Three specials — Ellen’s Somewhat Special Special, Cedric The Entertainer’s Urban Circus and Team Coco presents Conan’s Writers Live hosted by Andy Richter — are set to be taped at the Just For Laughs Festival for premiere on TBS. A fourth special for TBS, How to Build the Perfect Grown Up, is slated to be screened at the Festival prior to its on-air premiere. TBS and Just For Laughs’ Festival in Chicago takes place Tuesday, June 14 – Saturday, June 19, with all four specials slated to premiere on TBS the following week.
Ellen’s Somewhat Special Special will include stand-up comedy and an audience Q&A session with Ellen. DJ Nick Cannon will provide the beats for the production, which is scheduled to tape at the Chicago Theatre Wednesday, June 16, at 7:30pm (CT). The one-hour special will premiere Sunday, June 27, at 9pm (ET/PT) on TBS.
Cedric The Entertainer will preside as ringmaster over Cedric The Entertainer’s Urban Circus, which will now feature Russell Peters, Sommore and JB Smoove. In addition, the producers of the special have announced that Jerry Seinfeld will make a special guest appearance on stage.
The newly announced How to Build the Perfect Grown Up special, which comes to TBS from Happy Madison Productions, celebrates the big-screen summer comedy Grown Ups. Stars Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, Kevin James, David Spade and Rob Schneider will appear in the previously taped, one-hour special. The comedy stars will trace their own lives and the evolution of their individual comic styles. It will premiere on TBS Thursday, June 24, at 10 p.m. (ET/PT). The movie debuts in theaters nationwide Friday, June 25.
Andy Richter, Reggie Watts and several of Conan O’Brien’s writers will team up for the one-hour special Team Coco presents Conan’s Writers Live hosted by Andy Richter. Team Coco presents Conan’s Writers Live hosted by Andy Richter will be taped at the Bank of America Theater on Thursday, June 17, at 7pm (CT), and premiere on TBS Sunday, June 27, at 10pm. (ET/PT).
