Fresh off hosting the MTV Movie Awards, gracing the cover of Entertainment Weekly, receiving a Peabody® Award for “Inside Amy Schumer,” and being named one of TIME Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People, the good news continues as Comedy Central has renewed the hit series for a fourth season, it was announced today by Kent Alterman, President, Content Development and Original Programming, Comedy Central. The third season of “Inside Amy Schumer” premieres tonight at 10:30 p.m. ET/PT with the first of ten all-new episodes.
“I’m so happy to keep the ‘Inside Amy Schumer’ family together. Excited and scared for everyone to see what we do next,” said Schumer in a statement.
Described as “so smart and the execution so accomplished and the performances so good” (Los Angeles Times) with a “laserlike focus on sex and sexual politics” (The New York Times) that is “unflinching, no holds barred, hilarious” (Vulture), the Peabody® Award-winning and Emmy®-nominated “Inside Amy Schumer” explores topics revolving around sex and relationships and is made up of scripted vignettes, stand-up comedy, and man-on-the-street interviews. The series was created by Schumer and Daniel Powell, who executive produce along with Head Writer Jessi Klein. Tony Hernandez and Steve Ast also serve as executive producers, Kim Caramele and Kevin Kane as producers.
Guest appearances during the new season feature a stellar lineup including Jerry Seinfeld, Paul Giamatti, Dennis Quaid, Jeff Goldblum, Josh Charles, Method Man, Colin Quinn, Kumail Nanjiani, Rob Morrow, Kathy Najimy, America Ferrara, Natasha Lyonne, Abbi Jacobson, Ilana Glazer, Jemima Kirke, Justin Long, Amber Tamblyn, Wyatt Cenac, Jennifer Coolidge, Mike Birbiglia, Michael Ian Black, Rachel Dratch, Eugene Mirman, Bill Nye and Jon Dore.
Inside Amy Schumer airs Tuesdays at 10:30pm on Comedy Central.
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