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Fans of Brockmire may be upset to learn that the last two episodes of Brockmire are going to air later than originally scheduled — but there is a silver lining to this news. In lieu of next week’s episode, Jim Brockmire (played by Hank Azaria) will be live-tweeting the NBA Finals between the Golden State Warriors and…

Hank Azaria says he’s “willing and happy” to step aside as the voice of Apu on The Simpsons, or to help transition the character into “something new,” calling it “the right thing to do, to me.” Appearing on Stephen Colbert’s Late Show, Azaria threw out the possibility of killing off Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, one of…

In a conversation with Deadline's Dominic Patten at the Contenders Emmys today, IFC's Brockmire star Hank Azaria said his off-camera identity is beginning to blend with that of his onscreen character, disgraced baseball announcer Jim Brockmire. The actor said he finds himself in a "weird second career" of being…

Sunday night’s episode of Fox’s The Simpsons addressed the controversy about the show’s Indian-American character Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, who some have blasted as a negative stereotype. On Sunday’s episode, Marge Simpson reads a book to daughter Lisa, prompting Lisa to remark the “cisgender girl” heroine is “already…

While at TCA on Friday in his capacity as star and EP of IPC's Brockmire, Hank Azaria addressed the controversy surrounding Apu Nahasapeemapetilon–a character he voices on The Simpsons. Apu is an Indian store clerk, and criticism was mostly sparked by writer-comedian Hari Kondabolu with his TruTV documentary called Th…

As it gets set to wind down its debut season on Wednesday, IFC’s Brockmire already ranks as the network’s highest-rated new series, as well as cable’s most time-shifted new comedy. Since launching April 5, the show starring Hank Azaria has averaged more than 500,000 live-plus-three-day viewers, according to Nielsen…

Brockmire is getting off to a great start. The critically-praised new original comedy series has already notched more than two million digital views one week ahead of its linear debut on IFC. The network made the premiere episode of the series, created with Funny or Die, available to watch on platforms including VOD…

IFC’s new comedy Brockmire, debuting Wednesday April 5 at 10 PM, is a “sybaritic love letter to baseball,” star Hank Azaria told TV critics today at TCA. Brockmire stars Hank Azaria, Amanda Peet and Tyrel Jackson Williams in the story of a formerly successful Baseball announcer who torched his career with a Funny or…

Amanda Peet, coming off a starring turn on the HBO comedy series Togetherness, is set as the female lead opposite Hank Azaria in IFC’s comedy series Brockmire. Based on a Funny Or Die short, Brockmire centers on a famed Major League Baseball announcer (Azaria) who suffers an embarrassing and very public meltdown on…

If the phrase “leveraged buyout” makes you immediately think “so 1980s,” Sarah Burgess’ Dry Powder might not be the play for you. On the other hand, if you think LBOs died with the Greed Decade, perhaps you should force yourself. As an enticement, this world premiere at the Public Theater features a cast more common…

IFC today handed eight-episode orders to a pair of scripted comedies: Stan Against Evil, a horror-comedy from creator-writer Dana Gould and 3 Arts Entertainment, and Funny or Die adaptation Brockmire, starring Hank Azaria. Set to air in the fall, Stan Against Evil follows Stan, a perpetually disgruntled former sheriff…

Hot on the heels of the much-lauded film The Big Short comes Dry Powder, Sarah Burgess’ new play about finance and the U.S. economy that will star Homeland‘s Claire Danes and Hank Azaria (The Simpsons) along with the previously announced John Krasinski (The Office) and Sanjit De Silva (After Party). Thomas Kail (Hamilt…