In Memoriam: The year in R.I.P. in comedy for 2017
by It’s rather remarkable that most all of the funny nonagenarians profiled in this year’s HBO documentary, If You’re Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast, managed …
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Howie Mandel Just For Laughs Gala gets a third year on The CW
Third time’s not only the charm, but also a full-on trend, so safe to say The CW and Just For Laughs are very happy together. …
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Discovery spins off Cash Cab into an elevator with webseries game show, Cash Lift
After successfully reviving Cash Cab this month with original host Ben Bailey accompanied by celebrity cameos in his NYC taxi cab, the Discovery series has …
Facebook Watch debuts new episodes of Loosely Exactly Nicole
Facebook Watch has unveiled its first new episode today of *Loosely Exactly Nicole after acquiring the Nicole Byer sitcom from MTV earlier this year. The …
SiriusXM will broadcast weeklong tribute to Don Rickles: Happy Holidays, Dummy
The legendary Don Rickles, who died earlier this year at the age of 90, will get feted each day next week in a special weeklong …
Comedy Central cans Gorburger as T.J. Miller faces renewed sexual assault allegations
Coincidentally or not, we learned Comedy Central had canceled a weekly late-night series, The Gorburger Show with T.J. Miller, on the same day we learned …
Kiry Shabazz wins 14th annual StandUp NBC diversity competition
Congrats to Kiry Shabazz, named today as winner of the 14th Annual StandUp NBC competition. Shabazz wins a talent holding deal with NBCUniversal and a headlining spot …
Kevin Hart delivers a stand-up monologue for the Christmas episode of Saturday Night Live
Kevin Hart returned to host Saturday Night Live for the variety show’s annual Christmas holiday edition, and if you were expecting Hart to address his …
Roseanne returns to ABC in its original timeslot, 8 p.m. Tuesdays, March 27, 2018
ABC is bringing Roseanne back for a new nine-episode season in its original timeslot where it reigned during the late 1980s — 8 p.m. Tuesdays …
Staten Island Museum to honor the Impractical Jokers with a Homecoming exhibit
Sal, Q, Joe and Murr star in truTV’s hit series, Impractical Jokers, and when they return in 2018 with their seventh season of hidden camera …