The Brits may be grappling with Brexit, still. But give ’em this much credit. They’re showing U.S. up with respect to improving the working conditions for women in TV comedy. Saskia Schuster, the head of comedy programming for Britain’…
Continue ReadingBroad City may be over. Wait. It’s over?!? In Abbi and Ilana’s Broad City, a new Comedy Central mini-doc, Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer retrace their steps from the very first webisode through to the fifth-season series finale on Comedy Ce…
Continue ReadingThe Television Academy published the official nomination ballots last week, with voting open now until June 24. Nominees will be announced July 16. Let’s take a look at the category most coveted by stand-up comedians: Outstanding Variety Special …
Continue ReadingThe nation of Ghana has invited Conan O’Brien to come visit, and Team Coco is on the case! Conan announced last night that he’ll take off for Africa on Monday, with Veep‘s Sam Richardson, whose parents are from Ghana, coming along for…
Continue ReadingThree times, ventriloquists have won America’s Got Talent. Could Michael Paul be the fourth? It certainly helped that the Philly vent opened his act with a bit of a misdirect, telling the judges and audience he was actually an exotic bird trainer.
Continue ReadingKevin Schwartz, a 49-year-old agoraphobe, finally got out of his home in Madison, Wisc., when his therapist encouraged him to visit the comedy club a few blocks down the road. Now here Schwartz is telling one-liners on America’s Got Talent. What …
Continue ReadingIf at first you don’t succeed, Sethward failed failed again. This performance artist comedian flashed the audience last summer as a caterpillar turning into a butterfly. This summer, America’s Got Talent let him back onstage. Not once, but …
Continue ReadingLetterkenny, which debuted as a webseries in 2013, and became a Canadian TV show in 2015, is now a Hulu Original series. Hulu announced Thursday that, following the acquisition of Crave Original comedy series Letterkenny, the show will return as a Hulu…
Continue ReadingChris Gethard is returning to MNN. This time, Gethard won’t be presiding over his own comedic band of merry mayhem, but instead will present hours of worth of pure, uncensored funny from comedians he enjoys. It’s called Chris Gethard Presen…
Continue ReadingIf a Comedy Central Roast can propel Donald Trump’s shady businessman career into the presidency, then what, pray tell, will it do for Alec Baldwin? Find out later in 2019. Comedy Central announced today that the Comedy Central Roast of Alec Bald…
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