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The Peabody Awards Will Honor Jon Stewart and David Letterman and Have Announced Finalists

April 12, 2016

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(via Deadline)

Hopefully, this means that Stewart and Letterman will be making a TV appearance several weeks from now.

The new and improved Peabody Awards are setting to honor retired late night luminaries Jon Stewart and David Letterman. In addition to that, the following comedy series have been just announced as Peabody finalists:

Black-ish
Catastrophe
Fresh Off The Boat
Master of None
Transparent
VEEP

You’ll have to wait to find out who ends up going home with a revered Peabody Award as the actual ceremony doesn’t happen until May 21st.

“Hannibal Takes Edinburgh” Now Streaming on Netflix

April 8, 2016

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Hannibal Takes Edinburgh, the documentary that tracks Hannibal Buress going through the month-long whirlwind that is the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, is now streaming over at Netflix.

It will include Hannibal doing comedy across the pond as well as hiking up a mountain and dishing out the “true secret” to comedy.

Here’s a Trailer for a New Patton Oswalt Special “Talking For Clapping”

April 8, 2016

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Patton Oswalt’s follow-up to fantastic Tragedy Plus Comedy Equals Time will be coming to Netflix in a few weeks.

Talking for Clapping, his latest hour special, will start streaming on April 22nd.

Here’s the first trailer in case you weren’t intrigued already.

Preview Netflix Doc “Hannibal Takes Edinbugh” with Hannibal Buress Doing ‘Set List’

April 7, 2016

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Tomorrow, Netflix is giving us another dose of Hannibal Buress on top of the hour special Comedy Camisado they released earlier this year.

The documentary specifically follows Hannibal as he goes through a run at the legendary Edinburgh Fringe Festival and aptly called Hannibal Takes Edinburgh.

You can get a taste with Hannibal doing and improvised stand-up warm up and improvised stand-up on Edinburgh Fringe Festival favorite, Set List (started here in LA).

“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.

Here’s a Trailer for Ricky Gervais’ Fake War Comedy “Special Correspondents”

March 23, 2016

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Before its next Adam Sandler movie, Netflix has got a full length feature from Ricky Gervais that will start streaming first. Special Correspondents follows Gervais and Eric Bana as two radio hosts that are faking news of a war in South America.

We’re guessing that if you dug Wag the Dog at all almost 20 years ago, you might be intrigued by Special Correspondents.

See for yourself in this trailer and then watch it starting Friday, April 29th.

“Jimmy Carr: Funny Business” and “Pee-wee’s Big Holiday” Now Streaming on Netflix

March 18, 2016

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From either side of the comedy spectrum, Netflix has got you covered.

The UK’s Jimmy Carr new hour special Funny Business and the Judd Apatow-produced and John Lee-directed Pee-wee’s Big Holiday movie are Netflix’s latest comedy offerings.

If you’ve finished up with Netflix’s Characters and Love, binge watching the two might actually be less of a time commitment than going through an entire first season of a Netflix series.

Chelsea Handler’s Announces New Netflix Talk Show via a Letter to Herself

March 16, 2016

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Chelsea Handler is about to simultaneously break new ground and make a comeback. Following her four topical Chelsea Does specials on Netflix, she’s going to premiere a new talk show on Netflix on May 11th that that will run on Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays.

So, for once, you won’t be all to stream the episodes in one go.

She made the announcement in a quasi-press release that’s in the form of a bullet-pointed letter to herself.

If you still have more questions about the series (i.e. When will the episodes start streaming?, What’s the name of the show?, Is there anything you couldn’t get away with at E! that you’re going to try to get away with at Netflix?), Chelsea will be answering questions via Twitter tomorrow at 9AM PST.

Ellen DeGeneres Gives Quincy Jones a Big Surprise of $10K and Asking Netflix or HBO to Pick Up His Special

March 16, 2016

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Facing the diagnosis of terminal cancer, Quincy Jones has been more determined than ever to get a stand-up special done before he leaves this mortal coil, whenever that may be.

A Kickstarter campaign started by his friends to shoot that special has gotten over $46K raised as of this post when they were only seeking just under $5K.

This story has caught the attention of Ellen Degeneres who had Quincy on her show yesterday for several surprises including a $10,000 check from Shutterfly as well as an endorsement to HBO and Netflix brass to pick up his special to air or stream.

Watch Quincy’s whole amazing appearance here..

Joe Swanberg Is Getting a Comedy Anthology Series at Netflix

March 14, 2016

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(via The Hollywood Reporter)

Another season of Fuller House is perhaps balanced out with a mumblecore anthology?

Joe Swanberg, the mind behind mumblecore dramedies Digging For Fire and Drinking Buddies, is getting his own series that will follow various lives of Chicagoans in the organic style that Swanberg has honed over the years.

Marc Maron, Hannibal Burress, Jake Johnson, Aya Cash, Dave Franco, Orlando Bloom, Malin Akerman, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, and more have all signed on to be featured in the series some way.

All of these elements and this anthology series’ title being Easy make this for yet another intriguing Netflix series will all probably end up binge watching over a weekend.

Kimmy Schmidt Is as Unbreakable as She Has Ever Been in Season 2 Trailer

March 14, 2016

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Season 2 of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt is set to start streaming on Netflix next month on Friday, April 15th.

To get you prepped for Kimmy’s indefatigable positivity, here’s the season two trailer featuring many things including Kimmy discovering unlikely animal friends.

Netflix’s Character Comedy Series “The Characters” Is Now Streaming

March 11, 2016

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Get into Lauren Lapkus, Henry Zebrowski, John Early, Kate Berlant, Paul W. Downs, Natasha Rothwell, Tim Robinson, and Dr. Brown getting into the most delightfully weird personas and running with it.

Each of them has their own special individual episode as part of Netflix’s new series The Characters, which is now streaming. Effectively, it’s like Comedy Central’s The Half Hour, but for comedians that love playing characters as opposed to doing traditional stand-up.

Watch it here.

Netflix’s “The Lady Dynamite” Starring Maria Bamford to Start Streaming on May 20th

February 23, 2016

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Oh my gosh, our very own show! #LadyDynamite premieres May 20 on @netflix. pic.twitter.com/K9nmB7rHsR

-@TheLadyDynamite

When May 20th rolls around, you’re probably going to want to go through every episode of the Mitch Hurwitz and Pam Brady (Team America, South Park) co-written Netflix series The Lady Dynamite starring one of the best comedians and overall human beings around, Maria Bamford.

It’s a few months away, so you got time to get other Netflix binge watching done.

Here’s a Teaser for Season 2 of “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”

February 19, 2016

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Kimmy Schmidt is coming back in a couple of months as loud in her choices of patterns as she is unbreakable.

Watch the Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt season 2 teaser here, then look for all the episodes to start streaming on Fri. Apr. 15th.

Judd Apatow, Lesley Arfin, and Paul Rust’s “Love” Now Streaming on Netflix

February 19, 2016

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Valentine’s Day may be past us all (thankfully), but that doesn’t mean you can still reexamine the complexities and futilities of modern relationships and romance by binge watching the latest Netflix series.

All 10 episodes of Love, from Apatow, Arfin, and Rust with Rust and Gillian Jacobs starring are now streaming on Netflix.

“Master of None” Will Get Second Season in 2017

February 11, 2016

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Master of None Season 2 coming 2017. Thanks for all the support everyone!! pic.twitter.com/LSxo7dEVQ1

All the acclaim that Aziz Ansari and Alan Yang’s Netflix series got in their first season was well deserved, so we’re really thrilled to see that Netflix went ahead and renewed it.

Now we just have to wait until 2017.

“Orange Is The New Black” Gets 3 More Seasons at Netflix

February 5, 2016

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(via E! Online)

Following their recent wins this awards season, Orange Is The New Black is going to stick around as a perennial awards season favorite.

Months before season 4 of Orange Is The New Black starts streaming on Netflix, seasons 5-7 have just been ordered, which is pretty much unprecedented for TV series these days. In fact, it’s often news if a TV series makes it to the end of a TV season without incident (i.e. getting cancelled, having showrunners switched out, etc.).

While the issue of what Netflix’s metrics are for ratings are still up for debate amongst the viewing public (mainly competing linear TV networks), a 3 season pick up should be a pretty good indication that a show is doing well.

Hannibal Buress’ “Comedy Camisado” Is Now Streaming on Netflix

February 5, 2016

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You’ve got time for Hannibal’s latest hour special today, right?

The brand new hour of stand-up from Hannibal Buress is finally here. Comedy Camisado just started streaming at Netflix a few hours ago.

If you have a Netflix account and/or password, watch it here. If you don’t, it would be a good time to get one.

Trevor Noah Tells Hannibal Buress That Some South Africans Didn’t Know He Was a Comedian When Hannibal Played South Africa

February 4, 2016

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In an interview promoting his upcoming special on Netflix, Comedy Camisado, Hannibal Buress discovered that a recent performance in South Africa was even weirder than he initially thought it was. Trevor Noah tipped Hannibal to the fact that some of the audience wasn’t expecting a comedy show.

Watch the whole interview here.

Watch Trailer for Netflix’s “The Characters” Featuring Kate Berlant, Dr. Brown, Paul Downs, John Early, Lauren Lapkus, Tim Robinson, Natasha Rothwell, and Henry Zebrowski

February 1, 2016

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Like they’ve been doing all along, Netflix is upping their comedy game by having an entire series of character based comedy and featuring some of the best in the game right now to boot.

Basically, Kate Berlant, Dr. Brown, Paul Downs, John Early, Lauren Lapkus, Tim Robinson, Natasha Rothwell, and Henry Zebrowski all get their own episode of The Characters, which is not unlike how Comedy Central does The Half Hour.

Watch the trailer for The Characters here, then look for all the episodes to start streaming on Netflix on Fri. Mar. 11th.

“Morris From America” and “Tallulah” Already Bought Up at Sundance

January 26, 2016

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(via Deadline/Variety)

Coming of age and dramedies are still going strong at Sundance.

Two of the first buys for comedy come from A24 and Netflix of Morris From America and Tallulah, respectively.

Morris From America, directed by Chad Hartigan, follows Markees Christmas (yes, the one from Channel 101′s Markees Saves) and Craig Robinson being transplanted to Germany and having to deal with adolescence overseas.

Tallulah from Sian Heder, which Netflix acquired the rights to before Sundance began, follows Ellen Page taking a baby from a bad mother.

While this sounds like in the ball park of last year’s Sundance fare, we hope that their fates in the box office, when released, are much different (i.e. better).

Netflix Announces Dates for Patton Oswalt and Jimmy Carr Comedy Specials

January 19, 2016

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(via The A.V. Club)

So, as far as comedy specials/mini-series go, Netflix will have had Tom Segura, Hannibal Buress, Patton Oswalt, Chelsea Handler, and the UK’s Jimmy Carr in just the first few months of 2016.

Jimmy Carr: Funny Business is set to stream starting Mar. 18th and Patton Oswalt: Talking for Clapping will stream starting on Apr. 22nd all on Netflix.

This output on top of the already announced Hannibal Buress special Comedy Camisado that’s due next month and Chelsea Handler’s Chelsea Does It mini-series that’s coming this Friday makes for an output of comedy specials that almost rival anyone who puts out hour long comedy specials.

Here’s a Full Trailer for Apatow/Rust/Arfin’s New Netflix Series “Love”

January 19, 2016

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Judd Apatow’s next series after Girls, that he’s overseeing along with Paul Rust and Lesley Arfin, is coming to Netflix and seems to seems to stay in that somewhat grounded reality of questioning the old template we have for relationships and relationship dynamics.

Paul Rust and Gillian Jacobs also seem like a fun pairing as well.

Watch the trailer for Love here, then look for all episodes to start streaming on Feb. 19th.

“Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” Picked Up for a Third Season at Netflix

January 18, 2016

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Just announced, #KimmySchmidt picked up for a third round. ????

— Kimmy Schmidt (@KimmySchmidt) January 17, 2016

Season 2 of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt doesn’t even start streaming until Apr. 15th and yet, probably as part of Netflix’s ever burgeoning plan of entertainment conquest, Netflix has ordered a 3rd season of the show.

This might be further proof of how little Netflix cares for the traditional TV ratings system.

Here’s a Brief Preview of Hannibal Buress’ New Special on Netflix, “Comedy Camisado”

January 18, 2016

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Hannibal Buress’ brand new special is set to start streaming on Netflix on Feb. 5th and you should know by know that the world is pretty much listening to every word he says.

Here’s a preview of some of those words and more that will be in Comedy Camisado.

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