How Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Makes a Villain of the Internet

Season 2 of Netflix's Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt is finally available and it brings back some of the kookiest characters from the first time around, including Reverend Richard Wayne Gary Wayne — but had we seen that character before this show? One joke  Something strange happened with Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt season two, something that doesn't really … Read more

'Kimmy Schmidt' Finds Optimism (And Jokes) In Dark Premise

Nope, not Jenna Maroney. Well, maybe it is, because, as we've mentioned, Jane Krakoswki's Jacqueline Voorhees on Netflix's Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt is basically Jenna Maroney 2.0, on a show that is essentially a stealth 30 Rock spin-off. And we mean  The gleefully absurd and spot-on comedic fingerprints of Tina Fey and fellow 30 Rock writer … Read more

'Kimmy Schmidt' Finds Optimism (And Jokes) In Dark Premise

Review: The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. James Poniewozik @poniewozik. March 5, 2015. SHARE. Kemper radiates good cheer in Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, co-produced by Fey Netflix Kemper radiates good cheer in Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt,  Why NBC chose to cut loose “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” — a series with fine auspices but an uncertain commercial outlook — and hand … Read more

'Kimmy Schmidt' Finds Optimism (And Jokes) In Dark Premise

From “30 Rock” executive producers, Tina Fey and Robert Carlock comes this hilarious new comedy series starring Ellie Kemper (“The Office,” “Bridesmaids”) as a woman who is rescued from a doomsday cult and starts life  After lighting up the US Office and Bridesmaids, Kemper is bringing her trademark cheeriness to a new Netflix series about … Read more