Comedian John Mulaney is going live on Wednesday nights for 12 weeks on Netflix. NPR's TV critic says that in the first episode, Mulaney seemed to be enjoying the absurdity of the whole setup much more than any of the actual content he was presenting.

This is a sentiment that was uttered by yours truly when comedian John Mulaney debuted his experimental late-night special on Netflix last year, "John Mulaney Presents: Everybody's in L.A." An offbeat and quirky inclusion to the "Netflix as a Joke" series,

With "Everybody's Live," the stand-up comic sets his sights on an unknown future, while delightedly reclaiming the past.

Early on in the first episode of John Mulaney's new talk show, Everybody's Live with John Mulaney, Mulaney made a joke about introducing everyone to the "baby boomer" culture of talk shows that he grew up with. But, is Mulaney's new late-night show worth everyone's time? And is it any good?

After the success of last year's "Everybody's in L.A.," comedian John Mulaney is returning to the late-night format on Netflix with "Everybody's Live."

The comedian said Netflix “picked up this show by accident. They thought that it was a true-crime documentary because I look like a disappeared boy.”