New Comedy Series for Netflix Announces Chad & JT Go Deep
Tom Allen (a.k.a. Chad Kroeger) and JT Parr are taking their comedic activism to Netflix in the newly announced series Chad & JT Go Deep.
The series follows Kroeger and Parr as they take their activism to the streets of Southern California to spread awareness on important issues. However, when one of their causes inadvertently leads to their cancellation, they use their activism to win back the good graces and trust of the culture. Chad & JT Go Deep will premiere Tuesday, August 23.
Kroeger and Parr have made a name for themselves by hitting the streets and attending city council meetings to fight for the real problems in American culture — like the need for a second Independence Day on July 2 to honor the movie Independence Day. When the viral duo is not getting stoked at City Hall meetings advocating for causes such as the right to party in the state of Delaware, they host the weekly podcast Going Deep with Chad & JT. The comedic podcast sees them discussing major current events, honoring legends, exploring ongoing beefs and giving solicited advice to callers and fans alike.
Kroeger and Allee, also known collectively as Chad Goes Deep, have previously appeared on Hawaii Five-O, Ellen and Howard Stern’s show. In 2020, the duo was recognized in Variety‘s 10 Comics to Watch list. Now, they are getting their own Netflix series.
The series is executive produced by Allen and Parr as well as Dave Kneebone, Tim Heidecker, Eric Wareheim and Daniel Lucchesi. Abso Lutely Productions produces the show.
Cristela Alonzo on Netflix Special ‘Middle Classy’ and Comedians Punching Down, Roe v. Wade has been overturned, children and teachers are dying in classrooms and healthcare is not yet a fundamental right for every citizen in the United States. But Cristela Alonzo is still smiling like she does during all of her stand-up specials, including her newest Netflix venture, Middle Classy.
I have always smiled in my stand-up because I’m so excited to be there, Alonzo tells Variety. I always tell people that the audience wants to be on your team in stand-up. You got to show them that you’re there for them, and you’re happy. So why do we not have those moments of joy more often?
Even through a Zoom video interview, Alonzo radiates positivity and delight in a time when it’s easy to give in to despair and anger. In 2014, Alonzo made history as the first Latina woman to create, produce, write and star in her own U.S. primetime comedy series, Cristela at ABC. It was executive produced by Kevin Hench, Becky Clements, Marty Adelstein and Shawn Levy (yes, that Shawn Levy of Stranger Things fame). After its 22-episode inaugural season, the show was canceled. But Alonzo, now 43, hasn’t stopped pounding the Hollywood pavement, traveling the country to various stand-up clubs and doing guest spots on shows like Netflix’s The Upshaws and Nickelodeon’s The Casagrandes. The Mexican performer has been chasing this dream since she was 8 years old. I tell people that if you have a lifelong dream, it takes a lifetime, she says. People used to ask me, ‘When did you know you made it?’ I always said when I could put ‘autopay’ on my bills. That was the dream, so everything after that has been a bonus.
Five years after her first Netflix special, Lower Classy, she returns to the platform to discuss the condition of our times, something she’s always embraced in her material. new special, she reveals she has diabetes and discusses her navigation through the diagnosis. She was surprised when she told family members and friends how many of them knew they were diabetic but didn’t do anything about it. After learning her diagnosis, she started on medication that needed some getting used to because it would make her feel like she was having a panic attack and cause low blood sugar. It was essential to Alonzo to showcase her diagnosis in Middle Classy because she has access to doctors and wants to use that privilege to bring awareness about diabetes to others in her community. You know how sometimes people with money love to do home remedies? Alonzo says. When you grow up poor, that’s your only option.
She also wanted to show that she got her diabetes under control without a physical trainer, a private cook or anything else that people may perceive as required when you receive such a diagnosis.
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