This Week on TV: “Search Party” premieres on TBS
This week on TV is all about Thanksgiving, as it should be. But that doesn’t mean we aren’t thankful for comedy. There just won’t be that much on television. The holiday doesn’t pull the plug on everything though as TBS has one new comedy premiere and we get a new special from one of Saturday […]
Reggie Watts gets “Spatial” in new Netflix trailer
Where to begin? Or maybe we should ask ourselves where to end? How does any of this work? Well, here’s what we do know. Netflix just dropped the first trailer for Reggie Watts: Spatial and it’s exactly what you want. Watch Watts tackle a duet with a tap-dancer, hear him make unexplainable sweet sweet music, […]
Watch a teaser for Dave Chappelle’s two new Netflix specials
We previously announced that Dave Chappelle would drop two new Netflix specials on the same day (March 21st). One recently taped in Los Angeles, and one he recorded in Austin a few years back and never released. While we saw a trailer for the specials, we’ve yet to see any clips as to what the […]
Amy Schumer responds to the alt-right trolls trying to tank her Netflix ratings
Last week, Amy Schumer’s latest hour, The Leather Special, premiered on Netflix – and the reviews were in almost immediately. Somewhat surprisingly, The Leather Special seemed to tank, generating hundreds of one- and two-star reviews in the first few days since its debut. Schumer is a huge, if a bit controversial, comic, so things just […]
This week on TV: Dave Chappelle returns!
This week we will see two major premieres we’ve been looking forward to for a while now. First up is Tuesday when the one and only Dave Chappelle will drop two new stand-up comedy specials on Netflix (The Age Of Spin and Deep In The Heart of Texas). It will be two specials from Chapelle […]
Kevin James is the latest comedian heading to Netflix
Apparently, Kevin can’t wait… to head to Netflix, like seemingly every other comedian these days. Kevin James is the latest to announce plans for a Netflix exclusive stand-up special, to air sometime in 2018. Netflix’s official release highlights some other recent stand-up acquisitions, and it’s an incredible list — with even unexpected names like James heading […]
Jeff Garlin is “Handsome” in new Netflix series featuring Eddie Pepitone and Amy Sedaris
Check out this hard-boiled trailer for new detective flick Handsome: A Netflix Mystery Movie, directed by and starring Jeff Garlin. The comedian (and star of The Goldbergs and Curb Your Enthusiasm) also directed and co-wrote the film, with novelist Andrea Seigel. Handsome is described as a “Columbo-style mystery comedy,” with Garlin as the professionally sharp – […]
Dave Chappelle tells Jimmy Kimmel all about his new Netflix specials and his daughter’s sense of humor
To celebrate his two new specials – released this week as a two-episode collection on Netflix – Dave Chappelle stopped by Jimmy Kimmel Live, to share some rarely heard stories about his family, and to give some insight into why, after such a lengthy hiatus, he decided to release new material now. Check the full […]
Netflix announces its comedy releases in April, including specials from The Lucas Brothers, Louis C.K.
It’s almost April, which means we’re about to get a ton of new titles on Netflix, including a long-awaited new special from Louis C.K. The streaming site will also be releasing a cheekily titled hour from duo The Lucas Brothers (On Drugs, like they were last year when they got too stoned to perform on 4/20), […]
Here’s the trailer for Jo Koy’s latest special, “Live from Seattle”
Jo Koy’s new special, Live from Seattle, isn’t out until later this month, but you can take a quick look at the hour – shot live last year in, you guessed it, Seattle – right now. This is the third special for Koy, a former Chelsea Lately and ComicView regular, and about the thousandth special for Netflix, who released two new […]