Thomas Middleditch from the hit HBO show 'Silicon Valley,' and Ben Schwartz from 'Parks and Recreation' and 'House of Lies' are joining the Comedy Central Presents Clusterfest party with their two-man improv show.
Emmy Award-winning TV host Jay Leno and stand-up comedian and host Jim Jefferies have announced additional 2018 Aces of Comedy series dates. Tickets to see these two top-tier comedians perform live at the Terry Fator Theatre inside The Mirage Hotel & Casino are on sale now.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Elisabeth Moss will join Tiffany Haddish and Melissa McCarthy in The Kitchen. The New Line feature is an adaptation of the DC/Vertigo female-fronted crime comic book series of the same name from Ollie Masters and Ming Doyle.
For the second consecutive year, late-night talk show favorite Jimmy Kimmel returned to host Hollywood's most celebrated night. The 90th Academy Awards®, produced by Oscar®-nominated Michael De Luca and Emmy®-nominated Jennifer Todd, was broadcast live from the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles, California.
A star-studded host committee, Academy Awards nominees and presenters, along with some of the most powerful industry influencers came together on March 3 rd, 2018 for the 16 th annual 'Night Before' party to benefit MPTF. Funds raised during the legendary evening will be used to support MPTF in providing social services and financial assistance to the entertainment community, as well as it's renowned retirement community and innovative programs for seniors and those who care for them. The organization impacts thousands of people each year who have committed their lives to a career in entertainment. The annual event raised $5 million last night, totaling just over $80 million in the event's history.
Recording artist and Oscar-winner Common hosted the fourth annual “Toast To The Arts: A Celebration of Fearless Art” event, March 2, honoring the Academy Award nominations of Get Out nominee Daniel Kaluuya (Best Actor); Mudbound nominees Mary J. Blige (Best Supporting Actress, Best Original Song), director Dee Rees (Best Writing Adapted Screenplay) and producer Charles D. King; as well as legendary filmmaker Charles Burnett.
According to Deadline, Cedric the Entertainer is set to star and executive produce a brand new pilot for CBS. The comedy is called WELCOME TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, and centers on an overtly friendly family from the midwest that moves to a tough area of Los Angeles. Read more about it from Deadline here!
TV One's back-to-back premieres of the autobiographical series UNCENSORED: Tiffany Haddish and Unsung: Silk on Sunday, February 18, 2018 ranked among the Top 5 telecasts on Ad-supported Cable in primetime among African-Americans, ranking #4 and #5, respectively (P25-54 & W25-54). Both shows delivered a combined reach of 1.4 Million Total Unique Viewers 2+ for the night.
Kicking off Women's History Month; ESSENCE turned the spotlight on four remarkable women, during Oscar week, with its popular “BLACK WOMEN IN HOLLYWOOD AWARDS,” held Thursday, March 1, 2018 at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, CA. Returning to its traditional daytime luncheon, the ESSENCE “BLACK WOMEN IN HOLLYWOOD AWARDS” was hosted by actress Yvonne Orji. This year's program honored actress and comedian Tiffany Haddish; actress Danai Gurira; Emmy-Award winning writer and director Lena Waithe and actress and activist Tessa Thompson. For the fourth consecutive year, the ESSENCE“BLACK WOMEN IN HOLLYWOOD AWARDS” will air as a primetime special on OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network on March 3, 2018 at 10 pm ET/PT.
Take 5 with Tiffany Haddish on the set of TBS' upcoming comedy The Last O.G. and find out what motivates her to work so hard, plus what she keeps in her trailer!
MTV today announced that actress, comedian and New York Times bestselling author Tiffany Haddish will host the '2018 MTV Movie & TV Awards' on Monday, June 18 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT. The 2018 categories and nominees will be announced at a later date.
OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network will air Essence's 11th annual 'Black Women in Hollywood Awards' as a primetime special event on Saturday, March 3 at 10 p.m. ET/PT. For over a decade, the star-studded celebration has been at the forefront of honoring Hollywood's most creative and accomplished African-American female visionaries, both in front of the camera and behind the scenes.
OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network will air Essence's 11th annual “Black Women in Hollywood Awards” as a primetime special event on Saturday, March 3 at 10 p.m. ET/PT. For over a decade, the star-studded celebration has been at the forefront of honoring Hollywood's most creative and accomplished African-American female visionaries, both in front of the camera and behind the scenes.
Kent Alterman, President of Comedy Central announced today that the Emmy® Award-winning Comedy Central series, Drunk History, has been renewed for a sixth season with sixteen episodes. Created for television by Derek Waters and Jeremy Konner, Drunk History is produced by Central Productions and executive produced by Waters and Konner, along with Gary Sanchez Productions' Will Ferrell, Adam McKay and Owen Burke. Ian Friedman and Daniel Wolfberg are the Executives in Charge of Production for Comedy Central. The fifth season currently airs on Tuesdays at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT.
Producers Michael De Luca and Jennifer Todd today announced 10 more presenters for the 90th Oscars telecast. Hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, “The Oscars” will air live Sunday, March 4, on The ABC Television Network.
Netflix has announced a new animated series is a comedy about the friendship between two 30-year-old bird women who live in the same apartment building: Tuca, a cocky, care-free toucan, and Bertie, an anxious, daydreaming songbird, called TUCA AND BERTIE. The show will star Tiffany Haddish as the voice of one of the leads.
Comedy superstar and multiple Emmy(R) nominee Tracy Morgan returns to television with TBS starring in The Last O.G., a new comedy series that he executive produces alongside creator and executive producer Jordan Peele. Beginning April 3, episodes will air Tuesdays at 10:30 p.m. (ET/PT).
TBS has released the trailer for upcoming comedy series THE LAST O.G. Multiple Emmy nominee Tracy Morgan returns to television with TBS starring in THE LAST O.G., a new comedy series that he executive produces alongside creator and executive producer Jordan Peele. TBS, which currently dominates as the number onetelevision's #1 comedy network, adds the new Morgan/Peele series to this year's slate of programming to continue its solid and successful run of well- received original series. Beginning April 3, episodes will air Tuesdays at 10:30 p.m. (ET/PT).