The Characters

Dr. Brown might be the least-known of the comics of The Characters, but he’s got strange similarities to Chip…

Originally hired as a featured player on Saturday Night Live—code for “prove yourself and make the varsity”—Tim…

If The Characters is intended as a showcase for comics few have heard of, Paul W. Downs’ episode makes that plan…

Heading into the back half of The Characters’ eight-episode run, so far each comedian’s showcase can be roughly…

For her episode of The Characters, Kate Berlant decided to delve into a world she knows intimately. Her father Tony…

The beauty of The Characters is the freedom it affords its comics to show us what they’d do if, as is the case…

As The Characters’ customary opening enters John Early’s dressing room, it finds him already in character. Xscape’s…

The Characters is the Netflix programming model in miniature. Say what you want about Netflix’s flood of original…

Netflix touts its new sketch comedy series The Characters as “outlaw comedy.” The formula is simple: Netflix gave…