Marc Maron to tape his next stand-up special for HBO this December

After spending some time over at Netflix, Marc Maron has inked a deal to record his next stand-up comedy special… MORE
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Documentary Now is (finally) coming back for a fourth season

It’s been three years since we last got to see Documentary Now, the series created by Fred Armisen, Seth Meyers,… MORE
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The trailer for season 5 of “Baroness von Sketch Show” is here

Here’s some needed good news. IFC’s popular female-based sketch series, Baroness von Sketch Show, is coming back for a fifth… MORE
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Episode #274: Evan Shapiro

Evan Shapiro had run cable TV stations IFC, Sundance Channel, and Pivot before he launched Seeso, a streaming comedy service owned by Comcast and NBCUniversal in 2016. Shapiro went independent for a couple of years after that, but in May 2019, he took …

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Episode #267: Bashir Salahuddin and Diallo Riddle

Bashir Salahuddin and Diallo Riddle met in college and became fast friends and comedy partners. But they did not take the typical path from Harvard to Hollywood. Their scenic route through show business included making their own videos before YouTube, …

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Episode #232: Baroness von Sketch Show

Carolyn Taylor, Jennifer Whalen and Aurora Browne met while performing with Second City Toronto. Later, Meredith MacNeill befriended Carolyn on the set of This Hour Has 22 Minutes. These four Canadian women joined forces to create, write, executive pro…

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What’s in development at IFC for 2019

IFC has revealed its slate of potential new comedies in development for the coming year. They include: Almost Asian, about a perpetual outsider, Katie (Katie Malia, The Mindy Project), and her desperate journey to find her identity as both a dancer and…

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Almost Asian leads IFC’s comedy development slate

IFC is developing five new comedies for their 2019 schedule. The line-up includes a show based on the popular web series Almost Asian produced by Margret Cho. Almost Asian stars Katie Malia as a dancer who is trying to find her way as a mixed-race millennial trying to make it as a dancer in Hollywood. The dark comedy web series launched on YouTube in 2014 and ran for 12 episodes.

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Bridget Everett helps Hank Azaria reach rock bottom in the season finale of “Brockmire”

Hitting rock bottom has never sounded so good. Inspired by IFC’s hit comedy Brockmire, the one and only Bridget Everett… MORE

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