Before the upfronts: Up front with Whitney Cummings + Chris D’Elia about their new NBC sitcom, “Whitney”
by By far the belle of the ball among the early network TV pickups for Fall 2011 is comedian Whitney Cummings, who went two-for-two on the …
Day: May 13, 2011
Comedy Central acknowledges milestones in online, mobile platforms for South Park, Tosh.0
Amid all of the TV news making waves this week, Comedy Central put out a press release acknowledging the grand future of TV — which, …
ABC’s pickups + renewal of Happy Endings = even more work this fall for stand-ups and UCB players!
Hot off the heels of seeing NBC order six new sitcoms that employ a dozen comedians from the worlds of stand-up comedy and the Upright …
In other news…
OK, readers. Before we get to the Friday the 13th promise that I made to myself and to the Internet, let's take a look around …
Tim Minchin performs “If I Didn’t Have You” on Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Tim Minchin's current two-hour show is great. Fantastic. Wonderful. Magical. As I've said and written before, he's much more than a musical comedian. I saw …
On Conan: Jen Kirkman dreams of murdering her husband, although the youth are more likely targets
Conan O'Brien misspoke last night. Jen Kirkman's new stand-up comedy CD isn't out until next week, but she is funny, as you can see in …
How many stand-up comedians and UCB players have new jobs this fall in NBC primetime? 12!
The broadcast networks (and some cable networks) make their upfront presentations to the media and advertisers next week in New York City, and with NBC …
Successful Alcoholics, the short film starring TJ Miller and Lizzy Caplan
I certainly wouldn't consider myself a successful alcoholic. But who could, really? And yet, that's the title of the 25-minute short film written by TJ …