Earlier this year, TV Land announced that it ordered 10 episodes of The Jim Gaffigan Show, starring the ever pale, balding, and self-effacing comedian of the same name. Today, Gaffigan released the first episode of his new sitcom. And while the show isn’t slated to hit the airwaves for two more months, you can watch the inaugural episode here for free.
The single-camera sitcom, which was originally a pilot at CBS, is about “one man’s struggle in New York City to find a balance between fatherhood, stand-up comedy, and an insatiable appetite.” In the meta-style series, Jim and Jeannie Gaffigan live with their five children in a two-bedroom apartment in New York City.
Created by Gaffigan and Peter Tolan (Rescue Me), the cast for the series includes Adam Goldberg and Michael Ian Black as Gaffigan’s best friends and Ashley Williams as his wife, Jeannie. The first episode also features cameos by Jon Stewart, Glenn Beck, and Chris Rock. The comedy earned a pilot order in January 2014 and originally had Oscar winner Mira Sorvino attached to co-star as Gaffigan’s wife. After two tries, CBS gave up on developing the project and the series was picked up by TV Land. The show is TV Land’s second single-cam comedy, joining Jennifer Falls.
In May 2013, Crown Publishing released Jim’s first book, Dad is Fat which debuted on the New York Times Best Sellers List. Gaffigan has also recorded multiple comedy specials, as well as making several guest appearances on comedies and dramas including Portlandia, Flight of the Conchords, and Bored to Death. Gaffigan also played dramatic roles in Law & Order.
So far this year seems to be a busy year for the journeyman comic. Gaffigan is currently on his Contagious 2015 tour, which will stop in more than 30 cities and feature new material.
Some of the best shots in Grok Imagine’s AI-made Odyssey don’t contain actors. Ancient landscapes stretch into the distance. Close-ups of grimy hands suggest people who have touched something rougher than a keyboard. For a few seconds, the illusion holds.
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YouTube videos could soon look better without eating quite so much data, right? Thankfully, the platform plans to introduce a new video format called AV2 on its web player in early 2027, promising more efficient streaming and potentially fewer playback hiccups on slower internet connections. The big headline is a roughly 30% improvement in compression efficiency over AV1, YouTube's existing video format. That doesn't guarantee every video will use 30% less data, but it could make streaming a little easier on both internet connections and data allowances.
What is AV2, and why should viewers care?
YouTube is changing how its Home page works, giving viewers more control over what shows up there and making some of the app’s most-used sections easier to reach. Custom Feeds are now replacing the existing topic chips for eligible users, while YouTube is also testing a redesigned top bar on mobile that moves Subscriptions closer to the Home feed.
YouTube first started experimenting with Custom Feeds earlier this year, letting you type out what you wanted to watch and turning that request into its own stream of recommendations. Now, the feature is starting to look less like a side experiment and more like something YouTube actually wants people to use as part of their everyday Home page.