BET re-enters late-night talk sphere in Fall 2017 with Robin Thede’s “The Rundown”
by BET hasn’t had a full-fledged late-night talk show since Mo’Nique went nightly back in 2009-2011. The network is diving back in this fall with Robin …
Month: April 2017
StandUp NBC announces open call dates for 14th annual diversity talent search, with NBCUniversal holding deal as top prize
NBCUniversal’s 14th annual diversity talent search, StandUp NBC, is about to get underway, so mark your calendars for the following open call dates and locations. …
Vir Das makes his American late-night TV debut on Conan
The most intriguing thing to me about Vir Das performing this routine on Conan isn’t readily apparent just by looking at this clip. But when I tell …
Kenan Thompson may be SNL’s MVP: “What Up With That?”
If Kenan Thompson comes back to Saturday Night Live — whether in May or this fall (depending upon a potential WGA strike) — he’d be …
The best of Marc Maron’s WTF interviews in book form, “Waiting for the Punch”
If trying to catch up on 800+ episodes of Marc Maron’s WTF podcast seems like too much of a hill to climb, or you just …
Episode #148: Vir Das
Americans may know Aziz Ansari, Hari Kondabolu or Russell Peters, but Vir Das is the biggest Indian-born comedian and Bollywood actor back home, where he …
Anthony Atamanuik shows off his Trump impersonation for Stephen Colbert on The Late Show
Stephen Colbert made his name playing “Stephen Colbert” on Comedy Central’s The Colbert Report. Watch him pass the torch to a new Comedy Central satirist …
Brad Wenzel on Conan
Brad Wenzel returned to Conan last night, and not just so he could fire a zinger at Donald Trump. Wenzel acknowledged that his observations might …
Comedians pay tribute to Charlie Murphy in memorial, on stage and in SiriusXM show
Comedians who worked with Charlie Murphy on tour and on Chappelle’s Show gathered in New Jersey yesterday to remember him at a memorial, and Dave Chappelle …
Audible launches Lewis Black exclusive podcast, “The Rant is Due”
Lewis Black has been known and renowned for his ability to make you laugh out loud from his ranting. And over the past year or …