R.I.P. Jack Burns (1933-2020)

Jack Burns, an early comedy partner of George Carlin who went on to tag-team another popular TV comedy duo with Avery Schreiber, host the first Saturday Night Live to be properly called SNL, then become the head writer for The Muppet Show and co-write …

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Awkwafina’s Nora From Queens is a hit for Comedy Central

Awkwafina is Nora From Queens has amassed 3.8 million total viewers over its first week on Comedy Central, providing the cable network with its best primetime series premiere in more than three years. If you missed the first episode, it’s also on…

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Team Coco House heads to Chicago for NBA All-Star weekend

Team Coco House is setting up shop in Chicago from Feb. 14-15, 2020, to entertain and celebrate NBA All-Star weekend. Team Coco House will be taking over Chicago’s Bottom Lounge. Here’s the schedule: Friday, Feb. 14 7:00p – Team Coco Presen…

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Country network Circle announces stand-up series, “Stand Up Nashville!”

Country music and lifestyle television network, Circle, has launched, Stand Up Nashville!, a hilarious new comedy series shot before a live audience at Nashville’s legendary Zanies Comedy Club. Airing on Friday nights, each episode of Stand Up Nashvill…

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Bert Kreischer to star in an improvised comedy for Netflix

Bert Kreischer, improv? Yes, and that’s the plan for Kreischer’s new Netflix series, Cabin, an adaptation of Martin Petit’s Les Pecheurs. What’s it all about? After years on the grind, Bert Kreischer sets out on a purifying retr…

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Bert Kreischer to star in an improvised comedy for Netflix

Bert Kreischer, improv? Yes, and that’s the plan for Kreischer’s new Netflix series, Cabin, an adaptation of Martin Petit’s Les Pecheurs. What’s it all about? After years on the grind, Bert Kreischer sets out on a purifying retr…

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Comedy game show Funny You Should Ask extends syndication run

Byron Allen’s Entertainment Studios has announced an additional two seasons for its comedy game show Funny You Should Ask, extending its syndication run through the 2022-23 season. Hosted by Jon Kelley, the daily half-hour strip features a panel …

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Hank Azaria says he won’t voice Apu any longer on The Simpsons

Some two and a half years after comedian Hari Kondabolu exposed The Problem With Apu, the actor who voices the Indian immigrant convenience store owner on The Simpsons says he’s finally going to stop doing that. Hank Azaria revealed that news dur…

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Steve Martin and Martin Short will star in a murder mystery comedy series for Hulu

Steve Martin and Martin Short, longtime comedy pals and touring mates, will head back to TV, or rather, Hulu, for their next project. Hulu announced at the winter TCA press tour a straight-to-series order for a murder mystery comedy starring the duo. B…

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Watch the trailer for It’s Personal with Amy Hoggart

It’s Personal with Amy Hoggart will premiere Wednesday, February 26 at 10pm on truTV. The series stars British comedian Hoggart, spinning off from her role as a correspondent on Full Frontal with Samantha Bee on TBS (Bee exec produces here). Here&#8217…

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