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Andrea Savage’s “I’m Sorry” Trailer Promises Latest Sitcom Based on a Life in Comedy That You Should Watch

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Louie, Better Things, Master of None, Lopez, I’m Dying Up Here, and Dice are just a few sitcoms in recent memory that follow the lives and times of various real people (or reasonable facsimiles of real people) in and around comedy.

Andrea Savage’s I’m Sorry coming to TruTV on July 12th at 10PM will be the latest to join that subgenre and, from the trailer, it looks like it’ll be able to hold its own.

See for yourself here.

Here’s the Trailer for Season 2 “Adam Ruins Everything”

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Now that we’re in a world where everything seems to get ruined every day, it’s a perfect time for Adam Conover to come back and thrive in his element.

So, in a couple of weeks, Adam will get back to work in season 2 of Adam Ruins Everything by ruining the ever diminishing amount of things that we, society at large, take for granted.

Get a taste of that here, then look for the season premiere on Tuesday, July 11th on TruTV.

Get a First Look at “Bobcat Goldthwait’s Misfits & Monsters” Where Bobcat Is Thankfully Back in the Auteur Seat

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Auteurs in comedy are rare, but when they come around, they are quite something to behold. The films of Bobcat Goldthwait gives society at large a simultaneously unflinching and often hysterical look into the mirror.

His brand new show, Bobcat Goldthwait’s Misfits & Monsters, that will be arriving at TruTV early next year, will bring us all new sorts of genre-bending satire from Goldthwait himself in the form on an anthology series.

You can see what we’re talking about in this creepy, yet funny clip from one of those stories, Bubba The Bear.

TruTV Is Developing Projects from Liza Treyger, Austin Martinez, Rose Schlossberg, The Kloons, and Michael Torpey

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In the whirlwind of upfronts these last several days, there are some things that we’d like to mention now as we didn’t get around to them right when they were announced.

In addition to TruTV’s current solid slate full of returning series like Adam Ruins Everything and Those Who Can’t as well as the upcoming new show Bobcat Goldthwait’s Misfits & Monsters, they’ve got plenty in development to be excited about

Specifically:
-a Liza Treyger sitcom pilot
-a musically inclined sketch comedy pilot from Molly Austin and Shamikah Martinez AKA Austin Martinez (the comedy duo featured in Rachel Dratch’s Late Night Snack)
-a how to apocalypse survival guide comedy pilot End Times Girls Club from Rose Schlossberg
-presentation of a fake ad competition from The Kloons
-presentation of a game show that challenges what people studied in college in order to pay of their student debt from Michael Torpey

It’s almost like that time where TruTV almost exclusively made reality TV was long, long ago.

Comedy Knockout Returns to TruTV Tonight

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If you love seeing competitions where comedians face off on who can say the funniest thing based on a premise, you’re living in a veritable promise land.

One such show, TruTV’s Comedy Knockout, returns tonight at 11PM. Here’s a taste of what’s to come with Clayton English, Noah Gardenswartz, and Jessimae Peluso.

The Chris Gethard Show Moves to TruTV and Will Go Back to Broadcasting Completely Live

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While Ryan Seacrest will join Kelly Ripa in greeting America in the morning despite Chris Gethard’s very earnest pleas for that gig, Chris Gethard and gang will be returning for a nice, big new season at a new network.

After spending some time at Fusion, TCGS will now move on to TruTV (honestly, it’s a better fit) for 16 episodes.

Best of all, Gethard will get to do what made TCGS great by broadcasting the show live. It’s not “live to tape” like so many live TV shows. It will be aired as it’s happening and few in the world are as great as handling that controlled chaos as well as Chris Gethard.

Look for the new season The Chris Gethard Show at TruTV in August.

Moby Played a Vegan Version of ‘Big Game Hunter’ on Talk Show the Game Show

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Talk Show the Game Show shows how to make a late night game that is not only very clever and fun, but also guest-specific.

Please enjoy what might be the most badass version of Moby you’ve ever seen in this clip from Talk Show the Game Show with Guy Branum.

Watch Maria Bamford Make Up Voices for Realtors and James Adomian Arm Wrestle Guy Branum on Talk Show the Game Show

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Talk Show the Game Show is bringing talk show games to a whole other level as evidenced by these clips of Maria Bamford having to use her voice talents to bring pictures of realtors to life and James Adomian going head-to-head with Guy Branum in an arm wrestling match (with a spectacular finish we might add).

Also, unlike the majority of other talk show and late night games, the points and winners do matter and have a whole set of judges that keep them accountable to being the most entertaining guest throughout the evening. Again, we hope this revolutionizes playing games with celebrities on television going forward.

By the way, there’s a new episode of Talk Show the Game Show with Guy Branum tonight on TruTV at 10PM.

Guy Branum’s Talk Show the Game Show Has Its World Premiere Tonight

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The competitive talk show, Talk Show the Game Show, from the brilliant mind of Guy Branum, officially goes from live show to full fledged TV series tonight at 10PM on TruTV.

We highly recommend you watch it and see talk show guests be whipped into shape when every single detail of their appearances gets judged on a thorough point system. Hopefully, you’ll want all talk show appearances to be conducted like this after watching it.

See How Guy Branum’s Talk Show the Game Show Works in This Preview

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The talk show, nay, the televised interview might just get revolutionized as being a dull guest does not cut it at Guy Branum’s Talk Show the Game Show.

We’ve loved Guy’s show for years and we can now really show how the competitive talk show works and why we’re thrilled it’s getting a shot on television.

See for yourself with this preview and look for the series premiere on TruTV next week on Wednesday, April 5th at 10PM.

See How Guy Branum’s “Talk Show the Game Show” Is Going to Upend Both Talk Shows and Game Shows in Its First Trailer and Get the Full List of Guests/Competitors

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Guy Branum’s competitive talk show, Talk Show the Game Show, is going to be a full-fledged TV series on TruTV next month.

For the uninitiated, Guy created a brilliant show format where guests have to compete to be the most interesting talk show guest, complete with a panel of judges. It’s been one of our favorite things to see in LA for years.

Going from live show to TV show, Talk Show the Game Show is now being kicked into high gear with more exciting bells and whistles as shown in this trailer.

The first season will have the following folks go head-to-head in trying to edge out each other in being more interesting, witty, fun, etc.:

John Salley vs. Tiffany Haddish vs. Dan Bucatinsky
Wanda Sykes vs. Scott Adsit vs. Pandora Boxx
Maria Bamford vs. Ben Roy vs. James Adomian
Diablo Cody vs. Moby vs. Arden Myrin
Tim Bagley vs. Rashad Jennings vs. Beth Stelling
Margaret Cho vs. Paul Feig vs. Ed Weeks
John Early vs. Ana Navarro vs. Kate Flannery
Utkarsh Ambudkar vs. Aparna Nancherla vs. Jon Daly
Tracey Wigfield vs. TJ Lavin vs. Oscar Nunez
Nicole Byer vs. Kyle Kinane vs. Julian McCullough
Fortune Feimster vs. Adam Cayton-Holland vs. Alice Wetterlund
Bridget Everett vs. Kelis vs. Josh McDermitt
Wendi McLendon-Covey vs. Jonah Ray vs. Michelle Buteau
John Ross Bowie vs. Aasif Mandvi vs. Phoebe Robinson
Julie Klausner vs. Moshe Kasher vs. Rhea Butcher
Chelsea Handler vs. Maurice Jones Drew vs. Nikki Glaser

Guy Branum’s Talk Show the Game Show has its series premiere on Wednesday, April 5th at 10PM on TruTV.

The 4th Annual 26th Annual Comedy Festival Announces Line-Up

Chicago’s 26th Annual Festival, put together by the minds behind The Onion, The AV Club, Clickhole, and TruTV, will be in its 4th year at the end of May/beginning of June and has a pretty fantastic line-up that includes a sneak peek of Nathan For You, Patton Oswalt, 35mm screening of Idiocracy with Mike Judge, Aparna Nancherla, and more.

Individual tickets are on sale now or, if you’d prefer, you can buy a festival pass for $310 here.

SXSW Comedy Festival Line-up for 2017 Announced

Comedians to perform at this year’s SXSW:

Al Madrigal • Andrew Santino • Big Jay Oakerson • Bob Odenkirk • Bonnie McFarlane • Brendon Walsh • Chris Hardwick • Dan Harmon • Dave Hill • Doug Benson • Doug Stanhope • Dulce Sloan • Glenn Wool • Eddie Pepitone • Guy Branum • Horatio Sanz • Janeane Garofalo • Jason Mantzoukas • Jessica McKenna • Joe DeRosa • Joel Kim Booster • John Hodgman • Jon Gabrus • Liza Treyger • Matt Besser • Matt Walsh • Matteo Lane • Michael Ian Black • Morgan Murphy • Nate Bargatze • Nick Swardson • Nick Thune • Nicole Byer • Phoebe Robinson • Rich Vos • Robert Kelly • Sasheer Zamata • Scott Aukerman • Scott Thompson • Sean Patton • Shane Mauss • Shaun Diston • Tim Dillon • Tom Lennon • Wanda Sykes • Whitney Cummings • Wyatt Cenac • and more

A live edition of @midnight, Seeso screenings, Talk Show the Game Show, ASSSSCAT, Dave Hill’s Witch Taint, Shane Mauss’ Good Trip, Harmontown, and Doug Loves Movies are just a few of the other comedy things that you just might want to (uh, we highly recommend it) at this year’s comedy portion of SXSW in mid-March in Austin, TX.

See the comedy schedule here and get passes here.

January 20, 2017

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We hope that you’ve been to one of the many amazing benefit shows that has taken place since the election (and we’re glad to see that there have been a lot).

Plenty more benefit shows will be coming through while under the Trump Administration, like Pussy Control next Sunday at Hotel Cafe in Hollywood. Phoebe Robinson, Guy Branum, Wendy Ho, and hosts Kyle June Williams and Brooke Van Poppelen are on a very stacked bill.

Tickets are $20 with a $4 service charge and you should get them here.

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

Billy on the Street Takes on Gun Control with Keegan Michael-Key in Latest Obstacle Course

January 17, 2017

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Eichner’s latest and greatest obstacle course, Super Sloppy, Semi-Automatic Double Dare!, along with guest/contestant Keegan Michael-Key, shows how easy it is around America to buy a gun.

Really, this recent satirical, politically focused evolution of Billy on the Street is pretty fantastic. We look forward to seeing where Billy takes his show throughout the Trump Administration.

TruTV Orders 10 Episodes of an Amy Sedaris Comedy Series

January 14, 2017

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TruTV Orders 10 Episodes of an Amy Sedaris Comedy Series

Attention Strangers with Candy fans (i.e. probably a lot of you reading this), Amy Sedaris will be doing her own show on TruTV for ten episodes where she comedically presents all of her hobbies, skills, obsessions, etc.

Perhaps, this might be Sedaris’ version of Jon Glaser Loves Gear, which is something we’ll completely sign on for.

January 14, 2017

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One of our favorite comedy variety showcases around, The Super Serious Show, have their first show of 2017 stacked.

Brooks Wheelan, Pete Holmes, Johnny Pemberton, Amanda Seales, Ian Edwards, Anna Seregina, and a short film from Giancarlo Fiorentini and Jonathan Grimm are all lined-up for next week.

Tickets are $7 in advance and $10 at door. Please get them here.

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

Poster by Barry Blankenship.

Those Who Can’t Renewed for Season 3 at TruTV

January 5, 2017

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Those Who Can’t Renewed for Season 3 at TruTV

Congratulations to all the students and faculty of Smoot High as well as TruTV taking advantage of what Amazon missed out on.

You Could Win a Chance to Make TruTV’s Next Show with NYTVF and TruTV’s Comedy Breakout Initiative

December 20, 2016

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You Could Win a Chance to Make TruTV’s Next Show with NYTVF and TruTV’s Comedy Breakout Initiative

TruTV is looking for some new blood on their development slate and has opened their doors, partnering with the New York TV Festival, with this Comedy Breakout Initiative that will take in submissions on new formats for their network and pick one creator and project to give up to $25K to develop the idea.

Submissions will run from January 25th, 2017-February 17th, 2017 and finalists will be announced in March and then winners in May.

Get more details and guidelines here.

Oh yeah, best of all, there’s no submission fee.

Rachel Dratch Has to Run Through a Margot Robbie Themed Obstacle Course on Billy on the Street

December 16, 2016

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This actually sends up media coverage and the rise of A-listers more than it does Margot Robbie specifically. The mix of satire is pure silliness is as done exquisitely as to be expected with Billy on the Street.

Either way, it’s another ridiculous and ultra-clever Billy on the Street obstacle course with Rachel Dratch trying to make her way through, kind of terrified, with Billy Eichner yelling the whole way through.

Watch and enjoy it here (and take note of the more subversive edge that Eichner and company have taken this season).

TruTV Renews Adam Ruins Everything, Orders Guy Branum’s Talk Show the Game Show to Series, and Is Developing Projects from Austin Martinez and Martin Starr and Matt Bush

December 7, 2016

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Many of you don’t even know the greatness that’s about to come with Guy Branum’s Talk Show the Game Show being made into a TV show, but, hopefully, you’ll know soon enough thanks to TruTV.

Today, via press release, TruTV announced its upcoming slate of programming and development that happened to have plenty of things that have us excited for the network in 2017.

With a Trump Administration looming, Adam Conover and his ‘bigly’ tendency to ruin things will be very nice to have for a sixteen episode second season of Adam Ruins Everything.

Guy Branum’s Talk Show the Game Show is a competitive talk show where guests have to compete to be the best, most interesting guest dealing with the sharp wit of host Guy Branum. It’s a gem here in LA that we’ve enjoyed for years and we can’t wait for the rest of the country to see what happens when guests can just rely on the story of their weird ride to the airport to get through a late night segment.

Sketch duo Austin Martinez got to incubate on Rachel Dratch’s Late Night Snack on TruTV and will now get upgraded to developing a series of their own. An animated family marijuana dispensary comedy from Martin Starr and Matt Bush is also in development.

In addition to that upcoming Bobcat Goldthwait anthology series, TruTV could have a pretty great 2017.

Billy on the Street Returns Tonight for Season 5

November 15, 2016

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Billy Eichner is returning to television later this evening everyone.

10:30PM tonight, Billy Eichner returns, mic in hand, running around NYC to quiz people in the face and more for the season 5 premiere of Billy on the Street.

It’s going to be a hell of a season as you can see in this promo.

Watch Taylor Moore Figure Out the Gender of a Seedless Watermelon

November 12, 2016

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Need some completely absurd to watch right now?

Well, watch Taylor Moore do his thing and show you how to be able to find which side of the gender spectrum your food starts out at. (We’re sure if food was sentient that it could identify with other genders FYI)

This, and many other silly bits and videos are part of the new season of Rachel Dratch’s Late Night Snack on TruTV.

Rachel Dratch’s Late Night Snack Returns to TruTV Tonight

November 2, 2016

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If you like little comedy morsels curated by Rachel Dratch, some of which Dratch made herself, then you probably enjoy her Late Night Snack on TruTV featuring several handpicked sketch comedy groups and short form comedy collectives.

New episodes start airing tonight at 10:30PM and you can get a taste of what’s to come here.

Jon Glaser Loves Gear Tries Loving Hockey

October 28, 2016

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Jon Glaser Loves Gear absolutely showcases Jon Glaser’s undying love of gear.

That being said, Glaser loves gear itself, but, it would appear, that he may not so much love the activities surrounding said gear.

You can see this underlying tension in action when Jon Glaser Loves Gear does an episode on hockey/Jon’s desperate need for validation in any way he can get it/his attempt to impress his son.