Remember when seemingly every comedian who ever called him or herself a comedian taped half-hour submissions earlier over the winter? They started finding out from Comedy Central last week, and here’s the full list of stand-ups recording what’s now being called Comedy Central Stand-Up Presents… These first 14 half-hours also will return to the scene […]
Continue ReadingEvery year, Comedy Central selects a handful of up-and-coming comedians to star in their own 30-minute The Half Hour standup specials, and the network just revealed the 14 comics chosen for this year’s sixth season, which will be called Comedy Central Stand-Up Presents. This year’s specials will tape at The Civic Theatre in New Orleans […]
Continue ReadingTim Robinson and Sam Richardson’s freshman comedy co-executive produced by Lorne Michaels and Jason Sudeikis, Detroiters, will return to Comedy Central for a second season. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Comedy Central has officially renewed Detroiters for a second season. The show debuted on the network last month and is currently airing Tuesday nights at […]
Continue ReadingThis week we will see two major premieres we’ve been looking forward to for a while now. First up is… MORE
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British comedian Gina Yashere made her debut last night as the newest contributor on The Daily Show, and given all of the parallels between Brexit and the Trump administration, Trevor Noah turned to Yashere to offer some insight on what we can expect from Trump’s presidency, which he promised to supporters would be “Brexit plus […]
Continue ReadingThe Daily Show with Trevor Noah just added a new member to its news team. Comedy Central just announced that British comedian Gina Yashere has joined the show as a contributor — or as Yashere put it on Twitter, “British Correspondent.” Here’s more on Yashere from Comedy Central’s press release: Yashere (@ginayashere) was born & […]
Continue ReadingGina Yashere has joined The Daily Show with Trevor Noah on Comedy Central as a new correspondent. Her first report should air tonight! Here’s the press release: The Daily Show with Trevor Noah adds Gina Yashere as the latest contributor to join “The Best F#@ing News Team.” She was tapped by Executive Producer, Writer and […]
Continue ReadingBack in September, Comedy Central ordered a new weekly series from Moshe Kasher and @midnight’s Alex Blagg called Problematic, and today the network revealed the premiere date: Tuesday, April 18th at 10:00pm. “I see myself as the Phil Donahue of the Internet Age except not as funny or dialed into millennial culture,” Kasher said on […]
Continue ReadingSaturday Night Live may be in the market for a new head writing team: current co-head writers Chris Kelly and… MORE
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Saturday Night Live co-head writers Chris Kelly and Sarah Schneider have a pilot in the works at Comedy Central. According to Variety, the network has ordered an untitled pilot from Schneider and Kelly, which will follow “a pair of siblings whose 12-year-old brother becomes unexpectedly famous, forcing them to reevaluate their own messy lives.” Kelly […]
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