simpsons that have aired since the last Every. Simpsons. Ever.

This Thanksgiving, specifically Thursday, November 24th at 9AM PDT, FXx will revive one of the most successful ventures to date by airing every single episode of The Simpsons in existence back-to-back-to-back. That will take this marathon to Tuesday, December 6th at 9PM PDT.

Even though this is two months away, make plans accordingly.

Transparent Season 3 Has Started Streaming on Amazon

September 23, 2016

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It’s only in its third season, but Transparent already carries the distinction of being decorated and critically acclaimed like a show much senior to itself.

Season 3 has just started streaming over Amazon and we don’t doubt that creator Jill Soloway will keep her streak going.

Just see what happens when Gaby Hoffmann’s Ali goes to the dentist.

September 23, 2016

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Here, comedians are challenged to try doing jokes while one of many challenges including anything from singing their jokes to not being allowed to say “the” or “uh”. Odds are that’ll get their adrenaline pumping, hence the name.

Get your tickets here.

Aparna Nancherla and Jo Firestone Earnestly Try Dancing for Season 2 of “Womanhood”

September 23, 2016

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Aparna Nancherla and Jo Firestone had a hell of a run for their first season of Womanhood, their life advice series for women on RIOT.

Awkward looks, pauses, and Aparna and Jo’s magical goofiness make the both of them kind of irresistible.

So, for their second season of Womanhood, it looks like they’re going to amplify all of that in the best way possible.

Watch how Aparna and Jo try to manage to reach the end of a children’s dance class for the first episode and you’ll agree that America might have a new hosting duo on its hands.

Get Austin’s Eric Krug Debut Album “Double Speak” Off of Sure Thing Records

September 22, 2016

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Austin based comedian Eric Krug has just released his first comedy album, Double Speak, off of Austin based comedy record label, Sure Thing Records.

Over a well-crafted hour, Krug does himself (and comedy out of ATX) proud. What we specifically dig about the album is how dark the album opens, his observations from being a veteran from this millennium, and Eric’s fascination with presidential history.

It’s a good reason for you to remember Krug’s name and pay attention to Austin’s comedy scene.

Get Double Speak off iTunes here.

The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail to End After 6 Year Run

September 22, 2016

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Without a question, The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail are going out on top.

It was widely agreed as one of the best live comedy shows in the country and got to do three seasons as a TV series on Comedy Central. Certainly, we feel privileged seeing the show from the very start grow into this beautiful, undeniable institution in the LA comedy scene.

“After six years of putting our blood, sweat, and urine into a live show every Wednesday, we have decided that it’s time to hang up our spurs on The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail. When we started this thing in 2010, we only wanted a fun place to do comedy and hang out with our friends.”
-Jonah/Kumail/Emily/Ed

We know there’s still more than a few weeks to go, but we still salute you Meltdown.

Their last show is on October 19th and you can find out more details here.

The Simpsons Make “Adventure Time” Couch Gag To Kick Off Season 28

September 22, 2016

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Season 28 of The Simpsons is only a few days away (Sunday, September 25th at 8PM on Fox) and to start off the season big, they’ve made their very first couch gag in the style of another highly regarded animated series, Adventure Time.

From the characters to the music, The Simpsons do another crossover couch gag right (not that it should surprise anyone at this point).

Watch it here.

Tracey Ullman’s Show Gets First Trailer

September 22, 2016

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The return of Tracey Ullman and her cavalcade of characters is nigh as Tracey Ullman’s Show is set to premiere on Friday, October 28 at 11PM on HBO.

See how big that cavalcade really is with this trailer.

A Web Series from John Early and Kate Berlant and a Special from South Africa’s Loyiso Gola in Production at Vimeo

September 22, 2016

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A Web Series from John Early and Kate Berlant and a Special from South Africa’s Loyiso Gola in Production at Vimeo

Vimeo continues to be on brand with their high-minded picks in comedy.

John Early and Kate Berlant are working on their own short form series that will be released exclusively on Vimeo, which doesn’t need any more details to get you intrigued. You’ve probably seen them do work solo on Netflix’s Characters and together in such works as Dinner Party.

While Trevor Noah is making waves as the host of The Daily Show, South Africa has another comedy export coming our way in the form of a stand up special from another one of their biggest comedians, Loyiso Gola. Set to tape next week on Wednesday, September 28th at House of Yes in Brooklyn. Tickets available here.

We’re going to keep our fingers crossed that Vimeo’s only going to keep goind down this road of making their own comedy.

Watch Jena Friedman Gracefully Defend Cake vs Pie in Seeso’s Debate Wars That’s Now Streaming

September 22, 2016

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For this week, Seeso’s new release is an absurd debate series hosted by none other than Michael Ian Black called Debate Wars.

Comedians are pitted against each other in, you guessed it, a debate of such random, but oft-discussed topics like “cake vs. pie”

You can see Jena Friedman defend cake beautifully here.

After that, stream whole episodes of Debate Wars now over at Seeso.

September 22, 2016

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Yep, you can watch an exclusive premiere screening of Stan Against Evil in a cemetery.

Get your free tickets here.

Watch Hillary Clinton on Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis

September 22, 2016

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Between Two Ferns With Zach Galifianakis: Hillary Clinton from Hillary Clinton

You know the drill by now.

One of the funniest web series of all time has one of the most powerful people in the world essentially go through a round of back-and-forth roast jokes and it’s great.

This latest edition with Hillary Clinton is no exception to said drill and we definitely undid the damage of that Pokemon Go pun that Clinton used from a few weeks back.

Watch and enjoy here.

IDIOCRACY’s 10 Year Anniversary To Be Celebrated with Alamo Drafthouse Screenings and Q&A with Mike Judge & Cast

September 21, 2016

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IDIOCRACY’s 10 Year Anniversary To Be Celebrated with Alamo Drafthouse Screenings and Q&A with Mike Judge & Cast

It’s the 10 year anniversary of the film, but there also has never been a better time for American citizens to see this movie than now.

On October 4th, Alamo Drafthouse will be doing a special one-night only engagement screening of Mike Judge’s Idiocracy complete with a Q&A with Judge and the cast to be live streamed from the Aero Theatre in Santa Monica.

The drafthouse has theaters across the country and you can find where they are and get your tickets at the link above.

Watch Anthony Atamanuik as Donald Trump Take Over @midnight’s Hashtag Wars

September 21, 2016

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This week, @midnight is “sponsored” by Donald Trump or, rather, Anthony Atamanuik’s killer impression of Trump.

You can see that he does not disappoint in a round of Hashtag Wars with Katee Sackhoff, Natasha Lyonne, and Doug Benson.

CBS Greenlights ‘Superior Donuts’ for Midseason Debut

September 21, 2016

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CBS Greenlights ‘Superior Donuts’ for Midseason Debut

As it had to go through being a pilot twice, we were worried for a second that Jermaine Fowler’s sitcom wasn’t going to see the light of a TV screen.

That’s right, Superior Donuts, starring Fowler and Judd Hirsch will go to series midseason for 13 episodes. Knowing how much truth finds itself in Jermaine’s comedy, we hope that this will be another multicam that just break the mold of all the multicams of yesteryear, especially given how much the rest of CBS’ new comedies represent those types of sitcoms.

Oh, the supporting cast also boasts the likes of David Koechner, Katey Sagal, Maz Jobrani, Anna Baryshnikov, Darien Sills-Evans, and Rell Battle.

We can’t wait to see what this becomes when it premieres.

Of Course Joss Whedon’s PSA on Why You Need to Vote Is Great and Funny

September 21, 2016

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Having the ability to get many of the world’s biggest celebrities at his beck and call and a super clever sense of humor, Joss Whedon has made a great PSA, that also pokes fun at how PSAs are done, for SaveTheDay.vote, which encourages people to go out and vote in this very important election.

Watch and enjoy it here.

Oh yeah, definitely go out and vote too.

Comedy Central Orders Moshe Kasher Hot Button Debate Show “Problematic” to Series

September 21, 2016

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We said we wanted another version of Tough Crowd on Comedy Central and the comedy gods listened.

Announced today, Comedy Central has ordered its latest series which will be panel debate show taking on the most controversial, divisive, and polarizing topics today between comedians and audience members.

It’s aptly called Problematic with Moshe Kasher and Moshe will be leading the way through each episode, injecting the funny where people might normally lean towards biting each other’s heads off.

If you’ve listened to Hound Tall with Moshe Kasher and listened to how Moshe breaks down hot button topics in his own stand-up, you’ll know that there’s more than plenty of promise here.

The Goldbergs, Speechless, Modern Family, and Black-ish All Return/Premiere Tonight on ABC

September 21, 2016

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Speechless (Series Premiere) 8:30PM
Modern Family (Season 8 Premiere) 9PM
Black-ish (Season 3) 9:30PM

Looks like ABC has their own version of NBC’s old comedy block Must See TV and it looks pretty formidable.

It looks especially more stout for all the positive reception that Speechless has been receiving.

September 21, 2016

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Passes (and live streaming access) are still available for one of the world’s premiere podcast festivals this weekend.

Don’t miss TOFOP, The Todd Glass Show, Welcome to Night Vale, Sklarbro Country, Never Not Funny, Girl on Guy, The Crabfeast, My Favorite Murder, The Dollop, and more all at The Sofitel this weekend.

The rest of our listings for comedy shows/events as well as open mics and maps are embedded at www.thecomedybureau.com.

Flowers Renewed by Both Seeso and Channel 4

September 20, 2016

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Flowers Renewed by Both Seeso and Channel 4

The less time it takes to watch comedy series from the UK here in the States, the better.

The cinematic dark family comedy Flowers has got another season ordered by its distributors in the U.S. and the UK, which are Seeso and Channel 4 respectively.

Along with Fleabag and Catastrophe, the sharing of comedy between both sides of the Atlantic is going better than it has been in quite some time.

FX Renews Atlanta and Better Things for Their Second Seasons

September 20, 2016

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FX Renews Atlanta and Better Things for Their Second Seasons

FX heard how much you like Donald Glover’s Atlanta and Pamela Adlon’s Better Things.

Just a couple of weeks in and FX has seen ratings and the great critical reception and has just ordered up another season of both Atlanta and Better Things. With a strong showing at this year’s Emmys, FX is only looking to be a stronger network to contend with than it already is.

Screen Junkies Is Having an Open Casting Call for Their New News Channel

September 20, 2016

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Screen Junkies Is Having an Open Casting Call for Their New News Channel

Any of you have an unfiltered take on film and television and feel pretty confident about it on camera?

Well, the film and TV culture giant known as Screen Junkies, the folks responsibly for the Emmy nominated, satirical Honest Trailers series, are launching a whole brand new channel that’s dedicated to entertainment news and are looking for members of this Screen Junkies news team.

They’re holding an open casting call and all you need to do is make a video on how you would cover a breaking entertainment news story. Get submission details at the link above.

We’re guessing a lot of our readers might fit the bill for this.

Norm MacDonald’s Memoir “Based on a True Story” Out Today

September 20, 2016

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There may be very few people that are as high in status, revered, and have as many insane stories in comedy quite like Norm MacDonald.

Even as a “tell some” book, Norm’s still got a wild ride of a life through SNL, stand-up, insane gambling debts, etc. that probably could make for a whole series of books.

All of that is captured on the page by Norm himself in Based on a True Story, which just happens to be now available from Random House Books.

In Honor of C. Martin Croker, Adult Swim Puts Almost Every Episode of Space Ghost Coast To Coast Online for Free

September 20, 2016

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In Honor of C. Martin Croker, Adult Swim Puts Almost Every Episode of Space Ghost Coast To Coast Online for Free

RIP the voice of Zorak and Moltar.

One of the many precursors to the Adult Swim that so many of us know and love now was Cartoon Network’s Space Ghost Coast to Coast. The off-beat animated talk show with cartoon super heroes and villains set in space helped spark the weird fire that grew into the Adult Swim corner of Cartoon Network.

Unfortunately, animator and voice actor C. Martin Croker recently passed and Adult Swim wanted to honor his legacy by putting nearly the entire series of Space Ghost Coast to Coast online here.

If you somehow needed a reason to binge watch Space Ghost, you certainly have one now.

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Freeform Developing Late Night Series with Iliza Shlesinger

FXx Is Doing Part 2 of Their Every. Simpsons. Ever. Marathon

Transparent Season 3 Has Started Streaming on Amazon

Aparna Nancherla and Jo Firestone Earnestly Try Dancing for Season 2 of “Womanhood”

Get Austin’s Eric Krug Debut Album “Double Speak” Off of Sure Thing Records

The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail to End After 6 Year Run

The Simpsons Make “Adventure Time” Couch Gag To Kick Off Season 28

Tracey Ullman’s Show Gets First Trailer

A Web Series from John Early and Kate Berlant and a Special from South Africa’s Loyiso Gola in Production at Vimeo

Watch Jena Friedman Gracefully Defend Cake vs Pie in Seeso’s Debate Wars That’s Now Streaming

Watch Hillary Clinton on Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis

IDIOCRACY’s 10 Year Anniversary To Be Celebrated with Alamo Drafthouse Screenings and Q&A with Mike Judge & Cast

Watch Anthony Atamanuik as Donald Trump Take Over @midnight’s Hashtag Wars

CBS Greenlights ‘Superior Donuts’ for Midseason Debut

Of Course Joss Whedon’s PSA on Why You Need to Vote Is Great and Funny

Comedy Central Orders Moshe Kasher Hot Button Debate Show “Problematic” to Series

The Goldbergs, Speechless, Modern Family, and Black-ish All Return/Premiere Tonight on ABC

Flowers Renewed by Both Seeso and Channel 4

FX Renews Atlanta and Better Things for Their Second Seasons

Screen Junkies Is Having an Open Casting Call for Their New News Channel

Norm MacDonald’s Memoir “Based on a True Story” Out Today

In Honor of C. Martin Croker, Adult Swim Puts Almost Every Episode of Space Ghost Coast To Coast Online for Free