The best comedy on TV in 2018 centers on a female stand-up comedian in the late 1950s. If only reality could imitate art now. But for tonight, congrats to Amazon’s The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, which took home five Primetime Emmy Awards — including Outstanding Comedy Series, Outstanding Lead Actress (Rachel Brosnahan), Outstanding Supporting Actress (Alex […]
Continue ReadingAh, Sept. 13, 1993. We were all so much younger then. Can you believe nobody knew who Conan O’Brien was, nor did they give him much of a shot of holding onto Late Night after being named David Letterman’s successor? Long before Team Coco. Now they’ve finally wrested the digital archives of Late Night with […]
Continue ReadingComedy Central will kick off a 273-episode, eight-day marathon airing of South Park on Sept. 19, leading up to the Season 22 premiere the following Wednesday night, Sept. 26. For more, click here!
Continue ReadingCongrats to Nikki Glaser, named Wednesday as one of the celebrities competing this fall on ABC’s Dancing with the Stars! Glaser will be paired with Gleb Savchenko. Glaser posted yesterday on Instagram: “OH MY GOD YOU GUYS. I’m a cast member of Dancing With The Stars this season! It’s the most exciting yet terrifying thing […]
Continue ReadingMichael Palin, member of the legendary Monty Python comedy troupe, has been traveling around the world and filming it for television and film documentaries since 1980. But Palin has taken himself and cameras into North Korea just now for the first time, celebrating his 75th birthday in that secretive Communist dictatorship earlier this year. “To […]
Continue ReadingYou don’t have to go on TV to win a TV talent competition. NBC has its Stand Up for Diversity contest. And ABC has Discovers. The ABC Discovers digital talent contest is open from Sept. 10-24, 2018, and click over there to find comedian Akaash Singh lead you through a video explaining how to enter […]
Continue ReadingNorm Macdonald was supposed to go on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon today to promote his new Netflix talk show. But because of what Macdonald told The Hollywood Reporter in an earlier interview that published this morning, that ain’t happening. “Out of sensitivity to our audience and in light of Norm Macdonald’s comments in […]
Continue ReadingVicki Barbolak hopes to ride her “trailer nasty” schtick all the way to the finals of America’s Got Talent in 2018. For her semifinals performance live Tuesday night on NBC, Barbolak joked about dating, dieting and drinking. Will she make it to the finals? You can vote now and find out Wednesday. Roll the clip.
Continue ReadingOver two nights last weekend, the Creative Arts Emmys celebrated many of the comedic efforts on TV and whatever you call TV in 2018. Among the first-time winners: Chris Redd and Kenan Thompson (pictured above) for writing the Saturday Night Live music video “Come Back Barack” (Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics), Katt Williams for his […]
Continue ReadingIs Arby’s cool again now? Despite my unyielding love of horsey sauce and previous efforts such as the $5 for 5 beef-and-cheddar deal, Arby’s Roast Beef Sandwiches remained the butt of comedians’ jokes in recent years. Jon Stewart made a running gag of mocking Arby’s as non-food during his years hosting The Daily Show on […]
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