Dave Chappelle dropped into San Francisco today to lend his support to a public rally to save the venerable Punch Line comedy club, a fixture of the city for more than 40 years. “I’m telling you, you guys have one of the best comedy rooms l…
Continue ReadingBilly on the Street may not air on TV any longer, but as promised, Billy Eichner is continuing to invite celebrities with him to deliver pop quizzes to pedestrians around Manhattan. Today, it’s The Jonas Brothers. Video from Funny or Die. Roll it!
Continue ReadingJames Corden can go home again. The Late Late Show with James Corden will tape another week of shows in London next month, broadcasting June 17-20, 2019, from Central Hall Westminster. His guests across the pond will include Gillian Anderson, Millie Bo…
Continue ReadingJamie Morton was working behind the scenes of British television when his father emailed him a link under the name Rocky Flintstone, a link that revealed an erotic novel actually written by Morton’s father. A horribly written novel at that. And more wh…
Continue ReadingFresh off of his second Peabody Award, comedian Hasan Minhaj now will preside over a TV special for the prestigious organization on FX later this summer. Stories of the Year will bring together other Peabody-winning writers and producers to talk about …
Continue ReadingBrendan Schaub, a former UFC fighter who has turned to podcasting and now stand-up comedy, released his first comedy special over the weekend on Showtime. All of this talking has presumably softened the rough edges of this heavyweight fighter. Although…
Continue ReadingSammy Shore, the stand-up comedian who founded The Comedy Store in West Hollywood with his wife Mitzi in 1972 before giving her complete ownership in their divorce two years later, has died. Shore was 92. He was surrounded by his current wife and famil…
Continue ReadingThe marketplace always has left room for junk art. Whether it’s the B movie, pulp fiction or velvet Elvis paintings, we’ve maintained a soft spot for kitsch culture, for works that speak to us on a visceral level, no matter their quality. T…
Continue ReadingThe broadcast networks have unveiled their new primetime schedules for fall 2019. Here are trailers for the new new sitcoms premiering this fall, in order of time slot Sunday-Saturday. FOX Sundays at 8:30 ET/PT: Bless the Harts CBS Mondays at 8:30 ET/P…
Continue ReadingJimmy Kimmel, 51, had to wonder in his early tenure hosting Jimmy Kimmel Live whether ABC might replace him with Nightline, Conan O’Brien, or anything else. Kimmel need worry no more. ABC announced a three-year contract extension with him, keepin…
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