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Ziwe is returning for her second season on Showtime. The premium network will air the late-night series on its streaming service two days ahead of its linear launch. It will return to streaming and on-demand platforms on Friday April 29 before airing on the channel on Sunday May 1 at 11pm. Each episode will stream on…

Ziwe is heading back to Showtime with a bumper Season 2. The premium cable network has ordered 12 episodes of the late-night variety show, with the season set to be split into two installments. It comes after the first six-episode season launched in May and ran through June 13. "This show has exceeded my wildest…

Late-night television hasn't changed a great deal since Johnny Carson took over The Tonight Show nearly 60 years ago. There's been the odd exception, such as Arsenio Hall's syndicated show finding a young audience and bringing Bill Clinton's saxophone licks to the country, or Joan Rivers briefly interloping on Fox…

With her Instagram Live and YouTube talk series Baited, writer and comedian Ziwe Fumudoh didn’t shy away from having uncomfortable conversations of hard truths with people like Caroline Calloway, Alison Roman, Jeremy O, Alyssa Milano and many, many others. Fast forward to 2021, and Fumudoh has now expanded what she…

ATX Television Festival revealed the first handful of titles set to take center stage for its virtual season 10 event. Showtime’s Ziwe, Steve McQueen’s Small Axe and Fox’s HouseBroken will be among the featured titles for the annual television event, which will run from June 11 to 20. The 2021 edition will be the…

Ziwe is coming. Showtime's late-night variety comedy series starring the former Desus & Mero writer is launching on Sunday May 9 at 11pm. The network has also unveiled the first trailer for the show. Ziwe, who kicked off her career as an intern on The Daily Show and The Colbert Report, scored a straight-to-series…

Late-Night Laughs is Deadline's weekly look at the business of jokes after dark. We focus on the biggest topics in the world of late-night, the people who make these shows tick and the moments that go viral. Drop me a line at pwhite@deadline.com with tips or suggestions. This week, we hear from Ziwe Fumudoh about her…

Ziwe has lifted the lid on her eponymous Showtime sketch comedy series as the ViacomCBS network has set a May premiere for the show. The network will launch Ziwe on Sunday May 8 at 11pm. The six-part series, which scored a straight-to-series order in October, will feature interviews, musical numbers, guest stars…

Ziwe Fumudoh, a writer on Desus & Mero and Our Cartoon President, has scored her own variety series on Showtime. The rising star will feature and exec produce the untitled series, which has been handed a straight-to-series order and will feature interviews and sketches as well as unscripted real-world rendezvous…