Interviews / TV
Hyper reality: The Comedy Vérité of “The Jim Gaffigan Show” on TV Land
by Fans of Seinfeld love to visit the iconic places and people featured on the hit NBC sitcom, from the diner where Jerry hung out with …
Month: June 2016
Atlanta Improv finds new home in Buckhead, will reopen winter 2016
An update to my story from last month rounding up the comings and goings of comedy clubs around America… The Atlanta franchise in the Improv …
Pandora Comedy celebrates five years in streaming stand-up
Pandora launched its first-ever comedy station five years ago, and while a lot has changed in terms of how we listen to comedy or music …
Fuse gets into Friday night late-night comedy game for summer 2016
Fuse is setting aside the music as Fridays turn to Saturdays this summer, launching a weekly “Fresh Baked Comedy” block in late-night, starting July 8, …
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert’s writing packet submission process for 2016
Cannot remember ever seeing a late-night TV writing job actually posted in the wild like a regular job opening — and definitely don’t recall ever …
There’s an Apple Patent for that: This technology could stop audience members from hijacking video from live comedy shows
What if stand-up comedians — or any performers — no longer had to worry about audience members surreptitiously recording their sets and then putting them …
Jessica Williams leaving The Daily Show to pursue own Comedy Central half-hour series
Jessica Williams announced today she’s leaving The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, with her final appearance airing this Thursday. This is bad news for TDS, …
Nick Kroll and John Mulaney will bring “Oh, Hello” to Broadway
Gil Faizon and George St. Geegland are headed to Broadway. “Oh, Hello!” Indeed. The elderly Upper West Side theater-loving characters created by Nick Kroll and …
Episode #101: Robert Kelly
Robert Kelly plays the Heathens drummer Bam Bam on Denis Leary’s FX series, Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll, which begins its second season this Thursday, and popularized the double-meal …
Amy Schumer announces world arena tour for 2016, including second date at MSG
“This isn’t my dream come true. This is beyond anything I could have ever fucking imagined for myself.” That was Amy Schumer at the end …