HBO has given a series order to A Black Lady Sketch Show, a half-hour sketch comedy starring and executive produced by Robin Thede (The Rundown with Robin Thede) and executive produced by Insecure‘s Issa Rae. Created, written by and starring Thede, A Black Lady Sketch Show will be breaking new ground in sketch comedy TV. It will feature narrative sketches performed by a core […]
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Robin Thede is getting into business at ABC. Thede, who recently hosted the late-night BET show, The Rundown with Robin Thede, is creating a comedy series set at ABC which she’d star in. She wrote the script for the show which “is inspired in part by her childhood growing up dirt poor in a trailer park.” The […]
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BET has pulled the plug on “The Rundown with Robin Thede,” the weekly late-night comedy series that debuted last October. “Rundown” gave Thede a platform as the only African-American female host in late-night TV. The half-hour series served up a mix of headlines, sketches, field pieces and short documentary segments. “At this time BET Networks has decided not to […]
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The Television Critics Association (TCA) announced Thursday that Robin Thede will host the upcoming 34th Annual TCA Awards. Held on August 4 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif., the awards show honors the year’s top programs as decided by TV critics from the U.S. and Canada. Thede, the creator, executive producer, and host of “The […]
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NEW YORK, October 15, 2014 – Robin Thede has been named Head Writer of Comedy Central’s next great late-night franchise “The Minority Report with Larry Wilmore,” it was announced today by Wilmore, Executive Producer, Writer and Host of “The Minority Report with Larry Wilmore.” Most recently, Thede was Head Writer on “The Queen Latifah Show” […]
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As you already know, the comedy industry has taken a big hit during the coronavirus. So many comedians are trying to figure out ways to entertain themselves and their audience. With that being said, comedians Deon Cole (of black-ish fame) and Tony Roberts (of Uncle Buck fame) decided earlier today to entertain their fans by conducting […]
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