This Week In Comedy: “That Damn Michael Che” comes to HBO Max
May 3, 2021 Andrew Buss News, This Week In Comedy
This Week In Comedy: This season of SNL has seen multiple cast members pulling double duty by somehow managing to juggle the show and a completely different project simultaneously. Michael Che is the latest to join that group with his new HBO Max show, That Damn Michael Che. The show uses sketches to “illustrate what it feels like to experience various every-day situations including racial profiling, unemployment, falling in love and more, from Michael’s perspective.”
Also this week, Girls5Eva debuts on Peacock. The show, stars Busy Philipps, Paula Pell, Ashley Park, Sara Bareilles, and Renée Elise Goldsberry, follows a short-lived 90’s pop-group that decides to reunite to give it a go one final time. The series is produced by Tina Fey and Robert Carlock, and was created by Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt writer Meredith Scardino.
Plus, Crank Yankers is coming back for a season 6. The show, which uses puppets to illustrate real prank phone calls made by celebrities, was also brought back in 2019, and did well enough a second time around to warrant a second season. Celebrities this time include Kathy Griffin, Bobby Moynihan, Adam Carolla, Paul Scheer, Iliza Shlesinger, Chelsea Peretti, Punkie Johnson, Kevin Nealon, Desus & Mero, JB Smoove, Sam Jay, Annie Murphy, Wanda Sykes, Tiffany Haddish, Natasha Leggero, and many more.
And finally, Tiffany Haddish is bringing back Kids Say The Darndest Things for a season two. Originally, season one of the revival series had aired from October 2019 until January 2020 on ABC, with a second season in the works. However, after ABC cancelled the series, CBS picked it up, and a second season was produced over there. Kids Say The Darndest Things airs on CBS Tuesday.
Monday
Casey Wilson on Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Aidy Bryant on The Tonight Show
Michael Che on Late Night w/Seth Meyers
Tiffany Haddish on The Late Late Show w/James Corden
Nasim Pedrad on Conan
Tuesday
The cast of Girls 5Eva on The Tonight Show
Pete Davidson on Late Night w/Seth Meyers
Ellen Degeneres on The Late Late Show w/James Corden
Wednesday
Kids Say The Darndest Things airs on CBS
Crank Yankers returns to Comedy Central
Brian Regan on The Tonight Show
Brett Gelman on The Late Late Show w/James Corden
Jb Smoove on A Little Late w/Lilly Singh
Flula Borg on Conan
Thursday
Girls5Eva debuts on Peacock
That Damn Michael Che premieres on HBO Max
Marc Maron on The Tonight Show
Whitney Cummings on A Little Late w/Lilly Singh
W. Kamau Bell on Conan
Friday
Trevor Noah on The Late Late Show w/James Corden (R)