Following up on a tweet promising to discuss the issue more on his show and “not [on] a shitty platform like Twitter,” on today’s episode of WTF, Marc Maron discussed the sexual misconduct charges against his friend Louis CK at length. Maron and CK have had a rocky relationship over the years—an early episode of WTF…
Here’s what’s happening in the world of television for Tuesday, September 5. All times are Eastern.
Marc Maron has a new Netflix special coming up soon, and, with it, some new additions to the cranky cultural lexicon. Like “alpha pussy,” a title the stand-up and GLOW star dubs himself with in the new trailer for Too Real, a term describing someone who’s just as rage-filled as a stereotypical “alpha male,” but …
Netflix is bringing up the rear in streaming announcements, but its offerings are highly anticipated enough that it doesn’t really matter that the platform’s a little late to the preview party. Early this fall (or in the death throes of summer, if you prefer) subscribers will be able to watch Netflix originals like…
Two prospective stars of the squared circle toss a medicine ball back and forth. Debbie (Betty Gilpin) is concerned about her prospects with GLOW, the perfectly cheesy acronym—standing for “Gorgeous Ladies Of Wrestling”—for a perfectly cheesy professional wrestling promotion. She wants pointers from Carmen (Britney…
Though the premiere date is still unknown, Netflix has released a brief teaser for its wrestling comedy series, G.L.O.W. The series, from Jenji Kohan, stars Alison Brie as one of the titular Gorgeous Ladies Of Wrestling—at least, she’ll eventually become one to revive her failing acting career. Marc Maron is the other…
Last year, podcasting hit a hot streak, as Barack Obama took to Marc Maron’s garage for one of his most candid interviews, proving that this medium remains dedicated to the sincere, unifying power of the conversation. This year, the focus on politics remained with Hillary Clinton not simply guesting, but rather…
Netflix has released a full trailer for Easy, Joe Swanberg’s sex anthology series set in Chicago. Easy tells eight stories in eight episodes, bouncing around between a diverse crew of Chicagoans as they “fumble through the modern maze of love, sex, technology, and culture.” The trailer shows the characters grappling…
Marc Maron, taking a break from wrestling with his own crippling self-doubt, will be joining the cast of Netflix’s new comedy series based on The Gorgeous Ladies Of Wrestling, G.L.O.W. Maron is coming on board as Sam Sylvia, who according to The Hollywood Reporter is “a washed-up Hollywood director who has a very…
Great, as if Marc Maron needs another thing to have a complex about. As its parent network IFC tweeted earlier today, the season-four finale of Maron will also serve as a series finale:
The fourth season of Maron found our hero in dire straits: Unemployed, addicted to Oxycontin after years of sobriety, and living out of a storage locker. Soon after, the perpetually perturbed comedian checked into rehab, where he made some new friends and had a fling with Amy Pietz while getting sober, losing the…
Among the seemingly endless options of video streaming services out there, Tribeca Shortlist definitely falls on the classier end of the spectrum. The subscription VOD service focuses on selectively curated collections of films put together by filmmakers and artists of all stripes, so you’re not endlessly shuffling…
Bob Fingerman has been working in the comic industry for over three decades, and in that time he’s gathered a lot of material for his semi-autobiographical series Minimum Wage, following a cartoonist named Rob through his professional and personal woes. After a 15-year hiatus, Fingerman revived the title at Image…
The underlying story of WTF With Marc Maron, the comedian’s celebrated podcast, has always been one of recovery and redemption. After a decades-long stand-up career and multiple canceled shows on the liberal talk-radio network Air America, in 2009 Maron was at his professional bottom, unsure where to turn next. It’s…
We’re slowly inching our way toward summer, which means it’s finally time to shake off those winter doldrums. They say that laughter is the best medicine, but The A.V. Club’s 3rd Annual 26th Annual Comedy Festival (featuring Tracy Morgan, Sarah Silverman, and oh so much more) isn’t until June, so what is one supposed…
Maron is returning to IFC for its fourth season this spring, and this year finds the comedian in dire straits. When we last left TV’s Marc Maron (as portrayed by comedian Marc Maron), he was on the verge of success with his own television talk show until the recovering addict turned to Oxycontin. Season four opens up…
Have you ever considered the socioeconomic complexities of the cat world? How about the social anxiety minefield that is an urban off-leash dog park? The awkwardness of pigeon mating? The production peculiarities of rodent podcasts? If not, you will soon. Based on this trailer, Mark and Jay Duplass’ new animated…
The definition of stand-up comedy has broadened in recent years, and it will only continue to do so. When so-called alternative comedy expanded the boundaries of the form, it unshackled many comics from the confines of setups and punchlines and finely tuned, five-minute bits. As a result, it’s difficult to look at the…
On a recent episode of WTF With Marc Maron, Marc Maron observed that his fans might be upset that things are going unusually well for the comedian. He interviewed both Keith Richards and Lorne Michaels this year on his podcast, both of whom he had been working on getting on the show for some time. His IFC sitcom Maron…
Since the inception of WTF in 2009, Marc Maron has talked about his dream interview: Lorne Michaels, creator of Saturday Night Live. And now, after an extended period of actively and forcefully campaigning for a chat in the opening bit of his show, Maron has landed his white whale. In the new podcast interview—which…
