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Miracle Workers Goes Mad Max for Season 4
December 6, 2022
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When Simon Rich’s Man Seeking Woman ended at FXx, we wondered if his particularly grounded brand of whimsy and imagination would ever get to run and play once more. TBS has thankfully given Rich several giant sandboxes to play with via multiple seasons of Miracle Workers and Simon has definitely explored all the edges of every one of them. Jumping from working for God to Medieval times to the Wild West, Miracle Workers has almost been as delightfully formula defiant as Atlanta.

Cue in their latest season wherein it seems to be a sitcom version of a Mad Max-esque post-apocalyptic hellscape where two people in love (Daniel Radcliffe and Geraldine Viswanathan) are just trying get by (and not die in any number of hellscape-ish ways).

Get your first look at what’s in store for season 4 of Miracle Workers, complete with a resonant title “Miracle Workers: End Times” here, then look for new episodes on Mon. Jan. 16th on TBS.

‘Miracle Workers’ Is Now Going on The Oregon Trail for Their Latest Season
June 11, 2021
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Miracle Workers might prove itself to be one of the most ambitiously conceptualized series on TV. Of course, that is Simon Rich’s forte and it can be great when Rich gets quite a bit of latitude to take his shows wherever he so chooses.

They started at wondering at what was up with an almighty God and then they went to the Dark Ages and now they’re all the way in the untamed West of 19th century America. Even anthology series generally don’t take such wild pivots, but it is what keeps intriguing us about Miracle Workers as the show continues on TBS.

From the looks of it, this might be one of the best seasons yet in how it gleefully pokes at all the tropes and history of the Wild West including Radcliffe, perhaps, playing some version of Mormonism founder Joseph Smith.

Get a look at this literally trail blazing season of Miracle Workers here, then look for the premiere on Tues. July 13th on TBS.

Conan O’Brien to Have His Final Show on TBS on Jun. 24th
May 4, 2021
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Even though Conan O’Brien is undoubtedly the elder statesman of late night, he still very much is the rambunctious, risk taking innovator that he has always been through decades as a late night talk show host.

He has consistently pushed the boundaries where so many other late night hosts follow and, in that spirit, Conan has never forsaken the Team Coco faithful. His renowned remote segments, the growing podcast empire, and Conan’s penchant for not being very good at video games have all found Conan, for our money, ahead of the curve.

So, it doesn’t entirely surprise us that he’s doing something new by closing up shop at TBS and then doing something more sketch based and less like the tried and true late night format at HBO Max. For those who absolutely loved Conan on TBS, know that there are still upcoming Conan Without Borders specials in the pipeline at TBS. We’re not exactly sure what lies ahead for Conan at HBO Max, but we hope that it has the same sort of controlled chaos that is dyed in the wool of pretty much everything Conan O’Brien does.

The dovetailing of Conan on TBS has already begun as the final episode date has been scheduled for Thurs. Jun. 24th and O’Brien announced that they’ll be taking a long stroll down the 11 year long memory lane of his time on basic cable.

We have a feeling that this might be the dovetailing of an era of late night itself and the format originated back in the original Tonight Show/Steve Allen days might just becoming to an end as shows Desus & Mero and Last Week Tonight keep ascending in popularity. Truly, we’re excited to find out what that future looks like.

Conan O’Brien to End Late Night Talk Show in 2021, Start Weekly Variety Series at HBO Max, Continue Conan Without Borders at TBS
November 17, 2020
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The elder statesman of late night, Conan O’Brien is actually stepping away from the world of late night after nearly 30 years of being one of late night’s best voices. Announced today, O’Brien will end his run as a late night talk show host that spans Late Night with Conan O’Brien, The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien, and now, Conan on TBS, in June 2021.
“In 1993 Johnny Carson gave me the best advice of my career: ‘As soon as possible, get to a streaming platform.’ I’m thrilled that I get to continue doing whatever the hell it is I do on HBO Max, and I look forward to a free subscription,” says O’Brien.
If you’re already lamenting his exit, do know that so many of the best elements of all of his shows over the last several years will live on. Conan Without Borders, O’Brien’s global travel specials will continue to be made over at TBS and Conan will also embark on a new weekly variety series. We’d guess will feature so many of the bits, stand-ups, remote segments and more that have made Conan endure all these decades as one of late night’s best. So, Conan O’Brien will very much be continuing to do so much of what he does best.
Personally, we can’t wait to see what Conan will do with the freedom of being on a streaming platform like HBO Max as well as where else he’ll travel to for the travel Conan Without Borders specials.

Conan Will Start Taping Episodes at Largo at the Coronet Theatre (Though with No Audience and Remote Guests)
July 2, 2020
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It has been months since late night hosts have taped an episode of their show from an actual stage. Kimmel, Colbert, and Meyers have done their best to gussy up their homes and Samantha Bee has just been doing her show from the woods. John Oliver is utilizing a giant blank white wall in his home and Hasan Minhaj has been going entirely with a virtual background, which isn’t too far from an actual episode of Patriot Act.

However, Conan O’Brien is going to break new ground yet again (he was pretty on the ball about doing bits while sheltered at home during the start of quarantine) as he will begin taping episodes of Conan for TBS from the long standing, revered comedy and music venue, Largo at the Coronet Theatre. They’ll be maintaining all safety protocol along government and industry regulations along with not having a live audience and bringing in guests for interviews remotely over Zoom. Limited crew and staff will be present.

This is a very noteworthy move as Conan will not only be back on stage once again to do Conan, but this will undoubtedly keep Largo’s doors open since they’ve had to go dark this entire time during lockdown with no idea (especially with the re-closing of dine-in restaurants in LA county) of when they would get to reopen and do so safely.

Also, in addition to Conan taping at Largo, the monthly Team Coco show, Moses Storm & Friends will do a Twitch live-stream at The Coronet as well starting July 9th. Again, there will be no audience present, but you will get to see live comedy from one of the most rustic looking auditorium in all of Los Angeles.

The Dress Up Gang’s TBS Series Will Finally Be Released Via TBS app/VOD
April 30, 2020
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It’s finally happening. The absolutely deserving Dress Up Gang are finally get their day to properly release the series that they made for TBS that was shelved indefinitely. There were multiple attempts to show/screen the series over the course of several months, which always received such a warm reception and yet, was ultimately shut down from a wider distribution.

Thankfully, in this time when networks are trying to snatch up/make any content that they can, it indeed ended up being a perfect time for TBS to un-shelve such a hysterical show. Announced last night, Dress Up Gang’s Donny Divanian tweeted that TBS brass have opted to release the series via TBS app and VOD starting this very Friday.

Again, we’d like to reiterate that The Dress Up Gang managed to be more about nothing than Seinfeld and yet, be cleverly upbeat and so damn funny. It’s definitely worth your time to binge watch this weekend.

So excited to share that our show The Dress Up Gang will be released this Friday, May 1st on the TBS app and VOD! First ep will be available to anyone. Here’s a trailer for the episode Finding Frankie pic.twitter.com/G7tqQdq2c4

— Donny Divanian (@DonnyDivanian) April 30, 2020

Please Enjoy The Dress Up Gang’s “Cute House” (Also, Now Would Be a Really Great Time to Release Their TBS Series)
April 14, 2020
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This recently released short “Cute House” from The Dress Up Gang is not only a very, very welcome respite from everything else that’s going on, but it’s hilarious display of their quiet, offbeat brilliance, especially when it comes to picking apart the traditional idea of masculinity.
The Dress Up Gang, a personal favorite of ours when it comes to sketch groups, had a TV show fully ready to go at TBS, then got shelved unexpectedly. Efforts to release it themselves fell short unfortunately. The world is binge watching TV at an unprecedented pace right now and, as such, having new shows and content to show is becoming more crucial to keep people from going stir-crazy while locked down at home. So, it would only stand to reason that this would be a really great time for TBS to un-shelve their entire TV show for all of us to see.
We definitely think it’s in the general public’s interest, whether a pandemic is happening or not to be quite honest, to see more stuff like this on TV.

Conan To Return March 30th (with a Quarantine Friendly Version)
March 19, 2020
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You probably have already seen that Conan O’Brien has been providing us with the sort of bits and tomfoolery that made him famous from the comfort and CDC recommended location of his own home. Leave it to the likes of Conan O’Brien to keep the silliness alive during these anxious times of this COVID-19 pandemic.

Other late night hosts have been also “broadcasting” from home, but the ever clever O’Brien has devised a way to do his show by shooting on an iPhone and utilizing video chat to interview guests.

Thus, Conan, will continue to air in this stripped down version (that’s oddly both lo-fi and high-tech) on TBS starting Mon. Mar. 30th at his normal air time of 11PM ET/PT. Technically, that makes Conan entirely a remote segment, which is where O’Brien has truly thrived in the last few years.

We can’t wait to see Conan do what he does best, make TV history, and inadvertently be a great ad for the iPhone’s video capabilities.

Conan O’Brien and Sona Movsesian Do the Next Best Thing to Couples Counseling, Visiting HR
December 20, 2019
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It’s pretty clear that Conan O’Brien and Sona Movsesian will be one of the great late night duos as their dynamic as boss and assistant is just naturally so very, very funny. That’s quite a feat considering that Conan already has an all-time great late night duo between him and Andy Richter.

This actual meeting with a TBS Human Resources representative is just classic. Please enjoy this Team Coco gift to us all here.

‘Full Frontal With Samantha Bee’ Renewed at TBS for Fifth Season
November 13, 2019
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‘Full Frontal With Samantha Bee’ Renewed at TBS for Fifth Season

This renewal at TBS will definitely mean we’ll get to see Samantha Bee and company do their thing through the 2020 election and, potentially, be in a world post-Trump? 

It almost sees like a world of infinite possibilities for Full Frontal with Samantha Bee (and all of late night for that matter) if that indeed happens (well, depending on who gets elected).

Conan’s Latest Conan Without Borders Special for Ghana Coming in Less Than a Month
October 10, 2019
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We’re really digging the frequency of which these Conan Without Borders travel specials are coming out. It was only a month or so ago that Conan’s brilliant trip to Greenland premiered and, in just a few weeks, his latest trip to Ghana will air.

On Thurs., Nov. 7th, we’ll just see what hijinks that one of the best ambassadors for America got into on Conan Ghana.

Conan O’Brien Announces Trip to Greenland
August 20, 2019
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So, the latest installment of Conan Without Borders will be in Greenland as a satirical response to Trump’s idiotic interest in buying Greenland (that’s definitely a distraction for all the other BS he’s pulling).

Conan O’Brien often jokes that he is the “elder statesman of late night”, but, truly, he is one great American and a hell of a goodwill ambassador. In fact, such a reputation makes him a better candidate for POTUS than some of the lesser known candidates currently running, though we’re sure that he’d prefer making fun of someone in the Oval Office rather than sitting at the desk within it.

In any case, Conan’s got another ingenious travel special coming up as you can see in his announcement here.

TBS Orders Half Hour Amy Hoggart Series That’s About Making People Feel Better Rather Than Politics
May 15, 2019
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TBS is putting their money now on Amy Hoggart, who was a correspondent at Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, for a new half-hour series that aims to take on the “societal angst” and be non-political. The series order got announced today at WarnerMedia’s upfronts. 

Hoggart’s delightful brashness stood out at Full Frontal and we’re curious to see how she takes on American anxiety (she’s from the UK in case you didn’t know)

The series has yet to get a title and we’d curious to see if it would have as much double entendre as Sam Bee’s show.

The New, 1/2 Hour Conan Premieres Tonight
January 22, 2019
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Conan O’Brien and company is setting himself apart tonight from the late night pack and making late night history by going to a half-hour format and focusing more on comedy (as well as dropping his renowned house band).

It’s the sort of shake-up that late night really needs and we sincerely can’t wait to see what he has up his sleeve (which might even be a denim or leather jacket rather than his very fine suit that he’s been wearing for decades).

Tune in to the new Conan at 11PM on TBS tonight.

Here’s the Trailer for Angie Tribeca Season 4, Which Will Be Doing a Marathon of All S4 Episodes This Weekend
December 29, 2018
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It is more important than ever to have some abject, pure silliness in our lives (it has been that way for the last 3 years to be honest).

Thus, the creation and continuation of probably the prestige silly sitcom series on TV, Angie Tribeca is very, very important.

Lucky for us, you, and anyone else that isn’t covered by that binary, season 4 of Angie Tribeca is starting tonight. In fact, TBS is doing a marathon of all the new episodes with eps. 1-5 playing tonight and eps. 6-10 playing on Sunday (at 8PM on both nights).

You can see for yourself in the trailer that this new season of Angie Tribeca has even more top level wordplay and sight gags up its sleeves, shirt, and other weirder places it’ll hide things.

Here’s the Trailer for Angie Tribeca Season 4, Which Will Be Doing a Marathon of All S4 Episodes This Weekend
December 29, 2018
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It is more important than ever to have some abject, pure silliness in our lives (it has been that way for the last 3 years to be honest).

Thus, the creation and continuation of probably the prestige silly sitcom series on TV, Angie Tribeca is very, very important.

Lucky for us, you, and anyone else that isn’t covered by that binary, season 4 of Angie Tribeca is starting tonight. In fact, TBS is doing a marathon of all the new episodes with eps. 1-5 playing tonight and eps. 6-10 playing on Sunday (at 8PM on both nights).

You can see for yourself in the trailer that this new season of Angie Tribeca has even more top level wordplay and sight gags up its sleeves, shirt, and other weirder places it’ll hide things.

Simon Rich’s Miracle Workers First Trailer Is Here with Steve Buscemi as an Apathetic God and Daniel Radcliffe as an Angel Doing the Best He Can
December 19, 2018
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With Man Seeking Woman, we all got a glimpse of the wildly colorful and clever imagination of one Simon Rich. 

Now, Simon’s is upping the ante with his new show over at TBS, Miracle Workers where indeed Steve Buscemi and Daniel Radcliffe along with Geraldine Viswanathan (Blockers) are at odds with each other, God and angels, over the fate of Earth.

Already, there’s a lot of charm that you can see in this first full trailer, especially when it comes to the endless possibilities (almost in Good Place sort of way) to explore within the bloated corporation with which God runs the universe. The very end of this trailer definitely peaked our interest for the series FYI.

In any case, you’ll get your full first taste of Miracle Workers on Tues., Feb. 12th at 10:30PM on TBS.

Simon Rich’s Miracle Workers First Trailer Is Here with Steve Buscemi as an Apathetic God and Daniel Radcliffe as an Angel Doing the Best He Can
December 19, 2018
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With Man Seeking Woman, we all got a glimpse of the wildly colorful and clever imagination of one Simon Rich. 

Now, Simon’s is upping the ante with his new show over at TBS, Miracle Workers where indeed Steve Buscemi and Daniel Radcliffe along with Geraldine Viswanathan (Blockers) are at odds with each other, God and angels, over the fate of Earth.

Already, there’s a lot of charm that you can see in this first full trailer, especially when it comes to the endless possibilities (almost in Good Place sort of way) to explore within the bloated corporation with which God runs the universe. The very end of this trailer definitely peaked our interest for the series FYI.

In any case, you’ll get your full first taste of Miracle Workers on Tues., Feb. 12th at 10:30PM on TBS.

Conan Is Returning Officially for His Streamlined Late Night Talk Show on TBS on Jan. 22nd
December 18, 2018
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Phew.

Also, in this announcement is a reminder of all the things you can currently enjoy Coco-wise in the interim until Jan. 22nd 11PM at TBS.

Conan Is Returning Officially for His Streamlined Late Night Talk Show on TBS on Jan. 22nd
December 18, 2018
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Phew.

Also, in this announcement is a reminder of all the things you can currently enjoy Coco-wise in the interim until Jan. 22nd 11PM at TBS.

Conan in Japan Premieres Tonight
November 28, 2018
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Conan in Japan Premieres Tonight

Just a friendly neighborhood reminder, especially if you’ve been missing Conan from your TV for awhile, that his special visit to Japan will air tonight on TBS at 10PM.

In it, you’ll also get to find out what the hell happened when he confronted the mayor of Conantown in addition to Conan’s normal hijinks when goes to foreign lands (that is probably some of the better PR that the U.S can get abroad right now). 

Samantha Bee to Get More TBS Oversight After Ivanka Trump Slur
June 6, 2018
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Samantha Bee to Get More TBS Oversight After Ivanka Trump Slur

We have a bad feeling about this. 

As State Farm and Autotrader.com pulled their ads from Samantha Bee’s time slot, TBS, even after the unnecessary apologizing from both Bee and themselves, feels they need to reassure advertisers that such a thing as Bee using a curse word she used all the time (without controversy we might add) won’t happen the same way again.

So, Bee will have gone from “full creative license” to the network watching her more closely. We don’t know how much of a muzzle that puts on Bee and her team at Full Frontal, but the precedent set here isn’t great. 

If all of this is supposed to be making things “even-steven” between liberals and conservatives for Roseanne tweeting out what was barely a joke and horribly racist then having get her show immediately cancelled, then we can only see both sides getting more entrenched from here on out.

Still, we hope that Full Frontal with Samantha Bee will figure it out and this won’t be like when a late night host move from 12:30AM to 11:30PM and has to become, essentially, family friendly.

TBS Renews Final Space and The Detour
May 12, 2018
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Look, as you well know, there were so many shuttered TV shows this week, that’d we’d like to highlight some of the very few that got to stay alive for another cycle.

Final Space, the outer space dramedy from Olan Rogers, will get to see the light of its second season.

The slightly more mature family comedy The Detour from Jason Jones and Samantha Bee will continue on it’s own self-made path for season 4.

Both shows are at TBS and will remain there as their indie-leaning-comedy branding continues to get more and more sharpened. 

Conan O’Brien to Shake Things Up By Planning to Do a Half-Hour Show and Launch Site Where You Can Watch All of Conan O’Brien’s Late Night Catalog
May 3, 2018
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Conan O’Brien to Shake Things Up By Planning to Do a Half-Hour Show and Launch Site Where You Can Watch All of Conan O’Brien’s Late Night Catalog

In 2019, Conan O’Brien and his team are going to continue to innovate in late night (as they have often done) by paring the show down to a half hour, probably doing only one celebrity interview and having more bits in the show. Given how Internet driven late night is these days and how bits and sketches are some of the more viral things put out by Team Coco, it’s a smart move and we’ll be excited to see how it pans out in a few months. 

Part of the move will allow for development of other projects by Conaco, Conan’s production banner, which is really nice to hear considering Eagleheart was a Conaco production.

On top of all of that, there will soon be one digital home for all the iterations of Conan’s late night career including Late Night with Conan O’Brien, Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien, and, of course, Conan.

Overall, we’re really on board for these changes as they’ll probably result in Conan doing more remote segments, more sketches, and an easier way to binge Norm MacDonald’s appearances on Conan over the decades.

TBS Reups Search Party and The Last O.G.
April 24, 2018
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This week, TBS officially renews the genre-bending Search Party for a third season and pulls the trigger quickly on another season of the Jordan Peele/John Carcieri created, Tracy Morgan starrer, The Last O.G.

Within the comedy space, TBS’ programming line-up manages to continue to get more and more formidable presence in the comedy space.

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