WGA Strike Watch: Comedians on Letterman
by Short notice tonight, but wanted to let you know of comedians appearing this week on Late Show with David Letterman, the only WGA-approved late-night show …
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Time capsule: HBO’s 15th Annual Young Comedians
Throughout the 1980s and into the 1990s, HBO produced and broadcast a special devoted to young comedians. Not all of them hold up quite so …
Waiting on the F Train (2 a.m.)
Ah, life in the city that never sleeps, which for comedians, means a midnight show at the UCB, followed by a wait for the F …
Last night’s TV: Katt Williams, Patrice Oneal
On Sunday, Comedy Central gave Katt Williams the broadcast debut for his 2007 stand-up film, American Hustle, an interesting choice for Williams and his crew …
Primary Report with Eugene Mirman
Forget the traditional news networks. Everything you needed to know about the New Hampshire primary, delivered straight and true and hilarious from the mouth of …
Behind the CCP: Dan Cummins
The 2008 season of Comedy Central Presents begins tonight with back-to-back half-hours from Stephen Lynch and Dan Cummins. I was at the Cummins taping (which …
Daily Show correspondents
While NBC openly battles with the WGA over late-night writing duties, Comedy Central has taken a slightly more subtle tack with A Daily Show with …
ECNY Awards voting deadlines!
Today is the final day for open voting for the ECNY Awards, which used to stand for Emerging Comics of New York, but now just …
Alas, comedy fests in 2008
We may not have Aspen this winter, but we still have Aspen. You follow? Allow me to explain. After years of rumoring to do so, …
John Kerry already taking credit for Obama
Just got an email from John Kerry, yes the U.S. Sen. John Kerry from Massachusetts who couldn’t figure out how to beat President George W. …