Alison Herman

4 weeks ago | variety.com | Alison Herman

SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers for the Season 4 finale of “Hacks,” now streaming on Max. In its Season 4 finale, “Hacks” goes where the Emmy-winning comedy has never gone before: to the other side of the world. Still smarting from the sudden end of her time as a late-night host and a subsequent non-compete that bars her from the stage for 18 months, stand-up Deborah Vance (Jean Smart) has taken her trusty collaborator Ava Daniels (Hannah Einbinder) to Singapore.

1 month ago | variety.com | Alison Herman

If you can name a show about young people trying and struggling to establish themselves in a big city — “Friends,” “Girls,” “New Girl,” “Broad City,” “Insecure,” and “Happy Endings” all come to mind — then “Adults” needs no introduction. In fact, the FX sitcom, executive produced by comedian Nick Kroll, doesn’t bother making much of one. From the moment we see a clutch of twentysomethings on the New York City subway lamenting their “group smell,” we know exactly what we’re in for.

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Alison Herman

Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what's in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience.Generate Key TakeawaysIf you can name a show about young people trying and struggling to establish themselves in a big city — “Friends,” “Girls,” “New Girl,” “Broad City,” “Insecure,” and “Happy Endings” all come to mind — then “Adults” needs no introduction.

1 month ago | variety.com | Alison Herman

SPOILER ALERT: The following piece contains spoilers from “My Controls,” the Season 2 finale of “The Rehearsal.”  The difference between “The Rehearsal” and prior Nathan Fielder works is that it’s explicitly about himself. The idea that “Nathan for You” was really about helping small businesses may have been a joke, but one the Comedy Central series told with a straight face.

1 month ago | variety.com | Alison Herman

SPOILER ALERT: The following piece contains spoilers for the series finale of “Big Mouth,” now streaming on Netflix. It may surprise you to learn that “Big Mouth,” the Netflix animated series chronicling a group of teenagers’ physical and emotional maturation, concludes its eight-season run without one of its protagonists having sex.