After some false starts and weird detours, Cash Cab is coming back to TV. Again. With Ben Bailey hosting. Again. But this time, it’ll be on Bravo! Shooting with the tricked-out New York City taxi cab and unsuspecting (or suspecting) passengers be…
Continue ReadingThis news bulletin is a two-for-one. Just For Laughs announced today that Kevin Hart would return to the Montreal festival this July — he performed at the Bell Centre arena last year — but for 2019, he’ll be presiding over his own bra…
Continue ReadingKathy Griffin: A Hell of A Story, which officially premiered this March at SXSW, will hit movie theaters nationwide on July 31 via Fathom Events. Here’s the trailer: From Fathom Events: See her LIVE on the big screen for an exclusive Q&A foll…
Continue ReadingIn a month, HBO’s late-night Friday slot, currently occupied by Los Espookys, will host A Black Lady Sketch Show. The sketch comedy series stars Robin Thede, Ashley Nicole Black, Gabrielle Dennis and Quinta Brunson. Creator/executive producer/wri…
Continue ReadingSiriusXM will celebrate the late great Robin Williams this Fourth of July week with several days of tributes on its Comedy Greats channel (Ch. 94) with “Robin Williams: God Bless America.” The tributes feature the exclusive premieres of two new special…
Continue ReadingPop-up comedy club Team Coco House will open July 18-20 at 401 G Street in San Diego’s historic Gas Lamp District as part of Comic-Con 2019. Team Coco House will showcase a daily lineup of comics handpicked by Conan, podcasts, panels, trivia, giv…
Continue ReadingMichelle Collins has that gift for gab that translates hilariously well both as a stand-up comedian and as a talk-show host. Collins co-starred for one season on ABC’s The View, and has gone on to host several after-shows for reality series. Among them…
Continue ReadingDid you know you could submit a writing packet to Saturday Night Live right this very minute? Yes, you! My friends tipped me off to this site that welcomes writing submissions for SNL until July 15, 2019. If you can meet the July 15 deadline and submit…
Continue ReadingWalking through the re-created set of Jerry Seinfeld’s TV apartment last weekend at Clusterfest, two thoughts kept repeating: 1) it’s amazing but not entirely surprising how much of a kick people get out of imagining they’re in a hit …
Continue ReadingThe critically-acclaimed revival of One Day at at Time, cancelled by Netflix after three seasons, will continue with a new 13-episode fourth season on Pop TV in 2020. And as part of the deal, the new episodes also will air on CBS after the run on Pop. …
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