Over the years, Littlefield in Brooklyn has become a go-to spot for Monday night comedy in New York. It was once the home of Kurt Braunohler and Kristen Schaal’s Hot Tub before the duo moved the show to LA. Night Train with Wyatt Cenac then filled the spot with a show that The New York […]
Continue ReadingPod-Canon is an ongoing tribute to the greatest individual comedy-related podcast episodes of all time. For fans of morbidly fascinating podcast trainwrecks, there is nothing quite like the anger and acrimony of a walkout. The walkout represents the ultimate breakdown of civility, when a podcaster and a guest stop being polite and start getting real. I’ve […]
Continue Reading“Peak TV” and “Prestige Television” are lazy and lame labels for a number of reasons. For one, they’re cavernous, catch-all constructs that display a total disregard for how television is made. They also conflate volume and variety with inherent quality. So the television landscape is actually less of an oasis and more of a desert […]
Continue ReadingSaturday Night Live entered 2017 with good ratings, millions of viral shares, and more momentum than it has had in years. Much of this upshot was due to the political climate–and the country’s need for the humorous angle of what often seems like dark times. SNL did an admirable job in 2016 of getting political […]
Continue ReadingAs 2017 draws to a close, we take a closer look at a few of the notable sitcoms that aired their final episodes in 2017. To some we say a tearful goodbye, and to some we come only to bury them, not to praise them. And we hold out hope that 2018 will be a […]
Continue ReadingThroughout 2017, our trusty team of reviewers covered everything that happened in the world of comedy podcasts with nearly 50 weekly roundups. And in 2017 there was a lot to cover, from podcast anniversaries and milestones (Beautiful/Anonymous, Hollywood Handbook, Who Charted?) to promising newcomers (ActionBoyz, Raised by TV) to highly anticipated returns (U Talkin’ U2 […]
Continue ReadingThere was a lot to talk about in 2017, which is why we interviewed a record 200+ people from every corner of the comedy world. We heard from some of the most influential names in comedy, stars of TV and film, up-and-coming standups, timeless entertainers, podcast gods, and pop culture heatseekers about their careers, politics, […]
Continue ReadingRemember laughter? Hot Take: 2017 was Extremely Bad. There, glad we got that out the way. Sure, the president might be a racist robber baron, but that doesn’t mean he isn’t also a misogynistic, science-denying, lava-cake-brained internet troll. His pernicious, poisonous policies have already caused irreparable harm to the environment and to the physical and […]
Continue ReadingThe field of late night television is more crowded than ever. Beyond the main five network hosts, the crowd of cable hosts is growing larger and larger, and streaming services are beginning to dip into the pool as well (does it count as a late night show if it doesn’t have a fixed time slot?). […]
Continue ReadingThe field of late night television is more crowded than ever. Beyond the main five network hosts, the crowd of cable hosts is growing larger and larger, and streaming services are beginning to dip into the pool as well (does it count as a late night show if it doesn’t have a fixed time slot?). […]
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