Amy Schumer should win the Emmy for best “For Your Consideration” video for her Netflix special “Growing”

Congrats, Amy! Whether or not you win the Emmy this year, or even get nominated, you’ve already won the hearts and minds with this “FYC” video message. Watch Amy Schumer’s 2019 stand-up special, Growing, on Netflix.

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Watch Bill Hader geek out at meeting Dateline NBC’s Keith Morrison

Bill Hader truly loves Dateline NBC and its star correspondent, Keith Morrison. Hader knows years-old stories from Dateline verbatim, and says in this clip for Sunday Today, that he would walk the halls of Saturday Night Live just slipping into Morriso…

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Ryan Niemiller auditions for America’s Got Talent 2019

“When I was growing up, there was nobody that looked like me on television, so I kind of want to be the first one that’s doing all that. I want people to be able to look at what I’m doing.” That’s what stand-up comedian Ry…

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Here are the 40 comedy acts competing on NBC’s “Bring the Funny” in summer 2019

NBC announced today 40 comedy acts vying for the $250,000 prize package and the opportunity to perform at the 2020 Just for Laughs Festival, who’ll be competing on this summer’s inaugural season of Bring the Funny. Bring the Funny premieres…

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Tig Notaro debuts “Under A Rock” talk show webseries with Funny or Die

Stand-up comedian Tig Notaro apparently has been living Under A Rock. Notaro claims she doesn’t watch a lot of TV or movies, or pay attention to pop culture, and hasn’t for a while. So for this new Funny or Die webseries, she’s hostin…

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Episode #262: Natalie Palamides

Natalie Palamides grew up in a small Western Pennsylvania town but could not be contained by convention or conventional wisdom. After an internship with Conan during college, she trained with the Pig Iron Theatre Company in Philadelphia, then headed to…

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Sarah Silverman’s “The Bedwetter” headed for Off-Broadway run in 2020

A musical based on Sarah Silverman’s 2010 memoir, The Bedwetter, will debut next May off-Broadway. The Atlantic Theater Company will host. Here are the details! World Premiere Musical THE BEDWETTER Book by Joshua Harmon & Sarah SilvermanLyrics by A…

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Taylor Tomlinson to co-host “What Just Happened??!” with Fred Savage

Fake TV show The Flare‘s very real new after-show, What Just Happened??! with Fred Savage, now has a co-host and a house band. Stand-up comedian Taylor Tomlinson has joined the fray, while Best Coast will provide the tunes for Savage’s thre…

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Review: Colin Quinn, “Red State Blue State” on CNN

CNN wanted Colin Quinn’s new comedy special to air because of how he splits America down the middle (even suggesting the country follow suit) in his latest hour, Red State Blue State. But Quinn makes a couple of even greater points, perhaps, outs…

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Review: “Historical Roasts” on Netflix

Jeff Ross is host, executive producer and presumably the star of Historical Roasts on Netflix. But it’s not about him. Nor is about living people, for that matter. Historical Roasts wants us to enjoy seeing dead celebrities brought to task via th…

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