The nightly late-night writing staffs for America’s TV talk shows in 2017
by Something remarkable happened on Wednesday’s episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. It wasn’t one of the many game shows within Fallon’s talk shows, …
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Kathleen Madigan announces 30-city “Boxed Wine & Bigfoot” theater tour to kick off 2018
Kathleen Madigan is going on her very own theater tour to kick off 2018, taking her to at least 30 cities between January and June. …
Ellis Rodriguez wins the 2017 San Francisco Comedy Competition
Congrats to Ellis Rodriguez from Sacramento, who won the 42nd annual San Francisco Comedy Competition, which wrapped up its monthlong contest around Northern California this …
Matt Goldich on Late Night with Seth Meyers
Matt Goldich supplies monologue jokes and other punchlines for Seth Meyers on a nightly basis, but on Wednesday night’s Late Night with Seth Meyers, Goldich …
James Veitch on Conan
James Veitch is one of those fancy British comedians, and he brought something different with him across the pond to perform on Tuesday’s episode of …
Exclusive book excerpt from Budd Friedman’s “The Improv: An Oral History of The Comedy Club That Revolutionized Stand-Up”
Budd Friedman, with help from Tripp Whitesell and interviews from dozens of the famous comedians, musicians and actors who worked for Budd over the past …
Netflix to stream Seth Rogen and Lauren Miller Rogen’s next Hilarity For Charity event
Comedy acting couple Seth Rogen and Lauren Miller Rogen have a new partner for their program Hilarity For Charity (HFC), which raises awareness and money …
FOX making a Bob’s Burgers movie, coming out 2020
FOX’s Emmy-winning Bob’s Burgers will become a major motion picture. Twentieth Century Fox announced it’ll release the Bob’s Burgers movie on July 17, 2020. “We’re …
Showtime acquires BBC comedy, “Ill Behaviour,” starring Chris Geere and Lizzy Caplan
Fans of Lizzy Caplan won’t have to wait much longer to see her back on Showtime. The pay-cable network has acquired the BBC series Ill Behaviour, …
Funny or Die will takeover Saturday night programming for IFC with FODtv
IFC will become FODtv (Funny Or Die Television) on Saturday nights, starting this Saturday, Oct. 7, 2017. The network announced the venture today. “IFC has been hacked, but …