Comedy Central orders nine pilots, picks up three series including a game show from Reggie Watts
It’s a huge day for Comedy Central, as the network reveals a development slate for the 2017-18 season that includes nine new pilot orders and three full season pick-ups. The shows picked up to series are The New Negroes, based on Baron Vaughn and Open Mike Eagle’s acclaimed live show of the same name; Corporate, […]
Netflix will drop “The Comedy Lineup” on July 3rd
Netflix announced its plans to air a series of 15 minute stand-up comedy sets from up-and-coming comedians called The Comedy Lineup. The 8 comedians that made up part 1 of the series gathered in New Orleans recently to tape and now we’ve learned that they’ll be released on July 3rd, just in time for you […]
Netflix to launch 15-minute comedy special series for emerging comics
Courtesy of Mindy Tucker When it comes to stand-up comedy Netflix it trying to do something different again. In addition to releasing the lion’s share of stand-up specials in 2017 (averaging 1 a week) they also took an experiment with launching The Standups by taking 6 great comedians and giving them half hour specials and […]