Showtime plans four-part documentary series on The Comedy Store and Mitzi Shore
by I’m Dying Up Here may have died after two seasons on Showtime, but the pay cable network is going directly to the source material for …
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NBC’s Late Night Writers Workshop class of 2019
Congrats to the seventh class of comedians chosen to participate earlier this month in NBC’s Late Night Writers Workshop: Jill Cepela, Dylan Eshbaugh, Shenovia Large, …
Episode #257: Sara Schaefer
Sara Schaefer is a critically acclaimed stand-up comedian, writer, and producer currently based in Los Angeles. She was the co-host of MTV’s late-night show Nikki …
New book details previously unrevealed stories from the night John Belushi died
A new book about West Hollywood’s notorious Sunset Strip hotel for superstars goes into deep details about the night comedy star John Belushi died from …
Comedian who played president on TV elected actual president of Ukraine
Volodymyr Zelensky played the Ukrainian president on TV from 2015 to 2019, and now he’s just been elected the actual president. Zelensky won last week’s …
Leonard Ouzts on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Leonard Ouzts co-stars in the new NBC sitcom Abby’s, and on Thursday night, he performed stand-up on The Tonight Show to explain how much he …
Jon Rudnitsky on Conan
Jon Rudnitsky performed stand-up on Conan on Thursday night, or rather, showed us how much he’s jealous of theater actors and quarterbacks for what they …
FUSE channel files for bankruptcy
FUSE, the cable network that first broadcast Billy Eichner, is bankrupt. Fuse Media has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The company fell on hard …
Craig Ferguson’s 2019 stand-up special will show up as a doc series via Comedy Dynamics
Craig Ferguson and Comedy Dynamics have teamed before to produce his stand-up specials, as well as a History Channel series. For their next trick, they’re …
Jimmy Kimmel and Norman Lear will stage all-star re-enactments of All in the Family and The Jeffersons
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear’s All in the Family and The Jeffersons is coming to ABC as a 90-minute primetime special, thanks …