Ricky Gervais

Exclusive: Science Channel's Slate Includes First Scripted Project and New Karl Pilkington Show

• Apr 3, 2013 10:50 PM ET
• by Michael Schneider

Science Channel has picked up the new docuseries The Moaning of Life, featuring An Idiot Abroad star (and Ricky Gervais sidekick) Karl Pilkington in a new set of adventures.

The Moaning of Life is part of a new slate of programs for the... read more

VIDEO: Watch Ricky Gervais Reprise His Office Role as David Brent

• Mar 16, 2013 06:26 PM ET
• by Sadie Gennis

It's been almost 10 years, but David Brent is back! Ricky Gervais reprised his Office role for a 10-minute video, The Office Revisted. read more

VIDEO: David Brent's Back! Ricky Gervais Reprises Office Role for New Special

• Mar 1, 2013 09:58 AM ET
• by Sadie Gennis

While many are still mourning Steve Carell's decision not to return to The Office as Michael Scott, there is a silver lining: We still have Ricky Gervais. The Office creator has decided to bring back David Brent for a "mini episode" called The Office Revisited, Entertainment Weekly reports. read more

VIDEO: Amy Poehler and Tina Fey Slam James Cameron in Golden Globes Opener

• Jan 13, 2013 11:42 PM ET
• by Sadie Gennis

You knew it was going to be a funny night as soon as Amy Poehler and Tina Fey were named co-hosts of the 70th Annual Golden Globe Awards — and the comedic BFFs didn't disappoint.

In their opening monologue, the Saturday Night Live alums proved they weren't going to hold anything back, slamming everyone, including "the rat-faced people of television," Ricky Gervais and even director Kathryn Bigelow's famous ex. read more

Ricky Gervais' New Netflix Sitcom Derek About the Elderly Is Sweet, Not Cruel

• Jan 9, 2013 07:12 PM ET
• by Hanh Nguyen

Ricky Gervais may have enjoyed being the "most feared man in Hollywood" when he notoriously offended many as a the host of the Golden Globes, but he insists that his new sitcom Derek, set in a nursing home, is "sweeter" than his usual fare.

Derek, an original series to premiere on Netflix sometime this year, won't target the elderly with Gervais' sardonic wit. The show's humor doesn't lie in mocking them, but rather in taking jabs at the callous outside world and its marginalization of the elderly. It's certainly not an obvious topic for humor, but Gervais hopes that viewers will give the show a chance.

"I think there's risk of people not watching it because of assumptions that it was cruel," he said at Netflix's winter TV previews on Wednesday. "There's risk that they don't get it. Or that they get it and don't like it. ... I haven't felt this excited and proud of a project since The Office. That's the truth of it."