Comedy Central has ordered a half-hour pilot to star Andy Daly called Review with Forrest MacNeil, an adaptation of the Australian series Review with Myles Barlow, in which the titular character uses a one-to-five-star review format to critique “difficult life experiences”...
Margaret Cho returns to premium cable this weekend with another stand-up special, her sixth. Cho Dependent captures a December 2010 Atlanta performance from the comedian’s tour in support of her musical comedy album by the same name. The new special will feature, as is to...
Cartman turns his sights on border-crossing Mexicans in this week’s new South Park episode, "The Last of the Meheecans." In the preview clip below, the boys are playing a relatively innocent game of ‘Texans vs. Mexicans.’ But this is South Park, so chances of things...
A couple of weeks ago we discussed Snoop Dogg’s comedy history in light of news that he was developing a family-oriented sitcom. Now the show is becoming a reality, having found a home—and a script commitment—at NBC. The as-yet-untitled project is set to feature Snoop...
Fox’s New Girl starring Zooey Deschanel is a huge hit, but apparently one hipster dream girl at a time isn’t enough for some viewers. The show is bringing in Party Down’s Lizzy Caplan for three episodes. Caplan will guest star as Julia Baker, a new love interest for...
Saturday Night Live's Abby Elliott is obsessed with balls. That’s the gist of this aptly titled music video, "Balls!" in which Elliott plays a Britney sound-alike who is intensely fascinated by testicles. But it’s not a sexual obsession; it’s just that they’re so weird....
Joel and Ethan Coen are bringing their cinematic magic to the small screen. The Oscar-winning filmmakers—along with Cedar Rapids writer Phil Johnson—have co-created an hour-long comedy series for Fox called Harve Karbo. The series is about a Los-Angeles-based private...
