Brooklyn Nine-Nine Season 4 Premieres Tonight
Everything has changed for the entire precinct for season 4 as they have go more undercover than ever before.
See how they’ll handle it on the season 4 premiere at 8PM on Fox.
A cavalcade of hysterical folks in character all follow the lead of host Tony Sam and Daniel Van Kirk in the great all-character comedy showcase, Persona.
More details here.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows/events as well as open mics and maps are embedded at www.thecomedybureau.com.
Point to Matt Damon in The Ongoing Kimmel-Damon Feud for This Emmys Interruption
The long running feud between Jimmy Kimmel and Matt Damon had its latest chapter when Kimmel lost to John Oliver in Outstanding Variety Talk Series for this year’s Emmys.
Watch Damon have a bit of sweet revenge here.
Seeso Is Going to Have 12 Week Long “Stand-Up Streaming Fest” with Janeane Garofalo, Jena Friedman, Jon Dore, Schtick or Treat, and Much Much More
For an entire three month stretch, Seeso has got a really solid line-up of comedy specials and showcases set to stream. It’s packed so tightly over consecutive weeks that they’ve decided to call it their Stand-up Streaming Fest.
This line-up lincludes:
-Jena Friedman’s American C*nt-Oct. 20th
-The Guest List (Seeso’s stacked comedy showcase series)-Oct. 20th, Nov. 3rd, Dec. 8th
-Janeane Garofalo’s If I May-Oct. 27th
-Schtick or Treat: Halloween Stand-Up Special-Oct. 27th
-Mo Mandel’s Negative Reinforcement-Nov. 3rd
-Dan Levy’s Lion-Nov. 17th
-Turnt Up with Eliza Skinner-Nov. 17th
-McSweeney’s Internet Tendency-Nov. 24th
-Joe Matarese’s Medicated-Dec. 1st
-Lachlan Patterson’s Live at Venice Beach-Dec. 1st
-Funny as Hell with Jon Dore-Dec. 15th
-Nick Thune stand-up special-Dec. 22nd
-Ian Harvie stand-up special-Dec. 29th
-Laurie Kilmartin’s 45 Jokes About My Dead Dad-Dec. 29th
-Brian Posehn stand-up special-Jan. 2nd.
So, it’s pretty clear to us that you should get Seeso if you haven’t already.
Anthony Atamanuik’s Donald Trump is Taking Over @midnight This Week
Anthony Atamanuik’s Donald Trump is Taking Over @midnight This Week
11:30PM on Comedy Central, Monday through Thursday.
The best impression of Donald Trump by Anthony Atamanuik is going to be on TV tonight through Thursday, which will be a nice way to cap off watching all the evenings spent watching the series and season premieres of dozens of shows this week.
If There’s One Dramedy Centered on Cancer That You See This Year, See Chris Kelly’s Other People
It may seem like a very niche genre, but a number of films that mix drama and comedy over the last few years do so by having cancer worked into the plot.
Chris Kelly’s Other People is one of the best films of its kind as its emotional peaks are so comedically high and valleys are so dramatically grounded, all in the best, life affirming way possible. Molly Shannon gives a performance of a lifetime and then some as well.
You should definitely go see Other People in select theaters while you still can or buy it on iTunes.
Watch Alchemy and The Woods Go Wrong in “The Alchemist Cookbook” Trailer
Alchemy, the woods, and being a social outcast combine for what looks to be whole mess of fun in writer/director Joel Potrykus’ latest film, The Alchemist Cookbook.
See for yourself in this trailer, then look for it on BitTorrent Now for pay-what you wish on October 9th and in select theaters shortly thereafter.
Watch Trailer for Joe Swanberg’s Anthology Series “Easy”
If you’ve dug Joshy, Digging For Fire, or Drinking Buddies, you might enjoy the new anthology series Easy as they’re all from the mind of Joe Swanberg.
The organic, improvisational, dramedy of Swanberg’s finds it way to Chicago with the likes of Marc Maron, Aya Cash, Kiersey Clemons, Malin Akerman, Orlando Bloom, and Kate Micucci in the cast.
You can see what Swanberg has up his sleeve in the trailer here, then look for the episodes to start streaming this week, Thursday, September 22nd on Netflix.
The Good Place Premieres This Week, Starting Tonight, with Three Episodes
Mike Schur is returning to television after having his series Parks and Recreation end perfectly last year.
His new show, The Good Place, is premiering tonight with back-to-back episodes starting at 10PM on NBC. The third episode will air on Thursday at 8:30PM, their actual weekly time slot.
We hope this will be a good start to NBC’s new comedy line-up for this fall.
Alex Hanpeter and Jude Tedmori have a residency at The Virgil that follows Hot Tub starting next week. We’re sure it’ll be equal parts silly, daring, edgy, and out right absurd.
Best of all, it’s free to attend. More details here.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows/events as well as open mics/maps are embedded at www.thecomedybureau.com.
Emmys Went to Veep, Transparent, SNL, Last Week Tonight, Baskets, Girls, Master of None, and Key & Peele Last Night
Outstanding Comedy Series-Veep
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series-Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series-Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent
Outstanding Lead Directing for a Comedy Series-Jill Soloway, Transparent
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series-Louie Anderson, Baskets
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series-Kate McKinnon, SNL
Outstanding Variety Talk Series in a Comedy Series-Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Outstanding Variety Special-The Late Late Show Carpool Karoake Prime Time Special
Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series-Peter Scolari, Girls
Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Serires-Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, SNL
Outstanding Variety Sketch Series-Key & Peele
Outstanding Writing for Variety Special-Patton Oswalt, Talking for Clapping
Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series-Aziz Ansari and Alan Yang, Master of None
Here are the rest of the comedy winners for the Creative Arts Emmys and the Interactive Media Emmys as well as the complete list of Emmys winners.
For the most part, heavy perennial favorites won here, and deservingly so, like Veep, Transparent, and Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. Key & Peele got a proper send-off for the final season with this Emmy win and what might be talked about as one of Louie Anderson’s best performances of his career in Baskets as the mother nabbed him a statue as well. Also, Master of None’s writing definitely earned its Emmy win here.
Take note of the power of premium cable and streaming services, particularly HBO and Amazon, in this round of winners.
Conan Does Another Great Round of Coffee Table Books That Didn’t Sell
This is one of our favorite recurring desk pieces on Conan.
Hopefully, you’ll agree after watching this.
The Primetime Emmys Are at 5PM PDT/8PM EST on ABC
Just a friendly reminder when and why Twitter will be flooded with Emmys jokes this evening as well as when to see Kimmel hopefully pull some pranks on all in attendance.
Actually, this will start around 4PM PDT because that’s when red carpet coverage starts.
David Letterman Still Goes for Bits for His Episode of Years of Living Dangerously
Sans a suit and with an impressive beard, David Letterman is still David Letterman.
Just watch this promo for season 2 of National Geographic’s Years of Living Dangerously and you’ll see what we’re saying.
Comedy Crawl & Open Mic Run Updated For Next Week 9/19/16
Comedy Crawl & Open Mic Run Updated For Next Week 9/19/16
Listings for stand-up, sketch, improv, experimental comedy shows and open mics now updated for the next week in the Greater LA area!
You can (and should) get your free tickets for 9/22 here and 9/23 here.
The rest of our listing for comedy shows/events as well as open mics and maps are embedded at www.thecomedybureau.com.
Jimmy Kimmel and James Corden Play a Late Night Host Version of Truth or Dare with Revolting Food
When it comes to what late night hosts think of each other, there is, currently, a very thick cloud of mystery. Publicly, most will say that they have camaraderie with each other like any other profession even though ratings technically pit them against each other on a nightly basis.
Will we ever know what they really think of each other like we kind of did between Jay Leno and David Letterman?
Well, The Late Late Show’s Spill Your Guts or Fill Your Guts is a somewhat heightened version of truth or dare backed with food that’s normally reserved for Andrew Zimmern. Jimmy Kimmel was a guest and got to play the game with James Corden, which really shows how much both are dedicated to keeping up appearances.
Get your tickets here.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows/events as well as open mics and maps are embedded at www.thecomedybureau.com.
Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s Fleabag Has Started Streaming on Amazon
It seems as though the UK is continuing to give very intriguing comedy exports to us Yanks.
The latest series to come stateside is Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s much-buzzed about Fleabag. It started streaming today on Amazon.
These two preview clips might clue you in to what all the buzz is about.
The Black List Starts to Open Database to Student Producers and Directors
The Black List Starts to Open Database to Student Producers and Directors
At participating universities, you can now get a chance to get in on Hollywood’s hot list for non-produced screenplays, The Black List.
It’s a move that’s only going to open the floodgates open for more different, intriguing voices that, possibly, haven’t been quite bent to the will of the current studio system. That just might just be what Hollywood needs right now.
Bill Murray Will Be Bartending at His Son’s Bar in Greenpoint, Brooklyn
Bill Murray Will Be Bartending at His Son’s Bar in Greenpoint, Brooklyn
“Suntory Time”, anyone?
Though false rumors about the next public appearance of Bill Murray have been spread in the past, the possibility of getting dragged into a night with Bill Murray in it is still great to imagine.
This Friday and Saturday, it’s being said that Murray will be tending bar at his son Homer’s bar in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.
Unfortunately, it’s a guest list only sort of night, so you’ll probably have to enjoy seeing whatever actually takes place on social media. Well, that actually all depends on whether Bill Murray will even allow for that to happen as so many Bill Murray stories that we’ve heard do involve no pictures or video being taken.
Don’t let that stop your imagination from running wild and thinking of another young couple receiving advice on getting hitched from Murray.
Father John Misty Presents “This Is America” for Brad Neely’s Harg Nallin’ Sclopio Peepio
Singer/songwriter Father John Misty often has wry humor worked into his song lyrics, but sometimes you wouldn’t notice because of his calming voice and beautiful melodies and hooks.
Thanks to an animated music video on Brad Neely’s Harg Nallin’ Sclopio Peepio, that wry humor gets highlighted the way it deserves to be.
Watch This Is America with Father John Misty here.
High Maintenance Premieres on HBO Tonight
Tonight, it’ll be official that High Maintenance will have made it from beloved web series all the way up to a full fledged TV show on HBO.
The series premiere is at 11PM of HBO and you can see that it looks like they’re going to keep that same grounded, weird, wonderful world alive in the half hour televised version of the show.
Enjoy Norm MacDonald Releasing His Medical Records and Interview on Tonight Show
It just so happened that Norm MacDonald was on the same episode of The Tonight Show as GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump and you would be foolish to think that Norm wouldn’t take advantage of the situation.
So, on last night’s Tonight Show, during his fun and mischievous interview, he released his medical records similar to the way that Trump did on Dr. Oz earlier that day.
Take note that this is the beginning of Norm making the rounds to promote his new memoir Based on a True Story and you should expect more expert level hijinks from him soon.
Ali Saddiq and Cy Amundson’s Half Hour Specials Premiere Tonight
This week’s edition of Comedy Central’s The Half Hour will feature the comedy stylings of Ali Saddiq and Cy Amundson, making for a night of very pointed observational comedy.
You can see so with this preview of Ali’s bit about Father’s Day and Cy’s bit about social media disconnecting us all, then watch Ali’s special at 12AM and Cy’s right after at 12:30AM all on Comedy Central.