Ellie Kemper

Were there a distinct lack of overwhelming joy in your life today, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt is here to save the day. Celebrate Christmas all year, go to therapy, revel in the continuing adventures of Bunny and Kitty, and do nose candy with a junkyard Elmo in the first Season 2 trailer!

Yep, you’d better get ready to have that theme song stuck in your head all over again, dammit! Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt will be back in time for Tax Day, and Season 2 has already given a fashion-forward return. See for yourself in the first new teaser for 2016!

The initial two-season order took some of the fun out of rooting for Netflix’s Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, but not after today. Not only does Kimmy have an official premiere, but the Unbreakable breakout has an official Season 3 renewal, and some good news for Tina Fey fans to boot.

There was never any doubt Ellie Kemper and Tina Fey’s Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt would return for Season 2, but the wait feel suspiciously like being kept in an underground bunker. Thankfully, Netflix is alive, dammit, enough to give us the miracle of a Season 2 premiere date this coming April.

Netflix’s plan to double its original content by 2016 might well pull focus from some fan-favorites, but if anyone can keep a positive attitude, it’s the Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. See for yourself with a wheelbarrow of puppies and belated Christmas cheer from the first Season 2 photos!

While it bears the distinctive markings of a show that would be right at home in that immortal two-hour stretch of comedy magic, it’s not on NBC. Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt may be the latest series to debut on the ever-growing, all-consuming streaming behemoth that is Netflix, but its goofy spirit and whimsical characters feel like they could only exist because of what aired before ... on NBC. Specifically: it’s no coincidence that this show shares so many writers, directors and producers with 30 Rock.

Netflix snapped up one of NBC’s surely-doomed sitcoms in that of ‘30 Rock’ star Tina Fey’s ‘Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt,’ already renewing the Ellie Kemper apocalypse comedy for a second year. The first trailer for the new series has arrived, but did Netflix make the right call in picking up NBC’s loss?

Netflix keeps adding to its reputation as a savior of cancelled shows, most recently picking up a fourth season of ‘Longmire’ after A&E’s cancellation, but their latest acquisition proves even notably weirder. Prior to ever even airing on NBC, Tina Fey-Ellie Kemper comedy ‘Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt’ has set a March 2015 premiere on Netflix, where the show has been picked up for two full seasons.

Every so often, during a press day that seems endless for everyone involved, something that at least resembles "reality" can occur. It's an odd thing, really: Because on a day like this, most people involved are seeking something that doesn't feel manufactured, even though it's almost impossible to find. Anyway, that's my overly hyperbolic way of saying, "Talking to Ellie Kemper was a delight."

We'd known post '30 Rock' that NBC would stay in business with Tina Fey to develop new comedies, but today the network shows its surprising commitment. NBC has given a straight-to-series order to a new female-driven comedy led by 'The Office' star Ellie Kemper, following the tale of a doomsday-cult dropout in 'Tooken.'