Stephen Colbert got the gang back together again, that gang being his former co-workers on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, circa 2005, before Colbert left their ranks. So Samantha Bee, John Oliver, Ed Helms and Rob Corddry joined Stewart and Colbert for a flashback sketch and many good-time panel chats on Tuesday’s The Late […]
Continue ReadingZach Galifianakis was Jimmy Kimmel’s first guest back Monday after paternity leave from Jimmy Kimmel Live. We quickly learned that Galifianakis had prepared as if he were guest hosting for Kimmel. Sure they joked about it in the opening segment. But Galifianakis had done his homework, as we also saw in multiple segments where the […]
Continue ReadingIn the opening minutes of his new HBO special, Chris Gethard regrets that he doesn’t have some inciting incident that he can blame for his lifelong depression. “I hate to say it,” he says, “but sometimes people just break.” Afterwards, he pauses for a moment, and you can almost hear people in the audience thinking […]
Continue ReadingJim Jefferies is heading to Comedy Central next month with his own late night show. The network announced today that The Jim Jefferies Show will debut Tuesday, June 6th at 10:30pm. Comedy Central ordered 10 episodes of the weekly half-hour show back in March, and the series will follow Jefferies as he covers “the week’s […]
Continue ReadingDuring last night’s Late Night, Seth Meyers returned with a new “A Closer Look” segment on Michael Flynn and the fallout from the Republicans’ rushed healthcare bill, where he revealed that Paul Ryan’s office actually reached out to the show last week about Meyers’ “Closer Look” segment that broke down the bill. “After we aired that […]
Continue ReadingHere’s a clip from last night’s Jimmy Kimmel Live, where guest Zach Galifianakis enters the national healthcare debate by telling Kimmel why he definitely wouldn’t qualify for Trumpcare: “I would personally not qualify because I have a lot of pre-existing conditions. I have something called cocaine toenail, I have something called Smurf hands, I have […]
Continue ReadingMike O’Brien has a new comedy headed to NBC. According to Deadline, the network has given a series order to A.P. Bio, which has been in development at the network since last year. Written by O’Brien and produced by Seth Meyers, Lorne Michaels, Andrew Singer, and Michael Shoemaker, the show stars It’s Always Sunny’s Glenn […]
Continue ReadingAl Madrigal is making up for lost time and he doesn’t have much time left. Don’t worry, he’s fine. But in his own words, he “started late” and has given himself until the age of 50 to see what he can accomplish with his comedy career. If this year is any indicator, the accomplishments will […]
Continue ReadingHere’s a clip from last night’s Last Week Tonight, where John Oliver takes a closer look at the healthcare bill Congress passed last week despite the fact that none of them even read the bill and none of them even seem able to explain what’s in it. “I can explain that to you right now: […]
Continue ReadingFor Jimmy Kimmel’s final day of paternity leave this week, he turned over hosting duties of Jimmy Kimmel Live to David Spade. Spade joked that he’s what previous night’s guest host Kristen Bell “would look like in 15 years.” Spade further made fun of his looks by playing a game called “Spade-y or Lady” in […]
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