Last night at the Emmys comedy was supremely represented, that’s no coincidence because Lorne Michaels exec-produced the evening. Not only… MORE
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Comedians love credits, even more than barkers outside comedy clubs love misappropriating those credits. Emmy-winning comedian ranks right up there near the top. So congratulations to John Mulaney for his Emmy-winning stand-up special on Netflix, Kid Gorgeous at Radio City. Congrats, too, to Katt Williams and Tiffany Haddish, who not only picked up their first […]
Continue ReadingThe best comedy on TV in 2018 centers on a female stand-up comedian in the late 1950s. If only reality could imitate art now. But for tonight, congrats to Amazon’s The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, which took home five Primetime Emmy Awards — including Outstanding Comedy Series, Outstanding Lead Actress (Rachel Brosnahan), Outstanding Supporting Actress (Alex […]
Continue ReadingThis week, Saturday Night Live co-head writers are going to take a stab at co-hosts as well. The Weekend Update… MORE
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Over two nights last weekend, the Creative Arts Emmys celebrated many of the comedic efforts on TV and whatever you call TV in 2018. Among the first-time winners: Chris Redd and Kenan Thompson (pictured above) for writing the Saturday Night Live music video “Come Back Barack” (Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics), Katt Williams for his […]
Continue ReadingI’m going to make this super simple for you, Emmy voters: Megan Amram has made a web series that meets all of the minimum requirements needed to win an Emmy for Outstanding Actress in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series, so therefore, you need to give her that Emmy. Seriously, it’s all covered in […]
Continue ReadingSaturday Night Live Weekend Update anchors and co-head writers Michael Che and Colin Jost just landed another big TV gig. According to Variety, Che and Jost have signed on to host this year’s Emmys together, which is slated to air on NBC Monday, September 17th and will count Lorne Michaels as executive producer. In addition to Che and Jost, […]
Continue ReadingThe Television Academy announced some minor modifications to categories in its annual Emmy Awards, and one of the new changes for 2018 does impact the comedy world — especially James Corden, who with his production crew has been cleaning up in the variety categories the past couple of years. For 2018, the two Emmy categories […]
Continue ReadingWould you believe Saturday Night Live took home the most Emmy Awards in 2017? Weird, right. But without Game of Thrones, or Mad Men, or Breaking Bad, or The Sopranos before them, there was no eligible primetime drama that really caught America’s full attention as much as the news and the fact that the news […]
Continue ReadingThe 2017 Emmys were handed out last night, and in case you missed it, comedy made history in two categories. Lena Waithe became the first black woman to win the Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series award for her work on Aziz Ansari’s Master of None (watch her fantastic acceptance speech here), while Donald Glover became […]
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