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3 Funny TV Shows If You're Looking For A Laugh This Weekend
Rafael Cebrián and Fernando Carsa in "Acapulco" on Apple TV+.
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Craving a laugh this week? We bring you three easy-to-watch comedy series that are worthy of consideration and sure to bring the jokes full-force.
TV critic Steve Greene joined AirTalk, LAist 89.3's daily news show, to tell us what we should know.
Hacks [Season 3]
Multi-time Emmy winner Jean Smart along with Hannah Einbinder return after a two-year hiatus for season three, which continues to explore the darkly funny mentorship between a famous comedian and an up-and-coming writer.
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"These two have reached a point where they have an understanding of each other, where they're able to talk to each other almost as peers, which is not necessarily something that is really there in the first two seasons." — Steve Greene
When & where: The first two episodes are available on Max. Episodes release weekly.
Acapulco [Season 3]
Hopping between two timelines, young Maximo is working at a luxury coastal resort in the 1980s. Present day Maximo is a billionaire businessman telling his life story to his nephew. Expect bright colors, elegant designs and a really fun cast.
"It works as a great sitcom for streaming, which I don't feel like we have many that actually feel like a network sitcom that have those rhythms and has the idea that you can drop in and out, but also have that overall arc with all these characters." — Steve Greene
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When & where: The show is available on Apple TV+. Episodes release weekly.
Fiasco
Another mockumentary style comedy…but wait. This one might bring something fresh to the played out genre. The French series takes place on a disastrous film set. A documentary crew follows the director as he loses control of his crew and things fall apart.
Pro tip from Steve: Opt for the French subtitles instead of the dubbed versions.
"It's kind of a genius move to take a Noises Off style farce and graft that onto a mockumentary setting. And so I do think that while mockumentary has become overdone in TV...there's an internal logic here that makes sense to have it be presented in this way." — Steve Greene
When & where: All episodes are streaming on Netflix.
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