Given bandwidth and the age of #TooMuchContent, we’re generally more than content to ignore the worlds of reality and sketch comedy TV, but there are exceptions to every rule, and “Ziwe” falls under that provision. Produced by A24 Films and released on Showtime (two elements of the exception), “Ziwe” is the riotously funny, new variety series from writer, comedian, cultural commentator, and internet sensation, Ziwe. The monosyllabic comedian (full name, Ziwerekoru “Ziwe” Fumudoh) came to prominence on YouTube and Instagram.

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For a minute there, Hailee Steinfeld suggested she was not getting the role of Marvel’s Kate Bishop on the “Hawkeye” limited series show, and beyond in the MCU, and there was talk that Apple’s “Dickinson” had an exclusive hold on her that would not let her do both. How could she juggle two shows and a role that could extend into Marvel’s Cinematic Universe?

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As the world loosens the grip of a historic pandemic, people are turning in greater numbers to entertainment to escape reality. At the same time, productions that were shut down in 2020 are rebooting with new precautions and protocols in place, while other shows that might have returned under normal circumstances now seem less likely to do so. The delays in production in 2020 were felt strongly in early 2021 as the TV landscape felt more fractured than ever and, quite frankly, was still missing a lot of its heavy hitters.

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With the advent of Peak TV and the silver era of the Streaming Age, it’s really crazy to consider just how much television has essentially closed and ended the gap between itself and the perceived quality of “cinema.” One format used to be decidedly elevated, and now, thanks to the Streaming Wars—and even the way the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the problems for the theatrical experience—TV and film are basically on par, more or less.

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The “oh, it’s just television” stigma is long gone.

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Do you know, Ziwe, aka Ziwe Fumudoh, a Brooklyn-based American comedian and writer? She is the creator of the comedy show “Baited With Ziwe,” a writer for “Desus and Mero,” and a co-host on the Hysteria podcast on Crooked Media. And as Vanity Fair put it last summer, she has—with her provocative, confrontational comedy about race, politics, and culture—“mastered the art of putting white people on the spot.”

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Last year, she roasted cultural lightning rods and superficial Karens like Alison Roman and Caroline Calloway on her Instagram Live show.

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