By Dylan P. Gadino | September 15, 2012 at 4:15 pm | 5 comments
Though we haven’t heard a lot of details in the last few months about Larry David’s film project, there’s now a windfall of info available— like the movie's title, for instance. It’s called Clear History and it's being produced for HBO, a natural home for the creator...
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By Lucas Gardner | August 16, 2012 at 2:14 pm | No comments
Godfather of the mockumentary Christopher Guest has gotten the green light from HBO for a new series called Family Tree. Guest will serve as the director, and will co-write the series with his frequent collaborator Jim Piddock.
The single-camera mockumentary, reports...
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By Lucas Gardner | August 7, 2012 at 4:04 pm | No comments
HBO's web-based service HBO Go has had hours and hours of comedy specials, as well as episodes of their own original comedy programs, archived and available to stream for subscribers since its launch in 2010. Now, they're rolling out some original digital comedies from the likes...
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By Samantha Simon | July 24, 2012 at 1:08 pm | One comment
HBO has picked up Hello Ladies, a pilot from Stephen Merchant, co-creator with Ricky Gervais of the British The Office. The would star Merchant as an Englishman who has relocated to Los Angeles in hopes of joining the ranks of the rich, famous and beautiful. The problem,...
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By Lucas Gardner | July 16, 2012 at 5:15 pm | 8 comments
On George Lopez' newest special It's Not Me, It's You, which debuted live on HBO this past weekend, Lopez warns: “I'm gonna talk a lot of shit today.” And talk shit he did. And as a result, the veteran comedian upset some members of the LGBT community after a questionable...
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By Lucas Gardner | July 13, 2012 at 1:48 pm | No comments
George Lopez is returning to HBO with It's Not Me, It's You, his third live stand-up special on the network. The new set, filmed at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles (which Lopez has sold-out a record-breaking 24 times) features the comic, author and former late-night host...
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By Dylan P. Gadino | July 2, 2012 at 11:05 pm | 2 comments
Oh, hey. Remember all that talk months ago from Danny McBride about how he and Eastbound & Down co-creator Jody Hill wanted to go off and do other things instead of coming back to HBO for a fourth season? Well, forget you ever heard it. Eastbound & Down is coming back for a...
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By Laughspin Staff | June 25, 2012 at 5:06 pm | One comment
Before she became a comedy flick darling from her roles in Superbad, Zombieland, Friends With Benefits, Easy A, Crazy, Stupid, Love. and more-- not to mention earning some drama cred with her part in the Oscar-winning The Help, an 18-year-old Emma Stone popped up on Louis C.K.'s...
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By Dylan P. Gadino | June 15, 2012 at 11:07 am | No comments
Late at night, when I close my eyes I can still hear the sobbing of thousands of comedy nerds over the cancellation of HBO's critically acclaimed series Bored To Death. Last night, however, the wailing stopped, if but for a moment. I became curious as to why. The reason, I...
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