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  • Netflix Bill Burr Stand-Up Special Gets A Trailer

    Netflix Bill Burr Stand-Up Special Gets A Trailer

    In August, Netflix announced four exclusive stand-up comedy specials from comedians Bill Cosby, Bill Burr, Jim Jefferies & Chelsea Peretti. The Jefferies special debuted on August 29th. The Peretti special debuted on November 14th. The Cosby special was supposed to debut last week, but was pulled because of all of those rape allegations that have been mounting against him.

    Bill Burr’s special is still yet to come, however, and it will debut this Friday. Netflix just released this trailer for it.

    Netflix also has an animated comedy series in the works with Burr. It currently has three other Bill Burr stand-up specials available for streaming. One of these – You People Are All The Same – is also labeled a Netflix Original.

    In other stand-up comedy on Netflix news, the company announced last week that it’s also getting Nick Offerman’s American Ham. That will appear on December 12.

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  • Netflix Taps Bill Burr for New Animated Series

    Netflix Taps Bill Burr for New Animated Series

    Netflix knows you love Bill Burr, so it’s giving the abrasively funny comedian yet another original content deal.

    First it was a new standup special, and now it’s an animated series. Netflix has announced that Bill Burr will star in a six-episode animated show called F is for Family. The show, which is based on Burr’s comedy, will also feature the voices of Laura Dern and Justin Long.

    The show follows the Murphy family, and is set in the 70s, “a time when you could smack your kid, smoke inside and bring a gun to the airport.”

    Burr will play the father, Dern the mother, and Long the couple’s elder son. The show’s being produced by new True Detective star Vince Vaughn’s Wild West Television, as well as Gaumont International.

    “Bill Burr’s stand-up specials are wildly popular for us worldwide, and we’re looking forward to presenting his nostalgic and unflinching take on the family comedy in this original, animated series,” said Cindy Holland, VP of Original Content at Netflix.

    In other words, Netflix knows, thanks to big data, that you love Bill Burr. So Netflix is going to give you what you want. This is how Netflix makes many of its content decisions. Remember when Netflix gave Adam Sandler a four-movie deal earlier this month? That’s because you love Adam Sandler movies.

    “F is for Family is the show I’ve always wanted to do. It captures all the characters of my childhood the way I remember it to be. Fortunately Mike Price and everyone at Wild West seem to know the same people I knew growing up. It’s going to be a lot of fun to tell these stories,” said Bill Burr.

    F is for Family will debut some time in 2015.

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  • Netflix Announces Comedy Specials From Bill Cosby, Bill Burr, Jim Jefferies & Chelsea Peretti

    Netflix Announces Comedy Specials From Bill Cosby, Bill Burr, Jim Jefferies & Chelsea Peretti

    Netflix just announced four exclusive stand-up comedy specials from Bill Cosby, Jim Jefferies, Bill Burr, and Chelsea Peretti. These will join Netflix’s previously announced Chelsea Handler special Uganda Be Kidding Me Live on its slate.

    Jim Jeffries: Bare will debut on Friday, August 29th. Description:

    Filmed live at the Wilbur Theatre in Boston, Jim Jefferies is back and fired up as ever in his newest comedy special. No one is safe from Jim’s hilarious and shocking observations about politics, new fatherhood, orgies and Neil Diamond.

    Chelsea Handler: Uganda Be Kidding Me Live will debut on Friday, October 10th. Description:

    Chelsea Handler headlines her first stand-up special exclusively for Netflix at 12:01 a.m. Pacific on Friday, October 10 in "Uganda Be Kidding Me Live,” the culmination of Handler’s wildly popular international stand-up comedy tour in support of her fifth New York Times #1 Bestseller, Uganda Be Kidding Me. Using personal photos to enrich her stories and comedy, Handler regales the audience with absurd tales of her global travels and the ridiculous characters in her life, all the while offering her signature unabashed opinions on subjects ranging from her expectations of sexual partners, to the very real problem of dolphin rape. “Uganda Be Kidding Me Live” is executive produced by Chelsea Handler, Tom Brunelle and Brad Wollack.

    Chelsea Peretti: One of the Greats will debut on Friday, November 14th Description:

    Her unique delivery, writing, physicality, and mind shine in this dark yet silly, tightly-constructed material, filmed live at the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco. The production opens a new window into the singular voice of the Brooklyn 99 star and showcases her diverse talents as an actor, standup, writer, and motorcycle enthusiast. “One of the Greats” is executive produced by Chelsea Peretti, Christie Smith, Mike Berkowitz, Brian Volk-Weiss, Cisco Henson and Lance Bangs.

    Bill Cosby: 77 will debut on Friday, November 28th. Description:

    In Bill Cosby’s latest special, “Bill Cosby 77,” he brings his singular point of view and comedy to his favorite topics, relationships, marriage and children. Taped at the SF Jazz Center in San Francisco on Cosby’s 77th birthday and directed by Robert Townsend…

    Bill Burr: I’m Sorry You Feel That Way will debut on Friday, December 5th. Description:

    Bill Burr takes the stage at the Tabernacle Atlanta…Join him as he escapes the zombie apocalypse in his getaway helicopter, explores how nothing ruins great sex like a rom-com, and explains how too many childhood hugs may be the downfall of man.

    Netflix VP of original docunentary and comedy programming Lisa Nishimura said,” Jim Jefferies, Chelsea Handler, Bill Cosby, Bill Burr and Chelsea Peretti are some of the funniest comedians of our time who will have our viewers in stitches. We are thrilled to bring this diverse slate of talent and their unique, multi-faceted and hilarious points of view exclusively to our members around the world.”

    As you may know, Netflix also has a talk show with Handler in the line-up.

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