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Renewals

Comedy Central Renews 'Nathan for You' for a Second Season

by | April 26th, 2013

Comedy Central did the right thing today and picked up its critically-acclaimed series Nathan for You for a second season. Billed as a "docu-reality" series that follows comedian Nathan Fielder as he uses his business degree to advise struggling companies, Nathan for You is easily TV's best new comedy, and it should get even better in its second season. Created by Fielder and Michael Koman (Eagleheart, Conan),  Nathan For You wrapped its eight-episode first season last week. The network says Season 2 will debut in 2014 and consist of 10 episodes this time around. Hopefully, Comedy Central will allow Fielder to strap himself to the front of a plane to [...]

New Shows

Watch Some of Anthony Jeselnik's New Comedy Central Show 'The Jeselnik Offensive'

by | February 19th, 2013

Here's the first part of tonight's episode of Anthony Jeselnik's new show The Jeselnik Offensive, which debuts tonight on Comedy Central at 10:30. The show's basically Jeselnik and a panel of comedians joking about current events and pop culture, and his guests tonight are Aziz Ansari and Amy Schumer. Now that you've seen the first seven minutes of the episode, you can just start watching tonight at 10:37 instead of 10:30 to pick up where you left off.

Edgy Material

Anthony Jeselnik Draws Criticism for Mocking a Shark Attack Victim on TV

by | March 13th, 2013

On his new Comedy Central series The Jeselnik Offensive last night, comedian Anthony Jeselnik discussed the recent death of a New Zealand man who was killed by a great white shark and then proceeded to introduce a segment called "Shark Party!" in which he joked around about being excited about the tragedy and held a party to celebrate it while a bunch of ladies dressed as sharks danced with him. New Zealand's One News reports that the victim's family (unsurprisingly) was "disgusted" by the segment, which concludes with Jeselnik putting the victim's photo onscreen and calling him a "son of a bitch." Being deliberately shocking and offensive and [...]

premieres

Comedy Central Sets Premiere Dates for New Shows from Nick Kroll, Amy Schumer, and Anthony Jeselnik

by | December 11th, 2012

Comedy Central just slated a huge batch of new and returning shows for midseason 2013. Here's info on the new shows and when you can see them:

Kroll Show – Jan. 16 - Nick Kroll's new sketch show featuring his beloved characters like Fabrice Fabrice, Bobby Bottleservice, and the Ed Hardy Boyz, plus a slew of new ones and guest stars like Fred Armisen, Andy Daly, Kathryn Hahn, and Ed Helms.

The Jeselnik Offensive – Feb. 19 - Anthony Jeselnik's topical show which sees him tackling the latest headlines, joined by a panel of two other comedians each week.

The Ben Show – Feb. 28 - A [...]

New Shows

Anthony Jeselnik and Pete Holmes Talk to Each Other About Comedy Stuff for 'Vulture'

by | February 20th, 2013

"On Fallon, we would have these pitch meetings. And every single time I would pitch, it would be the biggest disaster of all time. Some of the writers would laugh, but Jimmy would always stare at me as if I was trying to make fun of him, which I wasn’t at all. The producer said to me a couple times, 'Listen, we all know you’re funny, but these bits you’re pitching, they’d be great for The Anthony Jeselnik Show, but they’re not right for The Jimmy Fallon Show.' And after a couple times hearing that, I was like, 'God, that Anthony Jeselnik Show sounds really funny.'"

- Anthony Jeselnik, star of Comedy Central's new series The Jeselnik [...]

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