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Nathan Fielder’s Latest Prank/Small Business Solution Got Him an Amazon Bestseller

November 1, 2015

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(via Uproxx)

Well, of course it did.

Based on his latest scheme of having people moving furniture as a workout to ease the labor demand of a moving company, prankster grandmaster Nathan Fielder had a real book published that would offer legitimacy to such a workout plan.

The book, The Movement, was sold on Amazon and made it to being a bestseller even though it was a ghostwritten book that we’re sure plenty of people bought because they’re all in on the joke. Just think of how well Dumb Starbucks merch sold and this should come as no shock to any one.

Either way, Nathan’s “brand” of business solutions are getting so strong, as exemplified by this book, that we’re sure that people will be into them, both business owner and customer, no matter how farfetched they are.

Season 1 of “Red Oaks” Now on Amazon

October 10, 2015

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Travel back once again to the 80s for Amazon’s comedy series, Red Oaks, though, this time set at a country club with a specific focus on teaching rich people how to play tennis.

The whole first season is now available at Amazon. If you don’t have Amazon Prime and want to preview what you might get into, the pilot is on YouTube here.

Amazon Will Now Be Producing Indie Dark Comedy Feature “Desired Moments” with Kristen Wiig

September 22, 2015

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With their success in original series, it was only a matter of time before Amazon started making movies like this one.

Desired Moments will mark Amazon’s initial foray into features and they’re definitely going for their high brow audiences that they’ve already scored with their critically acclaimed series. From a script by Griffin Creech and director Tom Kuntz, a TV station employee finds an online wish granting service and becomes enthralled by it.

We’re not sure where Wiig will come into play, but they’re aiming for Michel Gondry and Charlie Kaufman and we’re on board for that.

Watch Trailer For Amazon’s 80s Coming of Age Comedy “Red Oaks”

September 14, 2015

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Amazon’s latest comedy series will be Red Oaks from director David Gordon Green (Eastbound and Down) and writers Joe Gangemi and Gregory Jacobs following a young man played by Craig Roberts teaching tennis to old, rich folks at a country club, set in the 1980s.

From the looks of the trailer, especially with how Josh Meyers and Paul Reiser look, it’s really steeped in the 1980s.

All the episodes start streaming exclusively on Amazon on Fri. Oct. 9th.

Watch THR’s Roundtable Discussion with Showrunners of Transparent, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Black-ish, Silicon Valley, Togetherness, and Modern Family

You can not only get into the headspace of many today’s top comedy showrunners, but what their headspace is like when they’re all in a room together.

Jill Soloway of Transparent, Robert Carlock of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Kenya Barris of Black-ish, Alec Berg of Silicon Valley, Jay Duplass of Togetherness, and Steve Levitan of Modern Family all came together to sit and chat at The Hollywood Reporter’s fascinating roundtable discussions about their shows and how they fit into the booming and constantly evolving landscape of television.

As you’ll see, there are plenty of the reasons that each one of these shows with these folks at the helm are successful.

Watch the hour long discussion here.

Amazon Is Developing Series Adaptation of “Galaxy Quest”

August 27, 2015

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You may be tired of reboots, sequels, prequels, revivals, and/or adaptations, but we’re betting you’ll probably still give this a chance.

16 years ago, a fake spaceship crew became a real one in 1999′s Galaxy Quest and either enough time has passed or perhaps there is going to be such an influx of space based comedy shows following Other Space where Amazon wants to develop a series based on the movie with the writer, director, and producer of Galaxy Quest (Robert Gordon, Dean Parisot, and Mark Johnson respectively).

The project is still in its very beginning stages as no cast has been assembled yet. If Wet Hot American Summer can get their original cast back, Galaxy Quest has a good shot of getting Alan Rickman, Sigourney Weaver, Tim Allen, Sam Rockwell, Tony Shaloub, and Daryl Mitchell all back.

Season 2 of “Transparent” To Premiere in December

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That means you have the rest of summer and all of fall to get Amazon Prime.

Announced at Amazon’s presentation today at the Television Critics Association press tour, Dec. 4th will be the date when one of the most acclaimed series, Jill Soloway’s Transparent, in the past year will return for its sophomore season.

If you don’t have Amazon Prime and still are on the fence about getting it, just hope that they do that free day like they did last year.

Amazon Has Ordered Semi-Autobiographical Tig Notaro Comedy Pilot with Louis C.K. and Diablo Cody as Executive Producers

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(via The Hollywood Reporter)

This means that Tig Notaro now has a documentary about her on Netflix, a tour special on Showtime, an upcoming stand-up special on HBO, and possibly a series coming to Amazon.

Today, Amazon has announced the order of a pilot that’s based on Tig’s life, right around the time where she recorded Live, that will star Tig as well. Both Louis C.K. and writer/director Diablo Cody have attached their names to the project as executive producers, which makes it hard for us to imagine this pilot not getting picked up to series.

At the very least, we’ll all probably get a chance to see the pilot since it will be on Amazon.

“Catastrophe” Co-Star and Series Co-Creator Rob Delaney Says There Will Be a Season Two of “Catastrophe”

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To the countless thousands asking, there will be a season 2 of @catastrophe_tv. We begin shooting this summer. Thanks to all watching.

For those of you that have zipped through or are obsessed with Rob Delaney and Sharon Horgan’s Catastrophe on Amazon, rest slightly in knowing that a second season will get production under way this Summer.

That’s what Delaney tweeted this week and as one of the series’ stars and creators, we think he knows best.

If you haven’t gotten into Catastrophe, do so now at Amazon.

Without The Second Season Even Having a Release Date, “Transparent” Is Renewed for a Third Season

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Does Amazon know something great about season 2 of Transparent that we all don’t know?

Only having one season released, Transparent has broke all sorts of ground for comedy, Amazon, and, of course, the trangendered community. Off of that, it got a second season which will hopefully come out soon.

Apparently, all the strides the show has made as well as the awards that it has received have proved well enough for Amazon to order a third season from series creator Jill Soloway.

So, expect to spend plenty of more hours with the Pfefferman family soon.

Rob Delaney and Sharon Horgan’s “Catastrophe” Now on Amazon

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Finally, you can now watch Catastrophe on this side of the pond.

If you don’t have an Amazon Prime account, today might be the day to do so. Not only will you be able to watch Transparent, but you’ll then be able to watch the first season Rob Delaney and Sharon Horgan’s Catastrophe.

After watching the sweet and yet sharp first episode, we’re definitely in for the series. For fans of You’re The Worst waiting for more You’re The Worst, you’re definitely going to be into Catastrophe.

Starting getting into season one here.

Watch First Episode of “Catastrophe” on Facebook Starting Today

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Sharon Horgan and Rob Delaney’s Catastrophe premieres stateside on Amazon starting this Friday Jun. 19th, but you can get a taste a little earlier than that in just a few hours from this post.

In about two hours, Amazon is making the first episode of Catastrophe available to watch on Facebook. You’ll be able to watch for 48 hours after that in case you want to watch it over again or can’t watch it right at 4pm today.

You’re probably on Facebook reading various people’s long posts about whatever they’re outraged today, so you can take a quick break and watch Catastrophe without leaving FB.

Season of One Rob Delaney and Sharon Horgan’s “Catastrophe” Coming to Amazon

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It’s about time that we got to see this Stateside.

Amazon has secured the rights to stream the very first season of Channel 4 series Catastrophe from created by and starring United States’ Rob Delaney and UK’s Sharon Horgan.

Considering how much of a following he has on Twitter, 1.1 million, largely built up here in the U.S., it’s a curiosity what was taking so long for Catastrophe to find a home here for American viewers.

Either way, Amazon Prime subscribers will get to enjoy the series following an unplanned pregnancy of Horgan by Delaney starting Fri. Jun. 19th.

Amazon Orders “Highston” Comedy Pilot From Bob Nelson

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Screenwriter Bob Nelson is making the jump from indie hit Nebraska to the open TV pastures of Amazon.

Amazon Studios is continuing to rack up their talent pool that already includes Jill Soloway, Woody Allen, and now Nelson.

Not only is Nelson writing “Highston”, but the ever-industrious and mischievous Sacha Baron Cohen will be producing it, and the Little Miss Sunshine team of Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris are set to direct.

Needless to say, we’re incredibly intrigued to see how all these folks mesh together on a coming-of-age comedy online.

UK Comedy Series With U.S. Stars “Catastrophe” and “Cuckoo” Set to Come Stateside

January 29, 2015

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(via The Hollywood Reporter)

There seems to be more cross-pollination between U.S. and U.K. comedy series as of late. Of course, The Office was famously adapted from Ricky Gervais’ version to the version starring Steve Carell that went for 9 seasons. Nowadays, James Corden and Showtime’s Episodes further connect the comedy bridge across the pond.

So, naturally, it would make sense that successful UK series Cuckoo that starred Andy Samberg and Catastrophe starring American comedian/author/Twitter king Rob Delaney and UK’s Sharon Horgan would find it’s way here.

NBC has ordered a pilot for an American remake of Cuckoo and Amazon has gotten rights to stream Catastrophe in the spring for people in the U.S.

On and Only On Sat. Jan. 24th, Amazon Is Making All Episodes of “Transparent” Free

January 22, 2015

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This Saturday, all Episodes of #Transparent will be available FREE for 24 hours only! Let the countdown begin! pic.twitter.com/0jPRYwAWc6

— Transparent (@transparent_tv)

January 22, 2015

With the flood of accolades that Amazon has gotten for Transparent, they’ve wisely made a move to perhaps get more Amazon Prime subscribers by offering all 10 episodes of Transparent to stream for free all 24 hours of Sat. Jan. 24th.

So, we’re guessing that you’re Saturday is pretty much decided.

Woody Allen Set to Make a Series at Amazon For 2016

January 13, 2015

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Transparent has broken a lot of ground for Amazon Studios, especially with their recent Golden Globes win. Now, Amazon, as you might expect, is opting for more critical acclaim by chasing down more high profile creators.

They caught a pretty big fish by getting Woody Allen to make The Untitled Woody Allen Project, a half-hour series, for a 2016 release.

There are no details about the show beyond that, but we wouldn’t be surprised at all if it featured a beautiful locale and dysfunctional people being stuck together.

All Three Seasons of “Billy On The Street” Now on Amazon

December 22, 2014

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Give the gift of ME! BILLY ON THE STREET episodes now on Amazon! Perfect 4 holiday binge watching & binge screaming! http://t.co/j54BbQ7utK

— billy eichner (@billyeichner) December 22, 2014

You can now watch all of America’s Favorite Man Yelling About Pop Culture on the Street that you possibly can as Amazon has just gotten all three seasons of Billy On The Street to stream with purchase.

Buy and watch because we think this will be the perfect thing to bring your family together this holiday season, especially if things might be a little touchy and you need a release in tension.

Amazon Announces Next Round of Comedy Pilots Set for 2015

November 13, 2014

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Yoga, former supermodel, guns, and middle-aged retirement are the subjects for Amazon’s latest comedy pilots, just announced this week.

Down Dog, Salem Rogers, Cocked, and Mad Dogs will be on Amazon for your to vote on in 2015. Names that might interest you in these pilots include Jordan Vogt-Roberts, Leslie Bibb, Steve Zahn, Sam Trammell, Paget Brewster, Andrea Savage, Kris Kristofferson, Billy Zane, Michael Imperioli, Brad Morris, Rachel Dratch, Scott Adsit, Romany Malco, and Jane Kaczmarek.

While there isn’t something perhaps as explicitly poignant as Transparent in this bunch, we’re still excited to see what Amazon has cooked up for this round.

Amazon Development Exec Sarah Babineau Headed to Comedy Central

November 11, 2014

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(via The Hollywood Reporter)

For all the success that Amazon has been having with their original series as of late, Comedy Central has taken note. As such, they’ve cherry picked their development executive Sarah Babineau that has developed such series as Transparent and Alpha House and are bringing her talents to foster original series for them on the East Coast.

Comedy Central already has a fantastic line-up of programming and we can only imagine that they’re going to keep headed in that direction with this move.

Amazon Acquires Rooftop Comedy via Audible

October 28, 2014

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(via The Hollywood Reporter)

The company you always hear so much about while listening to your favorite podcasts, Audible, will now be more than for just hearing audio versions of books.

Audible has just brought Rooftop Comedy into their fold, which really means that Rooftop is now part of Amazon’s fold. Other than partnering Audible, Rooftop doesn’t seem like they’ll be changing course much and will continue in their current direction of taping and distributing live comedy like the Holy F*ck album, but, presumably, with a little more corporate weight behind them.

We’re curious to see if the number of people listening to comedy albums off of Rooftop’s label will get a spike from this.

Series Creator Jill Soloway Looking Towards Five Seasons for “Transparent”

October 26, 2014

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Amazon has already renewed their hit dramedy series Transparent for a second season, but creator Jill Soloway already has plans to go five seasons should the series make it that far according to a recent interview.

That’s quite a stretch for an online series, but Transparent has quite the acclaim thus far to make a go for five years.

Perhaps, there might be even more as syndication, in the traditional TV sense, isn’t quite the same with online streaming services.

Amazon Renews “Transparent” for 2nd Season

October 9, 2014

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Even though it’s late in the year, Jill Soloway‘s Transparent has become one of the most talked about series of 2014 and rightfully so.

Thus, it should come as no shock to any of you that Amazon has picked it up for a second season to come some time in 2015 and making it exclusive to Amazon Prime.

Let’s all hope this is the start on a path for Amazon to foster and bring in more original, great comedies, especially since there have been rumors that they’re willing to shell out the cash for them.

Amazon Orders ‘Red Oaks’ to Series, More Scripts for ‘The Cosmopolitans’

October 4, 2014

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(via The Hollywood Reporter)

After their latest user rated pilot season, Amazon has opted to take the Steven Soderbergh/David Gordon Green comedy pilot Red Oaks to series. This marks a streak for Soderbergh who has been gaining critical momentum for the Cinemax series he directs, The Knick.

Also, Whit Stillman’s The Cosmopolitans has received an order for an additional scripts, but whether they will go to series too has yet to be determined.

It’s clear that Amazon has built up plenty of its own momentum with Jill Soloway‘s Transparent and we’ll see if they can keep that going when Red Oaks and possibly The Cosmopolitans release their first season some time next year.

Entire “Transparent” Series Hits Amazon Today

September 27, 2014

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Jill Soloway’s series Transparent centered on a family and their recently come out transgendered parent amazingly played by Jeffrey Tambor, hence the title, has been getting nothing but buzz, especially since the first clips of it arrived online.

Well, all ten episodes have just hit Amazon Prime today and as long as you have a subscription, you can get on the latest binge worthy series, though you can still watch the pilot for free.