Comedy Central cancels Ugly Americans
by Comedy Central has cancelled Ugly Americans. If this is news to you, or even more so, if you didn’t realize this was news, there’s a …
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Amazon orders up series for sitcoms “Alpha House” and “Betas”
If you say it’s all Greek to you when it comes to figuring out how Amazon.com’s Amazon Studios would make sense of its first wave …
Comedy Headlines for 5/29/13
What’s making news in comedy… Comedy Central has renewed Inside Amy Schumer. Amy Schumer’s sketch comedy series, currently airing on Tuesday nights, will return with …
FX’s Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell to host comedy/feminism debate between Jim Norton, Lindy West
Well, this is going to be interesting. As interesting as finding out how and who at FX decided upon which photos of Jim Norton and …
Watch “Mel Brooks: Make a Noise,” the PBS American Masters documentary
In case you missed it, here it is online. From the PBS American Masters description: “Mel Brooks: Make a Noise journeys through Brooks’ early years …
Set List live improvised stand-up shows come to Nerdist, with a special LIVE show for YouTube Comedy Week
Set List is an American creation that first scored a TV deal across the pond, but is finally finding its way back home with a …
Jimmy Kimmel’s priceless gift to Jeffrey Ross: A painting of the late Bea Arthur, topless
Remember that “Bea Arthur Naked” painting by John Currin that sold at auction last week by Christies for $1.9 million? The 1991 oil painting, oil …
Doug Stanhope raises $100,000 for atheist survivor of Oklahoma tornado
Earlier this week, CNN’s Wolf Blitzer asked Oklahoma tornado survivor Rebecca Vitsum if she “thanked the Lord” for living through the storm. Vitsum is an …
Maria Bamford’s new series: “Ask My Mom”
Maria Bamford is about to rejoin us online this summer in a great new webseries, in which you ask the questions, and “her mom” answers …
Kate the Wasp goes to GoogaMooga
Memorial Day Weekend is here, and with it, the great summer outdoor festival season is upon us once more. What to make of an outdoor …