1. For a second, we wondered when the pandemic-interrupted Conan O’Brien Must Go, the long-awaited Conan O’Brien hosted travel show (that we’re betting will put almost every other travel show to shame) would premiere, but thankfully another trailer has arrived along with a Max premiere date of Apr. 18th. Take a gander here.
2. Margot Robbie was instrumental in making Barbie into an Oscar nominated box office boffo and is now taking on adapting one of the biggest computer game franchises of all time, The Sims, into, we guess, another Oscar nominated box office boffo? Robbie will have Kate Herron (whose handiwork made Loki stand out in an otherwise plateauing MCU) (THR).
3. Greg Daniels, creator of the American iteration of The Office, has plans on expanding The Office into its own cinematic (or TV rather?) universe with an assist from Nathan For You and How To with John Wilson’s Michael Koman (Deadline).
4. While HBO reupped Real Time for the umpteenth time, at least they’re ordering up a Rachel Sennott comedy pilot, which we hope is as wild as her 2023 film, Bottoms.
5. Speaking of Real Time, if you refuse to pay for HBO or Max, but would like to see Maher smugly lean into his punchlines, you can watch video feeds of his podcast that’s actually called Club Random or watch reruns of Real Time on CNN (Deadline).
6. Michael Showalter has made a whole other second life as an increasingly acclaimed director/producer. Already, he has The Big Sick, Search Party, and, most recently, The Idea of You, to his name and will now try his surprisingly nuanced hand at a holiday comedy and see if he can make something out of a subgenre chock full of hollow entries with the help of Michelle Pfeiffer (Deadline).
7. We’ll leave you with this: Ben Schwartz is bringing his very special, star-studded Ben Schwartz & Friends to The Orpheum on Apr. 6th. If you want in on that, we might know someone who has tix (hint hint: e-mail us at thecomedybureau@gmail.com about it)
