By Samantha Simon | April 26, 2012 at 4:57 pm | No comments
She has nearly 340,000 Twitter followers and some serious heat behind her. Kelly Oxford's latest comedy triumph is a big one: she just landed a deal with Warner Bros. selling her spec script called Son Of A Bitch, for low to mid six figures, according to Deadline. The story...
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By Samantha Simon | April 26, 2012 at 2:22 pm | One comment
Start the countdown!
Futurama makes its return to Comedy Central in less than two months.The season seven premiere starts with a bang on Wednesday, June 20 at 10 pm EST-- and they're not skimping. It's a whole TWO-episode premiere! And if that wasn't enough to look forward...
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By Samantha Simon | April 25, 2012 at 2:35 pm | No comments
President Barack Obama made a special guest appearance on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon's signature installment, "Slow Jamming The News." The segment focused on the President's call to Congress to prevent rates from doubling on federal Stafford student loans before legislation...
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By Samantha Simon | April 25, 2012 at 11:28 am | 2 comments
Poor, Daniel Tosh. Comedy Central wanted to do a nice thing for him by putting up a banner in the comedian's hometown, Titusville, Florida, to celebrate his roots. The banner would run from May 14 to June 10, with proceeds expected to provide funding for Titusville's Fourth of...
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By Samantha Simon | April 25, 2012 at 11:08 am | No comments
Anchor Bay just released the red band trailer for their stoner flick High School which premiered at Sundance over two years ago. It'll hit theaters June 1.
The film focuses on Henry Burke (Matt Bush) who is the soon-to-be valedictorian of his high school class. When a little...
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By Samantha Simon | April 23, 2012 at 1:36 pm | No comments
Between Two Ferns is coming to television! It's true. On his long-running podcast Comedy Bang Bang, Scott Aukerman told listeners this morning that he just got done directing a 30-minute version of the most enjoyably uncomfortable interview show for Comedy Central.
Between...
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By Samantha Simon | April 23, 2012 at 12:42 pm | No comments
Former Friends star Matthew Perry will return to network television-- and for his former employer, NBC. The network picked up his new sitcom Go On, which is being executive produced by former Friends showrunner Scott Silveri.
The single-camera show (read: the way Friends...
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By Samantha Simon | April 20, 2012 at 3:37 pm | 13 comments
You may have heard Sarah Silverman has once again come under fire-- this time for a pair of tweets some people are calling a cry for attention, while others have celebrated as a poignant political statement. The outspoken comedian tweeted a photo of herself, exposing her belly,...
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By Samantha Simon | April 19, 2012 at 4:51 pm | No comments
After the cancellation of his late-night chat show Lopez Tonight on TBS, comedian George Lopez is scheduled to make his return to the small screen-- this time, as the host of a new dating show on Fox called Take Me Out.
The game show is based on the Australian show Taken Out,...
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