Inside Amy Schumer wins first Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Sketch TV Series
by Comedy Central’s Inside Amy Schumer won the inaugural prize at the Emmy Awards in 2015 for the newly created category, Variety Sketch Series, where it …
Month: September 2015
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart goes out with Emmy Awards for Outstanding Variety Talk Series and writing awards
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart closed out its 16-year run on Comedy Central with two more big Emmy Award wins on Sunday night, earning …
Three questions following a viewing of Jeff Dunham’s NBC primetime special, “Unhinged in Hollywood”
If NBC can attract 6.41 million viewers to Jeff Dunham at 8 p.m. Thursday against the kickoff of Thursday Night Football on CBS, then will …
What we mean when we lie about our comedy
I accept Steve Rannazzisi’s apology. Even if he hasn’t yet apologized to me personally. Even if, by the time he last spoke to me in …
Nate Bargatze’s third appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
It’s no secret that Nate Bargatze is one of Jimmy Fallon’s favorite stand-up comedians right now, as Bargatze made his third appearance on the show …
Comix leaving Foxwoods to open comedy club at rival Mohegan Sun
At the beginning of 2015, Amy Schumer made no secret of her dislike of Comix at Foxwoods when she guested on Brian Koppleman’s “The Moment” …
James Adomian’s Bernie Sanders impersonation takes over @midnight
Donald Trump impersonations are a dime a dozen, although, obviously any Trump impersonator or The Donald himself would tell you that’s worth billions of dimes. …
Open call auditions for 2015 New York’s Funniest Stand-Up competition
Last year’s winner of New York’s Funniest Stand-Up, Ricky Velez, was hired this year as a correspondent for Comedy Central’s The Nightly Show with Larry …
Andrew Sleighter on Conan
Free hotel continental breakfasts are for everybody, but reading books to children is for nobody but you? I don’t want to give away all of …
Carol Burnett recalls the advice Lucille Ball gave her about managing writers, producers
Carol Burnett visited Late Night with Seth Meyers on Thursday night and recalled the times that Lucille Ball guested on Burnett’s hit sketch comedy series, …