The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Maria Bamford graduated from the University of Minnesota with a creative writing degree in 1993, and returned 24 years later to deliver a creative and meta commencement address to the class of 2017. In her speech, Bamford described exactly how she ended up getting invited and paid to speak. “Was …
The annual song and dance of broadcast network Upfronts presentations sells advertisers on the need each May to book their 30 and 60-second commercials in primetime on their TV networks come September, with appearances by each network’s big stars and news personalities to make them feel all warm and fuzzy …
It’s official. Bobby Moynihan’s final episode as a cast member of Saturday Night Live happens this Saturday with the season finale hosted by The Rock. Moynihan appeared across Manhattan today at the CBS Upfronts to help introduce the new sitcom he’s starring in, Me, Myself & I. Me, Myself & I will …
The 32nd annual Funniest Person in Austin contest would, like any proper marriage, feature something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue. Or purple. Plus a round of Rum Runner shots on the house. Cap City Comedy Club bustled and burst forth with mixed emotions on Tuesday night. Normally, …
Almost four years after an experimental fourth-season reunion of Arrested Development launched on Netflix, the streaming platform has announced it’ll get the gang back together for a fifth season to come in 2018. “In talks with Netflix we all felt that that stories about a narcissistic, erratically behaving family in …
Conan will reign in late-night on TBS for at least five more years, as the network just announced a deal keeping Conan O’Brien and Team Coco in the fold through 2022, along with a new 90-minute late-night block of programming for Super Deluxe, and orders for four new primetime series. …
One of the more unusual announcement out of ABC Upfronts yesterday wasn’t the Roseanne reunion — because that news leaked out a little while ago — but the live primetime special that could become a series of specials in which Jimmy Kimmel and Justin Theroux will perform episodes from old …
Bill Cosby, the 79-year-old comedy legend whose iconic status has been shattered by revelations and allegations of sexual assault and rape, told SiriusXM radio host Michael Smerconish that he would not testify at the upcoming trial against him. Cosby explained: “When you have to deal with examination, cross-examination, etc. etc., there …
The Kennedy Center has announced it’s awarding the 2017 Mark Twain Prize for American Humor to David Letterman! The most recent annual winners for the Mark Twain Prize have been Bill Murray and Eddie Murphy. Letterman, who inspired a generation of comedians and helped revolutionize late-night TV on Late Night …
Byron Allen has another syndicated show featuring stand-up comedians hitting a TV station near you this fall, and Funny You Should Ask, it’s a game show. Jon Kelley, former host/correspondent on entertainment tabloid show Extra, will host the half-hour game show, which has cleared more than 95 percent of America’s …
