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The Daily Show Announces Guest Hosts, Including Hasan Minhaj, Al Franken, and Chelsea Handler
The Daily Show will feature a number of guest hosts at the anchor desk following Trevor Noah’s departure at the end of the week. Hasan Minhaj, Al Franken, Chelsea Handler, Sarah Silverman, Kal Penn, and Leslie Jones will each take a turn anchoring The Daily Show when new episodes air starting on January 17th. Other guest hosts include John Leguizamo, Wanda Sykes, Marlon Wayans, and D.L. Hughley, with several more hosts still to be announced in the weeks ahead. Current Daily Show correspondents like Jordan Klepper, Roy Wood Jr., and Ronny Chieng are also expected to get an opportunity to host the show in what could prove to be a possible audition to replace Noah. Advertisement Related Video Comedy Central has yet to name a permanent replacement for Noah, but that individual is expected to b...
Stand-Up Comedian Teddy Ray Dies at 32
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: @teddyraycomedy / Instagram The comedy world received a shock as it was confirmed that Teddy Ray, a rising talent featured on Comedy Central and MTV who captivated audiences and worked with some of the best in the industry, has passed away at the age of 32. According to reports, the comedian, actor, and writer was found deceased at home in the desert community of Rancho Mirage, California at 10 A.M. last Friday (August 12th). The cause of his passing is currently unknown, and according to Sgt. Brandi Swan of the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department, there is an investigation being conducted by the county coroner’s office. Born Theadore Brown in Los Angeles, California on July 30th, 1990, Ray began as a stand-up comedian who was a fixture at venues such a...
EXCLUSIVE: Charlamagne Tha God On New ‘Hell Of A Week’ Season, Talks Desus & Mero
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Comedy Central / Comedy Central Charlamagne Tha God returns to late night in a triumphant manner, as we get to sit down with the media personality as the new season of his show kicks off. The late-night talk show hosted by the multi-hyphenate media personality returns to Comedy Central with a new name, Hell of A Week With Charlamagne Tha God. Rest assured, it not only retains the same provocative but pulsating and positive energy that drew audiences in when it dropped last year, but it moves in a precise manner that will definitely keep viewers locked in. Related Stories The first episode gets off to a highly entertaining start from Charlamagne’s opening monologue and doesn’t let up as he held court with a panel that featured comedian and Brilliant Idiots...
Charlamagne’s ‘Tha God’s Honest Truth’ Renewed By Comedy Central For Second Season
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Comedy Central / Comedy Central Charlamagne Tha God will be back to deliver his signature brand of commentary on television, as his weekly talk show with Comedy Central has been renewed for a second season. In a press release issued on Wednesday (February 16th), MTV Entertainment Group announced that Tha God’s Honest Truth with Charlamagne Tha God would return for a second season. The talk show, which was created by its host and executively produced by Stephen Colbert and Aaron McGruder is slated to debut its new season at some point in the summer. Karen Kinney, James Dixon, Chris Licht, and Norm Aladjem are executive producers along with showrunner Rachel Edwards. Tha God’s Honest Truth was a smash hit with viewers due to the host’s unique interviewing s...
South Park Season 25 Coming to Comedy Central in February
South Park will return to Comedy Central for its 25th season starting February 2nd. The new season will consist of six episodes airing Wednesdays at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT. Following their broadcast premiere on Comedy Central, episodes will be available to stream on SouthPark.cc.com, CC.com and the Comedy Central App. Season 25 will mark South Park’s first full season of episodes since 2019. Due to production challenges caused by the pandemic, Season 24 consisted of two extended specials which aired separately in 2020 and 2021. Related Video Last year, South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone struck a massive deal with ViacomCBS for six more seasons of South Park on Comedy Central, as well as 14 made-for-TV films exclusive to Paramount+. The first two films, South Park: Post Covid and Sout...
Comedian Josh Johnson Fights Some Bees For His Life in “# (Hashtag)” Special Clip: Exclusive
Over the past few years, comedian Josh Johnson has been building up a seriously impressive resume. The Chicago-based stand-up performer, writer, and podcaster regularly juggles more projects than we can keep track of, and his hard work is really starting to pay off. Last year, Johnson received an Emmy nomination for his writing work on Trevor Noah’s The Daily Show, and he was recently named one of Variety’s 10 Comics to Watch in 2021. The rising star is now preparing for multimedia releases of his debut stand-up special Trevor Noah Presents Josh Johnson: # (Hashtag). The hourlong special first aired on Comedy Central on June 18th, and will be made available for streaming on Paramount+ on August 11th; an album version will follow shortly in September. First, Consequence is exclusively premi...
Charlamagne Tha God To Host Late Night Talk Show On Comedy Central
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Nick Fancher / Comedy Central Charlamagne Tha God is returning to your late-night television screen. The media personality and host of The Breakfast Club is getting late night talk show on Comedy Central. Tha God’s Honest Truth with Lenard “Charlamagne” McKelvey is set to premiere on September 17 at 10PM ET on Comedy Central. The series is being executive produced by Stephen Colbert, who besides hosting The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on CBS, happens to share South Carolina roots with Charlamagne. Colbert also came to fame on Comedy Central hosting The Colbert Report from 2005 to 2014. Source: Scott Kowalchyk for CBS / Comedy Central The weekly late-night series is being billed as a “culturally fluent take on social issues” as Charlamagne offer his tak...
J Balvin Talks Pablo Escobar, Mental Health and Making ‘Dreams Come True’ In Colombia
“We have to show the positive side,” he explains. “We’re not into this world anymore.” Balvin also reveals he hangs with Escobar’s son. “He’s like, ‘my dad taught the world how to not do things right,’” Balvin recounts. “He just messed up a whole generation. I want to show the world the new generation.” That generation is striding ahead, he continues, and people from Colombia right now are “making the dream come true.” The “Mi Gente” singer also opened up about the “lottery” that is anxiety, which has struck him before showtime. “Depression is not being sad. Depression is a chemical disbalance in the brain,” he explains. “It’s way more powerful than you.” He speaks with experience on the subject. Balvin has taken medication for his condition for 10 years. “I used to be like, going to the p...
Comedy Central Censored a Schitt’s Creek Gay Kiss Scene in India
Schitt’s Creek is currently airing on Comedy Central as part of a new syndication deal inked shortly before the beloved series made history at the 2020 Emmys. However, the TV network isn’t exactly broadcasting all of the episodes as intended — at least not around the world. According to Schitt’s Creek co-creator and star Dan Levy, Comedy Central in India has censored out a kiss between his character David Rose and Ted Mullens (Dustin Milligan). In a tweet on Tuesday, Levy called out the TV network and attached video proof of the doctored footage. The clip, meant to be a promo, focuses on the spin-the-bottle scene of the Season 5 episode “Housewarming”. While kisses between two women and between a man and a woman are shown, the one between two men — David and Ted — is edited out completely....
John Mulaney Returns to Comedy Central for Two New Specials
John Mulaney is officially returning to Comedy Central for two new specials. Headlined and executive produced by Mulaney himself, both specials will be continuations of John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch, his Netflix special released last December. That 2019 children’s musical comedy project was inspired by TV classics like Sesame Street and boasted cameos from David Byrne, Jake Gyllenhaal, Natasha Lyonne, and more. A press statement teases that one of the two upcoming Comedy Central specials will be holiday-themed and “will reunite the cast from the original” Sack Lunch Bunch, so be prepared to again see Byrne running fun science experiments. For Mulaney, these new projects mark his first for Comedy Central in eight years. His last release for the TV network was New in Town back...
Charlamagne Tha God Hosting Weekly Talk Show On Comedy Central
Source: Tom Williams / Getty Charlamagne Tha God is going to be a little busier. The host of The Breakfast Club will also be holding down a weekly talk show on Comedy Central. Vulture reports that the man born Lenard McKelvey will be hosting a new weekly half-hour series that will focus on “current events and cultural issues.” Details are still being sorted and at the moment there is no solid date as to when it will premiere. However, the goal is to get the series into production by November’s Presidential election. The series reunites Charlamagne with producer Chris McCarthy, president of the Entertainment and Youth Group at Comedy Central parent company ViacomCBS, who put Tha God on MTV2, which included stints hosting Charlamagne & Friends and Uncommon Sense. Bringing Charlamag...
Beavis and Butt-Head Are Returning With New Episodes
New episodes of Beavis and Butt-Head are coming to Comedy Central. Mike Judge is resurrecting his beloved Gen X cartoon as part of a new deal with the cable network. In addition to two new seasons of Beavis and Butt-Head, the deal calls for spin-offs and specials, according to The Hollywood Reporter. “We are thrilled to be working with Mike Judge and the great team at 3 Arts again as we double down on adult animation at Comedy Central,” Chris McCarthy, head of ViacomCBS’ entertainment and youth group, said in a statement. “Beavis and Butt-Head were a defining voice of a generation, and we can’t wait to watch as they navigate the treacherous waters of a world light-years from their own.” In his own statement, Judge joked, “It seemed like the time was right to get stupid again...
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