jill soloway – The Comedy Bureau

October 18, 2018

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Jill Soloway, creator of Transparent, and Hannah Gadsby, the lightning rod comedian behind Nanette, will indeed be live in person chatting about the Jill’s memoir, She Wants It: Desire Power and Toppling the Patriarchy.

Should be kind of a powerful night, no?

Tickets are available as follows:

$53 Reserved Section Seat + Book
$43 General Admission Seat + book
$20 General Admission

You can and definitely should get tickets for this at Live Talks LA here.

The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, screenings, open mic, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.

Jeffrey Tambor Will Officially No Longer Be Part of ‘Transparent’

February 15, 2018

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Jeffrey Tambor Will Officially No Longer Be Part of ‘Transparent’

Following the internal investigation at Amazon of harassment claims against Tambor, Jill Soloway and Amazon have decided that Tambor’s behavior “could could not be justified or excused under scrutiny,” in a statement to Deadline. Thus, they have decided to sever ties between him and Transparent, the award winning series of which he plays the lead role of Maura Pfefferman.

This is a sign that #MeToo is far from slowing down and the idea that sexual harassment, misbehavior, misconduct, assault, etc. will now have actionable and immediate consequences.

The fate of the show itself has yet to be officially determined, but if they could pull off replacing Kevin Spacey in All The Money in the World with Christopher Plummer, then we’re sure they’ll be able to figure something out.

Season 4 of Transparent Is Now Streaming

September 23, 2017

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Transparent, it can be argued, is the dramedy that put Amazon in contention with streaming giants Netflix and Hulu. Sure, Catastrophe and Fleabag have done wonders for Amazon Studios as well, but Jill Soloway’s series put them immediately in awards contention.

So, one of Amazon’s flagship series sails forth into streaming their fourth season today and looks like it’ll keep going for as long as the show wants.

“Join the celebration. #TransparentTV has been renewed for Season 5.

August 24, 2017

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“Join the celebration. #TransparentTV has been renewed for Season 5.

Amazon Studios very smartly has picked up their critically acclaimed, award winning marquee/flagship/landmark series Transparent from Jill Soloway for its fifth season.

It should be noted that most TV series, in traditional linear TV, would be gunning for syndication at this point and, perhaps, bringing the show to a close.

As streaming services makes the idea of syndication kind of out-dated since you can binge watch the whole series whenever and pretty much wherever you want, the course and duration of a show like Transparent as well as Soloway will likely be followed by several other people making TV moving forward.

Full Trailer for “Transparent” Season 4 Reveals Pfefferman Trip to Israel

July 28, 2017

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Somehow, it would seem that series creator Jill Soloway figures out a way to get more ambitious with Transparent without sacrificing the show’s integrity.

Doing that probably helps with the awards and accolades.

See for yourself in the full season 4 trailer, then look for episodes to start streaming on Amazon Prime on Friday, September 22nd.

“I Love Dick” and Season 2 of “Master of None” Start Streaming Today

May 12, 2017

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The award winning Master of None and Jill Soloway return to their respective streaming services, Netflix and Amazon Prime, to debut a second season and a new series, I Love Dick.

With that said, what a great time it is for “peak TV” and we hope that you’ve got a lot of free time this weekend.

Both Kenya Barris and Jill Soloway Re-up Their Overall Deals at ABC and Amazon Studios Respectively

May 8, 2017

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The creative heads behind black-ish as well as Transparent and I Love Dick re-upped the lease on the big sandbox that they get play with.

Announced today, Kenya Barris and Jill Soloway just renewed their overall deals. Barris has another 4 years locked in with ABC Studios and Soloway has three more with Amazon.

So, you can imagine that the development slates for both the broadcast network and streaming service will be bending genres, doing well to take care of Hollywood’s representation issues, and being more in the zeigest even more than they currently are doing now.

April 28, 2017

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Jill Soloway’s new Amazon series I Love Dick will be screening in its entirety at Cinefamily this Sunday. Also, Jill, star Kathryn Hahn, and novelist Chris Kraus will be on hand at the event.

The screening is free, but first come, first served with priority entry to Cinefamily Black Card members.

If you don’t have Amazon Prime, this would be a pretty great opportunity to not even use any sort of free trial of Amazon Prime and watch the show. Get more details here.

The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, and maps can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.

Watch Trailer for Jill Soloway’s New Series “I Love Dick”

April 10, 2017

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Jill Soloway has already sealed her throne at Amazon with Transparent and now her next series, I Love Dick, is about to premiere next month.

This new show follows the new found obsession of a married woman played by Kathryn Hahn of Kevin Bacon who plays an alluring, but mysterious professor that her and her husband, played by Griffin Dunne, come to study with.

From this trailer, you can see that Soloway has honed a signature style of cinematic dramedy.

Look for I Love Dick to start streaming on Amazon Prime on Friday, May 12th.

All Three Amazon Comedy Pilots, The Tick, I Love Dick, and Jean-Claude Van Johnson, Ordered to Full Series

September 28, 2016

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All Three Amazon Comedy Pilots, The Tick, I Love Dick, and Jean-Claude Van Johnson, Ordered to Full Series

Looks like Amazon might be getting the hang of this streaming service thing or, at the very least, have a better grasp of what they want their programming to be.

Just a few weeks ago, Amazon streamed all their comedy pilots, the aforementioned The Tick, I Love Dick, and Jean-Claude Van Johnson, per their original programming development model that supposedly works in audience votes into the greenlighting decision process.

We’re not sure exactly what made Amazon brass greenlight all three series which cover a wide range of types of comedy (a live action version of The Tick and a new, sexuality subverting series from Jill Soloway almost seem on the opposite ends of the comedy spectrum), but they have indeed ordered full seasons of all three series.

This also includes the meta, detective comedy Jean-Claude Van Johnson starring Jean-Claude Van Damme as himself going undercover.

Just hope it won’t be too long before we can start see the rollout of each of these series.

‘Transparent’ Creator Jill Soloway to Receive Outfest Legacy Visionary Award

September 26, 2016

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‘Transparent’ Creator Jill Soloway to Receive Outfest Legacy Visionary Award

There’s no denying that Jill Soloway and her series Transparent has increased normalized visibility of LGBTQ people. For that, the critical acclaim and praise have rolled in, seemingly, right from when Amazon first started streaming the series. That’s in addition to all of her past and present filmography that has always pushed for the LBGTQ community.

It’s a one-of-a-kind of feat that earns Soloway such an honorary award. Then again, Transparent is really good.

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.

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.

Amazon Pilots for Jean Claude Van Johnson, I Love Dick, and The Tick Are Now Streaming

August 19, 2016

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The latest round of Amazon’s comedy pilots up for voting are here.

You can watch Jean-Claude Van Damme go undercover as field agent version of himself, Peter Serafinowicz as a live action version of The Tick, and Kathryn Hahn starring in another Jill Soloway directed dramedy and vote on which should go to series.

Start streaming Jean-Claude Van Johnson, I Love Dick, and The Tick here.

‘Transparent’ Writer Ethan Kuperberg and Creator Jill Soloway Are Developing a Musical Comedy for Amazon

August 15, 2016

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‘Transparent’ Writer Ethan Kuperberg and Creator Jill Soloway Are Developing a Musical Comedy for Amazon

Given the plotline of “a woman’s search for love and self-discovery in Los Angeles,” we’d be curious to see if this musical comedy might have a drastically different take on a musical rom com than the award winning one set 18 miles away in West Covina known as Crazy Ex-Girlfriend.

Jill Soloway being attached to the project and it being developed at Amazon should allow for the creative room for this project to be something we haven’t ever seen before.

Transparent Season 3 Trailer Is Here

August 8, 2016

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Transparent, seemingly one of the crown jewels of Amazon’s programming line-up, is about to get into its third season after its first two were groundbreaking, accolade-filled, and awards-decorated.

The trailer for season 3 shows no signs of slowing down in Jill Soloway’s that expertly paints with all the colors and simultaneously putting a lens on changing the idea of what gender and sexuality can be.

Look for the season 3 of Transparent to start streaming on Amazon Prime on Friday, September 23rd.

Amazon Orders a 4th Season of Transparent Before 3rd Season Even Gets a Premiere Date

May 31, 2016

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It only makes sense that Amazon is continuing to back one of their biggest critical and commercial hits.

Of all of Amazon’s original series and movies, Jill Soloway’s Transparent is the winningest, most talked about, and, very likely, most watched series on Amazon’s exclusive streaming service.

The third season is in the works and premiere date has yet to be determined, but that hasn’t stopped Amazon for ordering another season, which they just announced today.

This also makes Transparent the most senior series in Amazon’s programming line-up as none of their other series have made it to 4 seasons yet.

Master of None, Transparent, and black-ish Are Now Peabody Winners

April 22, 2016

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The 75th Peabody Awards definitely give a nod to diversity in comedy.

The Peabody Award Winners for the Entertainment and Children’s Programming were announced today and included Aziz Ansari’s Master of None, Jill Soloway’s landmark trans series Transparent, and a network comedy looking forward to the future in black-ish. All three series put an emphasis on giving different perspectives while spinning an award-worthy comedic tale.

There are more winners to be announced, but you can read the rest of today’s winners here.

Amazon Doubles Down on Jill Soloway and Orders “I Love Dick” Pilot

February 19, 2016

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(via Deadline)

This is a good, common sense move by Amazon Studios.

Jill Soloway is responsible for a good percentage of Amazon’s critical acclaim from her series Transparent. So, it only stands to reason that the online giant would get her working on another project.

This time around, Soloway is adapting a 90s novel called I Love Dick by Chris Kraus, which follows a marriage unraveling, the birth of an artist, and an intriguing professor with the name Dick in the backdrop of Marfa, Texas.

It would seem that TV now has legitimate auteurs and they have more freedom than ever to do what they want because of a certain track record.

Season 2 of Transparent Is Now Streaming at Amazon

December 11, 2015

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Jill Soloway’s Transparent has gotten so many awards in just its first season, you’d think it’s been around a lot longer. Yet, it’s only kicking off its second season today.

The groundbreaking dramedy Transparent has a whole new batch of 10 episodes following the trials and tribulations and victories of the Pfeffermans (for us all to binge watch over the weekend). Get into it here.

The First Episode of “Transparent” Season 2 Will Be on Amazon Prime Tonight

November 30, 2015

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You’re probably already on Amazon taking advantage of all the Cyber Monday deals that you can. So, it’s just a few clicks away to kick off the new season of Transparent.

Starting at 5PM PST/8PM EST, the very first episode of season 2 of Transparent will be available for streaming on Amazon Prime. That’s well over a week before the scheduled premiere/release of this new season on Dec. 11th.

Here’s the trailer in case you don’t know what you’re in for.

Today would probably be as good as any to get Amazon Prime if you don’t already have it.

Here’s a Full Trailer for Season 2 of “Transparent”

November 19, 2015

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From the looks of it, season 2 of Jill Soloway’s Transparent is going to pack just as much of a punch, emotionally/comedically/etc., as it did with its first groundbreaking, award winning season.

Watch the trailer here and you’ll know what we’re saying. Look for its release on Amazon on Dec. 11th.

The Season 2 Teaser of “Transparent” Assures That You That Things Still Won’t Be Easy for The Pfeffermans

November 11, 2015

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Transparent got so many accolades and honors on top of it being a culturally groundbreaking in its first season that it seems like it has many more seasons under its belt.

Yet, Jill Soloway’s brilliant Transparent is set to stream its second season on Amazon on Fri. Dec. 11th.

If this teaser is any indication, the series will pick up right where they left off.

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.

Season 2 of “Transparent” To Premiere in December

August 3, 2015

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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.

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