Andrea Savage (Veep, Episodes, Dog Bites Man) created and stars in I’m Sorry, a new half-hour comedy on truTV. Tired of being offered boring, distressed, sexless mom roles, Savage set out to write a character she’d be proud to play on a show she’d love to work on. I’m Sorry follows the “seemingly confident, together […]
Continue ReadingAsian AF, an enormously popular variety show in LA featuring exclusively Asian-American performers, has yet to see a single empty seat. Will Choi and Keiko Agena have hosted sold-out show after sold-out show, featuring guests like Margaret Cho, Sheng Wang, Kulap Vilaysack, Suzy Nakamura, Amy Hill, Lewis Tan, Lilan Bowden, and Eugene Cordero. On June […]
Continue ReadingToday, Splitsider has the dubious honor of premiering the third and most recent episode of Modern Aliens: A Documentary Periodical, written and directed by Jordan Jaffe and a harbinger of worldwide doom. Utilizing a clever method of packaging comedy and news in a way that’s not just a desk piece (no disrespect to all the very solid desk pieces happening out there), Jaffe […]
Continue ReadingDecades before writing The Comedians, a deep dive into the history of American comedy, Kliph Nesteroff was a young standup working out his set in small town Canada. Nesteroff revisits the plight of current amateur comedians as the host of Funny How?, a new Viceland series premiering this week. Nesteroff shadows rookie comics from all […]
Continue ReadingWhen it was announced that Jim Jefferies would be getting a weekly political show on Comedy Central, the last thing anyone could have expected was grace or subtlety. Throughout his career, Jefferies has become known for his extremely blunt approach to humor. His tendency to Go There on just about any subject you can imagine […]
Continue ReadingAdam Conover wants to spark your curiosity. And your doubt. As the host of truTV’s Adam Ruins Everything, Conover uses comedy as both a tool for entertainment and education, prompting viewers to doubt established cultural myths and norms. In each episode Conover cites studies, stories, and experts to help separate fact from fiction in topics […]
Continue ReadingAfter years of performing standup comedy and making funny videos, Heather Fink struck out on her own as a writer/director. Paying the bills by day as a boom operator and sound utility, Fink got to work dreaming up her first feature film. The end product – Inside You – is a hilarious romantic comedy about […]
Continue ReadingYou know when you’re in the middle of telling a good story and your friend interrupts you to ask for more details? Eugene Mirman is that friend, interrupting people like Maria Bamford, Weird Al, W. Kamau Bell, and more in his audio series Hold On from Audible Channels. The show’s first two seasons were originally […]
Continue ReadingEpisode 4 of Kevin Hart Presents: The Next Level airs this Sunday at 11/10c on Comedy Central. If you haven’t been keeping up, The Next Level is a seven-episode series showcasing comedians hand-picked by Hart to do their first ever televised half-hour sets. This week’s featured comic is the LA-based energetic Air Force veteran Vincent […]
Continue ReadingIn 2015, just before his debut as host of The Late Show, Stephen Colbert penned a thoughtful article for Glamour asserting his intention to use his new platform as a way to celebrate women’s voices. Stating the obvious, he noted that “while there are many talented female comedians out there, right now the world of late-night […]
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