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Ricky Gervais rejects the amphitheater of Netflix's London screening room—complete with cushions and throws branded with the name of its myriad shows—as the venue for our interview. Too cold. Too grand a room for two people talking. Instead, we set up in what can best be described as a gussied-up broom closet. There…

Ricky Gervais' dark comedy After Life is coming back to Netflix for a second season. The SVOD platform has ordered another six-part run of the show, which was created, written and directed by The Office creator, who also starred in the lead role. This comes after the British comedy, which is produced by Gervais' Derek…

Netflix has set March 8 for the premiere of After Life, a six-part series is created, written, directed by and starring Ricky Gervais. In After Life, Tony (Gervais) had a perfect life. But after his wife Lisa dies, Tony changes. After contemplating taking his own life, he decides instead to live long enough to punish…

Some things don’t age that well — and one of them is a resurfaced video clip of Louis C.K., Ricky Gervais, Chris Rock and Jerry Seinfeld in the 2011 HBO special Talking Funny. The video clip joins the conversation with C.K. saying: “When a black guy gets rich, it's a countdown to when he's poor again.” Everyone…

EXCLUSIVE: Cast is now set for Ricky Gervais’ new Netflix Original comedy series After Life, which is under way in London. Joining Gervais are Downton Abbey and Doctor Who star Penelope Wilton, Harry Potter and Game Of Thrones star David Bradley, Ashley Jensen (Extras), Tom Basden (Plebs), Tony Way (Edge of Tomorrow)…

Italian crime series Gomorrah has garnered acclaim from critics and public alike. Count Ricky Gervais as one of its biggest fans. The Office star has previously lauded the series on Twitter and earlier this week he stopped by the set of the fourth season, which has been shooting in London. In a video posted by Gomorrah…

It’s official. Netflix has ordered six half-hour episodes of After Life, a new dark comedy series from Ricky Gervais. Created, executive produced, directed by and starring Gervais, After Life centers on Tony (Gervais) who had a perfect life. But after his wife Lisa suddenly dies, Tony changes. After contemplating…

Netflix is staying in business with Ricky Gervais. The Internet TV network has bought the rights to Gervais’ next stand-up show, Deadline has confirmed. Netflix previously bought his stand-up show Humanity, which is due in the first quarter, and also acquired U.S. and select international rights to his The Office…

President Donald Trump’s tweet featuring 2007 professional wrestling footage of himself body-slamming Vince McMahon-as-a-CNN stand-in has not only fueled daylong coverage on cable news today, but has drawn a barrage of social media responses from Hollywood stars, Beltway pundits and politicians (Republicans not so…

Fred Savage has been honing his talk-show chops as a frequent guest host on ABC’s Live with Kelly — and is rumored to be in the running for the permanent job. In the meantime, The Grinder alum has landed a different gig at the network: hosting its upcoming game show Child Support from Ricky Gervais and Banijay Studios…

If anything was needed to prove that the hosting gig of the Golden Globes should permanently belong to either the acerbic Ricky Gervais or the mocking Tina Fey and Amy Poehler or someone in that vein, Jimmy Fallon's floundering fronting of tonight's ceremony sealed that deal. In the first major awards show since…

George Michael’s death on Christmas Day of heart failure at age 53 resulted in an outpouring of tributes online to the singer-songwriter, who became a household name with Wham! in the 1980s and later as a solo act. Reactions came from all over the globe, from his Wham! cohort Andrew Ridgeley to producer Greg Berlanti…