July 9, 2026

Kill Tony Hinchcliffe Roast Backlash, Nate Bargatze ‘MAGA’ Debate, Office Updates, and Emmy Nominations

Show Notes
Transcript

Johnny Mac covers a packed comedy news day: Tony Hinchcliffe discusses roast backlash on Joe Rogan, defending his “everybody gets them” approach and referencing reactions to his George Floyd and Charlie Kirk jokes. A separate controversy involves SNL posting Nate Bargatze’s “Washington’s Dream” sketch on July 4, with The Daily Beast quoting W. Kamau Bell on the political/business risks of being labeled a “MAGA comedian,” also mentioning Hinchcliffe’s ties to Trump and a photo of Shane Gillis backstage with Kanye West. Rainn Wilson criticizes Ricky Gervais’ stance on actors speaking at award shows. Brian Baumgartner shares a cut Office finale story explaining Kevin owning a bar, ahead of a July 14 “Superfan Extended Episodes” release. Josh Johnson describes making timeless specials; Conan recounts Adam Sandler’s neighborhood prank. Emmy notes include “Hacks” leading with 24 nominations, Colbert’s Late Show getting nine, unusual Variety Series voting rules, and key comedy/animated nominees, plus ratings data on Byron Allen’s CBS block.

00:21 Hinchcliffe Roast Fallout
02:11 Everybody Gets It Joke
03:26 Nate Bargatze MAGA Backlash
04:13 UFC White House Debate
05:53 Shane Gillis Kanye Pic
06:05 Rainn Wilson vs Gervais
07:58 Office Finale Bar Story
09:13 Josh Johnson Timeless Specials
09:43 Sandler Pranks Conan
10:12 Emmy Noms Hacks Leads
11:20 Variety Series Rules Mess
12:39 Comedy Acting Nominees
13:37 Animated Program Hoax Bit
14:01 Byron Allen Ratings Check

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Kalaruga Shark Media.

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Hey, I'm Johnny mag with your daily comedy news. Just again.

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I'm stunned it how much there is this week. Normally

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this is a really quiet week. We'll do the Emmys

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in the second half of the show. The Emmy nominations

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are out, but let's start with the fighting stuff, because

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that's what I like. Tony Hinchcliffe was a guest on

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The Joe Rogan Experience. The conversation turned to the roast

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of Kevin Hart at its year for both language and facing.

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What's it been like like the weirdness, the post roast weirdness.

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I'm always surprised by these things. I'm always surprised that

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they last so long that anybody's talking about it. It's

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so bizarre. I was surprised with the Pang Dang thing.

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I was surprised at the Trump thing. And this one

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is really surprising because with other one they're like, Ah,

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there's a time and a place for jokes like that

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or this or that or whatever, and this is the

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time and the place for it. Is like the roast

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of Kevin Hart. You know, I'm gonna go for it. Yeah,

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and we roasted Kevin, you know, I did a George

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Floyd joke in the uh at the Tom Brady roast

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and then this one. People are offended or something I

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don't know, And yeah, if you just watch that clip

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on my dismount, it's a crazy clip. But if you

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watch the entire flow of the roast set, it's just

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one last departing joke, which that's my thing. Man. It's

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like I knew Earthquake would be standing up on his

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feet like he was halfway through my set, you know.

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You know there's standing o's that are happening during my

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actual roast and on this one because there were so

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many people on it. It was such a long, big roast.

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You know, they set you to an allotted time. So

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I'm like, okay, I'm going to do something I don't

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normally do and blast off more jokes per minute than

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I normally do. Instead of milking it and getting applause

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breaks and things like that, I'm just going to create

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a bang bang bang bang bang final stand up things.

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You know, what's funny is that I have something that's

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supposed to offend everybody, Like I don't want you to

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like one hundred percent of any of my jokes I'm

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not that guy. I'm heelish, I'm a bad guy wrestling

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thing exactly. So what's funny because people got offended about

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the George Floyd thing, and people a lot of people said, yeah,

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well Pete Davidson did a Charlie Kirk joke, and they're

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comparing these things from two different spectrums. But what they

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didn't mention is that I did a Charlie Kirk joke

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in my set. You know what, everybody gets them. Everybody

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gets it is always might get some jokes everybody does.

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I said that Kevin has a quite the fan base.

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He has more gunfire at his merch table than Charlie

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Kirk or whatever. And so you know, for them to

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for people to nitpick that joke and be offended, and

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it's funny because it was a lot of a lot

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of comedians, a lot of black comedians were like, I'm

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upset about this. You know, they made their videos, which

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is just hilarious because they're not on the roast, they're

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not in attendance at the roast. You saw it, Tommy

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Harsh that was the best one. Nobody handled it better

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than her.

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Meanwhile, there was another kerfluffle involving mega comedian Nate Bergatzy

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last weekend. It was July fourth, Saturday, July fourth, and

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normally on Saturday they would air a rerun of Saturday

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Night Live, but no, it was July fourth, so they didn't. However,

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on SNL's Instagram, they posted a sketch called Washington's Dream,

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which of course stars mega comedian Nate Bergatzi. If you

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don't know why he's a mega comedian because one time

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he went to a UFC fight at the White House,

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the Daily Beast tells us the traditionally progressive fans of

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SNL lashed out when his sketch was on Saturday. One

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social media user said, really not the time, NBCSNL. Another

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told the program to read the room. Yeah, how absurd

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that you would post a George Washington sketch on July fourth.

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That's crazy. Meanwhile, The Daily Beast caught up with wkmal Bell,

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who recently posted a substack about mega comedian Aperghatzy. Bell

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told the Beasts, throughout the history of the White House,

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going to the White House is a political decision, but

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now it's not only a political decision, but it is

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a caustic and toxic decision based on what this administration

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is doing, like holding a UFC fight. Maybe you wanted

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to see some fights that THO would be kind of

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cool to see one on the White House lawn, and

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maybe you'd run into Shane Gillis in the back, who

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knows Cameu admitted that he used to be a huge

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UFC fan, So I relate in the sense that this

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is a thing that I loved, and there's a version

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of this where I might have felt like I should go.

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They asked, come out, does Nate actually want to be

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a maga comedian? Bell said, I'll say this, his accountant

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doesn't want him to be a maga comedian, the concern

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being that being a mega comedian will hurt Nate's bottom

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line because he's bigger than every maga comedian. There's nothing

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he's going to gain from losing people who are like

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I just think that guy's funny. He cuts across race

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and ethnicity and religion and socionomic background in politics. So

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why would you suddenly put that in a box. I

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don't know. Maybe you wanted to go see a UFC fight,

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and Cheryl Hines was like, Hey, do you want to

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take a picture with me and my husband? And he went, yeah, sure,

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they'll at it. If anything, Nate, this is me trying

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to help you. Who are the people around you who

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are supposed to say, don't do that. Whether that's your

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politics or not, that's not a good business decision for you, Nate.

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It's not good doesn't help your brand in any way.

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The conversation turned to Tony Hinchcliff's recent Netflix special. Belle said,

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I have not watched Tony Hinchcliff's new special, but I'm

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not hearing great things. The Daily Beast points out that

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Tony Hinchcliff was also at the UFC fight. Was he

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I missed that? Okay? Belle said, well, I mean Tony

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Hinchcliff has basically made himself a henchman to Donald Trump's joker.

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Why wouldn't he be there? Shane Gillis when he's not

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at UFC fight, said, the White House sometimes hangs out,

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apparently with Kanye West. A photo has appeared of Kanye

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West and Shane Gillis hanging backstage after Kanye's at Texas concert.

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We know this because Shane Gillis posted it. All right,

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I promise hear this one from yesterday. I had a

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bump it. Reen Wilson not happy with Ricky Gervis. Before

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I get into the clip, let me remind everyone. Rain

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Wilson perhaps possibly best known for playing Dwight on The Office,

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which was a spinoff of the British series called The

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Office written and created by Ricky Gervas and Stephen Merchant.

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So Rain Wilson might want to remember where his whole

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career comes from. But anyway, here's Reen Wilson on the

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Soul Bloom podcast edits for language.

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One of the things that pisses me off to no

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end is Ricky Gervase saying, just just take your after award.

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No one wants to hear what you have to say.

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Guess what Everyone gets to say what they want to

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say about anything. Yeah, Gaza, climate change, politics, you get

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to say it. If you're a truck driver, you get

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to say it. Yeah, if you're a school teacher.

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And you're winning in this country.

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And it's we have free speech, and you know if

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people don't want to hear it, they don't have to

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give you an a war and.

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He's never put any limits on his speech.

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No, no, And like, yeah, is it going to change,

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you know, war or climate change? With you saying something

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for seventy five seconds after you win a golden globe like, no,

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but why would you try and shame and silence someone

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from speaking their truth? I mean, it shouldn't just be

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for the sake of it. Hopefully what you're saying is

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well researched, and hopefully you're doing something about that cause

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that you want to speak to, and it's not just

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kind of like what do they call that mood signaling

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or whatever, virtue virtue signaling or something like that. And

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I think everyone from janitor to act you do not

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need to be an academic, you need to have a PhD.

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You don't need to be a politician or an expert

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to speak out on what moves.

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You rain relaxed dude. Brian bonumgottner Is shared his story.

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Apparently this anecdote's around for five years or so, but

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I had missed it. Some people wondered in the Office

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US finale how Kevin went up with a bar. Brian said,

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I can't go on a bar and not be offered

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a drink. They want to have a drink with Kevin Malone.

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So the storyline is shot but not air that Kevin

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Malone goes into bars. Everyone wants to buy him a drink.

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There's a particular bar in Scranted, Pennsylvania that he goes

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in all the time, and he's accumulated such a credit

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at the bar from people buying him drinks that he uses.

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That is leverage to own the bar. That is a

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true written story that was shot. Now coming out next

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Saturday deep dive about The Office UK, being that it's

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the anniversary today, Happy anniversary, everybody. Josh Johnson told Deadline

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be timeless. He says, the intention that I have what

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everything I do, is like most people don't feel as

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great as they are walking around. A lot of people

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don't feel in sync with their life and personally don't

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feel like their own melody. Sometimes there's just this noise

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in your head and there's this external disruption that's going

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on all the time, whether it's negative news or negative

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opinions and stuff like that. He says that you shouldn't

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just completely shut out what's happening in the world. It's

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important to be part of the world you're in, but

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if you're in the world, you must be worth the world.

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And I don't think people walk around with that feeling.

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that means a lot to me. Vyies tells us that

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wedding officiator Adam Sandler has a running neighborhood prank with

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Conan O'Brien. We are told that one of Adam Sandler's

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favorite gags is to yell O'Brien's name out in front

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of his house whenever he passes by, whether he's on

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f foot, riding a bike, or driving through the neighborhood.

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According to Conan, there was a time when a celebrity

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bus tour happened to catch wedding officiator Adam Sandler in

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the act. It's become such a common occurrence that Saidlor's

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kids expect them to do it every time they're in

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the area. The Emmy nominations came out on Wednesday. Hacks

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landed twenty four nominations, beating the record of twenty three

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also surpassed Shit's Creek for most nominations for a comedy series. Now,

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Hacks is nice and all, but like Relax, it is

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not the greatest thing. Ever, It's good. Hacks gott nominations

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for Best Comedy Series, Best Actress for Gene Smart, Best

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Supporting Actress for Hannah Einbinder and Megan Statler, and Best

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Supporting Actor for Paul w. Downs. This brings hacks lifetime

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Emmy total to eighty six nominations and twelve wins. Meanwhile,

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The Late Show with Steven Colbert got nine Emmy nominations.

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That was the biggest award showing of Colbert's eleven year

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tenure behind the Desk For this year. The most he

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ever got was five nominations three years in a row

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twenty twenty, twenty twenty one, and twenty twenty two. The

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for a variety series, technical direction and camera work, lighting designed,

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and music direction. Late Nighter reminds us this year is

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the first time in over decade that shows across the

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Late Night field will compete in the recombined Outstanding Variety

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Series category, which emerges what had previously been Variety Talk

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Series and a separate scripted Variety Series category. Also, the

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rules this year are weird and stupid. Rather than selecting

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a single winner, voters will consider each nominated series on

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a yes or no basis, with any show receiving yes

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votes from ninety percent or more of eligible voters winning

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an Emmy. That means the category could produce more than

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one winner, which of course is stupid. If no nominee

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gets ninety percent, the Emmy will go to the series

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with the highest percentage of yes votes. The nominees Outstanding

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variety series are The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, The

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Daily Show, Jimmy Kimmelive, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver,

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and Saturday Night Live. Good shot that they all win,

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which is stupid. Let's give it a Colbert just to

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stick it to CBSD. The nominees for Best Comedy Series

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are Abbot, Elementary, The Bear, which of course is not

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a comedy, Hacks, Margo's Got Money, Troubles, which apparently is

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a show on Apple TV. Nobody wants this from Netflix,

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Only Murders in the Building, Shrinking, and Widow's Bay from

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Apple TV, which I hear is very good. I haven't

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gotten to it yet. I've been watching soccer every day

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of my life except yesterday, but I had volleyball. Lead

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Actor in a Comedy Series yah Abdul Medine the second

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for wonder Man, Steve Grell for Rooster, Matthew Rees for

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Widow's Bay, Jason Siegel for Shrinking, Martin Short for Only Murders.

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Lead Actress in a Comedy Series. The nominations are Quinton

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Brunson for Abbot, Iu Edaberry for The Bear, which of

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course is not a comedy, and Ellie Fanning for Margo's

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Got Money Trouble, Lisa Kudro for The Comeback, and Gene

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Smart for Hacks. Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

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Colman Domingo for the Four Seasons, Paul w Downs for Hacks,

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Harrison Ford for Shrinking We Got to do that, That's

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just fun, Nick Offerman from Margo's Got Money Troubles, Steven

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Root for Widows Bay, Michael Uri for Shrinking Tailor James

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Williams for Abbott Elementary. The nominees for Outstanding Supporting Actress

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in a Comedy Series are Dale Dickey for Widows Bay,

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Hannah Einbinder for Hacks, Janelle James for Abbott, Kate O'Flynn

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for Widows Bay, Michelle Pfeiffer for Margo's Got Money Troubles,

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Making Statler for Hacks, and Jessica Williams for Shrinking. And

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Outstanding Animated Program. The nominees are Star Wars, Vision, South Park,

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Spiling Friends, Simpson's and Bob's Burgers continuing the Great Hoax.

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I hope Bob's Burgers win and then everyone in on

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the Hoax will be like, I can't believe they fell

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for this. Let me ask you two questions, have you

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ever seen Bob's Burgers? The answer is no, And more importantly,

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have you ever met anyone who has seen Bob's Burgers?

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The answer is also no. Oh, think about that. Sometimes,

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while we're all fawning over Stephen Colbert, Late Night er

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tells us we now have a full month of live

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plus seven ratings data for Byron Allen's two hour CBS

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late night block. How's it doing Late Night Or summarizes

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He's a distant third, but the floor is holding. Byron

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Allen's hour is averaging just under seven hundred thousand viewers,

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about a quarter of Jimmy Kimmel's two point seven and

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half The Tonight Show's one point four. Now, this is interesting,

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Late Nighter says every other program in late night sheds

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audiences on Fridays. Kimmel drops twenty nine percent, Seth drops

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twenty two percent, The Tonight Show slips seven percent. Byron

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Allen goes up eleven percent. Now, if we look at

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the eighteen to forty nine's, Byron Allen's hour averages seventy

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eight thousand viewers in a nation of three hundred million

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plus seventy eight thousand yikes. Nightline which doesn't even start

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till twelve thirty five, has double that. Even Seth Myers

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beats that number. I mean, come on, Late Nighter says,

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nobody records this sh Joe. Ninety six percent of the

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blocks total weekly audience's watches live or same day, meaning

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it's the least time shifted programming in late night. Kimmel's

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audience adds seventeen percent to his audience over a week

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of delayed viewing the Daily Show, more than doubles and

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Late Nighter points out that the Knicks championship run was

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in here and that helped Kimmel's numbers a little bit,

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but gives us a pretty good sense of where things

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are in late night. And that is your comedy news

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for today. I will see tomorrow.