Samuel J. Comroe has advanced to the finals of America’s Got Talent 2018

It took your votes during Wednesday night’s live broadcast to do it, but your Dunkin’ Save kept Samuel J. Comroe’s hopes alive of becoming the first stand-up comedian to ever win America’s Got Talent. Comroe advances to the finals. Here was his performance on live TV Tuesday night on NBC for AGT’s first semifinal round. […]

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Billy Eichner back on the street in mini web series

We haven’t seen the last of Billy on the Street. I HAVE SOME NEWS…BILLY ON THE STREET is COMING BACK!!!!!!! With special guests EMMA STONE, TIFFANY HADDISH, LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA, KATE McKINNON and MORE!!! LET’S GO LESBIANS, LET’S GO!!!!!! pic.twitter.com/Wz5HIuZHzw — billy eichner (@billyeichner) September 5, 2018 Eichner announced today: “These 8 new segments will be […]

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Anthony Jeselnik back in starring capacity with Comedy Central series and podcast deal

After serving time as host of NBC’s Last Comic Standing and helping to judge Jeff Ross Presents Roast Battle, Anthony Jeselnik is back where he belongs: starring in his own Comedy Central series. “Sometimes the best move is a lateral move!” said Jeselnik. Comedy Central announced a new deal with him that will see Jeselnik […]

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HBO making a “My Dad Wrote A Porno” comedy special

Andy Kaufman once (or maybe many times, depending upon the audience) read a great work of literature onstage to see how far the audience would go along with him. HBO is now making a comedy special that’s just that? Well, sort of. Hit British comedy podcast My Dad Wrote a Porno will be televised. Not […]

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Comedy is art, and Drew Michael’s HBO special defies you to define it

The first time I saw Drew Michael perform live, the experience at QED in Astoria felt surreal, like an out-of-body experience. So seeing his comedy, devoid of an actual audience, performed in a virtual void on HBO, doesn’t come as any shock to me. It might you, though, when you see his first HBO special […]

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Comedy is art, and Drew Michael’s HBO special defies you to define it

The first time I saw Drew Michael perform live, the experience at QED in Astoria felt surreal, like an out-of-body experience. So seeing his comedy, devoid of an actual audience, performed in a virtual void on HBO, doesn’t come as any shock to me. It might you, though, when you see his first HBO special […]

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Samuel J. Comroe performs on the quarterfinals of America’s Got Talent 2018

We already have one stand-up comedian in the semifinals of America’s Got Talent 2018. Can we make it two for two? Samuel J. Comroe performed on Tuesday night’s live show on NBC, and will find out his fate tonight. You can still place votes to tip the scales in his favor. Roll the clip!

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Norm Macdonald Has A Show, and here are the first season’s guests on Netflix

For Netflix’s next new talk show, they’re not messing around with weekly episode releases. No, no. For Norm Macdonald Has A Show, you’ll get all 10 at once. Macdonald and sidekick Adam Eget will welcome hourlong conversations with Drew Barrymore, David Spade, Judge Judy, David Letterman, Jane Fonda, Chevy Chase, M. Night Shyamalan, Michael Keaton, Billy […]

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Kevin Hart and Tiffany Haddish delivered the opening zingers for the 2018 MTV VMAs

MTV is still with the Video Music Awards in 2018, and they brought out Kevin Hart and Tiffany Haddish to open up the proceedings Monday night on live TV with dueling zingers, curse words and even a flubbed joke about who Tiff wants to smash. Oh, and Kev told Trump to “suck it!” Roll the […]

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Greg Barris for Twitter: “Don’t Believe Every Tweet”

Twitter, like other social media platforms, has a huge legitimacy problem. Nobody is minding the store, so to speak, to separate the lies from the truth, the facts from the fiction. How’s Twitter responding in August 2018? With a humorous TV ad campaign. Starring Greg Barris. The campaign is called “Don’t Believe Every Tweet.” Or […]

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