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UK Panel Show 'Have I Got News for You?' Is Coming to the US

by | November 6th, 2012

Have I Got News for You?, a comedic UK panel show, has been a staple of British television since it was launched 22 years ago, and now producer Jimmy Mulville is attempting to bring it to the US, according to UK comedy blog Such Small Portions. If the satirical program gets picked up, it'll make use of politicians from both parties as guests. Mulville shot off two tweets yesterday, saying, "Just landed in NY to make a pilot of HIGNFY for US TV. We've got host and team captains. All we need now are two guests for Friday" and "Wonder if Mitt Romney might be unexpectedly free [...]

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UK Comic Simon Amstell Talks About Being Really Lonely in His New Stand-up Special

by | October 5th, 2012

Critically-acclaimed British stand-up Simon Amstell has a new special, Do Nothing, that's making its US debut this Saturday at 11/10c on BBC America. Amstell, whom we interviewed earlier this year, opens the special with the line, “I’m quite lonely, let’s start with that” and goes from there. Don't let the accent fool you, you xenophobes: he’s all the things we like in an American comedian: neurotic, awkward, pensive, and full of anxiety, so you should give him a chance.

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