We all got a preview of what NBC will be missing out on today with the release of the very first trailer for The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt starring a radiantly smiling Ellie Kemper.
Keep in mind, Netflix already has two seasons of this ordered, something that networks almost wouldn’t think of doing these days. Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt is set for release on Mar. 6th.
Coming your way Feb. 17th, blu-ray/DVDS release of THE INTERVIEW! Pre-order today ya’ll! pic.twitter.com/gijtLmLSWw
— Seth Rogen (@Sethrogen) January 15, 2015
The Interview is making its final push in its release as it will come to DVD and, more importantly, Netflix very soon.
In fact, you’ll be able to stream the movie this Saturday on Netflix in U.S. and Canada (via @brianstelter)
Breaking: @Netflix will stream “The Interview” in U.S. & Canada, at no extra charge to subscribers, starting Saturday http://t.co/c7V9UXXKCi
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) January 20, 2015
Feb. 17th will be when the “Freedom Edition” on DVD/blu-ray comes out. We won’t be surprised at all if someone tries to make a mosaic of the American flag out of the DVD cases.
(via Deadline)
Looks like the business relationship of Netflix and Will Arnett is going to continue to flourish.
With Arrested Development already at Netflix and the second season of BoJack Horseman in the works, Will Arnett has scored a series order for his own live action show at the online streaming giant, “Flaked”.
It’ll follow a faux-guru, played by Arnett, living in Venice who desperately is trying to keep it together, which fits nicely in the pantheon of GOB Bluth and BoJack.
You can look for Flaked on Netflix in 2016.
(via Deadline)
Not only is Wet Hot American Summer now set to come back to your life, it’s going to come back as a series at Netflix with nearly everyone you came to love in the original Wet Hot American Summer.
David Wain and MIchael Showalter are back behind the scenes for an 8 episode run with Amy Poehler, Ken Marino, Paul Rudd, Janeane Garofalo, Bradley Cooper, and more.
So, whoever had a Wet Hot American Summer closet shrine that was constantly praying for a sequel of some kind, it worked and we thank you for that.
(via Variety)
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.
Today is the day! @MaronIFC Season 2 is now on @netflix!
— marc maron (@marcmaron) December 28, 2014
The holiday season isn’t quite over yet meaning there’s more time to get through whatever awkward situation whether it be not busy at work or still having to stay at your family’s place.
So, it’s the perfect time for you to get into season 2 of IFC’s Maron, which was just released on Netflix today.
(via The Wrap)
Netflix has already nabbed up The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt from NBC and now they’ve gotten distribution rights from Universal, the film side of NBC Universal, to the upcoming Pee-wee Herman movie that will start shooting sometime next year.
Judd Apatow is producing and Paul Reubens and Paul Rust are co-writing the movie together, which makes for another big score for the online streaming giant and yet another sign of where movie and TV distribution is headed.
Every day, TV/movies and the Internet come closer and closer to becoming one. There are signs of this shift everywhere.
Most recently, HBO has announced that it will only use Nielsen’s Live Plus 7 measure which encompasses the rating for a TV show right when it airs all the way to 7 days after (via Variety). The amount of people that watch their favorite HBO shows like Veep and Silicon Valley on their DVR or on HBOGO grows everyday.
Online streaming giant Netflix is also stepping up its game, which, already, is changing the dynamic of how Hollywood works with the likes of Amazon, Hulu, etc.. Titles of TV series and films that aren’t original Netflix productions often have a finite time to be streamed on Netflix. Notifications of what and when those shows and movies would disappear were scarce, but with a “Last Call” section of a newsletter that Netflix sends out. they’ll be doing away with that problem altogether (via The AV Club). If, for some reason, The Office was to no longer be available to stream via Netflix, you’d know a month ahead of time.
Soon, there will likely be no separation between your favorite comedy web series and comedy TV series.
Joy to the world, The @BoJackHorseman Christmas Special is here! pic.twitter.com/lHbkSURZNc
— Netflix US (@netflix) December 19, 2014
All this time we thought we’d have to wait a few more months before season 2 of one of our favorite shows this year, BoJack Horseman, was released to watch any new BoJack Horseman.
And yet, the oft-invoked phrase “Christmas has come early” now applies as there is a BoJack Horseman Christmas Special: Sabrina’s Christmas Wish now on Netflix.
Go watch and enjoy it now before the next batch of bad news comes flooding through your newsfeed.
Whether it’s because it’s raining today in LA or that it’s Friday and the weekend has started for you or the fact that Nick Offerman’s comedy special just hit Netflix, all the reasons to go watch Nick Offerman: American Ham directed by the fantastic Jordan Vogt-Roberts right this moment are completely valid.
So, go watch right now and maybe even order one of his wood emojis while you’re at it.
You’ve saw the trailer earlier this week and you’ve probably been waiting much longer for a brand new hour from the one and only Bill Burr.
Well, it’s finally here. “I’m Sorry You Feel That Way” is now on Netflix shot all in gorgeous black and white. Not that we need to tell you, but drop what you’re doing and watch this ASAP.
Bill Burr’s upcoming stand-up special “I’m Sorry You Feel That Way” makes its way on to Netflix this Fri., Dec. 5th.
This is the trailer just in case you read all of this before you went ahead and watched it already.
My new stand up special, “I’m Sorry You Feel That Way” debuts on Netflix next Friday December 5th.
— Bill Burr (@billburr)
Right now, so many folks are waiting on every move that Bill Burr makes and rightfully so. Whether it be a vinyl record made from a Carnegie Hall performance over three years ago or any small room where he’ll drop in here in LA or his Monday Morning Podcast, Burr is on a roll with all of it.
So, on Friday, Dec. 5th, instead of watching the Star Wars VII: Force Awakens trailer a few more times, you’ll be watching his latest stand-up special “I’m Sorry You Feel That Way” when it drops on Netflix on repeat.
New re-edited episodes of #ArrestedDevelopment are a blast to watch and narrate- fun way to start my work day pic.twitter.com/w4h4XoEAwc
— Ron Howard (@RealRonHoward) November 25, 2014
Last month, Arrested Development creator Mitch Hurwitz mentioned, sort of in passing, that he’s working on re-editing season 4 of the show in chronological order. No other details were brought up as to when we all could possibly see the new version of season 4.
However, today, Ron Howard, Arrested Development’s narrator, tweeted out that he’s doing new narration for these re-edited episodes.
With that in mind, it would be very surprising if we all didn’t get to see the new and improved episodes in the not so distant future.
I made you a gift of #Ham. @BarackObama @VogtRoberts @netflix @carrieunderwood I am a HUMORIST. 12/12 on NETFLIX. pic.twitter.com/kDP4LD2mVZ
— Nick Offerman (@Nick_Offerman)
On top of being Ron Swanson, a craftsman entrepreneur, and a proponent of a positive facial hair inspired lifestyle, Nick Offerman has also made a comedy special entitled American Ham, directed by Jordan Vogt Roberts (Mash Up, Kings of Summer, You’re The Worst), that has only played at Sundance thus far.
Well, it will be now coming to Netflix on Dec. 12th. So, American Ham should be the holiday ham that we all have this holiday season.
(via Deadline)
At 92 years old, the legendary Norman Lear may be bringing his transformative sitcom “All in the Family” back to television.
While being interviewed by Netflix’s Ted Sarandos, he revealed that he has toyed with the idea that a reboot of the show might center on a Latino family this time around. In fact, it was Sony Pictures TV that was asking about possibility of this All in the Family reboot happening with Lear.
While there are no more details as to how and when this would all happen if it were to even happen (Lear seemed to be leaning towards not making much more than conjecture), the thought of All in the Family and Norman Lear mixing in with the current crop of family sitcoms is an enticing one. Maybe he’ll talk about this a little more when he’s on Letterman tonight.
(via Deadline)
Netflix has apparently felt enough of the heat for Bill Cosby’s increasing number of rapist allegations. They had scheduled the release of his latest comedy special “Bill Cosby 77” for Nov. 28th, but have indefinitely postponed releasing it in light of more allegations, including one from model Janice Dickinson, just in the past few days.
Netflix hasn’t permanently nixed the special and NBC hasn’t cancelled their project with Cosby, but it would come as no surprise if both those things happened soon.
While Cosby has still maintained silence on all of this, save for some dismissive statements from his lawyers, many people feelings are probably in line with this tweet from Patton Oswalt:
You were the first reason I wanted to do comedy. I’ll always marvel at your genius onstage. But here’s where we say goodbye, Bill Cosby.
— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) November 19, 2014
(via Deadline)
Bill Cosby has been canceling on a lot of things lately.
It’s no secret as to why since allegations of rape from decades ago have resurfaced. Cosby, as you probably would guess, doesn’t want to talk about it. In fact, a lawyer representing Cosby issued a statement saying, “Mr. Cosby does not intend to dignify these allegations with any comment.”
Even with how devastatingly tarnished his public image currently is, as shown with how poorly his user-generated meme experiment went, Bill Cosby 77, his upcoming Netflix special, is still set for a release.
Given his current course of action, we’re guessing that Bill Cosby 77 will definitely be received far differently than his last special Far From Finished (even if it’s objectively just as good), that he’s not addressing the allegations in this latest special either, and that someone is going to make a documentary about all of this (if there isn’t one already in the works).
Netflix releases its latest stand-up special today with Chelsea Peretti’s “One Of The Greats” shot at The Palace of Fine Arts and directed by Lance Bangs.
If you have to take a break from work in order to watch this, you could always say to people, “Hey, I’m watching One of the Greats” (We’re not sure if Peretti intended the title for that specific instance or not).
Either way, watch it on Netflix here.
While you were still having fun dressing up in costumes after Halloween, the fourth season of Portlandia found its way to Netflix over the weekend.
So, have a truly productive Monday and enjoy all of it right now and keep watching until season 5 premieres in Jan. 2015.
(via Uproxx/Pretentious Film Majors)
Season 4 of Arrested Development had to deal with a lot of obstacles, one of them being the shooting schedules of its all star cast of Jason Bateman, Michael Cera, Will Arnett, David Cross, Portia De Rossi, Jeffrey Tambor, Alia Shawkat, and Jessica Walter that after season 3 had launched into a multitude of other successful projects. Thus, many scenes in season 4 did not include the entire Bluth family together like season 1-3 and accordingly had a much different feel with many episodes focusing on a different character’s perspective in the same timeline.
Series creator Mitch Hurwitz revealed in an interview that he is now trying to recut season 4 to flow more chronologically smooth, which would presumably resemble more of the original series. However, when we’d see that on Netflix has yet to announced.
Nov. 14th will be the day when “One Of The Greats”, Chelsea Peretti’s brand new stand-up special will hit Netflix for your streaming enjoyment.
That’s three weeks away and gives, in that time, you can enjoy this trailer complete with a bit of the appropriate, “low-key” intro.
(via TV Line)
While the label of being the next Louis C.K. has been put on Bill Burr from time to time, Burr has insisted that, as nice as that is, he’s not C.K.
In the sense that he’s expanding from being one of the most beloved stand-ups currently working today to creating and starring in shows, Burr is certainly moving in the same direction that C.K. has and we have no doubt he’s going to be great at it.
He already has a pilot ordered by FX, Pariah, and now, Bill has just scored a series order from Netflix for an animated 70s family comedy he co-created with The Simpsons’ Mike Price that will be titled F Is For Family. Burr will also be voicing the head of the family along with a great cast of Laura Dern and Justin Long.
In case it isn’t clear, we love everything about this.
Netflix has just released their latest in their string of big time comedy specials. The efficiently titled Wyatt Cenac: Brooklyn is now streaming at Netflix and should be added to your list, which probably includes Simpsons World, of what you’re watching/why you canceled most of your plans today.
Watch Wyatt Cenac: Brooklyn here.
(via Variety)
Out of all the places that you can currently watch TV online including Hulu, Netflix, Amazon, and so many more, the first online video giant, YouTube, still holds it spot at top of the online streaming mountain.
While that might result might be unsurprising, you should note that Netflix is only came in 5% under YouTube and, given the trail blazing slate of original programming over the last few years, Netflix is only headed onwards and upwards in their share of the online TV market.
Based on how crowded the field is and that YouTube has plenty of viable competition, it’s not surprising that YouTube is reinvesting in its top content creators.