Television

Homicide victims in the new Netflix series Murderville are in less than dependable hands as Will Arnett’s Senior Detective Terry Seattle recruits scriptless celebrity guests to help solve the murder mystery of the day. Premiering with six full episodes on Feb. 3, the first season of Murderville features Annie Murphy, Conan O’Brien, Ken Jeong, Kumail Nanjiani, Marshawn Lynch, and Sharon Stone as Detective Seattle’s partners. In the first official trailer, Jeong’s victim is already a total lost cause. At the instruction of a chaotic Detective Seattle, the comedian tampers with...

The Weekend Update crew tackled Joe Biden’s historically long press conference, Krysten Sinema’s upholding of the filibuster, Prince Andrew’s Twitter and more on the latest episode of Saturday Night Live. “President Biden marked the end of his first year in office with a two-hour press conference, because that’s how long it took to list everything that’s gone wrong,” Colin Jost said. “It was actually the longest presidential press conference, but as I’ve been told many times before, just because you went for a long time, doesn’t mean you did a...

With former cast member Will Forte back as host, his beloved MacGruber character returned to Saturday Night Live… as an anti-vax, Fauci-hating conspiracy theorist. Joined by Kristen Wiig and Ryan Phillippe — Forte’s co-stars on the new MacGruber Peacock series — the bumbling special agent and his cohorts are locked in a room where MacGruber has one minute to diffuse a bomb. However, he keeps getting sidetracked by Covid-19 rabbit holes in increasingly dangerous ways. First, MacGruber burns the trio’s “face diapers,” ensuring them that he’s “vaxxed and relaxed” before...

In this week’s Cold Open, Kate McKinnon reprised her bit as Fox News host, Laura Ingraham, assessing the first year of Biden’s presidency. “Gas is $19 a gallon and the green M&M’s been canceled just for being a whore.” Then, transitioning to the week’s news, she said: “America is still mourning from the loss of America’s Dad, Fred Durst.” The parody segment went on with plenty of easy swings from cast members like Aidy Bryant as Senator Ted Cruz, who compared her beard to the January 6th insurrection: “shocking at...

Louie Anderson, beloved stand-up comedian, actor, and game show host died Friday at the age of 68. The comedian’s death was confirmed by Anderson’s publicist, noting the cause of death as complications from cancer; earlier this week, it was revealed that Anderson was being treated in a Las Vegas hospital for Diffuse large B cell lymphoma. “Born in St Paul Minnesota, the three­-time Emmy Award winner was one of the country’s most recognized and adored comics,” his rep added. “His career spanned more than 40 years. He was a bestselling...

It was inching close to midnight after a long day of filming The Louie Show in front of a live audience. The crew was ready to wrap, and Paul Feig still had to reshoot a scene from earlier in the day where his character’s lines were filled with medical jargon. He was feeling the pressure to get his scene done in a single take. But Louie Anderson was there. “Don’t let them pressure you,” Anderson told him. “You’ve got to get it right. And if you have a hard time,...

Cool cats and kittens defender Carole Baskin plots the end of Joe Exotic‘s reign in the first teaser for Peacock’s Joe vs. Carole show — and Kate McKinnon purrfects the quirks, cringe, and nonsense of the Tiger King villainess. On Friday, Peacock released the first teaser of Joe vs. Carole — inspired by the 2020 podcast Joe Exotic: Tiger King — which is set to release on March 3. The 35-second clip focuses on McKinnon as she devises a plan to take down Exotic (John Cameron Mitchell) and his money-making enterprise. “This is...

Squid Game isn’t done. On Thursday, Netflix chief content officer and co-CEO Ted Sarandos confirmed that the Korean drama is returning for a second season. “Absolutely,” Sarandos said during an interview about Netflix’s fourth quarter 2021 earnings interview, as Variety reports. “The Squid Game universe has just begun.” It’s no surprise that the Hwang Dong-hyuk-created show is returning as it quickly became Netflix’s most-viewed television series worldwide. The show is reportedly worth $900 million, according to Bloomberg. Hwang previously shared that he was in talks with the streaming giant to continue...

There’s a popular concept on Twitter known as the Main Character, or someone who fills the position of flogging post after having posted something outrageously stupid. Usually, the Main Character is a minor columnist with a bad parenting take, or a clueless centrist pundit who takes umbrage to people making fart jokes about their name. For the past six weeks or so, the Main Character on Twitter has been Che Diaz. On paper, there is nothing patently offensive about Che Diaz, Carrie Bradshaw’s boss on the Sex and the City...

Jon Stewart will be honored with the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor by the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on April 24. “I am truly honored to receive this award,” Stewart said in a statement about the prize. “I have long admired and been influenced by the work of Mark Twain, or, as he was known by his given name, Samuel Leibowitz.” Stewart is currently an executive producer on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. He also hosts The Problem with Jon Stewart, the Apple TV+...

Showtime has released the official trailer for We Need to Talk About Cosby, W. Kamau Bell’s four-part docuseries exploring the complicated, tainted legacy of Bill Cosby, following the dozens of sexual misconduct allegations against the comedian. In the trailer, Bell interviews and sparks candid conversations with fellow comedians, actors, and Cosby accusers about the nuances of his legacy and what allowed Cosby to allegedly sexually abuse countless women. “Do not edit this: A lot of people knew,” the trailer begins, with an interview from actress Eden Tirl, who has accused...

“My name is Tokyo…” In the grand tradition of heist crews — and books/movies/TV shows about crooks coming together to pull off a big winner-take-all job — no one uses their real names. They are known only by cities. Those two burly, bearded guys? That’s Helsinki and Oslo. The Romani with a first-rate take-no-shit glare? She’s Nairobi. The baby-faced hacker is Rio, the father-son team go by Moscow and Denver, and the impeccably dressed gent who’ll turn out to be a bit of a sociopath (there’s one in every gang)...

Willem Dafoe will make his Saturday Night Live hosting debut on Jan. 29, with Katy Perry serving as the musical guest. Dafoe appears in support of Spider-Man: No Way Home, where he reprises his role as Green Goblin; he also stars in Guillermo del Toro’s Nightmare Alley. While it’s Dafoe’s first time hosting the late-night comedy sketch show, Perry is appearing for her fourth time as a musical guest. The singer is in the midst of headlining her first Las Vegas residency, Katy Perry: Play, at the Theatre at Resorts...