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Season 4 Trailer of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Tackles Robots, Sexual Harassment, and, of Course, Has Plenty of Smiles

May 17, 2018

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Now entering to its 4th season on Netflix, we can’t help but notice how much of a well-oiled machine Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt is at this point, which, unfortunately, doesn’t get to be the case for similar high concepts sitcoms on linear TV.

Being a single camera scripted show and staying pretty topical (#MeToo, AI) and making that all work is impressive. Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt has kept up that standard for three seasons and, according to this trailer, will likely live up to it again in this upcoming season.

Season 4 of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt begins streaming on Netflix on May 30th.

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt to Return for a 4th Season at Netflix

June 13, 2017

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Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt to Return for a 4th Season at Netflix

If The Get Down and Sense 8 getting the ax over at Netflix had you worried about Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (though with the show’s individual success, we’re confident that you probably weren’t all that worried), fret not.

A season 4 just got the greenlight at the streaming service giant and the most cheery color palate in comedy will continue for at least a couple more years.

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Season 3 Is Now Streaming and Nick Offerman & Megan Mullally’s Summer of 69: No Apostrophe Premieres Tonight

May 19, 2017

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You may or may not be done with getting through the latest season of Master of None, but Netflix has more peak TV comedy ready and waiting for you as they just started streaming all the episodes of season 3 of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt today.

On top of that, comedy’s favorite couple Nick Offerman and Megan Mullally’s Summer of 69: No Apostrophe comedy special will premiere at 10PM on Epix tonight.

OK, you’ve got your “work” for this weekend cut out for you.

The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Season 3 Trailer Is Here

April 19, 2017

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Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt is now coming up to its 3rd season and looks to be as fun and clever as ever (and must still have NBC kicking itself that it let it go).

See for yourself with the season 3 trailer, then look for all the episodes to start streaming on Friday, May 19th.

2017 WGA Awards Winners for Comedy Include Atlanta, Last Week Tonight, and BoJack Horseman

February 20, 2017

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2017 WGA Awards Winners for Comedy Include Atlanta, Last Week Tonight, and BoJack Horseman

Comedy Series-Atlanta
New Series-Atlanta
Episodic Comedy-Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Comedy/Variety Talk Series-Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
ComedyVariety Sketch Series-SNL
Comedy/Variety Special-Trumph: The Primary Election Special 2016
Animation-BoJack Horseman

Last Week Tonight, BoJack Horseman, and, with a renewed jolt from the election and Trump Administration, SNL winning WGA Awards seem to be expected.

However, Atlanta nabbing both honors for both Comedy Series and New Series is a really nice, big win for Donald Glover’s freshman series as well as FX, the rare basic cable network that can run with premium cable networks and streaming services when it comes to prestige programming.

FYI, their show The Americans won an award for Drama too.

Get the full list of winners for last night’s WGA Award winners here.

2017 SAG Awards Comedy Nominees: Florence Foster Jenkins and black-ish Still Going Strong

December 14, 2016

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2017 SAG Awards Comedy Nominees: Florence Foster Jenkins and black-ish Still Going Strong

*comedy nominees in italics

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
Amy Adams, “Arrival”
Emily Blunt, “The Girl on the Train”
Natalie Portman, “Jackie”
Emma Stone, “La La Land”
Meryl Streep, “Florence Foster Jenkins”

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
Mahershala Ali, “Moonlight”
Jeff Bridges, “Hell or High Water”
Hugh Grant, “Florence Foster Jenkins”
Lucas Hedges, “Manchester by the Sea”
Dev Patel, “Lion”

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series
Anthony Anderson, “Black-ish”
Tituss Burgess, “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”
Ty Burrell, “Modern Family”
William H. Macy, “Shameless”
Jeffrey Tambor, “Transparent”

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series
Uzo Aduba, “Orange is the New Black”
Jane Fonda, “Grace and Frankie”
Ellie Kemper, “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, “Veep”
Lily Tomlin, “Grace and Frankie”

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
“The Big Bang Theory”
“Black-ish”
“Modern Family”
“Orange is the New Black”
“Veep”

The rundown of comedy nominees in this year’s awards season have many notable differences between the nominations for a few awards ceremonies that have been announced so far.

Still, Florence Foster Jenkins and black-ish seem to be holding consistently throughout as they just picked up multiple nominations for the 2017 SAG Awards. Netflix has plenty to be proud of here too, especially since they got all but one nomination in the Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series category.

Get the full list of 2017 SAG Awards nominees here and see who wins on January 29th on either TBS or TNT (or you’ll be able to stream it) at 5PM PST..

Atlanta, Better Things, Nathan For You, Veep, Last Week Tonight, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, BoJack Horseman Score WGA Awards TV Nominations

December 5, 2016

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Atlanta, Better Things, Nathan For You, Veep, Last Week Tonight, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, BoJack Horseman Score WGA Awards TV Nominations

The perennial prestige comedy of HBO is alive and well, but upstarts at FX (Atlanta and Better Things) are also riding high for this year’s Writers Guild Awards TV nominations.

That being said, there’s one very noticeable snub: Full Frontal with Samantha Bee

It didn’t get nominated next to Last Week Tonight, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Late Night with Seth Meyers, and The Daily Show with Trevor Noah. We certainly hope that won’t happen elsewhere this awards season.

*Comedy nominees are in italics

COMEDY SERIES

-Atlanta
Written by Donald Glover, Stephen Glover, Stefani Robinson, Paul Simms; FX
-Silicon Valley
Written by Megan Amram, Alec Berg, Donick Cary, Adam Countee, Jonathan Dotan, Mike Judge, Carrie Kemper, John Levenstein, Dan Lyons, Carson Mell, Dan O’Keefe, Clay Tarver, Ron Weiner; HBO
-Transparent
Written by Arabella Anderson, Bridget Bedard, Micah Fitzerman-Blue, Noah Harpster, Jessi Klein, Stephanie Kornick, Ethan Kuperberg, Ali Liebegott, Our Lady J, Faith Soloway, Jill Soloway; Amazon Studios
-Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Written by Emily Altman, Robert Carlock, Azie Mira Dungey, Tina Fey, Lauren Gurganous, Sam Means, Dylan Morgan, Marlena Rodriguez, Dan Rubin, Meredith Scardino, Josh Siegal, Allison Silverman, Leila Strachan; Netflix
-Veep
Written by Rachel Axler, Sean Gray, Alex Gregory, Peter Huyck, Eric Kenward, Billy Kimball, Steve Koren, David Mandel, Jim Margolis, Lew Morton, Georgia Pritchett, Will Smith, Alexis Wilkinson; HBO

NEW SERIES

-Atlanta
Written by Donald Glover, Stephen Glover, Stefani Robinson, Paul Simms; FX
-Better Things
Written by Pamela Adlon, Louis C.K., Cindy Chupack, Gina Fattore; FX
-Stranger Things
Written by Paul Dichter, Justin Doble, The Duffer Brothers, Jessica Mecklenburg, Jessie Nickson-Lopez, Alison Tatlock; Netflix
-This Is Us
Written by Isaac Aptaker, Elizabeth Berger, Bekah Brunstetter, Dan Fogelman, Vera Herbert, Joe Lawson, Kay Oyegun, Aurin Squire, K.J. Steinberg, Donald Todd; NBC
-Westworld
Written by Ed Brubaker, Bridget Carpenter, Dan Dietz, Halley Gross, Lisa Joy, Katherine Lingenfelter, Dominic Mitchell, Jonathan Nolan, Roberto Patino, Daniel T. Thomsen, Charles Yu; HBO

ANIMATION

-“Barthood” (The Simpsons)
Written by Dan Greaney; Fox
-“First Day of Rule” (Elena of Avalor)
Written by Craig Gerber; Disney Channel
-“Fish Out of Water” (BoJack Horseman)
Written by Elijah Aron & Jordan Young; Netflix
-“A Princess on Lothal” (Star Wars Rebels)
Written by Steven Melching; Disney XD
-“Stop the Presses” (BoJack Horseman)
Written by Joe Lawson; Netflix

EPISODIC COMEDY

-“Kimmy Finds Her Mom!” (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt)
Written by Tina Fey & Sam Means; Netflix
-“Kimmy Goes on a Playdate!” (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt)
Written by Robert Carlock; Netflix
-“Pilot” (One Mississippi)
Written by Diablo Cody & Tig Notaro; Amazon Studios
-“R-A-Y-C-Ray-Cation” (Speechless)
Written by Carrie Rosen & Seth Kurland; ABC
-“Streets on Lock” (Atlanta)
Written by Stephen Glover; FX
-“A Taste of Zephyria” (Son of Zorn)
Written by Dan Mintz; Fox

COMEDY / VARIETY (INCLUDING TALK) – SERIES

-The Daily Show with Trevor Noah
Writers: Dan Amira, David Angelo, Steve Bodow, Devin Delliquanti, Zach DiLanzo, Travon Free, Hallie Haglund, David Kibuuka, Matt Koff, Adam Lowitt, Dan McCoy, Lauren Sarver Means, Trevor Noah, Joe Opio, Zhubin Parang, Owen Parson, Daniel Radosh, Michelle Wolf; Comedy Central
-Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Writers: Kevin Avery, Tim Carvell, Josh Gondelman, Dan Gurewitch, Geoff Haggerty, Jeff Maurer, John Oliver, Scott Sherman, Will Tracy, Jill Twiss, Juli Weiner; HBO
-Late Night with Seth Meyers
Writers: Jermaine Affonso, Alex Baze, Bryan Donaldson, Sal Gentile, Matt Goldich, Jenny Hagel, Allison Hord, Mike Karnell, Andrew Law, John Lutz, Aparna Nancherla, Chioke Nassor, Seth Meyers, Ian Morgan, Conner O’Malley, Seth Reiss, Amber Ruffin, Mike Scollins, Mike Shoemaker, Ben Warheit, Michelle Wolf; NBC
-The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Writers: Mike Brumm, Nate Charny, Aaron Cohen, Stephen Colbert, Cullen Crawford, Paul Dinello, Eric Drysdale, Ariel Dumas, Glenn Eichler, Gabe Gronli, Barry Julien, Jay Katsir, Daniel Kibblesmith, Matt Lappin, Opus Moreschi, Tom Purcell, Jen Spyra, Brian Stack; NBC

COMEDY / VARIETY – SKETCH SERIES

-Documentary Now!
Writers: Bill Hader, John Mulaney, Seth Meyers; IFC
-Inside Amy Schumer
Writers: Kim Carmele, Kyle Dunnigan, Jessi Klein, Michael Lawrence, Kurt Metzger, Christine Nangle, Claudia O’Doherty, Dan Powell, Tami Sagher, Amy Schumer; Comedy Central
-Maya and Marty in Manhattan
Head Writers: Mikey Day, Matt Roberts, Bryan Tucker Writers: Eli Bauman, Jeremy Beiler, Chris Belair, Hallie Cantor, David Feldman, R J Fried, Melissa Hunter, Paul Masella, Tim McAuliffe, John Mulaney, Diallo Riddle, Maya Rudolph, Bashir Salahuddin, Marika Sawyer, Streeter Seidell, Martin Short; Emily Spivey, Steve Young; NBC
-Nathan For You
Written by Leo Allen, Nathan Fielder, Adam Locke-Norton, Eric Notarnicola; Comedy Central
-Saturday Night Live
Head Writers: Rob Klein, Bryan Tucker Writers: James Anderson, Fred Armisen, Jeremy Beiler, Chris Belair, Megan Callahan, Michael Che, Mikey Day, Jim Downey, Tina Fey, Fran Gillespie, Sudi Green, Tim Herlihy, Steve Higgins, Colin Jost, Zach Kanin, Chris Kelly, Erik Kenward, Paul Masella, Dave McCary, Dennis McNicholas, Seth Meyers, Lorne Michaels, Josh Patten, Paula Pell, Katie Rich, Tim Robinson, Sarah Schneider, Pete Schultz, Streeter Seidell, Dave Sirus, Emily Spivey, Andrew Steele, Will Stephen, Kent Sublette; NBC

COMEDY / VARIETY – MUSIC, AWARDS, TRIBUTES – SPECIALS

-68th Primetime Emmy Awards
Written by Jack Allison, Tony Barbieri, Jonathan Bines, Joelle Boucai, Robert Cohen, Gary Greenberg, Josh Halloway, Sal Iacono, Eric Immerman, Jimmy Kimmel, Bess Kalb, Jeff Loveness, Jon Macks, Molly McNearney, Danny Ricker, Jeff Stilson, Joe Strazzullo, Alexis Wilkinson; ABC
-73rd Annual Golden Globe Awards
Written by Barry Adelman; Special Material Written by Dave Boone, Ricky Gervais, Jon Macks, Matthew Robinson; NBC
-88th Annual Academy Awards
Written by Dave Boone, Billy Kimball; Special Material Written by Scott Aukerman, Rodney Barnes, Neil Campbell, Matthew Claybrooks, Lance Crouther, Mike Ferrucci, Langston Kerman, Jon Macks, Steve O’Donnell, Nimesh Patel, Vanessa Ramos, Chris Rock, Frank Sebastiano, Chuck Sklar, Jeff Stilson, Michelle Wolf; CBS
-Triumph’s Election Special
Written by Andy Breckman, Josh Comers, David Feldman, R J Fried, Jarrett Grode, Ben Joseph, Matthew Kirsch, Michael Koman, Mike Lawrence, Brian Reich, Craig Rowin, Robert Smigel, Zach Smilovitz, Andrew Weinberg; Hulu

Get full list of WGA TV nominees here.

Netflix Will Now Allow Downloads of Selected Programming to Watch Offline

November 30, 2016

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Netflix Will Now Allow Downloads of Selected Programming to Watch Offline

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Master of None, and The Office are just a few of the shows that you can download to watch on a mobile device so you can finish binge watching some of your favorite shows without access to the Internet.

So, even in the most remote locations on earth, you can watch some of your favorite Netflix shows so long as you have battery life on whatever device you’re using. We wouldn’t be surprised to see that concept as part of an ad campaign.

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt’s Titus Andromedon Made Audition Tape for ‘Hamilton’

June 13, 2016

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Hamilton won 11 Tony Awards this weekend making it even a bit more of a cultural milestone than it already is.

Naturally, getting tickets or auditioning for it will be in higher demand and, as such, Titus Andromedon from Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt threw his hat in the ring regardless of him knowing a lot about the groundbreaking musical or not.

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Season 2 Now Streaming on Netflix

April 15, 2016

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Just a friendly neighborhood reminder of what you should be binge watching this weekend.

The indomitable positivity of Kimmy Schmidt has finally returned as all episodes of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt season 2 are now streaming on Netflix.

So, without further adieu, get ready for plenty of bold colors, that earworm of a theme, and, of course, Kimmy/Titus/Jacqueline/Lillian.

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.

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.

“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.

Watch THR’s Roundtable Discussion with Showrunners of Transparent, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Black-ish, Silicon Valley, Togetherness, and Modern Family

You can not only get into the headspace of many today’s top comedy showrunners, but what their headspace is like when they’re all in a room together.

Jill Soloway of Transparent, Robert Carlock of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Kenya Barris of Black-ish, Alec Berg of Silicon Valley, Jay Duplass of Togetherness, and Steve Levitan of Modern Family all came together to sit and chat at The Hollywood Reporter’s fascinating roundtable discussions about their shows and how they fit into the booming and constantly evolving landscape of television.

As you’ll see, there are plenty of the reasons that each one of these shows with these folks at the helm are successful.

Watch the hour long discussion here.

Comedy Central, “Veep”, “Silicon Valley”, Louis C.K., and “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” Come Up Big in 2015 Primetime Emmy Nominations

July 17, 2015

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Comedy Central received 26 Primetime Emmy nominations as a network, 9 went to Louis C.K. for his show Louie/hosting SNL/his own stand-up special and Veep, and 7 went to both Silicon Valley and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.

Actually, Veep, SNL, Inside Amy Schumer, Silicon Valley, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Key & Peele, The Late Show with David Letterman, Louie, The Big Bang Theory, Modern Family, The Simpsons, The Colbert Report, The Daily Show, Last Man on Earth, and Last Week Tonight got more than four nominations each.

As far as networks go, Comedy Central racked its 25 Emmys between it plethora of acclaimed series including Inside Amy Schumer, Key & Peele, The Daily Show, @midnight with Chris Hardwick, South Park, Drunk History and The Colbert Report.

Cartoon Network got 4 nominations, Adult Swim received 3, and Funny or Die, IFC, and LouisCK.net all received 2.

Here are the individual nominees in the major categories:

Outstanding Lead Actor In A Comedy Series
black-ish-Anthony Anderson
Episodes-Matt LeBlanc
House Of Lies-Don Cheadle
The Last Man On Earth-Will Forte
Louie-Louis C.K.
Shameless-William H. Macy
Transparent-Jeffrey Tambor

Outstanding Lead Actress In A Comedy Series
The Comeback-Lisa Kudrow
Grace And Frankie-Lily Tomlin
Inside Amy Schumer-Amy Schumer
Nurse Jackie-Edie Falco
Parks And Recreation-Amy Poehler
Veep-Julia Louis-Dreyfus

Outstanding Variety Talk Series
The Colbert Report
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver
Late Show With David Letterman
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Outstanding Comedy Series
Louie
Modern Family
Parks And Recreation
Silicon Valley
Transparent
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Veep

Outstanding Variety Sketch Series
Drunk History
Inside Amy Schumer
Key & Peele
Portlandia
Saturday Night Live

Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Comedy Series
Brooklyn Nine-Nine-Andre Braugher
Girls-Adam Driver
Key & Peele-Keegan-Michael Key
Modern Family-Ty Burrell
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt-Tituss Burgess
Veep-Tony Hale

Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series
The Big Bang Theory-Mayim Bialik
Getting On-Niecy Nash
Modern Family-Julie Bowen
Mom-Allison Janney
Saturday Night Live-Kate McKinnon
Transparent-Gaby Hoffmann
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt-Jane Krakowski
Veep-Anna Chlumsky

Outstanding Guest Actor In A Comedy Series
The Comedians-Mel Brooks
Inside Amy Schumer-Paul Giamatti
Saturday Night Live-Bill Hader
Saturday Night Live-Louis C.K.
Transparent-Bradley Whitford
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt-Jon Hamm

Outstanding Guest Actress In A Comedy Series
The Big Bang Theory-Christine Baranski
Girls-Gaby Hoffmann
Louie-Pamela Adlon
Modern Family-Elizabeth Banks
Shameless-Joan Cusack
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt-Tina Fey

Outstanding Writing For A Comedy Series
Episodes
The Last Man On Earth
Louie
Silicon Valley
Transparent
Veep

Outstanding Directing For A Comedy Series
The Last Man On Earth
Louie
Silicon Valley
Transparent
Veep

Outstanding Variety Special
Bill Maher: Live From D.C.
The Kennedy Center Honors
Louis C.K.: Live At The Comedy Store
Mel Brooks Live At The Geffen
The Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special

Outstanding Writing For A Variety Series
The Colbert Report
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
Inside Amy Schumer
Key & Peele
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver

Outstanding Writing For A Variety Special
The 72nd Annual Golden Globe Awards
Key & Peele Super Bowl Special
Louis C.K.: Live At The Comedy Store
Mel Brooks Live At The Geffen
The Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special

Outstanding Directing For A Variety Series
The Colbert Report
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
Inside Amy Schumer
Late Show With David Letterman
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Outstanding Short-Format Live-Action Entertainment Program
Between Two Ferns With Zach Galifianakis
Billy On The Street
Childrens Hospital
Key & Peele Presents Van And Mike: The Ascension

Outstanding Interactive Program
@midnight With Chris Hardwick
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver
Saturday Night Live: SNL40
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Outstanding Animated Program
Archer
Bob’s Burgers
Over The Garden Wall
The Simpsons
South Park

Outstanding Short-Format Animated Program
Adventure Time
Disney Mickey Mouse
Regular Show
Robot Chicken
Steven Universe
Wander Over Yonder

Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance
Bob’s Burgers-John Roberts
Family Guy-Seth MacFarlane
Robot Chicken-Seth Green
The Simpsons-Dan Castellaneta
The Simpsons-Tress MacNeille
The Simpsons-Hank Azaria

Take a good long look at all of this note how this is a transitional period for comedy as the likes of Parks and Recreation, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, and The Late Show with David Letterman have come to a close while Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt and Last Man on Earth signal the arrival of newcomers.

Get the full list of 2015 Primetime Emmy Nominees here.

The Hollywood Reporter Has Women In Comedy Roundtable Discussion With Amy Schumer, Gina Rodriguez, Lena Dunham, and More

May 28, 2015

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Women in comedy are definitely having a moment right now unlike they’ve had in decades past.

Not only are Tina Fey and Amy Poehler comedy power brokers, but there are more female producers, writers, and directors making female led comedy series and movies.

That being said, there is still a lot of stereotypes and prejudice that needs to be fought against. So, The Hollywood Reporter had a frank roundtable discussion with Amy Schumer, Ellie Kemper, Tracee Ellis Ross, Gina Rodriguez, Lena Dunham, and Kate McKinnon about carving out their niche in comedy.

You might just be surprised the sort of nonsense regarding women on screen that still exists in 2015 as well be proud of what the folks in this discussion have accomplished when you watch this…

…or this…

…and this.

Season 1 of “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” and “Aziz Ansari: Live at Madison Square Garden” Now on Netflix

March 6, 2015

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Well, you have your binge watching for the weekend cut out for you.

The Tina Fey-Robert Carlock series starring Ellie Kemper that Netflix bought from NBC and then renewed for a second season, The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt has all 13 episodes of season one on Netflix.

Netflix now also has Aziz Ansari’s latest stand-up special, Aziz Ansari: Live at Madison Square Garden, available to watch.

With all of this to watch, we hope that you don’t have to find someone’s Netflix password right now.

Watch Trailer for “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”, The Series That NBC Sold To Netflix and Netflix Already Ordered For a 2nd Season

January 22, 2015

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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.

Netflix Announces Premiere Dates For “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” and “Grace and Frankie”

January 7, 2015

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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.

What Has Happened to Comedy on Broadcast Networks? (Hint: Lots of Canceling)

It would be a little premature to say that there’s writing on the wall, but comedy definitely seems like it is playing second fiddle (or almost no fiddle at all) to hour long dramas at NBC, ABC, CBS, and Fox. Comedy is currently flourishing on cable and online and, perhaps, that is where episodic comedy, wholly, is headed.

This TV season alone, freshman comedies Selfie, A to Z, Manhattan Love Story, and Bad Judge have been canceled along with relative new comers The Millers.

Community, Arrested Development, and now The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, which had a series order from NBC but didn’t even make it to air, have moved from TV networks to online streaming services.

Just yesterday, it was announced ABC also scrapped a sitcom they had already ordered to series, Members Only starring John Stamos.

Bloggers and John Mulaney alike keep talking about whether Mulaney will last on Fox. On top of all of that, there are rumors that NBC has halted production on Last Comic Standing after it already had brought it back from the dead.

We’re not saying broadcast networks have drawn a hard line on in the sand (yet) prohibiting comedy from their airwaves. Cristela, black-ish, and Brooklyn Nine-Nine have found success just starting out and the networks have a few comedy mainstays like Modern Family, The Big Bang Theory, and Two and Half Men. New Girl and The Mindy Project have also seemed to fared well in their tenure at Fox. Also, cable networks TBS and TNT have recently canceled Sullivan & Son and Franklin & Bash, respectively.

Still, this last couple of years have seen an unprecedented shift of the comedy genre as an aggregate on TV from going live on air to every household with a TV on a weeknight to niche cable networks and various online entities ranging anywhere from Netflix to YouTube to Amazon. Key & Peele, Louie, Portlandia, Veep, Transparent, and Children’s Hospital are all just a few perfect examples of this new paradigm.

The future for comedy on TV and the behemoths of television does have yet to be decided. The highly anticipated Last Man on Earth from Chris Miller and Phil Lord starring Will Forte is premiering next year. Networks, like CBS, are starting to get on board with their own streaming service.

What is clear in the current TV landscape, above all, is that the Internet isn’t going away and, because of that, viewers can watch whatever they want whenever they want to watch it. Thus, people will watch their favorite Key & Peele sketch as many as times as they can stand, binge watch The Simpsons via The Simpsons World app/site, consume as much media that exists online of their favorite comedians (i.e. web series, podcasts, stand-up clips, etc.), and do so at any time of any day in any place versus Thursdays at 8 at home,

In such an environment, it’s much harder than it used to be to launch a broad franchise sitcom that lasts 10 seasons and lives on in syndication, which has been the network TV model for comedy for decades. So, for now, as NBC chairman Bob Greenblatt poignantly remarked during Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt’s move to Netflix, “…we have a very drama-heavy midseason schedule.”

Tina Fey and Robert Carlock’s “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” Moves From NBC to Netflix

November 22, 2014

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(via Deadline)

It shouldn’t be surprising that another network lets go of another sitcom on their programming schedule these days, but, in the case of “The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” from Tina Fey and Robert Carlock starring Ellie Kemper, the show hadn’t even premiered yet.

Still, going with network trends towards drama, NBC is letting go of the series to Netflix where it has two seasons ordered as well as an expanded episode order for its first season. NBC chairman Bob Greenblatt even admits, “While it was originally developed for NBC, we have a very drama-heavy midseason schedule, so we’re thrilled about this Netflix opportunity.”

So, The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt will be another thing to watch for on Netflix like a bunch of other series that you’re probably streaming right now while reading this sentence.