Terry Fator performs on America’s Got Talent: All-Stars
by NBC kicked off 2023 with an all-star competition edition of America’s Got Talent, and AGT season 2 winner Terry Fator — who has made major …
Author: Sean L. McCarthy
Editor and publisher since 2007, when he was named New York's Funniest Reporter. Former newspaper reporter at the New York Daily News, Boston Herald and smaller dailies and community papers across America. Loves comedy so much he founded this site.
Standing Up To Bad Men
Let’s do better in 2023, comedy industry! Please?!?! Read my last weekly comedy news dispatch for 2022, which catches up with some of the most …
Episode #418: 2022 Comedy MVPs with Jason Zinoman
It’s the end of 2022, which means it’s time once again for my annual year-end check-in with Jason Zinoman, critic at-large for The New York …
R.I.P. Brandon “Boogie B.” Montrell
Brandon Montrell, better known as the comedian Boogie B., died tragically Friday in a shooting outside of a New Orleans supermarket. Montrell was 43. Montrell …
Episode #417: Mike Bridenstine
Mike Bridenstine is based in Los Angeles, was raised in Iowa, but it was his time in between in Chicago that helped form him and …
Adam Sandler Wins Mark Twain Prize, and other news
My weekly update on all the comedy news you need to know, now up on my Substack!
R.I.P. Noah Gregoropoulos
Noah Gregoropoulos, a celebrated teacher of improv comedians from Chicago, has died from cancer. He was 63. A graduate of Northwestern University, Gregoropoulous taught comedians …
Mike Feeney on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Mike Feeney made his late-night TV debut on Friday’s Tonight Show, and joked about what he has learned over seven years of marriage. And then …
Episode #416: Kenice Mobley
Kenice Mobley is a comedian from North Carolina, now based in Brooklyn, NY, whose star has been on the rise since the start of the …
Trevor Noah leaves The Daily Show, and other news
Comedy news of the week, including Trevor Noah’s final TDS, the final month for Carolines on Broadway, and more. All for subscribers of my Substack, …