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Ziwe is officially back and it might be one of the things we’re most thankful for this month. The unrelenting satire of the eponymous star of the show is one of the few things that give us hope about late night/comedy talk shows these days and she certainly has picked up right where she left off and continues to blaze the iconic trail she started with Baited on YouTube.

The latest episode has SNL star Michael Che, who has had his fair share of controversy over the years, in the hot pink seat and, as you might imagine, the tension is hilariously thick, especially when Che pretends to know who NYC icon Fran Lebowitz is. Ziwe only ups the ante throughout the interview with sharper and more sly questioning, making the case for her already being worthy of awards contention.

Please enjoy Ziwe’s nice, little chat with Michael Che here, then check out full new episodes of Ziwe on Showtime on Fridays.

Michael Che, Julia Fox, DeRay Mckesson, and More Will Be Latest Iconic Guests in Ziwe’s Pink Hot Seat

November 1, 2022

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The first part of season 2 of Ziwe came to a close in June and it has been far too long since we’ve heard from the icon and her iconic guests (especially with Trevor Noah leaving The Daily Show and Desus & Mero and Full Frontal with Samantha Bee being over).

Thank goodness we only have to survive less than three more weeks to get what very much should be the new frontier of late night, led fearlessly in hot pink by the one and only Ziwe. This round of episodes will bring in Michael Che, Julia Fox, Amber Riley, Blake Griffin, Joel Kim Booster, Bob The Drag Queen, DeRay Mckesson, Drew Barrymore and Wayne Brady for some of the most hilariously cringe and clippable interviews as well as some of the best, unrelenting satirical bits/sketches on all of television.

Get a taste of what’s all to come with this latest trailer for Ziwe here, then look for new episodes to begin streaming on Showtime starting Nov. 18th.

A&E Set to Debut Two Part Black Comedy History Doc “Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution”

May 24, 2022

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Undeniably, there is a wave of documentaries examining the history of comedy from every possible angle and at every degree. From covering individuals such as Dick Gregory, George Carlin, and even Bill Cosby to focusing on such changing attitudes in the form through the lens of 9/11 with Too Soon: Comedy After 9/11, there is an ever growing fascination of the inner workings of inciting laughter.

A&E is putting their hat in the ring here with Kevin Hart’s Hartbeat & Time Studios’ Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution, a two-part doc series that will trace the lineage of black comedians that defied racial barriers and sought to skewer the absurd inequalities that were just taken for granted, especially the ones based off the amount of melanin you had in your skin.

The likes of Tiffany Haddish, W. Kamau Bell, Michael Che, Steve Harvey, Sherri Shepherd, Wayne Brady, Aisha Tyler, DL Hughley, Amber Ruffin, and Katt Williams amongst other comics and historians will weigh in on the oft-overlooked milestones of black comedy (just compare Mike Binder’s The Comedy Store to Phat Tuesdays: The Hip Hop Era of Comedy).

Take a gander at what’s to come with this teaser for Right to Offend here, then look for its premiere on A&E on Jun. 29th & 30th at 9PM (then presumably streaming on aetv.com afterwards).

HBO Max Orders Up Six Episodes of a Michael Che Sketch Series

July 14, 2020

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Announced today, sketch comedy has a new series on the way, effectively spun-off from the sketch comedy behemoth, Saturday Night Live. It’s untitled as of this moment, but the series is coming from SNL Weekend Update co-anchor Michael Che with SNL’s very own Lorne Michaels attached as an EP.

The series, which has gotten an order for six episodes will focus on such themes as “police brutality, unemployment, and falling in love” from a black perspective.

We’re glad to see another sketch series set to arrive, when there has been a scarcity of sketch comedy on TV (not to mention the cancellation of Astronomy Club on Netflix). The intriguing aspect of this is Che’s sketch series being at HBO Max as opposed to NBC on SNL. Is it going to take more risks and be bolder than SNL (which isn’t that hard to do these days). Supposedly, this series won’t be afraid to get controversial. To see how true that is, there will be a wait because, of course, the COVID-19 pandemic is as much a reality (arguably more so) than it was in March/April.

So, Michael Che Threw a Live Comedy Show Yesterday

June 8, 2020

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(all photos by Mindy Tucker)

The return of live, in-person comedy is something that is, even now, pretty unsure. Some states have opted to roll back their lockdown measures enough to let some comedy clubs operate at partial capacity with several safety measures to ensure safety of talent, staff, and the audience. Yet, how live comedy is exactly going to come back in full from COVID-19 is a mystery, especially without a proven vaccine or anti-viral.

That being said, the ongoing mass protests across the planet against police brutality have brought people together, even in the midst of a pandemic, in an unforeseen way. In a similarly unforeseen way, live comedy with a big crowd, packed tightly together had its time to shine, quite literally. Michael Che put on a true live comedy show outside with plenty of daylight yesterday in NYC.

He took to the bed of a pick-up truck with a mic and gathered the likes of Rosebud Baker, Cipha Sounds, Big Jay Oakerson, Joe DeRosa, Petey DeAbreu, and Nimesh Patel to take off their face masks briefly to take the mic to a crowd in the hundeds. Actually, it was such a big event, it was the sort of live comedy show that you’d see at Outside Lands or Bonnaroo or any number of big time live arts festivals that were effectively cancelled for 2020 a few months ago.

Do not let your eyes deceive you. These aren’t some super slick backgrounds on Zoom.

This was a true live comedy show done during the most enduring, biggest protests across the country. Tucker, the show’s photographer, reports that there was a surreal feeling of everyone being together again as well as attempting to tell jokes/do bits after taking so much time off from a real stage with a real crowd.

Most importantly, Che ended with a message that moments of levity such as this comedy show aren’t meant to distract from marching or fighting for change, but more of a rest and a moment of joy before going back out there. Self-care is crucial to changing the world and that just happens to be one of the most important things comedy provides. We’re glad to see that comedy swooped back in to give people that are literally out in the streets fighting for the future some much needed emotional and mental relief.

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