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When it comes to mostly harmless family-friendly sitcoms, few are as nostalgically iconic as Nickelodeon’s Drake & Josh. The literal brother comedy had a respectable four-season run, and its 56-episode entirety enjoyed many years of subsequent re-runs. While the show was rarely as squeaky-clean as similar Disney Channel offerings, it was far from obscene or scary. So, fans and admirers may be surprised to learn that the iconic 2000s sitcom laid the groundwork for one of Nickelodeon’s strangest — and arguably most terrifying — shows.

Introducing the short-lived puppet show, Mr. Meaty. The Canadian production began as a series of interstitial shorts on Nickelodeon (US) and CBC Television (Canada). Despite a three-year television run, the show had only 20 full-length episodes. Each entry spanned approximately 22 minutes, and every second alternated between surrealist comedy and felted body horror.

How Drake & Josh Inspired a Puppet Show Mr. Meaty’s protagonists are voiced by the show’s creators.

Tori Spelling made her debut on Dancing With The Stars on September 17, 2024, during the Season 33 premiere. The Beverly Hills, 90210 alum was bombarded with hate from trolls online. The haters had plenty of comments on Tori’s latest look. Tori was partnered with dancing pro Pasha Pashkov. Thankfully Tori’s fans came to her rescue and had many positive things to say.

Tori Spelling Was Compared To A Muppet

Internet trolls were quick to criticize Tori’s body. Despite Tori’s toned muscular arms and trim stomach trolls criticized the actress and reality star’s “puffy” face. Others commented that Tori was looking too slim. Trolls even compared the 51-year-old actress to the Muppet Janice. On X was person commented “Loving Tori spelling on DWTS this season!! #DWTS”, paired with the comment was a photo of the blonde hippy singer Muppet.

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Cartoon Network hosts a wide variety of animated shows, pilots, and movies, that are typically catered towards a younger audience. Since launching 31 years ago on October 1st, 1992, the American cable television channel has thrived, gathering mass attention from the youth. The original head programmer, Mike Lazzo, noticed the broadcast extended beyond the hours adolescents are typically watching. Recognizing the dilemma, he considered the idea of creating uncensored content for an older audience in the evening. The network began releasing a collection of anthology cartoons showing after 11 pm that managed to pull in a more mature following. Finding extreme success in this venture, the concept would later snowball into the twisted beauty that is Adult Swim.

Featuring hilarious sketch comedies, mockumentaries, animated sitcoms, and more, Adult Swim has shared a vast collection of mesmerizing entertainment with the world. Taking a different approach to the typical nature of cable television channels, Adult...

Samantha Irby, Rachna Fruchbom, Keli Goff, Julie Rottenberg and Elisa Zuritsky have joined the writing team for HBO Max’s limited series reboot of Sex and the City.

The virtual writers’ room for And Just Like That… has begun with the five writers joining exec producer Michael Patrick King.

Irby, creator of the blog Bitches Gotta Eat, has written on Hulu’s Shrill, Showtime’s Work in Progress and Adult Swim’s Tuca & Bertie and is developing Meaty at Comedy Central with Abbi Jacobson and Jessi Klein. She is set as writer and co-producer.

Fruchbom has written on Parks and Recreation and most recently was a co-exec producer on Fresh Off The Boat. She also co-hosts Hall of Shame, a podcast for Crooked Media. She is a writer and co-exec producer.

Goff has written for series including Twenties, Black Lightning and Being Mary Jane and produced documentary Reversing Roe.

Comedy Central is developing three new scripted projects — How to be a Couple, an interracial couple comedy from former Broad City writer Naomi Ekperigin, who also stars, and Andy Beckermam; The Chameleon created by and starring The Comedy Jam‘s Matteo Lane, and an untitled comedy from Samantha Irby, based on her successful book of essays, Meaty, along with Inside Amy Schumer head writer Jessi Klein and former Broad City co-creator/star Abbi Jacobson. The projects were announced today as part of Comedy Central’s presentation at TCA.

Co-created and executive produced by Ekperigin and Beckerman, based on their real lives, How To Be A Couple follows an interracial couple in a wild polyamorous affair with their careers. Ekperigin stars, in addition to writing the pilot with Beckerman. Annie Mebane is showrunner and an executive producer. The project was originally developed by CBS TV Studios.

The Chameleon, co-created and written by Lane and Jared Lapidus,...

The recent deaths of Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain from apparent suicide have brought up old emotions for Jada Pinkett Smith — but she wants to remind others that mental health is a “daily practice.”

The actress, 46, has been candid about her troubled past before, and she further opened up in a Instagram post dedicated to the late designer and chef.

“With the suicides of Kate and Anthony it brought up feelings of when I was in such despair and had considered the same demise…often,” she wrote. “In the years I spent towards my healing, many moons ago, I realized...