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Posted Thursday 11/11/21 at 1:33PM EST
Watch Netflix's Michael Che: Shame the Devil Netflix standup special trailer
Michael Che's first Netflix standup special since 2016's Michael Che Matters drops on Nov.
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Posted Friday 11/05/21 at 6:49PM EDT
Teri Hatcher to try standup comedy on Showtime
The Desperate Housewives alum will make her standup comedy debut, joining Carole Montgomery, Wendy Liebman, Monique Marvez, Leighann Lord and...
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Posted Thursday 11/04/21 at 1:08PM EDT
Dave Chappelle's The Closer debuts at No. 7 on Nielsen's Streaming Top with a 59% male audience
The controversial Netflix standup special was the most male-skewing show on Nielsen's Streaming Top 10 for the week of Oct.
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Posted Thursday 11/04/21 at 1:08PM EDT
Mo Amer to star in a Netflix scripted comedy series and standup special
The Palestinian American standup comedian and Ramy star is reteaming with Ramy Youssef on both projects.
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Posted Tuesday 11/02/21 at 2:20PM EDT
Michael Che's second Netflix special drops this month
Michael Che: Shame the Devil premieres Nov.
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Posted Tuesday 11/02/21 at 2:20PM EDT
Dan Aykroyd weighs in on cancel culture: Offensive material "should be rightly canceled for its hurtfulness"
"There is enough range in humor where you don’t have to go scatological and you don’t have to go pulling...
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Posted Saturday 10/30/21 at 5:41AM EDT
Dave Chappelle depends on "The Cancellation Scam" because he fears irrelevance
Chappelle, says Zeba Blay, "doesn’t really fear cancellation — he relishes and welcomes it.
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Posted Saturday 10/30/21 at 5:41AM EDT
Roy Wood Jr.'s Imperfect Messenger is an evolution for The Daily Show star
In his recently taped Comedy Central special, "Wood is even more comfortable moving between broad cultural observations and explicitly silly...
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Posted Friday 10/29/21 at 7:37PM EDT
Netflix hit with a labor complaint alleging the company is trying to stop employees from "speaking up" over Dave Chappelle's The Closer
Former Netflix program manager B.
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Posted Friday 10/29/21 at 1:26PM EDT
Watch Peacock's trailer for Joyelle Nicole Johnson's first standup special
Johnson filmed the special Love Joy, premiering on Nov.
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Posted Thursday 10/28/21 at 3:27AM EDT
Mort Sahl might be the only comic who paved the way for both Hannah Gadsby and Dave Chappelle
In analyzing the influence of Sahl, who died Tuesday at age 94, Jason Zinoman looks at the legendary comedian's legacy...
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Posted Thursday 10/28/21 at 3:27AM EDT
Don't expect Netflix to quit Dave Chappelle after The Closer controversy
"It was not as if (Netflix co-CEO Ted) Sarandos could not have anticipated the backlash to The Closer; several of...
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Mort Sahl, who redefined standup comedy by tackling political and social issues, dies at 94
Sahl, who died Tuesday, revolutionized comedy in the 1950s by confronting "Eisenhower-era cultural complacency with acid stage monologues, delivering biting...
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Posted Tuesday 10/26/21 at 3:51AM EDT
The Dave Chappelle controversy is further proof Netflix isn't your friend
"Like most upstart studios, Netflix made inroads by targeting soft spots in the marketplace, areas where Hollywood’s institutional culture was...
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Dave Chappelle says he won't be "bending to anyone's demands," slams Hannah Gadsby as "not funny"
Chappelle released a standup comedy video on Instagram showing him responding to the trans controversy over his The Closer Netflix special.