By Lucas Gardner | August 2, 2012 at 6:14 pm | 3 comments
Although there have been talks of a new Ghostbusters movie, the progress reports haven't left fans feeling optimistic. Dan Aykroyd has had plans for Ghostbusters III for years, but with Bill Murray's lack of interest it hasn't looked good. Now, Dan Aykroyd tells Metro magazine...
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By Lucas Gardner | August 2, 2012 at 5:00 pm | One comment
Comedians Godfrey and Robert Kelly have been recruited for FX's upcoming Bronx Warrants, a half hour comedy about a crew of warrant detectives in -- you guess it -- The Bronx. Produced by Denis Leary and Jim Serpico and also starring Josh Segarra (Homeland) and Shirley Rumierk...
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By Lucas Gardner | August 1, 2012 at 4:19 pm | No comments
We've all heard the jokes about how everyone has a podcast now. And why shouldn't they? It's easy and fairly cheap. Launching a full-scale podcast network is a little bit more tricky. Scott Aukerman and Jeff Ullrich launched Earwolf in 2010, Chris Hardwick has the ever-growing...
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By Lucas Gardner | July 30, 2012 at 5:40 pm | No comments
Last month Ricky Gervais gave the comedy world an update on the future of his current television projects. In short – The Ricky Gervais Show is ending, as well as An Idiot Abroad (but we'll be getting two more specials first). He and best pal Stephen Merchant are writing a...
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By Lucas Gardner | July 23, 2012 at 4:09 pm | No comments
Showtime has set a premiere date for Doug Stanhope's hilariously brutal Before Turning The Gun on Himself: - Friday, Aug. 3rd at 10 pm EST. The newest hour from Stanhope was released digitally in March and shot to the #1 spot on the Billboard, iTunes and Amazon comedy charts....
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By Lucas Gardner | July 23, 2012 at 1:59 pm | 2 comments
You have undoubtedly heard about the recent tragedy in Aurora, Colorado, where a 24-year-old doctoral student at the University of Colorado opened fire on a crowd at the Dark Knight Rises premiere. The gunman killed 12 people and wounded 58. Among them was comedian Caleb Medley....
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By Lucas Gardner | July 23, 2012 at 1:07 pm | One comment
Comedian Jen Kirkman's debut book I Can Barely Take Care of Myself: Tales from a Happy Life Without Kids won't be on shelves until next year, but you can pre-order it now. And you should! In Kirkman's words - “It helps 'the man' (I mean Simon and Schuster executives) know that...
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By Lucas Gardner | July 23, 2012 at 12:28 pm | No comments
Mindy Kaling will have her hands full this fall as the writer, producer and star of her new Fox sitcom The Mindy Project, but she's not ready to fully join her co-stars BJ Novak, Paul Lieberstein and James Spader in their departure from The Office. Vulture reports that Kaling...
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By Lucas Gardner | July 20, 2012 at 5:53 pm | No comments
On Sept. 25, Comedy Central will premiere Brickleberry, the new animated series from creators Roger Black and Waco O’Guin and executive producer Daniel Tosh. The series follows “the antics of a group of dysfunctional park rangers tasked with saving their fledgling national...
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