Here’s a clip from last night’s Late Show, where Stephen Colbert chats with Steve Martin about his new album, comedy heroes, his upcoming Broadway show Meteor Shower, and performing with Martin Short. “I’ll tell you one thing I love about touring around with Marty Short: no paparazzi,” he says. “My wife thought that Marty and […]
Continue ReadingTim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim never waste the opportunity to turn a late night show appearance into something as weird as possible, and that was the case again during their time on last night’s Late Show. The two walk out to the desk wearing clown suits and tell Stephen Colbert they’re working on an upcoming […]
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Kristin Hensley and Jen Smedley, who boast more than 1.1 million Facebook fans for their web series, “I Mom So Hard,” just scored a pilot production commitment out of CBS, a big prize early in the development season. CBS is pairing the duo with producer Rob Thomas (The CW’s iZombie), while Michelle Nadler (2 Broke […]
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 ReadingAhead of his hosting gig at this year’s Emmys on Sunday, Stephen Colbert paid his fellow late night hosts a visit with appearances on West Coast shows Jimmy Kimmel Live and The Late Late Show last night. In the above clip, Colbert teams up with James Corden to share some of the many hyper-specific side effects […]
Continue ReadingSaturday Night Live was the biggest show winner last weekend during the “creative arts” portion of the 2017 Primetime Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Guest Actor and Actress nods for both Dave Chappelle and Melissa McCarthy for their guest appearances last season, but W. Kamau Bell, Samantha Bee and James Corden also were among the notable […]
Continue ReadingA few days before the 50th anniversary of the premiere of The Carol Burnett Show on CBS, the Eye Network has announced plans to broadcast a two-hour primetime special tribute to Burnett and her funny friends, to air this December. The Carol Burnett 50th Anniversary Special will air from 8 to 10 p.m. Eastern/Pacific on […]
Continue ReadingA few days before the 50th anniversary of the premiere of The Carol Burnett Show on CBS, the Eye Network has announced plans to broadcast a two-hour primetime special tribute to Burnett and her funny friends, to air this December. The Carol Burnett 50th Anniversary Special will air from 8 to 10 p.m. Eastern/Pacific on […]
Continue ReadingCBS is celebrating the 50th anniversary of The Carol Burnett Show with a two-hour special set for December. Deadline reports that the network will air The Carol Burnett 50th Anniversary Special on Sunday, December 3rd at 8:00pm. The special will be taped on the original Carol Burnett Show soundstage at CBS Television City, where Burnett will look back on […]
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