Conan moving to half-hour format in 2019, leading national stand-up comedy tours
by After 25 years hosting an hourly late-night talk show, Conan O’Brien will begin his 26th year by transitioning to host of a newly-formatted nightly half-hour …
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Ramy Youssef getting his own autobiographical sitcom, Ramy, on Hulu
Get ready for a lot more Ramy in your life. Hulu announced at its annual upfronts presentation today that it’s ordering Ramy, a sitcom based …
E! orders up Stand Up 2 The Streets live show as “Funny Dance Show”
Congrats to Justine Marino and Heidi Heaslet! After more than a year of live monthly shows in The Comedy Store’s Belly Room, Marino and Heaslet …
2018 Tony Awards to honor John Leguizamo, nominees include Amy Schumer, Tina Fey
Mean Girls, Amy Schumer and John Leguizamo are among the comedic stars getting feted this year by the Tony Awards for their work on Broadway. …
Meet Me In New York: Rob Cantrell
What do they say about New York City: There are eight million stories, and sometimes it seems as though eight million of the people telling …
YouTube Red orders up sitcom starring Adam Pally, Sam Richardson and Jay Pharoah
Some parts of the Happy Ending gang are finding a new beginning in 2019 with a YouTube Red series that’ll star Adam Pally alongside Sam …
Showtime to showcase Romesh Ranganathan in “Just Another Immigrant” docu-series
Romesh Ranganathan will star in his own docu-comedy series for Showtime,Just Another Immigrant, with two half-hour episodes airing on Fridays for five weeks this summer, starting …
Episode #204: Jim O’Heir
Jim O’Heir is an Emmy-winning actor and comedian best known for co-starring as Jerry Gergich on the NBC sitcom Parks and Recreation. He’s a Chicago guy who trained at …
Michelle Wolf speaks at the White House Correspondents Dinner
Michelle Wolf let ’em have it right from the get-go in her keynote address at the 2018 White House Correspondents Association Dinner. Wolf, acknowledging the …
Julio Torres on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Julio Torres, writer on Saturday Night Live and frequent collaborator/correspondent for Jimmy Fallon, returned to The Tonight Show on Friday to deliver a stand-up performance …