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The last episode of Broad City aired in March but it feels like it was just yesterday the joy of Abbi and Ilana entered our lives with all their wondrous stoner glory yesterday. Creators and stars of the show Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer stopped by the New Hollywood Podcast and it was unlike any episode we ever had…

Broad City creator-star Abbi Jacobson and executive producer Amy Poehler reunited after saying goodbye to the Comedy Central hit on March 28. At Deadline's The Contenders Emmys on Sunday, the duo discussed the importance of featuring a strong female friendship at the heart center of the series. "It was such an…

With Broad City coming to an end, it’s expected that Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson will go out on a wildly insane “YAAAAAAAAS KWEEN!” bang — and based on the trailer for the final season ahead of its Jan. 24 premiere on Comedy Central, they are going to deliver the goods. Actually, the trailer doesn’t give us many…

Yaaaaaaassss queen! After four seasons of odd jobs, awkward moments, interesting schemes, questionable relationships, bizarre life decisions, and a whole lotta weed, Ilana and Abbi are sprinting their way to their fifth and final season of Broad City which will debut 10 pm ET/PT on January 24. Comedy Central revealed…

Forget Meghan Markle and Prince Whatshisname: The more important royal wedding was that of Princess Bean and the Prince of Bentwood. Except that she jilted him and he became head-impaled on an iron throne. Pity. Here’s the new trailer for Disenchantment, the upcoming Netflix series from The Simpsons and Futurama…

One of Comedy Central’s signature comedy series, Broad City, will be coming to an end after its upcoming fifth season, set to air in early 2019. Comedy Central is staying in business with Broad City creators, showrunners, directors and stars Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson, who have signed a development deal with the…

One day after the 2018 Major League Baseball season began comes word of a TV series in development at Amazon based on the 1992 film A League of Their Own. Deadline has confirmed that Will Graham (Mozart in the Jungle) and Broad City co-creat0r/star Abbi Jacobson will write and executive produce the comedy from Sony Pic…

Well known for their turns in the comedic arena with projects like The Disaster Artist and Broad City, actors Dave Franco and Abbi Jacobson got the opportunity to transition to drama with Marja-Lewis Ryan’s 6 Balloons, a prospect they found as terrifying as it was exciting. Based on the personal story of producer…

The creators and stars of Comedy Central’s Broad City, Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer, were on hand at the summer TCA conference to talk about some controversial topics thjat will be explored in the upcoming Season 4. One thing that stood out during the discussion was the decision to bleep out the use of President…

Disenchantment, Matt Groening’s long-gestating adult animated comedy fantasy series for Netflix, is moving forward with an official 20-episode order. The series from The Simpsons creator and Futurama creator will premiere in 2018, with the 20 episodes airing over two seasons of 10 episodes each. Abbi Jacobson, Nat Faxo…

Magnolia Pictures has picked North American distribution rights to Dustin Guy Defa’s written and directed comedy Person To Person. The pic, which world premiered at this year’s Sundance film fest, stars  Abbi Jacobson, Michael Cera, Tavi Gevinson, Olivia Luccardi, George Sample III, Bene Coppersmith and Philip Baker…

Opening the first day of Deadline’s Sundance studio on Thursday morning was Dustin Guy Defa’s slice-of-life comedy Person to Person. An off-beat film smartly lensed in 16mm, the picture follows the lives of an electic cast of characters—a passionate record collector, a timid apartment dweller and a first-day field…