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Nikki Glaser is turned on. That the comedian is, at full volume, discussing her level of arousal in a restaurant — she is “damp downstairs,” to be precise — is probably not surprising to anyone who has seen her four standup specials. In her most recent, Someday You’ll Die, Glaser extensively describes her boyfriend of 10 years, Chris Convy (who also produces Glaser’s work), blindfolding and restraining her while pretending to be a parade of different men coming in to… actually, like Glaser, feel free to use your imagination here.

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With a month before showtime, the countdown is on for the 2025 Golden Globes. As such, here comes the first look at host Nikki Glaser. The stand-up star, who saw her career skyrocket following a killer set at Netflix’s The Roast of Tom Brady, will front the 82nd annual installment at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California, on Jan. 5.

The Golden Globes will air live on the CBS Television Network and stream on Paramount+ in the U.S. Mindy Kaling and Morris Chestnut are confirmed to reveal the nominees on Dec. 9, with all categories announced on CBSNews.com/GoldenGlobes and on the CBS News app at 8:15 a.m. Et/5:15 a.m. Pt. Ten categories will be unveiled live at 8:30 a.m. Et/5:30 a.m. Pt on CBS Mornings.

Nikki Glaser as host of the 2025 Golden Globes.

Glaser had another high-profile in Hollywood this week as...

Kevin Hart‘s busy 2024 isn’t over yet. After “Lift,” “Borderlands,” Peacock‘s “Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist,” and hosting “The Roast Of Tom Brady,” the actor-comedian also has Season 3 of “Die Hart” on the way, and it hits The Roku Channel next Friday.

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After the Quibi original became a runaway hit, snagging seven Emmy nods, Roku swooped in to keep the show alive (with a little help from Prime Video recutting those two seasons into feature films).

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Nikki Glaser called out beauty standards and joked about having to wake up at the crack of dawn to open The Hollywood Reporter’s annual Women in Entertainment gala, presented by Lifetime, on Wednesday at The Beverly Hills Hotel.

“When I was told I had been chosen as one of the Power 100 Women in Hollywood I was so incredibly honored,” the comedian said. “And then I said, ‘Which number am I?’ And they said it doesn’t work that way; you’re all equal. And I said, ‘Ok if that’s the case, then can I sit at Nicole Kidman’s table?’ and that’s when the correspondence ended.” (Kidman is also featured on this week’s THR cover.)

“A breakfast gala? For women in Hollywood. We don’t even eat that meal,” Glaser joked, before adding, “But truly, what better time to honor women than at 8 a.m., before the industry is awake,...

Tony Hinchcliffe has one unexpected ally: Jon Stewart.

The host of “The Daily Show” used his opening monologue to defend the controversial roast comedian, and instead put the blame for his viral remarks on the Trump campaign for inviting him in the first place.

Hinchcliffe was one of the speakers at Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally on Sunday. During his set, he likened Puerto Rico to a “floating island of garbage.” His remarks were instantly met with a backlash from both Republicans and Democrats, including condemntations from Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Bad Bunny, Jennifer Lopez and Ricky Martin.

“Now obviously in retrospect, having a roast comedian come to a political rally a week before election day and roasting a key voting demographic, probably not the best decision by the campaign politically,” Stewart said on Monday night. “But to be fair, the guy is really just doing what he does.”

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Danny Amendola had a magical night on Dancing with the Stars and didn’t hesitate to call out his former teammate, Tom Brady.

The former NFL star experienced movie magic as he and his dance partner recreated an iconic opening scene from this year’s box office smash Deadpool and Wolverine.

Danny donned a red and black costume for their dance routine to match Marvel’s Deadpool, and Witney Carson wore an outfit similar to Wolverine’s yellow and black X-Men costume.

The backdrop consisted of a screen with fake snowflakes falling to help recreate the wintry opening scene from Disney and Marvel’s film.

Throughout their performance, Danny and Witney traded fake kicks or jabs as if fighting each other.

The former wide receiver also delivered some “breaking-the-fourth-wall” moments by pretending to kiss the camera or look out to the viewers at home.

Danny called out Tom over Super...

YouTube has become Netflix‘s biggest rival in the world of streaming. The latter company’s Co-CEO thinks that his platform’s superlative stories are still a difference maker, but is his view outdated?

Ted Sarandos was asked about YouTube during Netflix’s Q3 2024 earnings call. Those two platforms account for half of all streaming traffic, but Sarandos still believes his SVOD service has a competitive edge over YouTube.

“Netflix is the best place for premium stories because we’re the home to the best storytellers,” Sarandos said. “When I look at YouTube specifically, I’d say look, we compete directly with YouTube for people’s time, for the time they spend on that TV screen. But we have very different strengths.”

That answer sounds similar to the one Sarandos’ fellow Co-CEO, Greg Peters, gave in response to a question about YouTube during the Q2 2024 Netflix earnings call. At the time,...

Netflix released its semi-annual data dump on Thursday, unveiling viewership for the streamer’s biggest hits — and not so big releases — from January through June of 2024.

While the most-watched seasons of TV during the six-month interval included “Fool Me Once,” “Bridgerton” Season 3, “Baby Reindeer” and “The Gentlemen,” a group of winners have arisen from the data dump, including children’s TV as a whole — including “Peppa Pig” — “Young Sheldon” and buzzy crime docs like “Ashley Madison: Sex, Lies & Scandal.”

As the streamer continues to bolster its live event programming, the success of “The Roast of Tom Brady” followed in the footsteps of “Chris Rock: Selective Outrage” as it found an eager audience, whereas the first-ever livestream of the SAG-AFTRA Awards earlier this year didn’t do much for Netflix, viewership-wise.

For the full breakdown of the biggest TV-centric revelations from Netflix’s data dump for the first half of 2024, see below.

‘Baby Reindeer,’ ‘Bridgerton,’ and ‘Fool Me Once’ were the most-watched titles on Netflix as revealed by its latest data dump.

Netflix is putting its money where its mouth is. Company co-ceo Ted Sarandos harangued other streaming executives this week for not being more transparent, and Netflix followed up his words by following through with another data dump regarding how much viewership it received in the first half of 2024. British TV was the biggest genre of the year for the streamer, with titles like “Bridgerton,” “Fool Me Once” and the controversy-generating “Baby Reindeer” compiling tens of millions of views.

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“Fool Me Once” was the top series for Netflix in...

Netflix saw a British invasion in the first six months of the year — with four of its 10 biggest shows globally in the first half of 2024 coming from the U.K.: “Fool Me Once,” the Emmy-winning “Baby Reindeer,” “The Gentlemen” and “One Day.”

In addition, Shonda Rhimes’ U.K.-set “Bridgerton” Season 3 was the No. 2 most-watched show worldwide from January-June 2024. The season notched a whopping 91.9 million views in less than two months following its May 14 premiere. All told, shows in the “Bridgerton” universe garnered 189 million views in the first half of 2024; views in the six-month period for “Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story” hit 24 million (doubling versus the second half of last year) while views of of “Bridgerton” seasons 1 and 2 jumped fivefold compared with the prior six months.

The company calculates views by dividing total hours viewed divided by runtime. (See the lists of the top 10 shows and films on Netflix below.

Netflix’s latest data dump is here and, as trailed by Ted Sarandos earlier this week, the Brits have dominated the TV series listings.

Harlan Coben adaptation Fool Me Once led the pack in the first half of 2024 with more than 100 million views globally, just ahead of the third season of Bridgerton on 91.9 million. Bridgerton had an epic six months, with its first and second season also making the top 20 with 38.4 million and 34.2 million views globally. Shonda Rhimes’ show is commissioned out of the U.S. but made in the UK with British acting talent.

After Bridgerton Season 3 came Baby Reindeer – the controversial smash series that is currently subject to a lawsuit – watched by 87.6 million, with The Gentlemen next with 75.9 million.

The most-watched U.S. series was Avatar: The Last Airbender in fifth with 71.1 million, followed by Griselda. In seventh place was also a British series, American Nightmare, the highest-rated...

Lack of transparency with viewership numbers is an ongoing complaint in the streaming space, but Netflix's co-ceo Ted Sarandos doesn't "think we could be any more transparent than" its biannual data dump, which reports number of views and hours watched per season on the platform. In fact, speaking at the Fast Company Innovation Festival,...

Following her successful roast of Tom Brady earlier this year during Netflix’s highly watched special, “The Roast of Tom Brady,” comedian Nikki Glaser has been tapped by CBS to host “The 82nd Annual Golden Globes.”

Scheduled to take place on Sunday, January 5, 2025, Live from 8:00-11:00 p.m. Et/5:00-8:00 p.m. Pt on CBS and streaming on Paramount+*, the Golden Globe Awards marks the official kick off of awards season.

Often referred to as “Hollywood’s Party of the Year,” the Golden Globes is the biggest awards show in the world when it comes to celebrating the best in both film and television. Glenn Weiss and Ricky Kirshner of White Cherry Entertainment (Wce) are set to return as executive producers and showrunners, with Dick Clark Productions planning, hosting and producing the awards show that remains widely viewed across more than 185 countries and territories worldwide.

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Nikki Glaser‘s year just keeps getting better: The standout from Netflix’s “The Roast of Tom Brady,” nominated for two Emmys for her HBO special, will officially be hosting the 2025 Golden Globes.

“I am absolutely thrilled to be hosting the Golden Globes. It’s one of my favorite nights of television and now I get a front-row seat,” said Glaser in a statement. “The Golden Globes is not only a huge night for TV and film, but also for comedy. It’s one of the few times that show business not only allows, but encourages itself to be lovingly mocked (at least I hope so).. It’s an exciting, yet challenging gig because it’s live, unpredictable and in front of Hollywood’s biggest stars (who also might be getting wasted while seated next to their recent exes).”

Glaser went on to note that “some of my favorite jokes...

Watch out, Golden Globe nominees: Nikki Glaser is hosting next year.

The popular comedian and scathing celebrity roaster will host the 82nd annual Golden Globes in January.

“I am absolutely thrilled to be hosting the Golden Globes,” Glaser wrote in a statement. “It’s one of my favorite nights of television and now I get a front row seat (actually, I think I have to host from the stage). The Golden Globes is not only a huge night for TV and film but also for comedy. It’s one of the few times that show business not only allows but encourages itself to be lovingly mocked (at least I hope so). (God I hope so.) It’s an exciting, yet challenging gig because it’s live, unpredictable and in front of Hollywood’s biggest stars (who also might be getting wasted while seated next to their recent exes).”

Glaser continued,...

Comedian Jeff Ross thinks roasting can help heal our world, and Netflix’s “The Roast of Tom Brady” was a huge step in the right direction.

“I live in Roast world,” Ross, an executive producer on the special, says. “But I think the rest of the world is getting back in touch with their sense of humor and leaving politics out of it — which was a mission of mine, to make it as inclusive and fun so people could let loose. I think that helped. It was a break for the fans.”

The Brady special was the biggest project Ross, who has been doing roasts since 1995 at the Friars Club and eventually brought them to television as specials on Comedy Central, has ever helped to assemble.

He had been discussing the idea with the champion quarterback, who is also an executive producer on the project, for three years, and the...

It’s an open secret that hosting an awards show is one of the most difficult jobs in Hollywood. If you do a poor job you’re criticized for weeks, but if you do it well, it’s barely a blip on the radar. Even though she is fully aware of the risks of the gig, hosting the Emmys or the Oscars is a job comedian and Emmy nominee Nikki Glaser wants.

“I think I would do a really good job, so I can’t wait to host something. I think it’s imminent,” Glaser told TheWrap.

The comedian, who is currently nominated for Outstanding Variety Special (Pre-Recorded) for her HBO standup special “Someday You’ll Die,” is no stranger to jobs that terrify other people. She pointed to her recent appearance on “The Roast of Tom Brady” as a recent example. Though she likened the Netflix special to her own personal Olympics,...

Netflix is continuing its push into live programming with a new weekly series, “Live From the Other Side” hosted by medium Tyler Henry, premiering Sept. 17.

The eight live shows, which will stream every Tuesday at 3 p.m. Pt on the platform for 45 minutes apiece, follow Henry as he gives celebrity guests hope, healing and long sought-after answers through emotional readings that showcase his gifts as a medium, clairvoyant and medical intuitive.

“Not even I could’ve predicted that I’d be doing a Live show on Netflix! I am super humbled and grateful for the opportunity. I know the skepticism that comes with mediums — and this project will let me lean into that in an honest and unedited way, demonstrating high-stakes readings in real time,” Henry said in a Tuesday statement. “My goal is for this live format to open some minds and change some lives. This project is my biggest,...

When Nikki Glaser took to the stage to join in The Greatest Roast of All Time: Tom Brady, she made headlines with her close-to-the-bone whip-smart jokes. Then, just days later, she broke viewing records with her comedy special Someday You’ll Die, which has now earned her an Emmy nomination. Now she has a show in the works called Unsettling, written by Jamie Lee, about two childless women who decide to parent together. Here, she mulls over her compulsion to say unspeakable things, explains why she doesn’t want kids and expresses compassion for Tom Brady. Then there are those big awards shows she would love to host…

Deadline: You’ve been doing this for 20 years but this one-two punch of The Roast of Tom Brady and then your Max special Someday You’ll Die coming within days of each other has really shot you to household-name fame.

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It’s a Tuesday morning in late July, and at a gigantic warehouse-turned-production facility in L.A.’s Canoga Park, Kevin Hart and Kenan Thompson are in one studio riffing on the Summer Olympics. On the other side of the building, comedian Earthquake is recording a podcast. Meanwhile, between that building, another nearby and a third in West Hollywood, teams of staffers are running around, working on one of the two dozen other projects across TV, film, audio, branded entertainment and experiential events that Hart’s entertainment company, Hartbeat, has in the pipeline.

You know Kevin Hart, the comedian and star of films like “Ride Along,” “Central Intelligence” and the just released “Borderlands.” But he’d really like you to think of him as Kevin Hart, production maven. This year alone, he’s produced Netflix’s “The Roast of Tom Brady,” a revival of “Comic View” with BET and released...

Comedian and podcaster Joe Rogan aimed at targets like Covid vaccines and trans people during his newest comedy special.

Rogan’s latest, named “Burn the Boats,” debuted live on Netflix on Saturday night and amplified some of the controversial views he has discussed on his podcast before. Yet he was also self-deprecating about his perceived impact on culture.

“That might be misinformation,” he said, as the tag of a joke early on. “Don’t say you heard it from me, because I am known for that shit.”

Rogan discussed his skepticism of Covid vaccines early in the special.

“Covid was just so strange,” he said. “And we lost a lot of people during Covid, and most of them are still alive. There’s a lot of people that I don’t fuck with anymore. Before Covid, I would have told you that vaccines are the most important invention in human history.

Joe Rogan is heading back on stage for another comedy special – and with “Burn the Boats,” he’s doing it live on Netflix.

The comedian and podcast host plans to shoot his third special for the streamer live on Saturday, Aug. 3 at the Majestic Theater in San Antonio, Texas. His last previous two specials on Netflix were “Joe Rogan: Strange Times” in 2018 and “Joe Rogan: Triggered” in 2016.

Rogan’s special is the latest live event Netflix hosted after “Chris Rock: Selective Outrage,” “The Roast of Tom Brady” and “John Mulaney Presents: Everybody’s in LA.”

But how do you watch the special, what time does it start, and can you watch it if you miss the live premiere? Everything you need to know is answered below.

What time does it start?

“Joe Rogan: Burn the Boats” begins on Saturday, Aug. 3 at 7 p.m. Pt / 9 p.m. Ct / 10 p.m. Et. As...

Every year seems to have its defining comedy event. In this decade, we had Bo Burnham’s Inside in 2021, Jerrod Carmichael’s Rothanial in 2022 and John Mulaney’s Baby J in 2023.

2024 is barely past the halfway mark, but it’s clear that we’ve already experienced the comic entry that’s going to leave the biggest footprint on the year: The Roast of Tom Brady. The Netflix special likely won’t be responsible for 2024’s most clever comedy, sharpest social commentary or most transcendent performances. But there are at least three reasons why The Roast of Tom Brady is the most important comedy we’ll see all year…

1 The Roast Is Back, Baby

The roast was arguably the most durable form of comedy in the early part of his century, courtesy of the comic skewering of Chevy Chase, David Hasselhoff, William Shatner and other acclaimed doofuses. Then the pendulum...

Netflix rang up solid subscriber gains in the second quarter of 2024 — considerably better than Wall Street expected — and posted financial results that beat forecasts.

The industry’s No. 1 premium streamer added 8.05 million net paid customers in Q2, bringing its global base to 277.65 million. The company reported revenue of $9.56 billion (up 17%) and net income of $2.15 billion (versus $1.49 billion a year ago), translating to earnings per share of $4.88.

Netflix had forecast Q2 revenue of $9.49 billion and earnings of $4.68 per share. On average, Wall Street expected revenue of $9.53 billion and Eps of $4.74, according to Lseg Data & Analytics.

Analyst consensus estimates pegged Netflix adding 4.8 million subscribers in Q2, according to FactSet StreetAccount, compared with 5.89 million in the year-ago period. The streamer had not provided guidance for quarterly subscriber adds (it stopped doing that at the start of 2023) other than to say it expected the number to be lower than the 9.3 million pickup in Q...

Two months after hitting a career high with her stellar performance on Netflix’s The Roast of Tom Brady, comedian Nikki Glaser’s star continued to rise on Wednesday morning with her first Emmy nomination for Max comedy special Nikki Glaser: Someday You’ll Die.

In conversation with Deadline on nominations morning, Glaser told Deadline about seeing her life change overnight after the Netflix roast, her new series Unsettling in development at Amazon, her interest in hosting awards shows, and more.

Of Unsettling, which she’ll exec produce and lead opposite fellow comic Jamie Lee, Glaser said, “I just love the people involved with it. They make some of the funniest, [most] heartwarming TV there is, and I’m so excited to move forward with it.”

Glaser added that the show is “slowly coming along, so it seems like it’s something that will be happening, but you never know.” A half-hour,...

Kevin Hart is one of the most badass comedians of all time, never ceasing to leave fans in hysterics with his stand-up comedies and roasts. But there have been very few people who have successfully roasted him back in the most iconic way. That was until recently when the 40-year-old comedian cum actress Nikki Glaser made her entry onto that list.

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At The Greatest Roast Of All Time: Tom Brady, Glaser went all in after turning up to brutally grill Hart. While her trolling him on his tiny height was one thing that had viewers in tears, the actress actually landed the final blow with an Nsfw joke about The Rock — one that even Hart couldn’t deny was absolutely savage!

Nikki Glaser Didn’t Hold Back While Roasting Kevin Hart

While Kevin Hart‘s roasts have been incredibly enjoyable, Nikki Glaser recently surpassed all of those bars.

Exclusive: Earlier this year, Hulu revealed that it was making a big push into stand-up comedy, taking on the likes of Netflix and Amazon Prime Video.

The Disney-backed streamer has now signed up another big name to its roster – Bill Burr.

Burr’s next comedy special, which was taped in June at the Moore Theatre in Seattle, will air on Hulu as part of the Hulu’s Laughing Now banner.

He joins Jim Gaffigan, whose special The Skinny, will kick off the push on November 22. The plan is to have 12 specials across the year with one launching each month.

Deadline understands that Hulu is also in talks with other big names and is close to other deals.

Hulu’s move comes after Netflix somewhat cornered the stand-up comedy market, paying big money to launch specials from the likes of Chris Rock, Hannah Gadsby, Pete Davidson, Katt Williams as well as its most recent special,...

On August 3rd, Joe Rogan will perform his first new stand-up comedy special in six years live on Netflix, and the streamer is now promoting the big get with all the enthusiasm and panache of a Texas Ford dealership hawking pre-owned F-150s.

Rogan’s upcoming show, titled Joe Rogan: Burn the Boats, will be the third such live special produced by Netflix following Chris Rock: Selective Outrage in 2023 and The Roast of Tom Brady earlier this year. The podcasting demagogue previously put out two pre-taped Netflix specials, 2016’s obligatorily titled Triggered and then Strange Times in 2018, but Rogan’s stand-up output dropped off toward the end of Donald Trump’s first term as the price tag on The Joe Rogan Experience grew to nine figures when he moved the world’s most popular podcast to Spotify in 2020.

Then, back in February, Rogan re-upped his Spotify deal for an astounding $250 million,...

Though most people know him as the host of The Joe Rogan Experience podcast, Fear Factor, and a commentator for the UFC, Joe Rogan’s roots are in stand-up. A stand-up comedian with more than 30 years of experience, the multi-hyphenate comedian returns to Netflix for his first comedy special in six years, Joe Rogan: Burn the Boats, and will be the first to be taped live at the Majestic Theatre in San Antonio. Rogan has six hour-long specials to his name, including Joe Rogan: Strange Timesand Joe Rogan: Triggered.

Once described in The Guardian as “an idealistic hippy stuck inside the body of a testosterone-pumped US marine,” the influential comedian and podcaster will be the latest in a heavy-hitting lineup of live Netflix comedy specials that includes Chris Rock: Selective Outrage and Netflix is a Joke Festival (2024) live shows The Roast of Tom Brady, Katt Williams: Woke FokeandJohn Mulaney...

Joe Rogan is back with his first comedy special in six years, a live event that will stream on Netflix Aug. 3 at 7 p.m. Pt.

Titled “Burn the Boats,” the special will be filmed live at the Majestic Theater in San Antonio, Texas. It’s directed by Anthony Giordano, a veteran director of televised UFC fights who has also helmed four of Rogan’s specials: 2018’s “Strange Times,” 2016’s “Triggered,” 2012’s “Live From the Tabernacle” and 2009’s “Talking Monkeys in Space.”

“Don’t get mad at me, you know why you came here. … Jokes, folks. Just jokes,” Rogan says in the trailer.

“Burn the Boats” is executive produced by Rogan, Giordano, Jeff Sussman, Chandra Keyes and Brady Nasfell.

The special joins recent Netflix live comedy events including Chris Rock’s 2023 special “Selective Outrage” and this year’s “The Roast of Tom Brady” and “John Mulaney Presents: Everybody’s in L.A.”

While...

Joe Rogan’s next Netflix comedy special won’t have a net.

The podcaster and UFC commentator’s third Netflix stand-up special will air live on the streaming service.

Joe Rogan: Burn the Boats will premiere Aug. 3 at 10 p.m. Et.

The special is the latest live comedy effort from the streamer, following Chris Rock: Selective Outrage in 2023 and The Roast of Tom Brady earlier this year.

Rogan’s previous Netflix comedy specials included Joe Rogan: Strange Times 2018 and Joe Rogan: Triggered in 2016.

Netflix also released a teaser, below.

The news follows the 56-year-old Rogan re-signing his Spotify podcast deal for The Joe Rogan Experience in February for a reported $250 million. The new deal was non-exclusive, which meant that Rogan’s show can also be available on additional services such as Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music and YouTube.

The webs of romance in Bridgerton easily captured the top spot among all streaming titles for the show’s return. Theatrical flop Madame Web, meanwhile, found a promising start to its streaming life.

Bridgerton drew 2.76 billion minutes of viewing time in the United States for the week of May 13-19. The first half of season three premiered on May 16, and Nielsen says those four episodes accounted for 70 percent of the total, or about 1.93 billion minutes — which would still have ranked No. 1 by a wide margin. The remaining 827 million minutes came from the first two seasons.

Madame Web — whose mom was in the Amazon researching spiders right before she died — premiered May 14 on Netflix and racked up 1.16 billion minutes of viewing for the week. That’s equivalent to about 10 million complete showings of the movie, which is part of Sony’s Spider-Man universe and was derided by both critics and audiences...

With the Tyson vs. Paul fight on Netflix postponed until November, Netflix took the opportunity to add a more gastronomic competition to its live slate.

Ready… set… eat! It’s been a wild few days for one of the biggest stars ever in the field of competitive eating, Joey Chestnut. Normally a mainstay at the July 4 Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest, Chestnut has been banned from the competition this year after he signed an endorsement deal with Impossible Foods and represented one of Nathan’s competitors. But only days later, Chestnut signed an agreement with Netflix to face off against Takeru Kobayashi in a rematch from their 2009 showdown in a live event that will be streamed on Labor Day. Read more about the event below, and check out a list of other live offerings Netflix should consider pursuing now that it’s expanding its live programming beyond sports and comedy specials.

‘Bluey’ has compiled billions of minutes streamed in 2024 so far, and doesn’t appear to be slowing down.

Get ready for more “Bluey,” Disney+ subscribers! The animated Blue Heeler who has captured the imagination of kids and parents around the world is bringing seven new “minisodes” to Disney+ starting next month, the first of three waves that will become available on the streamer over the course of the next year. The show is a smash-hit in the ratings, and will likely continue to be so as Disney+ presents new opportunities for watching and new formats like its upcoming minisodes.

Key Details: All seven new “Bluey” minisodes will debut on Disney+ on Wednesday, July 3. More “Bluey” minisodes will air on Disney+ before the end of 2024, and a third batch will arrive in 2025. “Bluey” was the most-watched streaming series of all last quarter, and continues to pile up billions of streaming minutes each week.

Netflix’s live roast of NFL great Tom Brady made it into the Nielsen streaming rankings for its premiere, despite only being available for a few hours of that week. After its first full week on the streamer, it rocketed to the top of the charts.

The Roast of Tom Brady gathered 1.67 billion minutes of viewing for the week of May 6-12, leading all streaming titles by a wide margin (the second-place finisher, Grey’s Anatomy, had 1.11 billion minutes of watch time for the week). The roast also had by far the biggest weekly viewing tally ever for a Netflix special; the previous high was 798 million minutes for Chris Rock’s stand-up special Selective Outrage in March 2023.

The 1.67 billion minutes of viewing for the roast in the United States translates to about 27.87 million hours, or about two thirds of Netflix’s reported worldwide total (42.2 million hours) for the special that week.

The Netflix special roasting NFL great Tom Brady made it onto the streaming charts for the week it premiered — despite it only being up for a few hours of that week.

The Roast of Tom Brady racked up 279 million minutes for the week of April 29-May 5, good for 10th place among original series in Nielsen’s rankings. The special streamed live on May 5, meaning it tallied those viewing minutes in under 12 hours. (With a running time of almost three hours, the 279 million minutes equate to about 1.6 million complete runs of the special.)

Bluey moved back into the top overall spot with 1.18 billion minutes of viewing on Disney+, adding to its total as the most streamed title in the United States so far this year (21.73 billion minutes and counting). Fallout, which had led the previous three weeks, slipped to third overall with 1.08 billion minutes of viewing on Prime Video, while Grey’s Anatomy...

The Netflix effect continues.

The O.G. streamer has seen major viewership success with the licensing of older titles from other producers since last year, when the long-concluded USA legal drama “Suits” dominated the Nielsen Streaming Top 10 for weeks on end. Since then, several library titles have seen similar trajectories.

The newest example of the Netflix effect is “The Judge,” a 2014 film starring Robert Downey Jr. that was streamed for 703 million minutes in its first five days on Netflix. That made it the seventh-most-streamed title of the week of April 29-May 5, holding its own compared to TV titles with much longer running times.

Also notable on this week’s chart was “Dead Boy Detectives,” which rose to become the No. 8 most-streamed title with 699 million minutes watched in its first full week on Netflix after missing the overall Top 10 and instead landing at No. 3 on the streaming originals chart last week,...

Niki Glaser Reveals Reason Kim Kardashian Was Booed ( Photo Credit – Instagram )

Comedian Nikki Glaser is finally setting the record straight on the Kim Kardashian Boos heard around the world. Providing a context to one of the most cringe-inducing moments of Tom Brady Comedy Roast special on Netflix, Glaser revealed the swifties were not to blame for the reality star’s embarrassing moment on stage.

On May 9, Kim Kardashian was booed by the whole arena after she got on Stage for the Tom Brady roast. As the reality star was recently embroiled in a Taylor Swift feud with the letter accusing her of perpetuating her takedown a few years ago, fans assumed the boos were a result of the ongoing beef.

However, one of the roast performers, Nikki Glaser defended the swifties, revealing the real reason Kim was briefly heckled on stage. During an appearance at the ‘Skinny But Not Fat’ podcast,...

Recently, Netflix released The Roast Of Tom Brady. While it was aired as a live stream, there have been edits since the original availability for viewers. One of the big edits was a booing session for the great Kim Kardashian. Although it took time away from the crude roast, it was clipped from the current version on the streaming service. Although everyone is aware there is an ongoing feud between Kim and Taylor Swift, some speculate the Swifties had a hand in the ousting. However, one of the feature roasters, Nikki Glaser, has the tea about whether it was a hijack by Swifties.

The Roast Of Tom Brady Brings Everyone To The Table

During The Roast Of Tom Brady on Netflix, there was a fabulous showing of talent. Undeniably, Tom Brady was center stage and brutally whipped throughout the show. However, he wasn’t the only one. Undoubtedly, all present,...

Season 3 of “Bridgerton” hit 45.1 million views in its opening weekend on Netflix, a whopping success for the Regency-era drama.

The second season debuted in 2022, when Netflix still released viewing hours in terms of hours watched, with 193 million minutes watched across its eight episodes. When divided by that season’s 8.5-hour runtime, that translates to 22.7 million views — barely over half of Season 3’s debut. Exact data for Season 1’s debut weekend is unavailable, though it is known that it was outpaced by Season 2’s.

It should be noted that Season 3 debut numbers were counted over four days, while the Season 2 total only accounts for three, but with such a large jump between seasons, it’s still clear that the newest episodes are the series’ biggest yet.

Despite that Season 3 debuted with only its first four episodes, clocking in at 3 hours and 40 minutes, it still rivals the series’ previous total viewing hours,...

“Bridgerton” Season 3 is off to a steamy hot start.

The third season of the Shondaland period drama drew 45.1 million views over its first four days of availability, according to Netflix, easily finishing first on the streamer’s Global Top 10 list. Take that, Tom Brady roast.

It was the biggest week — by quite a bit — for any series on Netflix since the streamer changed its core metric from hours viewed to views in mid-June 2023.

The first four “Bridgerton” Season 3 episodes reached number 1 in 78 countries and the Top 10 in 92, Netflix said. The next four episodes premiere on June 13; try not to obsess over the big cliffhanger between now and then.

The third season of “Bridgerton” also brought the first two back to (some semblance of) their former glory. “Bridgerton” Seasons 1 and 2 both returned to Netflix’s Top 10 TV (in any language) list in the week ahead of Season 3. They did even better during Season 3’s premiere week.

Eddie Vedder Reacts To Harrison Butker’s Controversial Commencement Speech. (Photo Credit – Instagram)

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Demi Moore Opens Up About Filming Nude Scenes. (Photo Credit – Instagram)

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Variety reported that while speaking at the press conference for “The Substance,” Demi Moore said the film pushed her out of her comfort zone but noted that nudity was necessary to tell the story that revolves around a celebrity’s obsession with youth.

In the movie, Demi Moore plays Elizabeth Sparkle, who uses a black-market drug that creates a younger version of herself (Margaret Qualley) to save her fading celebrity. Before taking the substance, Moore’s character studies her nude body in the film.

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Vampire Diaries Star Nina Dobrev was reportedly in a bike accident. She was chained to a hospital bed after sustaining injuries. In an Instagram post shared on Monday, May 20, the 35-year-old actress revealed she was involved in a bike accident that left her with multiple injuries.

While the actress did not provide additional details about the crash, including the date, she posted a picture briefly detailing its aftermath. The first image showed Nina Dobrev straddling a dirt bike before the crash. The second image showed her lying in a hospital bed with a neck brace and a splint on her left leg. the actress captioned the post, “How it started vs. how it’s going.”

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Tom Brady was in the hot seat during his Netflix roast as he absorbed scathing jokes and remarks from comedians and former teammates.

Afterward, the seven-time Super Bowl winner revealed he regretted his decision after getting roasted and said he wouldn’t do it again.

However, one of the event’s most celebrated roasters, Nikki Glaser, has thrown a flag on the field to challenge Brady for his comments.

Glaser followed host Kevin Hart as the show’s first official roaster and hit the mark with multiple jokes she fired off about the retired NFL star.

Additional roasters, including Jeff Ross and Tony Hinchcliffe, also hit Brady, his ex-wife Gisele Bundchen, and former teammates with some severe punchlines.

During a recent interview, Glaser spoke about how Brady reacted to his Netflix roast, suggesting she finds it hard to believe he didn’t know what he was getting into.

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Tom Brady does not seem quite happy after the success of Netflix’s The Roast of Tom Brady. The football star instantly regretted the jokes made in the show as they had severely affected his family. His ex-wife, Gisele Bündchen, was also disappointed.

Netflix’s The Roast of Tom Brady

Brady loves comedy, but he admitted being clueless about the repercussions of signing up for the Netflix roast. The comedians did not attack his children, but they made sure to brush upon the subject of his ex-wife.

Tom Brady May Never Do A Roast Show Again

During his appearance on The Pivot Podcast, former football quarterback Tom Brady confessed he regrets doing the show despite its success. He said he loved when the jokes were about him, but it was no longer funny when it involved his family.

“I didn’t like the way that it affected my kids. It...

After being the subject of Netflix’s The Greatest Roast of All Time, Tom Brady is having some regrets as he said it affected his kids.

In a new interview, the NFL star reflected on the roast with comedians like Kevin Hart, Nikki Glaser, and Jeff Ross taking jabs at him.

“I loved when the jokes were about me. I thought they were so fun,” Brady said on The Pivot Podcast. “I didn’t like the way that it affected my kids, so it’s the hardest part about like the bittersweet aspect of when you do something that you think is one way and then all of a sudden you realize I wouldn’t do that again because of the way that affected actually the people that I care about the most in the world.”

After the show, Glaser revealed that everyone agreed that jokes about Brady’s kids were off-limits.

Tom Brady survived through his scorching Netflix roast, heralded as a major win for comedy.

The NFL legend was a good sport throughout the event, while comedians, including Nikki Glaser, Jeff Ross, and Tony Hinchcliffe, took a flamethrower to his personal life and career through the brilliance of comedic insults.

Some moments hit harder than any sack Brady likely experienced on the football field, and one instance featured Brady seemingly scolding a comedian about a joke that may have crossed the line.

And while the seven-time Super Bowl champion seemed to roll with the punches and even deliver a few of his own, he recently explained why he regretted his decision.

Speaking on his experience with the roast, Brady indicated he “loved” many of the jokes focused on him.

Despite the fun and laughs entertaining a massive live audience and many Netflix viewers, the retired NFL star revealed why he wouldn’t endure it again.

The Roast of Tom Brady” was the most-watched TV title on Netflix during the week of May 6, and the second-most-watched title overall.

The special, which originally streamed live during the Netflix Is a Joke comedy fest, hit 13.8 million views during the May 6-12 viewing window, a steep increase from the 2 million views that made it the No. 6 English-language TV title the week before, during which it was only available for the weekend. Also recorded live during the festival, Katt Williams’ stand-up special “Woke Foke” held onto its No. 4 position for the second week in a row, increasing slightly from 4 million to 4.3 million views.

On the movies chart, the Brooke Shields-led “Mother of the Bride” quickly dethroned “Unfrosted” in the top position with a strong 26.7 million views — also outpacing the Brady roast. Jerry Seinfeld’s movie followed with 8.8 million views in its first full week of availability.

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Retired football icon Tom Brady included ex-wife Gisele Bündchen in an Instagram post on Mother’s Day. In a carousel of images, Brady uploaded photos of his mother and three sisters with his children.

“Happy Mother’s Day to these kind, caring, compassionate and Powerful moms that I’m lucky to have in my life. None of this would be possible without your love,” Brady captioned the post.

The NFL star also featured ex-partner Bridget Moynahan, the mother of his 16-year-old son Jack. The last photo in the carousel showed Bündchen on horseback at sunset with her two children.

Bündchen was the subject of several jokes against her ex-husband in the Netflix special The Roast of Tom Brady. Comedians Kevin Hart and Nikki Glaser threw jabs at Brady’s marriage and divorce from Bündchen.

“You have seven rings. Well, eight now that Gisele gave hers back,” Glaser said, referring to Brady’s Super Bowl rings.