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STREAMING & NETWORKS 
Comedian Iliza Shlesinger, 37, 
has had four Netflix specials since 
2013. They have all featured 
her doing a stand-up set. Iliza 
Shlesinger Sketch Show, her fifth 
Netflix project, is something differ-
ent. It is a six-episode, half-hour 
series with a supporting cast of 
comic actors. The official descrip-
tion says: “From the mind of Iliza 
Shlesinger comes a secret world 
filled with absurd characters, 
insight into the female experience 
and irreverent yet poignant social 
commentary.” (Began streaming 
on Wednesday, April 1.) 
Broke, a sitcom, starts on CBS 
on Thursday, April 2, at 9:30 p.m. 
The series stars Jamie Camil as 
Javier, a spoiled but likeable guy 
who is financially cut off by his 
wealthy father. Javier and his 
wife, Elizabeth (Natasha Leggero, 
45), have to move in with Jackie 
(Pauley Perrette), Elizabeth’
s 
estranged sister. Jackie, a single 
mother who owns a bar, is not 
thrilled about taking them in. 
Leggero is still best known as a 
stand-up comedian. She convert-
ed to Judaism not long before she 
married comedian Moshe Kasher, 
now 40, in 2015. In 2018, the 
couple had their first child, a girl. 
 The ABC hit series Modern 
Family will come to an end on 
Wednesday, April 8. The last two 
episodes of the show will be pre-
ceded by an hour-long documen-
tary (8 p.m.) about the show. The 
first of the two last shows (starts 
at 9 p.m.) was co-written by and 
directed by Steve Levitan. He was 

the co-creator of Modern Family. 
Elizabeth Banks, 46, guest-stars 
in the first (final) episode as Sal, a 
recurring “wild woman” character. 

ROSIE’
S VIRAL SPECIAL
On March 22, Rosie O’
Donnell did 
a live three-hour special to raise 
money for the Actors’
 Fund, a char-
ity that provides emergency funds 
for members of the entertainment 
community. O’
Donnell remotely 
interviewed about 50 celebrities. 
You can watch the whole special 
on YouTube (enter the YouTube 
channel name “broadwaycom” in 
the search box). Many of the inter-
views have been individually post-
ed for easy viewing on YouTube 
(same channel). 
Jewish highlights of the show 
include composer Andrew Lloyd 
Webber singing “Happy Birthday” 
to composer Stephen Sondheim
and Sondheim singing “Happy 
Birthday” back to Webber as 
Sondheim washed his hands 
for 20 seconds. March 22 was 
Webber’
s 72nd birthday and 
Sondheim’
s 90th birthday; Idina 
Menzel, 48 (Frozen), talked from 
her kitchen, noting that she was 
“going a bit bonkers.” It was a 
very personal interview that you’
d 
never see on a regular talk show. 
Composer Alan Menken (Lion 
King, Beauty & the Beast), 70, 
played a medley of his hits on 
his home piano; Sarah Jessica 
Parker, 55, and hubbie, Matthew 
Broderick, 58, were charming 
as they talked about family and 
career stuff (they were about to 
open in a Broadway revival of 
Plaza Suite when Broadway the-
aters shut down). 

NATE BLOOM COLUMNIST

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In the new CBS sitcom Broke, 
Pauley Perrette (Jackie) greets 
her estranged sister Natasha 
Leggero (Elizabeth) and her 
husband Jamie Camil (Javier).

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