Production on season two of HBO’s Crashing just wrapped in New York City at the end of August, with plenty of on-location shoots at comedy clubs, sidewalks and restaurants, in addition to the studio they had to build to replicate the old Boston Comedy Club, which now itself is a restaurant on West 3rd Street. […]
Continue ReadingIt’s always a good time when Tonight Show writer Jo Firestone makes an appearance on the show, and her appearance last night as “Miss Backup Ohio” from the Miss America pageant was no exception. Unfortunately Miss Backup Ohio never got a chance to compete, but Jimmy Fallon gave her the opportunity to put all her […]
Continue ReadingCanadian sketch series Baroness von Sketch Show is currently airing in the US on IFC, and ahead of tomorrow’s episode, here’s a sneak peek featuring Aurora Browne as a woman who is extremely flattered to be carded while buying wine, only to realize she isn’t being carded for the reason she first thought. “Life’s a […]
Continue ReadingHere’s a clip from last night’s Late Night, where Seth Meyers takes “A Closer Look” at how Trump responded to Hurricane Irma and EPA head Scott Pruitt saying that now is not the time to talk climate change – as if there’d be a better time than in the wake of two hurricanes hitting the […]
Continue ReadingHere’s a clip from last night’s Jimmy Kimmel Live, where Kimmel chats with guest Larry David about the new season of Curb Your Enthusiasm premiering next month. “Why did you decide to do the show again after six years of not?” Kimmel asks him. “I don’t see how that’s any of your business,” David responds. […]
Continue ReadingOver the summer, Trey Parker revealed that the upcoming season of South Park would focus less on Trump and politics and more on storylines about the kids of South Park, but if this sneak peek from Wednesday’s premiere is any indication, that doesn’t mean the show will avoid those themes entirely. Here’s the official description of the […]
Continue ReadingJimmy Carr won the inaugural “Roast Masters Invitational” tournament at Montreal’s Just For Laughs festival in 2015 that helped Jeff Ross land a Comedy Central series deal for Roast Battle. So it’s fitting that Carr will host the UK adaptation of Roast Battle UK for Comedy Central UK. They’ve also lined up Russell Brand and […]
Continue ReadingFred Armisen just wrapped production on the eighth and final season of IFC’s Portlandia (which will air in January), and the Saturday Night Live alum already has his next sitcom lined up — an Amazon Prime series reuniting him with SNL’s Maya Rudolph! Amazon announced the straight-to-series pickup over the weekend. Not much about the single-cam […]
Continue ReadingSaturday Night Live was the biggest show winner last weekend during the “creative arts” portion of the 2017 Primetime Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Guest Actor and Actress nods for both Dave Chappelle and Melissa McCarthy for their guest appearances last season, but W. Kamau Bell, Samantha Bee and James Corden also were among the notable […]
Continue ReadingHere’s a clip from last night’s Last Week Tonight, where John Oliver explores the implications of Trump choosing to use his first presidential pardon on so-called “America’s Toughest Sheriff” and early Trump supporter Joe Arpaio from Arizona, who has a long, well-documented history of humiliating and abusing the inmates in his jails and being a […]
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