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This Week in Comedy: 'Community' Returns, 'Comedy Bang Bang' Gets Renewed, and Chris Pratt is a Marvel Superhero

by | February 8th, 2013

-Community is back! We talked to departed creator Dan Harmon and season premiere writer Andy Bobrow, looked at highlights from the writers' Reddit AMA, and checked out how season 4 is faring with the new regime.

-Chris Pratt is going to be a Marvel superhero in Guardians of the Galaxy.

-IFC picked up Comedy Bang Bang for a giant, 20-episode season.

-Kristen Wiig officially signed on for Anchorman 2.

-Delocated will end with a special season finale.

-From across the pond: Monty Python is reuniting for Terry Jones's new sci-fi movie, and the Alan Partridge movie finally started [...]

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This Week in Comedy: 'Ben and Kate' and 'Don't Trust the B' Canceled, Damon Hosts Kimmel, and a 'Bored to Death' Movie

by | January 25th, 2013

- Fox pulled Ben and Kate from its schedule and ABC pulled Don't Trust the B, meaning they're both pretty much canceled, which is a shame 'cause they're good shows

- Matt Damon took revenge on Jimmy Kimmel by tying him up and hosting his show in front of him.

- A Bored to Death movie for HBO is officially happening.

- Pilot season kicked into high gear and the networks ordered up a bunch of pilots.

- We interviewed the Workaholics guys, SNL writer and New Yorker cartoonist Zach Kanin, Newsreaders star Mather Zickel, and the duo behind the web video "Fleetwood Mac Men."

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This Week in Comedy: Fallon Might Replace Leno in 2014, 'This Is 40,' and Cool 'Arrested Development' Stuff

by | December 21st, 2012

- NBC is rumored to be replacing Jay Leno with Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show in 2014. Here are our Top 12 Jimmy Fallon replacements, should this happen.

- Jon Dore and Rory Scovel did a Conan bit for the history books.

- Netflix added a bunch of fake movies and TV shows from Arrested Development to its Watch Instantly menu.

- Jenny Slate was cast as Jean-Ralphio's twin sister Mona-Lisa on Parks and Recreation.

- Judd Apatow's latest, This Is 40, was released and drew mixed reviews.

- With Scott Aukerman's weekly live show Comedy Bang Bang gone, we pondered [...]

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This Week in Comedy: Chevy Chase, Maria Bamford, Key & Peele, Rob Huebel, and More

by | November 30th, 2012

- Chevy Chase has left Community, Wyatt Cenac is leaving The Daily Show, and Angus T. Jones is probably leaving Two and a Half Men.

- Maria Bamford released her new stand-up special, recorded in her living room with her parents as the only audience members.

- Comedy Central picked up Key & Peele for a third season, FX renewed Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell and Brand X with Russell Brand for second seasons, and MTV canceled the US version of The Inbetweeners.

- Longtime Conan writer Brian McCann was hired as the head writer for Nikki Glaser and Sara [...]

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A Stormy Week in Comedy

by | November 2nd, 2012

- Jimmy Fallon and David Letterman did their shows without audiences for a night because of Hurricane Sandy wreaking havoc across the Northeast, while Bill Hader and this weekend's host Louis C.K. promised that SNL will go on.

- Adult Swim picked up Dan Harmon's new series Rick & Morty, while his old series, Community, finally got a premiere date (February 7th).

- A premiere date for Arrested Development was also set (April 2013).

- Letterman did Kimmel, Leno did Ferguson, and Stewart and Colbert also did Kimmel.

- NBC is turning Up All Night into a three-camera sitcom with a live [...]

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Jason Bateman and Melissa McCarthy's 'Identity Thief' Disappoints Critics

by | February 8th, 2013

The first big comedy of the year, Identity Thief, starring Jason Bateman and Melissa McCarthy and directed by Horrible Bosses helmer Seth Gordon, drops today, and reviews so far are overwhelmingly negative. Identity Thief, as of this writing, has received a 25% on Rotten Tomatoes and a 41/100 Metacritic. Reviewers have come to a consensus that Bateman and McCarthy aren't the problems with the movie and that the laugh-light, undisciplined script is its greatest weakness. Critics have singled out Bateman and McCarthy's performance, in particular, making the two leads the only subjects of praise in the movie amongst critics. The Seattle Times sums it up, writing [...]

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This Week in Comedy: Jimmy Kimmel Moves to 11:30, '30 Rock' Winds Down, 'Arrested Development,' and More

by | January 11th, 2013

- Jimmy Kimmel Live moved to 11:35, now directly facing off with Leno and Letterman. Will Ferrell and Ryan Gosling interrupted Kimmel's second 11:35 show to sell knives on QVC.

- 30 Rock is ending, but Tina Fey and co-showrunner Robert Carlock are going to work on a new show together.

- We got some more details on the new season of Arrested Development.

- We interviewed Paula Pell about the movies she's writing and spending 17 years on SNL, Reno 911's Tom Lennon about all the big movie and TV parts he almost got, and Jeff Garlin about his new Earwolf podcast By the Way.

- Bill Cosby went on [...]

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This Week in Comedy: 'Arrested Development,' Eugene Mirman, Colbert's Super PAC

by | December 14th, 2012

- Netflix expanded Arrested Development's fourth season to 12-15 episodes.

- Stephen Colbert gave nearly $800,000 his Super PAC earned to charity.

- The Golden Globes handed out nominations to some shows that deserve it and snubbed a lot of other talented people and shows.

- We profiled Eugene Mirman and his unique approach to comedy.

- Wyatt Cenac did his last Daily Show.

- Nell Scovell wrote about the amazing writers' room for The Wilton North Report.

- We talked to Peter Serafinowicz, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon writer Dan Opsal, and Stephen Tobolowsky.

- Daniel Kibblesmith wrote about Verizon [...]

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This Week in Comedy: 'Arrested Development,' Judd Apatow, and a Coked-Up Heckler

by | November 16th, 2012

- Michael Cera is writing for the new season of Arrested Development.

- Standup Jake Weisman invited a heckler onstage who accidentally dropped a bag of cocaine.

- Judd Apatow says HBO is making a third season of Girls.

- Scott Aukerman is ending the Comedy Bang Bang live show after an impressive 10 year run.

- We interviewed John Lurie, Charlie Murphy, and Eric Idle.

- We dug up Louis C.K.'s first HBO special Shameless.

- We examined the legacy of Beverly Hills Cop and the Beverly Hills Cop/Crocodile Dundee crossover that almost happened.

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A Triumphant Week in Comedy

by | October 26th, 2012

- After a long summer break, Happy Endings finally returned. The cast and writers held an awesome live show, which you can watch here.

- Louis C.K. is hosting SNL next week, and we looked at his 19-year past with the NBC sketch show.

- Arrested Development guest stars Maria Bamford, Conan O'Brien, and Andy Richter were revealed.

- The Office head honcho Greg Daniels is producing new shows for stars Craig Robinson (for NBC) and Brian Baumgartner (for ABC).

- Brandon T. Jackson was hired to play Axel Foley's son in the new Beverly Hills Cop TV series.

- Ellen DeGeneres received the Mark Twain Prize.

- We [...]

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This Week in Comedy: '30 Rock' Ends, 'Kroll Show' Gets Renewed, and Amy Poehler's Writing a Memoir

by | February 1st, 2013

- Comedy Central renewed Kroll Show for a second season after just two episodes, while CBS renewed How I Met Your Mother for a ninth and final season. 

- Amy Poehler is writing an illustrated, non-linear memoir due out sometime in 2014.

- 30 Rock has ended, and in a way so has New York City-based TV production, but also Tina Fey wants to make a Mean Girls musical.

- We introduced you to the next wave of comedians on each coast.

- Jonathan Coulton's Glee 'cover' beat all the Glee songs in the charts.

- Earwolf made Comedy Bang Bang's first video podcast, and Ken Marino's Burning Love web series is going to be on TV.

- We talked to Nikki Glasser [...]

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This Week in Comedy: 'Arrested Development' Episode Titles, Paul F. Tompkins Sings, and More

by | January 4th, 2013

- A Fox press site accidentally posted all the episode titles for the new season of Arrested Development.

- Paul F. Tompkins released a video of himself performing one hell of a cover of Adele's "Skyfall."

- We talked to Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein about the new season of Portlandia.

- We crunched the numbers on SNL 's current season since we're now midway through.

- Wes Anderson announced the full cast for his next movie The Grand Budapest Hotel: Ralph Fiennes, Tilda Swinton, Jeff Goldblum, Willem Dafoe, Jude Law, Adrien Brody, Edward Norton, Harvey Keitel, Jason Schwartzman, and of course, Bill Murray and Owen Wilson.

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This Week in Comedy: 'Anchorman 2,' A 'Freaks and Geeks' Reunion, Senator Stephen Colbert, and More

by | December 7th, 2012

- Kristen Wiig might be playing Brick Tamland's wife in Anchorman 2.

- The Freaks and Geeks cast reunited.

- Albert Brooks and Bill Murray each made phenomenal Letterman appearances.

- Stephen Colbert celebrated Hobbit Week and has some Senate buzz.

- Scott Aukerman's Los Angeles stand-up show Comedy Bang Bang ended its 10-year run with a night full of comedy superstars.

- The Grammy Award nominees for Best Comedy Album were announced and overlooked a lot of great stuff.

- Dennis Perrin looked back on the life of his friend, longtime SNL writer Tom Davis.

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An Electiony Week in Comedy

by | November 9th, 2012

- Barack Obama won re-election, just like South Park predicted.

- The Daily Show, Colbert, Conan, Key & Peele, and The Chris Gethard Show all covered the election.

- Newly-re-elected Joe Biden is coming to Parks and Recreation. Unfortunately, he won't be squaring off with Ron Swanson.

- Kristen Wiig and Bill Hader are making another movie together.

- Michael Ian Black debuted his new 4AM Adult Swim infomercial parody You're Here.

- Maria Bamford is releasing a new stand-up special, recorded in her living room in front of only her parents.

- We rounded up 13 great stand-up comedy bits about Star [...]

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