Over the weekend were two big movie award shows: the Independent Spirit Awards on IFC, and the Oscars on ABC. Both ceremonies featured returning hosts, with Nick Kroll and John Mulaney hosting the Independent Spirit Awards together and late night host Jimmy Kimmel coming back to host the Academy Awards. In case you missed it, […]
Continue ReadingHere’s a clip from last night’s Jimmy Kimmel Live, where Kimmel reflects on the horrific high school shooting in Florida earlier this week and calls on Trump and the GOP politicians who “stuff their pockets with money from the NRA” to take action in the form of gun control immediately. “And don’t you dare let anyone […]
Continue ReadingSince the infamous Trump photo controversy in May 2017, Kathy Griffin has had an extremely challenging eight months full of lost jobs, lost friends, death threats, and federal investigations, but in a new profile for The Hollywood Reporter today titled “Kathy Griffin: Can a Comic in Exile Come Back?” the standup got candid about the […]
Continue ReadingHere’s a clip from last night’s Jimmy Kimmel Live, where Kimmel recaps Donald Trump’s holiday break entirely spent golfing: “It was like his version of Hanukkah,” Kimmel says. “The golf was supposed to only last for a day, but instead it lasted the whole week. It was a miracle!” Kimmel also looks at two of […]
Continue ReadingHere’s a clip from last night’s Jimmy Kimmel Live, where Kimmel recaps Donald Trump’s holiday break entirely spent golfing: “It was like his version of Hanukkah,” Kimmel says. “The golf was supposed to only last for a day, but instead it lasted the whole week. It was a miracle!” Kimmel also looks at two of […]
Continue ReadingFor a third consecutive year, New York Times comedy critic Jason Zinoman has invited me into his home so we can tackle the year in comedy, but hopefully from a largely positive standpoint by focusing on the MVPs, the most valuable performers in comedy this year. In 2017, despite the Trump effect having much more […]
Continue ReadingWhat, or who, could convince Jimmy Kimmel, Jimmy Fallon and Stephen Colbert to collaborate on a Christmas carol? The “King of All Media,” of course! All hail Howard Stern for this cheeky holiday truce in the late-night TV wars. Roll it! Chorus to the tune of Jingle Bells: We’re all friends We’re all friends We […]
Continue ReadingIf you’re looking for confirmation that playfully tousling Donald Trump’s hair would have a long-term negative impact on Jimmy Fallon’s Tonight Show, a new report from The New York Times has arrived with confirmation in the form of cold, hard numbers. According to the report, Fallon’s lead over Stephen Colbert’s Late Show in the 18-49 […]
Continue ReadingIn case you missed it Monday night on PBS, here is the edited full telecast from last month’s celebration of David Letterman for receiving the 2017 Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. Edited out: Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.), who had introduced clips of Letterman’s “Monkey-Cam” as well as Funny or Die videos in which Letterman […]
Continue ReadingSometimes, you just have to leave it up to the professionals. If you follow Governor Mike Huckabee on Twitter, you… MORE
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