Phoebe Robinson to host Year-End 2020 Comedy Special for Amazon Prime Video, ‘Yearly Departed’
by Amazon Prime Video has ordered a year in review comedy special to be hosted by Phoebe Robinson, executive produced by The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel star …
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Ms. Pat Will Star in Her Own BET+ Sitcom
Ms. Pat put Bert Kreischer, Kaley Cuoco and Joel McHale to shame in an episode of Bert’s brand-new Netflix comedy series, The Cabin with Bert …
Legendary Dangerfield’s comedy club in NYC has Permanently Closed, Building for Lease
Dangerfield’s, the iconic and legendary comedy club opened by the late Rodney Dangerfield in 1969 on New York City’s Upper East Side, has become the …
Who’s On Season Two of EPIX’s Unprotected Sets
A second season of EPIX’s Unprotected Sets kicks off this Friday night, with weekly half-hour episodes spotlighting stand-up comedians on the rise. Comedians Featured by …
Utopia to distribute Del Close Documentary in 2021
“Meet Del Close, the man with the keys to comedy. If only he can remember where he left them.” That’s the tagline on the poster …
Kevin Iso and Dan Perlman Score Showtime Series: Flatbush Misdemeanors
Congrats to comedians Kevin Iso and Dan Perlman! Showtime has made a straight-to-series order for 10 episodes of their new half-hour comedy FLATBUSH MISDEMEANORS, in which …
Bill Burr’s Monologue on Saturday Night Live
After three decades of stand-up comedy, Bill Burr finally landed “a lifelong dream” by hosting Saturday Night Live in October 2020. He covered familiar themes …
Nate Bargatze on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, from Stand-Up Live Huntsville
After several months of no stand-up comedians performing on late-night TV, Jimmy Fallon found a way to bring back his favorite stand-up, Nate Bargatze, broadcasting …
Episode #315: Lewis Black Talks 2020
So much has changed in the world since the last time I caught up with Lewis Black in September of 2016. But last things first, …
The Second City is up for sale
The Second City, the venerable comedy institution with branches in Chicago, Toronto and elsewhere, is up for sale for only the second time in its …