The Definitive Guide to Comedy
The second all-stars installment of America’s Got Talent, aka AGT: The Champions, kicks off Jan. 6, 2020, on NBC. At least a few comedians and comedic acts will return for the showcase showdown. Among them: Puddles Pity Party, Dan Naturman, 2019 finalist Ryan Niemiller, and a young Australian named JJ …
Lilly Singh’s A Little Late now offers a little bit of stand-up on her NBC overnight show. Matteo Lane had the honors of being her first stand-up performer, and after a couple of minutes, also sat with Singh and her other guest Rainn Wilson to teach them some opera-singing skills. …
Giulia Rozzi made her debut on Tuesday’s Conan, and joked about how visiting social media these days is a lot like bar hopping was in the old days. And if that doesn’t convince you it’s time to leave Facebook (if not also Instagram and Twitter), then I don’t know what …
The Grammy Award nominations came out today. A reminder that the Grammys use a different calendar year of eligibility, so it covers audio releases from Oct. 1, 2018, to Aug. 31, 2019. That said, the comedy category continues to be dominated by video specials. Particularly Netflix. Amazon squeezes into the …
Erik Rivera got heavily involved in comedy in the wake of 9/11 while studying at Pace University just blocks away from the World Trade Center. Rivera’s TV credits include performing on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Last Comic Standing, his own hour special, I’m No Expert, as well as …
Why were a bunch of stand-up comedians hanging around with each other in Las Vegas last week, hitting golf balls at a driving range, cruising down the Vegas atop a double-decker tour bus, and oh yeah, posting selfies with Will Smith? Probably most definitely these jokers were participating in This …
In 2009, TV writer Nell Scovell called out late-night TV for continuing to be a boys club, and called out her former employer, David Letterman, in particular. Well, Nell and Dave recently met up for the first time in a lot longer than 10 years, and it went, well, well. …
Almost two years ago, back in January 2018, Mo’Nique spilled tea about what she claimed was some serious discrimination on the part of streaming giant Netflix. She said they offered her $500,000 for a proposed stand-up comedy special. At the same time, Netflix had made highly-publicized deals for $20 million …
Before James Corden became a late-night staple in America, he was hosting a sports/comedy game show in the U.K. called A League of Their Own., which is in its 14th season across the pond. Now CBS is adapting the format for the U.S., and has tapped Keegan-Michael Key to host …
After winning an Emmy their first time out, Jimmy Kimmel and Norman Lear are obviously teaming up once again with all-star stunt casting and live re-creations of classic sitcom episodes. Live In Front Of A Studio Audience won this year’s Emmy for Outstanding Variety Special (Live) with new actors inhabiting …
