Romesh Ranganathan will star in his own docu-comedy series for Showtime,Just Another Immigrant, with two half-hour episodes airing on Fridays for five weeks this summer, starting June 8, 2018. The series description, via Showtime: Just Another Immigrant follows Romesh Ranganathan, one of the most popular stand-ups in the UK, as he uproots his entire family – his […]
Continue ReadingSaturday Night Live writer Julio Torres returned to the Tonight Show on Friday, and if you’re a fan of platinum blondes, shooting star emojis, or the unparalleled beauty and mystery of Cinderella’s clear glass slippers, you’re going to love his latest standup set. “You know, a lot keeps me up at night these days, but […]
Continue ReadingIf the Workaholics writers’ board of terrible joke clichés is a solid resource for what phrases not to use as a writer or comedian, then the below so-called “transitions list” that Conan writer Laurie Kilmartin shared on Twitter earlier this week is the perfect resource for phrases that are perfectly acceptable to use when you’re feeling stuck in your joke writing. The list is a […]
Continue ReadingW. Kamau Bell returns to CNN this weekend with a brand new season of his Emmy-winning series United Shades of America, and the network released a promo to give you a sense of what issues Bell tackles in the new batch of episodes. Here’s more info about what Bell will explore in the 8-episode third season: In season three, […]
Continue ReadingW. Kamau Bell returns to CNN this weekend with a brand new season of his Emmy-winning series United Shades of America, and the network released a promo to give you a sense of what issues Bell tackles in the new batch of episodes. Here’s more info about what Bell will explore in the 8-episode third season: In season three, […]
Continue ReadingDonald might have been too busy to get his wife a birthday present yesterday, but thankfully, during last night’s The Opposition, Citizen Journalists Aaron Jackson and Josh Sharp stepped in to provide the birthday gift and wishes for Melania that her husband couldn’t be bothered to give. That gift is a good one: a completely new covers-only magazine called Plead the Fifth that allows […]
Continue ReadingHere’s a clip from last night’s Late Night, where Seth Meyers takes “A Closer Look” at the long bizarre rant Trump went on during yesterday’s Fox & Friends, or as Meyers calls it, “the first time in history that a TV show had to change its phone number because of a stalker.” During the Fox & Friends interview, Trump also spoke […]
Continue ReadingMove over Fluffy. Here comes Mr. Iglesias. Netflix announced today it has ordered a 10-episode season of Mr. Iglesias, a new multi-cam sitcom starring stand-up comedian Gabriel Iglesias, as well as two comedy specials from him to come. In his sitcom, Iglesias will star as a good-natured public high school teacher who works at his alma […]
Continue ReadingNormally the rotating networks who host the Emmy Awards each fall use it as an opportunity to showcase their star late-night talk-show host. NBC has done that before for both Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyers. For 2018, though, they’re going with Saturday Night Live’s Weekend Update duo of Colin Jost and Michael Che, who’ll co-host […]
Continue ReadingComedy Central today announced the launch of The Creators Program, a new digital initiative to identify, develop and launch the next new things in comedy. Nate Dern, formerly artistic director at the UCB-NY, and more recently at Funny or Die, will head up the Creators team, which starts with five comedians selected from more than […]
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