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Note: The following story contains spoilers from the “Curb Your Enthusiasm” Season 12 premiere.

It’s rare for “Curb Your Enthusiasm” to revisit a side character once their main season has ended. But in the HBO staple’s final season, the series makes room for one final nod to Keyla Monterroso Mejia’s delightfully bizarre Maria Sofia Estrada.

Mejia told TheWrap it was “crazy” to be back after the end of last season. “The overwhelming response that I received, I felt really grateful,” she said.

Maria Sofia was a thorn in Larry’s (Larry David) side all throughout Season 11 of the comedy. After a man drowned in his unfenced pool, Larry found himself blackmailed by Marcos (Marques Ray). As long as Larry agreed to cast Marcos’ daughter in his new show, the restaurant owner promised to not press charges for his brother’s death. The only problem was that Maria Sofia...

[Editor’s Note: The following review contains spoilers for “Curb Your Enthusiasm” Season 11, Episode 1, “The Five-Foot Fence.”]

When we last saw Larry David, it wasn’t on “Curb Your Enthusiasm.” He was peering through his back window in the pages of The New York Times. Or he was reviving his “SNL” alter ego, Senator Bernie Sanders, from what appeared to be a chair in his home office. Or he was explaining the virtues of stay-at-home orders on behalf of the State of California. (“I basically want to address the idiots out there…” remains a timeless introduction.) As the coronavirus started to spread, one could argue Larry David was the first face of the pandemic — the curmudgeonly source of comfort for so many uneasy Americans, still searching for smiles in increasingly difficult times. In part, it was a title bestowed by timing: “Curb Your Enthusiasm” wrapped its tenth season in March 2020, so those watching weekly had Larry on the brain,...

Stars: Mike Castle, Alan Aisenberg, Carmen Flood, Marques Ray, James Earl, Mike Mitchell, Zach Reino, Inanna Sarkis, Flula Borg | Created by Greg Schaffer

Scrolling through Netflix’s “suggested shows” section and finding a programme called Brews Brothers was one of the most unusual recent finds I have to admit… Tasing a chance on another Netflix original this turned out to be entertaining and a bit of fun but if I had to chance to, I probably won’t watch it again.

To start with, the characters are almost too relatable. I did see myself and people I know in the characters which at times did make the comedy even funnier as I know someone who would do something that stupid but apart from this the characters were all a bit boring. They are ordinary people, with none of them really possessing any features I aspire for. The thing with relatability...

Netflix has set April 10 for the premiere of Brews Brothers, its new comedy series from brothers Greg Schaffer and The League creator Jeff Schaffer.

Alan Aisenberg (Orange Is the New Black) and Mike Castle star as estranged brothers Wilhelm (Aisenberg) and Adam Rodman (Castle), who find themselves running a brewery together. Each one is a beer genius… a braumeister, but they couldn’t be more different in their beer-making techniques and personalities. A lot of times in a show you see two people who complete each other. These two don’t even make a full person.

Carmen Flood and Marques Ray also star. Greg Schaffer serves as showrunner, executive producer and writer. Jeff Schaffer, Jonathan Stern and Keith Quinn serve as executive producers.

Check out a few first-look photos below.

Netflix has put in an eight-episode order of “Brews Brothers,” a comedy series from creative sibling team Greg Schaffer and Jeff Schaffer.

The show follows estranged brothers Wilhelm and Adam Rodman, who wind up running a brewery together. According to Netflix, each is a “beer genius … but they couldn’t be more different in their beer-making techniques and personalities. A lot of times in a show you see two people who complete each other. These two don’t even make a full person.”

Alan Aisenberg and Mike Castle will play Wilhelm and Adam, respectively. Carmen Flood has been tapped to play Sarah, while Marques Ray will play Chuy.

Greg Schaffer of “That 70’s Show,” “Notes From the Underbelly” and “Lab Rats” will serve as showrunner, executive producer and writer.

“The League” creator Jeff Schaffer — of “Seinfeld,” “Curb Your Enthusiasm” and the upcoming Lil Dicky comedy series on FX — will executive...

Netflix has ordered eight episodes of Brews Brothers, a new comedy series from brothers Greg Schaffer and The League creator Jeff Schaffer, with Alan Aisenberg (Orange Is the New Black) and Mike Castle set to star.

Written by Greg Schaffer, Brews Brothers follows estranged brothers, Wilhelm and Adam Rodman (Aisenberg and Castle) who find themselves running a brewery together. Each one is a beer genius — a braumeister — but they couldn’t be more different in their beer-making techniques and personalities. Carmen Flood and Marques Ray round out the cast as Sarah and Chuy, respectively.

Greg Schaffer serves as showrunner and executive produces with Jeff Schaffer, Jonathan Stern, and Keith Quinn (Rob Riggle’s Ski-Master Academy).

Greg Schaffer served as consulting producer on Lab Rats and supervising producer on...

The epic spoof of Krod Mandoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire came out on DVD last month, and now JustPressPlay is going to give you a chance to win a copy. Two winners will be selected after they have followed us on Twitter (@JustPressPlay) and tweeted the following link to the contest:

@JustPressPlay I want to win Krod Mandoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire on DVD!

That's all there is to it. Each time you tweet it counts as an additional entry, with a limit of one entry per day.

From the time of the long ago past arrives "Krod Mandoon and The Flaming Sword of Fire," Comedy Central's epic live-action series chronicling the adventures of Krod Mandoon (Sean Maguire) and his hopelessly futile band of warriors as they take on the evil Chancellor Dongalor (Matt Lucas).  Released via Comedy Central Home Entertainment and Paramount Home Entertainment...

Kröd Mändoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire is just one of those shows that wasn't meant to be. It didn't do too poorly during the brief time it was on air, but it didn't do well enough for its funders to keep the cash flow up (or so it is said).

Kröd Mändoon (Sean Maguire, who starred in the similarly spoofy Meet the Spartans) is the leader of a, uh, resistance, a motley crew of losers: Aneka (India de Beaufort), his sort-of girlfriend with an insatiable sexual appetite (that she tries to satiate with everyone but Kröd); Loquasto (Steve Speirs), his faithful pig-nosed-and-eared servant; Zezelryck (Kevin Hart), a wannabe sorcerer; and Bruce (Marques Ray), the flamboyantly-gay lover of the gang's beloved General Arcadius. Together they must fight Chancellor Donold David Dongalor (Matt Lucas) and his loyal right-hand man Barnabus (Alex MacQueen).

Just six 30-minute episodes comprise the British-American series,...

Comedy Central's Krod Mandoon And His Flaming Sword Of Fire debuts tonight and, outside of the hotness of the series lead Sean Maguire as Krod, it doesn't sound like it has much going for it.

Variety reports: 

"...From the blazing redundancy in its title to sundry jokes about bestiality, "Krod Mandoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire" clearly needn't worry about sailing over anyone's head. Rather, most of this medieval spoof hits below the belt, and when the narrator speaks, there's no doubt somebody will quizzically ask about the source of that unseen voice. Still, it's a relatively handsome production for Comedy Central (billed as its first "fantasy-comedy") that -- given the slimness of its ambitions -- will probably play better as a weekly half-hour than in this double-sized premiere." One of the more.... interesting... elements is the character of "Bruce" (played by Marques Ray) the "...The jailhouse lover of Krod's late mentor,...

Krod Mandoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire, a new series debuting this week on Comedy Central, might be set in a medieval time of wizards and warlords – but it has a very modern sensibility, and an equally modern sense of humor.

When Krod Mandoon, the title character and a self-proclaimed freedom fighter, is giving his band of companions “notes” after a particularly disappointing battle, the hapless wizard Zezelryck complains of a “hostile work environment.”

“We’re freedom fighters!” says an exasperated Krod. “All of our work environments are hostile!”

In short, Krod is part fantasy satire, and part office workplace comedy, but with a slightly different kind of office. And like the actual The Office, it even includes a gay character, Bruce (Marques Ray), who eventually ends up joining Krod’s band.

The cast of Krod Mandoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire

Thursday’s one-hour pilot has moments of genuinely inspired lunacy,...

"Little Britain" co-star Matt Lucas has joined Sean Maguire in Comedy Central's scripted series "Krod Mandoon and the Flaming Sword of Firea," the network's first foray into fantasy comedy.

Rounding out the ensemble cast are India de Beaufort, Steve Speirs, Kevin Hart, John Rhys-Davies, James Murray and Marques Ray.

"Krod" is described as "equal parts workplace comedy and sword-and-sorcery fun." The series follows reluctant hero Krod Mandoon (Maguire), who is the last great hope in the struggle against the evil Chancellor Dongalor (Lucas). To help him, Krod has assembled a band of ineffectual freedom fighters (de Beaufort, Speirs, Hart, Ray). Rhys-Davies plays a wizard who battles Krod.

"Krod," created by Peter Knight, is in production in Budapest. Lucas is repped by CAA and Troika Talent in the U.K De Beaufort is repped by Sms Agency, Cam in the U.K. and manager Tom Drumm.