All Things Comedy producing a Patrice O’Neal documentary for Comedy Central
by Comedy Central announced a collaboration today with All Things Comedy to produce a documentary about Patrice O’Neal. O’Neal died in 2011 at the age of …
Month: October 2019
Episode #277: Jocelyn DeBoer and Dawn Luebbe
Jocelyn DeBoer and Dawn Luebbe are an award-winning writing and directing team based in Los Angeles. They became friends and collaborators while performing together in New York City …
Comedy behind the scenes of the 2019 Joker movie
As the new Joker movie becomes a bonafide smash hit at the box office, it’s not only become a continued topic of conversation, but also …
Amy Schumer documentary making-of baby and special heads to HBO Max in 2020
HBO Max, launching in spring 2020, has ordered the documentary Expecting Amy (working title) from Amy Schumer. The unfiltered documentary follows the comedian and actress during an extraordinarily …
CBS keeping Stephen Colbert behind The Late Show desk through 2023, at least
Stephen Colbert, who took over The Late Show from David Letterman in September 2015, will stay where he’s at through at least 2023. CBS announced …
Comedy Central will stream 24 hours of stand-up from 20 years of specials to promote 2019 season of half hours
To kick off this year’s crop of half-hour stand-up specials, which premiere on Friday, Oct. 18, 2019, Comedy Central will stream 24 hours of stand-up …
Will Ferrell launching comedy podcast network, Big Money Players
Will Ferrell, who recently launched his own podcast under the guise of Anchorman’s Ron Burgundy, is now ready to assemble his own comedy podcast team. …
Craig Ferguson to host Hustler game show for ABC
Craig Ferguson, who previously hosted Celebrity Name Game from 2014-2017, is back with another game show hosting gig. The Hustler will reunite Ferguson with ABC, …
Jason Sudeikis reviving Coach Ted Lasso for Apple+ series
A character Jason Sudeikis created years ago for NBC Sports is coming out of retirement, but this time playing for Apple TV+. Ted Lasso finds …
Saturday Night Live gives Oscar The Grouch the 2019 “Joker” movie treatment
Did we need a dark take on Sesame Street‘s Oscar the Grouch? Well, no. But this week’s Saturday Night Live delivered a fresh take on …