Next stop for Conan O’Brien passport: Israel
by Conan O’Brien joked on Wednesday night’s Conan that with America is such turmoil, what better time to seek sanity and peace in the Middle East …
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52 TV pilots selected for 2017 New York Television Festival Independent Pilot Competition
The New York Television Festival has announced the 52 official selections for the 2017 Independent Pilot Competition. They include 31 comedy pilots featuring the talents …
Summer SNL Weekend Update writing staff includes once-suspended Katie Rich
Saturday Night Live brought back a limited-edition primetime half-hour version of Weekend Update last night. It’s not exactly the same as when they first tried …
YAS! 2 Dope Queens Jessica Williams and Phoebe Robinson fronting HBO specials
The hit comedy podcast 2 DOPE QUEENS, starring Jessica Williams and Phoebe Robinson, is coming to HBO in 2018 with four hour-long specials. Casey Bloys, …
Seeso is finito: NBCUniversal comedy streaming platform announces it’s shutting down later in 2017
Closed before it even really had a chance to catch on, NBCUniversal announced today via Facebook that Seeso is shutting down later this year. The …
Bill Murray now has seen “Groundhog Day: The Musical” on Broadway
Bill Murray, comedy legend and star of the 1993 now-classic film, Groundhog Day, attended the Broadway performance Tuesday night of Groundhog Day: The Musical. Murray …
The Tenderloins (aka truTV’s Impractical Jokers) playing Madison Square Garden, launching weekly radio show on SiriusXM
The stars of truTV’s Impractical Jokers keep shining brighter and brighter. After getting greenlit for a seventh season of pranking each other on cable television, …
FOX casts Maya Rudolph for live TV musical performance of A Christmas Story in 2017
FOX had a cultural hit in bringing a live version of the musical Grease to TV, and this Christmas, they hope to capture the same …
“Meteor Shower,” Steve Martin’s newest play, will mark Broadway debuts for Amy Schumer and Keegan-Michael Key in 2017
Steve Martin’s newest play, “Meteor Shower,” will mark the Broadway debuts of comedians Amy Schumer and Keegan-Michael Key when it raises the curtain this November …
David Letterman will make a six-episode talk show for Netflix in 2018
STOP THE PRESSES! Sit down and brace yourselves. David Letterman, the longest-serving host in U.S. late night television – the original host of Late Night (NBC) and The …