The broadcast networks have gone live with sitcoms before, from Roc to The Drew Carey Show to 30 Rock to Undateable. That’s FOX to ABC to NBC. But tonight’s live airings of The Conners for the East Coast and West Coast come with a twist: th…
Continue ReadingBill Murray may have won the buzz buzz buzz for agreeing to redo Groundhog Day when it coincided with Super Bowl Sunday. But there were plenty of stand-up comedians and comedic performers who also broke big, or sold out, for the biggest calendar day fo…
Continue ReadingYou may have seen a viral video on social media this week catching James Corden in the act of filming a “Carpool Karaoke” segment for The Late Late Show, without actually driving the car. Corden decided to address this on his show, after jo…
Continue ReadingComedy Central is keeping Daniel Tosh around for another four seasons and more, with a new overall deal that includes at least 80 more episodes over four seasons of Tosh.0, plus a first-look deal for new scripted and unscripted development for Tosh as …
Continue ReadingTim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim are coming back to Adult Swim in 2020 with a new multi-camera sitcom spoof, and they’re already celebrating with a live tour that just got back to the States from Australia. Beef House has five men (Tim Heidecker, …
Continue ReadingFinally, fans of The Office can watch Threat Level Midnight, Michael Scott’s spy movie, as he originally intended. Episode 17 from Season 7 of NBC’s hit sitcom aired as if Dunder Mifflin’s Scranton office boss was screening it to his …
Continue ReadingNick Cannon hosts a popular primetime competition in FOX’s The Masked Singer, and started hosting a morning radio show this summer on Power 106 in Los Angeles, all while continuing with 15 seasons of Wild ‘N Out on the MTV networks. Next fa…
Continue ReadingAfter three seasons, The Jim Jefferies Show will come to a close on Comedy Central later this month. “The Jim Jefferies Show will air its final episode on Nov. 19, concluding a brilliant three-year run on Comedy Central,” said a spokesperson for Comedy…
Continue ReadingComedy Central announced a collaboration today with All Things Comedy to produce a documentary about Patrice O’Neal. O’Neal died in 2011 at the age of 41. Michael Bonfiglio, who directed Gary Gulman’s new HBO documentary special, The Great …
Continue ReadingStephen Colbert, who took over The Late Show from David Letterman in September 2015, will stay where he’s at through at least 2023. CBS announced a new three-year contract extension with Colbert keeping him til August 2023. “Stephen Colbert…
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