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Nickelodeon has tapped comedian and Adam Ruins Everything host Adam Conover to not ruin its new family game show, The Crystal Maze. The game show, an adaptation of a hit series in the UK, will premiere Jan. 24, 2020, on Nickelodeon, airing Friday nights at 7 p.m. Eastern/Pacific. Conover will …
Bill Burr and All Things Comedy continue their affiliation with Comedy Central into 2020, kicking the year off with a Friday-night showcase series called Bill Burr Presents: The Ringers. Each episode will spotlight three comedians, curated by Burr and All Things Comedy as “the best of the new best” comedians, with …
This weekend along Ventura Boulevard in Studio City, Calif., eagle-eyed comedy fans might have spotted a holiday treat, as comedian Jeff Ross presided over a two-day pop-up shop and event space. Called Jeff Ross Presents Roastmaster’s, Coffee and Comedy Gallery (Not the Best Coffee), the space offered coffee, hot cocoa, …
The Sundance Film Festival has announced its programming slate for 2020. Last year, Amazon emerged as the big distributor of comedies, acquiring both Last Night and Brittany Runs A Marathon. The sublime satire Greener Grass also debuted this January in Park City, Utah. Bo Burnham’s perfect look at Eighth Grade …
Streaming site Topic announced today that Maria Bamford’s new talk show What’s Your Ailment?! will premiere on the service Dec. 26. In the series, Maria speaks candidly with performers about their struggles with mental health. This isn’t Bamford’s first hot Topic rodeo. Two years ago, she starred in Ave Maria Bamford, a 12-part …
Conan O’Brien graduated from Brookline High School in 1981. As a junior, the teenager who was not yet a beloved TV writer and late-night host apparently wasn’t feeling much love for the game. Until he got a hold of some E.B. White. White, a longtime contributor to The New Yorker …
The UK’s Garrett Millerick performed on Tuesday’s Conan, and filled us in on how he’s not looking to make friends at the gym. He’s not there for fun. It’s life or death. He also manages a crack that may or not involve Conan O’Brien. Sorry, Conan.
Speaking of Netflix and HBO Max duking it out for comedy rights in 2020, we also learned today that Netflix shelled out an eight-figure deal to Ali Wong to ensure she’ll release her next two stand-up specials on the original streaming giant. Wong broke out big by releasing her first …
My hunch is coming correct. HBO Max looks to take on Netflix for stand-up comedy supremacy in 2020, adding another four top comedians to its upcoming schedule. They are Tracy Morgan, John Early, Rose Matafeo and Ahir Shah. “We are incredibly proud to showcase this expansive range of comedic talent …
Abby McEnany stars as a fictionalized version of herself in the new Showtime series Work In Progress. On Showtime, Abby is a 45-year-old overweight queer dyke from Chicago who plans to commit suicide in 180 days if her life doesn’t get any better. Can she become a work in progress …
