Louis stand-up C.K.’s special, “Oh My God” will premiere on HBO April 13th
According to Splitsider, Louis C.K.’s new special, Oh My God will premiere on HBO on April 13th. While C.K. already announced that his next special would be on HBO, he gave no new details until now. Mark the TiVo and prepare to laugh your ass off.Louis stand-up C.K.’s special, “Oh ... [Read More]
 
Bobby Slayton: Still Bobby After All These Years
Bobby Slayton is a comedy legend. In the business for three decades, Slayton has performed to sellout crowds across the country. He has been on television shows including Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist and Family Guy. Slayton’s film credits include... [Read More]
 
Title Card Tales: Mike Royce’s Snowpants Productions
End cards or “vanity cards” as they are known derisively/accurately, are those logos and nonsense that flash at the end of TV shows for two seconds.  To be accurate, this year it was cut from 2 seconds to 1 ½ seconds.  I don’t know why the studio nee... [Read More]
 
Image of VIDEO: Jon Stewart Shocked by Russians Non-Reaction to "Death Rock"
VIDEO: Jon Stewart Shocked by Russians Non-Reaction to "Death Rock"
A Russian driver said absolutely nothing while the meteor sailed through the sky [Read More]
 
Lena Dunham working on second series for HBO
In a move only slightly less surprising than Girls getting picked up for a third season, HBO has given Lena Dunham the greenlight to develop a second series – also set in New York City — for the cable network. The 26-year-old writer, star and p... [Read More]
 
HBO beefs up comedy selection with Duplass brothers series
Hot off their streak of awards with current series, Girls, HBO is adding another comedy series to its lineup, Togetherness, and Ricky Gervais isn’t in it! Well, not yet anyway. Known for spearheading the mumblecore movement, The Duplass brothers will direct, produce, and write Togetherness, a show a... [Read More]
 
It’s official: HBO renews ‘Girls’ for a third season
After airing only two episodes of the second season and averaging an estimated 3.8 million viewers each Sunday, HBO has renewed Girls for a third season. What’s more, is that season three will consist of 12 episodes, up from the usual 10. If yo... [Read More]
 
Image of Lena Dunham on Last Night’s Girls / Donald Glover Throwdown
Lena Dunham on Last Night’s Girls / Donald Glover Throwdown
That didn’t take long. Last night, after exactly two episodes and one Ayn Rand reference, Donald Glover’s black Republican was kicked off Girls. Put more specifically, he was written off the show after a mortifying breakup fight seemingly designed to answer the many criticisms surrounding Girls and its lack of racial diversity. When Vulture spoke to Lena Dunham a few weeks ago, she told us that Glover was cast before the public outcry (“why would you not want to kiss him on TV?”) but that he fe... [Read More]
 
Image of ‘Girls’: Season 2 of HBO’s Lena Dunham Comedy Soars
‘Girls’: Season 2 of HBO’s Lena Dunham Comedy Soars
The hotly anticipated second season of Girls, which returns to HBO on Sunday, builds on the strengths of its stellar first season and captures the quicksilver magic of Dunham at her best, with the first four episodes supplying a mighty kick to the heart. [Read More]
 
Enter to win an HBO comedy prize packs with “The Life And Times of Tim,” “Angry Boys,” and “We Can Be Heroes” (contest)
We’re big fans of HBO’s ability to air some really off the wall comedies. Case in point the recent DVD release of Angry Boys and We Can Be Heroes, two great series from the mind of Aussie comedian Chris Lilley in which Lilley portrays every main character in the series. Another favorite ... [Read More]