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Netflix has ordered an animated comedy series starring Nicole Byer and Lauren Lapkus. The streamer has handed a 10-episode order to Bad Crimes, a dark comedy procedural from creator Nicole Silverberg — previously a writer on Full Frontal with Samantha Bee — and Greg Daniels and Mike Judge. Byer, host of the unscripted…

Taye Diggs is back to host the Critics Choice Awards and will be joined by Nicole Byer. The All American star, who is soon to reprise his role of Harper Stewart in Peacock's The Best Man: The Final Chapters, will host for the fourth consecutive year and will be joined by Wipeout host Byer. The show, which will be…

RuPaul’s Drag Race has unveiled its slate of guest judges with some new and returning faces set to help determine America’s Next Drag Superstar. Set to join RuPaul, Mihcelle Visage, Carson Kressley and Ross Matthews in Season 14, which will premiere on Friday, Jan. 7th, are Lizzo, Alicia Keys, Dove Cameron, Taraji P…

Nicole Byer will be bringing more funny to Netflix later this year with her first one-hour comedy special for the streamer set to be shot in New York’s Grammercy Theatre on Sep. 5. "I'm so f***ing excited to do this. I'm so grateful that Netflix is giving me a nice lil platform to have some fun tee hee hee,” Byer said…

Nailed It! is all about seeing the fun in failure and, as host of the show, Nicole Byer brings the excitement and levity needed for this Netflix competition series. Comedian Nicole Byer and French pastry chef Jacques Torres host this reality baking series inspired by the internet trend of people trying and failing to…

The fifth season of the Netflix reality baking competition series Nailed It! is serving up a new format, where teams of two are competing to re-create edible masterpieces for a $10,000 prize. But, to Emmy-nominated host Nicole Byer’s surprise, two heads aren’t always better than one. “That’s what you would think. You…

EXCLUSIVE: Sarah Silverman (I Love You America), Nicole Byer (Wipeout) and Sam Richardson (Veep) will lend their voices to TBS' comedy pilot Kill the Orange-Faced Bear. They join previously announced live-action cast Damon Wayans Jr., Jessy Hodges, Alex Karpovsky and Nate Torrence. The pilot is scheduled to begin…

EXCLUSIVE: The Katie Aselton directed romantic comedy Mack & Rita has rounded out the cast which has already set Diane Keaton, Taylour Paige and Elizabeth Lail. As we already told you Keaton is playing Rita, Lail is playing Mack, and Paige is playing Rita’s best friend Carla from when the protagonist was young. The…

Nicole Byer, Tony Hale and Natalie Morales are among the voice talent tapped for the adult roles in Paramount+’s Rugrats series revival. Hale will play Chuckie’s father, Morales as Phil and Lil’s mother and Byer, with Omar Miller, as Susie’s parents. Also joining the original cast members who voice the adventurous titu…

Stacey Abrams, Ziwe Fumudoh and Nicole Byer are among the cultural figures and notable creators set to appear in YouTube Originals’ Black History Month Celebration, Black Renaissance. Also joining the YouTube special are H.E.R., Anderson .Paak, Kelly Rowland, Bob the Drag Queen, Maurice Harris, Yung BBQ…

EXCLUSIVE: Nicole Byer and J.B. Smoove are teaming up with Conan O'Brien in a series of podcast deals as his media company continues to staff up the podcast side of the business. The company has acquired Byer's Why Won't You Date Me? podcast. The show, which launched in November 2017, sees the Nailed It! host try to…

EXCLUSIVE: Season 13 of RuPaul’s Drag Race is ready to ring in the “Ru-year” at 8 tonight, but ahead of the VH1 premiere, Deadline can reveal this season’s roster of guest judges and from A-list superfans and queens of seasons past. Cynthia Erivo, Nicole Byer, Loni Love, TS Madison and Jamal Sims are slated to join…