There are only two nominees in this year’s Outstanding Variety Sketch Series: NBC’s Saturday Night Live and HBO’s A Black Lady Sketch Show. But creator/star Robin Thede would prefer to focus on how her comedy was nominated for the third year straight, not how they’re competing against only one other nominee.
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“Everyone’s talking about two nominees, but if anything, they should be congratulating us that we made it to the one other slot,” said Thede, who was joined at Deadline’s Contenders TV: The Nominees event with her co-executive producer and writer Tracey Ashley and co-ep/director Bridget Stokes. “We know that SNL is going to get in every year, and [it’s great] for us to rise to that slot year after year … because this is the second year that it’s only been two nominees. Our first...
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“Everyone’s talking about two nominees, but if anything, they should be congratulating us that we made it to the one other slot,” said Thede, who was joined at Deadline’s Contenders TV: The Nominees event with her co-executive producer and writer Tracey Ashley and co-ep/director Bridget Stokes. “We know that SNL is going to get in every year, and [it’s great] for us to rise to that slot year after year … because this is the second year that it’s only been two nominees. Our first...
- 8/6/2022
- by Lynette Rice
- Deadline Film + TV
Tracey Ashley is developing a comedy series inspired by her life and stand up at Fox with Wanda Sykes and Tiffany Haddish onboard as executive producers, Variety has learned exclusively.
Title “Tracey’s Life Matters,” the single-camera show follows Tracey, a savvy, independent black woman, who moves with her white husband to his hometown in rural Indiana. There she must deal with a challenging career in sales and a mother-in-law who has “Karen-like” tendencies. The project has received a script commitment with a penalty attached.
Ashely will write and executive produce the project. Haddish is executive producing under her She Ready Productions banner, with Sykes and Page Hurwitz executive producing via Push It Productions. Fox Entertainment and CBS Studios will produce.
Ashley previously collaborated with Haddish and Push It Productions on the Netflix series “Tiffany Haddish Presents: They Ready” a series of curated stand up specials hosted by Haddish, with...
Title “Tracey’s Life Matters,” the single-camera show follows Tracey, a savvy, independent black woman, who moves with her white husband to his hometown in rural Indiana. There she must deal with a challenging career in sales and a mother-in-law who has “Karen-like” tendencies. The project has received a script commitment with a penalty attached.
Ashely will write and executive produce the project. Haddish is executive producing under her She Ready Productions banner, with Sykes and Page Hurwitz executive producing via Push It Productions. Fox Entertainment and CBS Studios will produce.
Ashley previously collaborated with Haddish and Push It Productions on the Netflix series “Tiffany Haddish Presents: They Ready” a series of curated stand up specials hosted by Haddish, with...
- 4/22/2021
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Tiffany Haddish’s Netflix stand-up series, featuring six comedians personally chosen by her, is returning for a second season and is set to film with an audience this weekend.
The streamer has renewed Tiffany Haddish Presents: They Ready and Deadline understands that it is shooting in Long Beach, California. It will air in 2021.
Deadline understands that audience members will be tested for Covid-19 before they are cleared to attend the event with testing provided by production. They will subsequently have their temperatures tested upon arrival, after a negative Covid result, and will be required to wear masks and adhere to social distancing.
Comedians involved this time include Godfrey, who voices President Obama on Showtime’s Our Cartoon President, Tony Woods, one of Dave Chappelle’s main influences, Barbara Carlyle, who has appeared on Apollo Comedy Hour and Def Jam, Erin Jackson, who has appeared on Late Night with Seth Meyers and Conan,...
The streamer has renewed Tiffany Haddish Presents: They Ready and Deadline understands that it is shooting in Long Beach, California. It will air in 2021.
Deadline understands that audience members will be tested for Covid-19 before they are cleared to attend the event with testing provided by production. They will subsequently have their temperatures tested upon arrival, after a negative Covid result, and will be required to wear masks and adhere to social distancing.
Comedians involved this time include Godfrey, who voices President Obama on Showtime’s Our Cartoon President, Tony Woods, one of Dave Chappelle’s main influences, Barbara Carlyle, who has appeared on Apollo Comedy Hour and Def Jam, Erin Jackson, who has appeared on Late Night with Seth Meyers and Conan,...
- 10/2/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
In today’s roundup, USA releases the trailer for the second season of “The Purge” and Amazon drops the final trailer before “The Boys” launches.
Renewals
Viceland has renewed the pro wrestling docu-series “Dark Side of the Ring” for a second season. The upcoming season will feature 10 hour-long episodes chronicling the lives of wrestlers inside and outside of the ring.
Dates
“Tiffany Haddish Presents: They Ready” will hit Netflix on Aug. 13. Haddish executive produces and hosts the special, which will showcase half-hour sets from the comedian’s friends including Chaunté Wayans, April Macie, Tracey Ashley, Aida Rodriguez, Flame Monroe, and Marlo Williams.
Lifetime has revealed that its new movie “Patsy & Loretta,” which explores the friendship of musicians Patsy Cline and Loretta Lynn, will air on Saturday, Oct. 19 at 8 p.m.
NBC has announced that “The 2020 Miss America Competition” will air live on Thursday, Dec. 19 at 8 p.m. Fifty-one candidates...
Renewals
Viceland has renewed the pro wrestling docu-series “Dark Side of the Ring” for a second season. The upcoming season will feature 10 hour-long episodes chronicling the lives of wrestlers inside and outside of the ring.
Dates
“Tiffany Haddish Presents: They Ready” will hit Netflix on Aug. 13. Haddish executive produces and hosts the special, which will showcase half-hour sets from the comedian’s friends including Chaunté Wayans, April Macie, Tracey Ashley, Aida Rodriguez, Flame Monroe, and Marlo Williams.
Lifetime has revealed that its new movie “Patsy & Loretta,” which explores the friendship of musicians Patsy Cline and Loretta Lynn, will air on Saturday, Oct. 19 at 8 p.m.
NBC has announced that “The 2020 Miss America Competition” will air live on Thursday, Dec. 19 at 8 p.m. Fifty-one candidates...
- 7/23/2019
- by Dano Nissen
- Variety Film + TV
Wendy Williams‘ life is about to get even more public: The talk show host will executive-produce a Lifetime biopic based on her story, the cable net announced Tuesday at the Television Critics Association summer press tour.
The project — airing in 2020 — “provides a revealing look at Wendy’s journey, from her scrappy upstart days in urban radio to the success of her own syndicated talk show,” per the official release.
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The project — airing in 2020 — “provides a revealing look at Wendy’s journey, from her scrappy upstart days in urban radio to the success of her own syndicated talk show,” per the official release.
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- 7/23/2019
- TVLine.com
Tiffany Haddish’s curated stand-up comedy special, featuring six comedians personally chosen by the Girls Trip star, will begin streaming globally on Netflix next month, the streamer announced today.
The actress and comedian will host Tiffany Haddish Presents: They Ready, with each half-hour episode executive produced by Haddish, Wanda Sykes and Page Hurwitz. You can watch Haddish’s date announcement below.
The collection of specials features comics Chaunté Wayans (50 Shades of Black), April Macie (Snoop Dogg’s Bad Girls of Comedy), Tracey Ashley (The Last O.G.), Aida Rodriguez (Last Comic Standing), Flame Monroe (Def Comedy Jam) and Marlo Williams (Bet’s ComicView).
Haddish shares a history with each of the six comedians after working together in the stand-up scene or on television. She believes the industry often excludes women, people of color, and Lgbtq performers and as such wants to put this diverse group of comedians in the spotlight.
Tiffany...
The actress and comedian will host Tiffany Haddish Presents: They Ready, with each half-hour episode executive produced by Haddish, Wanda Sykes and Page Hurwitz. You can watch Haddish’s date announcement below.
The collection of specials features comics Chaunté Wayans (50 Shades of Black), April Macie (Snoop Dogg’s Bad Girls of Comedy), Tracey Ashley (The Last O.G.), Aida Rodriguez (Last Comic Standing), Flame Monroe (Def Comedy Jam) and Marlo Williams (Bet’s ComicView).
Haddish shares a history with each of the six comedians after working together in the stand-up scene or on television. She believes the industry often excludes women, people of color, and Lgbtq performers and as such wants to put this diverse group of comedians in the spotlight.
Tiffany...
- 7/23/2019
- by Anita Bennett
- Deadline Film + TV
Tiffany Haddish will showcase six of her favorite comedians in Tiffany Haddish Presents: They Ready, a series of half-hour Netflix stand-up specials. The Girls Trip star will host and executive produce the program, which launches August 13th.
They Ready spotlights comics who share a personal history with Haddish: Chaunté Wayans (Wild n’ Out), April Macie (Last Comic Standing), Tracey Ashley (The Last O.G.), Aida Rodriguez (Comedy Central’s This Week at the Comedy Cellar), Flame Monroe (Def Comedy Jam) and Marlo Williams (Bet’s Comicview). Comedian Wanda Sykes will also executive produce alongside Page Hurwitz.
They Ready spotlights comics who share a personal history with Haddish: Chaunté Wayans (Wild n’ Out), April Macie (Last Comic Standing), Tracey Ashley (The Last O.G.), Aida Rodriguez (Comedy Central’s This Week at the Comedy Cellar), Flame Monroe (Def Comedy Jam) and Marlo Williams (Bet’s Comicview). Comedian Wanda Sykes will also executive produce alongside Page Hurwitz.
- 7/23/2019
- by Ryan Reed
- Rollingstone.com
Tiffany Haddish and Netflix are teaming up once again! In addition to the upcoming animated series Tuca & Bertie, which Haddish stars in opposite stand-up comedian Ali Wong, the big-screen breakout is partnering with the streaming giant to curate a new stand-up comedy series.
Tiffany Haddish Presents: They Ready will introduce a diverse group of six comedians for what Netflix describes as "a bold new collection" of half-hour stand-up specials. Haddish personally chose all six comedians, each of who she shares a history with through her work in the stand-up scene and on television. "In an industry that too often excludes women, people of color, and Lgbtq performers, this diverse group of comedians, both in style and background, are ready for their time in the spotlight," the streaming site declared in a statement.
The group of comedians will include Chaunté Wayans, April Macie, Flame Monroe, Marlo Williams, Tracey Ashley, and Aida Rodriguez.
Tiffany Haddish Presents: They Ready will introduce a diverse group of six comedians for what Netflix describes as "a bold new collection" of half-hour stand-up specials. Haddish personally chose all six comedians, each of who she shares a history with through her work in the stand-up scene and on television. "In an industry that too often excludes women, people of color, and Lgbtq performers, this diverse group of comedians, both in style and background, are ready for their time in the spotlight," the streaming site declared in a statement.
The group of comedians will include Chaunté Wayans, April Macie, Flame Monroe, Marlo Williams, Tracey Ashley, and Aida Rodriguez.
- 3/31/2019
- by Mekishana Pierre
- Popsugar.com
Could Charlie Barnett be Joe Goldberg’s newest foe? The Chicago Fire alum and Russian Doll co-star will recur during Season 2 of You, our sister site Deadline reports.
The Lifetime-turned-Netflix drama will shift the action to Los Angeles for the upcoming season, which follows Joe (Penn Badgley) as he meets Love Quinn (Victoria Pedretti), an aspiring chef who isn’t into social media like his Season 1 obsession Guinevere Beck was.
Barnett will play Love’s oldest friend Gabe, who is a successful acupuncturist and psychedelics aficionado.
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The Lifetime-turned-Netflix drama will shift the action to Los Angeles for the upcoming season, which follows Joe (Penn Badgley) as he meets Love Quinn (Victoria Pedretti), an aspiring chef who isn’t into social media like his Season 1 obsession Guinevere Beck was.
Barnett will play Love’s oldest friend Gabe, who is a successful acupuncturist and psychedelics aficionado.
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- 3/26/2019
- TVLine.com
Tiffany Haddish has partnered with Netflix to curate a new stand up comedy series.
The series is titled “Tiffany Haddish Presents: They Ready,” which will introduce a diverse group of six up-and-coming stand-up comedians doing half-hour specials. All six comedians were personally chosen by Haddish. She shares a history with each after working together on the stand up scene or in television.
Comedians include Chaunté Wayans, April Macie, Tracey Ashley, Aida Rodriguez, Flame Monroe, and Marlo Williams. Haddish serves as executive producer for She Ready Productions alongside Wanda Sykes and Page Hurwitz. Sykes’ and Hurwitz’s Push It Productions will produce.
“I am introducing six of my favorite comedians – in my eyes, they are super stars,” Haddish said. “The epitome of They Ready.”
The title of the series calls back to Haddish’s “She Ready! From the Hood to Hollywood,” which debuted on Showtime shortly after Haddish debuted in her...
The series is titled “Tiffany Haddish Presents: They Ready,” which will introduce a diverse group of six up-and-coming stand-up comedians doing half-hour specials. All six comedians were personally chosen by Haddish. She shares a history with each after working together on the stand up scene or in television.
Comedians include Chaunté Wayans, April Macie, Tracey Ashley, Aida Rodriguez, Flame Monroe, and Marlo Williams. Haddish serves as executive producer for She Ready Productions alongside Wanda Sykes and Page Hurwitz. Sykes’ and Hurwitz’s Push It Productions will produce.
“I am introducing six of my favorite comedians – in my eyes, they are super stars,” Haddish said. “The epitome of They Ready.”
The title of the series calls back to Haddish’s “She Ready! From the Hood to Hollywood,” which debuted on Showtime shortly after Haddish debuted in her...
- 3/26/2019
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Tiffany Haddish To Curate Diverse Stand-Up Series ‘Tiffany Haddish Presents: They Ready’ For Netflix
Tiffany Haddish is doubling down on the laughs with Netflix after scoring a series of curated stand-up specials. The Girls Trip star is hosting Tiffany Haddish Presents: They Ready, featuring six comedians personally chosen by Haddish. Each episode is a half-hour and exec produced by Haddish, Wanda Sykes and Page Hurwitz.
Comedians include Chaunté Wayans (50 Shades of Black), April Macie (Snoop Dogg’s Bad Girls of Comedy), Tracey Ashley (The Last O.G.), Aida Rodriguez (Last Comic Standing), Flame Monroe (Def Comedy Jam) and Marlo Williams (Comicview).
Haddish shares a history with each of them after working together on the stand-up scene or in television. She believes that the industry often excludes women, people of color, and Lgbtq performers and as such wants to put this diverse group of comedians in the spotlight.
It is Haddish’s latest project for the Svod service, having already set up her own comedy special...
Comedians include Chaunté Wayans (50 Shades of Black), April Macie (Snoop Dogg’s Bad Girls of Comedy), Tracey Ashley (The Last O.G.), Aida Rodriguez (Last Comic Standing), Flame Monroe (Def Comedy Jam) and Marlo Williams (Comicview).
Haddish shares a history with each of them after working together on the stand-up scene or in television. She believes that the industry often excludes women, people of color, and Lgbtq performers and as such wants to put this diverse group of comedians in the spotlight.
It is Haddish’s latest project for the Svod service, having already set up her own comedy special...
- 3/26/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Own: The Oprah Winfrey Network has greenlit to more installments of Wanda Sykes Presents Herlarious, which will premiere on Saturday, January 4 and January 11, at 10/9c. The first 2 installments in the series aired over the summer and were clearly a success. Taped before a live studio audience at Harpo Studios in Chicago, the specials were hosted and produced by Sykes and Page Hurwitz's Push It Productions, in conjunction with Harpo Studios, and featured appearances by female stand-ups, including Kym Whitley, Andi Smith, Gloria Bigelow, Marina Franklin, Tracey Ashley, Carmen Lynch and Dominique Witten. In addition to performing...
- 11/15/2013
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
In her new special "Herlarious," comedian Wanda Sykes sits down with her fellow comics for frank discussions on topics ranging from jokes gone bad to sexism in the comedy clubs. As they take a close look at the comedy industry -- and themselves -- the women expose what lies beneath the layers of funny. In one such roundtable discussion, Sykes asks comedians Tracey Ashley, Carmen Lynch and Marina Franklin why they got into stand-up comedy in the first place.
"When you said, 'I want to do stand-up,' what is your ultimate goal? What did you want to get out of this?" Sykes poses to the group.
Ashley says that she was always chasing bigger shows and larger audiences. "I've always wanted to do theater shows -- bigger shows," she says. "I said, 'I don't want to be famous, but I want to be the greatest comedian.'"
Though Lynch...
"When you said, 'I want to do stand-up,' what is your ultimate goal? What did you want to get out of this?" Sykes poses to the group.
Ashley says that she was always chasing bigger shows and larger audiences. "I've always wanted to do theater shows -- bigger shows," she says. "I said, 'I don't want to be famous, but I want to be the greatest comedian.'"
Though Lynch...
- 7/19/2013
- by Lisa Capretto
- Huffington Post
Standing up on stage and making audiences laugh is no small feat. Experienced comedians know that there's always a chance their jokes won't be well-received, but sometimes it can be hard to predict exactly which jokes will flop -- or, worse, land the comic in proverbial hot water.
When comedian Wanda Sykes sat down with her fellow comics for her new special "Herlarious," the women confessed which of their own performances fell short and which jokes got them in the most trouble. For comic Carmen Lynch, an unintentionally insensitive off-the-cuff opening at a cancer benefit -- "My allergies are killing me," she had said, before realizing what came out -- set the tone for show that couldn't be saved. For Tracey Ashley, however, the trouble came down to one, single word.
"They booked me at a Baptist college and I had to sign a conduct form to make sure I would,...
When comedian Wanda Sykes sat down with her fellow comics for her new special "Herlarious," the women confessed which of their own performances fell short and which jokes got them in the most trouble. For comic Carmen Lynch, an unintentionally insensitive off-the-cuff opening at a cancer benefit -- "My allergies are killing me," she had said, before realizing what came out -- set the tone for show that couldn't be saved. For Tracey Ashley, however, the trouble came down to one, single word.
"They booked me at a Baptist college and I had to sign a conduct form to make sure I would,...
- 7/17/2013
- by Lisa Capretto
- Huffington Post
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