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This news bulletin is a two-for-one. Just For Laughs announced today that Kevin Hart would return to the Montreal festival this July — he performed at the Bell Centre arena last year — but for 2019, he’ll be presiding over his own brand-new one-on-one interview series. Hart to Heart will …
Kathy Griffin: A Hell of A Story, which officially premiered this March at SXSW, will hit movie theaters nationwide on July 31 via Fathom Events. Here’s the trailer: From Fathom Events: See her LIVE on the big screen for an exclusive Q&A following the nationwide premiere of KATHY GRIFFIN: A …
In a month, HBO’s late-night Friday slot, currently occupied by Los Espookys, will host A Black Lady Sketch Show. The sketch comedy series stars Robin Thede, Ashley Nicole Black, Gabrielle Dennis and Quinta Brunson. Creator/executive producer/writer/star, Robin Thede; executive producer, Issa Rae for Issa Rae Productions; executive producers, Dave Becky, …
SiriusXM will celebrate the late great Robin Williams this Fourth of July week with several days of tributes on its Comedy Greats channel (Ch. 94) with “Robin Williams: God Bless America.” The tributes feature the exclusive premieres of two new specials – Dance For The People and Working On Material …
Pop-up comedy club Team Coco House will open July 18-20 at 401 G Street in San Diego’s historic Gas Lamp District as part of Comic-Con 2019. Team Coco House will showcase a daily lineup of comics handpicked by Conan, podcasts, panels, trivia, giveaways, surprise appearances from friends of Team Coco, …
Michelle Collins has that gift for gab that translates hilariously well both as a stand-up comedian and as a talk-show host. Collins co-starred for one season on ABC’s The View, and has gone on to host several after-shows for reality series. Among them: ABC’s After Paradise, TLC’s 90 Day Live: A 90 …
Did you know you could submit a writing packet to Saturday Night Live right this very minute? Yes, you! My friends tipped me off to this site that welcomes writing submissions for SNL until July 15, 2019. If you can meet the July 15 deadline and submit 3 to 5 …
Walking through the re-created set of Jerry Seinfeld’s TV apartment last weekend at Clusterfest, two thoughts kept repeating: 1) it’s amazing but not entirely surprising how much of a kick people get out of imagining they’re in a hit sitcom, and 2) it’s really surprising Superfly hasn’t brought the Seinfeld …
The critically-acclaimed revival of One Day at at Time, cancelled by Netflix after three seasons, will continue with a new 13-episode fourth season on Pop TV in 2020. And as part of the deal, the new episodes also will air on CBS after the run on Pop. The original sitcom …
Is the National Comedy Center the Hall of Fame for comedy? Whether you believed so or not, you will have more reason to believe next year, when Netflix and legendary stand-up comedy special director Marty Callner, along with Funny Business, Inc., add “The Hall” to the center in Jamestown, NY. …
