“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…
Continue ReadingNBC 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…
Continue ReadingFake 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…
Continue ReadingShowtime has ordered an eight-episode season of the new half-hour comedy series WORK IN PROGRESS, created by Abby McEnany and Tim Mason. McEnany stars in the series, expected to premiere later this year. Lilly Wachowski (The Matrix, Sense8) will co-wri…
Continue ReadingJames Corden may be a late-night TV star in America, but later this year, he’s going back to where it all started for him on the telly. Corden announced that he and Ruth Jones have written a Gavin & Stacey special that gets the gang back toge…
Continue ReadingJames Corden may be a late-night TV star in America, but later this year, he’s going back to where it all started for him on the telly. Corden announced that he and Ruth Jones have written a Gavin & Stacey special that gets the gang back toge…
Continue ReadingDespite whatever vibes you thought Ellen DeGeneres was giving you in her Netflix comedy special, she is not leaving daytime television anytime soon. DeGeneres announced last week that she’d signed a contract extension for three more years of Elle…
Continue ReadingAmber Nash (“Pam Poovey”) and Lucky Yates (“Algernop Krieger”) will not only co-star in the upcoming 10th season of Archer on FXX, but also will talk about in three new chat shows airing after episodes this summer on Facebook Li…
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 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 …
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