Everybody’s Live With John Mulaney Again

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, has begun its 12-week run. 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. Below, everything we know so far, including a trailer and this week’s special guests.

March 12: Michael Keaton, Joan Baez, Fred Armisen, personal finance columnist Jessica Roy, and music from Cypress Hill.

March 19: Nick Kroll, Ben Stiller, Quinta Brunson, cruise industry expert Anne Kalosh, and music from Kim Gordon and Kim Deal

March 26: Pete Davidson, Luenell, Henry Winkler, licensed funeral director and embalmer Raymundo Perez-Plascencia, and music from Mannequin Pussy

April 2: Wanda Sykes, John Waters, Stavros Halkias, supreme court lawyer Neil Katyal, and music from Daniel Hope with New Century Chamber Orchestra

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.

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.

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.