This Week in Comedy: Greg Daniels’ “Upload” transports is to a digital after-life
April 27, 2020 Andrew Buss This Week In Comedy
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This week in comedy: From Greg Daniels (creator of The Office and Parks and Recreation) comes a new series called Upload. The series, which debuts Friday on Amazon Prime, follows a world where, as death approaches, you can choose to upload your mind into a virtual afterlife. In the show, we follow a man who is trying to navigate this new world and still feel like himself in the process.
Speaking of Parks and Recreation, we also see the previously announced return of Parks and Recreation for a special quarantined episode on NBC. While we’ve seen a fair share of reunion shows happening throughout this thing we’re all going through, this is the first time we’ve seen an actual newly written episode of a show. So that’s definitely something to get excited about.
Plus, Mindy Kaling’s work returns to the small screen (this time as a writer/producer). Co-created with her collaborator from The Mindy Project Lang Fisher, Never Have I Ever is a coming-of-age story that is loosely based on Kaling’s high school days, though set in present day. It follows Devi as she navigates her way through sophomore year of high school, determined to make it a great one (and have sex along the way). Never Have I Ever hits Netflix today.
Monday
Never Have I Ever premieres on Netflix
John Mulaney on The Late Show
Maya Rudolph on Late Night w/Seth Meyers
Martin Short on Conan
Tuesday
A Parks and Recreation Special airs on NBC
Ricky Gervais on The Tonight Show
Thomas Middleditch and Ben Schwartz on The Late Late Show
Joel McHale on Conan
Wednesday
Anthony Anderson on Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Rosie O’Donnell on Late Night w/Seth Meyers
Deon Cole on A Little Late w/Lily Singh
D’Arcy Carden on Conan
Thursday
Seth MacFarlane on The Tonight Show
Phoebe Robinson on A Little Late w/Lily Singh
Friday
Upload debuts on Amazon Prime
