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‘Hot Ones’ and ‘Good Mythical Morning’ Hosts on YouTube Shows Finally Being Able to Compete for Emmys
In Sean Evans’ view, if Hot Ones was just about generating viral clips of celebs eating hot wings from hell, the show would have lost its appeal a while ago. Why it’s lasted for 24 seasons, he says, is the meaningful conversations that go hand-in-hand with the eating, a format inspired by classic shows like Late […]
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John Early Came So Close to Playing a Gay-Basher on ‘Law & Order’
John Early can’t help himself. What was to be a low-commitment interview in the park is now crudité and coffee at his Eastside Los Angeles home — and he’s already apologizing for the lack of alternative milks. “The folly of my life is that it’s all structured around getting the right marinated feta,” says the […]
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John Mulaney on the Unpredictable Alchemy of ‘Everybody’s in LA’ — and Why He’s Not Ruling Out More
To break through an algorithmically generated streaming landscape, John Mulaney decided to do something different. And people noticed. It was a six-part talk show for Netflix, premiering May 3 and ending May 10, called John Mulaney Presents: Everybody’s in LA. The live format and unrehearsed, offbeat interactions produced something TV hadn’t seen in a while — […]
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Jon Stewart Says He Feels “Reinvigorated” Being Back at ‘The Daily Show’ During FYC Event
Several members of The Daily Show – Jon Stewart, Ronny Chieng, Jordan Klepper, Michael Kosta and Desi Lydic – gathered at The Paramount Theater for the Comedy Central show’s Emmy FYC event Friday night. Throughout a nearly hour-long conversation, Stewart spent time poking fun at Donald Trump and explaining his decision to return to the […]
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‘Daily Show’ Showrunner: Why We Switched Gears for the Election
Elections are a special time at The Daily Show. When I joined the show in 1998, we were anticipating the 2000 election. Bush v. Gore would later be called “the most consequential election of our lifetime,” but for us, it was also the most important one in the short history of the show. It was […]
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John Mulaney Weighs the Possibility of More Talk Shows and Hosting the Oscars: “I’m Open”
John Mulaney isn’t saying no to anything. The comedian said this week he was open to the idea of more talk shows, and the much-discussed Oscars hosting gig. “I used to have strong opinions: ‘I’ll only do this’ or ‘I’ll never do this.’ And ‘I don’t want to get pigeonholed like this.’ And I think […]
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‘Watch What Happens Live’ Gets 15th Anniversary Special on Bravo
Bravo is taking Watch What Happens Live into primetime for the show’s 15th anniversary. The cable network will celebrate the Andy Cohen-hosted late night show with a special episode at 9 p.m. ET/PT June 30 (a couple weeks shy of the actual 15th anniversary; WWHL premiered on July 16, 2009). Guests will be announced closer […]
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Tom Brady Roast Comic Says Robert Kraft Massage Jokes Were Off-Limits
Since Tom Brady’s Netflix roast, viewers have speculated about how much the NFL star truly was upset over Jeff Ross’ joke that alluded to Patriots owner Robert Kraft being charged with soliciting prostitution after an investigation into massage parlors in Florida. Now, comedian Andrew Schulz, who participated in the roast, is saying that he believes […]
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Tom Brady Roast: Netflix Comedy Exec on Removing Kardashian Boos and What’s Next
Robbie Praw is exhausted but he wouldn’t have it any other way. The vice president of stand-up and comedy formats at Netflix is riding high after the Roast of Tom Brady, a live special that was two years in the making that he considers a huge success. The three-hour live special, which landed right in […]
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Nikki Glaser Reveals Jokes She Cut From Netflix’s Tom Brady Roast
Nikki Glaser, one of the standouts from Netflix’s Tom Brady roast, has revealed that she didn’t get to deliver every joke she had planned during the live comedy event. During an interview on SiriusXM’s The Howard Stern Show following the roast, the comedian and actress, who earned widespread praise for her set, shared some of […]
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Kim Kardashian Booed at Tom Brady Roast
Kim Kardashian was met with a mixed reaction from the crowd at the Tom Brady roast Sunday night. The reality star and businesswoman took the stage with a glass of champagne in hand. She was first met with applause, saying “thank you” in response. But then the boos overtook the cheers, and Kardashian paused to […]
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Tom Brady Roast: Kevin Hart, Jeff Ross, Bill Belichick, Will Ferrell and More Joke About Gisele Bundchen, Deflategate, Crypto Failure
Tom Brady was a good, um, sport Sunday night, where he was roasted about all aspects of his life, from his former marriage to Gisele Bündchen to his role in deflategate. Host Kevin Hart kicked off The Greatest Roast of All Time: Tom Brady by noting that the event would be focusing on the “greatest […]
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