Here’s a clip from last night’s Late Show, where Stephen Colbert takes a closer look at the new Obamacare replacement the Republicans released this week. The new plan covers approximately 20 million fewer Americans than Obamacare (“20 million fewer than Obama? That sounds like Trump’s inauguration”), offers tax credits instead of subsidies (“So everything’s gonna […]
Continue ReadingAndy Daly’s Review kicks off its third and final season on Comedy Central next week, and today the network debuted the first trailer. Here’s what Daly told Variety about season 3: Having survived the harrowing yet hysterical events of the end of Season Two — when Forrest and his evil producer Grant (James Urbaniak) fell […]
Continue ReadingAndy Daly’s Review kicks off its third and final season on Comedy Central next week, and today the network debuted the first trailer. Here’s what Daly told Variety about season 3: Having survived the harrowing yet hysterical events of the end of Season Two — when Forrest and his evil producer Grant (James Urbaniak) fell […]
Continue ReadingLaverne Cox might be ABC’s next comedy star. According to Deadline, the Orange Is the New Black alum has signed on to star alongside Meaghan Rath (Being Human, New Girl) in the ABC pilot The Trustee, which was ordered back in January. Produced by Elizabeth Banks, the hourlong dramedy centers on Rath as Eliza Radley, […]
Continue ReadingLast fall, the day after the election, I went to Canada. These events are unrelated—the trip was pre-planned, but I got to experience a very surreal time in American history from the vantage point of another country. If you have the means by which to go on a mini-vacation while the country doesn’t know what […]
Continue ReadingComedy Central just revealed the season 2 premiere date for Jillian Bell and Charlotte Newhouse’s Idiotsitter. The network announced today that the show, which was renewed last summer, will premiere on Thursday, April 6th at 10:00pm. Read our interview with the co-creators here, and check out our review of Idiotsitter’s debut season here.
Continue ReadingComedy Central just revealed the season 2 premiere date for Jillian Bell and Charlotte Newhouse’s Idiotsitter. The network announced today that the show, which was renewed last summer, will premiere on Thursday, April 6th at 10:00pm. Read our interview with the co-creators here, and check out our review of Idiotsitter’s debut season here.
Continue ReadingThe A.V. Club, Clickhole, and The Onion will host their fourth annual 26th Annual Comedy Festival in late May, and today they revealed the lineup of comedians slated to perform. The festival runs from Wednesday, May 31st through Sunday, June 4th in Chicago, and the lineup includes Patton Oswalt, Mike Judge (along with a screening […]
Continue ReadingAt the start of 2017, mulling over the awful year that was and pressed down by one disheartening news alert after the other, some people started to fear that there was one high-profile death in 2016 that they maybe forgot to account for: the death of comedy Twitter. At some point between the ridiculous joke […]
Continue ReadingThe end is apparently near for Alec Baldwin’s Trump impression on Saturday Night Live. In an interview with Extra, Baldwin revealed that he doesn’t plan on impersonating Trump for much longer. “Trump just overwhelmingly lacks any kind of sportsmanship. He remains bitter and angry, and you want to look at him and go, ‘You won!’” […]
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