Let us rejoice: John Mulaney, Richard Kind, and Saymo are gracing our screens in tandem again. Everybody’s Live With John Mulaney, the follow-up to Mulaney’s 2024 live talk show, Everybody’s in L.A, is airing weekly on Netflix for 12 consecutive weeks, starting March 12 at 10 p.m. ET. Despite the chaos and unpredictability baked into the show’s format, one thing we know to expect is an unlikely mishmash of guests. “This will be the one place where you could see Arnold Schwarzenegger sitting next to Nikki Glaser sitting next to a family therapist with music by Mannequin Pussy,” the comedian joked during Netflix’s Next on Netflix event in January. With the show finally hitting our screens, we don’t have to deal in hypotheticals any longer. Here’s everything we know so far.
Who’s going live?
The first episode on March 12 will feature Michael Keaton, Joan Baez, Fred Armisen, Jessica Roy (personal-finance columnist), and music from Cypress Hill.
Let’s see the trailer.
The scene opens on Mulaney standing in a ground-level parking lot, barely visible in the sights of an aerial drone camera. “Let me know when you’re tight enough that I should say the line,” he says as the drone camera slowly creeps in. “Is someone going to cue me … I just want to be tight enough that saying the line makes sense.” Because, if we learned anything from the first iteration of this show, “making sense” is undeniably one of its creative priorities.
What else did Mulaney say at Next on Netflix?
Aside from revealing that the show would be less L.A.-centric than its predecessor and that his two beloved sidekicks would be returning, the comedian gave an address light on details but heavy on jokes. “We will be live globally with no delay,” he said. “We will never be relevant. We will never be your source for news. We will always be reckless. Netflix will always provide us with data that we will ignore.” Elsewhere, he joked that “there is absolutely nothing new” about the show’s conceit, but that he is simply “taking a lot of elements other people have already done and doing them out of order so” it feels fresh by default. “Not since Harry and Meghan has Netflix given more money to someone without a specific plan,” he said.
Will this be the show’s last season?
Not unless something goes terribly wrong. Netflix was apparently so enthused by Mulaney’s pitch that they gave Everybody’s Live a two-season order.
This post has been updated.
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The first episode, airing March 12, will feature Michael Keaton, Joan Baez, Fred Armisen, personal finance columnist Jessica Roy, and Cypress Hill.
