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Keegan-Michael Key to Host the 2016 Peabody Awards

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The Peabody Awards are on track to getting mentioned in the same conversation as the Emmys, the Golden Globes, etc. on top of being the prestigious awards that they have always been.

Having shifted from an afternoon announcement to a telecast and a whole evening affair, The Peabody Awards have really stepped up their game since 2015. Last year, they had Fred Armisen host and now they’re having another high profile comedian in Keegan-Michael on board to host this year.

The actual event will happen on Saturday, May 21st, but there will be a special that will air a few weeks later on June 6th at 8PM on Pivot.

Here’s the Trailer for “David Brent: Life on the Road”

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Ricky Gervais’ David Brent and his, let’s say, singular sense of humor are back and are already making people in offices scatter in passive terror.

The trailer for the rock mockumentary, David Brent: Life on the Road, is finally here.

Brent’s gone on to make his way in the music industry and not really changing one thing about himself in the process even though he probably thinks otherwise.

Right now, there is only a UK release date for Aug. 19th. We imagine that this will not be the case for long.

Watch Ellen DeGeneres’ Thoughts on Mississippi’s ‘Religious Freedom Law’, HB 1523

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Earlier this week, Mississippi’s governor Phil Bryant signed HB 1523, one of the most discriminatory pieces of anti-LGBT legislation in recent memory, into law. The law gives a blanket protection to those who wish to discriminate against LBGT individuals on the basis of “religious freedom” in a number of instances.

Ellen DeGeneres, of all people, was not going to be quiet about it and gave an equally rousing and sweet statement about the unfortunate turn of events on her show.

Watch it here and realize this is all happening in 2016 for some reason.

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Get tickets here.

The rest of our listings for comedy events and open mics along with corresponding maps are embedded at www.thecomedybureau.com.

Here’s a Trailer for a New Patton Oswalt Special “Talking For Clapping”

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Patton Oswalt’s follow-up to fantastic Tragedy Plus Comedy Equals Time will be coming to Netflix in a few weeks.

Talking for Clapping, his latest hour special, will start streaming on April 22nd.

Here’s the first trailer in case you weren’t intrigued already.

Watch Jon Daly and Adam Scott as Champion Golfers in “Adult Swim Golf Classic” Tonight

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For many of you, tonight might be the most time you spend watching golf as the Adult Swim Golf Classic with Jon Daly and Adam Scott premieres tonight.

We’re sure that it’s probably a little differrent than you’re typical golf tournament, especially if you look Jon Daly’s past golf tangent, Jon Daly Is John Daly.

Catch it at 11:30PM on Adult Swim.

“Hannibal Takes Edinburgh” Now Streaming on Netflix

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Hannibal Takes Edinburgh, the documentary that tracks Hannibal Buress going through the month-long whirlwind that is the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, is now streaming over at Netflix.

It will include Hannibal doing comedy across the pond as well as hiking up a mountain and dishing out the “true secret” to comedy.

Lena Dunham and Jenni Konner Are Launching Their Own Publishing Imprint at Random House

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The Lenny Letter has just been spun off into something bigger.

Given Lena Dunham’s successes in the publishing world with Not That Kind of Girl and the newsletter Lenny Letter that she runs with Girls showrunner Jenni Konner, Random House has decided to double down and give Dunham and Konner their own publishing imprint where they can curate and release books at their discretion.

Of course, the imprint is called Lenny.

Season 2 of Catastrophe Now Streaming at Amazon

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You’ve got a lot of comedy to stream for April.

In its first season, Sharon Horgan and Rob Delaney’s Catastrophe received heaps of great press for being part of this new wave of grounded, sharp romantic comedy on television.

The second season has already had a run on the air in the UK and is, as of today, finally available stateside via Amazon.

We’re guessing that you probably have to get through binge watching a bunch of stuff right now in addition to this.

Though He Doesn’t Suffer From Inflamed Hemmorhoids, Conan’s Jordan Schlansky Thinks We All Should Use Preparation H Wipes

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There is no better way to start the weekend than Jordan Schlansky’s recommendations for alternative uses of Preparation H products on Conan.

If only former Conan character Preparation H Raymond was around to see this, he would be damned proud.

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The Flight of the Conchords play The Greek Theatre on Tuesday July 26th and Wednesday July 27th at 7:30PM. Tickets are $39.50-$59.50.

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

“Nikki Glaser: Perfect” Premieres Tonight

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11PM on Comedy Central.

Nikki Glaser is on a hot streak for 2016. Not Safe with Nikki Glaser has already had a solid launch on Comedy Central and tonight, Glaser premieres her hour special Perfect on the network.

Fitting perfectly in line with themes from her show, Perfect is a great hour of stand-up that mixes sex-positive, feminist material with Glaser’s super clever, sharp writing and delivery.

Again, watch it tonight at 11PM on Comedy Central.

“Conan in Korea” Also Premieres Tonight

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11PM on TBS.

The latest travel special for Conan is tonight and it should be a doozy. On top of the normal hijinks that he does when abroad, O’Brien had a pet octopus, was in a K-Pop song and music video, guest starred in a soap opera, and more.

This is on at the same time as Nikki Glaser’s hour special, so you should just DVR one or the other.

MTV Orders Unscripted Pilot “Backup Plan” Starring Leonard Ouzts

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Comedians seeing if they can hack it at various day jobs is almost always is a good starting point for a show.

MTV has just ordered an unscripted comedy pilot, Backup Plan, where stand-up comedian Leonard Ouzts will be trying different jobs with the idea that his 15 minutes of fame might be up soon and he’ll have to get a day job outside of comedy again.

Hopefully, this will fill that void left by Comedy Central not going forward with the show that had Hannibal Buress doing various hard jobs.

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Australia’s amazing Wil Anderson gives new show, Fire at Wil, its American debut at the Nerdmelt Showroom on Thursday, April 21st at 7PM.

It’s free to attend, so long as you RSVP.

The rest of our listings for comedy events/shows and open mics along with corresponding open mics are embedded at www.thecomedybureau.com.

The Teachers of “Those Who Can’t” Get Ready for One Hell of a Prom

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When we used “one hell of a…” in the headline, we didn’t mean that in a good way.

Those Who Can’t’s latest episode has all of the teachers being forced into going to prom to make up for the utter disaster that it was last year.

Of course, this prom that’s in the works doesn’t seem much better at all since they’re more concerned with their dates than the actual running of the prom meant for the students.

Here’s a Trailer for Seeso’s First Original Dramedy Series “Flowers”

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Seeso is keeping their end of the bargain up by continuing to roll out new, enticing comedy content.

Their latest offering will be their very own UK dramedy series Flowers from Will Sharpe and starring Olivia Colman and Julian Barnatt. The trailer shows a highly stylized, dark comedy following a family barely keeping it together that might be worth you checking out if you already have Seeso or spend the $3 a month so sign up.

Look for episodes to start streaming on Seeso on May 5th.

Get Geoff Tate’s New Album “Again”

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This week, Geoff Tate came out with his third album, Again, from Rooftop Comedy and it’s best hour of stand-up yet.

Tate has gotten sharper and more detailed in his personal observations for this record, but that doesn’t take away from his overall laid back stage persona. Thus, the hour is more cleverly crafted than you might be aware of as Tate’s easygoing delivery has a certain, undeniable charm.

Listen to two tracks to hear it for yourself.

Again is available on iTunes and at Rooftop Comedy now.

Conan O’Brien Did a Talk Show at DMZ, Guest Starred in Korean Soap Opera and K-Pop Song, and Tried Tae Kwon Do All While in Korea

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The Conan in Korea special was pretty much everything you’d want it to be.

Not only do you get a great sense of how great Korea is and the history behind its people, but you also get to see things like Conan O’Brien do the string dance in a K-Pop music video.

Also on Conan’s itinerary was:
–being greeted like a rock star even though Conan doesn’t air in Korea
–annoying another foreign language instructor
–galavanting around a local fish market
–guest starring in a Korean soap opera with a very Conan-esque role
–hang at a Korean gaming cafe known as a “PC Bang”
–being goaded into breaking boards while trying Tae Kwon Do
–discovering that Steven Yeun doesn’t know as much about Korean food as he had hoped
–uncovering that certain Buddhist monks are more with the times than he thought
–doing a faux talk show ‘North Korea style’ while having his feet over in North Korean territory at the Joint Security Area

All in all, O’Brien proves yet again that he’s a great ambassador even though he’s intentionally parading around like a very tall clown.

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This weekend, the great, powerful, and hysterical Eddie Pepitone is headlining at Flappers Burbank. Specifically, he’s playing on Friday, April 15th at 8PM and 10PM and Saturday, April 16th also at 8PM and 10PM.

Tickets are $20 with a two item minimum and we highly suggest that you don’t miss Eddie do a long set, especially when it’s on and after tax day.

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

John Oliver Trolls Credit Report Firms by Doing Exactly What They Do Right Back at Them

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The extra mile that John Oliver and his team at Last Week Tonight go might be cause for a new awards category.

This week’s episode of Last Week Tonight had Oliver break down credit reporting firms and how they can, for a small, but notable percentage of the time, ruin people’s lives by publishing a credit report riddled with errors. One of the major errors is being confused for another person entirely and vice versa due to a somewhat, yet barely similar resemblance in the name.

Knowing that a bad credit report can make it more difficult trying to get a job, a house, etc. So, Oliver is giving credit report forms a taste of their own medicine by launching sites that sound like Experian or Equifax.

His team and himself have set up websites for TramsOnion.com, Experianne, and EquiFacks to highlight how the margin for error should be as close to zero as possible rather than just generally being low.

Not only are the faux sites great in name, but their made-up purposes are the icing on the cake.

Trailer for Season 4 of “Maron” Shows Marc Reliving His Self-Destructive Days

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IFC’s Maron takes Marc’s relationship to a garage further than he has ever before (as well as getting back heavily on drugs) for the latest season.

See how far Marc has fallen for season 4 in this new trailer.

Then, follow where Marc’s reunion with drugs will take him on the season premiere Wednesday, May 4th at 9PM on IFC.

The CW Is Reviving Mad TV

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Eight hour long episodes have been ordered the network.

The long-running Fox late night sketch series, Mad TV, is getting a second life at The CW.

There is going to be a completely new cast, but old cast members will be making special guest appearances. You better bet your bottom dollar that they’re going to try to get Mad TV alums Key & Peele, Alex Borstein, Ike Barinholtz, and Bobby Lee on the show.

This Mad TV revival along with Party Over Here makes it seem like sketch comedy is having a revival on network television.

Jason Jones and Samantha Bee’s “The Detour” Premieres Tonight

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9PM on TBS.

Though not back to back, real life comedy power couple Jason Jones and Samantha Bee will have their own shows on the same network on the same night.

The Detour, which they both created and Jones stars in, kicks off its maelstrom of a family vacation tonight on TBS. So, it might be worth just tuning in to TBS for a night of The Detour, Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, and Conan.

Watch Brent Weinbach Say He’s a Narc on “Flophouse”

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Brent Weinbach almost already has the look down, so why shouldn’t he have some fun and tell people at a house comedy show that he’s a narc?

Watch him do just that with Lance Bangs’ Flophouse at Viceland.