The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Adam Newman made his network television debut last night on Late Show with David Letterman. Don’t take my word for it? Listen to Letterman himself make the introduction. Newman’s stand-up performance includes a discussion on former NBA star Dikembe Mutumbo, the joys of living in Brooklyn — unless you’re a …
Here’s the thing you have to remember about the Emmys: As much as the TV people like to send out mixed messages (they love to reward buzzed-about series in their first seasons, but also love to reward the same series season after season), you cannot get an EGOT with the …
Sixty acts remain in the running for NBC’s America’s Got Talent in summer 2013, and among them, six comedians who’ll get the chance to compete in the live shows for your votes at Radio City Music Hall, which start next week (Tuesdays and Wednesdays). Who are they? Angela Hoover Dave …
NUVOtv officially kicked off its relaunch in style last night with a party in West Hollywood, Calif., and the cable TV channel formerly known as Si TV goes Bon Qui Qui comedy crazy this weekend with the premiere of Anjelah Johnson’s Homecoming Show. Here’s a behind-the-scenes sneak peek of Johnson’s special, …
Here’s a switch: A sitcom cancellation and pickup on a new network, all in the same press release. American Dad!, one of Seth MacFarlane’s animated hits for FOX, will end its run there with its 10th season this fall on Sunday nights — then move over to TBS in 2014 …
Who’s ready for some new Whose Line Is It Anyway? anyway? The short-form improvised comedy game show that’s not really a game show but just a good half-hour of make-em-up fun returns tonight (8 p.m. Eastern/Pacific) on The CW. Aisha Tyler has replaced Drew Carey as the host, but the …
Good news all around for Team Coco this week. Jimmy Pardo is stepping in as Conan O’Brien’s sidekick tonight and Wednesday night for tapings of Conan on TBS. Whither Andy Richter, you say? You don’t say! No. Don’t say it. Because Richter is busy with his own new TV project …
Michael Palascak returned to Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson on Monday night, and wondered about how people fall in and out of love, and what that means about marriage and ’til death do you part. How do you make that work? As Palascak learned, “you just know.” Really? You …
Just how would you survive the zombie apocalypse, anyhow? The comedians from MTV2’s Guy Code have the answers. Maybe not all of the answers. But they tell you what they’d do and how they’d do it — it’s all part of a special episode called “Guy Code Honors” airing this …
About three months ago, I was working in Stockholm, Sweden, when my pal — the comedian and actor Robert Klein — called to tell me that Jonathan Winters had passed away. I knew it was coming. Jon and I had been very close for more than 10 years. Less than …
