Don’t miss Throwing Shade tonight — the all-new comedy TV series hosted by Erin Gibson (a.k.a. “Feminasty”) and Bryan Safi (a.k.a. “Homosensual). Airing on TV Land, the satirical show will parody politics and pop culture with plenty of uncensored, raunchy irreverence. Based on the pair’s successful podcast, web series and live show, the TV version aims to enhance the original with visuals only possible on TV. If you are a fan of the original podcast then you can expect more of the same edgy humor along with several great interview guests. Topics covered will include the likes of pop culture, politics, women’s and gay rights....read more...
- 1/17/2017
- by James Wray
- Monsters and Critics
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TV Land enters the late night comedy fray. The cable channel has ordered a first season of ten episodes of the Throwing Shade TV series, hosted by Parks and Recreation's Erin Gibson, and Superstore's Bryan Safi. Watch a preview, below.
Throwing Shade is inspired by the podcast and Funny Or Die video series of the same name. Throwing Shade is slated to premiere in January 2017. The TV Land show will be executive produced by Gibson and Safi, as well as Funny Or Die's Andrew Steele, Anna Wenger and Joe Farrell, and Charlie Siskel ("Review," "Tosh.0") will executive produce and serve as showrunner.
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TV Land enters the late night comedy fray. The cable channel has ordered a first season of ten episodes of the Throwing Shade TV series, hosted by Parks and Recreation's Erin Gibson, and Superstore's Bryan Safi. Watch a preview, below.
Throwing Shade is inspired by the podcast and Funny Or Die video series of the same name. Throwing Shade is slated to premiere in January 2017. The TV Land show will be executive produced by Gibson and Safi, as well as Funny Or Die's Andrew Steele, Anna Wenger and Joe Farrell, and Charlie Siskel ("Review," "Tosh.0") will executive produce and serve as showrunner.
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- 4/18/2016
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
TV Land is the latest cabler to enter the late night arena. The network has ordered ten episodes of hit podcast and Funny or Die series Throwing Shade for premiere in January 2017. The political and pop culture show, which will have a live audience, will air in the 11 Pm timeslot. Erin Gibson (Parks and Recreation, Kroll Show) and Bryan Safi (Modern Family, Superstore) star as themselves, sharing their perspective on today’s hot topics. The TV Land pickup comes amid an…...
- 4/15/2016
- Deadline TV
Funny or Die’s next foray into the world of television will bring it to TV Land. The online comedy network is developing a pilot based on Throwing Shade, a podcast web series hosted by Erin Gibson and Bryan Safi.
The TV pilot will feature the same sort of chattiness and candor that viewers can find in the 80 episodes of Throwing Shade available on the Funny Or Die website. “This is Throwing Shade,” explain Gibson and Safi in the beginning of each episode, “where ‘feminasty’ Erin Gibson and homosexual Bryan Safi take a look at the headlines in politics and pop culture and treat them with much less respect than they deserve. Can you handle it?”
The Throwing Shade pilot could fit into TV Land’s expanding lineup. The Viacom-owned channel, best known for airing classic sitcoms, got into originals about five years ago. “We are huge fans of the podcast,...
The TV pilot will feature the same sort of chattiness and candor that viewers can find in the 80 episodes of Throwing Shade available on the Funny Or Die website. “This is Throwing Shade,” explain Gibson and Safi in the beginning of each episode, “where ‘feminasty’ Erin Gibson and homosexual Bryan Safi take a look at the headlines in politics and pop culture and treat them with much less respect than they deserve. Can you handle it?”
The Throwing Shade pilot could fit into TV Land’s expanding lineup. The Viacom-owned channel, best known for airing classic sitcoms, got into originals about five years ago. “We are huge fans of the podcast,...
- 12/18/2015
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
TV Land has ordered Funny or Die’s “Throwing Shade” to pilot. The Erin Gibson/Bryan Safi project plans on taking “all the issues important to ladies and gays and treating them with much less respect than they deserve,” per a media release. “Throwing Shade” is based on the podcast and web series of the same name. Those versions cover women’s rights and gay rights, and are equal parts pop culture and politics. The podcast itself boasts more than 10 million downloads, and won the People’s Choice Podcast Award for the Best Lgbt Podcast in 2012, 2013 and 2015. Also Read: Funny...
- 12/17/2015
- by Tony Maglio
- The Wrap
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