NBC putting Kenan Thompson in primetime with The Kenan Show
by Happy Birthday to Kenan Thompson! Thompson, 41 today and the longest-tenured cast member ever on Saturday Night Live, will add a primetime sitcom to his …
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Comedy Central launches Productions unit with full slate of development deals
Determined to learn from past mistakes, Comedy Central has launched a new Comedy Central Productions unit to develop new and existing in-house talent. As Jon …
Rose Matafeo on Conan
Rose Matafeo, a rising comedy star from New Zealand who won the Edinburgh Fringe Festival’s top prize last summer, made her U.S. TV debut as …
Andy Sandford on The Late Late Show with James Corden
Andy Sandford thinks perhaps children shouldn’t have such unrealistic expectations for their adulthood, as he joked in this performance on The Late Late Show. Jet …
CBS adds four new sitcoms for 2019-2020
With the departure of hit sitcom The Big Bang Theory this month, CBS is looking far and wide for new comedies to break through this …
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt returning with interactive special for Netflix in 2020
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt wrapped its fourth and final season this January on Netflix, but the streaming giant isn’t ready to say goodbye once and for …
Conan O’Brien on why he settled lawsuit by man who claimed his TBS writers stole jokes from Twitter
The lawsuit by a San Diego man claiming Conan O’Brien’s TBS late-night show stole jokes from his Twitter for Conan’s monologue has settled out of …
truTV orders animated series from Jo Koy, sports/comedy talker from Clayton English and Noah Gardenswartz
truTV is continuing to add new series from stand-up comedians, announcing two new orders today: This Functional Family from comedian Jo Koy (truTV’s first animated …
Colin Quinn’s “Red State Blue State” special will premiere Memorial Day on CNN
Colin Quinn has done Broadway, HBO and Netflix. For his next trick, his new comedy special is premiering on CNN. Red State Blue State debuts …
The San Francisco Punch Line forced out of its home of 41 years as of August 2019
The legendary Punch Line comedy club on San Francisco’s Battery Street will be kicked out when its lease is up this August. The club confirmed …