A year and a half ago, Amazon touted the Plaxall site in Long Island City as the future site for its East Coast headquarters. The people of New York City said no. On Sunday afternoon, the people gathered on this same site to watch a stand-up comedy sho…
Continue ReadingHow’s this for a Friday night surprise? After announcing on Thursday that it would end a partnership with the Chicago Mayor’s Office in light of Black Lives Matter, The Second City announced tonight that its CEO, Andrew Alexander, was resig…
Continue ReadingWho’s got jokes? TBS has given the green light to a seven-episode Tournament of Laughs featuring 32 comedians in head-to-head competition, hosted by SNL alum Jason Sudeikis. The series premieres 10 p.m. Sunday, June 21, 2020. The comics will face…
Continue ReadingAs protests against police brutality and racial injustice swept across America over the weekend and into this week, late-night TV comedy shows have responded by elevating and amplifying its own black voices. Here’s an overview of what viewers cou…
Continue ReadingIn parallel universe news, the 2020 season of America’s Got Talent on NBC is underway, with week two of the auditions showcasing stand-up comedian Usama Siddiquee, seen talking with host Terry Crews about his upbringing in Texas, breaking the new…
Continue ReadingDrive-in stand-up comedy shows have popped up in parking lots this past month from my neighborhood of Astoria, Queens, all the way to Alaska. Bert Kreischer may be the first comedian to attempt to leverage this pandemic solution into a full-fledged tou…
Continue ReadingChris Rock got tested for COVID-19 today before appearing on live TV alongside New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and actress Rosie Perez for Cuomo’s daily briefing to the New York Capitol press corps as well as the world, since many broadcasters simulca…
Continue ReadingNY Laughs, in partnership with The Actors Fund, is putting on a special one-night-only streaming event “Laughter in Lockdown,”to benefit comedians and other comedy professionals in need on Friday, May 29 at 8 p.m. Eastern (5 p.m. Pacific) on nylaughs.o…
Continue ReadingHBO Max is here! What does that mean for comedy fans? I’m talking live comedy fans of stand-up, improv and sketch right now, and not your basic sitcom watchers. The biggest shock to many who arrive at the new streaming platform from Warner Media …
Continue ReadingAmerica’s Got Talent‘s 2020 summer season might end up looking very differently due to the coronavirus pandemic, but the audition rounds for NBC took place over the winter before quarantine. In the 2020 season premiere, we saw Vincent Marcu…
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