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Let’s get the awkwardness out of the way first, shall we? The answer is yes, it definitely Was a throw. No further questions, thank you.

Mae Martin’s Taskmaster performance has been solid gold so far, from the hilarious #throwgate controversy in the drumming challenge to teaching us how to play the double bass with your toes, and introducing an excellent new way of pronouncing the word “humiliated”.

If you thought all that was impressive, just wait until you discover this award-winning Canadian comedian’s other work (spoiler alert: it’s very very good):

Mae Martin’s TV Comedy Career Actually Started 20 Years Ago

An adorably geeky 16-year-old Mae appeared on Canadian award show Cream of Comedy back in 2003 after becoming the youngest ever nominee for the show’s prize. They didn’t win, but their excellent Buffy The Vampire Slayer-themed set was a good sign of things to come.

Mae Martin is getting back into business with Netflix.

The Canadian breakout star of the streamer’s Feel Good comedy has received a limited series order for Tall Pines, a mystery thriller which Martin will star in and showrun along with Ryan Scott.

Tall Pines, also created and executive produced by Martin, will be set in a bucolic, yet sinister town that explores the insidious underbelly of the “troubled teen industry,” and the eternal struggle between one generation and the next.

Eight episodes of Tall Pines have been ordered by Netflix Canada and will be produced by Sphere Media and Objective Fiction, which also made Feel Good for Netflix. Martin created and starred in Feel Good, the semi-autobiographical comedy that was originally commissioned by Channel 4.

Following an impressive critical response, Netflix renewed the comedy for a second and final season. Besides another comedy special set to debut on the streamer this year,...

Looks like Quibi subscribers will be getting some of their news from comedian Nish Kumar.

Hello America is a new comedy series featuring the comedian and formatted as a typical morning news show. Broadcasting from London, Kumar and a rotating cast of correspondents will satirically dissect U.S. news and politics from a global perspective.

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No premiere date was announced.

Nish Kumar is a rising comedian in the U.K. He has appeared on British entertainment shows such as Have I Got News For You and Mock The Week as well as Comedy Central’s Joel & Nish vs The World and Netflix’s Comedians Of The World.

He is best known for...

If you've been missing Lady Dynamite, there's a good chance you're going to appreciate the forthcoming Netflix series Feel Good. Mae Martin stars as herself in this rom-com series, which follows her life in London as she fights to overcome her addiction to narcotics and pursues a relationship with a woman who has never dated another woman before. The series debuts on March 19, but before you watch it, you're going to want to familiarize yourself with the 32-year-old London-based Canadian comedian, whose career began when she was only 13 years old.

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After her parents took her to visit her first stand-up club at age 11, Mae began visiting comedy clubs four or five times a weeks, until she eventually started getting free admission and her own special table. At 13, she started off her own comedy career at The Second City Toronto,...

Andy Samberg has lined up comedy competition format Biggest Little Cook-Off for Quibi.

The Brooklyn Nine-Nine star is to host and exec produce the format, which will see two top chefs battle to create the most mouth-watering meals in a single bite of food.

It will challenge the chefs to make meals such as spaghetti and meatballs on a plate the size of a dime or sushi on a single grain of rice.

The series is produced by Triage Entertainment, the production division of Levity Live, which produces series including Comedians of the World for Netflix. It is exec produced by Samberg, Michael Rosenstein, Stephen Kroopnick and Stu Schreiberg.

Samberg said, “Anyone who knows me knows I love dinky stuff. So when this show about dinky food came my way I said, ‘I like the dinky food’. I’m excited to bring my expertise in dinky things to the dinky cooking arena,...

“Nailed It!” is coming back for a third season at Netflix, with hosts Nicole Byer and pastry chef Jacques Torres once again at the helm of this hot mess of a baking competition. Six new episodes will launch on Netflix May 17.

The series follows contestants with questionable baking skills trying to recreate culinary masterpieces for the chance to win a $10,000 prize. The crazy challenges the bakers will be tasked with this season include a “Black Panther” cake, a cotton-candy flavored clown cake, a cake-replica of Michelangelo’s statue of David, a T. rex cake, a fondant-covered doll cake, and a layered bust of Napoleon Bonaparte.

In each episode, contestants compete in two challenges. In the first, called “Baker’s Choice,” they choose a cake to recreate. The winner of round one gets a special prize and a golden chef’s hat. In the second challenge, “Nail It or Fail It,...

Exclusive: The Wrong Missy, the Adam Sandler-produced comedy, has rounded out its cast with Lauren Lapkus, Geoff Pierson, Sarah Chalke, and Molly Sims joining David Spade in the Netflix original film.

Nick Swardson, Jackie Sandler, and Chris Witaske have also come aboard the pic, which is being directed by Tyler Spindel.

Written by The Do-Over scribes Chris Pappas and Kevin Barnett, the plot follows Tim Morris (Spade), who meets his dream girl (Sims) and invites her to his company’s corporate retreat. However, when a crazy blind date from his past shows up for the weekend getaway, Tim learns too late that he’s been accidentally texting the wrong girl (Lapkus).

Happy Madison Productions’ Sandler,...

Amy Schumer has a new comedy special coming to Netflix. It’s called Growing, because Schumer is super pregnant, and you can get a sneak peek at how she is dealing with that in the trailer for her special. I generally think Schumer is pretty okay, but I am excited for this one because pregnancy is a beautiful, magical, disgusting experience. It is so gross, you guys. I have gone through it twice, and you don’t even want to know. Like, if the tech in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind were real, I would definitely have no memory of my pregnancies, and I think my husband wouldn’t either. Anyway, my point is that pregnancy lends itself well to comedy and horror, so I have enjoyed Netflix’s recent spate of giving specials to pregnant stand ups (check out Ali Wong and the Ellie Taylor episode of Comedians of the World...

Netflix has confirmed that 27 new original series, movies and specials will be debuting on the streaming service in January, including the red-hot Oscar contender “Incredibles 2.” Among the returning shows are season 3 of “A Series of Unfortunate Events,” season 5 of “Grace and Frankie” and the final episodes of “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.”

Available January 1

A Series of Unfortunate Events: Season 3 (Netflix original)

Across the Universe

Babel

Black Hawk Down

City of God

Comedians of the World (Netflix original)

Definitely, Maybe

Godzilla

Happy Feet

Hell or High Water

I Know What You Did Last Summer

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

Friends from College

Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

It Takes Two

Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back

Jersey Boys

Mona Lisa Smile

Mr. Bean’s Holiday

Pan’s Labyrinth

Pinky Malinky...

The holidays might be over, but Netflix has a quick fix for the back-to-work blues. Sing along to your favorite Beatles songs in “Across the Universe” or laugh along with the Joker as he tries to thwart Batman in “The Dark Knight” when both arrive to the streaming platform next month.

A couple classics are set to arrive as well — meet a bloodthirsty bunny and a not-dead prince in “Monty Python and the Holy Grail,” and revisit the strange events of “Pulp Fiction.” Among the list of Netflix originals coming is stand-up smorgasbord “Comedians of the World,” featuring Nicole Byer, Chris D’Elia, and Neal Brennan, along with the second season of “Friends From College” and the third season of “A Series of Unfortunate Events” starring Neil Patrick Harris as Count Olaf. “The Incredibles 2” will wrap up the month of releases, dropping Jan. 30.

See the full list of titles below.