If you’ve got a script or a series pitch sitting around in your files, but dearly want to put it in front of the producers, suits and creative executives to make it on the TV, then you’ve still got time to submit it for the 2017 ITVFest. Not much time, though. The deadline is July […]
Continue ReadingHere’s a great clip from Marc Maron’s appearance on last night’s Conan, where he admits that, despite currently starring in a streaming network show, he just doesn’t have the time or interest to keep up with the overload of shows right now as well as the overload of channels and streaming services. “Have you ever […]
Continue ReadingHere’s a clip from last night’s Jimmy Kimmel Live, where Kimmel chats with a boy from Pennsylvania named Will Rubin who had a Jimmy Kimmel-themed bar mitzvah this year. While Kimmel is honored by the news, he’s interrupted by former late night host Jon Stewart, who takes issue with Will’s choice. “You probably had your choice of idolizing […]
Continue ReadingOn September 17th, Stephen Colbert will host the 69th annual Emmy Awards, the event that honors the year’s best television… MORE
“SNL,” “Veep,” “Atlanta” and late night lead the comedies nominated for the 2017 Emmys appeared first on The Laugh Button.
On September 17th, Stephen Colbert will host the 69th annual Emmy Awards, the event that honors the year’s best television… MORE
“SNL,” “Veep,” “Atlanta” and late night lead the comedies nominated for the 2017 Emmys appeared first on The Laugh Button.
If you don’t remember The John Larroquette Show, it debuted on NBC in the fall of 1993. It’s never been released on DVD and isn’t available to stream. Which is too bad, because the first season of the show is brilliant. Larroquette starred as John Hemingway, who we meet at an AA meeting. He’s been […]
Continue ReadingThe 2017 Emmy nominations were announced today, and they’re full of new and returning comedy series. Saturday Night Live earned the most comedy nominations, with noms going out to cast members (Vanessa Bayer, Leslie Jones, Kate McKinnon), hosts (Dave Chappelle, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Kristen Wiig, Tom Hanks), frequent guests (Alec Baldwin, Melissa McCarthy), and the writing […]
Continue ReadingI’ll get into all of this in detail later, but for now, just the facts, ma’am. Here are your nominees in the comedy categories for the 69th annual Emmy Awards, to be handed out live Sept. 17, 2017, on CBS. Full list here Comedy Series Atlanta (FX) black-ish (ABC) Master of None (Netflix) Modern Family (ABC) […]
Continue ReadingIf you haven’t yet read The Comedians: Drunks, Thieves, Scoundrels, and the History of American Comedy, then what kind of comedy nerd are you, anyhow? Kliph Nesteroff’s book gives you an overview of our nation’s comedy scene with extra peeks into the naughtiest, weirdest nooks and crannies of it. But if you put down his […]
Continue ReadingAndrea Savage (Veep, Episodes, Dog Bites Man) created and stars in I’m Sorry, a new half-hour comedy on truTV. Tired of being offered boring, distressed, sexless mom roles, Savage set out to write a character she’d be proud to play on a show she’d love to work on. I’m Sorry follows the “seemingly confident, together […]
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