A little divine intervention has come to Thursday’s news cycle, courtesy of the trailer for HBO’s religion-centric comedy The Righteous Gemstones. READ MORE & WATCH VIDEO
Heaven help us, Danny McBride has found religion. The Eastbound & Down and Vice Principals vet returns to HBO in 2019 with the godly satire The Righteous Gemstones — and we have your first look at his fiendish new TV family. READ MORE
Sweet Jesus, Danny McBride is officially headed back to TV. HBO has handed a series order to The Righteous Gemstones, a religious-tinged, half-hour satire created by and starring the actor-writer-comedian. READ MORE
Bedazzling news: One of Vice Principals‘ hidden jewels will be among Danny McBride‘s Righteous Gemstones. READ MORE
This casting is just heavenly: Danny McBride and John Goodman are set to play a televangelist son and father in the HBO comedy pilot The Righteous Gemstones, TVLine has learned. READ MORE
The school bell at North Jackson High rang for the last time Sunday as Vice Principals‘ brief-by-design two-season run came to a violent, bloody, riotous conclusion on HBO. READ MORE
In just 35 seconds, the new teaser trailer for HBO’s Vice Principals puts a spotlight on the real political showdown: “Who y’all pullin’ for in the vice principal race?” star Danny McBride (Eastbound & Down) asks READ MORE & WATCH VIDEO
Things are looking up for fans of Eastbound & Down.
Eastbound star Danny McBride will return to HBO in a comedy called Vice Principals, the network announced Wednesday. READ MORE
Comedians Russell Brand and Danny McBride both lost and gained series today.
FX is doing a bit of re-Branding by choosing not to order more episodes of the Brit’s late-night talk show Brand X With Russell Brand. However, the actor will remain on board for a scripted, live-action comedy based loosely on his life. READ MORE
Last year’s Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series race was a David-and-Goliath tale, as relative newcomer Jim Parsons (The Big Bang Theory) brought down comedy giant Alec Baldwin (30 Rock) by denying him a third consecutive win. This year, in addition to both of those likely repeat nominees, there’s also Steve Carell to consider. Having bid farewell to The Office, his swan song season becomes Emmy’s last chance to award him for his seminal role. Will he grab gold? Or will a lovable long shot like Community’s Joel McHale emerge from the pack to change the game? REVIEW CONTENDERS & VOTE
