HBO really wants you to see why they gave co-creator and star Issa Rae an overall deal before the show even hit TV screens.
The actual premiere of Insecure isn’t until October 16th and the “premiere” is actual of the second episode. So, get on your HBO NOW account (or get one) and watch the very first episode.
You got a few weeks to do so before the TV premiere if you’re busy right now too.
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.
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.
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.
Issa Rae has already gotten a first look deal at HBO ahead of the series premiere of her show Insecure.
That puts more anticipation on the show, which will be the latest addition to HBO comedy. Luckily, you can see a little more of what’s to come in this second, full trailer.
Again, catch the premiere on Sunday, October 9th at 10:30PM on HBO.
Issa Rae Inks First-Look Deal With HBO Before Insecure Even Premieres
Issa Rae, the co-creator of upcoming comedy series on HBO, Insecure, just got a big vote of confidence from the premium cable network.
Over the next two years, Rae will get to develop projects for all HBO platforms as part of this first look deal.
We’re pretty sure that says a good deal about how good HBO thinks Insecure is, especially since the show hasn’t even premiered yet.
Not that it should surprise you, but it looks like HBO has some pretty great stuff coming up.
Announced today, three hour specials from Jerrod Carmichael, TJ Miller, and Pete Holmes are coming to the premium cable network in 2017 as well as a brand spankin’ new sketch comedy show, Tracey Ullman’s Show that skewers life in the UK, premiering much sooner on Friday, October 28th at 11PM.
So adjust your expectations for the next calendar year accordingly.
Katja Blichfeld and Ben Sinclair’s mighty web series High Maintenance has found their way to the TV promise land of HBO and will be premiering their first season as a linear, half hour sitcom next month on Friday, September 16th at 11PM.
As you can see from this trailer, they’re definitely game for the upgrade.
Boyish Girl Interrupted, I’m Gonna Die Alone (And I Feel Fine), and Neither Here Nor There are now available for the “listening-inclined”.
If you’re either the sort of person that prefers their stand-up with audio only or one that doesn’t have an HBO or Netflix account/password, you can now get to listen to three comedy specials from three of our favorite comedians making the rounds these days.
Tig Notaro’s Boyish Girl Interrupted, first premiered as an HBO special, is now on iTunes.
Jen Kirkman’s I’m Gonna Die Alone (And I Feel Fine), first premiered as a Netflix special, is also now available on iTunes.
Henry Phillips’ Neither Here Nor There is set to premiere as a comedy special on Vimeo On Demand on August 15th, but you can stream the audio version on Audible’s streaming service, Channels, if you’re an Audible member right now. On August 19th, the album version will be available digitally at iTunes and wherever else digital albums or sold.
So, get in on all of these, especially for the fact that you can now probably clock in three new hours of fine comedy while working.
HBO Orders Duplass Brothers Chain Hotel Anthology Comedy Series ‘Room 104’ | Deadline
FYI, all Togetherness fans, Mark and Jay Duplass are back at HBO. You can rest slightly more easy now.
Also, as this will be an anthology set at a chain hotel, this will be a fascinating, possibly more free sandbox for the Duplass brothers to play in.
We can’t wait to see what they come up with in 2017 when the series is set to debut.
Issa Rae’s Insecure is set to premiere on Sunday, October 9th at 10:30PM on HBO and this new promo shows a whole other set of Rae’s charming insecurities.
Possibly, you’ll be watching HBO on Sundays again even though Game of Thrones is gone for awhile?
If you’re still reeling from the DNC and RNC over the last two weeks, let John Oliver and Last Week Tonight, as they’re wont to do, offer some levity, comical analysis, and more unapologetic calling out of Trump.
If you’ve seen any of Jon Stewart’s recent appearances on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, you can reasonably assume that Jon will be coming back to having his own show with full force.
Also, the fact that he’ll be on HBO and it’ll be animated satirical parody of cable news would make us guess that Jon is definitely not sparing any of his well-channeled, honed, sharpened comedic verve (i.e. business as usual).
This series can’t come soon enough.
The lauded web series High Maintenance from Ben Sinclair and Katja Blichfeld is well under way in production of the TV adaptation of the show that’s coming to HBO.
You can see what they’re up to and get a sense of how they’re going to expand the show now that they have the latitude of being at HBO in this behind-the-scenes featurette.
Of the many disturbing things to notice during this election season, one small aspect to note is the disregard for getting permission to play a song at an event.
You might have heard of a number of bands raising this issue recently with Donald Trump who has played songs Queen and Neil Young without asking permission.
On last night’s Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, Oliver pointed out not only how wrong it is to play songs at a political event without permission, but how so many politicians don’t even get the irony of what’s being played.
Also, he got a bunch of famous musicians from Usher to Sheryl Crow and way more to make a song about this very issue.
TJ Miller To Do HBO Comedy Special After Nationwide Tour
If you remember what TJ did as the latest host of The Critics Choice Awards, you’ll know that we’re all in for something special on both the tour and the special.
You watched the series premiere of Vice Principals on HBO last night, right?
If, for some reason, not, watch this clip please (FYI, Bill Murray is in it too).
10:30PM on HBO.
The series premiere of Vice Principals is tonight on HBO and, having gotten to see a sneak preview of the first two episodes, we’ll say that Danny McBride, Jody Hill, and David Gordon Green probably exceed whatever expectations you have for the series.
All of the unapologetic buffoonery from Eastbound and Down comes to the setting of a high school, but what makes the series especially exciting is that you know that it’s only going to last 18 episodes. Because of that, there’s an even juicier tension through the catastrophic shenanigans between McBride and Goggins trying to become the lone principal as their days are numbered.
Again, watch it at 10:30PM tonight.
Andy Samberg & Murray Miller Return To HBO With Sports Doping Mockumentary
A spiritual sequel to 7 Days in Hell?
This year, Veep, Transparent, Last Week Tonight, and Silicon Valley are still going strong as perennial awards favorites, Master of None and Crazy Ex-Girlfriend are new favorites, Key & Peele finished their run strong, Amy Schumer got nods for both her series and her special, and it was nice to see Bob’s Burgers, Childrens Hospital, Catastrophe, United Shades of America, and Triumph’s Election Special 2016 getting nods as well.
Here are the comedy nominees for 2016 Emmys (all comedy nominees in italics):
Comedy Series
-Black-ish
-Master of None
-Modern Family
-Silicon Valley
-Veep
-Transparent
-Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
-Anthony Anderson, Black-ish
-Aziz Ansari, Master of None
-Will Forte, Last Man on Earth
-William H. Macy, Shameless
-Thomas Middleditch, Silicon Valley
-Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent
Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
-Ellie Kemper, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
-Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
-Laurie Metcalf, Getting On
-Tracee Ellis Ross, Blackish
-Amy Schumer, Inside Amy Schumer
-Lily Tomlin, Grace and Frankie
Supporting Actor in a Comedy
-Louie Anderson, Baskets
-Keegan-Michael Key, Key & Peele
-Andre Braugher, Brooklyn Nine-Nine
-Ty Burrell, Modern Family
-Tituss Burgess, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
-Matt Walsh, Veep
-Tony Hale, Veep
Supporting Actress in a Comedy
-Niecy Nash, Getting On
-Allison Janney, Mom
-Kate McKinnon, Saturday Night Live
-Judith Light, Transparent
-Gaby Hoffmann, Transparent
-Anna Chlumsky, Veep
Outstanding TV Movie
-A Very Murray Christmas
-All the Way
-Confirmation
-Luther
-Sherlock
Variety Talk Series
-Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
-Jimmy Kimmel Live
-Last Week Tonight With John Oliver
-The Late Late Show With James Corden
-Real Time With Bill Maher
-Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon
Variety Sketch Series
-Documentary Now
-Drunk History
-Inside Amy Schumer
-Key & Peele
-Portlandia
-Saturday Night Live
Outstanding Guest Actor In A Comedy Series
-Bob Newhart, “The Big Bang Theory”
-Tracy Morgan, “Saturday Night Live”
-Larry David, “Saturday Night Live”
-Bradley Whitford, “Transparent”
-Martin Mull, “Veep”
-Peter MacNicol, “Veep”
Outstanding Guest Actress In A Comedy Series
-Laurie Metcalf, “The Big Bang Theory”
-Christine Baranski, “The Big Bang Theory
-Tina Fey & Amy Poehler, “Saturday Night Live”
-Melissa McCarthy, “Saturday Night Live”
-Amy Schumer, “Saturday Night Live”
-Melora Hardin, “Transparent “
Outstanding Actor In A Short Form Comedy Or Drama Series
-Rob Corddry, “Childrens Hospital”
-Rob Huebel, “Childrens Hospital”
-Lou Diamond Phillips, “The Crossroads Of History“
-Oscar Nuñez, “The Crossroads Of History“
-Jack McBrayer as Ollie, “Your Pretty Face Is Going To Hell”
Outstanding Actress In A Short Form Comedy Or Drama Series
-Patrika Darbo, “Acting Dead”
–Erinn Hayes, “Childrens Hospital “
-Janet Varney, “Everyone’s Crazy But Us”
-Michelle Ang, “Fear The Walking Dead: Flight 462”
-Tracie Thoms, “Send Me: an original web series”
Outstanding Animated Program
-Archer
-Bob’s Burgers
-Phineas and Ferb Last Day of Summer
-The Simpsons
-South Park
Outstanding Short Form Animated Program
-Adventure Time
-The Powerpuff Girls
-Robot Chicken
-SpongeBob SquarePants
-Steven Universe
Outstanding Production Design For A Narrative Program (Half-Hour Or Less)
-The Big Bang Theory
-The Muppets
-Silicon Valley
-Transparent
-Veep
Outstanding Production Design For A Variety, Nonfiction, Reality OrReality-Competition Series
-Drunk History
-Key & Peele
-Portlandia
-Saturday Night Live
-The Voice
Outstanding Narrator
-Adrien Brody, “Breakthrough”
-Keith David, “Jackie Robinson”
–Anthony Mendez, “Jane The Virgin”
-David Attenborough, “Life Story”
-Laurence Fishburne, “Roots”
Outstanding Costumes For A Contemporary Series, Limited Series Or Movie
-American Horror Story: Hotel
-Empire
-The Good Wife
-Grace And Frankie
-Transparent
Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance
-Family Guy, Seth MacFarlane as Peter Griffin, Stewie Griffin, Brian Griffin, Glenn -Quagmire, Dr. Hartman, Tom Tucker, Mr. Spacely
-South Park, Trey Parker as PC Principal, Cartman
-South Park, Matt Stone as Craig Tucker, Tweek, Thomas Tucker
-SuperMansion, Keegan-Michael Key as American Ranger, Sgt. Agony
-SuperMansion, Chris Pine as Dr. Devizo, Robo-Dino
Outstanding Casting For A Comedy Series
-Modern Family, Jeff Greenberg
-Silicon Valley, Jeanne McCarthy
-Transparent, Eyde Belasco
-Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Cindy Tolan
-Veep, Allison Jones
Outstanding Choreography
-America’s Best Dance Crew, Quest Crew
–Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Kathryn Burns
-Dancing With The Stars, Derek Hough
-So You Think You Can Dance, Anthony Morigerato
-So You Think You Can Dance, Travis Wall
Outstanding Cinematography For A Multi-Camera Series
-The Big Bang Theory, Steven V. Silver
-Mom, Steven V. Silver
-Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn , John Simmons
-The Soul Man, George Mooradian
Outstanding Costumes For A Variety, Nonfiction Or Reality Program
-Dancing With The Stars, Daniela Gschwendtner, Costume Designer Steven Lee, Costume Designer, Polina Roytman, Assistant Costume Designer Karina Torrico, Assistant Costume Designer Howard Sussman, Costume Supervisor
-Grease: Live, William Ivey Long, Costume Designer, Paul Spadone, Assistant Costume Designer Nanrose Buchman, Assistant Costume Designer Gail Fitzgibbons, Costume Supervisor, Tom Beall, Costume Supervisor
-RuPaul’s Drag Race, Zaldy Goco, Costume Designer
–Saturday Night Live, Tom Broecker, Costume Designer Eric Justian, Costume Designer
-The Wiz Live!, Paul Tazewell, Costume Designer, Rachel Attridge, Assistant Costume Designer Rory Powers, Costume Supervisor
Outstanding Directing For A Comedy Series
-Master Of None, Aziz Ansari
-Silicon Valley, Alec Berg
-Silicon Valley, Mike Judge
-Transparent, Jill Soloway
-Veep, Dave Mandel
-Veep, Chris Addison
-Veep, Dale Stern
Outstanding Directing For A Variety Series
-Inside Amy Schumer, Ryan McFaul
-Last Week Tonight With John Oliver, Paul Pennolino
-The Late Late Show With James Corden, Tim Mancinelli
-Saturday Night Live, Don Roy King
-The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Dave Diomedi
Outstanding Directing For A Variety Special
-Adele Live In New York City, Beth McCarthy-Miller
-Amy Schumer: Live At The Apollo, Chris Rock
-58th Grammy Awards, Louis J. Horvitz
-Grease: Live, Thomas Kail, Alex Rudzinski
-The Kennedy Center Honors , Glenn Weiss
-Lemonade, Kahlil Joseph, Beyoncé Knowles Carter
Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing For A Comedy Series
-Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Kabir Akhtar
-Silicon Valley, Tim Roche
-Silicon Valley, Brian Merken
-Veep, Steven Rasch
-Veep, Shawn Paper
Outstanding Multi-Camera Picture Editing For A Comedy Series
-The Big Bang Theory, Peter Chakos
-Horace And Pete, Gina Sansom
-Last Man Standing, Kris Trexler
-Mike & Molly, Stephen Prime
-Mom, Ben Bosse
-2 Broke Girls, Darryl Bates
Outstanding Picture Editing For Variety Programming
–CONAN In Korea, Robert James Ashe, Lead Editor
Christopher Heller, Editor, David Grecu, Editor, Meaghan Wilbur, Editor
–Drunk History, Jody McVeigh-Schultz
–Key & Peele. Rich LaBrie, Editor, Neil Mahoney, Editor, Nicholas Monsour, Editor, Stephen Waichulis, Additional Editor
–Last Week Tonight With John Oliver, Anthony Miale
-Lemonade. Bill Yukich
Outstanding Hairstyling For A Multi-Camera Series Or Special
-Dancing With The Stars, Mary Guerrero, Department Head Hairstylist
Kimi Messina, Key Hairstylist, Gail Ryan, Additional Hairstylist, Jennifer Guerrero, Additional Hairstylist
Sean Smith, Additional Hairstylist, Dean Banowetz, Additional Hairstylist
-Grease: Live, Mary Guerrero, Department Head Hairstylist
Kimi Messina, Key Hairstylist, Gail Ryan, Additional Hairstylist, Jennifer Guerrero, Additional Hairstylist
Dean Banowetz, Additional Hairstylist
Lucia Mace, Additional Hairstylist, Key & Peele, Amanda Mofield, Department Head Hairstylist, Raissa Patton, Assistant Department Head Hairstylist
-Saturday Night Live, Bettie O. Rogers, Department Head Hairstylist
Jodi Mancuso, Key Hairstylist, Inga Thrasher, Hairstylist, Jennifer Serio, Hairstylist, Cara Hannah Sullivan, Hairstylist
Joe Whitmeyer, Hairstylist
-The Wiz Live!, Charles G. LaPointe, Department Head Hairstylist
Kevin Maybee, Co-Department Head Hairstylist
Elizabeth Printz, Hairstylist, Amanda Duffy, Key Hairstylist
Outstanding Interactive Program
–CONAN, Conan O’Brien, Executive Producer/Host Jeff Ross, Executive Producer, John A. Wooden, Executive Producer Steve Beslow, Producer, Aaron Bleyaert, Producer
-Game Of Thrones, Elastic
-The Late Late Show With James Corden, CBS Interactive
-Saturday Night Live Interactive Experience, NBC Entertainment
-Talking Dead Interactive Experience, Michael Davies, Executive Producer Jen Patton, Executive Producer Brandon Monk, Executive Producer Chris Hardwick, Producer/Host
Outstanding Lighting Design/Lighting Direction For A Variety Series
-American Idol, Kieran Healy, Lighting Designer
Harry Sangmeister, Lighting Director
George Harvey, Lighting Director
Harrison Lippman, Lighting Director
-Dancing With The Stars, Simon Miles, Lighting Designer
Matthew Cotter, Lighting Director
Suzanne Sotelo, Lighting Director
-Saturday Night Live, Phil Hymes, Lighting Designer
Geoff Amoral, Lighting Director
Rick McGuinness, Lighting Director
-So You Think You Can Dance, Robert Barnhart, Lighting Designer
Matt Firestone, Lighting Director
Patrick Boozer, Lighting Director
Pete Radice, Lighting Director
-The Voice, Oscar Dominguez, Lighting Designer Samuel Barker, Lighting Director Daniel K. Boland, Lighting Director Craig Housenick, Lighting Director Johnny Bradley, Media Server Operator
Outstanding Makeup For A Multi-Camera Series Or Special (Non-Prosthetic)
-Dancing With The Stars, Zena Shteysel, Department Head Makeup Artist
Angela Moos, Key Makeup Artist, Patti Ramsey Bortoli, Additional Makeup Artist
Sarah Woolf, Additional Makeup Artist, Julie Socash, Additional Makeup Artist
Alison Gladieux, Additional Makeup Artist
-Grease: Live, Zena Shteysel, Department Head Makeup Artist
Angela Moos, Key Makeup Artist, Julie Socash, Additional Makeup Artist, Alison Gladieux, Additional Makeup Artist
–Key & Peele , Scott Wheeler, Department Head Makeup Artist
Suzy Diaz, Key Makeup Artist, Jason Hamer, Key Makeup Artist, Natalie Thimm, Key Makeup Artist, Michael Blake, Key Makeup Artist
–Saturday Night Live, Louie Zakarian, Department Head Makeup Artist
Amy Tagliamonti, Key Makeup Artist, Jason Milani, Key Makeup Artist, Daniela Zivkovic, Makeup Artist, Melanie Demitri, Makeup Artist
Margie Durand, Makeup Artist
-The Wiz Live!, Cookie Jordan, Co-Department Head Makeup Artist Matiki Anoff, Co-Department Head Makeup Artist Debi Young, Makeup Artist, Stephanie McGee, Makeup Artist, Bjorn Rehbein, Makeup Artist Christine Domaniecki, Makeup Artist
Outstanding Original Music And Lyrics
-Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, “Settle For Me”, Adam Schlesinger, Music & Lyrics by Rachel Bloom, Lyrics by, Jack Dolgen, Lyrics by
-Empire, “Good People”, Jim Beanz, Music & Lyrics by
-Galavant “A New Season”, Alan Menken, Music by
Glenn Slater, Lyrics by
-Garfunkel and Oates: Trying To Be Special • “Frozen Lullaby”, Riki Lindhome, Music & Lyrics by
Kate Micucci, Music & Lyrics by
-The Hunting Ground, “Til It Happens To You”, Diane Warren, Music & Lyrics by
Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music
-Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Rachel Bloom, Theme by
Adam Schlesinger, Theme by
-Marvel’s Jessica Jones, Sean P. Callery, Theme by
-Narcos, Rodrigo Amarante, Theme by
-The Night Manager, Victor Reyes, Theme by
-Sense8, Johnny Klimek, Theme by
Tom Tykwer, Theme by
-The Whispers, Robert Duncan, Theme by
Outstanding Variety Special
-Adele Live In New York City
-Amy Schumer: Live At The Apollo
-The Late Late Show Carpool Karaoke Prime Time Special
-Lemonade
Outstanding Short Form Comedy Or Drama Series
-Childrens Hospital
-Fear The Walking Dead: Flight 462
-Hack Into Broad City
-Her Story
-UnREAL The Auditions
Outstanding Short Form Variety Series
-Epic Rap Battles Of History
-Gay Of Thrones
-Honest Trailers
-Making A Scene With James Franco
-Park Bench With Steve Buscemi
Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program
-Born This Way
-Deadliest Catch
-Gaycation With Ellen Page
-Intervention
-Project Greenlight
-United Shades Of America
Outstanding Sound Mixing For A Comedy Or Drama Series (Half-Hour) And
Animation
-Modern Family, Brian R. Harman, Re-Recording Mixer
Dean Okrand, Re-Recording Mixer
Stephen A. Tibbo, Production Mixer
-Mozart In The Jungle, Andy D’Addario, Re-Recording Mixer
Thomas Varga, Production Mixer, Bill Higley, ADR Mixer, Chris Navarro, ADR Mixer
-Silicon Valley, Todd Beckett, Re-Recording Mixer, Elmo Ponsdomenech, Re-Recording Mixer
Ben Patrick, C.A.S., Production Mixer
-The Simpsons, Mark Linden, Re-Recording Mixer
Tara Paul, Re-Recording Mixer
-Veep, John W. Cook II, Re-Recording Mixer
Bill Freesh, Re-Recording Mixer, Bill MacPherson, Production Mixer
Outstanding Sound Mixing For A Variety Series Or Special
-Danny Elfman’s Music From The Films Of Tim Burton (Live From Lincoln Center), Ken Hahn, Re-Recording Mixer
Paul Bevan, Production Mixer
-Grease: Live, J. Mark King, Production Mixer, Biff Dawes, Music Mixer, Eric Johnston, Playback and SFX Mixer, Bob LaMasney, Audience Sweetener, Pablo Munguia, Protools Playback Music Mixer
Kevin Wapner, Foldback Mixer, John Protzko, Foldback Mixer, John Garlick, PA Mixer, Barrance D. Warrick, Monitor Mixer
-Last Week Tonight With John Oliver, Charlie Jones, Music Mixer
Steve Watson, Audio Mixer
Steve Lettie, PA Mixer
Tony Rollins, Monitor Mixer
-The Oscars, Paul Sandweiss, Broadcast Production Mixer
Tommy Vicari, Broadcast Music Mixer, Marc Repp, Broadcast Music Mixer, Pablo Munguia, Pro Tools Mixer, Michael Parker, Monitor Mixer, Tom Pesa, Orchestra Monitor Mixer, Patrick Baltzell, FOH Mixer, Kristian Pedregon, Post Production and Package Mixer
Bob LaMasney, Audience Sweetener
-The Voice, Michael Abbott, Broadcast Production Mixer, Randy Faustino, Broadcast Music Mixer, Kenyata Westbrook, Reality Supervising Production Mixer
John Koster, Production Reality Mixer, Robert P. Matthews, Jr., Production Reality Mixer, Sterling Cross, Production Reality Mixer, Ryan Young, Re-Recording Mixer, Brian Riordan, Re-Recording Mixer, Tim Hatayama, Re-Recording Music Mixer, Eric White, Re-Recording Music Mixer, William Dietzman, Monitor Mixer/Music Mixer Reality
Eddie Marquez, Interstitial Playback Music Mixer
Christian Schrader, Supplemental Audio Mixer, Andrew Fletcher, House PA Mixer
Outstanding Stunt Coordination For A Comedy Series Or Variety Program
-Angie Tribeca, Erik Solky
-Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Norman Howell
-K.C. Undercover, Hiro Koda
-Saturday Night Live, Brian Smyj
-Shameless, Eddie Perez
Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control For A Series
-The Big Bang Theory, Brian Wayne Armstrong, Camera
John Pierre Dechene, Camera
James L. Hitchcock, Camera
Richard G. Price, Camera, John D. O’Brien, Video Control
-Dancing With The Stars, Charles Ciup, Technical Director
Brian Reason, Camera, Hector Ramirez, Camera, Nat Havholm, Camera, Jeff Wheat, Camera, Bert Atkinson, Camera
Bettina Levesque, Camera
Adam Margolis, Camera
Damien Tuffereau, Camera
Easter Xua, Camera, Mike Malone, Camera, Rob Palmer, Camera, Ron Lehman, Camera
Keith Dicker, Camera, Mike Carr, Camera, Ed Horton, Camera, Dyan Sanford, Camera
Freddy Frederick, Camera
Chris Hill, Video Control, Ed Moore, Video Control
-Jimmy Kimmel Live, Ervin D. Hurd, Technical Director
Kris Wilson, Camera, Parker Bartlett, Camera, Greg Grouwinkel, Camera, Nick Gomez, Camera
Garret Hurt, Camera
Bernd Reinhardt, Camera
Mark Gonzales, Camera
James Alario, Camera
Kevin Murphy, Camera
Carlos Rios, Camera, Guy Jones, Video Control
-Last Week Tonight With John Oliver, Dave Saretsky, Technical Director
John Harrison, Camera, Dante Pagano, Camera, Paul Cangialosi, Camera, Nick Fayo, Camera, Ray Hoover, Camera, Augie Yuson, Video Control
Saturday Night Live, Steven Cimino, Technical Director
John Pinto, Camera, Paul Cangialosi, Camera, Len Wechsler, Camera, Joe DeBonis, Camera, Eric A. Eisenstein, Camera
Susan Noll, Video Control
Frank Grisanti, Video Control
-The Voice, Allan Wells, Technical Director
Terrance Ho, Senior Video Control
Diane Biederbeck, Camera
Suzanne Ebner, Camera, Guido Frenzel, Camera, Nick Gomez, Camera, Alex Hernandez, Camera
Dave Hilmer, Camera, Marc Hunter, Camera, Scott Hylton, Camera
Katherine Iacofono, Camera
Scott Kaye, Camera, Ron Lehman, Camera
Jofre Rosero, Camera
Steve Simmons, Camera
Dan Webb, Camera
Outstanding Writing For A Comedy Series
-Catastrophe, Rob Delaney and Sharon Horgan
-Master Of None, Aziz Ansari and Alan Yang
-Silicon Valley, Dan O’Keefe
-Silicon Valley, Alec Berg
-Veep, David Mandel
-Veep, Alex Gregory and Peter Huyck
Outstanding Writing For A Variety Series
-Full Frontal With Samantha Bee, Jo Miller, Writer, Samantha Bee, Writer
Ashley Nicole Black, Writer
Pat Cassels, Writer
Mathan Erhardt, Writer
Joe Grossman, Writer
Jason Reich, Writer
Melinda Taub, Writer, Eric Drysdale, Writer
-Inside Amy Schumer, Michael Lawrence, Writer
Amy Schumer, Writer
Jessi Klein, Writer, Daniel Powell, Writer
Christine Nangle, Writer
Kim Caramele, Writer
Kyle Dunnigan, Writer
Tami Sagher, Writer, Kurt Metzger, Writer
Claudia O’Doherty, Writer
-Key & Peele, Jay Martel, Writer, Alex Rubens, Writer
Rebecca Drysdale, Writer
Colton Dunn, Writer, Phil Augusta Jackson, Writer
Ian Roberts, Writer, Charlie Sanders, Writer, Rich Talarico, Writer, Jordan Peele, Writer
Keegan-Michael Key, Writer
-Last Week Tonight With John Oliver, Kevin Avery, Writer, Tim Carvell, Writer, Josh Gondelman, Writer
Dan Gurewitch, Writer
Geoff Haggerty, Writer
Jeff Maurer, Writer
John Oliver, Writer
Scott Sherman, Writer
Will Tracy, Writer, Jill Twiss, Writer
Juli Weiner, Writer
-Portlandia, Fred Armisen, Writer
Carrie Brownstein, Writer
Jonathan Krisel, Writer
Graham Wagner, Writer
Karey Dornetto, Writer
-Saturday Night Live , Rob Klein, Head Writer
Bryan Tucker, Head Writer
James Anderson, Writer
Jeremy Beiler, Writer
Chris Belair, Writer, Megan Callahan, Writer
Michael Che, Writer, Mikey Day, Writer, Fran Gillespie, Writer, Sudi Green, Writer, Steve Higgins, Writer
Colin Jost, Writer, Zach Kanin, Write, Chris Kelly, Writer, Erik Kenward, Writer, Paul Masella, Writer, Dave McCary, Writer
Dennis McNicholas, Writer
Seth Meyers, Writer, Lorne Michaels, Writer
Josh Patten, Writer, Katie Rich, Writer, Tim Robinson, Writer
Sarah Schneider, Writer
Pete Schultz, Writer
Streeter Seidell, Writer
Dave Sirus, Writer, Will Stephen, Writer, Kent Sublette, Writer, Julio Torres, Writer
Outstanding Writing For A Variety Special
–Amy Schumer: Live At The Apollo, Amy Schumer
-John Mulaney: The Comeback Kid, John Mulaney
-Patton Oswalt: Talking For Clapping, Patton Oswalt
-Tig Notaro: Boyish Girl Interrupted, Tig Notaro
-Triumph’s Election Special 2016, Robert Smigel, Writer
David Feldman, Writer
RJ Fried, Writer, Michael Koman, Writer
Brian Reich, Writer, Andy Breckman, Writer
Josh Comers, Writer, Raj Desai, Writer, Jarrett Grode, Writer
Ben Joseph, Writer
Matthew Kirsch, Writer
Michael Lawrence, Writer
Craig Rowin, Writer, Zach Smilovitz, Writer
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Full list of nominees for 2016 Primetime Emmys are here.
It’s unfortunate that Last Week Tonight is off for a few weeks given all that’s happening in the world.
At the very least, John Oliver and company have given a web exclusive video that runs down the weirder portions of the YouTube comments that they receive in their absence.
HBO, Alamo Drafthouse, and The Regent present a special sneak preview of the first two episodes of the upcoming Vice Principals starring Danny McBride and Walton Goggins on Tuesday, July 12th at 8PM at The Regent Theater (448 S. Main St., Los Angeles, CA).
Admission is free with RSVP and you can (and should) get in on that here.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows/events as well as open mics and maps are embedded at www.thecomedybureau.com.
(via Variety)
All 18 episodes have been written and shot already.
Originally, Vice Principals was written as a long movie that got made even longer and then chopped up into just two seasons that will air by Danny McBride and Jody Hill. In this way, McBride and Hill got to tell the story they wanted to tell on their terms with very little meddling from HBO.
That’s faith from a network that believes that McBride, Hill, and EP/director David Gordon Green will probably make something else great not too long after Vice Principals ends and, with the freedom they’ve been granted, will look to HBO first.
Once a beloved cult comedy web series, High Maintenance from Katja Blichfeld and Ben Sinclair has graduated to the upper echelons of TV by getting picked up by HBO.
Here’s your first glimpse of what weed fueled misadventures are to come in this teaser.
Look for High Maintenance to premiere in the fall.
To pair with Divorce, HBO’s got another comedy series, Insecure, making its debut this fall.
Issa Rae, of Awkward Black Girl fame, stars and co-created this show with The Nightly Show’s Larry Wilmore. Looks like it’ll fall in line nicely in the dramedy slot left vacant by Togetherness.
See for yourself in the teaser.