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If the sudden streaming success of Suits is anything to go by, people seem to be coping with the effects of the writers’ and actors’ strikes by revisiting old TV favorites. It’s something we’ve found ...

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The BBC Comedy Collective is a supercharged bursary scheme supporting 10 emerging writers, producers, directors and editors from across the UK who want to build a career in scripted comedy. The scheme ...

The supercharged bursary scheme offers 10 places each year to mid-level comedy creatives; a mix of writers, writer/performers, producers, directors, and editors who would like to further their careers ...

Along with — and probably because of — an increasingly world-weary world, comedy, and the way that we consume it, has matured. I’m loath to use the word seriously, but comedy has reached a level of ...

I don’t know about you, but I need to laugh right now. If you’re like me and have a Netflix subscription, you’re in luck. The streamer just added a slew of new comedies that will make you smile, laugh ...

In 2006, when the company was still mailing DVD rentals, Netflix produced a stand-up special for a pre–The Hangover Zach Galifianakis called Live at the Purple Onion. It was more structurally and ...

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