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Month: January 2016

TV

NBC to celebrate Jimmy Fallon’s second anniversary as Tonight Show host with primetime special, week of shows in Los Angeles

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJanuary 13, 2016January 13, 2016

Jimmy Fallon’s Tonight Show tenure will receive a second-anniversary primetime party on Valentine’s Day, followed by a week of shows broadcast from Universal Studios in …

The launch of Broadway Video’s Más Mejor comedy channel
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The launch of Broadway Video’s Más Mejor comedy channel

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJanuary 13, 2016

Más Mejor, the new comedy channel by and for Latino comedians, has launched today. It comes from Broadway Video and puts two of that company’s …

Showtime orders “I’m Dying Up Here” to series, looking back at 1970s Los Angeles comedy scene
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Showtime orders “I’m Dying Up Here” to series, looking back at 1970s Los Angeles comedy scene

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJanuary 12, 2016January 12, 2016

The comedy boom of the 1970s in Los Angeles will explode again onscreen on Showtime in 2016 as the cable network announced today it’d ordered …

Tom Segura: Mostly Stories, on Netflix
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Tom Segura: Mostly Stories, on Netflix

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJanuary 12, 2016

Tom Segura has a funny new stand-up special out on Netflix called Mostly Stories, and I wrote a review of it for my friends at …

Joe List on Conan
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Joe List on Conan

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJanuary 12, 20161

Joe List has a sweet fiance, but perhaps there’s a better way for her to let him know he’s not hot? Don’t worry, though. He’ll …

TV / Video

Rachel Bloom wins Golden Globe for Best Actress in a TV Series, Comedy or Musical, for musical comedy “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” on The CW

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJanuary 11, 2016

And the award for best before and after winning the Golden Globes goes to…Rachel Bloom! Congrats, Rachel! Bloom won Sunday night for Best Actress in …

Episode #51: Ardie Fuqua
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Episode #51: Ardie Fuqua

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJanuary 11, 2016January 11, 2016

Ardie Fuqua is a survivor. More than you may know, maybe; certainly more than he lets on. From the sometimes mean streets of Jersey City …

R.I.P. Pat Harrington, Jr. (1929-2016) aka “Schneider” or “Guido Panzini”
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R.I.P. Pat Harrington, Jr. (1929-2016) aka “Schneider” or “Guido Panzini”

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJanuary 11, 2016

To children of the 1970s or 1980s, he was “Schneider,” the building superintendent for nine seasons on the CBS sitcom One Day at a Time. …

Matt Besser Breaks The Record, on Seeso
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Matt Besser Breaks The Record, on Seeso

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJanuary 11, 2016January 11, 2016

Matt Besser has made his mark on a generation of comedians as one of the co-founders of the Upright Citizens Brigade troupe and comedy theaters …

Iliza Shlesinger’s third performance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
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Iliza Shlesinger’s third performance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJanuary 11, 2016

For her third appearance performing stand-up on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Iliza Shlesinger went back to catch viewers up on her notion of …

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