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Carol Burnett, Norman Lear, Bob Newhart, Carl Reiner, Lily Tomlin To Receive The Paley Honors: A Special Tribute to Television’s Comedy Legends

August 16, 2019

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Carol Burnett, Norman Lear, Bob Newhart, Carl Reiner, Lily Tomlin To Receive The Paley Honors: A Special Tribute to Television’s Comedy Legends

Here’s a trivia fact for you: of this group, Burnett, Newhart, Reiner, and Tomlin all have Mark Twain Prizes for Humor from the Kennedy Center (Norman Lear really ought to have one given the Mark Twain Prize’s mission statement of having an impact on American society via their comedic work).

Come Nov. 21st (that’s when the ceremony will happen at Beverly Wilshire Hotel), they all, in one fell swoop, get a lifetime achievement award from The Paley Center for Media for their renowned comedy series and specials.

One hopes that they all show up and they all try to top each other with their acceptance speeches.

May 5, 2017

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“Wait Wait…Don’t Kill Me!” combines a quiz show, the talents of Lily Tomlin, June Diane-Raphael, Casey Wilson, Whitney Cummings and Craig Ferguson, the hosting skills of Paul Scheer, animal trivia as curated by Scheer, and a benefit for Voice For The Animals Foundation.

If any of that’s up your alley, you might want to catch this event this Saturday night at UCLA’s Royce Hall at 8PM. Tickets range from $25-$100 and you can (and should) get them here.

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

Full Frontal, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Black-ish Win at 2016 TCA Awards

August 7, 2016

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This weekend, the Television Critics’ Association handed out their annual round of awards for what they think the best and brightest in TV is. We’re not sure how much influence this will have on the Emmys (the same goes for any other TV awards for that matter), but we do hope this bodes well for the trailblazing Full Frontal with Samantha Bee.

Below are the comedy winners for the 2016 TCA Awards:

-Individual Achievement in Comedy: Rachel Bloom (CRAZY EX-GIRLFRIEND, The CW)
-Outstanding Achievement in News and Information: FULL FRONTAL WITH SAMANTHA BEE (TBS)
-Outstanding Achievement in Comedy: BLACK-ISH (ABC)
-Career Achievement Award: Lily Tomlin
-Heritage Award: THE MARY TYLER MOORE SHOW (CBS)

Here’s the full list of winners.

Lily Tomlin Will Receive SAG Life Achievement Award

August 4, 2016

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Lily Tomlin Will Receive SAG Life Achievement Award

Now would be a good time to look at Lily Tomlin’s filmography, catch up anything you’ve missed from her long and storied career, and really get into why she absolutely deserves a SAG Life Achievement Award.

Hopefully, you watch her latest great performance in Grandma.

“Grace and Frankie” Season 2 Gets a Trailer

April 5, 2016

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Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin are about to return as improbably friends Grace and Frankie for their second season.

From the looks of this trailer, they’ll be getting into even more trouble than they did season 1.

Look for episodes to start streaming on Friday, May 6th.

“Grace and Frankie” Renewed for Season 3 at Netflix

December 12, 2015

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Time for celebratory shots. Season 3 of #GraceandFrankie is on its way! pic.twitter.com/0XaBg0oJjF

As the recent announcement of awards nominations show, streaming services like Netflix are faring quite well amongst traditional broadcast, cable, and even premium cable networks. Their formula for programming is working and thus Netflix and the like are going to stay the course (that includes expanding their programming) and a renewal for a third season of Grace and Frankie is a part of that plan.

Along with the accolades for her turn in Grandma, Lily Tomlin is having a really good year.

Watch Lily Tomlin as a No Nonsense Matriarch in Trailer For “Grandma”

June 19, 2015

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Lily Tomlin continues this latest exciting leg in her career that includes Grace and Frankie and now indie comedy Grandma. Tomlin plays the titular grandmother that shepherds her granddaughter through the ordeal of unplanned pregnancy and will absolutely not put up with anyone’s BS whether it be from boys or her own daughter/the granddaughter’s mother.

Watch the trailer here and you’ll see exactly what we’re talking about.

Then mark your calendars for an Aug. 21st release.

Netflix Orders Season 2 of “Grace and Frankie”

May 28, 2015

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More binge viewing ahead! @GraceAndFrankie picked up for a second season!!!! #NETFLIX pic.twitter.com/oKcaC9AEr1

While you’re probably still suspicious of Netflix’s reviving Full House, they are doing well to also focus on their own homegrown original comedy series.

BoJack Horseman is about to premiere in July and now, another season of Grace and Frankie is set for 2016. Jane Fonda tweeted out the news last night.

If they continue the path they’re on now, Netflix will probably have a much bigger original comedy slate by the time this next season of Grace and Frankie comes out.

Here’s The First Trailer For Netflix’s “Grace and Frankie”

April 9, 2015

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Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin play “frenemies” that come together over their husbands, played by Sam Waterston and Martin Sheen, revealing that they are gay and in love with each other. You in?

Here’s the first trailer to give you a promising taste of what’s to come for Grace & Frankie. You can see that June Diane Raphael, Baron Vaughn, and more will also be in the mix

Given the premise, Grace & Frankie very easily could have been a multi cam sitcom, but it’s not and we think it will be all the better for it.

All the episodes will be released on Netflix on May 8th.

Netflix Announces Premiere Dates For “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” and “Grace and Frankie”

January 7, 2015

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With 2015 just under way, Netflix already has their line-up for their latest series releases featuring two high profile comedies, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, which they bought from NBC and ordered a second season on top of that, and Grace and Frankie with Lily Tomlin and Jane Fonda as former rivals that bond over each of their husbands leaving them so they can marry each other.

The 13 episodes of the first season of The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt is set to release Mar. 6th and Grace and Frankie is set for release on May 8th.

So, that gives you some time to watch binge watch whatever other series you were watching before you get into these.

June Diane Raphael & Baron Vaughn Join Jane Fonda & Lily Tomlin Netflix Comedy “Grace & Frankie”

July 17, 2014

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(via Deadline)

Netflix’s latest comedy series slated for production is Grace & Frankie starring Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin featuring the two as arch rivals that become friends over the fact that their husbands want to marry each other. If that wasn’t intriguing enough, Sam Waterston is playing one of the husbands.

If that somehow not enough to draw your interest, perhaps the you’ll pay attention to June Diane Raphael and Baron Vaughn being cast as respective daughter and son on either side of this new family dynamic.

It’s announcements like these that make us glad Netflix releases all the episodes at once, so we can indeed binge watch.