Chris D’Elia Announces ‘Follow the Leader’ Tour Dates

Chris D’Elia just announced a bunch of standup tour dates. Titled Follow the Leader, the tour makes stops in Orlando, Charleston, Nashville, Denver, and more in March and April, and tickets for the shows go on sale this Friday at 10:00am EST. Check out the first leg of the tour below: 3/28 Tallahassee, FL – […]

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‘The Onion’s ‘A Very Fatal Murder’ Is a Sly, Pitch-Perfect Parody of Crime Podcasts

Pod-Canon is an ongoing tribute to the greatest individual comedy-related podcast episodes of all time. Crime podcasts like Serial are irresistible to satirists by virtue of their popularity and ubiquity alone. Serial in particular is so huge that it transcends the medium that birthed it. Even your aunts and uncles who know nothing about podcasts (heck, […]

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‘Veep,’ ‘BoJack Horseman,’ ‘Last Week Tonight,’ and More Win 2018 WGA Awards

The 2018 Writers Guild Awards were handed out in New York and Los Angeles last night, and when it comes to this year’s comedy nominees, Veep, BoJack Horseman, Saturday Night Live, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, and Will & Grace took home awards this year. In the New Series category, Netflix comedies GLOW and […]

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@Rachel_Sennott on Being Personal, Snarky, and Wanting to Be Liked

Rachel Sennott is a New York-based comedian, actor, and writer. She can be seen on HBO’s High Maintenance and in Shiva Baby, a film premiering at SXSW this year. She runs two monthly comedy shows, Puke Fest and Ur Gonna Slp Rlly Well Tonight. One is a charity show and the other is a drinking […]

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Approaching Standup and Acting from the Inside Out with Aparna Nancherla

When life gives her low-key anxiety, Aparna Nancherla makes lemonade. As a comedian and actor she has molded a successful career from her anxiety, depression, and general weirdness, gaining popularity by just being herself, neuroses and all. 2018 is shaping up to be a big year for Nancherla, who can currently be seen on Comedy […]

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Comedy Central Renews ‘Tosh.0’ for Three More Seasons

Daniel Tosh isn’t leaving Comedy Central anytime soon. The network announced today that it’s extended its deal with Tosh, which includes a triple-season renewal for his series Tosh.0. The renewal will keep Tosh.0 on the air through 2020; season 10 (!), meanwhile, is slated to debut Tuesday, March 27th at 10:00pm. As for Tosh’s thoughts […]

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Jena Friedman Talks #MeToo and the “North American Tiki Nazi” on ‘Conan’

Jena Friedman heads to Adult Swim later this month with her new special Soft Focus, but in the meantime you can check out her standup set from last night’s Conan. Friedman reflects on how tough things have been for men lately and offers them some very helpful tips: “If you’re around a woman and she […]

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Julio Torres Recommends Some Perfect Perfumes to Buy Your Valentine This Year on ‘The Tonight Show’

If you’re looking for some excellent Valentine’s Day gift ideas, look no further, because during last night’s Tonight Show, Jimmy Fallon welcomed back Julio Torres to provide some perfume recommendations that are perfect for the holiday. Some of his recommendations include Silent Scream, FLOTUS Whisper, Should I…Okay, But Who Is SHE?, and ALL CAPS: “What is […]

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Jennifer Garner to Star in HBO Comedy ‘Camping’ from Lena Dunham and Jenni Konner

In the near future, HBO comedies will be both Crashing and Camping. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Jennifer Garner has signed on to star in a limited eight-episode comedy series in the works at HBO called Camping. Here’s more info on the series, which is based on the 2016 British series of the same name: […]

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Rashida Jones Plans a Very Standard Wedding in This Sneak Peek of Tonight’s ‘Portlandia’

The eighth and final season of Portlandia continues its run on IFC tonight, and the network gave us a sneak peek from the episode you can check out early. In the clip, Rashida Jones meets with Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein, who work for the Wedding Division of “Standard Ceremonies” and are on hand to […]

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