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Adult Swim has canceled Tuca & Bertie, the toon series starring Tiffany Haddish and Ali Wong, after two seasons, according to series creator Lisa Hanawalt. The cable net had rescued the show following its 2019 cancellation by Netflix after one season. The series about the friendship between Tuca…

Editor’s Note: Debuting today & distinct from TV reviews & breaking news, The Deadline Watchlist is a feature spotlighting small screen specials, events and can’t-miss episodes of ongoing series each week. 1. Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show: Yes, there is a little NFL game on this weekend, but real history will be made…

The controversial The Closer is Dave Chappelle's last scheduled special on Netflix, but the Grammy nominee will be back in business with the streamer next year for a huge comedy festival with many of his top tier peers. Delayed from its 2020 debut because of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Netflix Is A Joke festival will…

The animated series Tuca & Bertie, starring Ali Wong and Tiffany Haddish, will return to Adult Swim for Season 3. Adult Swim previously picked up the animated series, which hails from Bojack Horseman‘s Lisa Hanawalt, after its first season when it was cancelled by Netflix in 2019. Created by Lisa Hanawalt, the series…

Always Be My Maybe star and Baby Cobra comedian Ali Wong will join Amazon’s Paper Girls series, based on Brian K. Vaughan and Cliff Chiang’s graphic novel, from Amazon Studios, Legendary TV and Plan B. She will join series leads Sofia Rosinksy, Camryn Jones, Riley Lai Nelet and Fina Strazza. Stephany Folsom and…

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix won the auction for the rights to make Beef, a 10-episode half-hour dramedy series from A24 that will mark Oscar-nominated Minari star Steven Yeun’s first episodic TV foray since his unforgettable exit from The Walking Dead. Yeun will star with Ali Wong in a series that is the creation of Lee Sung Ji…

EXCLUSIVE: Hot off his first Oscar nomination for Minari, Steven Yeun is reuniting with A24 on an untitled 10-episode dramedy he’ll star in with Ali Wong. Pitched last week, it has created an auction frenzy with the usual suspects — Netflix, Amazon, FX and Apple among them — all in the mix. Wong and Yeun are executive…

Adult Swim has picked up a second season of the animated comedy Tuca & Bertie, the animated series that was canceled last year at Netflix. The network has greenlit a 10-episode Season 2, with the option for more. The comedy stars Tiffany Haddish and Ali Wong and revolves around the friendship between Tuca (Haddish), a…

Netflix is about to serve a flood of funny in Los Angeles with its Netflix is a Joke Fest, set for April 27-May 3. For one week, the streaming giant is partnering with Live Nation to bring over 100 live shows and events to various venues in L.A. with recorded shows available on the platform later this year. Netflix Is…

Are BoJack Horseman veteran Lisa Hanawalt's 30-year-old BBFs (Best Bird Friends) in her new Netflix animated series, Tuca & Bertie, a sort of surreal Mary Richards and Rhoda Morgenstern for millennials?  Or are insecure songbird Bertie, voiced by Ali Wong, and her crazy Toucan gal pal Tuca, portrayed by Tiffany Haddish…

Netflix’s new animated series Tuca & Bertie follows two gal pals and their experiences as women in the world. More specifically, a bird world. Created by Lisa Hanawalt (BoJack Horseman), the series follows the friendship between two 30-year-old bird women who live in the same apartment building. Tiffany Haddish lends…

Ladies and gentlemen —your new fave comedy duo is here. Netflix released a teaser for the upcoming rom-com Always Be My Maybe starring Ali Wong and Randall Park which also announced the release date of May 31 — which is a great way to end Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. Set to Mariah Carey’s song on which the…