‘Inside Amy Schumer’ and ‘Broad City’ renewed
Fans are in for plenty more kvetching and off-color moments as Jewish jokesters sign for new seasons
JTA — Stoners, Jewish feminists and wacky comedy fans rejoice — Comedy Central has renewed two of its most popular shows, “Broad City” and “Inside Amy Schumer.”
“Broad City,” written and acted by Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson, was given the very rare green light for two subsequent seasons. The third season premieres on February 17.
“Inside Amy Schumer,” which stars it eponymous creator, was renewed for the customary one season. The fourth season will debut later this year.
Comedy Central also OK’d what could be Glazer’s most mind-bending project yet: a three-part mini-series called “Time Traveling Bong.”
The rising comedy stars took to Twitter to celebrate. Glazer exclaimed that she had some “job security” and Schumer took the opportunity to presumably mock Ben Affleck.
stoked about 2016!!! job security bb @broadcity & #TimeTravelingBong <<https://t.co/cN21hTVwtd>> @abbijacobson @paulwdowns @LuciaAniello :O
— ilana glazer (she/her) (@ilazer) January 6, 2016
IAS season 5 got picked up! And my boyfriend and I got engaged and married and had a baby and he cheated on me with the nanny! Entertainment
— Amy Schumer (@amyschumer) January 6, 2016
“Broad City” is an odd-couple comedy following two best friends in their 20s struggling to make it one way or another in the Big Apple, with lots of kvetching and off-color moments.
In anticipation of the third season, which doesn’t start until February 2016, the girls behind the girls have been releasing a series of short comic videos on their Comedy Central website.
One clip, posted in October, catches them in the middle of a Yom Kippur fast. Suffice it to say, their good intentions are no match for the munchies.
“And we’re still Jewish, OK?” Abbi declares to Ilana at the end of the clip, after biting into a very treif bacon, egg and cheese sandwich. “We’re still Jews.”
Times of Israel contributed to this report.
