Shane Gillis Comedy Series ‘Tires’ Gets Early Season 2 Renewal At Netflix

Jack Dunn Several Asian American groups gathered in the Chinatown district of Los Angeles Thursday afternoon to call for comedian Shane Gillis to apologize for using “offensive racial remarks” in his stand-up performances. Leaders of the Media Action Network for Asian Americans, Chinese American Citizens Alliance Los Angeles and the Greater Los Angeles Japanese American Citizens League gathered at the Chinese American Citizens Alliance Lodge for a press conference, in which the groups also implored Netflix to cancel Gillis’ new sitcom “Tires” and that Bud Light cut all promotional funding toward his comedy tour unless an apology is issued.

EXCLUSIVE: Steve Zahn (The White Lotus) is set to star opposite Glen Powell in Chad Powers, Hulu‘s upcoming half-hour comedy based on an Eli Manning sketch that aired on ESPN+.

Kenan Thompson and Bowen Yang have had very different “Saturday Night Live” trajectories. And yet, they both have made history. Thompson, who joined the show in 2003, is the longest-tenured cast member in the show’s history.

Last year was a big year for Eva Longoria. 2023 saw the release of her feature film directorial debut, “Flamin’ Hot.” The film actually earned solid reviews and established Longoria as a legit filmmaker.

Selome Hailu After “Bridgerton” dominated the top three spots on Luminate‘s streaming rankings last week, the only TV title that could rival it was a complete change of pace from the high production value Regency-era drama: “Tires,” Shane Gillis’ self-funded half-hour comedy that premiered on May 23. “Bridgerton” Season 3 of course still took the No. 1 position with 766.8 million minutes watched in its second full week of availability, coming out to an estimated 3.7 million views when divided by the 220-minute runtime of the four currently available episodes.

EXCLUSIVE: Jamie Neumann (The Deuce, Lovecraft Country) has been cast in Apple’s new 10-episode comedy starring and executive produced by Owen Wilson, and created, written by and executive produced by Jason Keller (Ford v Ferrari).

EXCLUSIVE: Mariana Treviño (Club de Cuervos, A Man Called Otto) will star opposite Owen Wilson in the Untitled Golf Comedy Series from Jason Keller as a series regular. Marc Maron and Peter Dager also star.

Netflix is putting toxic masculinity under the comedy microscope.

Tires had a promising debut weekend on Netflix.

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Alison Herman TV Critic At this month’s Cannes Film Festival, Francis Ford Coppola and Kevin Costner each unveiled passion projects they opted to finance themselves after institutional backers initially passed. This week, three auteurs make a trend — except instead of putting his own funds toward a deeply personal, sweeping epic, comedian Shane Gillis has made a lewd, bro-y workplace comedy set at a Pennsylvania tire shop.

The cult classic 1976 Universal Pictures film Car Wash is getting the small-screen treatment from producer Malcolm D. Lee (“The Best Man” franchise) and writer Opey Olagbaju (Bob Hearts Abishola, Close Enough). A comedy series of the same name is in development at NBC from Universal Television.

Steve Carell is getting a new show!

Though Steve Carell has tried his best to work on great TV shows in recent years, he still can’t shake “The Office.” Sure, he’s made plenty of films and proven he’s a wonderful actor, but everytime he works on a new show, such as the Netflix comedy, “Space Force,” it’s always just a reminder that he was at his peak on “The Office.” Well, now he’s headed to HBO (a network synonymous with quality) to once again try to shake off that ‘Office’ smell.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter HBO has given out a straight-to-series order for a single-camera comedy series starring Steve Carell from Bill Lawrence and Matt Tarses, Variety has learned. The untitled, half-hour series has been given a 10 episode order. The official logline states that the show is “set on a college campus, centering on an author’s complicated relationship with his daughter.” “HBO has long been a standard bearer of quality TV,” Lawrence said.

A college comedy series starring Steve Carell has landed a 10-episode, straight-to-series order from HBO. The half-hour, single-camera project comes from veteran comedy writer-producers Bill Lawrence (Ted Lasso) and Matt Tarses (The Goldbergs) and Warners Bros. Television where Lawrence’s Doozer banner and Tarses are under overall deals.

We’re getting the first look at Kate Hudson as President of a legendary basketball franchise in Mindy Kaling‘s new comedy series Running Point (fka Untitled Mindy Kaling Comedy Series), set for premiere in 2025. Hudson and Kaling presented the new title and photos Wednesday during the Netflix Upfront presentation in New York City. You can see the photos above and below.

Will Ferrell is ready to make a Netflix series, and he’s teaming with Ramy Youssef to make it happen. According to a just-released Netflix announcement, Ferrell and Youssef are set to star opposite each other in the new series “GOLF” (yes, it’s capitalized).

Will Ferrell (SNL, The Shrink Next Door) is making a rare foray into scripted television in a big way.

We are fully in the middle of TV Upfronts. And what that means, if you’re not already aware, is studios unveil what they’re working on and what series are getting renewed.